Behind The Mask
“I prefer silence.”
Something about the way he said it, flat, calm, almost regretful, made my chest tighten. I didn’t press further. Instead, I let my gaze drift to the wall of screens. The one that showed the holding room: some crying, some praying, some staring blankly at the floor.
It was exactly like the fiction, only this time, there was no script. And I realized, with a cold twist in my stomach, why they let the story exist out there.
Because even if someone spoke the truth, no one would ever believe it. They’d laugh, call it fiction again, and the real monsters would keep watching from behind their masks.