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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?"

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 book among us, it's easy to know when you're

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

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

you angry at what I just

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wife chose to protect her abuser, blatantly abandoning her daughter in the process. I sympathize with them, but at the same time, I'm just seventeen. Even if it bothered me, there was nothing I

"Right."

the story, but he

making his second brother lift his eyes back

never said

the way you sulk in here tells

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

saying to 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 I

many more times. You have to get used to it and use it as motivation to be in

my room," he added and

reached the door, Hugo's

sound like you were exposed

different story. In a way, I

the star

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

sulk. Hugo peeled his back from the headboard and flung his legs out of the bed. He

told himself. "I'll climb my

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 want to leave Penny and her small animal

determination in

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be higher than an officer

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