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.”

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

stomped her foot angrily. “How could

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

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

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

nodded and shuffled back to

before going upstairs. “Get out,

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

up. Did you play a

the moment Toby glared at him, he started stammering, and that was answer enough for

“I can’t believe you actually

deserves it. She tried to kill Sonia.” Tyler

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

Tyler

what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s door. A short while later,

they knew why Toby was here. Tina must have woken up and snitched on them, so Toby

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

matter with you?”

Her eyes were closed, looking like

dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s beaten up

clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea

but she didn’t open

looking furious. “Playing

shrugged. “Wait,

like it though, judging from his expression.”

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 had on

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 time, Charles glared at Tyler

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