Aaron equals answers (or more questions)

"I need to see Aaron."

"You're going back to the devil." Himari deadpans with a cursory look.

"No one knows anything about the case, Himari. Only Aaron."

"I know about the case now. You do too. You don't need to crawl back to him, when you don't even know his motivation for trying to help you." She raises a hand to silence me when I start to speak.

"Or! Or if he is indeed trying to help you. For all we know he could be protecting the same monster they all seem to be protecting."

"Aaron is many things but someone who would protect someone like that. He was truly angry at what was done to the girl."

"Yes, yet he chose not to bring the perpetrator to book, rather he pinned the blame on your dad. He indirectly protected the bastard."

All my protests dies down at this point, until..

"He must have been forced."

Himari looses it and hits my arm.

"Stop it, Tequila! You're defending him? Now? I can't believe you!"