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.”

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

“How could you laugh after

stopped smiling. “Who did this?” he asked calmly. Surprisingly, he wasn’t too

me up. Just look at me, Toby, I’m

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

and shuffled

going upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!” He knocked on

heart skipped a beat. He was

a

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

“I can’t believe

deserves it. She tried to kill

guys

what?” Tyler muttered under his

not getting any allowance for three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock

Toby was here. Tina must have woken up and snitched on them, so Toby was here to

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

what’s the matter with

door. Her eyes were closed, looking like she

her for a moment. He was reminded of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down

his hands and laughed.

chuckled, but she didn’t open

looking furious. “Playing dumb,

talking about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait,

judging

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 had on

that everyone was denying it. “Tyler

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

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