<h4>Chapter 1251: 1251. Severe mental illness patient</h4><h4></h4>


    "Helen! So much blood, Helen..."


    "Elly, wake up! Elly, wake up Elly..."


    Adam Jones directly stepped onto the bed with his slippers and embraced Elly Campbell in his arms.


    Feeling the great struggle and violent trembling of Elly in his embrace, it was evident that this ident had terrified her.


    To witness her best friend get stabbed in the heart with a fruit knife and lie bloodied in front of her would traumatize anyone.


    "Elly! Elly, it’s okay now, Elly!"


    All Adam Jones could do was hold Elly and softly soothe her.


    After a long while, the person in his arms finally began to rx.


    She slowly opened her eyes, looking up somewhat nkly, and met Adam’s deep, heartbroken gaze.


    "Adam?"


    "Are you awake?"


    Adam Jones reached out to gently wipe off the cold sweat on her forehead, "Were you scared by what happened today?"


    Hearing Adam mention today’s event, Elly’splexion turned abruptly pale.


    It took her a long time to speak, "Helen was stabbed by that person while trying to save me, at that time..."


    "No."


    Adam interrupted her, "That person was targeting Helen Melendy from the start."


    Elly paused, her gaze filled with surprise as she turned to Adam, suddenly recalling the moment when he had grabbed the attacker’s hand to prevent further stabbing, the words the man kept repeating.


    To avenge my brother...


    What did that mean?


    "That was a mentally ill person, his brother is John Stevenson, the college student from the recent news who fought with a ssmate and inadvertently caused a death. The person who stabbed Helen Melendy is John’s brother."


    Elly had heard Helen talk about John Stevenson’s case.


    John Stevenson’s family was poor, and his academic performance was average in school, often facing exclusion.


    John Stevenson was arrested and prosecuted by the Prosecutor’s Office for getting into a fight at school and causing the death of a ssmate.


    Because John’s family couldn’t afford awyer, Helen Melendy, besides running her ownw firm, also registered at the Legal Aid Office to take on cases from there.


    John Stevenson was Helen’s first legal aid case.


    The family adamantly insisted that John had acted in self-defense after being bullied by the ssmate and requested Helen to defend John as innocent.


    However, the evidence submitted by the police, including witness statements and surveince footage provided by the school, all indicated that it was John who had initiated the fight that day.


    John Stevenson was not acting in self-defense.


    Helen Melendy tried several times to exin to John’s parents that the evidence was solid, and at most she could only argue for a reduced sentence for involuntary manughter based on the fact that John was often bullied by the victim at school.


    But the parents didn’t listen to Helen at all, they constantly berated her, saying she didn’t care to help their son in court because they were poor and couldn’t afford herwyer fees.


    Because of this incident, Helen would often say to her that the pitiful have faults to hate, and she shouldn’t have taken on such people’s cases.


    Sure enough, her words proved true, taking on such a case from these people almost cost her her life.


    Thinking of this, Elly’s face darkened, a frost spreading across her expression.


    Suddenly, she remembered something, looked up at Adam Jones, and said, "John Stevenson’s brother is a mentally ill person?"


    Adam Jones nodded, he had just received this information from the police.


    John Stevenson’s brother was a severe mental patient without full criminal responsibility, and it was very likely he would not be prosecuted.