Prolouge

The atmosphere was gloomy and dull.

Raining and pouring down. The sound of rain just filled the surroundings. The cemetery is filled with black clothes people. All of them standing in front of one grave. No one dared to speak. Instead, their head hangs low.

Some of them are sad, expressionless, and normal.

After a while, everyone starts to go back. The cemetery slowly becomes silent with no presence. The only one left is a small figure, kneeling. Her both hands clutched on each other.

Tears non-stop running on her cheeks but no sound come out of her. She just stared at the grave with an expression on her face. But in her mind, filled with memories that somehow she couldn’t stop replaying.

“Sweetie...” a soft voice coming from her mother filled her ears.

Mrs. Tiana couldn’t see the state of her daughter like this, “Sweetie, let’s go home, yeah?”

The girl didn’t say anything instead, she got up and nodded in silence. Her mother smiles a bit before grabbing the girl’s hand.

They slowly walked back towards their car. The guards shut the door closed. Mrs. Tiana glances at her daughter who keeps hanging her head low. She knows how close her daughter is to her father.

“Sweetie, I know this is not...what we want in life. No one wants this but...you know we have to...to keep living, right?” Mrs. Tiana.

Her daughter paused for a moment before nodding, “I know...”

Mrs. Tiana has to stay strong for her daughter. Even she felt sad to take over herself after losing her husband. The thought of losing someone she dearly loves is not what she had in mind.

The front door opens. Mrs Tiana saw her daughter straight to her bedroom. She lets out a heavy sigh. Maybe she has to give time first.

She lets herself flop on the couch, with a tired sigh. The house is nothing but silence. Only the sounds of guards doing their patrolling. There are no sounds of joy and laughter.

It has been a month after that. She can’t help but miss the presence of her father. She sitting on the bed with her knees on her chest. This past few weeks, her mother handling stuff.

Not even once did her mother come to be with her anymore like before. As if, she changed after losing her father. Because the only person she left is her mother, she doesn’t want to think bad stuff about it.

The girl gets up as she feels hungry. Soon she went downstairs. Then, the sounds of laughing and chattering could be heard. She takes a peak from behind the living room door to see her mother with her father’s best friend’s father, Frank.

They look so happy talking with each other.

Again, Mrs. Tiana hanging out with Frank. Not aware that her daughter has been watching their interaction this whole time.

Looks like...the girl knows this will lead to where.