A faint sobbing sound was suddenly heard from the room.

Without much thought, Toby immediately opened the door and found a frightened Tina. It was after a short pause that she turned to walk further into the room.

 

“Tina,” he called out to her.

She paused and wiped away her tears before turning to face him with a forced smile. “Toby, are you done talking to Tim?”

“Yeah.” Toby stared at her for a couple of seconds before he asked, “Did you overhear us?”

Tina nodded as her eyes turned misty again. “Toby, d-do I really have dissociative personality disorder?”

 

He opened his mouth to say anything, but he couldn’t form his words and merely ended up grunting.

She covered her face with her hands and cried her heart out. “I’m sorry, Toby. I didn’t know about it. I really didn’t know. Sobs…”

 

“That’s fine.” As Toby felt sorry for her, he yanked her into a tender hug. “It’s not your fault. There’s no need to apologize.”

“I heard Tim saying that the new identity is evil, though. It is also being hostile toward Miss Reed. Did I do something horrible to her before I lost my memory?” She held his collar and asked with reddened eyes.

answered somberly, “That identity of yours… She pushed

sharply and exclaimed, “How could that

your secondary identity.” He touched her hair

been mean toward her in the past few times. I knew I shouldn’t have done that, but I couldn’t control myself. It’s all because I

hitting herself on the head with a dejected

pulled her hands away. “I told you

for running over me, I even caused her to trip. After that, I even pushed her off the stairs. I-I…” Tina was a crying mess by

on the forehead. “You were under the influence of your nascent alternative identity when you hurt Sonia twice. That’s the reason why you shoved her off the stairs, but it was the doing of your identity. It had nothing to do with you as a person, which is why

sniffled and thought of something as she pushed him away. “By the way, Toby, is Miss Reed okay? She’s fine,

“She’s fine,” Toby answered.

relief. “That’s great. Good to hear that she’s okay, but I think

lips. “She will file a police

exclaimed before she gave a bitter smile. “That makes sense. After I pushed her off the stairs, it’s only fair that she reported me. I should serve prison time for my behavior. The only thing is that I heard the female wardens are scary and excellent at torturing

but he did

her main one, Toby couldn’t send her

traumatized again, given how vulnerable her personality was. By then, not only would they be unable to treat her, they might even witness

narrowed his eyes and answered, “Don’t worry,

with her bright eyes, but the light in them had almost immediately dimmed. “Miss Reed won’t agree

he muttered

this time, his phone buzzed from a call—it

matter?” Toby answered and asked with a serious

replied respectfully, “President Fuller, two research teams have

the time being. I will

the call, he kept his phone aside in his pocket. “Tina, I need to head back to the office. Get some rest for now and don’t

Tina nodded obediently. “Okay.”

phone and turned around

sure this is the best solution? If you fake a mental illness and your lies are exposed, I’m afraid that your reputation will be

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