For You Little Girl's

CHAPTER 41 PUZZLE PIECES

The stars in the night sky gave off an impression of how beautiful the sky was. Combined with the moonlight that increasingly makes it look beautiful. The cold was swept away by the breeze of the night that greeted my face, while I was still standing in the garden in the villa where we were staying.

The sound of crickets that night made it clear that the atmosphere there was very quiet. Many pairs of eyes that have closed their eyes when tired hit. Events at school, quite draining energy and mind. Plus the distance of the school with this villa which is far enough to make the body tired.

When the afternoon came, me and the others arrived at the villa belonging to the male family – men dressed as ninjas. There was no conversation between us that went straight to the prepared room. I look at the – stars with a longing back whack.

I miss spending the night with my mom and dad.

Without realizing it, there were two pairs of eyes staring at me. At the same time, two quite thick jackets were attached to my shoulders which made me immediately look back. My forehead frowned when I saw the whereabouts of the two – men.

“What are you doing here?”, I asked while paying attention to the two jackets that have been on my shoulders.

“Back to room. Night air is not good”, said male – men who are still faithful wearing his mask.

Netraku turned to look at the male – men who still hid part of his face behind the cloth, even though his ninja-style clothes had been released. “Why with your face? Can't you, if you just take off your face barrier?”, I ask by staring at them alternately.

Only a gust of wind came into my eardrum. They chose a silence that made me sigh. “Alright, I am into”, I said without looking at them.

Along the way to the room, my thoughts were only on the masked man –. The jacket attached to my shoulder made a smile painted on my lips. Normally, it's brother or Doni who would put a jacket on my shoulder. But why does the one I don't know make me happy.

I immediately went into the room and laid down my body. I looked at the two jackets I had just hung on the wall of the room with a smile still adorning my lips. She, why else - again make me remember with Rauf? I haven't seen Rauf in a long time.

My eyes are hard to just close. Drowsiness was completely reluctant to touch my eyes. The gust of wind that entered my room made something that was not stored perfectly in the pocket of one of the jackets seemed to fall. I got up and picked up a piece of paper that had fallen there.

“A photo”, I murmured, when I saw a photo of a boy – boys with a woman I believe is his mother.

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She's she? Wasn't the – boy who helped me that day?

My mind goes back to the time where I was still in elementary school. At that time, there was a middle-aged man who, if I guessed, was almost the same age as my grandfather, if he was still alive. The man's face is not so clear I remember, but I still remember how his stature would be if he later met him again.

When the man came, one school went awry. Panic also hit the school. Teacher, friend – my friend, and also a trader who sells scattering run away from school to save themselves. I fell asleep during class and didn't realize there was chaos at school.

“Sepupu, wake”, cried Doni who almost made my eardrum rupture.

With a bad feeling, I opened my eyes. I saw Doni with his panicked face making me look around all the corners. I open with my mouth slightly open. “What happened?”, I murmured when I found the class situation so chaotic.

“Come, Sa”, said Doni, but I just kept quiet. “Maisara Berlian, hunt later he came”, Doni again yell by forcefully pulling my hand.

She who?

Doni kept pulling me and taking me down a safe path. When I reached the back fence of the school, Doni and I were surprised by the presence of the middle-aged man. The distance was close enough to allow me to clearly see how the man's eyes were.

The corner of the man's lips was attracted by the look in the eyes which made me shudder in horror. He advanced with a gaze not turned away from me. I retreated and hid my body behind my cousin. “Give the girl”, said the man coldly who made me even more frightened.

“Doni, what is he you mean earlier?”, I whispered in Doni's ear.

Doni nods his head, because he did hear – jokes people call the middle-aged man. “Sa, if circumstances do not allow, then immediately run as fast as possible. And don't worry, because I'll protect you”, Doni's words made my tears fall.

Sounded back the voice of the middle-aged man.“And also give the necklace, if you want your cousin is safe”, said the man to me.

The increasingly uncertain circumstances, making Doni immediately push me until I managed to escape. “Run!”, cried Doni who began to be beaten by the man's men.

With a trembling body, I ran as fast as – tight with my face, hands, and feet injured by the small wire wrapped around the fence. Tears flowed with even greater fear.

Oh my God, what happened? Why all happens with arriving – arrive? Protect Doni, O God. Only to You do I ask for protection. I continued to pray with my feet tired of running.

Arriving on a very quiet road, I sat down with a sense of tiredness and thirst that came together. My hijab and clothes have started to stain blood. Sweat pouring with breath gasping – puffing.

When my netra looked back, the man was already quite far away from me. I was trapped, because it turned out that the man had surrounded all over the place. So, wherever I run, I get caught. As soon as I saw, he pointed a gun at me.

Instantly, my eyes were closed with tears falling on my eyes. I surrender to the owner of this body, if I die right then and there.

O God, if this soul chooses to leave this body now, please take care of the – people I love. If my death is peace to many, I accept it, O God. I leave this body and soul to You, O owner of life. Please take care of my mother when my breath stops. I really can't run anymore. I declare myself, O God.

There were gunshots and bullets going through my skin, but there was no pain. Rather, there was a person's body afflicting my body. I opened my eyes in great surprise. A – boy my age is smiling with blood flooding his body.

Not long ago, reinforcements came with the – boys' neutrals that began to fall apart. He was immediately taken to the hospital for treatment. Long enough in the operating room, finally the doctor came out with good news.

Luckily, the bullet did not take his life. As his condition improved, I started talking to him. “Where are you? Does it still hurt?” , I asked with a guilty feeling.

Another – again, she smiled. “I'm so good, little Lian”, her words make me speechless. “The school knows you as a good girl in martial arts. And always won a variety of games”, he continued again that makes me smile embarrassed.

“But it turns out, you still can not face the real situation”, he said that made me bowed.

“I am afraid, if faced with the sound of gunfire and the like”, I said. “Makasih”, I continued again.

The memory of the incident made me realize one thing. The boy – boy who helped me back then, was actually always near me. His face was faint, now I clearly remember. I also remembered with Rauf who once called me as “Lian small”. That piece of the puzzle, slowly fused together in my mind.

“What is possible, they are the same person?”, I muttered, when the shadow of the boy's face – the boy danced – nari in my mind, then turned to Rauf's face, and lastly the face behind the mask.

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