Aftereffect Ep2: “Suck it up, buttercup”

Aftereffect Ep2: “Suck it up, buttercup”

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The shooting left Arnaldo severely traumatized, unable to remain in the home where Charles Kinsey had taken care of him. The next day, he was involuntarily committed to a hospital psych ward, where days stretched into weeks into well over-a-month as the state of Florida struggled to find a new home for him.

Eventually, Arnaldo finds himself in a new facility with a well-documented track record of abuse and neglect. It’s Halloween when we first meet Arnaldo face-to-face. Ironically, after everything he’s endured, the staff have dressed him in a police uniform costume.