A faint sobbing sound was suddenly heard from the room.

Without much thought, Toby immediately opened the door and found a frightened Tina. It was after a short pause that she turned to walk further into the room.

“Tina,” he called out to her.

She paused and wiped away her tears before turning to face him with a forced smile. “Toby, are you done talking to Tim?”

“Yeah.” Toby stared at her for a couple of seconds before he asked, “Did you overhear us?”

Tina nodded as her eyes turned misty again. “Toby, d-do I really have dissociative personality disorder?”

He opened his mouth to say anything, but he couldn’t form his words and merely ended up grunting.

She covered her face with her hands and cried her heart out. “I’m sorry, Toby. I didn’t know about it. I really didn’t know. Sobs…”

“That’s fine.” As Toby felt sorry for her, he yanked her into a tender hug. “It’s not your fault. There’s no need to apologize.”

“I heard Tim saying that the new identity is evil, though. It is also being hostile toward Miss Reed. Did I do something horrible to her before I lost my memory?” She held his collar and asked with reddened eyes.

Toby looked at his feet and answered somberly, “That identity of yours… She pushed Sonia off the stairs.”

Upon hearing that, Tina inhaled sharply and exclaimed, “How could that be? D-Did I plan to kill Miss Reed?”

“That wasn’t you. Remember, it was your secondary identity.” He touched her hair and corrected her.

She bit her lip and croaked, “Even so, that identity is still part of me. Now I understand why I have been mean toward her in the past few times. I knew I shouldn’t have done that, but I couldn’t control myself. It’s all because I have a mental illness!”

the head with

it!” Toby hurriedly pulled her hands away. “I told you

to trip. After that, I even pushed her off the stairs. I-I…” Tina was a crying mess by

under the influence of your nascent alternative identity when you hurt Sonia twice. That’s the reason why you shoved her off the stairs, but it was the doing of your identity. It had nothing to do with you as a person, which

doesn’t know about my condition, though.” Tina sniffled and thought of something as she pushed him

“She’s fine,” Toby answered.

great. Good to hear that she’s okay, but I think she won’t

his lips. “She will

her off the stairs, it’s only fair that she reported me. I should serve prison time for my behavior. The only thing is that I heard the female wardens are scary and excellent at torturing the inmates. I wonder if

she stole a glance at him, but he did not notice it because he was

Tina’s new identity merge with her

given how vulnerable her personality was. By then, not only would they

eyes and answered,

with her bright eyes, but the light in them had almost immediately dimmed. “Miss Reed won’t

muttered as he stared

his phone buzzed

Toby answered and asked with a

research teams have arrived from abroad to authorize our

time being. I

his phone aside in his pocket. “Tina, I need to head back to the office. Get some rest for now and don’t overthink it. I will take care of everything that

Tina nodded obediently. “Okay.”

phone and turned

that, Tim returned to the room. “Are you sure this is the best solution? If you fake a mental illness and your

She shrugged without a care. “My reputation was already damaged at the banquet when I accused Sonia of running over me. I don’t care if my reputation is worsened. Plus, why are

his glasses. “Nothing is without risk. I just want you to

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