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,

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

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

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

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

nodded and shuffled back to her

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

him, his heart skipped a beat. He was scared, but he yawned to cover his fear. “What

up. Did you play a part in it?” Toby

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

fell. “I can’t believe you actually

tried to

you guys did it to

So what?” Tyler muttered

three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s door. A short while later, everyone on the third floor was gathered in

each other, and though they said nothing, they knew why Toby was here. Tina must have woken up and snitched on them, so Toby was here to

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

matter with you?” Charles

the door. Her eyes were closed, looking like she was

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

then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who

chuckled, but she didn’t open

furious. “Playing dumb, are

you talking about?” Charles shrugged.

though, judging from

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

everyone was denying it. “Tyler told me everything,

that’s his problem, not ours. Why should we apologize for something we didn’t do?” At the same time, Charles glared at Tyler surreptitiously. Why’d you tell him everything?

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