Catastrophe House
Alertness

As Jennie's face changed, she lowered her head before answering her father's question.

“Color here is too much interference.” Jennie replied very softly making Dennis' forehead wrinkled.

“Yes, go Den later.” said Mira approached Dennis and massaged his husband's shoulder slowly.

Dennis reciprocated Mira's treatment by stroking the back of his wife's palm.

“Alright, dad go first baby.” said Dennis bent half his body to Jennie then kissed the tip of his son's head lightly.

After the departure of Dennis, Mira glanced at his son and he approached the girl in front of him.

“Jennie, do you know where Hyeon Chul lives?” mira asked softly as both her hands held the chair over Jennie.

“Em, I know ma.” Jennie replied not looking at her mother.

“Eh, I want to meet him. Where's the kid, huh?” tanya Mira hesitated.

This time Jennie looked astonished at her mother and she put down the jam bread she had eaten.

“Why bu?” jennie asked, wondering what her mother meant to question her friend.

“Oh? Yes, I just want to know.” replied Mira rolled her eyes riled because of intimidation from Jennie.

“Mother wants to see him?” ask Jennie again to make sure.

Mira nodded faintly and Jennie smiled happily because she also wanted to meet her new friend.

*

“Love Children?” said Mira tried to read the writing on the front of the orphanage.

Both the faces of the mother and the child look confused to consider whether they will enter or not.

“Oh, can I help you?” the voice of a woman with a thick body surprised Mira and Jennie, but Mira immediately returned to put on her normal face.

“Ah, The, Jennie! Say something with that mom!” mira's strangulation was held back while pinching Jennie's back slowly.

Jennie realized that her mother could never speak another language other than English and Indonesian of course.

“That, we were looking for a child named Hyeon Chul.” Jennie said in Korean and it was able to make the mother's gaze thrown towards her.

“Yes! Hyeon Chul.” said Mira who first said in Korean.

“Oh, Hyeon Chul! You must be the owner of that house ‘kan?” guess the foreign woman in Korean.

Jennie blinked a few times then he scratched the back of his head confused because he could not be as agile as foreign language.

“Hahaha, I know you are not natives, come here I will take you to Hyeon Chul.” said the woman in the middle of her words turned into a strange-sounding English.

“Ya, well.” said Mira also speaks English, maybe some time later he will speak foreign languages.

“Hei! Hyeon Chul's! Come here, bad boy! Someone's looking for you!” the mother's screams deafened Mira and Jennie.

A little boy who was turning his back to the three of them turned to face the caller.

“Jennie!” hyeon Chul shouted, dropping the ball in both hands.

“And, Jennie's mom?” hyeon Chul was afraid to see Mira's body which he last saw so angry at him.

Hyeon Chul tried to approach them, he stepped slowly as his eyes kept glancing at Mira once in a while.

“Em, my mother here wants to ask you something.” Jennie said after staring at Mira moving to try to code Jennie as her spokesperson.

”Yes already, then I have to go.” said goodbye to the mother without being approved or unknown to Mira and Jennie.

“Ask what? Do I know something?” astonished Hyeon Chul spoke softly but his face was not erased there.

Jennie sneered a little and her eyes looked sharper than before.

“It wasn't me who wanted to ask, but my mom.” obviously Jennie sounded out her voice.

“Hei! What the hell are you saying? Jennie, say according to the mother's orders.” said Mira saw things that are less friendly to the two people.

“Heum, now my little ju-beer, say.” Pinta Mira propped up her chin with her clenched hands and eyes that kept on Hyeon Chul sharp.

“Hah, mother.” snorted Jennie then inhaled a long air and released it roughly.

“Do you know anything about, who is the murderer of your family?” jennie asked staring lazily at Hyeon Chul.

“Eum, I know, but why does your mother want to know something like that?” hyeon Chul asked her body.

“Ha? Why do you know if my mom wants to know?” jennie asked back and it was able to make Mira know if these two children really can not be taken seriously.

“Oh! Just be right!” furious Mira covered her face with both of her palms.

“Jennie! I don't think I need to ask Hyeon Chul, just let auntie answer. You guys have fun.” said Mira then stepped away from Jennie and Hyeon Chul.

Mira's search finally ended, after she asked some people to find the whereabouts of the caretaker's aunt, she saw it.

“Oh! What's it you're looking for me?” asked Hwang's aunt whom Mira knew from some people, Hwang's aunt was the owner of this orphanage.

“Actually I want to ask you something about my house that I know the house was once the residence of Hyeon Chul, right’?” asked Mira in English which he tried to keep her so that she could digest it well.

Madam Hwang smiled faintly as she lowered her face.

“Include, I am Lady Hwang Jang Mi.”, said Mrs Hwang greeting the palm of Mira's hand.

“Ya, Hyeon Chul once lived there with his family, before his family died of course.” replied Hwang Jang Mi after he released the hand post of Mira.

“Then, why did Hyeon Chul's family die?” asked Mira again after she managed to justify her seat, now they are in the room of Mrs Hwang who so many glass windows.

“Heuh! I do not know why the Kim family could die, even until now Hyeon Chul does not want to talk about the death of his father, mother and grandfather.” said Mrs Hwang look sad.

“What about the police? what do they call this incident?” mira asked so eagerly to dig out every piece of the case.

“Police no longer bother about this incident, they just call it a fugitive robber who stole Hyeon Chul—'s house goodsbut at that time the Kim family knew it so forced the robber to kill him.” replied Mrs Hwang with a look full of pity there.

Mira grimaced to hear the poignant story of the 11-year-old.

“Ah! then see you Mrs Hwang Jang Mi, thank you for taking the time for me.” Mira said as she stood up and bowed respectfully to Mrs Hwang.

Mira's smile was gone when Madam Hwang's room door was closed, she was completely inexhaustible with so little air there, or indeed because he did not breathe the air so tense the real story from the mouth of Madam Hwang.

Mira leaned against the door of Hwang's mistress room for a while.

“Jennie, I brought her.” muttered Mira gently patting her forehead.

Mira's steps get faster and faster when she does not meet the figure of her son.

“Mother!” yell out Jennie's voice that made the ears feel throbbing.

Mira turned around after stroking her ears.

“Why are you there?” said Mira staring at Jennie sharply.

“I did play earlier, mother left then I am here with Hyeon Chul.” replied Jennie with her innocent face.

Mira sighed tiredly, she stepped over to Jennie but her eyes kept on Hyeon Chul whose face was no different from Jennie's.

“Let's go home Jennie.” invite Mira to pull Jennie.

Hyeon Chul's gaze said that when Jennie stepped away from him, she would be alone.

“I go home first, Hyeon.” said Jennie looked at Hyeon Chul.

Hyeon Chul smiled sincerely at Jennie and the smile seemed to give Jennie permission to leave.

*

Cklek!

“Where to?” the barithon voice of Dennis shocked the mother and child.