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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?"

Penny, 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

and sighed for the second time. Atlas would say things with such

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

frowned. "Aren't you angry at

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

"Right."

he also understood that he and Hugo were

his second brother lift his eyes back to him. "It's

never said it's

way you sulk in here

he had to admit he was a little

belong, but I'm just saying even the police

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

shrugged. "That feeling you felt today is 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

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

the door, Hugo's

sound like you were exposed

"But that's entirely a different story. In a way, I sort of exposed myself to the ugly reality of

star section,

he hummed before he resumed his steps. @ Hugo kept his gaze on his brother until Atlas closed the door behind him. The corner

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

he told himself. "I'll

was 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,

determination in his

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I need to be higher than

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