The kind that comes when humiliation feels consequence-free.
Rosa’s face burned.
She stepped forward. “Please,” she said quietly. “He’s just a child.”
“Relax,” one man said. “It’s a joke.”
Another added, “Good lesson for him.”
The boy hadn’t laughed.
He hadn’t moved.
He was staring at the safe—not in fear, not in awe, but with calm curiosity.
Then he stepped forward.
Bare feet.