"THE COUNTRY BEHIND THE RAINBOW"

back to town

after Mr. albert's condition gradually improved, he woke up and invited santiago to immediately leave for the city.

diana helps get their things in the car, and Santiago and his father say goodbye to the girl.

"alright diana, we'll leave until later."

"be careful on the road, and hopefully your lecture will be finished soon.success in your studies santiago."

diana waved her hand.she stood in the courtyard, while staring at the car in Santiago's drive disappearing from her sight.

in the car, Mr. Albert fell asleep, he was affected by the drugs he drank, and also his mind was too tired.

time passed, until finally they arrived at a luxurious house that was rented by albert for the residence of his son during his lecture at one of the medical faculties in the city.

santiago opened the gate of the house, and parked his car right on the front porch of the house.

"father, look at the roses.they flowered, and the flowers looked very fresh.when I left them for a long time.how could they survive without anyone to care for them?"

his finger pointed towards some of the rose pots on the terrace.santiago is indeed a fan of flowers, especially roses.

for him roses are elegance and love.Since childhood he greatly admired roses.

"son, you're exactly like your late mother.he also adores roses very much.and I didn't expect you to like roses either."

some rose stalks are very lush and the flowers bloom beautifully.Santiago stroked the rose petals.

"i'm the one who takes care of this plant until you get home."

they were shocked to hear the voice of someone from behind the fence.A girl in a long red dress, with dense black curls standing there.

"sorry, who are you?"

the girl walked into the porch of the house while extending her hand to master albert and also santiago.

"introduce me sicily, and I'm your neighbor.I live right in front of this house, across the street."

sicily pointed towards the old house not far from the contract, and just across the street.

"i'm albert, and this is my son santiago."

with friendly santiago shakes hands with sicily.

"why is this girl's hand so cold?"

mr. Albert took the girl to sit on the porch seat and let her chat with her son.

"please continue your conversation, I'll go inside to make tea."

with a few things in hand, Mr. Albert went inside the house and let Santiago with his new friend outside.

"let's have some kids, please enjoy this hot tea and cookies."

before long Santiago's father had returned with a tray containing several cups of tea and cake.

"thank you, Mr. Albert, but I'm in a hurry, and I'm sorry I can't linger, because there's something I have to do. I have to get back home now."

without waiting for mister albert to finish speaking, the Sissilia immediately left and disappeared in the darkness in front of his house.

"santiago, why did the girl go straight home without tasting my father's tea?"

"well, maybe the Sicilian is in a hurry .meat he went straight home.Then let's enjoy both the father-made tea and this delicious cake."

the father and son enjoyed the delicious pie and tea on the table.they joked while chatting until they forgot the night began to fade.

"son, it's time we ate.since this afternoon, we haven't eaten anything.dad will make you a salad, then we eat together."

"dad was right.again, my stomach has started rumbling.but I have to take a shower first, after that we eat."

santiago embraces his father, after which they enter the house, to prepare what they need that night.

***

the night sky was very dark, the stars were not visible in the sky.only the sound of cars were heard passing through the area around the residence santiago.

apparently, Mr. albert was asleep in his room,and he forgot to turn off the tv.santiago went into the room turned off the tv and covered his father with a thick blanket.he went out to the terrace and sat on a chair while observing around his house.

"when did Sicily stay in that old house? I've lived in this place for almost eight years, but I've never seen the girl, who is she?is he the owner of an old house, or did he just contract it there.I forgot to ask."

some questions began to interfere with his mind.his eyes were fixed towards the old house in front of him.The house was dark without any light there and several large trees grew with very leafy leaves in the yard.

"why doesn't Sicily turn on its home lights?isn't he home, did he forget to turn on the lights?"

santiago began to sleepy he stood up from his seat and was about to enter the house.Santiago suddenly a black cat jumped out of the fence towards the highway.

he was surprised to see her, and quickly the cat ran towards the house of Sicily.

"where did the cat come from?and why did he jump out of the fence of this house?"

slowly santiago opened the fence of the yard, then headed to the highway.he looked to the right and to the left,there was no one there.not even a car that passed on the road.the atmosphere on the orchid highway where he lived was fairly quiet.Rarely any cars that passed around the place.

With a definite step he headed to the courtyard of the old house.the house was very dark, and the fur santiago began to creep.quickly he turned his body intends to go back to his house.but,

"santiago, you haven't slept yet.What are you doing here?"

santiago was surprised to hear the voice of someone behind him.

"si..si.sisilia, are you here?"

how handsome the young man was when he saw that the sicilian was already standing right behind him with a stiff body, a pale face, and his messy hair partially covering his face.

santiago acted as if he felt nothing.he tried to brave himself to face sicily even though it felt like his bones would be separated from his body.

"oh yes, sicily, I just saw a cat running out of my yard, and I also saw that he ran to your house, and that's why I chased him here."

sicily smiled stiffly.

"the black cat is mine, the name is agata.agata does like to roam.agata,, agata,,!""

quickly the cat emerged from behind the bushes, and leaping into the arms of sicily made santiago dumbfounded to see it."