Tina could not accept that explanation, but she had no choice but to obey it. She depended on Connor for a living, so if she dared to defy him, he would certainly take her life.
She bit her lip and looked at Sonia reluctantly. "Fine. You're lucky I can't do anything to you because you have your child as protection, but don't you get too cocky! I can still slap you whenever I want. That ought to do some damage to you." With that, she left the warehouse.
In the meantime, Xander looked at Sonia and clucked his tongue. "You're in such bad shape. I'm sure Toby would be heartbroken to see you like this." He fished out his phone and snapped a picture before leaving as well.
At that point, the dizzy and suffering Sonia deduced that she might have a slight concussion because Tina had put all her force into those slaps! A while after Xander left, she could not hold on any longer and fainted with her head tilted to the side.
Outside the warehouse, Connor was reprimanding Tina. When she almost took Sonia's life earlier, she overstepped the line as he needed Sonia to threaten Toby. How was he going to do with a dead woman?
That was why he was giving Tina the same treatment she had given Sonia earlier. The only difference was Sonia gritted her teeth and made no sound, while Tina started begging from the pain of one slap.
Xander sneered as he watched the scene and then sent the pictures he took to Toby.
On the other hand, Toby was making his way to the relevant departments to check the satellites when his phone suddenly vibrated. After taking it out and seeing the picture, he was instantly enraged and filled with murderous intent. He could hardly breathe because the picture showed Sonia tied to a chair with messy hair, swollen cheeks, and blood at the corner of her lips. It was obvious that someone had tortured her.
Looking at her appearance, Toby was loaded with anger and heartbreak. The person in the picture was the love of his life, his wife! He blamed himself for implicating her in the hatred between the Fullers and the Salzburg Family, causing her unnecessary hardship.
Also, there was an arrogant provocation attached to the picture. 'Toby Fuller, are you angry? Do you feel heartbroken? The anger and pain you're currently feeling are the same as how I felt back then.'
That was certainly not from Connor. Firstly, it was not in his nature to do something like that, and secondly, why would he feel anger and heartbreak? Therefore, that caption was likely from Tina or someone besides Connor that hated Toby.
"President Fuller, what happened?" Tom, who was driving, noticed Toby's murderous aura and gripped the steering wheel.
Toby clutched his phone tightly without answering. Instead, he ordered, "Drive faster!" He had to get to the surveillance footage as soon as possible to find Sonia. Otherwise, something might happen to her if he were too late.
"Got it!" Although Tom did not know what had happened, he could guess it was nothing fortunate. Therefore, he immediately stomped on the accelerator and drove at full speed.
On the hill, Xander waited for a while but was disappointed when he did not receive any replies from Toby. He thought Toby would warn him not to harm Sonia, but that guy did not even respond.
Feeling disinterested, he put away his phone and went to look for Connor. When he passed by Tina, he looked at her like she was trash.
On the other hand, the satellite surveillance system proved its mighty power, for nothing escaped its surveillance. Soon, Tony located the route of Sonia's abduction and finally locked onto a particular hill.
It was not far from Fuller Residence, so Connor might have chosen there because he thought it was a good idea to hide in plain sight.
Once they confirmed the abductors stayed put on the hill after settling Sonia, Tom asked Toby, "President Fuller, Mrs. Fuller is right there. Let's prepare to rescue her. The police and military forces have begun operation, and the thermal imager has been brought over there too."
Since the hill was large, the satellite surveillance system could only search above ground, so they failed to detect further. If there were any caves inside those hills, they would not be able to see inside, which would make their search even harder.
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