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The night air was cool, a sharp contrast to the stuffy atmosphere of the bar I had left shortly after midnight. My head still buzzed slightly, but my senses were wide awake. I saw them right away: three boys cornering a young woman. Their laughter was mocking, their posture aggressive. I just wanted to go home, but turning away was not an option. I stepped in, my voice calm, attempting to de-escalate the situation. Yet some people care little for peace when they seek to exert power. Within seconds, the situation turned violent. What began as a clarifying conversation ended in a brawl. I fought back, and when the boys lay on the ground, I knew I had won the fight. I called the police. I expected gratitude, perhaps relief. But as the patrol cars turned the corner with flashing blue lights, something unbelievable happened. The young woman, trembling with fear—not of me, but of the consequences the boys threatened—looked me straight in the eye and lied. She claimed I had attacked her for no reason. No witnesses. It came down to my word against hers, and her tears carried more weight than my integrity. The verdict was a slap in the face to my sense of justice: community service at a facility for hard-to-educate youth. Now I stand here, my backpack on my shoulders, the heavy gate before me. As I enter the room where Maria is waiting for me, I fall silent. She leaned casually at the reception desk, a white coffee cup firmly held in her hands as if it were an anchor of her own composure. Her dark, curly hair was tied back in a ponytail, yet a few strands framed her face, which radiated a blend of analytical sharpness and human warmth. She wore a simple black T-shirt and jeans—a choice that made her appear approachable despite her authority. Her gaze was direct and probing, as though she already knew me inside and out.