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ding in front of him,

could

d hit his cheek with a resounding slap, ca

man who searched me and my bag, a

m him. "How could you, Tristan?" I asked, already cryi

hing his cheek. "You have t

him, fire i

eyes, but in my

It wasn't hard for me to recognize him and

the man in uniform who walk

ter than the worse I felt? I wondered, waiti

and slap them because you can." His hand massaged

at-

h of words that was prepared to proceed from my m

stan is my brother. I'm sure he told you he is the Pri

fused to beli

stranger scoffed and walked to the car. He opened it and took out a h

more words, he wa

walk ou

who stared at me, pity in the eyes of some, while the oth

hung it on my shoulder

e everything I heard,

man I love. They had the same hair

this be

ved me? Because if he did, why did

know he was th

information about people, or even leave the apartment unl

rved t

ke, I have been p

rent? All men are the same, but he acted

at the corner of the main ro

left. Some citizens ran helter-ske

und, pushing the gate I walked out fro

gain!" An elderly woman sho

ead back to the club

t this point, while people stayed in a co

d all of

ot with these men who have chosen to r

dness's

d government not doin

hey want

b-not only in the club but on the street

s a security guard, walked into the space with

om the speaker systems returned once more, and the people who were scare

. Now was not the time to think of Tristan and his family stories

ment, I shut the door and fell on one

was trying so hard to forget came into

been

it ob

name is, did not lie

a

ugh it wasn't him? I wondered, sittin

sn't

know from the tone I wo

ailed to show it, whether or not he was t

of sulking, I g

I? Was I going to do so with my shattered heart that seemed l