Chapter 572


    Upon hearing Nancy’s words, Sonia felt as if the whole world was spinning underneath her while


    there was buzzing in her head. Then, she facepalmed and staggered on her feet as she nearly


    copsed onto the ground.


    The moment Toby saw Sonia’s reaction, he quickly stood up and pulled her into his arms so that


    she could rest on his chest. “Watch out.”


    “I’m fine.” Sonia shook her head while answering with a hoarse voice. After all, she didn’t think there


    was more to her father’s suicide because she had always thought it was due to the devastation from


    Paradigm Co.’s impending bankruptcy and the betrayal of Jessica and her mother running away


    with his money. Therefore, when Nancy told Sonia that her father killed himself because Jessica


    and Sandra had drugged him and coaxed him to take his own life, Sonia struggled to ept the


    harsh truth. No! How is this possible?''.


    “Nancy, are you telling me the truth? You aren’t lying, are you?” Sonia freed herself from Toby’s


    arms and walked closer to Nancy, desperately seizing Nancy’s hands while waiting for an answer.


    Deep down in her heart, she wished Nancy was merely pulling her leg or telling a lie.


    In the meantime, Nancy saw through what was on Sonia’s mind and sympathetically nodded. “I’m


    sorry, Sonia, but what I just said is the truth. I’m not lying at all. When I first heard this, I was just as


    shocked as you are right now. At that moment, I couldn’t help but wonder why anyone as evil as


    Jessica and her mother would ever exist in this world, as if patricide or killing one’s own husband


    was nothing wrong. However, I wasn’t aware of the rtionship between you and Jessica until I


    learned yesterday that she is your half-sister. It was then that I realized she could be the one who


    drugged your dad and made him end his life, so I quickly came over to tell you the truth.”


    When Sonia heard Nancy’s exnation, she knew that she could no longer fool herself by believing


    that what she heard was all a lie. Thus, all energy seemed to have been zapped from her and sheProperty of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org.


    copsed onto the couch with dazed eyes on her pale face, feeling as if her body had just turned


    cold.


    “Sonia.” Toby walked closer to her and called out to her in concern.


    Sonia responded by looking at him for a few moments before she responded, “Jessica... How could


    she do that?! Where did she have the guts to drug our father and make him kill himself?! How could


    she havemitted patricide even if Dad had never treated her well?! That was her father!”


    Deep down in her heart, she reckoned that their father was never once mean to Jessica. Instead, it


    was Jessica’s rebelliousness that resulted in Henry often giving her a piece of his mind, but even


    so, Sonia believed that he still loved Jessica. That was the reason why she couldn’t ept what her


    half-sister had done.


    Then, there was Sandra. Sonia condemned her in her heart and wondered what Henry had done to


    deserve a horrible death at his own wife and daughter’s hands. Did Dad ever treat both of them


    unfairly ? Nope. Did he ever deny them their pocket money ? No! He allowed them to spend as


    much as they wanted. Even when Paradigm Co. was in trouble, he never deactivated their bank


    cards, so why would they want to kill him? The more Sonia dwelled on those thoughts, the more


    she shivered with fear. In the end, she couldn’t suppress her emotions and ended up bursting into


    tears.


    Meanwhile, Toby gently rubbed the back of her head and cuddled her in his arms while he spoke in


    a deep voice, “Cry all you want because after this, you’re going to avenge your father’s death, so


    you need to be strong and tough.”


    She cried even louder when she heard that, her body stiffening from head to toe. Then, he gently


    patted her back while gazing at Nancy. “You said Jessica was talking on the phone with the person


    who supplied her the drug, right? Did you hear who it was?”


    As soon as Sonia heard Toby’s question, she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself. After


    that, she freed herself from his arms and looked at Nancy too. Nheless, Nancy apologetically


    shook her head and replied, “Nope, Jessica didn’t address the person on the other side of the


    phone call, but she only mentioned some name that had the word ‘Gray’.”


    “Titus Gray,” Sonia replied as she bit her lips.


    “What makes you so sure?” Toby looked at Sonia in bewilderment.


    A confident Sonia nodded. “The reason why Paradigm Co.nded into trouble six years ago was


    because Titus had set my father up. Back then, there was a piece ofnd that my father wanted to


    acquire, but Titus somehow found out about it. So, he connected my dad to his own friend, who


    then informed Titus that there was a decent piece ofnd in Easton City.”


    “Easton City?” Toby squinted. “I remember that was where the catbs were subsequently


    discovered and exhumed from. Am I right?”


    She replied with an affirmative hum. “Yes, Titus was aware that the ce had catbs beneath


    the ground, which he used to plot against Paradigm Co. and my father. Relying on his faith in Titus’


    friend, my father trusted every word that the man said without a question. As a result, he fell into


    their trap and spent all the Paradigm Co. assets to bid for thend. If thatnd had been decent


    indeed, it would have helped to improve the business in Paradigm Co., but sadly, it wasn’t.” She


    clenched her fists and added in a high-pitched voice, “A month after the exploitation and


    development of thend had begun, the construction team discovered catbs beneath the


    ground, which subsequently drew the attention from the relevant authorities. After an investigation,


    the artifacts found were deemed to be extremely valuable for archeological studies, so the


    government decided to seize thend but onlypensated Paradigm Co. with ten percent of the


    initial acquisition price!”


    “And since it wasn’t possible to retrieve the rest of the capital, Paradigm Co. was soon doomed into


    bankruptcy.” Toby continued the story.


    Sonia then gulped and nodded. “That was exactly what Titus wanted. Right after the catbs


    were discovered, he visited us and gloated at my father while also admitting that it was his n to


    set my father up. Besides that, Titus also said he wouldn’t stop until our family fell apart, which


    would make sense to say that he abetted Jessica and Sandra to drug my father and get him killed!”


    “That’s highly possible.” Toby stroked his chin and continued with his speech in a deep voice.


    “Nevertheless, there is nothing you can do at the moment until you discover evidence that can


    prove that Titus was the mastermind.”


    “What about Jessica?” She gazed at him. “Since she and her mother were the ones who drugged


    my father, I bet Jessica would know who provided her with the drug, so let’s just capture her.”


    “Well, you have a point there, but I’m afraid that Jessica might not even know who she was in touch


    with.


    What if the person she was in contact with was merely one of Titus’ men? Because if that was the


    case, we still can’t testify against him either.” Toby pointed out a theory that didn’t sit right with


    Sonia.


    “I don’t care. I have to try.” Sonia kept her head down and took a deep breath while looking at


    Nancy.


    “Nancy, do you know where the Lazuli Family has taken Jessica to?”


    “I’ll have to ask Mr. Lazuli first,” Nancy answered shortly before something else crossed her mind.


    “You’ll probably have to wait until the afternoon, though, because he will likely be having an


    important meeting with my father at this


    moment. Thus, I think they won''t be reachable anytime soon.”


    “It’s okay. Once you are in touch with Mr. Lazuli, please ask him for me.” A grateful Sonia nodded.


    Soon, Nancy excused herself and made a move, which left only Toby and Sonia in the living room.


    Then, Sonia sat there with her head lowered as she still tried to ovee the emotional


    devastation. After all, what Nancy had just told her was simply beyond shocking and heartbreaking.


    Meanwhile, he only sat silently beside Sonia like a guardian angel watching over her.


    A few momentster, Sonia wiped her face and said, “Did you know? I actually noticed something


    wrong with my father six years ago, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.”


    “What are you trying to suggest?” Toby asked while passing her a ss of water.


    When she took the ss of water, she let out a long sigh before she answered, “A month before my


    father took his life, he seemed to be so mentally ill that he became forgetful, temperamental and


    absent-minded.”