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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?"

superhuman to detect everything in one glance. I don't do fortunes like Penny, so people still need to tell me things

the second time.

and I encountered something that's very infuriating, Hugo summarized the situation from start to finish. Not 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

angry at

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not my business. The battered wife chose to protect her abuser, blatantly abandoning her daughter in the

"Right."

but he also understood that he and Hugo were different in many

lift his eyes back to him. "It's not

never said

here

had to admit he

poke your nose where it doesn't belong, but I'm just saying even the police couldn't

know that, but I don't like the feeling

use it as motivation to be in

you're okay, I'm going back to my room," he added and turned around to

Atlas reached the door,

and Dad hadn't exposed us yet... how come you sound like you were exposed to it?"

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

the star section,

his steps. @ Hugo kept his gaze on his brother until Atlas closed the door behind him. The corner of his

Hugo peeled his back from the headboard and flung his legs out of the

weak, he told himself. "I'll climb

reconsidering enlisting in the military 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 leave home. He didn't

the determination in his heart

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be higher than an officer to make a

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