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.”

and he did. Well, it was just

Tina stomped her foot angrily. “How could you laugh after someone did this

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

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. You have to tell them

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

nodded and shuffled back to

at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!” He knocked on Tyler’s door,

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

play a part in it?”

moment Toby glared at him, he

fell. “I can’t believe you actually

tried

you guys did it to get back

what?” Tyler muttered under his

three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to

and though they said nothing, they knew why Toby was here. Tina must have woken up

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

leaning against the door. Her eyes

earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s beaten up by someone. Care

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

she didn’t open

looking furious. “Playing

shrugged. “Wait, you can’t

like it though, judging from his expression.”

nonsense, Toby. We’ve been in our rooms all this time. There’s no way we could have done that. And there’s no reason for us to do that either.”

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

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

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