"Yeah, they're the same person." Sonia nodded affirmatively. "That's why she showed up outside Titus and his wife's ward. Since she used to be their adopted daughter, she still cares about them, of course, which was why she returned to the hospital to check on them. It's just that I have no idea what she'd overheard that made her let fly at Mrs. Gray right away."
In her opinion, however, no matter what Tina had overheard, she didn't have the right to raise her hand against Julia. Even if Titus and Julia disliked her right now, they had shown her genuine love and care while raising her for over 20 years in the past. Would she have become the daughter of the Gray Family, living a luxurious life while being surrounded at all times by her toadies had they not adopted her back then? No, she would have grown up in an orphanage and become an ordinary person by now. One might argue that everything given to her by Titus and Julia didn't belong to her life in the first place. Even if they disowned her in the end, she had no right to bear a grudge against them for this, nor did she have the right to attack Julia.
This was also why Sonia was so shocked to learn that it was Tina who had pushed Julia over. That being said, now that she thought about it, it was actually pretty understandable; after all, Tina was a vicious, hard-hearted, and heartless demon. In her mind's eye, everyone had to be kind to her, and no one could be unfair to her. As long as someone was unfair to her in the slightest, she would forget all their past kindness toward her and retaliate against them, so it wasn't like she wasn't capable of pushing Julia over.
"How could they be the same person?" Mary's head was dizzy; she had yet to fully recover from the shock of learning the secret. "To think Anya Steinfeld is actually Tina Gray!"
"Yeah, it's her." Sonia nodded. "Toby and I only learned about this recently. If it weren't for Carl's help, we would've still been in the dark about this right now." After all, no one would have thought that Tina would actually undergo plastic surgery to change her appearance and become a completely different person. Not only that, Anya's temperament, voice, and behavior were all different from Tina's, so no one would suspect that they were actually one and the same.
"So, the case regarding Tina is about what she's done to you previously?" Mary asked.
Sonia shook her head. "No, not entirely. The actual reason is that Tina is now working for Connor, who was the murderer of Toby's father. They're working together, and Toby's collecting the last bit of evidence at the moment, so it's inconvenient for the police to arrest Tina for the time being. Once Tina gets arrested, Connor will definitely do something reckless in a fit of desperation, which will mess up our plan."
"I see." Mary nodded in understanding. "No wonder the police refused to arrest Anya when Titus asked them to do so."
"They'd refuse him, of course." Sonia massaged her temples. "That being said, I really never expected Anya to go to him at such a time."
Mary suddenly recalled something. "Titus and his wife seem to be still unaware that Anya's actually Tina."
"Uh-huh," Sonia mumbled. "None of us would tell them about this. For one thing, we don't know if they still care about Tina. If they do, then our plan will fall through if we let them know that Anya is actually Tina, as they'll definitely find a way to help her run away. Even if they no longer care about her, it's hard to guarantee that they won't deal with her in private in order to avenge me, so we mustn't let them know about this no matter what."
"But Anya nearly caused our plan to fall through when she showed up unexpectedly in front of Titus and Julia," Mary replied.
Sonia pursed her lips; inwardly, she was still scared after the event, too. "Yeah, that's right. Fortunately, Titus is no longer the person he used to be. Instead of personally dealing with whoever has offended him, he's chosen to report the incident to the police, or he would've alerted Connor by now."
Mary let out a chuckle when she heard this. "Titus has changed indeed. In fact, he's changed because of you; he's trying to mend his ways because he knows that you dislike the way he deals with things."
Learning that Anya had not only gone to Titus but also shoved Julia to the ground, he flew into a rage, too. He disliked his parents-in-law, but at any rate, they were really nice to Sonia. Moreover, he learned from Mary that Julia had visited Sonia every day during this period. As a result, Sonia had been in a good mood, which was noticeable to those with a discerning eye even if she didn't let it show. Sonia was visibly downcast when Julia didn't come to the hospital today, so how could Toby not be mad at what Anya had done?
Secondly, now that Tina had gone to Titus without warning, the consequences would be troublesome in case the entire plan fell through. Luckily, Tina didn't go there to resume her relationship with Titus and Julia, while Titus chose to report the incident to the police instead of dealing with it by himself. Although such an unexpected thing happened in the process, the final outcome remained unchanged, which made him sigh with relief for the time being.
Sitting in the office chair like an emperor sitting on his throne, Toby narrowed his eyes slightly while saying to Tom, who was standing across the desk from him, "Beef up the security around there. Don't let Tina near Titus' ward anymore."
Tom replied with a nod, "Roger that, President Fuller. Also, there's one other thing."
"Shoot." Toby pinched the slightly swollen space between his eyebrows. He had too much on his plate and had scarcely slept over the past few days. He could have slept last night at first, but he got so excited and worried about the good news of the twin pregnancy that he stayed awake all night. As a result, he was somewhat listless right now.
Pushing his glasses up his nose, Tom reported truthfully, "Mary called while you were in a meeting, saying that Mrs. Fuller is going to visit Mrs. Gray at Trifecta Hospital tomorrow."
Toby wasn't surprised at all about this. After all, he could tell that Sonia actually cared about Titus and Julia. It was just that she didn't acknowledge them as her parents because of the bad blood between them; even so, she didn't keep them at arm's length. Naturally, there was no way she would be unconcerned about it if Julia were to get injured. Perhaps she never said she wanted to visit Julia, but she wouldn't say no either if someone were to talk her into doing so. She must be willing to visit Mrs. Gray because she didn't say no when Mary talked her into doing so. Well, it's a good thing for her to visit Mrs. Gray, actually. At least it can put her mind at rest so that she doesn't have to keep worrying about her. "Got it. Get somebody to get some presents ready," he ordered.
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Same story i read about Jarred and Amber Reed...