But things were looking great now that Rina had taken the initiative to familiarize herself with her, and it made Julia very relieved.
“I didn’t change my mind. I’ve just thought things through. Since my return, Tina has been very mean to me, and so I feel very inferior. Hence, I didn’t dare to hug you like this because I was afraid that you’d loathe me as well and push me away,” Rina explained, leaning her head on Julia’s shoulder.
Stroking Rina’s hair, Julia said, “That’s not true. No mother will loathe their own child. You’re just splitting hairs.” Then, she poked her forehead jokingly and added, “But it’s fine now that you’ve thought things through. Don’t let your imaginations run wild in the future.”
“Okay, I won’t do that anymore. I’ll be the sweet little girl that you love from now,” Rina answered. I was dumb, she thought.
I’ve been here for so long but never thought of becoming their real daughter until I found out that Miss Reed was the real Rina Gray.
Still, it was not too late now. From today onward, she would win over Titus and Julia completely to the point that they would only have eyes for her, and if someone jumped out and questioned her identity in the future, the Grays wouldn’t be convinced; even if they did doubt her, they still wouldn’t send her away.
No matter what, since she already had them as her parents, then they were her parents. No one could take them away from her—not even the real Rina Gray!
Not knowing what was on Rina’s mind, a smile spread across Julia’s face when she heard her words. “Okay, okay, you’re my favorite little girl.”
In return, Rina hugged her arm and giggled. A few seconds later, she lifted her head and stared at Julia’s hair. “Mom, your hair is a little messy. Let me do your hair for you.”
Since her daughter had offered to do her hair, Julia was so overjoyed that she couldn’t care less whether her hair was really messy. So, she hurriedly agreed. “You’re such a good girl, Rina. Sure, do my hair.”
“I’ll go get a comb,” Rina said and went upstairs.
Soon, she returned with a comb in her hand and stood behind Julia before she released the pins in her hair and started combing her hair out. She was a little strong while combing, but Julia didn’t stop her even though she was hurting a little, thinking that she was only strong because of all the farmwork she used to do. In addition, it was the first time Rina did her hair, so she would feel bad to say anything.
A few minutes later, Rina removed a few strands of hair from the comb and kept it away in her pocket secretly. Placing down the comb, she announced, “I’m done, Mom. Take a look to see if you like it.”
“I like it. Of course I like the hair my daughter did for me,” Julia answered while chuckling gently and smoothing out her hair.
Rina smiled as well. “That’s great! By the way, I’m going out again, Mom. I made a friend when I went out today, and we agreed to go out for a movie. It’s about time for my date, so I’m leaving now.”
With that, she left for the door briskly without waiting for Julia to say another word. Now that she already had both Sonia and Julia’s hair, it was time for her to make a trip to the DNA testing lab!
At the same time, on the other side of the city, Sonia had just finished lunch. She stepped out of the restaurant and called Toby.
Very quickly, he picked up the call.
“Hello, Sonia.”
“President Fuller, Tina already spilled everything, and I have the recording of her saying it herself. So, we can send the waiter and that man to the police station now, right?” Sonia said into the phone while waiting for a cab on the side of the street.
A look of surprise flashed in Toby’s eyes. “You got a recording from her so soon?”
“Yeah, I had help from someone, so it was kinda easy,” she replied with a nod.
Narrowing his eyes, Toby thought, That someone is probably that Rina Gray imposter, who’s working as her and Zane’s mole.
As Tina was only staying at home and not going out, Sonia couldn’t go to the Grays to pry the words out of her. Therefore, the only one who could help her out was that fake Rina Gray, who was living there.
“Okay, you can go and make the report at the police station first, and I’ll ask someone to send those two guys to you,” Toby said while nodding slightly.
“Sure. Thanks a lot,” Sonia answered.
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