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.”

that, and he did. Well, it

Tina stomped her foot angrily. “How could

he asked calmly. Surprisingly, he wasn’t too mad that Tina

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 bruises on her arms.

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

shuffled back to

at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get out,

Toby standing before him, his heart skipped

got beaten up. Did you play a part

the moment Toby glared at him, he started

fell. “I can’t believe

She tried

forehead. “So you guys did it

Tyler muttered

protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s door.

nothing, they knew why Toby was here. Tina must have woken up

and leaned against the doorframe. “Why’d you wake us up, Toby?

what’s the matter with you?”

Her eyes were closed, looking like she

looked at her for a moment. He was reminded of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s beaten up by someone. Care to explain

beat that snake up?” Charles looked shocked for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who did it? I wanna

chuckled, but she didn’t open her

looking furious. “Playing dumb,

What are you talking about?” Charles shrugged.

judging from

nonsense, Toby. We’ve been in our rooms all this time. There’s no way we could have done that. And there’s

“Tyler told me everything, so don’t

do?” At the same time, Charles glared at Tyler

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