"Well, boys and girls. Our reading practice is over for today"I told them.

I've lived in this orphanage long enough. My parents left me when I was 2 or 3 years old. Someone I don't know brought me to this place. She explained to mother the Orphanage I was lost on the streets. I don't remember a thing about that day, all I know is I was holding a red handkerchief in the pocket of my trousers. Clara was the name on the red handkerchief. And that became my name. I always carry that handkerchief with me everywhere I go. Hopefully one day my parents will recognize me through this handkerchief. I taught the kids how to read at this Orphanage. A long time ago when I was a little girl, Bertha teach me. Bertha's one of the nurturers here. Now I'm helping her take care of this place.

I started to organize this books very carefully. I pile it into one on the table. This is how I've been doing every day in this orphanage. Then I saw a little girl wearing the peach color dress coming over me.

"Clara,I want ice cream,"says a little girl.

While smile she shows her teeth. Today her hair was tied like a ponytail. She had the color of a golden blonde hair. And her eyes were bright brown.

"Okay, I'll give you an ice cream. But you have to do your homework I gave you first." My answer is to the little girl named Rosie.

Rosie is a 4 years old girl. This girl lost her parents because she was get lost in the park. Because she was crying alone there so I brought her in this orphanage. I was hoping her parents would pick her up soon. And then as she took out the doll she had hidden from the back of her hand she said,

"Yeah,Clara. I'll do it while eating ice cream," her answered while showing puppy eyes.

Then I must be the one to lose. "Okay, but don't forget to do your homework," I said and while pinching her cheeks vigorously.

"Yes, Clara," her answer as she wiped his blushing cheeks.

Then she went out of this room. I started out of this room too. And then, I grabbed my bag on the table. I walked out of the orphanage. Just took a few steps. I felt like someone was following me. I stopped and rotated my body back. But I didn't find anyone. Then I felt like someone was pulling the tip of my shirt. I looked down and saw a little boy looking up and squinting his eyes because of the considerable glare of the sun. He wore a pretty tight black shirt on because of his big belly and his short pants. Her height is only up to my waist.

Bowing down, I said to him, "Hi, Pooh. Why are you out of the yard? Don't you know the danger?"

"I just want to remind you not to forget that you have to buy me two servings of ice cream!" He said with a smile.

"Oh, no Pooh. You know why your nickname is Pooh? That's because your stomach's too big. You should curb your appetite!" I said as I rolled my eyes.

"But wait, how did you know you were going to get ice cream?" I asked in amazement.

"I heard your conversation with Rosie in the classroom. Come on, Clara. You know it's really hot today," he told me.

"No, Pooh! You only get one portion! If you do not want to, then I will eat it alone," I said, sticking out my tongue to it.

"Well, then it's not my fault if Bertha finds out that you've always been out of this place at night," he threats me.

I saw Pooh display his evil smile. I forgot he once saw me out at night. Hey, I hope you guys aren't negative thinking thoughts. I just went out to meet my best friend and she was a girl my age. She's my best friend who lives in town to further her education. So when the holidays come, she'll visit the village, because her parents still live here.

Back to reality. "You cheat, it's extortion! You stole my money, Pooh." said me with a sad face.

"Please don't beat around the bush. Go before the ice cream runs out! Remember Clara, I want two different variants," then pooh twisted her body running toward our upbringing.

With a deep sigh, I continued on my way. Today's clear weather skies are blue. It's orphanage located in a small town. There are only a thousand of inhabitants. We knew each other.This village lies beneath the foot of a mountain. So the weather here is quite cool. Up on the hill is the meadow. That is where the breeders will bring their animal. I've been riding up the hill, enough times to watch the sunset. It's amazing to see an orange sky change to darken. When I was walking, I saw a lot of sheep lined up. Maybe they wanted to go up the hill.

"Where are you going, Clara?" A man asked me.

I looked back. Turns out he was Uncle John. He's one of the breeders here. I saw him walking while herds the lambs.

"I'm going across the street to get some ice cream for Rosie," I answered with a smile.

"You're all alone?" Uncle John asked me.

"Yeah. I'm not bringing anyone." I replied.

"All right, be careful when you cross," he said it to me with his baritone voice.

"Yes, Sir!" I replied with a courteous.

I waved to Uncle John. And then he waved me back. Then starts herding the sheep back.

I began to go on my way.

After walking for a few minutes, I finally got to where I was going.I saw across the street that the ice-cream shop was so crowded. Because today it's been such a sunny day, reasonable if many kids to want to eat ice cream. To reach that ice-cream shop, I'd have to cross. I see cars passing by.

I right-left then trying to cross. In the middle of the street. Suddenly, there was a motorcycle speeding towards to me. I'm shocked it make me losing my voice.I felt my heart beating rapidly. The closer the motor vehicle gets, the more I feel the adrenaline rushing into the veins. My brain tells me to run, but my feet can't move. I could only stand on two shaky legs and close my eyes. I listening the tires screeching very loudly, probably because the rider was trying to stop his motorcycle. I couldn't see because my eyes were still closed. And I feel....

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I right-left then trying to cross. In the middle of the street. Suddenly, there was a motorcycle speeding towards to me. I'm shocked it make me losing my voice.I felt my heart beating rapidly. The closer the motor vehicle gets, the more I feel the adrenaline rushing into the veins. My brain tells me to run, but my feet can't move. I could only stand on two shaky legs and close my eyes. I listening the tires screeching very loudly, probably because the rider was trying to stop his motorcycle. I couldn't see because my eyes were still closed. And I feel....

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And I feel someone tugging on my hand. I was shocked. I couldn't even speak. I thought I was switching, not on the highway anymore. Is it possible that the bike hit me too hard? I felt a rushing fluid from my forehead and started falling down my cheeks. Did I bleed too much? I can't feel anything, can't see anything, everything looks dark.

"Hey, miss are you okay?"question of a man.

The man's voice sounded quite so close. I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I can't see him because it's all so dark.

"Wake up, please! Can you hear my voice?Please open your eyes!" The voice sounded panic.

I hear people are whispering.

"Do we have to call an ambulance? Looks like she's unconscious. Her face also looked very pale."

"No need, " I hear another person's faint voice.

"Yeah right, maybe her just shocked. How could she not be so pale after what just happened to her? Look at his sweat running down his cheeks!" That's what I heard from a woman.

I think I fainted. But why can I listen to them. It dawned on me that I had closed my eyes really hard. Then I open my eyes. A lot of people around here. It turns out I've been sitting on my knees with my ears closed by my hands.

"Yeah,I am okay" I say it in a quiet voice.

"Will you be able to stand up?"question from the man who tug me.

"Yes,I can do it" I replied, smiling awkwardly at the man who squatted with me.

As I started to get up,I saw a motorcycle just down the hall. Probably he's regret cause he almost hurt me. But if he really regrets what he did, he should be able to say sorry, right?Did he mean to harm me? Hey, what are you thinking, Clara? I should have realized that I was just a poor kid living in an orphanage. What would be the advantage of him if I were truly wretched? I'd just be bad luck for him. I can't see his face because he's wearing helmet. He's wearing a leather jacket. Looks like he's from the city. Suddenly, someone interrupts my thoughts.

"Do I  need to take you home,miss?" Asked this man to me.

I turned my gaze to my rescuer. This man is a very nice person. Everyone respect him. I am indebted to him. If he didn't pull my hand earlier, who knows what will hapen.

"Oh, no need. I already feel better." I told him.

"Alright then," he replied.

"But, can you help me one more time?" I asked him.

"Of course. What can I do for you,miss?" He asked, looking into my eyes.

Can you hide today's incident from the orphanage people? " I asked him with a shy smile.

"I could just do it. But you know that my wife always know what happening in this village." He said, laughing so as to show the fine lines in his eyes.

Well, his wife always knows everything what happens. I also know it all from his daughter. His daugter is my best friend. She's the reason I go out at night. She's a girl with a good personality. I think she can definitely have a lot of friends at school. We grew up  together. She gives me presents every time she comes back here. I looked at the old man in front of me and said.

"I hope you can persuade her not to preach to the orphanage, please help me Sir." I begged him.

I'm worried, if the foster mother knows it will make her think so hard. I just don't want to make her sick because of this. And she will also forbid me to come out of the orphanage.

"Okay, miss." He said.

"Clara,Sir. My name is Clara. You always forget my name. But once again, thank you." I said.

"Yeah, Clara. Haa..ha...haa. Goodbye and be careful." He laughed as he waved his hand and walked away from me.

Instantly I saw the the motorcycle rider had started to start his motorcycle engine. Because seeing that I'm not hurt ,he went on his way. 'SOUL' it's the word on the back of his jacket when I saw him start walking away.

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In another city visible of a girl running out from a mansion while crying. She's running towards the garden. And then she paused under tree. She wiping away her tears.

That's garden lies behind the mansion. The garden is crawling with trees and other plants. Then she prefers to lean under a maple tree. Her feet tread on fallen maple leaves. There's a pavilion in this garden. That is often used for gatherings.

"Why?" She shouted.

What she saw today broke her heart. She listened to the whole thing and it freaked her out. Someone tried to steal her place. Trying to steal away the love of her life.

"I Calista will never share what mine with who anyone" she said to herself.

She's trying to stay calm while taking a breath. Her tears were still flowing and she erased them violently.

And saying " I can't be weak.I have to find out who her is."

That's right, to defeat an enemy we must know what her weakness is. She will do anything to defeat her enemy. She began to tidy up her messy hair while wiping back her tears.

Not far from there is a man who has just entered the garden. He has some things to tell the owner of the house. And he was told to meet in the garden by the owner of the house.

He seemed to hear every word that came out of her mouth. And the girl did not feel the man's presence, because her position was with his back

"I'll never forgive you. I promise will make you pay for what you've done" she said with a sly smile.

Then the girl begins to step back into her mansion. The maiden had left the premises gracefully. Sometimes the maple leaves fall in her footsteps.

The man's eyes still looked at the girl's back as she began to disappear. The plan worked.

He's smiling with mystery.

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The man's eyes still looked at the girl's back as she began to disappear. The plan worked.

He's smiling with mystery.

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Calista is walking into mansion. When the maid seeing her passed they are bowed in greeting. Calista has continued to make her way up the ladder. Then she walked to her room.

As soon as she got her room, she was busy searching for something. She raised a pillows that was on top of her bed. In a flash, his bed was falling apart. Even, the pink blanket of sheep was thrown down. But she still hasn't been able to locate the missing object.Then his gaze fell down and he finally found the object. She then began to bend down to grasp the flat object. She saw the screen cracked. Turns out she throw that thing too hard. Because she was very emotional when she saw the message on her cell phone. She started turning on her phone and then calling someone.

📞"Hello, Love. What the hell is going on? Do you miss me?" Answered the receiver.

📞"Hey, babe. Where are you now?" She asked the person she was talking to. That person is her lover.

📞"Where else but the office. You know how Dad is always pushing me to work in his Company," his reply.

📞"So, tomorrow we don't have any plans?" her questions to make sure. Tomorrow she intends to go somewhere. But she had no intention of getting his boyfriend to come with her.

📞"Where do you want me to take you, Babe? Is there somewhere you'd like to go?" his asking continue.

📞"Nope. I'm just asking. You just have to work," her saying.

📞"Let's go, Mark!" Calista heard voice in the distance. She recognized the voice, it must have come from his boyfriend's father.

📞"Yes,Dad." Mark answer to the man who summoned him.

Then Calista said,📞"Looks like you're really busy, Babe."

📞"Yeah, Dad told me to go to the meeting with him," Mark answer.

📞"Alright. Good luck!" She said, Calista had no intention of continuing their conversation.

📞"All right, Babe. You must not forget your lunch. And don't stay up too late. I don't guess I can call tonight. But after my work is done, I will come to you, Babe. Bye Babe. Love you," Mark saying.

📞"Bye ,love you too," Calista reply.

The phones were disconnected. Calista staring at the screen phone. Then she started looking for messages. She read a message that upset her. It contained the address of a village. He also got a picture. But unfortunately, the photograph is not very clear. The photograph was taken from the side so it could not be clearly seen in his face. Plus, a pretty badly broken screen on his phone. Doesn't matter to Calista. Because if she wants, she can buy 10 phones at a time.But she doesn't have time for that right now. Because tomorrow is the perfect day to find out who that girl is. The address is in a village at the foot of a mountain. She was planning on leaving tomorrow.

The conclusion from what she had read, that this girl was a threat to her. She must do something to this girl, she thought. The first step she has to find this girl. She happened to have a friend who lived in the village. Maybe her best friend is willing to help her find this address.

Calista's still staring at the screen on his phone. She started to cry again. She asked herself if the person she loved would prefer the girl in this picture. Whether he can live? Calista was terrified.

She looked at the wall of her room. A lot of hang photos. The photograph of his family came to his attention. That photo was taken on vacation with her boyfriend too. In that picture they look happy. Her daddles kissed the mommies. While her boyfriend kissed her on the cheek.

Suddenly there came a knocking from outside the room. Calista immediately got up and opened her door. It was a maid knocking on her door.

"What's the matter?" asked Calista.

"Miss, Mrs Joseph has asked you to join the dining room," said the maid.

Calista glanced at his arlogi. Needle on arlogi rose-gold, which is circular on his left hand, has already shown half past twelve. She intended to skip his lunch, but she remembered Mark telling her not to miss his lunch.

"Has my Dad been there yet?" Calista cautiously asked.

"Not yet, Miss. But, Mrs Joseph told me to ask Mr Joseph to join too as well," she answered.

Then Calista asks again,"Where is my Dad now?"

The maid replied,"Mr Joseph is in the back garden. I saw him talking to someone earlier. Looks like it's his guest, Miss."

"Well, let me call my Dad," Calista said.

"All right then, Miss," the maid soon departed Calista.

Calista walked out of his room. She walked down the steps. After that, he immediately headed for the garden to find his father. As soon get to garden, Calista hear the voice talking.

"I beg your pardon. I would try even harder, Sir." That sentence came from a man's mouth.

Calista's trying to find out about their conversation. The girl began to approach them. But before moving any closer, the girl heard the conversation again.

"If this plan fails again, you'll be at risk. Your life is in my hands, remember that!" said a man who turned out to be Mr Joseph.

Calista was shocked to hear those words. How could her father, who was full of love and always indulged her, say a sentence like that?Calista immediately hid behind the tree. So that her father would not know that she was listening to their conversation.

Calista could only see the back of his father, while the man who was visiting Mr. Joseph turned to him. She tried to hide behind a tree, hoping no one would see her. Curious, she tried to peer behind the tree. But caught by the girl's gaze was that a man she didn't know saw her whereabouts. He stared at Calista with his keen eyes.

Calista had no idea what to do. Whether she should remain hidden to listen to their chatter. Or she had to go to her father, because she had been caught to that man.

The man walked forward to Mr. Joseph. And the man whispered something to Mr Joseph. Calista can't hear anything. That girl saw only her father nod his head as while he pushed his hand into his pants pocket. She's trying to move into the side of the tree. But she accidentally stepped on a dried branch. So it makes a sound 'krek'.

She looked down at her shoes.Carefully, that girl raised her right foot. Then remove the branch using its feet slowly to prevent making a sound. Then she carefully looked at her father, who had already turned to her.

Calista cursed ,"Oh, shit!!!"

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