"No, don't... Ivan!" Glades Horne, Julia, Benjamin Robinson, and James Horne all lunged forward simultaneously.
After Phoebe Rogers dropped the cotton doll, she leaped off the building.
"Mom!"
"Ivan!"
Several cries of alarm rose at once.
But no one was able to catch Phoebe Rogers, let alone rescue 'Ivan.'
"Ivan..." Julia's eyes fluttered, her legs gave way, and she fainted—very convincingly—into Glades Horne's arms.
Mila Anderson and the old lady also fainted.
Glades Horne, supporting the feigning Julia, called out anxiously, "Julia, Julia!" Then he turned his head and hurriedly ordered the crowd, "Go down and check!" Preparations had been made downstairs to rescue them. The cotton doll was fake, so of course, it would be unharmed. He mainly wanted to know Phoebe Rogers's condition.
Of course, he also needed to swap the real Ivan Horne with the cotton doll. He naturally entrusted this task to his most capable Special Assistant, Hansen Ruiz.
