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Meanwhile, Hugo stayed in his room as soon as they reached home. Since they left the station, his mind had been stuck on the family he encountered. He was in disbelief that such injustice could happen and even with the authorities involved, there was nothing that was done.

This was his first experience of another face of reality.

It was... infuriating - disturbing.

Knock knock

Hugo blinked and turned to the door, catching Atlas peek at the gap.

"You okay?" Atlas asked without even taking a step inside.

"Do I not look okay?"

"Yes"

Hugo chuckled and moved, adjusting his position on the bed. Atlas took this as an invitation to get inside the room, not daring to sit on his brother's bed with his outdoor clothes.

Yet...

"Why do you always lay down on your bed with your outdoor clothes?" Atlas couldn't help but ask. "That's disgusting"

"Did you come here to comfort me? Or criticize me?"

"Comfort you, but this habit is disturbing."

Hugo let out a deep sigh while Atlas decided to drop the subject.

"What happened while you were gone with Penny?" Like always, Atlas didn't beat around the bush. "I know something happened and you guys just don't want to tell us." "First Brother, is there something that goes past your eyes?"

so people still need to tell me things for me to know. But because you're like an open book among us, it's easy to know when you're hiding

and sighed for the second time. Atlas would

that he made the situation sound light, but he just told what was important. "It's annoying, and it's disturbing. One of the troublemakers in the station even said that this country is the best place to live if you're a criminal. What he said made me angry, but at the same time, it says a lot of things. Atlas rocked his head. "I see. his

frowned. "Aren't you angry at

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to protect her abuser, blatantly abandoning her daughter in the process. I sympathize with them, but at the

"Right."

his honest thoughts about the story, but he also

second brother lift his

never said it's

in here

to admit he was a little regretful, and in a way, he felt

doesn't belong, but I'm just saying even the police couldn't do

know that, but I don't like the feeling I felt today. I

it and use it as motivation to be

to my room," he added and turned

reached the door, Hugo's question stopped

exposed to it?" Hugo kept his eyes

powerless not long ago," Atlas confessed. "But that's entirely a different story. In a way, I sort of exposed myself to the

the star

@ Hugo kept his gaze on his brother until Atlas closed the door behind him. The corner of his lips curled up a

seen him sulk. Hugo peeled his back from the headboard and flung his legs out of the bed. He rested his hand on either side of him, snapping his eyes at the shut

to be weak, he told himself. "I'll climb my

because of the major league teams poaching him. It wasn't like he never got an offer before. However, he knew that if he enlisted, he had to

determination in his heart fired

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than an officer to make

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