Chapter 823 You Helped, Didn’t You?
Toby looked up calmly and gave him a look. “The hair that Taylor plucked from her head belongs to Sonia.”
“What the heck?” Zane was stunned. “Sonia’s hair is growing on Taylor’s head? Toby, you must be kidding. How could she have Sonia’s hair on her head? Could it be that she took Sonia’s scalp and planted it on her own head?”
That was utterly impossible.
Toby looked at him in disdain. “I meant that Taylor got a strand of Sonia’s hair beforehand and placed it on her hair clip. If needs be, she could always take out Sonia’s hair with precision and use it for DNA tests in place of her own.”
Upon hearing Toby’s explanation, Zane finally understood. “I see. If that’s the case, Taylor probably discovered that Sonia is the daughter of Titus and his wife, and that she’s the real Rina Gray. Is that why she got Sonia’s hair beforehand just in case?”
“Yes.” Toby nodded.
Zane frowned. “How did Taylor know that Sonia is Rina, though?”
Toby parted his thin lips. “The red mole.”
“What?”
“The red mole on Little Leaf’s wrist,” said Toby once more.
Zane’s eyes widened as he made the connection. “I can’t believe it’s because of that! No wonder Taylor whacked Sonia unconscious and removed the red mole on her wrist. She was scared that if the mole continued to exist, Titus and his wife would eventually find out and realize that Sonia is the real Rina. Thus, Taylor made the first move by gouging out the red mole in case her identity got exposed. No wonder…”
For the longest time, he couldn’t figure out why Taylor would knock Sonia out cold and attack the mole on Sonia’s wrist.
After all, there weren’t any grudges between the two, and Sonia was even the one who brought Taylor back to the Gray Family for Taylor to be reunited with them.
If Taylor did that, wouldn’t she be repaying kindness with evil?
Of course, one could think that Taylor had done this for the Gray Family.
After all, once Taylor returned to the Gray Family, she would be one of them too. She would naturally be at odds with Sonia like the Grays, and it would be understandable for her to inflict harm on Sonia.
However, based on the eternal hatred between the Grays and the Reeds, if Taylor wanted to deal with Sonia on the Grays’ behalf, wouldn’t it have been easier for her to just kill Sonia?
After all, Taylor could’ve simply killed the woman back then.
However, Taylor didn’t do that. She just sliced a piece of flesh from Sonia’s wrist in puzzlement.
Because of Taylor’s nonsensical move, they couldn’t figure out her real motive at all.
It was only now that Zane understood she was trying to hide the fact that Sonia was the real Rina.
Upon thinking about this, Zane suddenly thought of something and looked at Toby with a complicated expression. “Toby, since when did you know that Sonia is Rina?”
“Not long after Taylor attacked Little Leaf, I accidentally heard Mrs. Gray mentioning that there’s a red mole on Rina’s wrist. I linked that to Little Leaf’s removed mole, and I guessed Little Leaf’s identity. After that, I managed to get my hands on Little Leaf and Titus’ DNA samples to run a test, hence confirming Little Leaf’s identity. I’ve also discussed it with Taylor at the police station before,” said Toby calmly as he interlaced his fingers and set them against his belly.
Zane was dumbfounded. “You knew about this from the beginning?”
Toby didn’t deny it.
“In that case, why didn’t you tell Sonia?” Zane interrogated, placing both his hands on Toby’s desk. “Why did you let Taylor take her rightful place and identity?”
Toby frowned. He was about to speak when Zane thought of something and hastily said, “Wait, I just remembered that after Taylor attacked Sonia, she angered me and Sonia. We were ready to expose that Taylor wasn’t the real Rina, but an impostor we set up. Did you already know that Taylor wasn’t Rina?”
Toby gazed at Zane with a calm look in his eyes, silent.
Nonetheless, his unspoken answer was clear.
Indeed, he had already known about this at that time.
Zane drew in a sharp breath. “When we got Taylor and Titus to go through the DNA test, you helped Taylor, didn’t you? You knew early on that Taylor wasn’t Rina, and you even discussed it with her. However, you didn’t expose Taylor’s identity, and you even helped her to hide it. After Rina’s custody ended, you probably knew that Taylor had Sonia’s hair with her when you carried out the DNA test in front of everyone present. Perhaps you even helped Taylor get that piece of hair. Am I right?”
“Sorry, you’re wrong.” Toby leaned back slightly in his chair while maintaining a calm expression on his face. “I didn’t help Taylor get the hair; she did it herself. Before Taylor got the hair, I didn’t even know she had this ace up her sleeve.”
Zane frowned again, and his eyes were knitted tightly. It was obvious that he hadn’t expected to guess wrongly.
However, it didn’t matter. Judging by Toby’s expression, he had guessed something right.
Toby had definitely helped Taylor that day, but what was it?
Zane lowered his gaze and thought for a while before he realized something. His hands, which were still on the desk, clenched into fists. “It’s Mr. and Mrs. Carey.”
A dim light flashed across the depths of Toby’s eyes, but they disappeared instantly.
Zane leaned forward and stared at Toby. “It’s Mr. and Mrs. Carey, right? You didn’t switch out the test report between Taylor and Titus, but you definitely switched out the one between Taylor and the Careys. Taylor couldn’t get those testing facilities to help her, and neither could Sonia. I would’ve never helped, whereas Titus and his wife wouldn’t either since they wanted to know if Taylor was their daughter. Hence, the only one who could manipulate it was you, Toby.”
“I didn’t switch out the tests; I switched out the hair. The hair that was sent to be tested with the Careys didn’t belong to Taylor; it was Little Leaf’s,” Toby said coldly, indirectly admitting that he had indeed tampered with the results.
Zane squeezed his eyes shut. “I knew it. You knew Sonia’s real identity so early on, but from the moment you chose not to tell her, I knew that you definitely helped Taylor so that she could better hide the fact that she was an impostor. Had she been acting on her own, she couldn’t have hidden it until now. Why did you do that, Toby? What good is that to you?”
He couldn’t understand.
The look in Toby’s eyes turned cold. “Do you think that I’m doing it for myself? Do you remember the relationship between the Reeds and the Grays? Sonia grew up in the Reed Family and believes that she is one of them, and she wants to exact revenge for them. She hates the Grays to the core, but if you suddenly tell her that she isn’t actually a Reed but a Gray that she absolutely loathes instead, how do you think she’ll react?”
“I…” Zane swallowed, suddenly unable to speak.
Then, he lowered his gaze and tried to stand in Sonia’s shoes. He imagined how Sonia would react if she knew of her true identity.
At that thought, Zane’s handsome face turned visibly pale, and there was a lump in his throat as he spoke much later in a hoarse voice. “I know what you mean now. No wonder you’re hiding it from her and choosing to help Taylor settle in as Rina. You fear that Sonia cannot accept this truth, and she’ll…”
Toby pursed his thin lips while remaining silent.
Zane heaved a long sigh. “How can this be possible? Fate is so cruel. What sort of sick joke is this? Why is Sonia actually Rina?”
