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.”

and shuffled back to

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

before him, his heart skipped a beat. He was

play a part in it?” Toby

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

“I can’t believe

She tried to kill Sonia.” Tyler

you guys did it to get

So what?” Tyler muttered

Toby ignored it

each other, and though they said nothing, 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?

the matter with you?”

against the door. Her

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

clapped his hands and laughed. “Great job. Any idea who did it? I wanna give them

chuckled, but she didn’t open her

furious. “Playing dumb, are

about?” Charles shrugged. “Wait, you

judging from his expression.”

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

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

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 tell him

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

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