Emily, The Mute Girl
Early Meet

flashbacks

Fifteen years ago, at an international school in the city of S, a young boy fell silent and lowered his face in agitation. He did not dare to raise his face. Around him, several boys and girls in elementary school uniforms, surrounded while mocking him and calling him 'unlawful child'. And there are also those who water it with water from mineral bottles that they hold. The boy did not understand why he had entered the school since long ago, not a single one of his friends liked him much less befriended him. They all always bully him even the teachers were impressed silent with what he experienced. It seems like almost everyone in the city knew that he was the son of Antonio Charlos and a servant, but not acknowledged by Antonio. Parents do not allow their children to be friends with them.

The boy does not know that everything he experienced in school, happened because of the interference of Alex, his own uncle. Alex deliberately did that to make the boy think that he had nowhere else to go but to Alex's side.

A few moments later, the school children were tired of working on it. They left him wet. When all the children were gone, the boy dared to leave his place. He immediately ran out of the school towards the park beside him. The boy ran with a million pains in his chest hearing the ridicule of his friends. Accidentally, he fell and rolled as he walked down the stairs in the park. Luckily the stairs were not so high that he only experienced a slight blister on his forehead. While enduring the pain, the boy tried not to cry. Suddenly a little girl of about 6 years old approached him.

"Hi, Brother.. Are you all right?" his little voice sounded so loud.

The boy raised his face to look at the little girl who was already kneeling in front of him. The little girl grabbed the boy's hair and blew on his wound. The boy did not care much about the actions of the little girl. But the question was back in his head.

'Are you okay?'

No!! The boy is not okay. The pain and tightness in his chest that had been held up since earlier, finally came out as well. He was crying loudly. Seeing the child he helped crying, the little girl became confused and surprised. He immediately hugged her and rubbed her back. The little girl thought that the boy in her arms was crying because of a fall. So he patted the boy on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. Just a small wound. Brother will be healed soon. I'll help brother treat him. So, brother don't be sad anymore. Everything's gonna be okay."

The little girl did not know that the boy was crying because his heart was so hurt.

"Does my sister feel better now?" ask the little girl as the boy starts to stop crying.

The boy just nodded his head in response. She was embarrassed to cry in front of a girl.

"Kening brother is bleeding. Come on, let's go over there. There's my father, I'll ask him to treat my brother's wounds." take the little girl.

But the boy shook his head. "I'm fine. You leave. I can take care of my own wounds" he said.

The little girl was silent for a moment.

"Are you really okay?" tanyanya doubt.

The boy nodded again. The little girl then pulled something out from behind her jacket pocket.

"This is for sister. Later on eat yes. Brother will definitely feel better." he said cheerfully.

The boy wanted to reject her but the little girl had already placed it on his palm.

After saying that, the little girl immediately ran away leaving the boy alone, then opened her palm. There are some colorful sweets. He took one and ate it. The sweet taste of the candy burst into his mouth. He paused for a moment, then got up and walked back home.

The next day, the boy walked on a barrage to his school. The distance from home to school is not far, only passing two houses and a city park. So every day he always walked both to and from school. He didn't want to go to school today, but his uncle would have punished him if he knew he didn't go to school. The boy walked alone until he suddenly met the little girl who had helped him yesterday.

"What are you doing here?" the boy asked as the little girl walked up to him with a smile.

"Sister, me and my parents just moved here" said the little girl, pointing to the house, which was right next to the park.

The house had been empty for a long time. It turned out to be occupied by this little girl and her family.

"Oh yes, brother. What about your wound? Has it improved? Brother's been treating him, right?" ask the little girl to scout.

The question made the boy stunned. All this time, no one cared about him. Whether he was hurt or not is okay. Other than his uncle, Alexander Charlos, who always punished him and even beat him to injury if he made a mistake, no one would hug him and ask if he was okay. The servants in that place only looked and did not dare to say anything to defend him. This little girl was the only one who asked...

The boy looked at the little girl who was waiting for his answer.

"I've treated him. You can see I'm fine now" said the boy, nodding.

The little girl reached out her hand to pull out the hair on the boy's forehead to check it out. He did not realize that his actions made the boy shocked and nervous. His cheeks even turned red.

"A..What are you doing?" ask the boy while holding the little girl's hand.

"I just wanted to check his wound. That's good now. My brother has treated him. Next time be careful, don't run around like yesterday or you'll fall down again" said the little girl.

The boy felt like he was being advised and he was not happy to hear it. So he decided to continue his journey to school. But the little girl immediately pulled her hand.

"Sister, we're not acquainted. What's sister's name?" tanyakanya.

The boy furrowed his brows, yet he replied as well.

"My name is Jeremy."

He deliberately did not mention his last name, because because of his last name he was always bullied at school. "Sister Jeremy, my name is Clea.. Clea Harold's.."