Confronting

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"You're not eating much, do you not like the food?" Zack asked while he sat on the other end of the table

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"You're not eating much, do you not like the food?" Zack asked while he sat on the other end of the table. I shook my head and poked at my food.

The food tasted fine, it's just them that made me lose my appetite all of a sudden. I jumped slightly when I felt a hand under the table.

It was slowly rubbing circles on my inner thigh. I looked over to the direction and saw Roy had already been staring at me.

"It's not like you to poke your food and stare at it." Keith commented.

I didn't answer any of them, just simple nods and hums. All of them knew something was off, I could tell, and I was being obvious about it too.

But the same question kept repeating in my head. Have they been lying to me?

Just the thought of it pisses me off. And I hate liars that lie about something so big.

I pulled on Roy's sleeve trying to get his attention. His head turned toward me and I leaned forward to whisper in his ears.

"I need to talk to you tonight."

He looked at me confused before replying. "Alright,"
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"What is it that you want to talk about?" Roy closed the door behind him and sat on the edge of the bed beside me.

"Are you hiding something from me?"

"..."

"Are you hiding something from me?" I repeated, but sounded more forceful.

"What are you trying to say, Astra?"

"What I'm trying to say is you've been hiding secrets from me, and not good secrets."

"..." He was silent once again, not responding to me.

"Have you been lying to me since we were little kids?"

"Yes."

"Are you guys murderers?"

"...No."

"Then why do you kill?!"

"We don't kill for nothing, we kill those who don't do good."

"What are you talking about?"

"We don't kill for fun, for entertainment, for any of that bullshit. What I'm trying to tell you Astra is when someone does something bad, it's our job to get rid of them. Kidnappers, rapists, human trafficking...and other stuff. Are you feeling better now that I've told you why?"

"Does the public know you kill?..."

"Yes."

"So how come you never told me in the beginning?"

"We weren't sure if you were ready." He sighed.

"It's better to tell me the truth then lie."

"I'm sorry." He muttered—

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