“What happened?” asked a young recruit.
Javier looked at the bench.
“It happened that eighty people didn’t look the other way. It happened that an agent wrote what he saw. It happened that someone recorded. It happened that the truth found his way.
Another recruit said:
“Then the lesson is that the bad guys end up paying.
Javier slowly denied.
"No. The lesson is that you decide each day which side you are on before the scandal comes.
Tom looked up and smiled.
Javier returned the gesture.
“The badge doesn’t make them good,” he continued. The uniform doesn't make them fair. Authority does not belong to them. They lend themselves. And if they use it to step on someone, sooner or later the truth charges them.
The recruits watched the bank.
A little girl sat next to Thomas with an ice cream in her hand.
His grandfather asked for permission with a smile.