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, it was just a

angrily. “How could

coughed again and stopped smiling. “Who did this?” he asked calmly.

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

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

shuffled

up at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get out,

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

got beaten up. Did you play a part in it?” Toby

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

“I can’t believe

tried to kill Sonia.” Tyler

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

Tyler

three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it

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

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

what’s the matter

also leaning against the door. Her eyes were closed, looking

the dream he had earlier, but he

moment, then he clapped his hands and

but she didn’t open

furious. “Playing dumb, are

Charles shrugged.

it though, judging from

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

annoyed that everyone was denying it. “Tyler told me everything,

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

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