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.”

heard that, and he did. Well,

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

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

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

though he said coldly, “I understand. Why don’t you go take a shower for now? I’ll

nodded and shuffled back to her

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

before him, his heart skipped a beat. He

Did you play a part in it?”

him, he started

fell. “I can’t believe

deserves it. She tried to

Toby’s forehead. “So you guys

Tyler

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

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

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

matter with

Her eyes were closed, looking

for a moment. He was reminded of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s beaten up by someone. Care to explain

Charles looked shocked for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who

but she didn’t open

furious. “Playing dumb, are

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

judging

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

was denying it. “Tyler

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

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