Revenge is Best Served After Reborn (James) novel Chapter 1154

Colby dragged the guy straight into the living room. Timothy's eyes darted nervously as he saw Adler with a laptop. Sophie cut to the chase, “Alright, spill it. Who were you planning to send the message to?”

“I... I wasn’t planning to send it to anyone.”

“Don't give me that! Just because you kids think you’re tech-savvy doesn’t mean I’m clueless. I’ve been doing this longer than you have.”

Adler made short work of the laptop’s password.

With a quick setup, Adler projected the laptop's screen onto the TV. It showed an email account ready but with no message typed out yet.

Sophie didn't waste any time, “No need for questions. Just find out who owns this email account.”

“It’s an international email,” Adler noted. “Give me two hours, and I can get the registration details.”

“No need. It won’t help,” Timothy interjected.

Sophie raised a brow, “Why’s that?”

“Because that email account is registered under my name,” Timothy answered.

Sophie frowned, “What do you mean?”

“I don’t want to investigate you guys, but the person behind all this has my family under his thumb. I have to follow his orders, or we won’t survive in Summerfield.”

Sophie studied Timothy, clearly torn on whether to believe him.

But Colby wasn’t buying any of it. He pressed a knife to Timothy’s throat, “That stunt at the Pearl Hotel, how did you pull it off?”

“I know Ms. Sophie has her doubts… but I can't spill the details. That guy had my dad detain Odie. I had to deliver the food myself to warn Ms. Sophie. I don’t want to hurt anyone! I swear I’m telling the truth!”

“Is that right?” Colby’s knife inched closer to Timothy’s throat, his voice icy, “Too bad, I don’t believe you.”

“Wait!” Sophie interrupted just as Colby was about to act. “Trust works both ways. I get that you want to protect your family, but if you want my trust, you’ve got to give me a reason. Convince me, and I’ll protect you and the Spellman family.”