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.”

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

foot angrily. “How could you laugh after

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

They asked Tyler to lure me out, 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

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

shuffled back to her

looked up at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get

saw Toby standing before him, his heart skipped a beat. He was scared, but he yawned

up. Did you play a part in it?” Toby gazed

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

fell. “I can’t believe

She tried to kill

“So you guys did it to get

So what?” Tyler muttered under his

Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on

they knew why Toby was here. Tina must have woken up and snitched on

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

matter with

Her eyes

earlier, but he

his hands and laughed. “Great

she

looking furious.

you talking about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait,

like it though, judging from his expression.” Rebecca

We’ve been in our rooms all this time. There’s no way we could have done that. And there’s no reason for us to

denying it. “Tyler told

that’s his problem, not ours. Why should we apologize for something we didn’t do?” At the same time, Charles glared at Tyler surreptitiously. Why’d you

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