Reyna smiles sweetly seeing Tasha's photo exposed on her smartphone screen, Reyna hopes that Tasha's smile will always color her beautiful face.
Reyna approached Tasha who was looking at a towering tree, a tree full of fond memories of Reyna, Tasha, and Rega's childhood.
FLASHBACK
Reyna and Tasha are playing on the swings they made on a very tall tree. Still wearing their elementary school uniforms, Tasha and Reyna laughed cheerfully as they playing with the swing.
"Rey. Wait. I heard something from that bush," said Tasha, holding Reyna's tiny hand. "What do you hear?" Reyna asked curiously "Sssh… Wait a minute. I want to check first."
"Tasha. Don't leave me alone. I'm scared." Reyna said with a pitiful face. Reyna was older than Tasha, but that didn't mean Reyna is braver too. Reyna is a coward in contrast to Tasha who is not afraid of anything. But, if Tasha's safety is threatened, Reyna is willing to do anything to make the person who hurt Tasha suffering.
The two of them walked towards the bush "Sha. Come on ... Maybe it's just a little cat, don't bother it," said Reyna who was scared hiding behind Tasha's shoulder "Just calm down. You have me, don't be scared," Tasha replied, tapping Reyna's shoulder lightly. They both got closer to the source of the sound.
Tasha cut open the bush with her tiny hand and that was where Tasha and Reyna found a little boy who was sobbing, his eyes were red as well as his nose, his puffy eyes indicated that the boy had been crying hours ago.
"Who are you? Why are you crying? " said Tasha stretching out her tiny hand "My mom said do not talk to strangers," replied the little boy and brushed Tasha's hand.
Tasha just smiled softly while Reyna still hiding behind Tasha's shoulder. "Well there's nothing wrong with making new friends, right?" said Tasha while approaching the little boy who was still sobbing.
The little boy finally turns around and faces Tasha. Tasha carefully watched the little boy, even though his eyes were puffy, she could see pair of beautiful blue eyes combined with a brown color that made anyone who see those eyes would be immersed in their beauty. Then Tasha's eyes fell to the little lips of the boy making a cute little smile.
"M-my name is Rega," said the boy still in a choking voice and stretched his hand Tasha smiled and shaking hands with Rega "My name is Tasha. Nice to meet you. By the way, this is my best friend, her name is Reyna. " Tasha pushes Reyna so that They're face to face. Reyna just smiled so did Rega.
"Okay! Starting today we are friends," said Tasha, making Reyna and Rega jumped in surprise. "How? That is a good idea isn't?" without waiting for an answer from Rega and Reyna, Tasha pulled them both towards the big, tall tree, which could be said to have become Tasha and Reyna's territory.
Tasha took a sharp stone and carved her name on the tree trunk, then after Tasha finished she handed the stone to Reyna who looked at her confused "This is a sign of our friendship. Starting from today we are friends, so we immortalize it on this tree, " said Tasha enthusiastically.
Hearing that Reyna and Rega smile sweetly and wrote their names on the tree. And Reyna drew hearts around their names. At that time, for Rega, it was the most beautiful day for him because he had met Tasha and Reyna.
END OF FLASHBACK
"SHA !!!" Reyna's loud scream brought Tasha out of her reverie. The pieces of her beautiful past were suddenly shattered. "What the heck, Rey?! You could give me a heart attack. Dammit, " Tasha annoyed "You're looking a bit lost earlier. I'm scared maybe you see a ghost or something, " Reyna said while shivering in fear, Tasha just shook her head and chuckle "Tch. You have never changed, still be the coward girl, " said Tasha in a mocking tone, Reyna just chuckled irritably and looked up at the lush green tree, seeing that made Reyna scared to death.
"Uh, Rey. Come here, have a look at this. " Reyna turned to Tasha, who was crouching in front of a tree trunk that had been chipped with age.
"What?"
"Do you still remember this? The writing of the three of us. " hearing that Reyna rushed over to Tasha and saw the handwriting on the sturdy tree trunk. Reyna smiled sadly, a flash of that beautiful memory crossed Reyna's head, Reyna turned towards Tasha who was tracing the writing of Rega's name with her finger.
Tasha is a person who is good at hiding her feelings, people who see Tasha from afar will think that Tasha is happy, but if you look closely you will see Tasha's sad face.
Unconsciously Reyna's tears fell and wet her cheeks, Reyna realized and immediately wipe her tears "Rey," called Tasha in a whispered voice "Yes, Tasha?" Reyna replied with a sweet smile. "Where do you think Rega is now?" Tasha's question made Reyna want to cry again. Because of that incident, Tasha's memory is partially lost due to trauma, Tasha's doctor says that slowly Tasha's memory will return completely, but Reyna prefers Tasha's memory of the incident will never return.
"Rey? Tch. Now you are daydreaming, let's go back. It's getting dark already, " said Tasha, breaking all Reyna's daydreams. Reyna just nodded and smile back.
They both walked towards Reyna's car and hurried towards Tasha's house. On the way, Reyna felt that they were both being followed by someone when Reyna looked behind she saw a black car following her car from behind.
At first, Reyna was panicked and scared but when she turned towards Tasha who already falls asleep she thought about Tasha's safety. So Reyna tried to outwit the black car behind her, luckily the road wasn't too empty so it was easy for Reyna to escape without a trace from the Secret Follower.
"Damn black car!" Reyna's complaint made Tasha wake up from her sleep "What's wrong?" said Tasha while rubbing her eyes. Reyna just shook her head "It was nothing. Just go back to sleep."
Finally, the car was parked in the yard of Tasha's house. "Do you want to get in first? I think my brother won't come back home anytime soon."
"No thanks. I have to finish my homework. Ugh, I hate math so much much much."
"Take that! I already did that," said Tasha proudly
"Tashaaaa ... You are the most beautiful, kind, smart ..."
"Alright. Stop. Yes, I know I'm pretty, I'm smart. You don't have to seduce me like that, Wait here I'll take my book," Reyna smiles happily at Tasha's words.
"Thank you, Tasha. You're the best, I love you so much. "
"Yea… Yea… I love me too. Now go back home, I want to rest," after waving hands Reyna's car pulls away from Tasha's yard.
Tasha entered her dark and lonely house, she missed her father and mother so much, Tasha never knew when and why her parents left, her brother only said that they died in a car accident. But there was something that made her don't believe it. She promised herself that she would find out the true story about her parents.
Meanwhile…
The sound of footsteps approaching the white room is very tense, even from afar, the dark aura will be felt. It wasn't just random people who walked into the room, some came out safely, some didn't even come close to the word 'safe'.
The screeching sound of the door was heard indicating people were entering, the voice of middle-aged men to roar throughout the room.
"Do you got her? " just hearing its low yet sharp voice could give anyone chills. "Not yet, sir. I lost track in the middle of the road… " before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of a table-pounding which made the poor man jumped "How the hell can you lost her! I only give you one job to do!"
"I'm so sorry, Sir. If you give me permission, I promise I will get all the information about the girl," said the man in a trembling voice. "Enough for today, I will tell you about the next work. And for that girl just leave it to me," said a middle-aged man with an evil smile.
"Alright, sir. Thank you for the opportunity that you have given me, " said the poor man, and with that, he immediately left the room.
"Bring the prisoner to my room. Hurry! " said the middle-aged man using his cell phone. He felt that he was on the verge of victory because he already had a secret weapon that would make Tasha do anything for him.