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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?"

fortunes like 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 you're hiding

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

station even said that this country is the best place to live if you're a criminal. What he said made

"Aren't you angry

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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

"Right."

Atlas said was his honest thoughts about the story, but he

brother lift his eyes back to him.

said it's

in here tells me you blame yourself for

he shut them again. Deep in his heart, he had to admit he was a little regretful, and in a way, he felt pathetic

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

feeling

it and use it as motivation

back to my room," he added and turned around to

reached the door, Hugo's

you were exposed to it?" Hugo kept his eyes on

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

star section,

Hugo kept his gaze on his brother

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

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

got an offer before. However, he knew that if he enlisted, he had to leave home. He didn't want to leave Penny and

today, the determination in his heart fired

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than an officer to make

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