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. Well, it was

angrily. “How could you laugh after someone

asked calmly. Surprisingly, he wasn’t

that, they took me to the turf club and beat me up. Just look at me, Toby, I’m injured all over.”

Tina was bruised, Toby still wasn’t too angry, though he said coldly, “I understand. Why

and shuffled

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

skipped a

beaten up. Did you play a

him, he started

can’t

tried to

guys did it

Tyler muttered under his

protested, but Toby ignored

each other, and though they said nothing, they knew why Toby was here. Tina

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

matter with

leaning against the door. Her eyes were closed, looking like she was

earlier, but he stared down

someone 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

but she didn’t open her

looking furious. “Playing dumb,

you talking about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait, you

though, judging from his

all this time. There’s no way we could have done that. And there’s no reason for us to do that

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

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

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