Toby was still wondering if he was hearing voices when Tina cried out for him again, “Open up, Toby. Please…” Toby focused once he heard her cries, and he knew it wasn’t a dream.

He got out of bed and turned on the lights before he went to the door. What greeted him was a woman with disheveled hair and torn clothes. He froze up for a moment, frowning. “Tina?”

 

“Toby…” Tina looked up at him tearfully.

When Toby saw the state she was in, his face fell. “What happened?”

Tina puckered her lips sadly, and she cried even louder. She was about to hug Toby, but he took a step back reactively. When Tina realized what had happened, she stopped crying and stared at him angrily. “Did you just avoid me, Toby?”

Toby knew he must have hurt her pride, so he coughed and explained, “Sorry, Tina. You know I’m a germaphobe.”

 

“Yes, but—”

“Alright, Tina. Tell me what happened,” Toby interrupted.

 

Tina bit her lip. “Someone took me away in a sack and beat me up.”

did. Well, it was just a smile, but Tina caught it

foot angrily. “How could you laugh after someone

and stopped smiling. “Who did this?” he asked calmly. Surprisingly, he wasn’t too mad

me in a sack. After that, they took me to the turf club and beat me up. Just look at me, Toby, I’m injured all over.” Tina rolled her sleeves up to reveal the

though Tina was bruised, Toby still wasn’t too angry, though he said coldly, “I understand. Why don’t you go take a shower for now? I’ll talk

and shuffled back

before going upstairs. “Get

him, his heart skipped a beat. He was scared, but he yawned to cover his fear. “What

play a part in it?” Toby gazed at

so the moment Toby glared at him, he started stammering, and that was answer enough

face fell. “I can’t believe you

tried to

Toby’s forehead. “So you guys did it

So what?” Tyler

ignored it and went to knock on

other, and though they said nothing, they knew why Toby was here. Tina must have woken up and snitched on them, so Toby

against the doorframe. “Why’d you wake us up, Toby? It’s the dead of the night,

what’s the matter with

against the door. Her eyes were closed, looking like she

earlier, but he

looked shocked for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who did it?

but she didn’t open her

furious.

about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait, you can’t be

though, judging from his

we could have done that. And there’s no reason for us

was annoyed that everyone was denying it. “Tyler told me

that’s his problem, not ours. Why should we apologize for something we didn’t do?” At the same time,

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