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.”

heard that, and he did. Well, it was just a smile,

Tina stomped her foot angrily. “How could

asked calmly.

then they knocked me out and 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 water. You have to tell them off,

he said coldly, “I understand. Why don’t you go take

nodded and shuffled

looked up at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!” He knocked on Tyler’s

Tyler went to take the door and saw Toby standing before him, his heart skipped a beat. He was scared, but he yawned to cover

a part in it?” Toby gazed at his

glared at him, he started stammering, and that was answer

can’t believe you actually

tried to kill

you guys did it

So what?” Tyler muttered

three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and

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

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

the matter

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

at her for a moment. He was reminded of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked

a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any

chuckled, but she didn’t

looking furious. “Playing

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

like it though, judging from

all this time. There’s no way we could have done that.

was annoyed that everyone was denying it. “Tyler told me everything, so don’t even

should we apologize for something we didn’t do?” At the same time,

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