The Rebirth Of SOPHIA GREEN - Chapter 248

Sophia didn’t understand. There were so many people here. Why did Daniel have to say hello to Benjamin? Did he…

She remembered Daniel asking if he could bring a fan to Benjamin. She called to ask Benjamin about it, but he refused. Was Benita the fan?

She was about to ask Benita to leave Benjamin alone when she suddenly said, “That man? Do you say he’s Mr. Terry? Are you kidding me? I had seen Mr. Terry before, and he didn’t look like this at all.”

Sophia was surprised, “Are you mistaken?”

Benita took out her phone and said, “I took a photo of him then, secretly… Anyway, he just came out of the crime scene, and I took it.”

Sophia looked at the picture. In the photo, a man was looking down to say something to a police officer. His face was not quite clear, but it couldn’t be Benjamin.

“Are you sure? Maybe it was not Mr. Terry,” said Sophia.

Benita shook her head. “No, it was definitely him. I heard the police call him. And the newspaper said Benjamin helped the police solve the case. I’m a big fan of him. I came all this way to talk to him. It’s my dream to be a detective. Please let me meet him.”

Sophia looked at Benjamin as he was eating dessert and doing nothing.

If Benita’s claims were true, then Benjamin was not David’s son.

No, it was impossible. She had visited David before, and Benjamin was there then. So, Benjamin should be David’s adopted son.

How many sons did David have? Did they name the same? That didn’t make sense.

So, the only explanation was that the man in the picture pretended to be Benjamin and did things for David.

Who was the man? Why did he pretend to be Benjamin?

Benita looked disappointed but did not leave out of politeness, sitting by herself in silence.

Daniel went to her and said something to her. Benita smiled again and went with Daniel to greet the guests.

In the crowd, Sophia saw Professor Thompson, Bridget, Elma, and Victor. Sophia had invited Elma but didn’t expect her to come with her family.

Sophia went to them. Bridget smiled and said, “Thank you for saving Victor, Sophia. I never got to see you. Elma told me your mother is going to get married. So, here I am.”

Professor Thompson also said, “Thank you, Sophia. I’ve heard about what you’ve done. Thanks so much. If it wasn’t for you, Victor would have… He’s my only grandchild. If something happened to him, I…”

Sophia didn’t say anything. She didn’t know what to do with Professor Thompson.

Professor Thompson was the main suspect in the lock thing. Except for him, Sophia couldn’t think of anyone else.

But she still couldn’t believe that he wanted to kill her. There was no hatred between them. Why did he do that?

She sat on them and then went to others.

Soon, the wedding began.

It was simple. The priest didn’t say much, just the usual wedding speech. That was what Andy wanted. It was a long day, and he didn’t want Kate to be too tired. So, he just made everything simple.

Looking at Kate’s happy smile, Sophia was happy for her. She was satisfied with this new father. She could tell that he loved Kate.

After the wedding, Sophia got up to see the guests off.

Benjamin smiled as he left, “You’re so blessed to have such a beautiful mother, sister. I wish I had such a mother.”

Sophia looked at him, “David has a wife, doesn’t he? So you have a mother, right?”

Benjamin smiled, “I mean… my natural mother.”

With some doubts, Sophia sent him away.

In the beginning, Benjamin was invited by Albert to investigate the lab fire. Actually, it was David who Albert had wanted to invite. But Benjamin claimed that David was not well and came instead of him.

Later, he accepted commissions from Nicole and Elma, both of which failed in Sophia’s opinion. Nicole was killed, and Victor was almost killed. He didn’t do much.

He found something about the lab fire, but just a few suspects, far from the truth.

He was not a qualified detective and always looked like a moron, but Sophia couldn’t see through him at all.

What kind of man is he under the veneer of cynicism?

Eddie walked out of the hotel, stopped by Sophia, and looked at her, “You invited him?”

He was referring to Benjamin, who had just left.

“Yes.” Sophia nodded.

Eddie looked her in the eye, “Don’t get too close to him. He’s dangerous.”

Sophia knew he had been on bad terms with Benjamin, but she then remembered something else and asked, “Do you know Nicole? Is she your girlfriend?”

Eddie had a complicated look in his eyes. He turned away from Sophia. “I’m sorry for her. I know you’re her friend, but you’d better stop. I don’t want to see anything happen to you.”

Hearing that, Sophia knew he must know something. But just as he was about to ask, Eddie had turned away and got into the car.

***

A few days later, the school started. Sophia didn’t go to school but continued her work in the academy. The project had made a lot of progress. Andrew had a lot of unique insights that Sophia didn’t think of, which, together with what she had thought of before, made the project go well.

Sophia thought the project should be a success within six months.

It was the Lock that troubled her. It didn’t have much progress. She looked up almost all the information these days but hadn’t got a clue.

She had made a kind of Lock that could be opened from the outside, but could not be opened inside, only after the start would leave a trace, which could be checked afterward.

But the lab lock was no different from the normal Lock. Leaving no trace was the key.

One day, she was tinkering with the locks when the doorbell rang. Elma came to ask her to go out.

Sophia was thinking about the Lock and refused, “Sorry. I’ve been busy. How about another time?”

“What are you busy with?” Seeing the tools and books on the table, Elma was surprised, “Lock? Are you interested in locks? My dad had studied them for a while before. You can ask him. You saved Victor’s life. He’s always grateful to you. He’d love to help you.”

“Professor Thompson studied them? When?”

Elma thought about it. “In April and May last month. Yeah. He studied it for months. He said he wanted to make a special lock. I thought he made it for the patent, but then… there was no then. What kind of locks are you working on? You make it for the patent?”

Sophia was silent for a moment, “What kind of person do you think your father is?”

Hearing that, Elma stayed for a moment and then said, “Well, he’s an honest man. My mother always said that we would live better if he tried.”

Sophia looked down and said nothing.

Honest man…

Elma’s words confirmed Sophia’s thought. The key was the Lock, which was made by Professor Thompson himself.

A specially made lock. There was no such lock before. So, there was no trace at all.

No one knew how desperate she was when she was trapped in the lab because of the Lock.

Anyway, she would make the Lock.

She forced a smile, “Well… let’s go shopping next time.”

She wouldn’t blame Elma for what Professor Thompson did, but she didn’t know how to deal with her yet.