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.”

moment he heard that, and he did. Well, it was

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

“Who did this?” he asked calmly. Surprisingly, he wasn’t too mad that Tina

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 water. You have to tell them

though Tina was bruised, Toby still wasn’t too angry, though he said coldly, “I understand. Why don’t you go take a shower for now? I’ll talk

shuffled back to

“Get out, Tyler!” He knocked

the door and saw Toby standing before him, his heart skipped a beat. He was scared,

play a part

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

“I can’t believe you actually did

tried to

Toby’s forehead. “So you guys did it

what?” Tyler muttered

you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s door. A short

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

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

matter with you?” Charles

door. 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

up?” Charles looked shocked for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any

chuckled, but she didn’t

looking furious.

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

it though, judging from his

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

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

we didn’t do?” At the same time, Charles glared at Tyler surreptitiously. Why’d you tell him

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