Even though his confession was rather corny, Sonia still thought it was sweet and amusing. Still, she pretended to be annoyed and shot him a look. He had to say that right when I tried to intimidate those girls. Now, look at what he did. He just ruined my act. However, she didn't plan on arguing with him since she did like his little confession.
She patted her burning cheeks and closed her eyes. A while later, she finally managed to recompose herself and calmed down. Once again, she turned her attention to the girls. "You believed in every word she said right away and sympathized with her situation. You thought you should do something for her as friends, so when you saw Toby and I enter the waiting room, you came banging on the door in an attempt to get in our way. Did I get that right?" She crossed her arms and legs, looking somewhat like a queen.
The girls shook their heads before nodding again seconds later.
Sonia pursed her lips. "Speak up. Is it a yes or a no?"
The fat lady quickly answered, "Yes, you're right for the most part, Miss Reed. But you got one thing wrong. It was true that we sympathized with her, and…" She closed her eyes just then as she thought to herself, Alright. I've come this far. Might as well out with the whole truth.
She mustered her courage and continued, "And we started hating you. We thought you were a witch. Not only did you chase our friend away, but you also forced President Fuller to date you with such an underhanded method. And because of that, we didn't hold a high opinion of you and thought you were a shameless woman.
"However, even so, we had never planned to come between the two of you, and Lynette had never told us to do anything, either. It was not until five in the evening today that she suddenly called us. She found out we were attending this dinner with our elders and asked us to keep an eye on you two. She wanted us to report to her if anything happened. So, when we saw you two come to the waiting room, we told her about it, and she asked us to stop you two from going at it at all costs…" Her voice trailed off at the end.
Toby's face was void of any expression as he said, "You're quite loyal to her." Good thing we didn't do anything. If we were going at it when they banged the door, all the mood would have gone instantly, and my little guy down there would have to suffer. His fury grew in intensity as he thought about that. When he looked at the girls again, his gaze was cold as ice, glinting with murderous intent.
It scared the wits off of the girls, and they almost let out a scream. However, they held it in in the end.
"So, that's the idea she came up with? Banging the door?" An icy smile formed on Sonia's lips.
The girls shook their heads. "No. It wasn't her idea. She only told us to come up with an idea to stop you no matter what. We spent a lot of time coming up with that plan. We thought it was a good plan since we could get away with it easily. We could run off as soon as we banged the door, and even if we were caught, we could just say we were drunk and got the wrong room."
The girls hung their heads low. They thought it was a perfect idea, but they didn't expect the couple not to do as they had planned. First, Toby opened the door and caught them. Then, he kicked the fat lady without asking any questions. All the unexpected surprises ruined their plan.
"You got the wrong room because you were drunk?" He repeated what they said in a monotonous tone.
The girls gulped. They could feel the murder coming from him and were on the verge of tears due to fear.
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