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.”

did.

“How could

he asked calmly. Surprisingly, he wasn’t too mad that

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

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

shuffled back

upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!”

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

you play a part in it?” Toby gazed

him, he started stammering, and that

can’t believe you actually

deserves it. She tried

creased Toby’s forehead. “So you guys

what?” Tyler muttered under

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

knew why Toby was here.

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

matter with

against the door. Her eyes were closed, looking like

the dream he had earlier, but he

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

chuckled, but she didn’t

furious. “Playing dumb,

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

like it though, judging from his

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

was denying it. “Tyler

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

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