Adventure In The Dark
Tragedy 128 - Stephanie's
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The front doorbell caught his attention. Rei was just about to get up and check who was coming, bi Ella first held him back from leaving.
"Let aunty alone" he said quickly. The middle-aged woman immediately went to the front door and let her in.
Rei was able to hear Ella's conversation together with some people so clearly. Before long, Rei could feel the body aura of everyone who came in and approached the room where he was.
"Rei.." The voice was heard.
Rei turned his head towards the coming of the voice, a mature woman standing at his place along with several other people who had come with him.
The woman rushed over to Rei. Rei spontaneously woke up as soon as he saw the woman standing before him with teary eyes. A moment later the woman hugged him tightly while sobbing.
"Finally my most handsome brother came home. Know it? I'm really worried about you. Where have you been all this time? Why did you just come back?" The woman—Stephanie Adhitama tightened her embrace on Rei.
Rei again could only fall silent like an ignorant fool who knew nothing.
This time, Stephanie's embrace was different from Isyana's or Shella's.
Rei did feel an electric shock at their first touch, but as soon as he hugged Stephanie, he felt like crying. In addition, the sensation was the same as when he first met Elvina and William. His hug was the same as when he hugged them.
Stephanie breaks her embrace, staring at her sister from top to bottom to make sure she is the Rei she knows.
"You're okay, right? Is there something that is abrasive? I was really happy when mom told me Elvina was taking you home" she said.
Rei did not reply and just stared at him wordlessly. He was confused about how to respond to his words, especially his memory that was completely disgraceful about them made him feel awkward.
"Have you come?" Isyana arrives at the dining room with Shella who has changed clothes.
"Mama.." Stephanie looked at her mother.
"Let's sit down, let me explain everything later" Isyana said. No matter how many minutes, several other people came and met them.
Rei, was again hugged by some people who were completely foreign to him. He really didn't know who they were, and questions kept popping up.
After everyone gathered, Isyana asked all her family members to sit at the dinner table to explain what really happened.
Isyana explained everything that Rei experienced, from beginning to end. He explained every detail Elvina told him this morning. Everyone seemed surprised to hear an explanation from him.
Rei could only be silent. Silence has become his habit.
"We'll help you remember everything back. You take it easy." Stephanie clasped her hand with a smile. Rei just nodded slowly in response.
"Well, I'm your first brother. My name is Stephanie, I'm married. These are my two children, this is my husband, and these are my in-laws. You already have two nephews." Stephanie introduced each of the people who had come with her.
A middle-aged fat woman who was none other than her father-in-law, then a tall man who was sitting together with a daughter near Shella was her first child, while her second child was a boy, she said, and he estimates he's only one year old.
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