MySam
Daniel

Flashback 20 years ago

A beautiful woman enters the door of an ancient European style house with hasty footsteps. Both neutrals surround the entire room.

There was no one there either. Even the aunt who used to wiri wara around the family room, that day did not show the trunk of his nose at all. There was only Asep's housekeeper and gardener and two security men who helped find his two sons.

Anita seemed so panicked, the house that he had explored to find the figure of boys aged around seven and nine years.

"Where is Asep? Daniel and Samuel have you met?" anita asked as she rubbed the sweat that was unceasingly sliding free from her forehead.

"Not yet madam...."

"Bik Titin where's mang? How was it not visible?"

"I don't know either, Nyah. But it's usually at this hour to make Titin go to the market."

Anita looks worried. Moreover, when he came home from the office and did not find his two sons at home.

Permana would blame him and assume if she is a woman who is not good at taking care of the house and children.

"Mrs....!!"

The scream of a boy's voice suddenly shocked him.

"Sam....!!!" exclaim Anita and look for the direction of the sound source.

Without thinking anymore Anita ran with her high heels. Trying to find the direction of the source of the sound only with the Asep mang who is now helping him. Security deployed local residents to help locate their two small employers.

"It looks like it's in the back shed, Nyah....!" said mang Asep.

Without waiting any longer, Anita again ran knocking her heels towards the warehouse building separated from the main house.

"Mr.... Sam was afraid of the dark." he whined as he banged on the locked wooden door from the outside.

"Sam..wait, son, wait for Asep to open the door."

"Mang Asep cepet... Where's the key?" Anita is panicking.

"I-iiyaa- a moment Nyah..." Mang Asep was no less panicked, taking out a bunch of spare key boys that he linked into one. Mang Asep even looks so confused when trying to find a warehouse key mixed with other keys.

"Mr..... Sam's scared.....!!" whining again.

"Yeah, wait a minute okay....?"

"Pocket dong mang Asep...!!"

"Yes, Nyah...."

Mang Asep was still busy looking around.

"This is it...."

Asep's mang's narrow eyes instantly rounded when he found the intended key.

Asep hastily inserted a key in the door hole and turned it around.

Until the opening of the warehouse door made of teak wood with a thickness of fifty centi meters.

"Mr.... Sam was afraid.." hugged little Samuel on Anita's waist.

Anita stroked Samuel's reddish curls gently.

"It's okay, dear." Anita tried to calm down.

"How did Sam get locked in here, hm? Where's your brother Daniel?" ask Anita

Samuel now suddenly looked very frightened, he tightened his grip on Anita's waist and hid his face in the small waist.

"Sam... Where's Daniel? You guys were playing together, right?"

"Daniel.. di-aa- in-aa-" Samuel stuttered, as if he did not want to talk about the incident that only he knew.

"Daniel why, baby? Your sister why? Say the same to mama." Anita urged Samuel to speak.

"Sorry madam, it is better for the young master to be brought inside first so as to calm down. Maybe the young master is still frightened." Mang Asep spoke up.

Anita nodded and told Asep to carry Samuel to the main house.

....

"Sam.." said Anita softly, after Samuel finished sipping water in a glass glass and leaning on the head of the bed.

"Now can Sam tell me where Daniel is?" asked Anita softly.

Samuel was still silent, fear still visible in the look in his eyes.

"Papa's coming home soon, and Sam has to tell her what's going on" Anita said.

"Dan-niel--"

"Well, what's your sister, baby?"

"Taa-ddi Sam and Daniel play--s-sudden-a-dda-o-m serem--two people."

Samuel explained in a stammer.

"Om serem's? Who's Sam? Sam knows the guy?"

Samuel shook.

"And-niel--and then locked Sam in the barn-and-then-" Samuel paused, still clearly visible if there was fear in the eyes.

"Then what, son?"

"Sam don't know.....!! Sam ccuu--mmaa-- danger Dan-niel shouted for help...!! Sam doesn't know, mom....!! Sam doesn't know....!!!" panicked shouting.

"Hussstt." Anita approached and gave a hug to make her son feel safe.

"Sam is afraid of mam...."

Anita tightened her embrace. "You're safe, honey.it's okay....."

"Now Sam's booby first, okay?"

Samuel nodded slowly and laid his body on his soft bed.

"Sam is sleeping now, yes,"

Cup....

Anita gave a kiss on the boy's forehead and then came out of Samuel's room with a sad face.

The mysterious loss of Daniel left her completely terrified. Samuel looked shocked at the moment. I don't know what happened in that big house a few hours ago.

Anita looked back at the canned letter she got while in her office at lunchtime today.

Anita tried to read carefully the canned letter without the sender's name.

....

"How could Daniel disappear in my own house without any maids or security knowing about it?!!" furious Permana while interrogating all the helpers and security who worked in the mansion.

All who lined up there just bowed limp.

"Even the great sir, we were completely off guard. We don't know of any strangers entering this mansion, sir."

"But this Mr. Heri is in charge of guarding the house, what do you do if there are strangers who do not know it, huh.....?!" Molor....???!!!!" snapped Hard Mana.

There were no answers from several aides and security including Asep's mang.

"Mas.. I've reported to the police, but they said before there was a twenty-four-hour report, Daniel can't be said to be missing."

Permana grunts annoyed.

"Is that canned letter you got not enough to prove that Daniel was kidnapped?"

Anita nodded slowly. "Police said to have waited twenty-four hours, only to be able to investigate and search."

"Damn....!!" growled Permana.

"Is this the work of your business rival, ma'am?" ask Anita.

"Stop that.." Ring Permana. Again he took a rough breath, walking back and forth in the spacious room, while thinking back to anyone who is considered business rivals who could do like this.

"Sir....!!! Madam....!!!"

The female voice sounded very worried. He ran towards his master.

"What's the bik?"

"Sa-yeah found i-ni sir...."

Bik Titin thrusting a white t-shirt with a stain d*rah towards Permana.

"This is the shirt Daniel wore this morning, sir."

"Bibik found this where, huh....?!"

"Citizens who find in the forest, sir."

"Mas..... Daniel---w.." great-grandchild. Anita scared.

"Have all the citizens check out the whole forest, bik. Tell Mr. Kades to mobilize all villagers," said Permana.

Bik Titin nodded obediently then walked out in a row.

"Daniel--- mas--" cried Anita again.

"You calm down, baby. Daniel must have been found." The bellies tried to calm Anita's heart. He hugged his wife's little shoulder and kissed the top of Anita's head gently.

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Present Time

Permana explained in a heavy voice, while Anita was still speechless. His eyes were blank. Permana never even took off his grip on both hands Anita.

It could be said that Anita was the one who lost the most to one son.

"Two years we searched for Daniel, but there was never a bright spot in our search. The police have given up on the case of Daniel's disappearance" Permana continued.

"Since then do you remember that your mom was always busy with her business? That's because your mama was looking for Daniel's whereabouts. Until he entered orphanages or places where street children used to gather." Permana.

"But... kee-napa-Sam never remembers if--there was Daniel in Sam's life?"

"Because you're traumatized, Sam."

"Trauma?"

"Yes, you always blame yourself for losing Daniel. And since then both papa and mama don't want to make the trauma sustainable."

Permana paused for a moment, he turned to Anita and then re-couched his wife's shoulder.

"We deliberately kept all the memories of Daniel from you. Photos, Daniel's toys and even your brother's clothes we purposely hid so that your trauma could be lost, Sam."

In a heavy voice, the permana explained the secret twenty years ago.

"And after a search with no bright spots for two more years, we decided to sell the house and move to Jakarta." Permana continued her story.

Samuel's whole body was suddenly feeling weak. The brownish netra that usually always highlights the clear is now suddenly dark with tears that he tries to hold.

"Darling.." - Maya grabbed Samuel's shoulder and stroked gently.

Sam turned his head, looking at Maya with a dewy netra. Sam then grabbed Maya's body, dropping her in Maya's arms. Sam drowned his face in the recess of his wife's neck. With tears that he can't stand anymore.

Samuel's sobbing grew when the shadow of Daniel's face suddenly came to his mind. His memory is when he and Daniel played in the forest, or the vast prairie that lies behind their house. Laughter of himself and also Daniel who was always created when Daniel invited him to run catch dragonflies by using a net they made themselves.

And the shadow when Daniel always defended himself when there were some big-bodied village children doing the oppression. They made fun of him as a village bule.

Daniel always put his body up to defend him. Daniel didn't even hesitate to beat up some big, strong kids. Until every time they come home to play always with dirty clothes and battered faces.

Even while at school, Samuel had been the target of bullying from his schoolmates, it was Daniel who defended him, beating up all of Samuel's friends who bullied him.

"Don't worry, Sam. I will always take care of you. You have a sister you can always count on." Little Daniel said when he found Samuel crying in the corner of the school garden.

Samuel cried even more sobbing considering all the events of the past.

"Oh-Sam.." Maya's great-granddaughter who tightened her arms.

to be continue....