After the trial, things seemed to have returned to its usual routine for Hermes and the group. Doing hero work, acting lovey-dovey with Raphael for the cameras, taking the dogs to the vet….
To Hermes, it just felt so anticlimactic.
And that was not his fault at all. Because right after the trial ended… He approached Shani in the crowd and asked him.
It's just that…
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"Hey… Good work." He said, looking around like he's being watched.
"Good job too, for admitting the truth. It must have been difficult. We're from the same country but… We both know we can't just spread lies for the sake of patriotism, right? Unlike some people. Ooops, someone could have heard that. Haha!"
"Yeah, hahaha…." "Uh, listen… Something weird was going on with the transcriber earlier. I'm not sure if anyone else noticed about her."
"Oh, really?" Shani feigned interest, waving and greeting different people from the judicial field.
