In Another Life Secret's

Section 24

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At this time the sky began to blacken followed by the roar of lightning lit up and the next second rain came to wet the earth. Anna and her three friends are now at the door of the class and they are ready to go home from school.

"You sure you don't want to go home with us, Na? This rain?" said Ria tightened her grip on the strap of her bag. The three of them stood facing Anna.

Anna shook her head slowly. "Gue went home alone today. He said you were in a hurry so next time we go home the same. Okay?" sahut Anna simple.

The three friends did not force and they passed before the front of the class, downstairs by breaking through the rainstorm with one umbrella three towards the car Yesi under the shady tree of the four-wheel parking lot.

Anna now stands in front of her class. Some other students also chose to wait for the rain to subside on the first floor in front of the business office. Anna looked up and folded her lethargic lips.

"Why does it have to rain today? Why not tomorrow on the weekend. More exciting," he murmured slowly.

Anna did not dislike the rain, she just felt it was making some of her activities delayed. Like now he can't go home fast. Moreover, the coldness during the rain actually made his mood quickly change.

Anna took a long breath. Both of his hands slowly stroked his arms which started to feel cold. He glanced at the hallway of his class and turned to look at the art building opposite his classroom building.

His senior-class building. At first glance he remembered Sean, the man who managed to make Anna still stricken with confusion until now. Anna shouldn't think about it too much, but Sean's remarks yesterday really made Anna want to find out more clearly who Sean really is.

Is he a boy who used to play with Anna in a kindergarten that is not used anymore or the presence of the guy just happens to be in Anna's life now.

A few seconds later, the woman chose to sit in the front seat of her class. As he gazed at the rain that was soaking down the roof of his class's lower floors, a call came in startling him.

It was a call from the number of someone he himself did not know. He tried to ignore her, but the number repeatedly contacted him.

"What's this new dad's number?" he stared at his phone screen. The fingers slide the green screen on the phone and bring the phone closer to the ear.

"Who is this with?" he spoke to the figure across there. The sigh he heard made the girl's forehead wrinkle.

[Where are you Anna? It's been three months since you came to the hospital. You don't want to heal or what?]

Silent. Anna knew that voice. The owner of the voice that almost made him hang every time he did his health check.

He deliberately disappeared because he did not want to know how his health was constantly. It really makes his head hurt. He also did not want to know much about what was going on inside him. Just leave it like that. With all her might Anna will try to survive.

"Sorry Om. Anna didn't hear what Om said. It's raining down here..."

Anna quickly disconnected the phone from the man. He deliberately turned off the call from the man because he did not want to discuss more about what he was going through. Anna bit her lower lip and held her phone firmly.

As he grumbled softly, someone standing near the XII IPS 1 class pole smiled at him. Anna herself did not realize that since five minutes ago she had been observed by that person.

"I'm tired." Anna again breathed her heavy breath. He looked up at the ceiling of the classroom corridor and then his legs straightened forward.

"So miss Mother's cooking. In the past if again this rain Mother often masakin noodles kuah, but now Mother is already far warm. Anna can't follow you up there?"

Unknowingly the rain that had been rushing began to slowly subside and Anna stopped the activity of staring at the cloudy sky. He began to stand up from his place, tightening his grip on his bag-strap-walking in the classroom hallway towards the first floor.

The watch in his hand showed at 17:00 WIB. It didn't seem like he had been sitting alone for a long time in front of the class. Anna complained briefly when the bag she was carrying on her back touched the wound on her shoulder. It feels so sore. Because he felt bad, he attached his bag with one shoulder.

His bead turned to look at the departure of other students who had also been waiting for the rain to stop. His steps led him to stop in front of the school gate.

Back he turned his gaze towards the stop right in front of the school. Many students are also waiting for an invitation there and have boarded public transportation. Maybe it's the last ride and Anna's late. He missed the angkot.

After the situation began to be quiet and the road ahead of the school was also not heard another vehicle passing by, the girl calmly walked on the sidewalk while enjoying the fresh air that brought the scent of rain to her face. He gave her a thin smile.

As the chicken noodle cart passed in front of her eyes Anna began to feel hungry. "Geez, be patient. Let's go home soon and hope Bi Rina cooks well today. Calm down, calm down" he said stroking his queen's stomach.

Tiiinnnn!

"God, my heart." Anna stroked her chest repeatedly when she was startled by someone's motor horn. His half-excited face turned to look at the figure on the bike.

The one who had just shocked himself was Arkana, the guy was circulating his gaze around making Anna also come to look around him.

"Dare bangat lo walk alone in a quiet place like this Na. If anyone kidnaps you, how about it?" arkana.

Anna still did not answer because she was already upset with the guy. He surprised himself who was walking alone.

"Sorry Dong Kak has shocked people" he told Arkana. The guy chuckles because he knows his mistake.

"Sorry if you are surprised. Anyway, if the road itself do not daydream," reply Arkana make the girl actually bend the line of her lips.

Arkana who looked at him was astonished. After that he held out a helmet to her with the intention of taking her home together.

"Why? what do you want to do?" anna asked glanced at the helmet in Arkana's hand.

"According to you I give the helmet start for ngajak lo cook? You idiot pretends not to know. It can also upset me. There are rarely people who make me upset, usually I'm annoyed the most Sean. I'll drive you home, let's hunt."

"Gue doesn't want to go home yet, brother. Brother first do it," the elak softly and then back swing his legs walking.

Arkana breathed a heavy sigh. Had it not been for Sean asking her kindly like this to drive the girl home, Arkana would not have tired herself because Anna refused her invitation to return home.

"Why the hell did it change until I thought it was a gini? You used to not like this at school even if invited to chat was not jutek-jutek very. What made you change Na?"

"Do all things need an answer, brother? Even everyone who changes because of circumstances, do they need to know why we change? If we tell you, people are not necessarily sympathetic. Many people are just curious, so it's not important to bangat Kak."

"Once you say make me tense. Sorry if that's the case, I'm just confused about the same lo—drastic change Na."

"Yaudah let me drive you home. Don't refuse my invitation again. It's not the front of the school anymore and you know there must be a lot of thugs hanging around here. Buruan," said Arkana.

"Buruan, Anna. You made me beg twice. If there's a thug I can't guarantee you're safe." Without a second thought Anna received a helmet thread from Arkana's hand.

"What the hell did you do, brother? I can bring it myself..." Anna let out a long sigh as Arkana tried to grab the bag she was holding onto her front body.

"Hand hold me. I'm afraid you're stuck because you don't hold. You're sitting kayaking again at the angkot."

Justright. Anna's sitting position was now sideways with her hands tightly holding Arkana's black bag. Anna had a faint smile seeing the number of bag hangers hanging in Arkana bags.

"Udah yet?" ask Arkana. Anna who was busy tidying up her skirt revealed immediately nodded slowly.

"Udah but the road is slow ya."

"Sepp's. Hold on, don't forget." Anna held onto Arkana's black backpack every once in a while she played with the boy's toy bag.

All the way home, no conversation was heard. Arriving in front of the gate of the house, their arrival was greeted by Bi Rina who was chatting with Mang Dodi.

"Non Anna, why did she come home so long? You get angry because Non has not come home from earlier," said Bi Rina told Anna who was about to get off the Arkana motorbike high enough for him. He panicked and could not cover up his anxiety when Arkana glanced at him.

"Thank you Den already interraceded non Anna to the house."

"Sama-sama Bi," Arkana replied smilingly. Meanwhile Anna takes off the helmet on her head and hangs it on the handlebar of an Arkana motorcycle and grabs her school bag back from the guy's arms.

"Thank you a lot. Brother be careful on the road."

Arkana nodded then lowered her helmet glass. Anna did not forget to wave at the guy then ran quickly into the house. Not yet Anna was inside the house, her father was already standing in the doorway with sharp irises looking at her arrival.

After being slapped hard by her father, Anna is forced into the house while holding her hot cheek.

"Where have you been, huh? You don't see what time it is? Which girl goes home from school until half-six? You want our neighbor to say that you can't take care of his daughter?"

"Sorry Anna Father. Anna can explain why Anna came home long ago. It was in rainy school so Anna waited until it subsided in front of the class."

"That's your reason! Just tell me you're dating out there so long back home. Yeah, right?"

"Anna didn't lie to me. It's raining school and it just so happens that Anna doesn't have an umbrella today."

"Dad doesn't care if it rains or whatever you have to stay home on time. And this is what?!"

Anna's paper three days ago landed on the floor. Math paper with a score of 90 is almost perfect in the eyes of others but not with his father was scattered on the floor with a repetition of other subjects.

"What value is this? What did you learn from yesterday? Why is your value dropping like this? I told you your grades must be perfect Anna!"

"If your grades are like this, I'm not sure I'm going to send you back Anna. Enough of you to embarrass me to this day. I told you your job is to learn and make your family name fragrant. What is the difficulty of getting perfect grades from all subjects?!"

"Anna has been trying to get the value as you want but some days Anna can not afford father. Anna also needs rest, lately Anna's head and body are also very sick. Anna wants..."

"Why what?" ryan cut his words. The girl fell silent and lowered her gaze to the floor.

"You want to drop out of school, let me do it. If you don't want to go to school again, it's easy for you. I don't need to be tired of sending you to school at a high cost if the results are like this."

"What is the difficulty of getting a hundred in all subjects. You don't see Mr. Bambang's son, the family who lives in front of our house. Her children are all accepted to two top universities abroad, while you somehow fate you later."

"That's why I hate you. You're not reliable. Why don't you just leave when it's not even your mother..."

Anna raised her gaze. This time his eyes glared at his father. Even he who has often heard it feels more sick today and can not be held anymore. To the extent that Anna clenched her hands at the side of her skirt.

His father frowned when he saw Anna get up and walk towards the kitchen. In the girl's hand was a knife. Ryan nodded as Anna took his hand.

"Do it now if you want Anna to disappear from your presence" Anna said, looking unsettled at Ryan.

"What's the problem if Anna gets that kind of grade? Where's dad's loss? I should've been aware of all the things I did to Anna. Did you ever ask Anna to eat? Did you ever ask me how I was? Even if you never worried about Anna! Everything was never dad, never!"

"Dad hates me, right? I don't expect me to be your daughter anymore either. Do it now dad .. If you do that dad won't be burdened again for life. You will be forever happy without shame!"

"Come on, Yah, wipe Anna with your own hands!" Anna held the knife in her father's hand.

"Do, Father!" the startled cries of Anna and Ryan raised their hands suddenly and scratched Anna's wrist making the girl's left hand bleed. Blood from his wrist dripped onto the floor.

"Arghh.." ringis Anna crammed onto the floor clasping tightly onto her wounded hand.

"Anna.." call Ryan. The man crouched down and touched Anna's shoulder. However, a split second the man distanced himself. He keeps his distance from Anna who is starting to get sick.

- to be continued -