Finn’s hands were pinned to the steering wheel while Evelyn deliberately covered the red marks on his wrists with his gloves.
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Chapter 15 / 17
Chapter 15
Marcus eventually wrote me a letter.
Not asking for his council seat back.
Better.
He admitted that he watched because he was curious whether Declan’s claims were true.
Then he wrote:
I treated Finn like evidence instead of a child.
That was the first useful sentence he had produced.
I kept the letter.
Not to forgive him quickly.
To remember the failure accurately.
The worst people in the story were Declan and Evelyn.
But the system around them mattered.
Victor believed.
Marcus watched.
Staff followed instructions.
Everyone waited for certainty.
Meanwhile a child crashed three times.
That was how cruelty became procedure.
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Not because everyone agreed.
Because too few people interrupted.
