Eva: How is Aunt Miranda doing? Don’t worry too much. You have to trust the justice system. There’s just some stuff that we can’t control.

Skylar scoffed. If Eva was telling her to “trust the justice system”, then clearly she had already predicted the outcome of this situation. She had suspected that Eva had something to do with the police showing up at her house, and now here she was, pretending to care about Skylar.

Having nothing to say to Eva, Skylar decided to ignore her messages.

It was two in the morning when Tobias finally reappeared. Skylar instantly got to her feet as he walked towards her, asking him, “What happened?”

He didn’t offer a response, instead waiting for a while until a hysterical Miranda was eventually brought out by the police.

When the police had told her that she was innocent and free to leave, she nearly fainted from excitement, thanking every god and deity out there for watching over her.

This was the start of Tobias and Miranda’s awkward first meeting at a police station.

He took the initiative to introduce himself by greeting her and saying, “Hello, I am Skylar’s boyfriend.”

tightly she was gripping her skirt. “What should I call you? I

me Tobias,” he answered, smiling. “And you’re welcome. I’ll

won’t be arrested again, right? This whole ordeal has really taken a toll on my weak

around, you will not get arrested, so you don’t have to worry about that,” Tobias

relief. Now, there was another

of the police station, going on and on about “having caused trouble for

incidents of arresting innocent citizens never occur again,” Tobias told him, blatantly gaslighting the chief of police into believing

her mother got

lit up at the sight of the expensive vehicle. Her mood had changed so abruptly,

does a car like

her temples. “Mom, could you please calm down? The

you have a driving license, Ms. Watts? If you’d like, I can gift the

drive,” Skylar rushed to stop

no way she could accept such an expensive gift, explaining hurriedly, “No, no! It’s fine!

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