PART 05

Lullaby

Sometimes, I got a nightmare. That nightmare was the worst event in my life that I would love to forget once and for all.

At certain times I felt like I was being forced to go back to that day. Where I watched my mom and dad get shot right in front of my eyes.

It's always the same thing. Starting with the sound of broken glass, the sound of father's screams and finally the blood coming out from their heads began to fill the floor.

A tense atmosphere, anger, sadness, anxiety, fear. All these mixed feelings were driving me down like crazy. When I get stuck in that emotional dream, the sound of lightning startled me. Made me wake up from my bad dream.

When I woke up, I realized that it’s was pouring rain outside. I got up from my bed and walk to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Before I could stand up straight, I was surprised by a figure of boy who was sitting in the corner of my room, curled up.

“Dallen! What are you doing there? You scared me.” I approach him and sit squat to match with him.

“What’s wrong?”

He didn’t answer me and just staring at me.

If I take a look at him, sneaking up to my room without wake me up then, he might also have bad dream or he just afraid of the thunder. That’s explain why he sitting here quietly.

“Are you afraid of the thunder?”

Silent. He didn’t respons.

“You have a bad dream?”

He still won’t answer.

“Dallen, you should tell me. You are a human not a ghost. So you must speak.”

Three second laters he start to mumbling something.

“Bad.” He just said one word.

This is the first time I heard he speak in this house after one month he didn’t speak at all.

“So you have bad dream?”

He give me nod.

He rarely approach me not even like this. I feel glad that he start to say something too, but I can't celebrate anything right now. I’m sleepy and I’m sure he feel the same as mine. But how could I sleep by myself if he stay in there like that?

I take deep breath.

“Alright then, you can sleep with me tonight. Let me get some water first.”

I walk to the kitchen and let Dallen stay in his position.

This already ten days since he here. When first time I found him, he lost consicius for the whole day then wake up with amnesia.

He couldn’t remember his own name’s, who is his parents and everything in his life. The state of life that I really want to have sometimes. To forget everything. But now, when I look at him, I feel terrifying.

You might want to forgot your bad memories or problem but you would never want to lost yourself. That’s what I learn after seeing Dallen.

I was ask help from Julian. I want him to help Dallen to find his family without making big news about it. Cause I don’t know why, but feel something wrong with his appearance.

I feel he has been physically abused by other people. Either from his own family or from people he didn't know at all. Since I'm not sure about the situation, that's why I want to investigate if he was really missing kid or he was kidnapped by someone out there.

Julian finally agred with me to keep Dallen in our side until we found out who is his family. Through with hidden investigations.

Plus with the fact that he had nightmares made me even more suspicious about his real background. But for now let’s just take care of this child.

“Here, you can sleep beside me.” I come back to my room after drink a cup of water.

Dallen just follow me to lying down to the bed as I order.

“Now just sleep and don’t think about anything. You are save here.” I gently patted his chest. Try to calm his down. Not long after that, his eyes closed and me either.

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