Chapter 1375


    "Melody Stryder?" A hint of a profound expressionced Toby''s face when he heard the name.


    Sonia, on the other hand, pursed her lips, for the enigmatic expression hadn''t gone unnoticed when


    she had been observing his reaction to the name in the first ce.


    I knew it! This dude knows Melody''s out of jail!


    Or how could he not be surprised at all that Cynthia had met with Melody?!


    "I, um…" Toby deliberated his words when he sensed the gaze that she had on him.


    "Still not saying it, are we?" Sonia smiled enigmatically at him. "When did Melody get out of jail?"


    Here we go. Toby sighed and regained his usualposure in two shakes. "Two months after she


    went in."


    "So soon?!" She frowned.


    Watching him nod in affirmation, she found it hard to believe what had happened. "Why didn''t you tell


    me about it?"


    "I didn''t want you to get upset. After all, she came out not long after she was finally put behind bars.


    Anyone would''ve gotten upset. That''s why I hid it from you." His eyes were drooping.


    Meanwhile, Sonia bore into the man, for she knew he had her best interest at heart. However, it still


    bothered her. Thus, she ignored him for the next two minutes.


    Toby, too, knew she would be upset at the fact that he deliberately hid it from her, but he didn''t regret


    doing so. At that, he wrapped an arm around her gently and cooed, "Please don''t get mad at me. I only


    found outter too."


    Sonia looked at him in response, and he rified, "The reason Melody can get out is that her


    granduncle bailed her out with his life''s merits. Because he got injured in his early years in the war, so


    he couldn''t have his own children, and Melody treated him the best, so he couldn''t sit back and watch


    her spend the rest of her life in jail. Hence, he used his merits in exchange for her freedom before he


    died."


    "That''s the case, huh?" Sonia frowned. "That veteran sure has gotten senile. Does he not know what


    sort of a character her grandniece is? How can he let a viin out?!"


    "He had gotten senile. But then, it''s also not surprising. So many will be injudicious as they get on


    in years despite being shrewd when they were young, especially when it''s someone old-fashioned and


    childless. Because he took a liking to Melody, he regarded her as his own grandchild. Hence, he


    naturally wouldn''t sit back and watch her live the rest of her life in prison."


    "So, he used his merits to exchange for her freedom. Honestly…" Sonia sighed.


    There was no doubt Melody was a lucky one.


    "The penitentiary contacted me after Melody was out. They told me the reason for it and hoped that I


    would understand, but how could I understand?! Yet there was nothing I could do about it. After all, it


    was exchanged with merits. I couldn''t stop it," exined Toby icily.


    Sonia was no longer upset with Toby at this point, for it was as he said—he couldn''t stop it when it was


    exchanged with merits. It was a perk given by the government to those who had contributed immensely


    during wartime.


    Of course, the elder would be insignificant to the country after giving up his merits. Then again,


    the man was dead, so it didn''t matter.


    "But don''t worry. She isn''t absolutely free even if she''s out. She''s under constant surveince. They''d


    seize her once she goes rogue," Toby rified at once, worried that Sonia believed that Melody lived


    her life like any other decent citizen after leaving prison.


    "That''s good to hear." She nodded. "Melody''s now looking for Tina everywhere. ording to Cynthia,


    Tina deceived Melody. Thus, she wants to retaliate against Tina."


    "I know." Tobias nodded.


    "You know Melody''s looking for Tina?" Sonia asked in shock.


    "I do," he affirmed. "She has been looking for Tina since leaving prison. It''s precisely because I know


    the fact that I''ve been leaving her alone thus far. Melody and Tina had been pretty close back then, so I


    thought maybe she''d have clues to Tina''s whereabouts. So, I had my men keep a close eye on her,


    nning to put her back in prison once she had found Tina."


    Though the penitentiary asked that he ept the reason they let Melody out, how could he really let


    the young woman live freely like a normal citizen?!


    While promising the penitentiary that he would overlook the fact that Melody had been bailed out of jail,


    he covertly prepared traps for Melody to fall into so that she would break thew again. With that, she''d


    stay in there for good, and there would be no one to bail her out anymore.


    However, he found out Melody was looking for Tina when the inchoate thought had just formed. Thus,


    he put the idea aside for now.


    After all, it would be even better if Melody did all the work of finding Tina. Then, he could just swoop in


    and seize them all at once after Melody found Tina.


    "That works too." Sonia nodded. "When I bumped into Cynthia earlier, she said Melody revealed some


    of Tina''s whereabouts to her. One was Kosovo, and the other was Westsanshire. They were


    information from Melody''s old fair-weather friends, who had helped her, seeing that they used to be


    close. Though they are far less influentialpared to you, they have their bizarre ways of finding a


    person. So, it might be legit."


    "Kosovo and Westsanshire…" Toby mumbled the names of the ces and squinted. Suddenly, a


    thought shed across his mind. However, it shed by so quickly that it disappeared before he could


    catch it.


    That said, he didn''t n on just dismissing it, for his gut told him whatever that thought was, it was very


    crucial. So crucial that it could be the key to locating Tina.


    But the fact that it disappeared so quickly irritated him.


    "What''s wrong?" Sonia was concerned about what was on his mind, seeing that he was upset.


    "Nothing." He shook his head. "I''ll have Tom send people to those locations for inspection. Though it


    has been some time, it''ll still be good if the surveince still stands."


    "You''re right." Sonia nodded.


    With that, Toby pulled his phone out to call Tom, only for the man to call him instead.


    "Looks like your brainwaves are in sync." Sonia sniggered, leading Toby to turn grim.


    In sync? With him? No, thank you.


    That said, he didn''t say anything but just answered the call. "What is it?"


    "Lte escaped, President," Tom answered anxiously.


    Toby didn''t put the call on speaker, but because Sonia was right next to him, she heard Tom clearly.


    "What? She got away?!" she eximed in shock.


    "Yes, Miss Reed," the assistant answered with a nod.


    "Aren''t she and Mr. Lore waiting for me in the room?" Toby was looking beyond grim. "How could she


    have gotten away? Did you not have anyone keeping watch over them?"


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    Why Lte would run away and where she would run to were already obvious answers.


    She would certainlye and find him. After all, this was her only purpose foring on this night.


    Tom defended himself in the face of Toby''s questioning. "I have, President. But they said they didn''t


    want people staring at them in the room, so they chased our men out, having them keep watch in the


    corridor. Later, Lte asked for a server to go into the room. With that, she knocked the server out


    cold, put on the uniform, and ran away."