WINTER GLOW'S

Winter Glow

The Night of Genesis Eight Years Ago…

That night seemed to be the beginning of a nightmare that Reca never imagined. He also did not think that it was the last time he saw his papa, until this moment Re was still very sorry not so sensitive with all the signals given by the father at the end of his life. Reca thought it was just a habit that was too ordinary and meaningless, who would have thought that the habit was a fleeting short call of death.

“ Papaaahhh Reca whines annoyed.

“ Ihhh kan papa like that deh.. why the pah ga directly send aja klo.

send a WA message to Re. Why use a timer….? Likes to miss from the time even rich gini kan Re so late to know.”

So the Reca papa has a unique habit of neh likes to send messages ga directly but use the term send later

by setting the time of sending messages. For example, Neh quoted his message at eight in the morning to be sent at ten in the morning. Well for this method you can combine your Whatsapp with other supporting applications.

“ Give me papa ne's son angry aja suka.” Eh the papa laughs, even though it has made bette. Papa who taidinya promise pick up but canceled because there is business, now dateng the papa sent the message ga directly but use the rich time that was said earlier. Well either because of the signal or whatever, the message was just entered after Re waited an hour at school. Where the school is already in deserted, trus malmnya right Reca want to go to the pension event. So go home late.

“ Reca to pensi pah.”

“ What time do you try? It's 5 o'clock too, baby. It's 8 o'clock, isn't it? You still have plenty of time.”

“ Kan want to go with Kendra to the pension, Re has many beauty rituals that do not want to be done for a while to be careless rowdy. Klo now has not been hunted.” Cursed in his own heart.

“ OK OK, papa is wrong. Sorry yaa... “ Still with a smile holding funny wriggling face Reca who is still pouting.

“ Tau ah... Re want to get ready first. Papa ngeselin ih.. “ Ga miss klo again sprained leg while walking. I don't know what's the point.

“ Ree..” His voice was suddenly different than usual. Re turned around after being stunned for a moment to squirm the face of the papa who suddenly looked different than usual. Like something to say but reluctant.

“ Papa will keep sending messages like that dear. Don't get bored to check messages from papa huh?” Ending her words with a smile, Reca's heart felt strange but she immediately ignored it.

“ Yes pa.” Still intact but somehow Reca assented it.

“ Promise yes Re whenever it please checkmessage from papa.”

“ Iyaaaa paapaaaahhh... already ah Re want ready-sipa ne. Dag pa.”

The night before going to retirement, Re stopped by papa's office for a break. But once in Re wriggling papa's workspace that is not ordinary, dark. Only the reading lamp on the table only lit, Trus Reca also squirms papa's face paled and sweat on his forehead looks more than usual. In addition, his face also looked tired, sometimes he focused on the sheet in front of him but his hands occasionally trembled.

“ Papa...” Re feels papa is not good. Disturb ya ya…

“ Uh darling. You want to go, huh?” Re nodded.

“ Papa sick ya kok rich ga guess body row pa?”

“ Hah? No, dear hahahaha, just another tiredness. Lots of client files that you have to check.”

“ Klo tired break pa.”

“ Yes dear. Dad would also like to have dinner with mama.” Re ga noticed his papa's speech, because it caught the shadow of someone hiding behind the closet but did not look like the person. Re tried to daze for mastiin but papa pulled it as if he wanted to stop Reca to check the thing he just realized it.

“ You want to go Yes Re?”

“ Hmmm..“ Re nodded.

“ Be careful yes dear, hmmm don't forget the message papa kemaren.” papa hugged Re tightly even several times dyed Reca's head as if this was his last hug.

“ Oiya, this has been a long time papa want to love but forgetfulness continues. Papa has found a toy store that can fix this.” Papa took out the dark brown box from the paper bag he was holding.

“ You remember this?” Reca received the box and opened it immediately. It contained a specially ordered Snow Globe, there was only one in the world. This is a gift from papa on Reca's birthday at the age of 5 years. The toy in a special message is equally papa and is a favorite toy for Reca. But the toy was once

falling and breaking, Reca was very sad when it came to fever because there was no other toy store that sold ato that could make the same toy. Maybe because this toy papa message is not in Indonesia.

“ Geez paahhh. Papa really looking for a store that can be this good?” Reca was moved until almost cry. He gave up on remembering this toy. Although this toy was once very meaningful because of its history.

“ The key hole is also papa already wellin?” papa nodded with a smile. The keyhole was the most important because Reca was waiting for the key owner to come see him. Although the hope was lost but squirming this toy can be repaired, Reca hopes to meet the owner of the key that appears again.

“ Was rich back in the past Re like it had never broken.”

“ Thanks a lot papa.” Re checked every corner of the toy and the one he was looking for finally met. Winter Glow, hmmm. These two words are only he and papa who know the meaning, even mama also does not know the meaning

hidden in it.

“ Have a smile, ntar you are late loh.” Once again, Papa tried to throw him out. So that Reca does not stay here longer.

“ Ok pah. Reca go first yes pah. Re dear papa.” Reca gives him a final hug before he actually leaves, not missing the affectionate kiss on papa's cheek.

As soon as Reca left the office, Reca took the phone from his pocket and opened the voice recording app. His trembling hands tried as quickly as possible to be invisible and then put down the HP

upside down on his desk.

Reca's right, there's someone hiding behind his dad's closet. And his father deliberately turned off all the lights so that the stranger's visit was not visible. Actually before Reca came in there were two people

who came to his father, somehow the man could duplicate the keys to his house and enter so alone into the workspace of Reca's father. But as Reca's voice heard by her father was heading for the study, Reca's father begged the uninvited guest not to involve his daughter. The guest also agreed because he did not want to invite a commotion. The father turned off all the lights as quickly as possible and acted as if he was checking client files.

“ Give me proof of that while I ask for it carefully. Where did you hide that evidence?” the uninvited guest pointed a gun, sending Reca's father into a panic but he said he would give her nothing.

“ Proof it's not here. You guys wrongly accused people.”

“ Oh really?”

“ Please just search the whole house if you do not believe. I don't keep any evidence. But please don't hurt my family.” Reca's father swallowed a very dry spit in his throat.

“ Looks like we got the wrong person, but how is this he has already seen us.” one of these guests whispered to the gun holder.

“ Wrong or not, he still has no right to live.”

STUP! STUP! They fired two bullets with a special pistol that made no sound when fired. Reca's father fell on the floor, two bullets hit his chest. Looks like the shooter knows exactly what part to shoot to make the victim only have a few minutes to survive before dying. As they leave, Reca's father is not dead, with the rest of the energy he has in his last breath. He grabbed his cell phone that was in voice recording mode earlier, then sent the recording. Then he deleted all the data in his phone until it was completely empty.

“ Re.. huh .. huh..” He tried to record his last voice.

“ Protect mama, and go far from here. Papa believes you're a smart and reliable boy. Huuh. akhgh.. Ree... papa loves you.” As soon as the loading sending was complete, Reca's father put his hand on the floor. His eyes were closed forever.

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