Going Full Circle

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"I know. I've been there before, Jude. You'll — well, you might always feel a little guilty, but you can't focus on that feeling. Don't sit on it. Be proud of what you accomplished and realize those mistakes for next time. You couldn't have known things would happen the way they did. You were smart enough to bring your suit along and you were smart enough to tell Angelo what he needed to do.

"You know as well as me that what needs to happen is not always nice and it's never as clean as all good or all bad. The right decisions almost never end with no one getting hurt."
 

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He'd only been smart enough to bring his suit along because Broen had screwed up and tipped him off. Because he'd asked. Because Angelo had said better safe then sorry and told him to wear it. He wished he had the suit right then, but it couldn't be his safety blanket. He couldn't just wear it all the time.

The lesson had to be about learning to ask more questions, not about wearing body armor to bed.

"You're right," Jude admitted. "I just need time to process it."
 

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Rory got up and bent over like she was going to kiss his forehead, but stopped at the last second so there was no skin contact, hands on his shoulders to ensure he didn't move.

Afterward, Rory stood straight. "Okay. Uh. I'm... I have something to do, Jude. Just... if you need to talk I'm here."
 

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I have something to do meant I need to go yell at Zoraida del Bosque, but Jude nodded anyway.

"I'll clean this up," he said, nodding to the food. "After I finished. I'm going to try and go down to the community center this afternoon. Try and... I don't know. I need to -"

He faltered, dragging a hand through his hair.

"Officer Genovese said he'd get my phone while he was at work giving another statement, so I'll text you."
 
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