Chapter 737

What Rachel did to Eric was likely to be ruled as involuntary manslaughter. There wasn't enough hard evidence—she claimed the fire caught her off guard, and in a panic, she shut the door behind her. It'd be tough to prove she meant to kill anyone. Besides, the arsonist was someone Phoebe hired. Her real target had been Rachel, and ironically, Eric ended up dead. Rachel insisted she simply panicked. And honestly, it sounded believable. … At the Leighs' place. It had been over two months since Rachel was taken in. Madeleine was now visibly pregnant. Honestly, before this, she'd been way too thin to tell. "Rachel's lawyer is pretty sharp. Involuntary manslaughter means she'll be out in, what, five years tops? And since she's pregnant…" Owen Reid had just arrived when he said Rachel wouldn't get the death penalty. No matter how you looked at Ava Adams' death, Rachel hadn't physically done it herself. She wasn't dumb, that one. "Once she gets out, she's not going to be easy to deal with," P