
"It all started when I raised Alora as my son!" Said Alora's adoptive father was named Hilman.
Andi who was sitting down sipping his coffee at the Cafe was listening well when Hilman who was sitting at the same table told about the girl named Alora.
"I have everything, but no children. Until one day when Alora's parents died I felt very concerned, a child was left alone. Grandma and Grandpa took good care of Alora in place of her parents, but one day Grandpa fell ill, until grandma was overwhelmed,"
"Alora the little girl with deep trauma and no interest in her life, and the grandfather is dying until the grandmother sells a lot of their assets for the treatment of her husband and grandchildren. Until one day, grandma asked me to take care of Alora."
"All the same, after a few months I just understood, little Alora was trapped in her illusion, so she just sat still or slept. But ever since I started taking her out of the house, I saw a difference until the girl spoke for the first time."
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Started 14 years ago, and,
Little Alora always asks her father to take her to the playground. Once there he also always approached the boy who sat in the corner of the park and sat beside him. They seemed to get along without a word, just sitting and spending time alone, until Hilman invited him home.
It kept repeating itself for almost a year and became the routine of the little girl, as well as the boy who was always in the same place. Until one day, unlike usual, the boy was still in the same place sitting crying. Once he arrived at the playground with his father after school, Alora immediately released his father's hand and ran towards the boy.
"Why you?" The first sentence after almost a year they finally spoke.
"They finally split up! Same mom papah! Huhu.." said the boy in his sobbing.
"Why?" Alora asked with her innocent look.
The boy looked at the little Alora with tears flowing and then replied with the question, "Who should I choose? Mama or papah?"
The question made the cute little girl think for a while then glanced at Hilman who was sitting on the bench 2 meters away from her without disturbing them but still paying attention to them.
"Fuck! I'll choose papah! Right now I'm with me!" Alora with her right hand pointed towards her father.
Hilman smiled proudly at her daughter who was even comforting another child while her own personality was still being questioned. Before long, someone called out to his son.
"Art! Beni! Where are you, son?" Herman came looking for his son.
The boy turned his attention towards Herman, he just stared blankly until Herman arrived before his eyes.
"Art daddy's son! Come with dad! We're gonna get out of here and live better, you want to?" Herman asked the boy.
The boy nodded slowly then turned his head towards little Alora and said,
"I'll go with my dad! I hope we don't see you again! Stop sitting next to people you don't know! Not everyone is good!" Little Beni said and then pulled her father away.
Hilman approached Alora when he heard the sentence from the boy.
"He's Lora's friend, right? How did he say unknown person? You guys fighting?" Ask Hilman slowly.
"He's not Lora's pah friend!" That girl's heart.
"Keep why does Lora always sit next to him?"
"Lora doesn't like to be asked, but Lora will answer! Because she looks lonely and Lora is also lonely, so Lora nemenin her! But now that Lora won't do that anymore, she forbids Lora from doing that!" The cute voice managed to make Hilman lose control and then drip a clear liquid from his eyes. He couldn't miss a sentence that said his daughter was lonely.
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The age of the little girl is increasing, she is also getting better at socializing even though she does not do it and does not talk much. Of course because he was from a rich family many children approached him just because of that status then gossiped behind him. All the friends he found were always the same until he entered Junior High.
The day of Hilman's bankruptcy came, they fell into poverty in an instant because they were cheated by their coworkers. Alora's life has changed. Starting from friends who left him until he had to accept the abuse and ridicule of those who came to collect debts due to the bankruptcy of his father.
The girl was transferred to a public school so that the SPP fee paid was cheaper. Her personality remains the same, a quiet girl who sits alone and does not socialize. He used to have friends just because they approached him first given his status, but now people stay away from him because he is poor.
The girl who does not care about anything, and anyone until she gets to know Lia and becomes more cheerful even though she is wrapped in a flat face. At that time Alora began looking for work and worked to help pay her father's debts.
Every time she went home, Anita complained about their poverty and was tired of her husband. Alora could not stay still, so she went to work.
During the 3rd grade of Junior High, the girl met Steve who had just approached her with his own mission. Although Alora is not easily conquered, but Steve succeeded when using his money. Poverty made him tired and it was difficult to refuse the aid that arrived.
Like a helper angel, Steve with his mask provides comfort and financial assistance to the innocent Alora. However, just as they are about to graduate from Junior High, Steve's true nature is revealed. His mission is to make Alora a girlfriend and he has won the bet so he receives 2x the money he spent. When she finds out the truth is happening, Alora goes to Steve and breaks off their relationship.
However, he does not realize Steve does not want to break up from him and continues to annoy Alora with a rude attitude. Until one day the threat came.
"Kalo loe do not come later tonight to the cave party as a cave girlfriend, the cave will make you miserable!" Said Steve who was staring intently at Alora who he was paging with both hands on the back wall of the school. Steve's grin never fell behind, so he let go of Alora and left.
But Alora could not come because of her work. Lia who was secretly eavesdropping took the initiative to do something.
Later that night, Lia comes in Alora's place and sends a message to Alora when she gets there. It seems like the place was designed to insult poor Alora, every luxury wrapped in arrogance, and Lia knew Steve's hidden intentions so she wanted to wake up the psyco Steve.
But not according to plan, Lia came to Steve by saying,
"Cave dressing Alora, because cave tau loe would be embarrassed if Lora came with her work uniform!"
"Loe knows the cave! But what the cave needs is Alora not loe!" Steve stared at Lia who did not lose it.
"You've broken up! Please wake up and let Lora live a quiet life!" Lia was very determined.
"Hahahahahahahahahh!" That horrible-sounding laughter until all the attention was drawn towards him.
"Guy!" Steve called his friends, as if they had coded everything they would do to Alora was now vented to the girl, then they together watered Lia with their respective drinks after clustered into a circle.
"Loe came and asked for it! You should have sent your best friend! So you don't have to bother!" Steve approached the wet Lia and pulled Lia's hand out of the building followed by everyone and pushed the girl into the pool there. All of them simultaneously laughed at the pitiful-looking girl.
"So she's Alora?" Ask one of Steve's friends.
"No! He was our first toy! Our main target will come soon again cave sure!" A grin that did not disappear from the young man's face.
*As Steve said, Alora who ran like crazy once got a message from Lia who replaced her. Because he knows very well Steve is a g*la person who will do anything for the sake of his satisfaction*.
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Everyone laughed at Lia who could not swim, her feet could not reach the pool floor because the depth of the pool was too high for her.
"Tolls. long! Help me!" Lia tried her hardest to swing her hand towards the pool wall to let the foam rise but to no avail.
Almost 10 minutes Lia was in the water and still trying to ask for help, her eyes were sore, his hands were tired and cramped until he slowly gave up and breathed the last breath of oxygen he breathed as water entered his nose.
Alora who was still running finally arrived with a breath of breath. He found Lia drowning in the water made him jump to help his friend, but everyone's attention turned back to the pool when the sound of water from Alora's jump was heard.
"Finally the main star arrives!" Steve with a smile while clapping made everyone applaud.
Alora tries to raise Lia ashore by pushing Lia to use the last remaining energy she has.
"Lia's breathing! Please breathe!" Alora panic.
Lia finally coughed and pulled out the water that was drunk earlier. But Lia's breathing was irregular and her struggling eyes were open and her body was squeezed. Alora took the HP out of her wet pants pocket to call an ambulance but it was dead from water.
"Hp cheap? Broken?" Steve asked in a mocking tone. The young man approached Alora and the lying Lia.
"Btw so exciting, the drama is guys! How's it? Do you need help with the cave?" That tone sounded again.
Alora stared intently at the young man in front of her.
"Loe's angry? But can't anything? Poor poor hahaha!" Steve is becoming.
Alora wakes Lia up and asks her to leave when they are seen by everyone at the party. As he walked toward the door, Steve shouted,
"Don't forget to turn back everything you took! Basic leech! Turn all the cave money!" Steve seemed content to insult Alora.
"Who told you to break up the cave!" Inner Steve.
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"... Since then Lia has been traumatized, and Alora hates the people around her. He can't trust anyone and be alone" Hilman told Andi and Herman, who were there.
"So that's the reason? Alora always refused to be given money but she would want reciprocity!" Herman.
"Thank you so much, Hilman! Om's story will be my reference to find evidence that Steve was guilty and the cause of Andre and Alora's accident we will meet the real perpetrator" Andi said.
"I hope you succeed! I was also angry about everything that happened. Alora has never been open since that day" Hilman said.
"Om Hilman!" Call the new Lia coming in with breath gasping. The girl's eyes briefly glanced at Andi then towards Hilman's chair.
"Why Lia?" Ask the middle-aged man.
"Lia has to go home and Lia's mom is sick, so Lora's home alone!" Sahut Lia's.
"Okey thanks to Lia! Then come on, Anterin, you go home first!" Hilman got up from his chair.
"Don't om! Lora needs more Om! If he is desperate why did the cake used to be alone how?" Lia was worried about her best friend more than herself.
"That's me first!" Hilman went straight home. Herman also came home by offering to go home with his car to Hilman.
"You let the cave between you go home!" Andi said to Lia and smiled.
"Stop! Don't smile!" Sahut Lia's.
"Why?"
"I won't be able to escape that smile and it can have an effect on overthingking insomnia, so Lia went home alone!" Lia turned her body then stepped up.
But Andi grabbed Lia's hand until her steps stopped.
"Lia! Stopit! Stop making the cave worried! Come caves!" Andi takes the girl to her car and opens the car door and makes Lia get in the car.
Lia with a sullen face ended up ushered Andi and just stay still all the way. As soon as he arrived he immediately came down and Andi also came down.
"Lia doesn't have to say thank you, does she? Lia didn't ask to be taken but forced!" Lia said then headed to her door.
"Go to sleep! Don't think overthinking is bad!" Said Andi but Lia was not indifferent then went straight into her house.
"Tu girl is so cute!" Andi muttered.
On the other hand, behind the door Lia also muttered in annoyance.
"What? What can be arranged? Duh the heart of the melanin dikit dong cave tired!" Lia stroked his chest.
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Tbc