Pablo walked to the basketball court calmly; plots were never his strong suit, aeo make mistakes when dealing with truly hypocritical people. Reading those kinds of individuals gave him headaches; he preferred someone who showed their colors from the get-go, which is why he believed in Billy. Someone like him didn't seem like a bad guy; he had seen him practig music tirelessly and rarely getting into trouble, other than following the solitary path.

  -Pablo, my friend, the drug problem is sorted out. – said Frozt, the tall guy, standing with another simirly sized person, Big P.

  -Really? – Pablo asked, surprised.

  -Yes, Austin had the drug, and we've got it now. – said Frozt.

  Pablo just felt relieved and calmed down from there. -Man, it's good that everything is okay. Let's py some basketball; I o practice my magic shot. – said Pablo.

  -Pff, that shot is useless against my defense. – said Big P.

  -Haha, man, you're still too oo i for my taste. No os to my bck shot; as soon as you jump, the ball marks three points. – said Pablo, makiures of shooting a le three-pointer. Pablo got lost in the basketball game that sted almost an hour; he saw Face of Dog arriving, in a bad mood, but he didn't pay attention.

  The face of Dog was whispering furiously with Buggs. In a few mihe whispers turned into a heated argument that interrupted the basketball game, and the thirty kids gathered. Pablo couldn't hear anything.

  -Wait, so who has it? – said Lit, a guy with a shaved head.

  -Face of Dog went crazy and couldn't get it. – said Buggs.

  Pablo had a hunch.

  -Wait, didn't you guys get it retly? – said Pablo.

  -No, it didn't happen. Austin told us who had it, but Face of Dog missed the ce to retrieve it. – said Buggs.

  -Wait, it's a lie; it's all Austin's lie. He's targeting the newers to expand his gang and wants to set an example so that those without a gang join him. – said Pablo.

  -How do you know? – asked Buggs.

  -Buddy, you know that snake, and besides, I'm friends with Billy. He was with me, and we searched his locker and looked at the bed, the entire bed. He told me how Austin threatened him, said it's a trap from Austin; he's been threatening all the rookies. – said Pablo.

  - So why did you keep it to yourself? – said Buggs.

  -Frozt said we already had it; I thought Austin had caved under group pressure and chied out. I don't uand why we still believe that snake, who usually acts like a coward, but when he , attacks everyone. What happeo our brother Jay? He's in Arizoing beans because of that idiot.– said Pablo.

  Knowing that Face of Dog had beaten Billy, hands red, bruised, knuckles purple, and even more that crazy look that only happens when you've given someone a beating.

  -Face of Dog, how badly did you hit the new kid? – said Parks.

  The face of Dog turned his head, and Pablo cursed under his breath; everything had goo hell. This was a sign; that he had gooo far, and now he might be transferred to another correal facility. This young man's third offense and Arizona awaits a correal facility for troubled kids, an ugly prison in a desert, without visits and stricter people than the ones present.

  -He won't say anything. – said Pablo.

  The face of Dog looked up.

  -Are you sure, Pablo? – Parks asked.

  -irely, but Billy is not a bad guy, but he probably won't say anything like this. The cameras might have recorded Face of Dog, and I was there before; the whole group might get in trouble. Depending on the Face of the Dog's damage, there will be a thh review of the bunks if the guards already know about it. – said Pablo, - The guards will detect the problem, and we lose the sale and the favors of the jail. -

  The entire Bck Gang was devoid of the happiness and ing that characterized them; now, a stunned image of silent kids, even so, the security guards were already suspicious due to the calm atmosphere in the dining hall.

  Some guards didn't know what had happened, but the entire prison was already in motion. After the blows and Billy's bleeding head, the superinte sent him to the hospital without dey. He found himself genuinely angry; the sympathetic face vanished, repced by that of a military man who had served in the war in his youth. It wasn't characteristic of Charles, but now he would have juvenile services sniffing around more carefully; he would have to fiscate everything and remove some activities.

  Even the chief of guards had already implemerict monit; you don't mess with the kids, especially when it's a public service of the state. Everyone would be on it the day, eveher, acc to the uanding there was, the mother would go and fight hard.

  James Johnson had already ducted a plete iigation. Although the cameras didn't capture sound perfectly, a clear picture of what might have happened had emerged.

  -Anang game. Call Andrew and Benson first, then send Nicolls and Justin Renner. – said James.

  While taking notes in his notebook, almost like a detective, he noted all the suspicious behaviors. Nothing caught his attention; Billy left the music css at 5:10 pm, talking with Pablo, with no fear, and from there, they went to the sed floor and then the first. Pablo left Billy at 5:45 pm, looking happy. Still on the sed floor at 5:30 pm, Andrew and Bensoered suspiciously a ughing. James followed the bahey were on the sed floor at 4:50 pm, so James traced everything he could. He uood two main things: Austin's gang lotting something.

  Ritered. – with a transparent bag taining many presumably illegal items – showing it. Along with some sharp objects and more material, they searched all the rooms, even the lockers were opened, and they found a signifit amount of traband.

  -It seems like you've had fun in these months while we rexed the surveilnce. – said Rico, along with two other colleagues. Silence resent, and James ched his brow tightly, only problems and more problems.

  -Call education and youth, have the guards I'm going to mention repced a the gover policies of Superinte Charles. – said James, quite furious.

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  The small ambund paramedics were present, cheg Billy's signs, and assessing his battered state.

  -No obvious fractures and the head blow is just a mild one. I applied some antibiotics to redufmmation. Whe to the hospital, they will do the X-rays if there's any . – said the paramedic.

  Many of Face of Dog's blows nded on Billy's forearms, as well as on his fad some on his chest.

  -Blood pressure readings are normal. – said the paramedic.

  In fifteen mihey arrived at the hospital calmly. The neck brace was there, along with the bruised appearance; his face was swollen after some time.

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