Junreceivedthecalljustashestoodoutsideoim''''''''shome.Theoutreachoperationwasceled.Hewastoreturntothestatioely.
Thetimingwasalmostmerciful.Thegirl''''''''sparentswereclearlywantedhimgone.
Hekhetruth:theirdaughter''''''''sinnocewasalreadyshattered,hertraumacarveddeep.Furtherquestioningwouldonlyreopenwoundsandsaltthemwithshame.
Theyhadn''''''''tevehimfinishspeaking.Ahandhadsnatchedthepamphletontraumaselors,eyesfligtothestate-fueatthebottom.Theirfacesweretight,pihangerandhumiliation.Thedoorhadsmmedbeforehecouldexpin.
Junlihehall,thedismissalpressingdownonhimlikeaweight.
Bythetimehesteppedoutoftheapartmeheexhaustionofthepastweekshadsettledintohisbones.
Hehadseentoomuch.
Someparentshadderightthattheirdaughterswerevictims,asthoughsilencecouldbleachawaythestain.Others—worse—hadaskedfirstaboutpensation,theireyessharpwithcalcutioninsteadofgrief.Asifsufferingcouldbetallied,priced,aledlikeabill.
Itwasabitterawakening.
Junhadgrownupprivileged—goldenspoonandall—surroundedbywealthandpolishedmanners.Evenincriminology,hehadstudiedmonstersintheory,notthequiet,everydaycrueltyofordinarypeople.
NowheuoodwhyveteranslikeLucarriedadifferentedge.They''''''''dlivedintheunderbelly,wheredesperationarippedhumanitybareandtwisteditintosomethingunreizable.
Forthefirsttime,Junwonderedifhetrulybelohislineofworkatall.
Junwashalfwaytohisparkedcarwhenafliovementfrozehiminpce—afamiliarsilhouette.
There,inadingyroadsideesediner,satReya.
Sheworeafloral-printdresspletelyunlikeherusualstyle,hunchedoverasteamingbowlofbeefnoodlesasifshehadeninweeks.
Theentirepolicedepartmenthadbeenteariyapartforher,psteringmissingpostersoneveryer,andhereshewas,slurpingnoodleslikeitwasanyordinaryafternoon.
Junsho
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