Chapter 340 Carl’s Disappearance
Upon closer look, the fitted white sheet was really made out of layers of bandage that covered nearly the entire surface area of Toby’s wounded back. It wasn’t hard to see how badly hurt he was.
“Come on, Sonia, let’s go in!” Tyler urged, placing a hand on the doorknob.
Sonia shook her head vehemently in refusal. “No, let’s not. I’ve already seen him, haven’t I? It’s time for me to go!”
“But—” Tyler began to argue.
However, he was cut off brusquely when Sonia pressed her lips into a grim line and snapped impatiently, “Tyler, I never wanted to come here in the first place, but you didn’t leave me a choice when you dragged me down the hallway. Now that I’ve seen Toby, what more are you asking of me?”
Tyler flushed. “I’m not asking for more. I just want you to stay with Toby for a bit.”
“And why should I? What am I to him?” she retorted witheringly, meeting Tyler’s flustered gaze.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something along the lines of ‘you’re his wife, of course!’ before remembering that she and Toby were already divorced.
As such, he closed his mouth again, feeling stupid as the words died on his tongue.
this, Sonia shook her head slightly and turned to head for the elevators. This time, Tyler did not stop her.
elevator and pressed the button. The elevator arrived not long after, and when the doors opened, a figure clad in a white coat walked out—it was none other than
side of the doors, and he adjusted his glasses as he asked, “I thought you were
explained nebulously with a mild
inquired, “Your ward isn’t in this direction, so why would you be
ran into Tyler on my way out of the hospital, and when I found out Grandma was hospitalized, I decided to
Tim said plainly. “And
go now
light chuckle. “What do you think of his
I think?” She looked at him suspiciously. “Why
After all, I heard that his injuries had something to do with
and said stoically, “The rumors aren’t technically wrong, but in all honesty, he brought the
Tim’s eyes as he became interested. “I take it that you know why
Fuller Family, I’d rather not talk about it with you.”
him and into the waiting
the other hand, glanced over his shoulder at the slowly-closing elevator doors. The fluorescent lights above reflected off his glasses, and he waited until the doors fully closed before he turned
on a nearby bench in the gardens outside the inpatient ward, and
the line for a few seconds more, then hung up. “Are you done?” he asked Sonia, keeping his
nodded. “Yeah,
tapped his watch in mock exasperation
lost track of time while I was talking to Grandma. Sorry for waiting, Charles. I’ll buy you dinner later
for that. Besides, it’s not like you could stomach rich food right now, and I’d hate to be the only one eating anything with flavor. Come on, I’ll
of steps in, Charles suddenly remembered something. He turned to look at Sonia and said eagerly, “By the way, baby, guess
asked, shaking her head to show that she was not up for guessing games now; she probably would have made all
Instead, he narrowed his eyes as he chuckled insidiously. “I saw
“Tina’s here at the
some sleuthing; as it turns out, the police took Tina into custody while she was still in recovery, so she came back to follow up on her treatment after she was released.
over Sonia’s face
something strange about you,
an assessing look. “What do you
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