The Missing SOFIA
Bab~24

"Ariel, are you here too ?" said Daniel was a little surprised when he saw his best friend was also in the same supermarket with him.

"Hi, Dan. I happened to stop by to buy a drink." - Timpal Ariel showed me a bottle of energy drink in his hand.

"The weather has been very hot lately" Daniel said.

"Oh yeah Ar, this is Sofia you still remind me? it just so happened that we were shopping here too." Daniel added later as he stepped closer to Sofia.

"Of course." Ariel glanced at Sofia from the tail of her eyes.

"So you guys came together ?" he wants to know again.

"Of course, I picked him up at college and we came together. Isn't that Sofia ?" daniel looked at the girl next to him.

"Hm, thank you for keeping me company." Sofia said by commenting on her sweet smile to Daniel and it made Ariel Smith seem to dislike her.

His chest immediately rumbled and the man decided to leave there immediately, before knocking down the mini market out of annoyance.

"Alright, then I go first" he said then passed to the cashier to pay for his groceries.

Sofia who saw that looked relieved, finally the annoying man left from before her as well.

"Did she bother you earlier ?" ask Daniel then.

Sofia immediately shook her head. "No" he said, lying, he was very lazy to talk about the man and hopefully they will never see each other again.

"Where are you? have you forgotten what day it is? jessica's coming home soon and her parents are waiting for you for dinner." William said when he contacted his son.

Ariel who was now in his car seemed to sigh violently at the command of the father.

"On the way, Pa." he said then immediately turned off the call.

Before driving the car the man was once again seen staring into the supermarket where the friend and the girl had been at the cashier.

They look very familiar with joking and laughing together, seeing that Ariel immediately stepped on her accelerator and passed from there.

It seems like the girl he saw with his best friend on the side of the road some time ago was Sofia.

"Are they in a relationship ?" curious muttered.

Moments later the man's car stopped at a spacious mansion.

"Good night young master, it's good to see you back at the Mansion." said the security guard at the mansion.

"Hm." Ariel only gave a small nod in response to the man's words, then the young man immediately entered the mansion.

"Night, am I late ?" he said when he saw some people had gathered in his family room.

"It's Ar's weekend, you're still busy working" James said later, knowing Ariel is a hardworking young man like his father.

"There's a little trouble at the branch office, uncle." said Ariel as she sat next to her father.

"What is serious ?" this time William is in.

"I found a bit of budget clumsiness and is still under investigation" Ariel explained later.

"Eatya Ar, what papa said often visit there so that your employees do not do as they please." William gave advice.

Before long, Jessica and her mother joined them. "Food is ready, let's start dinner" said Merry.

"The aroma is very tempting, mom." praise Ariel as she moved from her seat and took her mother.

"Of course, who Mommy and Mommy used to be helped by aunty Anne and Jessica" Merry's timpal immediately made Ariel look at Jessica.

"Can you cook ?" said later.

"Of course you can, even if it's just cooking water" Jessica said and suddenly made everyone laugh at hearing it.

Then they all passed towards the dining table, Anne who had just finished preparing the dish and was waiting for them all at the dining table seemed to smile upon seeing Ariel coming.

The little boy she used to foster, now does not feel grown up and he loves her very much.

"Hi aunty." greet Ariel later.

"Dear, I think time goes by really fast. You were very small once and look now you are this tall." Anne said.

"Of course our Mommy did grow up fast, look at me too, it's been this high" said Jessica, not to be outdone and it made James immediately cleared his throat to make the two appear silent.

The man is indeed very sensitive about anything because it will definitely remind him of his missing daughter.

"If Jeslin were still there he would be as tall as you" he said, causing everyone to stare at him.

"Wherever he may be well, James." William's timpal reassured.

Jessica who heard that could only be silent, if she could ask she also wanted to quickly get information about her missing brother. Whether safe or not so that the father does not keep thinking, to make the man become very cold even to him though.

Jessica never felt the affection of a father as she should, she wanted to joke with her father like other children but she could not do it.

The man was too cold to make him afraid to approach him, lucky he had a mother who loved him so much that he made him a little forget his disappointment in the attitude of the father.

While Ariel who heard the parents talk about Jeslin seemed to be still glued, she still remembered a cute two-year-old baby with golden hair.

Very different hair with Jessica the younger siblings who incidentally have jet black hair like the mother.

Ariel also still remembers the little boy having dimples on both his cheeks and when smiling makes him so adorable.

"He also has a birthmark on his back." he murmured inwardly.

"When we eat, I'm very hungry" he said, stopping the parents from discussing the sad past.

"Of course I'm also very hungry" said Jessica then immediately took a plate in front of her and it made Merry and Anne look chuckled.

"Feeling aunty is always good." praise Jessica after putting a spoonful of food in her mouth.

"Feel your Mommy is also very good dear." Merry chimps later.

"Oh yeah why still call aunty? you will be a part of this family later so get used to calling momyy from now on." added Merry and suddenly made Jessica who was chewing her food immediately choked, the girl seemed to glance at Ariel but the man was seen eating casually.

"Later aunty when it's official." - Jessica responded.

"Well it doesn't matter baby, maybe you're not used to it" Merry said.

"But if you can get used to Jessi, because this year you have to get married." William insisted and this time replace Ariel who seemed to choke and make everyone look at her, William said, likewise with Jessica who looks smiling mocking him.