Tom stopped complaining in silence and asked, "What else do you need, President Fuller?"
Toby lowered his head pensively for a moment. "Have you received any weird calls today? Or did you see any weird people?"
Weird calls? Weird people? Tom shook his head in confusion. "No, President Fuller. Did something happen?"
"Anya hired our ex-legal department head as her lawyer," Toby answered.
Tom tried to recall who it was, and he remembered someone. "Oscar?"
"Yes.” Toby nodded. "Connor's the one who hired him. He thought he could use our connection to get Anya off the hook, but the negotiation broke down, so he might call you to find out more about me. He might also send his spies as well."
Connor would not contact him that easily. Homer was his father after all, and no man would want to come in contact with the son of the man who took their beloved away.
"I see." Tom nodded. "Don't worry, President Fuller. I haven't received any weird calls today. Didn't see any weird people either."
Toby nodded. "That’s good to hear."
"By the way, sir... " Tom remembered something and he adjusted his glasses. "Is Connor related to Anya? Why did he do so much for her? Are they father and daughter just like what we guessed?"
Toby did not answer, but he had a dark look on his face.
The silence was an answer in and of itself.
Tom knew that, and his eyes widened.
"She's actually his daughter?"
Toby chortled sardonically. "The product of an affair."
Tom gasped. "She's born out of wedlock? If I remember correctly, she's twenty-seven, isn't she? Then, that means..." Tom's eyes were as big as saucepans now, and he did not finish his sentence, though he felt sad for Toby's mother.
He was one of the people who knew about what Toby's mother did in her younger days. Of course he could not stay still after finding out that Connor sired an illegitimate daughter three years after Toby's mother was married to Homer. Didn't he say he would wait for the madam? He promised he wouldn't get another woman, but in the end, not only did he do that, but they had a child as well. Everyone in Westsanshire calls him a loyal man. They say he's staying single for the madam, but he’s been sleeping around like everyone else. The madam should have never fallen in love with him.
Tom cursed Connor silently and he asked with concern, "Are you alright, sir?"
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