At night, of course, Nada managed to get out of this cursed room. This is all thanks to Mike who loves her very much and invites her to have dinner together as a harmonious family, even though her relationship with Bela is very messy.
Of course, this will never be opposed by Bela who incidentally will always appreciate Nada's presence if Mike is in this house.
With the feeling that her heart was starting to growl because Mike had spoken to Nada as if Bela wasn't there, she felt jealous. Bela only wants Mike's attention only for her, not to mention that Nada who is Mike's biological child also can't feel the same affection, which she wants to achieve.
"Oh yes, Nada. Don't you have to attend a class on campus tomorrow?" Bela is asking like this not because she knows her stepdaughter's schedule, no. She was just guessing, bringing up new topics of conversation that might make Mike's attention to Nada lessen, more accurately diverted.
Of course, because he heard when Bela spoke like that, Mike turned his gaze towards his wife. He smiled lopsidedly. "Thankfully, you care a lot about Nada and I'm very happy to hear that."
Hearing Bela delivers a new topic of conversation, of course, Nada already knew this because she secretly noticed the look on her stepmother's face which was still the same as before, not liking her close presence with Mike.
"There's no class schedule, Mom. Tomorrow is my day off and I'm also free from piles of college assignments because I've done everything on time and I even submitted it before the deadline."
Mike smiled then raised his hand to caress the top of Nada's head with very high affection. While stroking the top of his daughter's head, he looked at Bela with eyes that seemed to signal his wife to give understanding to him and his little daughter. "Tomorrow, Nada and I want to go out together, it seems she needs time to refresh. And I just want to spend time alone with Nada, sorry without you, how about it?"
At first, Bela was happy when she heard the word 'refreshing'. But when she heard Mike's continuation, she got annoyed with Nada, but Bela tried her best to hold it in by showing a sweet smile like a mother who is very understanding with children and husband at one time.
"Is that so? If you two want to spend time together, that's fine. Besides, you guys don't have much time together, what a coincidence, you also have a day off tomorrow and of course, Nada can spend some time with her father."
Nada has lost its appetite to return to enjoying the food menu in front of her, hearing Bela's answer certainly makes a big smile. She didn't expect her stepmother to let her go alone with Mike, where usually when her father had a day off, Bela would always be close to her father, even to the point that she could only talk from a distance and couldn't show the affection and longing she had hidden all this time.
Even though Nada already knew what Bela said was a compulsion, somehow her heart never hid happiness.
"Thank you, ma'am, I love you more than anything."
"Yes, I love you too."
Mike smiled, and he continued his dinner happily. He could feel that previously between Bela and Nada there was a hill that made them look not close together. But now... looking much better.
They had dinner accompanied by the topic of conversation brought by Mike about his work. Yes, he is a hard-working man who runs the company, but he is not the owner of the company.
This thing called working late, coming home late this evening, was familiar to him and seemed like an unmissable daily meal.
In the end, they had finished with their meal.
"Now you rest dear, tomorrow we take a walk to where you want."
"Fine, Dad. But I have to clean up the dirty dishes and wash them first."
Nada glanced at Bela, her stepmother put on a very terrible smile.
Mike raised an eyebrow, then seemed to shake his head. "For what? Let your mother do it, your job is only to study and rest. I don't like it if you don't do your homework on time because you clean the house which your mother should be able to do."
"But it's just a light dish-cleaning activity."
"Yes, I didn't stop you. But, it's late and it's time for you to rest."
Nada looks doubtful. Because, for all kinds of homework, from easy to difficult, she did everything on Bela's orders without the slightest objection. She was just afraid that the next day after her father was busy at work, Bela would torture her in various ways even though she never physically hurt her.
With a heavy heart, Bela will say sweet sentences that are very lazy to say. "It's okay, you just rest in your bedroom, I also usually do my house cleaning activities."
Exhaling, Nada nodded her head slowly. She knew that the next day she would feel the torment that Bela would inflict on her. "In that case, okay."
Nada got up from her seat, then approached Mike to kiss her father's right and left cheeks with affection. "Good evening dad, I can't wait for tomorrow."
Mike nodded his head, he got up from his seat and hugged Nada's body while stroking the top of his daughter's head. "Good night, rest for tomorrow."
After touching affection like a daughter and a father, now Nada is finally in her room.
She sat on the bed with her body half wrapped in the blanket. Her mind wandered again. She repeatedly glanced at the mirror she had asked her father to cover with a thick black cloth.
She thought it worked. The proof, nothing strange has happened to her since her father returned.
"Huft, my days are getting heavy and tiring."
Nada wants to rest, but it seems she is curious about an old book found in the library.
Suddenly when she looked and flipped to the next blank page with nothing, there was now a new chapter in the blank.
Page. D
No one can escape from destiny. You can only change it, but the odds are 50:50.
What you're avoiding right now doesn't cover up the fact that you're only slowing it down and not preventing it.
Already know the trigger? Immediately find a way out so that your life doesn't end sadly like some of the previous victims.
Congratulations, you have successfully attracted a new target 'them' who is likely to snatch your lover for the second time.
Beware of the people who are near you, she/he is the source of trouble as well as the trigger of all this seemingly endless game.
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Nada read what was written there felt goosebumps. She rubbed her palms, then sighed.
"What? Who will be taken back from me? Who is the closest person I should be wary of?"
The more he thought about it, the more she felt she had no answer to what was stuck in her head, the whole thing was enigmatic.
Page. The D had been seen and meant it was a warning sign of imminent danger. Ready or not, Nada will again feel deep sadness.
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