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

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

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

up. Did you play a part in it?” Toby gazed at his

at him, he started stammering, and

can’t believe

deserves it. She tried to kill Sonia.”

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

what?” Tyler muttered under

months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s door. A

and though they said nothing, they knew why Toby was here. Tina

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

matter with

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 looked away quickly.

his hands and laughed. “Great

she didn’t open her

was looking furious. “Playing

What are you talking about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait, you can’t be suspecting

it though, judging from his expression.”

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

denying it. “Tyler told me everything, so

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

tell the truth, but he couldn’t lie, and

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