Speaking of Grandma-
Thinking of his grandma, Toby suddenly remembered how surprised and relieved Rose was when she first saw him six years ago.
Six years ago, he had just finished his heart surgery and was getting ready to fulfill his promise with Little Leaf for a meeting. Yet, just before he could do so, he was hypnotized by Miles.
After the hypnotism, there was a drastic change in Toby's personality. His warm, gentle personality was replaced by coldness and indifference.
After his change in personality, Toby clearly remembered that there was something nagging at him when he first met Rose. That nagging he felt was how Rose was surprised over his change in personality yet never questioned him about it.
Normally, wouldn't someone ask in a panic about the reason for such a drastic change in personality? To ask the person whether something had happened in their life?
However, Rose did not. After a moment of being taken by surprise, she immediately held Toby's hand and wouldn't stop telling him that it was a good thing for this to happen. At the time, tears welled up in Rose’s reddened eyes. He knew that those tears were from her emotions of joy. Although he couldn't understand why Rose reacted that way at the time, he knew better now. Perhaps Rose already knew the truth behind his old personality—how his personality was nurtured by his mother to be just like Connor's.
That was why Rose was relieved by the change in his personality and had told him repeatedly that it was a good thing for him. But a few months back, when he had somewhat returned to how he was in the past after that car accident, Rose's eyes were filled with anxiousness, though she herself said nothing at all.
He always thought that the anxiousness Rose had then was due to the injuries he sustained from the car accident. Looking back on it now, perhaps her anxiousness stemmed from the possibility of him turning back into how he was before, and that he would return to his old self. Clearly, she did not wish for Toby to return to being a stand-in for Connor.
Rose's thoughts were the same as Sonia's, which was why he could say with certainty that both his grandmother and Sonia loved him.
As long as they were with him and always filled him with their love, he could stop rejecting himself and doubting himself over being made into a stand-in. Furthermore, he would no longer need to care about what his mother's thoughts were or his mother's love tainted by other feelings.
Now, he could let go of his feelings for his mother as there were people that truly and sincerely cared about him. Naturally, though he overcame his doubts and wouldn't hold any grudges against his mother since she was ultimately the one who gave birth to him, he would never forgive Connor.
Absolutely not!
The true master?
I will let Connor know that no one else in this world is the true master of the Fuller Family!
With his fists clenched tightly, Toby was filled with bloodlust as his eyes turned crimson red. At this moment, his phone in his pocket rang. With the ringing of his phone having somewhat dispersed the stifling air in the room, Toby loosened his fists and took his phone out.
Seeing that it was his assistant, Tom, calling, he walked over to his desk and answered the phone. "What is it?" He sounded indifferent.
"President Fuller, bad news. Connor Salzburg is in Seafield." Tom's tone was laced with stress on the other end of the line.
Toby murmured in assent. "Yes, I already know of it." He pulled out a chair and sat down.
Tom was shocked by his president's reply. "You knew?"
Toby pursed his lips. "He was here for Little Leaf. It was Little Leaf who told me about it."
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