Mirages
Happy family

A black sedan had stopped right behind them. The window behind him opened and a boy wearing a blue white uniform, gushed his head outside.

"Relie!" call him.

The two girls who were standing outside the gate immediately looked back, looking at who was shouting that.

"Sir Arya!" riri Gumam.

Let's look at Riri, for hearing her words just now.

"Sister?" inner Mari.

"Sister!" little Pekik Riri then and ran towards the black sedan car, leaving Mari who was staring at him flatly.

The boy named Arya glanced at Mari, and then turned back to the younger brother.

"Why are you outside anyway?" ask the boy who got out of the car and approached his sister.

Riri hugged her older brother.

"Riri strayed earlier, Brother." Her crying broke again when she was in the arms of her brother.

Arya also returned the hug of her sister and patted softly on little Riri's back.

Mari was still standing in her place, and was still looking at the interaction of the two sisters with her flat gaze.

The driver sounded the horn, a sign asking to open the gate for him to enter.

The security who had argued with Mari, immediately opened the gate and let the black sedan car enter.

Let's get out of the front there, when the security starts to open that big gate.

"Let's go home!" invite Arya while embracing the shoulders of the younger sister.

Riri held back her sister's steps, and turned her head towards where Mari was still standing.

The older brother also noticed the girl, who was still standing at her original place.

"Is he your friend?" arya asked little Riri.

Riri nodded quickly.

"Then bring him in too."

Riri also developed her smile. He immediately pulled the hand of little Mari who had been silent since then.

"Come, comein!"

The three of them walked into the courtyard of the big house.

As soon as she stepped through the gate, Mari was amazed by the sight before her.

His eyes sparkled to see the beautiful flowers lined up to form a row on the left and right sides, all the way to a main building in front there.

There is a swing that is right in front of the fish pond, with a fountain funnel in the middle.

His gaze stopped when he saw a gardener, who was restoring plants in a pot that had been crowded by roots, so that the plant could develop even better.

He was so interested in the activities that the gardener was doing, that Mari stopped her steps and continued to look at the man.

"Come!" call little Riri who has arrived at the door.

He looked back, and found that Mari was not there. He looked around and saw Mari standing in the middle of the road.

Let those who feel called look. He once again looked at the gardener and smiled, then ran to where Riri was.

"What are you doing there?" ask Riri wonder.

"There's no. Just look at the flowers." Let's say it.

"Let's go in!" take Arya while continuing to hold the sister possessively.

They also entered into a building that stood majestically in the middle of a flower garden, which Mari had just passed.

Once inside, Mari is greeted with a very large family photo hanging on the wall, right in front of her.

For some reason, his eyes suddenly sore and a clear drop dripped from there without him noticing.

He is hypnotized by the photo, in which a grown man with a mature woman who may be his wife, sits while hugging a daughter who looks like Riri, and a boy standing behind them, hugging Riri from behind. They look very happy.

Very different from him, who was born in a family that did not exist. Having a cruel father and often torturing the mother, also a stepbrother who is not at all concerned with the distress they are experiencing.

"Mother" he said softly.

Riri turned her head when she accidentally heard Mari mutter.

Little Mari immediately rubbed the clear melt, and hid her sadness with a smile.

"No, no" replied Mari.

"Come to my room! Brother, can you?" said little Riri two-way, invite Mari and ask the sister.

Arya just nodded slowly. The boy did not say much, but from then on he always noticed Mari's movements.

The two little girls then walked towards the upper floor, where Riri's room was located.

Let's get back to being amazed at what he saw at the time.

"That's broad. My house just lost big with this room," he murmured inwardly.

"Come, Mari. We're playing with dolls!" bring Riri.

Little Mari woke up from her amazement, and walked over to her new friend.

He looked at a large collection of dolls, complete with houses in a corner of the room nuanced pink.

Let's look to the right and left, choosing which doll to take. He was looking for a worn out doll or even a broken one to play with. But, he was again confused because everything was still very good.

The habit of living in the slums, makes him reluctant to touch things that still look good. The owner will think that he will steal it, if he sees Mari holding it.

What's more, Mari who is always isolated and can only scavenge used toys that have been damaged, then discarded by the owner.

Riri saw that his friend was silent and just looked at his dolls numbering in the tens maybe even reaching the hundreds.

"Don't you like playing with dolls?" little Riri asked.

"Like," Mari replied briefly as her eyes continued to search for which doll she should take.

"Keep, why silence? Let's take one and play house." Riri was annoyed that Mari kept silent, with eyeballs passing her doll collection one by one.

"Ehm ... Is there a doll that has not been around for a long time?" ask Mari later.

"This is all my old dolls. This week Mamih hasn't bought me a new doll yet" she replied lightly, combing the hair of a large baby-sized doll, which she sat in front of.

"Huh ... Do you buy dolls every week?" ask Mari not to believe.

"Ehm ..," Little Riri simply nodded as she continued to be busy with her dolls.

"Which one can I take?" ask Mari to hesitate.

Riri looked at Mari, then she smiled and nodded.

Little Mari smiled happily. He picked up the origin of the doll that was in front of him. A large barbie doll, with a sparkling sky blue dress, and golden hair that dangled long to her waist.

He then sat down on a carpet that stretched in the playing area of Riri. For the first time, he could feel what it was like to play together with a friend of his age calmly.

He could even play a toy that good, without the need to feel afraid of being accused of stealing it. Mari and Riri laughed merrily and salong sahut, as if they were transformed into puppets held by each.

It had been an hour they played, but the excitement never subsided at all. Until a screaming sound from outside the room, distract the two little girls.

"Relie! Kiria!"

There was a voice of a woman calling out the name of little Riri.

"Mamih! Mammu …." Riri got out of place and immediately ran towards the door, leaving Mari who was still stunned on the spot.

The pum door opened, and it looked like a beautiful woman who was Mamih Riri, had been standing in front of it while carrying some paper bags in both hands.

"Why are Mommy's kids?" asked the woman while bowing to align her face with the princess.

"Let's play, Mih!" said little Riri smiling cheerfully.

Mamih Riri looked into the room, and her eyes accidentally saw a girl dressed in shabby and dirty clothes, sitting in her little daughter's room.

The woman then re-enforced her body, and walked into Riri's room, with both hands filled with shopping bags.

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What will happen to little Mari yah🤔

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