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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?"

everything in one glance. I don't do fortunes like Penny, so people still need to tell me things for me to know. But because you're like

for the second time. Atlas would

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

angry at what I

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angry?" Atlas tilted his head to the side. "It's not my family, and it's not my business. The battered wife chose to protect her abuser, blatantly abandoning her daughter in the process. I sympathize with them, but

"Right."

said was his honest thoughts about the story, but he also understood that he

second brother lift his

said it's

here tells me you

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

it doesn't belong, but

but I don't like the feeling I felt today.

something you'd feel many more times. You have to get used to it and use it as motivation to be in power to actually make a difference. That's life that's the reality Mom and Dad hadn't exposed us

since you're okay, I'm going back to my room," he

Atlas reached the door, Hugo's question

were exposed to it?" Hugo kept his eyes on his brother's figure, watching Atlas

a different story. In a way, I

star section,

smiled subtly. "Mhm, you can say that," he hummed before he resumed his steps. @ Hugo kept his gaze on his brother until Atlas

exposed himself in the reality of the weak... and yet, I've never seen him sulk. Hugo peeled his back from the headboard and flung his legs out of the bed. He rested his

be weak, he told himself. "I'll climb my way up the

he never got an offer before. However, he knew that if he enlisted,

determination in

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higher than an officer to make a

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