Technically, Tyler wasn’t wrong about Toby needing nutritious food because of the back injury. However, Toby perhaps needed more care mentally than physically.
Anyway, Toby decided to overlook Tyler’s logic, given that the latter was concerned about him.
It was at this moment that some footsteps were heard again. Hence, Toby looked over and found Tom standing out there and waving at him.
He nodded, signaling Tom to enter. The latter got the hint and opened the door. “President Fuller.”
Toby grunted. “How’s the company doing these few days when I was in a coma?”
“The company is doing fine. I have informed the board of directors that you’re abroad because of some urgent matters. Apart from our small circle, no one else knew about your hospitalization. That’s why the stock price is not affected.” Tom reported the recent developments by the bedside.
Toby rubbed the center of his forehead. “That’s good. Bring over the documents marked for my attention in the afternoon.”
“But are you fit to...”
“I’m fine.” Toby closed his eyes, and in a sluggish tone, he uttered, “I can’t lie around doing nothing in the hospital.”
Tom had no choice in the face of Toby’s insistence, so he nodded in agreement. “Okay, I got it. By the way, there’s another matter...”
“What is it?” Toby turned to him again.
Tom’s expression grew solemn. “It’s the investigation into how Tina learned about Miss Reed’s pregnancy. I got to the bottom of it and found out that everything was a conspiracy!”
“A conspiracy?” Toby scrunched up his eyes in suspicion.
Tom nodded. “Yeah. I was thinking that since Tina knew Miss Reed was carrying your child, perhaps she also witnessed that night between you and Miss Reed. I went to the clubhouse and looked into the matter starting from the night three months ago. That was when I found out about the conspiracy.”
At this point, Tom’s expression darkened even more. “It was Charles’s birthday that day, and Miss Reed was celebrating his birthday with some friends. Tina and her friends happened to be at the clubhouse at the same time. From my investigation, I found out that Tina had paid some waiter at the clubhouse to spike Miss Reed’s drink.”
“What?” Toby’s eyes wavered in shock.
Does that mean Sonia was not only drunk but also drugged that night?
Of course, now that he thought about it, had Sonia been drunk, she wouldn’t be as excited as she had been. He secretly chided himself for not noticing her odd behavior.
“Where’s that waiter now?” The air around Toby turned cold.
Tom answered, “He’s in our hands now. During my investigation, I realized that the waiter looked uneasy. I had someone interrogate him, and from there, we found out that Tina had paid him to spike Miss Reed’s drink and to arrange for a man to assault Miss Reed.”
“A man?” Toby gritted his teeth as his temper flared.
He never knew that Tina had once attempted to pay a man to sully Sonia.
“Yes!” Tom pushed his glasses up his nose bridge. “Tina ordered the waiter to get a man for the deed—the man would pretend to run into Miss Reed, bring her to a room, and take a video of her. For some reason, the man was running late and did not show up in front of Miss Reed. When I tracked down the original footage, I saw you standing in front of Miss Reed instead.”
After a pause, he added, “By the way, I saw in the footage that Tina’s friend caught you on video when you entered the room with Miss Reed. The friend later called Tina about this, and that was how Tina came to know that you were with Miss Reed that night instead of the other man. That explains why Tina knew that Miss Reed had been carrying your child.”
“So that was what happened!” Toby’s lips were tightly pursed, and he repeatedly clenched and uncurled his fist in anger. He felt relieved to learn that the man had run late on that day. If not, Sonia would have been assaulted.
He could not bring himself to imagine the worst-case scenario. With a dark expression, he ordered, “Find that man!”
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