Chapter 867 Entering The Lion’s Den
“Restore Anya’s identity?” Sonia frowned. “What does this mean? Are you saying that Anya’s current identity isn’t fake, but it might be real?
Toby pursed his lips and did not reply.
However, Tom, who heard what she said, nodded and replied, “Yes, Miss Reed, you’ve hit the nail on the matter. Connor told her to change her previous identification to her current one, which also happened to be the one I’ve found before this and assumed that it had something to do with Anya.”
“Can you be more specific?” Toby asked quietly.
Tom hummed in acknowledgment and continued, “Anya’s past identity was of an orphan who grew up in a welfare house, but she didn’t go by the name Anya. Instead, she was known as Germaine Combs, a name that the welfare home director gave her. It was only later that Connor changed her name to Anya, and that was when you told me to investigate her.”
“So, you’re saying that the Deputy Chief did not change much of Anya’s identity?” Toby frowned.
When Tom heard Toby’s question, he nodded. “Exactly. But, of course, this is just what I heard from the Deputy Chief himself, although I don’t think he will lie. He was only following Connor’s orders. We can only find out more about Anya’s true identity from Connor.”
At this moment, Toby pursed lips turned into a straight line as he fell silent.
At the same time, Sonia looked over at him and said, “Who would’ve thought this would be the case?”
Initially, they thought they could learn about Anya’s identity from the Census Bureau.
They never expected the Census Bureau to only help change her name while the rest of her information was the same as Toby’s previous investigation.
In other words, they had only managed to get the name that Anya used in the past with no clue about her true identity.
The only thing they could confirm was that Anya’s relationship with Connor, the head of the Salzburg Family, was not simple.
After thinking it through, Toby nodded slightly. “Oh, well. I’ll ask Connor myself if we can’t find anything here.”
With that, he spoke into his phone again, “Alright, you can stop the investigation here. I’ll get in touch with Connor myself.”
“Alright, President Fuller,” Tom responded.
Then, Toby hung up and wanted to call Connor.
Toby had never contacted Connor before, let alone met him in person.
The relationship Connor had with Toby’s mother raised doubts within him. Hence, he had never felt the need to meet or reach out to Connor.
The only exception was to discover whether Connor was behind Homer’s death and if Connor was the mastermind behind the car accident that Toby was involved in.
At the end of the day, if Toby found out that it was indeed Connor who was behind all of these, he would want to meet Connor for the first and last time. After all, Connor was the man whom Toby’s mother had loved the most.
However, if Connor wasn’t behind this, or if there was no factual evidence, Toby would choose never to meet this man because the man repelled him.
Yet, Toby did not expect that he would have to reach out to Connor so early.
When Sonia saw the frown on his lips, she chewed on hers before asking, “Are you okay?”
“Huh?” He looked at her in puzzlement, as if he did not understand her meaning.
She then pointed at the phone and asked again, “Is it really okay for you to call Connor? I’m sure you don’t want to speak to him now, do you?”
No child would have a good impression of their mother’s lover.
Moreover, this man might be the mastermind behind his father’s death.
Naturally, Sonia was a little concerned for Toby.
When he saw the worry in her eyes, he immediately understood why she was worried. His heart softened as he replied seriously, “It’s okay. I’d have to face him sooner or later. It is just sooner than I expected. I’m also curious about how he will react when he hears my voice. Maybe I could decipher how he feels about me from his reaction.”
After all, he was the son of Connor’s love rival. If Connor hated Toby, Connor would definitely hate Homer as well. That would naturally give rise to the possibility of Connor plotting both Homer’s death and Toby’s car accident.
After all, not everyone would love everything that came with their lover’s life. Those who could love their lovers’ children were rare.
Sonia was at a loss for words when she realized that Toby was putting Connor to the test and nodded. “Alright, then. I will be here to support you, no matter what you do.”
At the end of the day, she knew that Toby had always wanted to know who killed his father and to avenge his father’s death.
Since this was him trying to eliminate possible suspects of Homer’s death, Sonia wouldn’t attempt to stop Toby from making the call.
Toby turned to look at her and lightly touched her hair before he unlocked his phone.
Just as he fished out Connor’s phone number, which he had found in the past, and was about to make the call, his phone rang.
This call came from the police station.
When Sonia noticed Toby’s darkened face, she laughed and said, “It seems like God doesn’t want you to call Connor right now. Alright, it’s okay. Let’s answer the call first. It’s not too late for you to call him again once you’re done with this call.”
As Toby watched her sooth his ruffled feathers, he raised his chin slightly before answering, “Okay.”
He had no choice either way. His phone was already ringing, and he couldn’t just hang up.
Then, he rubbed his brows before answering the call from the police station.
What was said in the call was similar to Tom’s; they told Toby that they had found some leads on Anya’s identity.
The police had also received their information from the Deputy Chief. After some cross-examination, it was determined that the only thing that Anya changed was her name; they discovered that she used to be called Germaine Combs.
Nothing had been changed other than her name.
They also mentioned that Anya was her real name, not Germaine.
Besides that, the police station also knew that the Deputy Chief was following Connor’s order to change Anya’s name back to her real name.
Therefore, they contacted the police in the capital to find out who Anya really was, and task-forces were sent to Salzburg Residence to question Connor.
They believed that they would get to the end of this soon.
After the call ended, Toby put his phone down.
Sonia couldn’t help snickering as she watched all this unfold right before her eyes. “I was right. God really does not want you to talk to Connor right now. Wait, no, you don’t have to reach out to Connor. The police are already sending people to question him.”
All this information overwhelmed Toby as he held onto his head.
He had never expected things to turn out like this.
However, this was a good thing. There was no need for him to walk into the lion’s den.
Since he hadn’t reached out to Connor, perhaps Connor might be the one who would take the initiative to contact him.
If Anya was as important to Connor as it seemed, he would definitely protect her and not let her bear any criminal responsibility. So, naturally, he would turn to Toby.
After all, one of the formalwear that Anya ruined belonged to him. Connor could only save Anya if Toby agreed to it.
Therefore, there was a good chance that Connor would try and call Toby.
On some occasions, there was a difference between taking the initiative to contact the other party and getting the other party to reach out first; the differences lay in their pride and status.
Even if Toby were of a higher status than Connor, Toby would always be a step below Connor by taking the initiative to contact Connor.
Similarly, if Connor reached out to him first, it would mean that he bowed down to Toby.
Hence, Toby was delighted to know that Connor might reach out to him first, and at that time, Toby could still put him to the test.
As he thought of this, he turned to look at Sonia and exclaimed, “If Connor wants to protect Anya, he would most likely try to reach out to you first before calling me. When he does that, don’t be afraid to tell me directly.”
Connor was an intelligent man. He would definitely investigate the cause of this incident, and in order to save Anya, he would start with Sonia.
After all, Sonia’s status was far less superior when compared to Connor.
He would naturally use his position and status to get past him, put pressure on Sonia, and try to get her to empathize with Anya.
The possibility of this happening was highly likely.
