2021-07-10 19:07:19Josias begins to explain to Officer Mendes why he took so long to report the moneylender: "The matter, Officer, is that I was so terrified that I ran away from Rainbow Garden, hid in Happiness Slum, and spent almost a year wearing only sweatpants. I had just come out of the bath when I heard the invasion and the shots. I never got to see my father, if he was still alive, if he died in the hospital, I didn't even show up at the funeral."
The officer shakes his head. "I'm so sorry, young man. But even if you couldn't report this crime, you could have come to us when you were feeling better, not after all this time."
"So you mean there's no way out?" Josias opened his eyes wide and his voice faltered.
"Calm down, it's not like that." The officer at least gives a slight smile to reassure the complainant, "I can even file the police report and take it to my superior, but I'm already saying that, because so much time has passed, it will be very difficult to investigat
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