Brother? Frowning, Sonia glanced at the caller ID and said, “Sonia Reed speaking, but I don’t have a brother. You must be mistaken.”
“There’s no mistake. He says he’s your brother. His name is Tyler Fuller.”
The moment she heard the name, Sonia was reminded of the terrible things Tyler had done before this, and she freaked out. “I’m sorry but I don’t know him.” With that, she hung up immediately.
Charles asked in curiosity, “Brother? Is it Carl?”
“No. She called the wrong number.”
Then, Sonia walked out of the office with Charles. They planned to discuss Paradigm Co.’s future plans over some Japanese food. However, as soon as she entered the lift, her phone started ringing again.
Sonia kept her shirt on as she answered the call. However, instead of the female police, the person at the other end of the line was Tyler.
“Hey Sonia, come pick me up from the police station.”
During the six years of marriage between her and Toby, his brother––Tyler, had either addressed her by her full name or did not address her at all. This was actually the first time he had called her ‘Sonia’.
Nonetheless, this fellow sounded very reluctant. It was as if he was forcing himself to address Sonia as such.
“Your brother and I have already divorced.” Sonia reminded Tyler, and herself at the same time. “You should call your brother and ask him to bail you out.”
Tyler scowled. “Is it so hard for you to come to the police station?!”
“Go ask your brother.”
Seeing how Tyler changed his attitude within a second, Sonia frowned and remained silent. Just as she was about to hang up, Tyler hung up before her.
“Toby’s brother is looking for you?” Charles asked as he caught quite a number of keywords from the conversation.
“I heard Toby has made reservations at the Sheraton Hotel. He even invited Tina’s family to have dinner with his parents to plan the day of their engagement again. Shouldn’t his brother be together with them at the hotel? Why is he at the police station?”
“He probably committed some crime and got detained.” With a calm look, Sonia pursed her lips. “He wants me to bail him out.”
Charles sneered, “Does he think you and Toby are still married? How could he still order you around like this? His character is exactly the same as his mother’s!”
When they arrived at the car park and were about to get into the car, Sonia suddenly asked, “How long will one be detained in the police station normally?”
“Depends on what crime they committed. If it’s causing an affray, they will be detained for around 15 days if no one bails them out,” Charles answered and looked at Sonia in resignation. “Are you thinking of going to get him?”
“He doesn’t dare to call Toby, which shows that he must have committed something serious.” Sonia got into the car. “I’ll go take a look.”
Charles bent down and knocked on the car’s window with a sulky look. “Are you abandoning me for the sake of your ex-husband’s brother?”
However, Sonia ignored him and drove out of the basement car park.
While on the way to the police station, Sonia recalled the conversation with Charles at the car park just now, and she hated herself for being soft-hearted at that moment. She had decided to let things go, yet here she was on the way to help when his brother was in trouble.
After arriving at the police station, Sonia mentioned Tyler’s name, and the policewoman led her in. Soon, she saw a row of youngsters in school uniforms standing by the wall. Everyone looked disheveled with serious injuries on their faces.
“Tyler Fuller.” The policewoman called upon Tyler, who was standing among the youngsters. “Your sister-in-law is here to pick you up.”
Tyler immediately lifted his head. His eyes lit up for a second when he saw Sonia, but he soon pouted and snorted. “You b*tch, I knew you would come.”
Sonia looked at him calmly and said, “What did you just call me?”
With her hair tied up into a ponytail, she looked gentle and elegant in her black coat, but her tranquil gaze actually sent a chill down Tyler’s spine.
The two of them looked into each other’s eyes for a moment before Tyler spat through gritted teeth, “So-nia.”
Sonia was amused seeing Tyler’s aggrieved look. She didn’t sign the bail bond immediately but asked him, “Why did you get into a fight with the others?”
Tyler kept quiet.
Just then, one of them from the row of youngsters who were standing at the corner of the wall yelled at Tyler, “Hey Tyler, I heard your sister-in-law has already divorced your brother. How can you be so shameless to ask her to come bail you out? Ha! You’re just like your mother, ordering people about impudently.”
“I think his mother must have mistaken his gender when she gave birth to him!”
Tyler’s eyes became bloodshot upon being provoked by the few youngsters’ mock. He had an impulse to dash toward them and give them a punch in their faces.
Nonetheless, Sonia quickly grabbed his uniform. “Are you actually thinking of causing a ruckus in the police station? Do you want me to call your brother?”
Worried that Sonia would really call Toby, Tyler pulled his arm away from Sonia with a dark face without allowing the latter to touch his uniform.
After signing the bail bond for Tyler, Sonia glanced at the other youngsters at the corner of the wall and said to the police officer, “It’s normal for kids to have fights. I’ll bail the others out too; it’s just a small matter and it’s not necessary to trouble their parents.”
The police officer understood that the youngsters were from the same school and they would have one less case to worry about if the fellows were released earlier, so the officer agreed. As such, Sonia signed the bail bonds for the other youngsters too.
On the other hand, Tyler had never thought Sonia would do this. His blood boiling, he scowled at Sonia, “Are you crazy? Why are you bailing them out too?!”
Tyler glanced at the youngsters in front of him and mumbled sulkily, “I could have won if there were only three of them, but then another two came…”
“That means you didn’t.” Sonia darted a glance at him. “I thought you were all high and mighty!”
Hearing that, Tyler was rendered speechless.
After coming out of the police station, Sonia followed behind the few youngsters at an unhurried pace, which made Tyler confused. Just as he caught up with Sonia after hesitating for a while, Sonia suddenly hit the back of one of the youngsters with her handbag, causing the fellow to wail in pain.
Seeing Sonia daringly hit their friend, the other fellows quickly surrounded her. Sonia yelled at Tyler, who was dumbfounded, “What are you waiting for? Come and beat them up! Didn’t you say you’re able to defeat three of them?”
Upon regaining his composure, Tyler quickly rolled up his sleeves and darted over.
Sonia dragged two of the youngsters away, so it was a piece of cake for Tyler to deal with the other three. In no time, all the youngsters were beaten to a pulp. At the same time, there were more injuries on Tyler too, and he grimaced in pain as he had received a punch in his right cheek.
Sonia straightened her disheveled hair and said to the few youngsters who were knocked to the ground. “I’m giving you guys mercy by asking him to beat you all up. If I were the one to deal with you guys, I can make you guys stay in the juvenile detention center for three months—mark my words.”
She said the scariest words in a calm tone, which caused the few youngsters who were still students to wimp out and didn’t dare to utter a word anymore.
“Get up,” Sonia said and pointed at Tyler who was standing next to her. “Apologize to him.”
The few youngsters quickly stood up and apologized to Tyler. After that, they ran away immediately upon Sonia’s dismissal.
Tyler looked at Sonia’s side profile with mixed emotions. Back then, when Sonia asked Toby to marry her, Tyler had thought that she had indirectly broken up Toby and Tina. Hence, he had treated her with hostility all this while and picked on her when she was still in the Fuller Family. However, he had seen a different Sonia at the bar last time, and today. It seems like she isn’t that bad after all.
“I heard Toby and your sister-in-law-to-be are at Sheraton Hotel. It’s up to you whether you want to go home or go to the hotel.” Sonia took out some cash and shoved it to Tyler.
Then, she walked toward the driver’s seat. Just as she was about to get into the car, she heard one of the car’s doors being opened and closed shortly after that.
Looking at Tyler, who was sitting in the passenger seat, Sonia tried to keep her shirt on. “Tyler Fuller, go hail a cab. I have no time to send you back.”
“I’m not going back. I’m going to sleep in your car!” Tyler was yelling so loud that the wound at the corner of his mouth was torn, and he scrunched his face in pain.
“Get out. Toby and I have already divorced.”
However, Tyler remained still in the passenger seat and snorted, “An ex-sister-in-law is a sister-in-law too. I’ve already addressed you anyway.”
