Because of a Dream

Part 16's. Lies Covering Lies

A few days later, Christine expressed her desire to take another course. So that he has a busy life outside if his mother goes out of town. And also so that she had another reason to find out the whereabouts of her brother who left without news.

So the next day when Christine went to her tutoring place, she accidentally passed from the front of her sister's house again and stopped there hoping her brother had come home.

But when she arrived, she did not see her brother there. Even the house looks so messy. The scavengers there seem to take advantage of the void and take what is there. For days they had not seen the boy. They thought, 'Sadly these things are here. It's better to sell than waste here. The one who has it also doesn't know where.' The used items that the boy collected were taken one by one by the people who were there.

"Sister, where did you go? Why didn't you tell me where you were going? Mom said you went to see a friend. But how could I possibly be hard to believe?" Ask in the heart.

Then he went in and looked at the whole house carefully. Especially he went to the place where he kept the money they had collected first. He was very happy because the money was still neatly stored in a small jar. The only thing left of them.

"If you go far, you should have brought this money. But he left it here. It was fortunate that the people here did not find it and took it. I'll keep this good. This is all we have left. My brother's hard work."

Then he put the money in his bag and left. But she was determined to keep it a secret from her stepmother. Because suspicion was raised again in his heart but he did not dare to show it.

But the boy did not go far from the city. He only moved to other places that his sister never knew so that he could still see his sister even from afar. The boy reneged on his promise to the woman to go away forever from her life.

As long as Christine was in the house, the boy kept watching her from afar. Although the boy had moved to another place, but every day he still saw his house from afar because he was sure that someday his sister would look for him. And in order to perfect his lie, he gave up all of his stolen belongings even though he saw it himself from afar.

When his sister left, it felt like he was eager to call her and hug her. But he's scared. So he was very sorry to have brought Christine to the woman's house. The plan he had made instead kept him away from his sister.

The money the boy received from Christine's stepmother, he used to rent a small house around the city and to make ends meet. But to keep the money from running out quickly, the boy found a job in a workshop that was not as big as cleaning service.

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That afternoon, the woman was sitting in her backyard enjoying her usual cup of tea. She sat down on top of her husband's grave. A garden chair was placed there so as not to look like a grave.

That day he was delighted to think that he had managed to get rid of the boy forever. He speaks for himself, though,

"This is called life.

Hah. There are no bullies. Because I sent him all the way. I don't know where he went, I don't care. Finally I can live a quiet life with no shadow of the men around my house."

Shortly after, Christine arrived at her home. But she just stood in front of the kitchen door close to the park so she could see her mother enjoying her afternoon. But he hesitated to approach her.

The woman was unaware of the arrival of her son. But just as she was about to move on to save her cup, the woman was shocked and panicked to see Christine standing there and her face was gloomy. He thought, 'Did he hear my words earlier?'

"Ah. I'm just surprised to see you suddenly show up. How long have you been there?"

"Just now ma'am."

"Oh." Then he neutralized his emotions and said again,

"What's up, son? Why is your face so moody like this?"

"I'm just tired of studying mom."

"Mmm, so yeah. Oh well son, I read the article, your favorite singer will hold a concert in our country."

"really?"

"Yes. Do you want to go watch it?"

"Are you serious?"

"Yes son. Anything for your happiness I would do. I'll accompany you there."

"But what about Mom's job?"

"No problem. Mom can handle. Next week we'll go out of town to see it. We can buy VIP tickets so you can take a closer look. Hows it? Do you like it?"

"Wow! Awesome mom. I like it so much! I really like it! Thank you mom for understanding me."

"Well, beautiful mother's son. Well already! There rest! I still want to relax here."

"alright. I'm going in first ma'am."

Then as soon as Christine left, the woman could feel that her son was hiding something from her.

"That gloomy face, that face I'm very memorized. It's always shown when he misses that damn kid. But I'll investigate soon."