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.”

felt like laughing the moment he heard that, and he did. Well, it

stomped her foot angrily. “How could you laugh after

smiling. “Who did this?” he asked

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,

“I understand. Why don’t you go take a shower for

and shuffled back to

upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!” He

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

got beaten up. Did you play a part in it?”

Toby glared at him, he started stammering,

“I can’t

tried to kill Sonia.”

“So you guys did

Tyler muttered

Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went

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

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

matter with you?”

also leaning against the door. Her

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

he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who did it? I wanna give them

she didn’t open her

looking furious. “Playing dumb,

shrugged. “Wait,

it though, judging from

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 me everything, so

should we apologize for something we didn’t do?” At the same time, Charles glared at Tyler surreptitiously. Why’d

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