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,

stomped her foot angrily. “How could

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

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

said coldly, “I understand. Why don’t you go

Tina nodded and shuffled back to her

“Get out, Tyler!” He

him, his heart skipped a beat. He was scared, but he yawned to cover his fear. “What is

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

at him, he started stammering,

fell. “I can’t

tried to kill Sonia.” Tyler

creased Toby’s forehead. “So you guys

Tyler muttered under his

but Toby ignored it and went to knock on

looked at each other, and though they said nothing, they knew why Toby was here. Tina must have woken up and snitched on them,

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

what’s the matter with you?” Charles

the door. Her eyes were closed, looking like she

of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s beaten up by someone. Care to explain

beat that snake up?” Charles looked shocked for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who did it? I wanna give

chuckled, but she didn’t

furious. “Playing dumb, are

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

judging from

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

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

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

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