Shinji: Deadly ConfessionsNever had waiting been as hard as when I had to sit in the hideout, eager for news. I knew, far better than Taka probably did, what Miho’s location had meant. In the silence, my mind replayed the last few weeks, terrified we’d done it, we’d broken her. Rationally, I knew she was broken before us, left wounded by the scars and her parents, but Taka’s thoughtless lashing out had been the last straw.
It was strange. I never hated my parents for their abuse, but right then, I felt a hatred for hers burning inside me. Though Miho hadn’t told us everything about her family situation, we knew they had practically abandoned her, leaving her alone to deal with the mental scars it left behind, and they weren’t there for her when Suzaki had started abusing her.
When they f
