Chapter 519 Sonia Faints
Sonia hummed.
“Let’s go.” Toby said.
Sonia shivered. She didn’t want to go, for somebody died there. She had only seen dead people on TV, but not in real life. She had never needed to visit a crime scene either, so she was afraid.
Toby noticed her fear, and he held her hand tightly. “It’s alright. I’m here.”
Sonia turned her head. His calm, serious gaze alleviated some of her fear at once.
“Let’s go.” Noticing her change in mood, Toby took her and walked forward.
Sonia let him take her away, and she stared at him. Her eyes glinted as her mind raced.
“You’re here.” Teddy was still taking notes outside the area. When he saw the trio coming over, he closed his notebook and went up to them.
Toby nodded. “How’s the situation, Mr. Olsen?” He looked ahead of him, where the building was surrounded by the officers and the medical staff. He couldn’t see anything at all, so he could only ask Teddy.
Teddy pushed his hat down. “The corpse is still there. The forensic doctor is not here yet, so we asked the hospital’s doctor to inspect the body first. However, they aren’t trained like forensic doctors. It’s taking them a long time, and they haven’t found anything.”
“Why didn’t you guys ask Tim?” Toby frowned. That guy loves to research the human body. I heard he worked part-time as a forensic doctor overseas, since that’s the only branch of science that can experiment on the human body anytime they want.
“We did.” Teddy sighed. “Some doctors suggested it, but he’s still operating on a patient, so it’ll take him a while before he can come.”
“No. He is already here.” Sonia pointed at a person some distance away from them.
Toby and Teddy looked at where she was pointing, and they saw Tim coming over in a hurry, still in his surgery attire.
Teddy was delighted to see him. “Great! He’s finally here. Once the autopsy is done, we should know what’s the cause of her death. I’ll be going over to him, Mr. Fuller, Miss Sonia.”
“Okay.” Toby nodded.
Teddy went up to Tim.
Tim saw Teddy too, as well as Toby and Sonia, who were behind Teddy. Tim ignored Toby and nodded at Sonia. It was his way of saying hi.
Sonia said hi, then Teddy started talking to Tim.
After some time, Teddy told the crowd surrounding the corpse to make way for Tim. Once they did, Tina’s corpse became plain for Sonia to see.
Sonia was afraid of corpses to begin with, and seeing Tina’s mangled corpse made her turn as white as a sheet. She screamed.
It was a horrifying sight. Tina was lying on the ground face down, and the patch of grass was drenched with blood. Her face was nothing but a mess of flesh and blood, making her barely recognizable. Even her head was caved in, and white liquid oozed out from it. Sonia retched at the sight of that, then she closed her eyes and blacked out.
“Sonia!” As Sonia fell toward him, Toby tensed up and quickly held her in his arms. He slowly hunkered down and let her rest in his arms as he shook her gently. “Wake up, Sonia.”
Tim noticed Sonia fainting as well. He had already put on gloves and was ready to inspect the corpse, but after he saw what happened, he took his gloves off and went over to her. “What happened to her?” he asked.
Toby looked at her, his eyes filled with guilt. “She fainted from the shock.” He knew Teddy would tell everyone to make way, and he was prepared to close her eyes, but Sonia had been faster than him. She saw how mangled the body was before he could close her eyes, and that made her faint. It’s my fault.
Tim said nothing. He pulled Sonia’s eyelid open and massaged parts of her head.
A while later, she furrowed her eyebrows, and her eyelashes started trembling. She seemed to be regaining consciousness, and a moment later, she opened her eyes, but there was only fear in it. “To—”
“It’s okay.” Toby leaned down and put his forehead against hers. “It’s alright. Calm down.”
“Toby?” Sonia blinked at him.
“Yes,” Toby said. “It’s me. Don’t be scared.”
“But I saw—”
“I know. Keep it out of your mind. Just don’t think about it, and you won’t be scared.” He pulled away and looked at her gently.
Sonia huffed. “Impossible. How can I not think about it? It’s gruesome. I can still see it in my mind. I—”
Before she could finish, Toby leaned down and shut her up with a kiss. Sonia’s eyes widened in disbelief, and the crowd was surprised by what Toby was doing.
Especially Teddy. The corner of his lips twitched as he thought, What the heck? This is a crime scene. It’s bloody and nasty, but you guys are actually kissing? Here? Holy sh*t. He turned around huffily. Ugh, I’m leaving. I can’t stand this.
Tom covered his face and turned around in embarrassment as well.
Tim arched his eyebrow at them, and he stood up. “Okay then. I was going to say I can erase her memories if she can’t forget about it, but I don’t think she needs it. Apparently, someone managed to be more effective than I am.” He adjusted his glasses and smiled. Then, he turned around to go back to the body.
A long, long time later, Toby’s lips finally left Sonia’s. She was already suffocating, and she breathed deeply. “You…” She blushed.
He let her go so she could stand up. After she did, he stood up and wiped the lipstick off his lips. “Now you won’t be afraid anymore, right?”
Well, obviously. Sonia said nothing. All she could think about was how he had kissed her, so she couldn’t even remember how Tina’s corpse looked. Of course she wouldn’t be afraid. The idea worked well, although it was embarrassing for her. She stared at the ground. “Thank you,” Sonia thanked him, but her voice was barely a whisper.
Toby heard it, however, so he grunted. “You should take a seat.” He pointed at the bench beside them. “I’ll go over and take a look.”
Sonia nodded. “Okay.” She needed time to calm herself, and she didn’t want to see Tina’s mangled corpse. It took her a lot to forget about the horror she saw, and she did not want to relive it.
“Stay with her, Tom.” Toby handed her over to Tom.
“Yes, sir,” Tom said.
“I’ll be going over now. Call me if anything happens.” He patted her head and went toward Tim.
She looked at him and touched where he patted her. For the first time, she didn’t hate it. Even when he kissed her just now, she didn’t feel repulsed either. What is going on?
“We should be going now, Miss Reed,” Tom told her before she could figure her feelings out.
Sonia held back her questions for the time being and forced a smile. “Okay.”
Toby came to Tim’s side. “What did you find?”
