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 a smile, but Tina caught it

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

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

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

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

shuffled back to

at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get

skipped a beat. He was scared, but he

Did you play a part in it?” Toby gazed

moment Toby glared at him, he

“I can’t believe

it. She tried to

creased Toby’s forehead. “So you guys did it to get

So what?” Tyler muttered under his

getting any allowance for three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s

knew why Toby was here. Tina must

up, Toby? It’s the dead

the matter

Her eyes were closed, looking

of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked away

moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who did it?

chuckled, but she didn’t

was looking furious. “Playing

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

like 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 there’s no reason for us to do that either.” Zane

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

Why should we apologize for something we didn’t do?” At the same

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