Fear Aida

A Hope

I took Charlotta inside the house and told the officer that she was my friend, I also asked for a private chat with him in the house and they said that I had little time because my safety was paramount to them according to the duties given by Mr. Simon. We agreed that if the time I had was only ten minutes, hoping that in that time I could persuade Charlotta to return to the small town.

Inside the house I asked Charlotta to sit waiting for me in the living room while I walked straight to the kitchen to prepare some warm tea, it didn't take long for me to prepare a pot of warm tea that I was going to serve Charlotta. I brought the tea to the family room for various reasons in my head that I would use to persuade him to come home soon, but I'm not sure my persuasion will work because Charlotta is a pretty stubborn woman.

In the front hallway of the entrance to the family room I saw Charlotta standing looking at my picture on the walled living room, she looked pensively staring at the photo with her own thoughts. Just like Charlotta was serious enough to think that she didn't realize I was so close behind her, I slowly put the pot on a table and that's when Charlotta's attention turned to me.

"This photo looks like you" Charlotta chirped into the silence in the room.

"What am I like now?" ask me for wonder

"You.. look like a nerd who is a dimwit, different from in these photos.. you look more.... cool.." he replied as unsure, I laughed and sat down on the sofa by the table.

"Cool or haughty and arrogant-looking?" ask me again

"It wasn't me who said it like it~" he replied in a spoiled-sounding tone, I sighed then I said..

"Yes, you could say that's the face of someone trash that I showed you when Aida was taken by officer Rick and officer Shane" I said, the atmosphere again felt so strange and silent.

Charlotta and I fell silent again, slowly walking over to me and sitting on the sofa in front of me. We looked at each other but no one spoke, I was still busy finding a way to get her to come home and she didn't know why she looked so sorry to me. Not wanting to continue to dissolve in that strange atmosphere, I took the initiative to pour tea in a pot into a cup that I had prepared at the same time.

"The situation here is not conducive, you have to go home before you get involved" my chirps broke the silence while pouring tea in the pot until the glass was filled, then I gave a hand gesture for Charlotta to drink it.

"Where's Aida?" the question was short and impressed to press me

"He is being secured in the witness and victim protection institution, I will also be there for the next few days" I explained to him

"I read a newspaper a few days ago and read an article about a mafia attack on a bar, your name was listed on the news as a survivor" Charlotta said so then drank a few sips of tea that I had prepared for her, before continuing to speak she slightly took a slightly longer breath and exhaled somewhat loudly

"Then the next day I read the news about the conflict of two groups of wild-racers who ended with the throwing of Molotovs and also shots that killed two people. Again I saw your name on the news" he said, then Charlotta turned her eyes to the window on her left and looked away

"I don't know what to do then, I'm worried about you. What I read seemed abnormal to me. I knew you were being courted by someone" Charlotta said in a worried tone.

To be honest I was surprised to hear what Charlotta said, I pensively looked at her for a moment who was still staring at the glass window of the house. Of the many people who helped even directly involved with the two events, why Charlotta was aware if it was unnatural. Even he only read from a newspaper and was not directly involved, whether it was true that I was crazy or indeed that was the state of my life. Being targeted by who it is, which I previously considered as my madness.

"Maybe it's true that I'm being targeted by someone, because that's why your existence here will endanger you and increase the burden for me. I'm sorry to say that, but this is not a matter of play, Charlotta" firmly I still reject her presence around me, Charlotta turned to look at me with a smile drawn by a cunning.

"You're looking too lightly at me, Andrews" said Charlotta, slowly slipping her hand over the skirt on the dress she was wearing and on her left thigh tied to a holster and a glock-type pistol. I was surprised to see her keeping a glock from behind her dress that looked so graceful, out of nowhere she got the gun.

"I used to be at the Shooting Club for five years before I finally met you and I stopped for a while" Charlotta laughed a little as she said

"Why did you suddenly stop like that?" I laughed too, asking

"I want to look sweet in front of you" she replied and then she laughed ever more loosely, as well as me whose laughter was provoked by Charlotta's reply.

I don't know since the last time I could laugh after this, feeling without burden since the series of life-threatening events that happened to me. I even realized my laughter was so loose after I saw some policemen standing guard at the entrance of the living room looking at me, Charlotta was still the one who could make me laugh like I was in that small town.

I really enjoyed that moment with Charlotta, laughing together so loosely. After managing to control the laughter, I paused for a moment to pour the tea in the pot on my cup to the brim, sipping for a sip of it I really enjoyed. "Well, this is even more delicious than my special menu at the cafe when with Rachel. And Rachel, what would she think when she saw Charlotta? I'll think about it later, enjoying this atmosphere is more fun for now". Benakku.

"Thank you Charlotta" I chirped with a smile

"Hmm?? why come - come?" ask Charlotta who looks like her face is amazed

"I've never had this kind of pleasure, I don't know when I was last able to laugh. Your presence really brings new energy to me, Thank you" I sincerely told Charlotta

"Hoo.. if you want to propose to me now, I will gladly accept you" Charlotta teased me again as usual, I laughed in response to her words while shaking my head.

"We'll talk about it later, right now I have to finish my business" I firmly said that

Along with those words I felt someone enter the living room, he walked over to me and when I looked at him he immediately saluted me.

"Doctor Lee, Mr. Simon has arrived at the institution. Can we leave now?" ask the officer in a firm-sounding tone

"Sure, I will also bring my friend" I replied, the officer nodded and walked out of the living room. After making sure that the officer had walked out of the living room, I looked back at Charlotta as well as the one who was looking at me.

"I need your help Charlotta, Aida is the key to all this trouble. I made a mistake and Aida was like rebuilding her wall to avoid me" I told her about the problem I was going through, I saw her nod a few times.

"I don't know if I can, but I'll try" said Charlotta, who was willing to help me without asking much.

We just kept quiet all the way through, it let me dissolve in the analysis in my head and I felt something was wrong then but I didn't get any ideas. Whether something is stuck or maybe just left behind, but the more I think I still do not get anything just instinct.

Along the way with the accompaniment of the police Charlotta did not seem to want to invite me to talk, she just fell silent even though she sometimes looked at me and then she threw away her face when our eyes met. Maybe he wanted to say something but he held it for a while, but I didn't want to force him to talk at a time like this.

Upon arrival at the institution that seemed to have been heavily guarded by heavily armed police, I immediately got off the car followed by Charlotta. I dragged my suitcase and Charlotta's suitcase into the institution until the room gathered the patients, where I saw Doctor Robert and Mr. Simon talking both looked so serious. I took my hands off the two suitcases and walked up to them.

"Simon sir" I said when I got close enough to them, almost at the same time the two turned to look at me.

"Andrews, good to see you. Have you packed all your stuff?" asked Mr. Simon in a tone that sounded so relaxed, even though it had only been a few hours Mr. Simon almost died.

"I'm ready to stay here" I replied excitedly

"Yes, I saw you packing things as well as someone" mister Simon joked, looking at Charlotta, who was not far from us, when I looked back I saw Charlotta smiling as her hand wanted to shake hands with Mr. Simon.

"Charlotta, I'm sorry if I'm going to be troublesome for coming uninvited like this" Charlotta said with a sweet smile, Mr. Simon welcomed Charlotta's hand and said..

"General Simon Dalton, head of the state police, would love to meet you" mr. Simon said after a few moments of shaking hands with Charlotta when he saw her turn her eyes towards me and pull my hand away from Doctor Robert and Charlotta

Mr. Simon pulled me into one of the rooms not far from where we were chatting, when we were in it, Mr. Simon shut the door and it seemed to have locked it. Slowly Mr. Simon walked up to one of the available sofas with his head bowed with both hands clasped behind his body, when he was sitting, Mr. Simon asked me to sit in front of him with a gesture.

"What happened today surprised me so much, before this incident did indeed appear suspicious gestures from someone I thought was Daniel" mr. Simon said seriously without further ado when I was about to sit down

"Simon sir I'm sorry, Rachel told me that Daniel broke into her house to ask for some patient data here. The data I've read as well and it looks like there's one thing Daniel wants to tell me when he and I meet" I said as I kept trying to digest everything that had happened

"Is there a red thread?" ask Mr. Simon

"All the data provided were victims - victims of child trafficking, Rachel said Daniel wanted to make the world I wanted. It means it's a world where there's no child trafficking, but the action is beyond what I want. I still don't get the bright spot, but at least I know the reason Daniel did this" I explained, for a moment Mr. Simon just silently looked at me while nodding

"I want you to interrogate Aida and find out where Daniel is, so that we might be able to get closer to this mystery" Mr. Simon broke the silence, he stood up from his seat about to leave the room.

"Rick and Shane will be the head guards at this place, I don't want to risk Daniel being able to infiltrate this place and do the same thing that happened to me and your job is to find out Daniel's whereabouts, let me know right away if you've got him" Mr. Simon's orders before passing left me there.

I came out of that place to meet Charlotta, where I left her earlier I saw Charlotta and Rachel looking in the eye. The two looked at each other hatefully, not knowing what they had said but I did not want it to bother me at this time.

"Charlotta, have you met Doctor Rachel? he's in charge of Aida right now" I said as I scratched my forehead

"Of course, I also saw it in one of the photos in the house" Charlotta said in a cynical tone

"So you already know what my relationship with Doctor Lee is like? what are you still here for? go home!" rachel's tone rose up against Charlotta's cynical words

"I decide to stay or leave, why do I obey what you say?!" chimpal Charlotta also rose, not wanting this to continue to drag I immediately pulled Charlotta's hand into Aida's room.

"Doctor Lee!! where are you taking her? I forbid you to do anything right now!!" rachel snapped angrily at me as she continued to follow me and Chalotta

"It's Rachel, right now I have to do something and Charlotta is my chance to get information" in the resigned tone I said that

"Hoo... I'm more useful than this doctor" Charlotta quipped Rachel, hearing the insinuations Rachel ran to prevent me from entering Aida's room.

"No!! I won't allow it!!" still with a snatch of Rachel saying so, Charlotta immediately let go of my hand and then with a hand gesture as if she was trying to scream.

"DW...!! this is Charlotta, don't you miss me?" somewhat shouting Charlotta said so, I was startled by the sudden attitude - arriving at that unusual Charlotta then I looked at Charlotta's smiling face after calling Aida that way.

The innocent, beautiful and sweet face appeared from behind the door of the room and she looked shocked to see Charlotta's whereabouts, as well as me who was surprised to see Aida's expression at that time. Well... Aida must have recognized Charlotta's voice very well, after which I saw Aida walking hesitantly out of the room. When Charlotta gave the gesture that she wanted to hug Aida, Aida ran and hugged her tightly. Aida slightly bumped into Charlotta like she had done to me, of course me and Rachel were very surprised by what Aida did.

"Hi Aida, it's been a while." said Charlotta in a soft tone.

"Miss Charlotta.... I miss you.." In a soft voice Aida said that.

"What's going on? I didn't know you guys were this close" surprised I said that, but Charlotta just smiled at me

"Don't ever do that again for my sake." said Aida in a soft tone and crying at that time, I was confused exactly what happened between the two of them.

"It's okay.I also miss you Aida." said Charlotta holding back her cries as she stroked Aida's head.

What did I miss about their togetherness, why didn't I know if they were that close? what exactly happened when I left Aida and Charlotta right when tragedy struck Mr and Mrs West? but a part of me was relieved that perhaps at this time information about Daniel could be revealed by the closeness of Charlotta and Aida, the figure of Daniel and the whole series of events will be more revealed today. I'll put together every puzzle I've ever had to uncover Daniel. Though deep down I wish Daniel wasn't the man behind all this.