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.”

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

“How could you laugh after

coughed again and stopped smiling. “Who did this?” he asked calmly. Surprisingly,

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.

too angry, though he said coldly, “I understand. Why don’t you go take a shower for now? I’ll talk to

Tina nodded and shuffled back to

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

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

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

so the moment Toby glared at him, he started stammering, and that was answer enough for

“I can’t believe you

tried to kill

“So you guys did it to get back at

Tyler muttered under his

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,

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

up, Toby? It’s the dead of the night, and we need

what’s the matter with

door. Her eyes were closed, looking like she

moment. He was reminded of the dream he had earlier, but

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 her

furious. “Playing dumb,

Charles shrugged. “Wait, you can’t be suspecting

judging from his expression.”

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

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

Why should we apologize for something we didn’t do?” At the same time,

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