Chapter 397 All These Lies
Both husband and wife hurried out of the house and rushed to the police station. Soon enough, they found Rina there. Julia immediately wrapped her arms around Rina. “You scared me so badly, Rina! Do you have any idea how worried I was when I heard that you had been arrested by the police?” Julia cried. The older woman wailed as she pounded her fists against Rina’s back.
Rina could sense that Julia was genuinely concerned and worried for her, so she raised her arms and pulled Julia into a hug. “I’m sorry, Mommy,” she uttered with a guilty tone. Is this what it feels like to have a mother’s unconditional love? I’ve finally had a chance to feel it! It feels wonderful and heart-warming—I love this feeling! No one can blame me for wanting to be Rina so badly.
Although Titus wasn’t as expressive as his wife, his love for his daughter was written all over his face as he looked at Rina. “Are you injured?”
Rina knew what he was wondering. He was wondering if Sonia had also hurt her when she attempted to attack Sonia. “No,” Rina uttered as she shook her head.
“That’s great.” Titus heaved a sigh of relief, but his expression quickly turned stern once more. “Tell us what’s going on. Why did you suddenly attack Sonia? Didn’t you witness how things turned out for your sister? Why would you still provoke her?” Titus had no immediate plans of going against Sonia himself. Since the Gray Family and Triforce Enterprise had only stabilized a while ago, he was afraid to get on Sonia’s bad side during such a time. However, what he didn’t expect was for Rina to provoke Sonia. Rina clearly wasn’t thinking straight. It’s fine if she wants to attack Sonia, but I can’t believe she lost to Sonia and got herself captured!
“I’m sorry, Dad. I didn’t plan on doing this. I just thought that Mom seemed really sad over Tina’s recent incident. I just wanted to do something for my mother and sister.” Rina’s voice grew softer with every word she spoke.
Julia froze. “So, Rina… You did this for me…”
“Yeah,” Rina said softly. Julia gave her daughter another firm hug as she was too touched. “Rina…”
“Alright, alright. Stop crying!” Titus shouted for Julia to keep quiet as his head was spinning because of Julia’s loud wails. Julia sniffed a few times and stopped crying.
“I know you did it for your mother’s sake, but your actions were too rash,” Titus uttered as he shifted his focus back to Rina. “I know. I’m sorry, Dad.” Rina’s eyes glinted as she apologized to him.
Titus sighed. “Forget it. What’s done is done, so there’s no point talking about all of this now. Just tell me how severe Sonia’s injuries are. I’ll find a way to get you out of this.”
“Miss Reed wasn’t badly injured. She only hurt her head,” Rina replied. She knew that her parents would save her, so she didn’t appear flustered even after she admitted to attacking Sonia. She knew that she was safe because she was the only child in the Gray Family.
In the case where Miss Reed and Mr. Coleman decide to expose my identity as the fake Rina… Rina smirked as she thought about the secret weapon she had.
“It doesn’t sound that serious if it’s just a head injury. I don’t think it’s enough to call it a criminal case. Even if there were a punishment, it’d probably be administrative detention for a few days.” Titus narrowed his eyes as he analyzed the situation.
Rina’s eyes lit up immediately. “Are you saying that I won’t go to jail, Dad?” she asked.
“Of course. Your father just said that it’s not enough to form a criminal case. That means that you won’t go to jail.” Julia didn’t want to see her other daughter in jail.
Rina clasped her palms together in excitement. That’s great! I knew that Mom and Dad would get me out of here, but I didn’t know that I wouldn’t have to go to jail at all!
“You two can talk for a while more. I’ll go ask the police officers about the bail,” Titus said to Julia.
“Go on.” Julia nodded. Titus turned and left the interrogation room, and he returned about ten minutes later. He wore a rather uneasy look on his face as he walked in. The uneasiness spread to both Julia and Rina once they saw his face. “What is it, honey? Can we bail her out?” Julia asked Titus worriedly. Rina stared at him as well.
He massaged his temples. “Yes, we can. However, we’d have to get Sonia to come in and sign a dispute settlement agreement before we bail her out. Otherwise, Rina will have to be detained.”
“Let’s go look for Sonia, then!” Julia urged.
“No!” Rina stopped her immediately. Both Julia and Titus turned to stare at Rina. “Why not, Rina?”
Rina lowered her eyes as she was afraid that the emotions in them would be revealed. She couldn’t allow Julia and Titus to look for Sonia now. If Sonia asks them about the red mole, it’ll be over for me.
“Because… Miss Reed will never agree to this. She hates the Gray Family, so she’d never sign a dispute settlement with us. She might even insult you guys, and I don’t want her to do that to you. Mom, Dad, please don’t look for her. I don’t mind being detained for a while since I’ll be released really soon.” Rina beamed at both her parents as she put on a thoughtful and caring look.
Titus and Julia felt a surge of warmth in their hearts. Their biological child was indeed better than Tina, who’d never do such a thing for them. Tina would’ve begged them to ask Sonia to sign the dispute settlement at once. “Are you really okay with being detained, Rina?” Titus looked at Rina as he questioned her in a serious tone.
She nodded firmly. “Of course. You don’t have to look for Miss Reed, Mom and Dad. She is probably waiting for you to go to her right now so that she can humiliate you. We can’t fall for her trap—we can’t have things go the way she wants them to.”
“Rina’s right, Titus,” Julia uttered after thinking about it for a while. Titus decided that Rina’s words made sense, so he finally let out a long sigh. “Fine. Don’t worry, Rina. I’ll make sure that the police only detain you for a few days at most.”
“Okay. Thanks, Dad.” Rina beamed happily. Being detained might not be good news, but Rina was willing to endure it for a better future.
Titus and Julia went out to talk to the police, and Sonia received a call from the police soon after that. The police spoke to her about Rina’s case and how it was being dealt with. “Alright. I got it. Thank you for informing me.” Sonia nodded and ended the call after speaking to the police.
Zane noticed how Sonia seemed rather glum after the call. “What is it?”
“The police have already decided on Taylor’s punishment. She’s going to be detained for 15 days,” Sonia replied.
“15 days? That’s pretty little.” Rebecca was chewing on an apple, and she frowned as she spoke. Sonia pressed her lips together tightly. She was rather displeased because of the light sentence.
Sonia had consulted a lawyer, so she knew that Taylor wouldn’t be jailed for the case as she had only suffered light injuries. However, the lawyer stated that Taylor might get more than 20 days of detainment for harming Sonia. Yet, the police settled with 15 days.
“That seems like a rather light sentence. Should I call the police and talk to them about it?” Zane asked with his eyes narrowed.
Sonia shook her head. “Forget it. If you ask the police for a favor, it might end up as political leverage against your family some other time. We should just let it be. After all, the worst punishment for Taylor isn’t detainment. Things would be worse for her if we were to take everything that she now has away from her.”
Zane smirked. “That’s true. But when should we tell the Gray Family about this?”
“We can tell them now, but we can’t tell them personally. If we do that, the Grays will find out that Taylor is a spy we planted in their household. If the public gets to know about this, our reputation will be ruined—you’ll bring the Coleman Family’s reputation down, and my company will be impacted.” Sonia looked grim as she spoke in a low voice.
There were a few behaviors that entrepreneurs considered the most despicable within the field. Apart from being a two-faced person, entrepreneurs also hated when someone sent a spy into their organization. If people within the field found out about Sonia and Zane’s acts of planting a spy, they would definitely start suspecting Sonia and Zane of planting spies in their companies, and the both of them would be boycotted from the industry. That would be a huge blow to their business.
