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.”

like laughing the moment he heard that, and he did. Well, it was just a smile, but Tina

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

“Who did this?” he asked calmly. Surprisingly,

Miss Reed. 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 water. You have to tell them off, Toby, This

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

upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!” He knocked

skipped a beat. He was scared, but he yawned

up. Did you play a part in it?” Toby

couldn’t lie, so the moment Toby glared at him, he started stammering, and that was answer

face fell. “I can’t believe you

deserves it. She tried to

forehead. “So you guys did it to get back

So what?” Tyler

ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s door. A short while later, everyone on the third floor was gathered in the

knew why Toby was here. Tina must have woken up and snitched on

against the doorframe. “Why’d you wake us up,

matter with you?” Charles

leaning against the door. Her

but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s

he clapped his hands and

chuckled, but she didn’t open

looking furious. “Playing dumb,

Charles shrugged. “Wait, you can’t be suspecting us,

like it though, judging from

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

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

his problem, not ours. Why should we apologize for something we didn’t do?” At the same

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