Sofia''s eyes filled with tears as she watched Hank standing there, silent and cold. Matthew''s words from earlier kept echoing in her head, making her panic even more. Her voice shook as she pleaded, her eyes red and desperate.


    "Hank, I''m so sorry! I didn''t mean it, I swear! I just... I lost my mind for a second. Please, you have to help me! I''ll never do it again!"


    Hank''s face darkened. He looked like he wanted to say something, but before he could, agents walked in.


    "Sofia, ording to L''s confession, you pushed her to steal the ckOak data. We need you toe with us for questioning."


    As soon as the agent finished, all the color drained from Sofia''s face. Her crying turned to pure panic.


    "No, that''s not true! L did it herself, it has nothing to do with me!"


    She stumbled and lunged at Hank, grabbing onto his suit like a lifeline, her nails digging in.


    "Hank, please, say something! I''m innocent! You have to save me. If you don''t, my life is over!"


    She was crying so hard she could barely breathe, tears and snot smearing her face and ruining her perfect makeup. Her hair hung in messy clumps around her neck. She didn''t look anything like the confident, morous girl she usually was.


    Hank looked down at her shaking shoulders, his fingers twitching like he wanted to help but couldn''t bring himself to do it.


    He turned his face away, refusing to meet her eyes. "Sofia, if you really didn''t do it, they''ll find out. Once the investigation is over, you''ll be free."


    Sofia stared up at him, shocked. She hadn''t expected him to turn his back on her. She lost her bnce and fell to the floor, her eyes wide with disbelief and anger.


    "Hank... you''re really not going to save me?"


    Hank looked away, his voice barely above a whisper. "You did this yourself. Now you have to deal with the consequences."


    The agents stepped forward, pulling Sofia up by her arms.


    She fought like crazy, screaming his name, her voice raw and full of heartbreak. "Hank! I hate you! I''ll never forgive you for this!"


    But no matter how much she


    screamed or yelled, Hank just stood there moving only his handar his side gave him away, clenched so tight his knuckles turned white.


    Finally, Sofia''s cries faded down the hallway, and the office was quiet again.


    Hank took a deep breath and turned to Reese, guilt written all over his face. He looked like he wanted to say something, but before he could Reese took a step back, making it clear she didn''t want anything more to do with him.


    Matthew shifted, putting himself between Hank and Reese. "Mr. Meyer, if there''s nothing else, you should go. Reese has had a rough day and needs some space."


    Hank took in how Matthew stood protectively in front of Reese. The memory of how cold he''d just been to Sofia made his chest ache.


    He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. In the end, he just turned and walked away.


    His back was slightly hunched, his whole body looking older, smaller, and defeated.


    Right then, he lost Sofia as his sister. But deep down, he knew he''d already lost Reese a long time ago back when he kept choosing Soffa


    over her, hurting her again and again The girl who used to quietly follow him and call his name was long gone.


    As Hank left, theb finally felt calm.


    Reese let out a long sigh and turned to Matthew. "Was the data L leaked important?"


    Earlier, to keep L from getting suspicious and to collect evidence against Leslie, she and Matthew had agreed to use some real data.


    "It''s not a big deal," Matthew said, ncing at Sebastian, who was still frozen in ce. “But if you''re worried, you can go check in theb.”


    "Reese!"


    Sebastian finally couldn''t hold back. He called out as Reese walked away with Matthew, not even ncing his way.


    When Reese finally turned around, her eyes were cold and distant.


    "What do you want?"


    Sebastian''s hands clenched and unclenched, struggling to find the right words.