; chapter one

The Other World                                                  chapter one

              I cried as loud as I can. My friend Olivia followed me from behind but after some minutes, she stopped while panting. It was raining that day and I'm wet. No one could see the tears that coming out from my eyes. "Mum!" I screamed. Some of the pedestrian were jolted when I shouted but I don't care... She's in danger. My mum is in danger.

A few minutes ago, I received a message from my mother told me to go back home. I refused to but when she called me, I heard a loud bang and her voice trembling when she spoke to me. What I could hear is just... "Come home."

When I reached the house, I saw that she's lying at the centre of the hall. I am so repent that she's still moving. "Mum, I can hear you. Calm down, take a deep breath." Her head's all bleeding and there's too much blood I saw at the floor. "You have... to find your... brother." I frowned. "What? I don't have brother, mum." She shooked her head.

Her bloody hand carressed my cheek. "Say to him that... Bonsevoir attacked me." She gave me her sincerest smile. "Dad, is waiting for you." That was the last thing she said. I rested my head at her chest. Aunt Marlisa ran into our house. "Tracey, what happened?" I cried to her. "Mum's dead!" I shouted and she grabbed her phone.

             "I'm sorry, Tracey." Olivia came to mother's funeral in her dark green short dress. Her blonde hair tied into a braid and rested at her left shoulder. There's a black ribbon on her head. She's not wearing heels like always but she weared sneaker this time. She hugged me at the moment she saw me and patted my back. "Listen, my mum said that if something happened to Aunt Laciana, she have to deliver this note to you." 

Olivia said to me while she's hugging me. "I inserted the note in your pocket. Read it when you're alone. Remember, don't trust anyone." She broke the hug and walked away. After she paid respect to my mother, she followed her mum. Her last look on me, I believed that she's worried.

"Tracey." I looked at another guest. He is someone that I didn't know. "I'm Allan, son of Aunt Marlisa. She have to fly to Bangkok today and that's why I'm here." I nodded. I looked at mum's coffin and wondering if she's cold. I am cold, mum. In this dress. "If you need something, just ask me." He smiled and walked to mum's coffin. 

My relatives came but they seems to not know about I'm having a brother. Allan stood next to me, I don't know what is his function to be standing there. When my grandmother came, she let a tear dropped from her eyes. "I... can't expect that she's gone first. I should go first, my dear." 

I hugged her tightly. "You shouldn't talk about that, grandma. All of this is fate. We must accept the fact." She smiled while carressed my arm. "I know that you were a strong child, honey." Allan put his hand on my shoulder and squeeze it. He gave me a smile that showed 'be strong.' I don't know what to do next. I had no one besides me.

Then, I remember that mum told me that I had a brother. She might had gone crazy. People gone crazy when they're dying. I refused to believe it. 

              Allan brought me dinner at a restaurant. I only eat a meal that have a small potion. I don't have any appetite to eat. Thinking about everything. She's bleeding. Who did that to mum?

I looked at Aunt Marlisa's son. She told us once about her son. He studied in Japan. She told that he's two years older than me. No doubt that he's taller than me. I am short. Even someone younger than me is taller than me.

He has some flaw on his face but you'll realized it when you looked closer on his face. When I distanced myself from him, his face is bright and flawless. His dark brown hair would never lies on his forehead. He looked like a gentleman, always in suit.

"Hey, are you alright?" He waved his hand infront of me. Our eyes met. I looked away while cleared my throat. "I'm fine. I'm just full." I wiped my mouth and met his eyes back. "You still have some dirt at the corner of your lips." He showed it with his fingertips. I wiped it and he gave me a bright smile.

Same like when mum smiled at me. "It's already gone." We finished our meal and he sent me to my house, which is just infront of his. "Shout out my name if you need anything." He winked and drove his car into the garage. When we're infront of our house's door, he waved. 

"Good night!"

I stepped into the house. It smelled like mother. I dig my hands into the pocket and took the old paper. 

To : Tracia Gray     

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