Face Poker
The Part 14
“little girl you're awake?” said a young woman sitting on the edge of a warm bed with
pink blanket.
The little boy's hair was a mess. He woke up wearing beautiful clothes.
“aunt me where?” ask the girl to the woman in front of her.
“calm down pretty, you're fine.” replied the woman gently as she stroked the little girl's hair.
“Eliza, this is uncle's house. I'll be fine here. And this is uncle's wife.” Said a man he knew, who was none other than his own father's secretary.
Daddyh. He just remembered. Where are his mom and dad? Why is he here? All the questions that arise
his head made him wet.
“paman where is my father?” ask the girl in tears. The woman in front of him was just confused as if she knew nothing.
“they're gone. Didn't they say goodbye to you that night going off in the morning?” the little girl only nodded weakly and wiped her tears.
“well, maybe you're hungry. Come down aunty will prepare breakfast for you.” Said the woman with a beautiful smile.
“thank you aunt wife uncle.” The little girl's words were plain and made the couple just smile
blissfully.
The little girl came down from her room in her favorite pink dress. He heard
a conversation of two people from the kitchen who stopped his steps.
“what's right Mr. Romano and Mrs. Romano is on vacation?” the wife asked in a worried tone, while the husband was only silent in a thousand languages.
“already, you take care of him just fine.” The man's lips began to move while the woman in front of him continued to answer.
Their conversation was very slow and gentle, yet it was clearly like a dispute between a husband and wife.
The little girl looked around. He looked behind the glass door of a young boy sitting on the porch and pounding a rabbit.
He ran down the stairs and approached the boy. Right in front of the boy he stopped in amazement at what the boy had done earlier.
“hai little sister.” Greet the boy with a smile and the hand that is still stroking the rabbit
carried.
“are you older than me?” the girl asked in surprise and was answered with a small nod from the boy who
keep focusing on petting the rabbit.
“what's your name?” the boy loosened his head and saw the girl's eyes fixed.
“my name Elizabeth.” The little girl replied, who sat next to the boy.
“whose sister's name?” eliza asked with a big smile looking at the boy.
The boy just fell silent and smiled. Eliza was also noble wonder made. Soon the boy looked at Eliza, and his hands thrust the little rabbit in his hand at Eliza.
“ini. Do you want to carry it?” ask the boy who saw Eliza just gawking in front of her. Eliza also replied with a very happy nod.
“do you like?” ask the boy.
“iya, I like.”
“can I call you Liza?”
“of course, my father and mother also called me Liza.”
“beautiful once.”
“iya, this rabbit is beautiful once.”
“bukan.” The boy shook his head, leaving Eliza puzzled at him.
“not that rabbit is beautiful but you.” The boy smiled beautifully at Eliza.
“thank you brother rabbit.” Eliza returned her smile.
“Leo. What are you two doing?” ask the man who just came out of the kitchen.
“papa.” Greet the boy.
“paman. See brother rabbit gave me this.” Eliza replied in a funny tone and innocently raised the little rabbit with both hands.
“wah, funny once.” The man gently rubbed the heads of the two little children in front of him.
“of course, why not? Come here papa photo.” The man took his cell phone and opened his camera.
“ayo smile. 1..2..3.”
Czechs….
Eliza's eyes woke from her sleep. The smile on his face recalled the dream he had just had.
Eliza waved the blanket that covered her body. Both of his legs now touched the floor, but his body was still
sitting on the bed.
“ah, sweet dreams.” Said Eliza while stretching her hands up.
He glanced at the wall clock of his room which showed at 8 a.m. He also did not forget to see the side of the bed next to him which turned out to be no one.
“have you come home?”
Ting…
A notification rang from one of the phones on the nightstand. Yes, one of. Eliza looked at her phone, but there was nothing. He also took the other cell phone.
The phone belonged to Leo. He opened the unlocked phone screen.
“wah, how brave he is.” Eliza muttered as she managed to turn on the phone.
On the screen he saw how happy the two children were holding a rabbit. Eliza and Leo. Their photo 20 years ago became Leo's phone wallpaper.
“dia apparently still has.”
Eliza also opened a chat application that contained a notification until it sounded earlier. He reads intentionally. And
intend to tell Leo and return it later.
He was also ready to take a shower. Remove his clothes one by one until there is not a single cloth left on his body. He did not start his morning ritual. Cellphone's ringing.
“halo father.” Eliza's greeting to someone across there.
“what are you doing?” ask that person who is none other than his adoptive father Panji Siregar.
“aku is preparing.”
“well, do it quickly. There's something you need to do here.”
Eliza also hung up her phone after confirming the words of her beloved father.
Eliza loved her foster father as much as her own. He also loves his foster sister,
the other is Luqman. They're very close. And love each other very much.
Blue sports car out of its nest. Eliza drove it without hesitation. Without realizing that the truth
leo's car is also still in the parking lot of his apartment.
“father I have arrived. What am I supposed to do?” eliza asked who had arrived at the hospital in her proud white coat.
“you did autopsy.”
“who?”
“Kevin Lauren.”
Eliza was stunned to hear that name. His hand fell down. His heart was beating quite fast this time.
‘why? What's up again? Why is it like this? That man should have died in my hands. Shit!!’ Inner Eliza.
“why? What happened?” ask Eliza who tries to look relaxed.
“dia suffered a crash. His car rolled over in the ravine.”
Simplest. A very simple case. The accident? Or was the accident intentionally made?
Eliza entered the room. With a special uniform as usual. His hands are closed
it was packed with rubber gloves and ready to slash the dead man's chest.
‘with pleasure sir, I serve you’
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