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.”

shuffled back to her

looked up at the stairs before going upstairs. “Get

standing before him, his heart skipped a beat. He was

beaten up. Did you play a part in

moment Toby glared at him, he started stammering, and that

fell. “I can’t believe you actually

She tried to kill Sonia.”

frown creased Toby’s forehead. “So you guys

what?” Tyler muttered

not getting any allowance for three months. Think about what you did.” Tyler protested, but Toby ignored it and went to knock on Zane’s door.

they said nothing, they knew why Toby was here. Tina must have

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

what’s the matter

Her eyes were closed, looking

a moment. He was reminded of the dream he had earlier, but he stared down and looked away quickly. “Tina’s beaten up by someone. Care to

shocked for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed.

she didn’t

looking furious.

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

it though, judging from his

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

“Tyler told me everything, so don’t even try

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

so he stared down in embarrassment. He didn’t want to tell the truth, but he couldn’t

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