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.”

laughing the moment he heard that, and he did. Well, it was just a smile, but Tina caught

Tina stomped her foot angrily. “How could you laugh after

did this?” he asked calmly. Surprisingly, he

put 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 bruises on her arms. “This is what they did to me. And they even drenched me with

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

and shuffled

“Get out,

heart skipped a beat. He was scared, but he yawned

a part in it?” Toby gazed at his

lie, so the moment Toby glared at him, he started stammering, and that

fell. “I can’t believe you

deserves it. She tried

Toby’s forehead. “So you guys did

what?” Tyler muttered under

coldly. “You’re not getting any allowance for three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s door. A short while later, everyone on the third

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

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

what’s the matter

also leaning against the door. Her eyes were closed,

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.

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

but she didn’t open

was looking furious. “Playing dumb, are

What are you talking about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait, you can’t be suspecting us, can

it though, judging from

rooms all this time. There’s no way we could have done that. And there’s no reason for us to do that either.”

“Tyler told me everything, so don’t even try to

do?” At the same time, Charles glared at Tyler surreptitiously. Why’d you tell him everything? How

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