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 it

her foot angrily. “How could you laugh after someone did this

and stopped smiling. “Who did this?” he asked

beat me up. Just look at me, Toby, I’m injured all over.” Tina rolled her sleeves up to

Toby still wasn’t too angry, though he said coldly, “I understand. Why don’t you go take a

and shuffled

looked up at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!”

skipped a beat. He was scared, but he yawned

play a part in it?” Toby gazed at

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

can’t

She tried to kill

“So you guys did it

what?” Tyler

at him 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 floor was

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

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

the matter with

Her eyes were closed,

earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly.

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 give them

but she didn’t open

furious. “Playing dumb,

shrugged. “Wait, you

like it though, judging from his

done that. And there’s no reason for us

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

At the same

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