You In The Rain Vol.1
Charlie the Protector

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Shortly thereafter in the middle room.

Riana stopped in front of Charlie, putting a glass of orange juice on the table in front of him.

"Drink Char first"

"Why didn't anyone tell you that Cody was bitten by a snake? The wound seems new, what happened when you went out of town?"

Riana scratched her head, slowly she sat down while lowering her head avoiding Charlie's sharp gaze.

"That's because, Cody wanted to, he said you'd definitely exaggerate the problem so.." The smaller the volume of his voice was afraid Charlie would get more upset to hear it, the more upset he was, but basic Charlie did listen to him carefully, his eyes were already big looking at him, he was angry.

"What an exaggeration! It must be big because it's a poisonous snake, you guys support it too?"

Riana raised her head.

"But it's been treated anyway, lucky when there was a friend of his who was a medical student there so it can be done quickly first aid, calm down Char"

"Well Ri, at least Cody should be taken to the hospital, who knows there are side effects or other things, heh"

Charlie leaned his shoulders back.

Lowering his chest that had been upset since, he was already too much angry today, which was not, his very calm afternoon was suddenly startled by a phone call from Rio about Cody's condition, which was very quiet, for the umpteenth time, this has become a habit that is not good for his heart.

He took a deep breath before continuing his words. This time it was quieter.

"Heh, since a long time ago, Cody had a weak body, when he was a child, when everyone was having fun he would suddenly fall by himself in the corner of the room, unconscious, he said, several times like that, he was still a little boy who did not understand what happened to him, but over time, we came to understand why he could suddenly faint like that, in addition to his anemia there are indeed spirits who try to disturb him, at first Cody can not distinguish them from other living humans so he always serve them, sometimes, the spirit wants to enter his body, the spirit of the body, but according to the smart guy because Cody's spirit energy was too strong he would just faint and they couldn't possess it"

"Oh, it's fast that Cody never had a trance well"

"Well, because he made everyone around him very anxious, and, at Junior High, he went to a classmate's birthday party and didn't come home until the next day, he was not everywhere, for two days he disappeared and I did not stop looking for him, until finally I accidentally managed to find him who was asleep in an empty cabin in the middle of the forest, he said, his upperclassman asks him to accompany him to the woods to find his missing sister, the stupid and naive Cody, he actually knows that his upperclassman might just be working on him, but he still does, because, he, it was true, the younger sister of his upperclassman disappeared in the forest a few weeks ago, and he, already lifeless, had his spirit come over to his older brother, and he was dead, and it can only be seen by Cody following him into the forest, looking for his remains buried among tall, dark trees that the adult, Cody, cannot reach, very sad because of the incident, he, falling ill after returning home, seeing it suffer greatly made me also very sad, heh, since then, I was determined to be the one who can take care of him, I was determined to be the one who can take care of him, that's one of the reasons I became a doctor, to keep her from getting sick"

Riana looked at the old Charlie's face, the young doctor tried to hold back her tears, she tried so hard that there was only a speck of dew at the end of her eyes.

"Cody always told me that Charlie always took care of him, but, you can't always take care of him, Cody isn't a kid anymore, he can do whatever he wants, we, can't prevent it, can't prevent it, just being able to help him from behind, we, also know that what he's doing is quite dangerous, he knows it too, but, this whole thing is Cody, he's indeed that kind of person"

Charlie smiled, trying to hold back his emotions.

"He, he's a strong boy, he forgot what happened before he was ten, and about how he lost his biological parents, I know he's very frustrated about it, because of it, but he never showed it, he would always try to cover it up in front of others and assume the problem did not exist, but, it does exist, heh, Cody that"

Riana patted Charlie's shoulder slowly, the young doctor must have held everything inside her chest for a long time, and finally being able to vaporize it now, she also knew Cody's life had been very hard since he was a child, but all that will be lost, along with all the love that he will receive, all that suffering will disappear by itself, that is why he never gave up on her one bit, she said, since he will always be a huge love for his Cody, that's what he wants to say to Charlie, and maybe, without him saying it anyway, Charlie would already know.

*-*-*-*-*

Tony passed by Rio's desk, carrying some of the heaps of files that Rio had requested before, but the young police officer of the supervisor's rank didn't even bully him, he ignored him, very unusual, Tony thought.

He drew closer to Rio's table.

"Rio, think what? Is Cody's injury serious, huh?"

Rio raised his head, as if awakening from his daydream, smashed Tony's hand with the paper he had been holding since.

Tony scratched his head, he did not expect his words earlier to make Rio so emotional.

"He that's not the point, I'm just weird to see you daydreaming so, Cody our team members of course we're all anxious, don't think like that Rio"

Rio stood up from his seat, staring at Tony for a moment, until he extended his hand.

"Where, the data I asked for, about the history of the initial kidnapping to the ransom demand"

Tony moved to his desk again, picking up on the top pile of files, a map with some information he had collected.

"This is Rio, the complete history of when Aneke was kidnapped to this day, all here, I gathered all the information into one, a bit complicated also earlier because the kidnapping section had stalled information, he said, they are stingy anyway"

Rio flipped the paper file piece by piece after reading it.

"You have to be able to persuade them, or if you don't want to bring the name Gus later also packed, they just look fierce outside but just like we need information from everywhere, is this everything?"

Tony nodded.

"Well, more or less, I'm still trying to gather information from another team, Hemh, going overtime tonight" Tony turned to the pile of files on his desk, taking a deep breath.

"God"

"Have you found that guy? Who hit Cody and managed to escape?" Ask Rio again.

Tony shook his head,

"Not yet, strangely enough, it's like it's disappearing into the earth"

"That Cody Heh, he's like a magnet, pulling a ghost until a villain gets close to him"

Tony frowned hearing Rio's words.

"Eh, ghost? What does Rio mean"

Rio mispronounced, he thought quickly, he forgot that only he knew about Cody's ability to see spirits or ghosts, and Cody also probably wouldn't be comfortable if everyone there knew about it, he could be very angry with her.

"Eh well, that means, he is often a wretch, like a ghost followed, right?"

Tony rounded his mouth, he returned to his seat.

"Oh that's it, it's like he's being chased by a ghost, always in trouble"

Rio lowered his chest in relief, he was lucky Tony who was not too curious so he would not pay attention to it anymore, Rio stood up from his seat.

"I'm going to the apartment to check on Cody's condition, and who knows if he can give you a clue about the guy who hit him"

He put his jacket on the shoulder of the chair and left the room.

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