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 was just a smile, but Tina

angrily. “How could you laugh after someone

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

They asked Tyler to lure me out, then they knocked me out and 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

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

Tina nodded and shuffled back to her

looked up at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!”

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

a part in it?” Toby gazed at

the moment Toby glared at him, he started stammering, and

fell. “I can’t believe you

deserves it. She tried

forehead. “So you guys did it to

Tyler muttered under

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

was here. Tina must have woken up and snitched on them, so

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

matter with

Her eyes

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

for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea

chuckled, but she didn’t open her

furious. “Playing dumb, are

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

it though, judging from

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

that everyone was denying it. “Tyler told me everything, so

we didn’t do?” At the

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