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.”

Toby felt like laughing the moment he heard that, and he did. Well, it was just a smile, but Tina caught it anyway.

“Toby!” Tina stomped her foot angrily. “How could you laugh after someone did this to me?”

“Sorry.” Toby coughed again and stopped smiling. “Who did this?” he asked calmly. Surprisingly, he wasn’t too mad that Tina was beaten up.

“It’s Miss Reed. 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 them off, Toby, This is too much.”

Even 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 talk to Tyler.”

Tina nodded and shuffled back to

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

take the door and saw Toby standing before him, his heart skipped a beat.

up. Did you play a part

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

fell. “I can’t

tried to

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

So what?” Tyler muttered under

him coldly. “You’re not getting any allowance for three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored

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

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

what’s the matter with you?” Charles

leaning against the door. Her eyes were closed, looking like she

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

Charles looked shocked for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who did it? I wanna give them

she

about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait, you can’t be

judging from his

There’s no way we could have done that. And there’s no reason for us

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

At the same time, Charles glared at Tyler surreptitiously. Why’d you tell

He didn’t want to tell the truth, but he couldn’t lie, and

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