Lost

I ran as fast as I could, those people seemed won't let me out of their sights. But I ran for so long that I couldn't even breathe properly. The harbor was very crowded. I needed to slip somewhere between these people. So, I just put off my jacket and follow a random person, offering him to carry his luggage for free. I managed to enter one of those big ships.

But I still didn't feel at ease, I needed to make sure those guys weren't behind me. I thought I hid myself well, I couldn't find their face everywhere inside the entrance. I was so exhausted, I had run for almost one hour escaping from the men my uncle sent. They were crazy men, they took every single chance to shoot me. I was really grateful for my luck. I was panting, hard to breathe and suddenly my sight got blur, and everything started become dark. I didn't remember what happened next...

I opened my eyes and surprised.

"Where am I?"

I woke up in a small bedroom, cozy enough for me. None here, I didn't remember why I ended up in the room coz I didn't remember checking in. Suddenly the door opened, there was a man with dark hair coming close to me and smiled,

"You awake"

"Ah, yes... And you are...?" I didn't remember contacting someone since I hopped in. I didn't even know where my cellphone gone.

The man stood in front of the bed.

"Oh, my name is Reyhan. You can call me Rey. I found you near the entrance, you passed out. So I brought you here" he explained.

"Ah, thank you. But I need to get out of here" I was looking for my jacket, my wallet was in there too.

The man looked at me and said,

"where will you go? We are on the ocean since yesterday."

What?

I opened the curtain beside me, there's a window behind it and I couldn't find anything but blue ocean in front of me.

"Where does this thing head to?" I asked the young man.

"We are headed to the East, to my country. Have you ever heard a country named Dawla?" he asked me.

I shook my head,

"nah, I never read newspaper nor watching TV."

He smiled again,

"Well, you probably won't find it anyway in the newspaper or television. My country is a state that your country never want to exist."

I was curious about his last sentence. Why would my country reject his country's existence? Was it a country full of poisons or something? Well, I didn't really care since I didn't have any destination...anywhere but my country would be fine.

"May I know your name?" he asked me again.

"My name is David, you can call me Dave."

We shook hands.

This man looked nice. I didn't feel afraid or something.

"Okay then, Dave. You must be tired, you can take a shower then join me for breakfast at 7. I'll pick you up." Rey took his steps out of my room.

I was very curious about who he was. I never found anyone help me before. Not even my uncle. He thought that I was just an obstacle that he needed to banish. He killed my mom, my dad, and my brother in an arranged accident five months ago. I should be with them at that time but I told them I would go after prom night. Suddenly the plane crashed, none found alive. I lived in guilt for months. If only I went with them that time, I wouldn't feel guilty for staying alive. I couldn't do anything about my uncle. The day after the accident he held a meeting with the shareholders just to make himself the new CEO for my dad's company. Then he took all my dad's belongings. Homes, cars, and also mom's jewelries. He blocked my cards, leaving me penniless. So, I have to live in a remote area taking whatever jobs that came to me just to make sure that I could live the next day. I hid myself from my uncle but two days ago there were some men stalked me at the harbor. I was delivering large amount of groceries to a restaurant inside the harbor. That was the first I felt so afraid. They are heartless, they tried to shoot me whenever the saw me. It was just crazy, even when I hid myself they could still find me. And this is the first time I could breathe easy after it. I don't care where I would go. The farther the better. I don't care about those richness my uncle took, it wasn't mine from the start. I just want a peaceful living where I don't need to be afraid of being shot anytime.

I got up from my bed and took a nice shower. The warm water calmed down my nerves. Although I don't know where would I get the money to pay these expenses. There must be be something I can do to earn money in this huge ship. I opened the closet and found my jacket along with a brand new clothes and trousers.

Wow

I never be treated this good. I needed to pay Rey back as soon as I got money. I was just not used to this kindness.

Rey popped in front of the door at 7 knocking. I opened the door and I saw someone behind him. It was a girl wearing some kind of cloth on her head. I don't know what it was. I never saw something like that before.

"I hope the shirt fits you coz I don't really know your size" Rey looked at my clothes.

"Oh, it's perfectly fine. It suits me well, thank you...you don't need to do this. I'll pay you back later"

Rey pat my back,

"No need of paying back. You are my guest now."

We were headed to a restaurant inside the ship. It was really not an ordinary ship. They had almost everything in this ship. Store, bank, cafe, hotel, restaurant...anything you need was there. I noticed one more girl with the same dress as the first one came. Those two girls sat on the different section of the restaurant. This restaurant kinda weird too. It had different room for women and family.

"Who were those women?" I suddenly asked Rey about those girls.

"Oh, the ones that behind me? She's my sister Layla. The other one is my wife, Anne. My wife and me come to pick her up. She's just finished her study at your country last month. I happened to have time to pick her yesterday. There are things I need to manage before I go. So, what do you do, Dave?" He smild again.

"Well, I was a part timer. I did any job that come to me...just to earn money for living. You know... the tax, the daily livings are so high in my country."

"Ah, yes I know. Layla said the same when she first came to your country. She said that the fares are really crazy. So much different from our country. That's why she needed to earn some money too back then." Rey laughed.

"And what do you do, Rey? Are you a famous trader in your country?" I teased him.

"Well, I'm not that great, Dave. I just run a small groceries store at the town. And my wife is a teacher at kindergarten."

"And you can send your sister to study abroad? You must be kidding me, Rey"

Rey laughed,

"I'm not joking, Dave. Everyone in my country has right to study wherever he or she wants, the country will pay the tuition fees. As for living costs if you study abroad like my sister, the government will cover the basic needs. You just need to earn extra money if you want something else"

"Wow, your government must be crazy, Rey. How come they aren't broke after all of it?" I was amazed by Rey's story.

"I don't know how they do it. But they do that for years now. Although not every major are allowed to be taken outside the country. The major should benefit for many people and needed by my country. Like my sister, she studied about viruses. I don't really know the details since I'm not good at it. But you can always ask me about where the finest meat comes from, I'm good at it." Rey laughed again, I laughed too.

His sister might be a doctor. I was getting more curious about Layla. Why did she wear that kind of dress?

And I was kind of surprised that I almost never see woman inside the ship. They were like on the other part of the ship that I can't enter. What's with this ship? Where will it take me to?

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