Mentari in the Night Sky

The Past: A Meeting Back

"Y!! I forgot the laptop containing my project files!!" arthur shouted making the driver immediately stop the car.

I just rolled my eyes as soon as Arthur looked at me. If this car had gone far enough, I would have pushed it out of the car, luckily the car I was riding in was still in our neighborhood.

Arthur and Uncle Stephan discuss whether the bodyguards at home can bring his laptop to where we are. If Arthur calls the landline right now, I guarantee 100% they'll take his laptop to where we are. I didn't know what was on his mind until I discussed this with the driver.

Without me knowing it, my hand opened the car door. I was quite surprised by the sound of the car door opening quite loud. Arthur and the driver looked straight at me as soon as the sound of the car door opening sounded.

“Ah..,” I said as soon as all eyes were on me.

"Zeta will wait here if Brother Arthur and Uncle Stephan want to return home,”.

“Zeta wants to occasionally breathe fresh air in the morning," I said so did not get any response while stepping out of the car.

Morning air is always the best air. I inhaled deeply the cold air that was now filling my lungs. I can't imagine how happy people lived before the industrial revolution, the air they breathed must have always been this fresh and cool. I think this is the reason why both my grandparents immediately decided to move to the countryside once they handed the entire company over to the heirs, they also missed this air. The air is certainly not polluted in rural areas.

The sound of a car driving away from me was heard. Looks like Arthur prefers to trouble one person alone rather than calling home which eventually makes many clerks noisily looking for where his laptop is. I was about to walk towards a park across from where I was before a hand prevented me.

"I thought Brother Arthur went with the driver" I was surprised to find Arthur behind me.

"How can I leave you here alone?

"Do you want to sit in that park?" tanyanya while pointing at the park that I want to go to.

I just nodded. In the next instant, Arthur had already pulled me towards the garden I wanted. He cleaned a stool containing some dust and put a handkerchief on it before telling me to sit down. He didn't even do the same for the place he was sitting. Really, I'm getting curious, is it that when he finds the woman he loves, he'll treat her more than when he treats me?

"Why didn't you learn to drive?" ask me to open a conversation in a quiet park.

"I don't want to."

"Why?"

"I'd rather sit in the passenger seat with you."

"Stop joking."

"I'm not kidding," he replied in a serious tone.

Arthur took out a tumblr from his bag and gave it to me. A brown drink filled the tumblr in my hand as soon as I opened it. There's no way Arthur would give me hot chocolate while my stomach's still empty. I put the tumblr in my hand to my nose and smelled it, the smell of milk. I immediately drank some milk from the tumblr before finally giving back the tumblr in my hand to Arthur, asking him to come drink the milk he prepared. Arthur just drank a little milk from the tumblr. He gave it to me and told me to spend it.

We both enjoyed the silence in the garden. Not many cars from the big houses in this neighborhood have passed in front of us. Although one time we heard the sound of a helicopter landing in one of the houses belonging to the Oswald Family, the Nichole Family.

It is not amazing for us to see and hear helicopters in this neighborhood, many entrepreneurs prefer to use helicopters rather than cars when going on business trips or just going to the office, something that is actually quite efficient considering every time is money. Dad also often went on business trips or just visited the office by helicopter, something that was slowly passed down to William because several times he went to school by helicopter. The thing I really hate when he can use the car.

"I beg you to help me. Help my brother."

Two girls and one boy who was no stranger to me slowly made my focus shift to them. Arthur, who had previously hummed his mouth, stopped as the whining of one of the three children was heard. The boy who initially seemed unconcerned about what was happening, suddenly pulled the body of one of the girls behind his body, as if protecting the girl behind him from the girl in front of him.

"I beg you" asked the girl once more.

"Go, I don't want to see your face anymore!!" the boy shouted while pushing the body of the girl in front of him to fall.

"I've seen them" murmured Arthur.

"Natasha's sister and her friend" I replied as I walked closer to the three children.

"What'sthis? A hearing aid? You deaf?!" asked the man once more in his high tone.

My footsteps came to a halt as soon as the boy stepped on a hearing aid belonging to Natasha's sister. Looking at the facial expressions of the two children, I'm sure if they don't know if Natasha's sister has a hearing impairment or if only one of them knows because the girl behind the boy doesn't show any face at all astounded. I still have not resumed my footsteps because I feel now is not the right time to suddenly scold a boy who has damaged other people's goods at will.

"How can you stay in school, huh?! People like you are really beggars. Is it not enough begging to be friends with us? And now you're begging for help? In fact, you dare to bring up your face in our surroundings. You just humiliated us!!!"

"I'm.i'm.I'm."

"Stop your rant, you don't even know what I'm saying."

"We'll just go" said the boy as he pulled the hand of the girl who was now staring sadly at Natasha's sister, the gaze of a friend who wants to help another friend but is hindered by something he cannot pass through.

Just as the two children stepped foot, Natasha's sister chased after them. Making the two children stop their footsteps and make the boy give a full look of anger to him. Now, Natasha's sister even holds one of the boys legs to prevent her from leaving.

"Take off my legs!!!" snapped the boy while kicking the body of Natasha's sister to the upside down. Not stopping there, the boy tries to hit Natasha's sister. I was about to run towards them before the blow landed on Natasha's sister's face but a hand prevented me and told me to stay still where I was standing because she would stop what was to be done that boy.

Arthur immediately held the hand that was about to hit Natasha's sister. He gave a smile towards the boy.

"Hey? Who taught you to hit women?" arthur asked as he turned the boy's hand to the back of his body. Several times the boy complained that the girl next to him smacked Arthur's body slowly and made Arthur release the boy's hand.

Arthur gave me a sign to get closer. I immediately ran towards Natasha's sister and helped her up. As soon as he stood up, he picked up both of his broken tools. I approached him and took the hearing aid out of his hand and put it in my jacket pocket. He was quite surprised to see what I was doing. I just smiled as I took my handkerchief and cleaned up some of the dirt in her hand.

Arthur still takes care of the other two children. He is giving advice not to commit any violence and to anyone. The boy retorted by mentioning how disgusting Natasha's family was and how Natasha's sister lied to them by continuing to say if her family was wealthy, more like the boy was defending what he was doing. It made Arthur push the boy's head slowly. Unlike the boy who looks like his sister, the girl walked over to me and Natasha's sister. He gave me a very old music box.

"I'm sorry, I won't be able to be friends with you anymore. My father hates you, I keep saying that you are not of our class and you are a liar for constantly saying that you are from the Tindall Family. Stop this lie."

I saw Natasha's confused sister, not understanding anything her friend had just said, or perhaps her former friend. I am grateful that he did not hear what had just come out of his friend's mouth. I took the music box and told the girl to go back to her sister but Natasha's sister held the girl, like asking her to repeat what she just said.

'He apologized to you and today he had to leave quickly because his father was waiting for him'

I put out a book with the writing I just scratched on it.

'Then why did he return the musical instrument the mark of our friendship?'

I kept silent reading that writing. There's no way I'd say that his friend wouldn't want to be friends with him anymore. However, lying to him is also not the right thing because it could be the next few days he will again try to contact his friend.

'Does Katie want to stop being my friend?'

The girl who was still standing in front of us, or Katie, she asked for a pen in my hand.

"Don't write down words that hurt her. I think you still think of him as your friend, seeing how you didn't hurt him and not being surprised to see his hearing aid" I said before giving him my pen.

'Forgive me, I can no longer be with you. My father forbade me and said he'd lock me up if I kept playing with you. I'm sorry I couldn't help you and your brother either.'

Katie immediately ran back to her brother who was still receiving scolding from Arthur. I gave Arthur a look to let the two children go. I don't want to add to the problem of holding two young children who will later tell their parents what they are going through, especially Arthur had introduced himself using his full name. If the two children have a good memory, it could be that gossip appeared one of the Allison Family children bullying the children. And of course the rumor will appear in some newspapers.

Arthur walked over to me. He gives a lollipop to Natasha's sister who is only reciprocated with a look of disbelief towards him, making Arthur a little shocked because he feels he is considered a bad person. I took the lollipop from Arthur's hand and opened the wrapper and gave the candy to both hands, he immediately sucked the lollipop making Arthur put on an expression of disbelief because Natasha's sister trusted me more.

'Is there a problem with your sister?'

As if regaining consciousness, sister Natasha instantly opened her mouth, trying to let out her voice. After trying for a while, he took back the book and pen from my hand. It seemed, she could not make her own voice for a person she was not very familiar with, like she had a trauma of her own with a stranger.

'Sister Natasha is sick. I can't take him to the hospital. The body is very hot. I tried to buy medicine at the pharmacy but the money I brought was not enough.'

"You're gonna help him?" arthur asked as soon as he finished reading the tiny piece of writing.

"Why didn't I help her? Is there a reason I can't help someone in trouble?" reply me while once again writing something on top of my book that has been filled with scribbles.

'Tell me your home address, we're there. But wait for the driver first.'

"Uncle Stephan we're back from here" said Arthur after I turned the book in my hand.

"...."

"It's been there for 10 minutes. Uncle Stephan even paid the fare of this childless taxi," he continued, looking at my question mark.

"Thank you for the information pretty late," I replied, followed by Arthur's joking laughter.

Natasha's sister pulled up my shirt, giving a look as if asking if something was wrong. I immediately gave a smile and a headband. I clasped his hand and walked towards the place where my family's car was parked.

Ah. I forgot something.

'What's your name?'

'Carlista Anthony Tindall'

"Is he really part of the Tindall Family? The same family as Sera and Charlotte?" arthur didn't believe me so much reading the name, just as I didn't believe what I had just read.

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