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.”

he heard that, and he did. Well, it was just a smile, but Tina caught it

could you laugh after someone

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

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

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

Tina nodded and shuffled back

stairs before going upstairs. “Get out, Tyler!” He

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

up. Did you play a

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

fell. “I can’t believe you actually did

tried to

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

what?” Tyler muttered under

at him coldly. “You’re not getting any allowance for 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,

why Toby was here. Tina

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

what’s the matter

door. Her eyes were closed, looking like she

He was reminded of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s beaten up by

his hands and laughed. “Great job.

but she didn’t open

looking furious.

What are you talking about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait, you

judging

rooms all this time. There’s no way we could have done that.

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

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

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