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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?"

detect 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 an open

studied his brother and sighed for the second time.

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 made me angry, but at the same time, it says a lot

frowned. "Aren't you angry at

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The battered wife chose to protect her abuser, blatantly abandoning her daughter in the process.

"Right."

Atlas said was his honest thoughts about the story, but he also understood that he and Hugo were different in many

second brother lift his

said it's

the way you sulk in here tells

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

it doesn't belong, but I'm just saying even the

the feeling I felt today. I felt

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

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

Atlas reached the door, Hugo's question stopped

like you were exposed to

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

star

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

peeled his back from the headboard and flung his legs out of the bed. He rested his hand on either side of him,

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

in the military because of the major league teams poaching him. It wasn't like he never got an offer before.

the determination

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I need to be higher than an officer to make a

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