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.”

that, and he did. Well, it

foot angrily. “How could you

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

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, Toby, This is too

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

Tina nodded and shuffled back to

going upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!” He knocked on Tyler’s

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

a part in it?” Toby gazed

couldn’t lie, so the moment Toby glared at him, he started stammering, and

fell. “I can’t believe you actually did

tried

“So you guys did it to

Tyler muttered under his

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 here

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

what’s the matter with

Her eyes were closed, looking like she was

for a moment. He was reminded of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s

for a moment, then he clapped his hands

chuckled, but she didn’t open

looking furious. “Playing dumb,

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

judging

done that. And there’s no reason for us to do that either.” Zane

denying it. “Tyler told me

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

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