Tim opened his eyes, excitement flashing within them. He quickly took his phone out from his drawer and checked his notifications. There were missed calls from Tina, Carl, and Sonia. He ignored Tina’s calls and called Sonia immediately.
Sonia was still awake, waiting for the right time to call Tim. She wanted to call him at eleven, since the surgery should be done by then. However, Tim was already calling her at half past ten. Sonia was delighted to see him calling her, so she picked it up quickly. “Done with the surgery?”
“Yep. Just a moment ago.” Tim nodded. His voice was hoarse, and he sounded exhausted. “Anything you need?”
Sonia could hear the exhaustion in his voice, and she did feel apologetic for calling him this late at night. But this was about her reputation, so she had to do it. “Yes, but give me a second. I’ll change my phone.” She hung up and called him using an unregistered phone Daphne bought for her that afternoon. She had to be careful, since Charles said the police might be listening in to track Carl down.
Tim arched his eyebrow. “Why did you change your number?”
“It’s complicated, but that’s not the point. Listen up…” Sonia took a deep breath and told him what happened earlier in the day.
As soon as she finished, Tim clenched his phone. If looks could kill, Tina would have been dead eight times now. How dare that b*tch do that? I see she has chosen death. “Got it. I’ll post the evidence online and prove your innocence. You’ll be fine, trust me.” Tim’s glasses reflected the light in his office, covering the anger in his eyes.
Sonia nodded. “I’m counting on you.” Only Tim had the evidence, so she could only count on him to finish the job.
“But don’t post it using your account, or the cops will think you’re attacking Tina,” Sonia reminded him. She knew Tim wasn’t a good guy, but she didn’t want him to get arrested. After all, he was getting back at Tina for her. Sonia knew she wasn’t a perfectly good person either, so she didn’t want Tim to get into trouble.
Tim smiled, happy that Sonia cared for him. “I know. I’ll post it using an alt,” he answered gently. I knew it. She’s my angel. The only one who actually cares about me.
Ever since he was a child, he was a cold, indifferent person. Because of that, his parents saw him as a monster, and everyone else shunned him. The other kids would even push him into a pond just to bully him, and none of the adults who saw it were willing to help him out. Back then, only Sonia would pull him up.
Since then, he swore he’d protect her forever and prove to everyone that he had feelings, even though he lacked empathy and was a cold-blooded person. Tim knew he didn’t like her as a sister, friend, or romantic interest. It was something he couldn’t explain, but he knew he’d find out what it was one day.
Once Tim gave her that assurance, Sonia was satisfied, and she hung up.
Tim looked at his phone for a moment before calling Carl.
The call went through easily. “You finally showed up.”
“I was in the ER.” Tim took his glasses off and pinched his nose.
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