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"Hey," Casey bent slightly and smiled at the boy, "are you Gavin?"

The boy nodded: "Who are you?"

Casey said: "We are police officers, can I ask you some questions?"

Gavin was startled, and looked at his mother helplessly: "Police officer? What did I do?"

"Don't be afraid," Kathy said, stroking his head, "just to get some information—can we go in?"

Gavin looked at Debbie, who nodded and turned to let Dino and Kathy go in.

Sitting on the sofa, Dino began to ask: "We understand that Gavin has been to Jishi Rehabilitation Center before?"

With sharp eyes, Kathy saw that Gavin flinched when he heard the question, and subconsciously leaned towards Debbie beside him.

Debbie's eyes also darkened: "...Yes."

"We want to know about this addiction recovery center," Casey looked at Gavin encouragingly, "Gavin, can you help us?"

Gavin squeezed his lips tightly, looked down at his intertwined hands, and said in a low voice, "...I don't know, I have nothing to say."

"Son," Casey pinched Gavin's shoulder reassuringly, "We promise you won't get into trouble, we just want to know about this addiction recovery center, don't worry."

Gavin shook his head and said nothing more.

Casey and Dino looked at each other, and Dino asked Debbie softly, "Is there any water?"

This sentence is obviously meant to divert Debbie away and let Kathy and Gavin talk alone.

Debbie hesitated, then asked, "Is this an interrogation? If so, I need to be there—"

"Of course not," Dino said softly, "just talking, it's okay."

Maybe it's because Dino looks too handsome and gives people a sense of security. Those deep brown eyes seem to be able to suck people in when they look at someone seriously. Debbie relaxes involuntarily, stands up and takes Dino to the kitchen. pour water.

Only Casey and Gavin were left in the living room. Casey sat next to Gavin and said, "Hey, I know you are strong like a man. We really need your help now."

Gavin shook his head silently.

Casey sighed in frustration, thought for a while, reached into his pocket and took out a photo of Visa and handed it to Gavin: "Do you know him?"

Gavin was stunned for a moment, then took it over: "I know... this is Visa, he is my friend, what's wrong with him?"

Casey said, "He's dead."

"What?!" Gavin was taken aback, and the photos fell to the ground, "Impossible!"

Casey stroked his hair: "My condolences are changing. We believe that Jishi Rehabilitation Center has something to do with your friend's death. You don't want to help us. I understand, but can you help your friend?"

Gavin's lips trembled a few times, and he whispered: "What do you want to know?"

"Just tell me about the rehab center, okay?"

Gavin looked down at his palm: "...you can ask."

"Did you go to this addiction recovery center because of Internet addiction?"

Gavin shook his head: "No, I'm because..."

He bit his lip, and Casey saw him flinch and held his hand to encourage him: "It's okay, you can tell me."

"I'm going because I'm gay," he said softly. "My father is a Christian and I can't accept it, so..."

Casey nodded: "I see, what happened after you went there? What happened?"

"You Xin, the attending doctor, took charge of me. He took me to a room with nothing but a medical bed," he said slowly. They shocked me with a device, and asked me if I recognized my sexuality while doing the shock. If I answered incorrectly, I would be shocked with a current ranging from 40 mA to 80 mA. I had to obey all authorities there. Being beaten and scolded is commonplace..."

Gavin buried his face in his palm, and Casey could hear him sobbing, so he couldn't bear to ask again, but he still had to be ruthless: "The forensic doctor found a needle-prick mark on Visa's temple, do you know how it came from? Is it?"

Gavin raised his face, tears had already spread all over his face: "I know, at that time... I was also there."

"This is Yusin's method of punishment. He will put a needle on each side of Visa's temple, one on his forehead, one on his chin, and even in the gap between the palm and middle finger of his left hand. Needle, a lot of instruments together, he didn’t know what kind of machine it was, but after turning it on, Visa kept twitching on the bed, blood was bleeding next to the needle in the temple, this process would last at least ten minutes, repeated, Instruments turned off and on again..."

Gavin's voice became louder and louder, and he couldn't control himself: "I was there, I was there during the whole process, they let me watch, I, I can only watch the whole process from there, I was scared to death I don't know what to do..."

"It's ok," Casey couldn't bear to ask any more, Gavin was still so young, "It's ok—"

At this time, Debbie, who heard Gavin's voice, hurried from the kitchen to the living room: "What happened? Baby, why are you crying?" She frowned and looked at Casey, and said angrily, "You did to my son What?"

Casey raised her hands innocently: "I just asked a few questions—"

"I'm right there!" Gavin was still crying, "I looked at him like a dead man, his eyes were empty, he couldn't control the saliva from the corner of his mouth, his body was still twitching—"

"Hey," Casey quickly patted him on the shoulder, making him look straight into his green eyes, "It's not your fault, how can you resist? It's amazing that you can come out of that hell by yourself gone."

Debbie sat on Gavin's right, hugged him into her arms, comforted him softly, and waited for Gavin to calm down a little before saying: "It's my fault, I shouldn't blindly agree with his father to send him to the school after listening to other people's recommendations. .”

Dino comforted: "At least you are out now."

Debbie nodded.

Dino asked again: "Did you come out voluntarily? Because I think Gavin left after only three months, which is unprecedented in the records of this addiction rehabilitation center."

"At the beginning we didn't know how much Gavin suffered in it, until one day he was sent to Ren'ai Hospital, and a doctor in the emergency room of Ren'ai Hospital happened to be my friend, and she called me and said Gavin Wen committed suicide, and I was shocked. At that time, I felt like the sky was falling." Thinking of this past, Debbie still couldn't help but her eyes were red, "It was really thrilling at that time, and my husband and I were in the Outside the emergency room, I saw our children struggling with life and death, and only then did I understand, compared to living a good life, what is more important if you like a man or a woman?"

Debbie smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that we understand this truth, but we almost paid the price with the lives of our most important people."