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Chapter Twenty Five
10th January, 1999
Undisclosed location
Joel
Lionel came in, wearing a mixed expression. He was confused, sad and looked defeated. He slumped on the chair Carlos just left, stretching out his tired legs.
"Lionel" I said.
I had a feeling that something was wrong and it wasn't about the attack. Lionel looked lost. Damn, he couldn't even respond as he just stared into space.
"Lionel" I repeated, a bit louder this time.
Only then did he look at me and what I saw broke my heart into a thousand pieces. Lionel was fighting back tears. Shit!, what must have happened to cause this kind of reaction.
&n
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