"Religion is a special kind of hell, isn't it? I don't know if a cop will see it. Or if they can even fucking breach it. You can call a cop, if you know a good cop, a cop willing to care, but I'll come anyway. Back up, like you say. Someone on your side." Jonathan didn't trust the cops to do their job. They were lazy and had little power over culture and religion. Even when it was used as a tool to torment with.
"If your brother really wants you to do something then... maybe he's not looking the other way. People who are quiet and sweet, they have a strong sense of justice. I see it in our Tommy and our Holden. They're nice but they hurt for others." And if his brother still had that, he couldn't have been too ruined by assholes.
"We want to approach this carefully. Kids are involved."
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"If your brother really wants you to do something then... maybe he's not looking the other way. People who are quiet and sweet, they have a strong sense of justice. I see it in our Tommy and our Holden. They're nice but they hurt for others." And if his brother still had that, he couldn't have been too ruined by assholes.
"We want to approach this carefully. Kids are involved."