“Come in.” Toby was leaning against the bed, reading a book.
Jean came in. “Here’s your medicine, Toby. Remember to take it.”
“Thanks, Mom.” Toby nodded.
“Don’t stay up too late. I’ll be going now.” She pointed at the door.
“Yeah. Good night.” After Jean went away, he closed his book, took the medicine and glass from the table, and gulped the pills down in one go.
He went back to his book once he was done, but a wave of sleepiness assailed him. He knew that it was from the medicine he took, since Toby would always feel sleepy after taking his medicine when he was in the hospital. In the end, he put his book aside and lay down. A short while later, he fell asleep.
A long nightmare tortured him during his sleep. In the nightmare, Toby took Tina back after she woke up, just like how he did in reality. Of course, he asked Sonia to move out, but Sonia refused to in that nightmare. In the end, he told his servant to toss her stuff out of the house. Sonia didn’t sign the papers either. Instead, he was the one who brought up the divorce. Since she refused, Toby kept humiliating her, forcing her to sign the papers.
Aside from that, he saw Tina hurting Sonia in his dream, just like how she did in real life. However, in that dream, he thought Sonia was the one who attacked Tina. Thanks to that, he tortured Sonia and sent her to jail.
When he woke up from that nightmare, he was already drenched in sweat. Toby looked at his hands and around his room before heaving a sigh of relief. Good thing it’s just a dream. But a voice in his heart told him that if Sonia hadn’t brought up the divorce, she might have really ended up tortured and sent to jail like she was in the dream.
Suddenly, his phone rang, so Toby put his thoughts aside and took the call. “What is it?” he asked hoarsely.
“Will you be coming in today, sir?” Tom asked.
“Yes,” Toby answered curtly.
“Sir, it’s about Mr. Gray. He called me earlier, saying he wants to see you. He sounded irritated, and he brought up his daughter as well. He’s probably angry at you for how you’ve been treating Miss Gray and wants to talk about it,” Tom said.
Toby frowned. “I see. Tell him he can come over soon.
“Yes sir.” Tom nodded.
“And get me an appointment with a psychologist.” Toby stared at the floor. He wanted to know what was wrong with him since he would be affected by Tina every time he saw her.
“A psychologist?” Tom was curious. “For you or someone else, sir?”
“Me,” Toby answered. “I’m bogged down by stress lately.”
“I see.” Tom nodded, not suspecting a thing. “I'll call Dr. Steve then.”
No,” Toby declined immediately. “Get me someone else aside from him and Tim.” One of them is Tina’s doctor, while the other is her friend. If they know what I’m asking, Tina will find out in a second.
“Alright. I’ll get someone else then.” He wondered why Toby requested another doctor, but he didn’t pry. After all, he was just an employee, so he just needed to do as he was told.
After he was done talking, Toby lifted his blanket, got off the bed and onto his wheelchair carefully, and went to the bathroom to wash himself up.
Bayside Residence.
Sonia was done packing her stuff, so she took her handbag and went downstairs to meet up with Zane.
“Get in, my princess.” Zane was standing next to the car. When he saw her, he opened the back car door and bowed at her like a gentleman.
Sonia laughed. “My princess? God, I’m getting goosebumps here.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.” Rina held the necklace.
Sonia patted her shoulder and went back to her seat, then someone knocked on the door. The three of them looked toward the door and saw a man standing outside.
“Sir.” The man who came was Zane’s assistant.
Zane let him in. “What is it?”
“Something’s wrong with Tina’s hair,” the assistant replied.
Tina was sipping her tea. “What’s the matter with it?” Maybe it has no follicle, so that’s why it’s useless. No, that can’t be. I yanked it off of Tina’s head. Hair like that usually comes with follicles. Only those that fall naturally don’t.
“I sent the hair to all the hospitals in the city, but then I found out First World Hospital has the records of Tina and her family’s body checkup.” “So? Every hospital keeps a record of everyone who does a body checkup there.” Zane dismissed it.
But his assistant shook his head. “That’s the problem. I looked into their records and found something. Tina’s blood type doesn’t match her parents’.”
“I’m sorry?” Sonia tensed up. “Are you saying Tina isn’t their daughter?”
Zane quickly looked at his assistant. “Is she right?”
“Yes. Tina isn’t the Grays’ daughter. I thought there was something wrong with the record, but after I got the results from the hair analysis, I’m certain that the record is correct. She isn’t the
Grays’ daughter, so her hair is useless,” the assistant answered.
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