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Heknewthetruth:theirdaughter''sinnocencewasalreadyshattered,hertraumacarveddeep.Furtherquestioningwouldonlyreopenwoundsandsaltthemwithshame.
Theyhadn''tevenlethimfinishspeaking.Ahandhadsnatchedthepamphletontraumacounselors,eyesflickingtothestate-fundednoteatthebottom.Theirfacesweretight,pinchedwithangerandhumiliation.Thedoorhadslammedbeforehecouldexplain.
Junlingeredinthehall,thedismissalpressingdownonhimlikeaweight.
Bythetimehesteppedoutoftheapartmentcomplex,theexhaustionofthepastweekshadsettledintohisbones.
Hehadseentoomuch.
Someparentshaddeniedoutrightthattheirdaughterswerevictims,asthoughsilencecouldbleachawaythestain.Others—worse—hadaskedfirstaboutcompensation,theireyessharpwithcalculationinsteadofgrief.Asifsufferingcouldbetallied,priced,andsettledlikeabill.
Itwasabitterawakening.
Junhadgrownupprivileged—goldenspoonandall—surroundedbywealthandpolishedmanners.Evenincriminology,hehadstudiedmonstersintheory,notthequiet,everydaycrueltyofordinarypeople.
NowheunderstoodwhyveteranslikeLuciancarriedadifferentedge.They''dlivedintheunderbelly,wheredesperationandgreedstrippedhumanitybareandtwisteditintosomethingunrecognizable.
Forthefirsttime,Junwonderedifhetrulybelongedinthislineofworkatall.
Junwashalfwaytohisparkedcarwhenaflickerofmovementfrozehiminplace—afamiliarsilhouette.
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