This silent night brings deep sad news. Right at midnight, Grace was declared dead due to complications from the illness she had been suffering from. Behind the life he lived, he kept a deep pain alone until the end of his life. As soon as she heard the sad news, Alice, who is currently still not asleep, immediately rushed to the hospital meanwhile, Theresia was already fast asleep so she didn't know this news. Precisely at the hospital, Alice quickly went to her room and found that it was already cleaned. Alice who felt desperate then she went to the morgue and asked about Grace. Apparently the hospital has handed him over to his family so they are not responsible for burying him. Alice was frustrated because it was late, then she called the secretary uncle and it turned out that he didn't answer the call either. The slumped self is now sitting pensively on the chair in the lobby. Several passersby saw it and they immediately ignored it because it had nothing to do with them. He unconsciously shed tears and made him feel even more miserable. On this quiet night, the sound of his moaning made him hurt more and more. He started blaming himself for not being able to help his friend and kept cursing himself until a young man came up to him. She then said something to him.
"Cry. You deserve that,” the man said to Alice. Suddenly he saw the man in front of him. a man she didn't know and she seemed to know something.
"Who are you?"
"Only relatives of the people you cry over."
"What are you saying? Then why are you here? Grace has been taken away."
"I already know. Just like you, I was also late.”
"You?"
"I'll tell you where he must be buried. So don't worry."
"Um, what's your name?"
"It doesn't matter what my name is."
"Eh?"
"Are you really Grace's relative?"
"Of course. How could I lie."
"Wait, you called me?"
"Right. it was the secretary uncle who ordered me.”
"What?"
"I'll tell you later, you better go home now."
Alice, whose feelings began to be relieved, now she walked towards the bus stop and was going home. He felt empty and it all just happened so fast. He then went to his room when he got inside his house. Antoni who saw Alice just returned he just watched her from a distance and didn't interfere. Until the next morning. Theresia who was silent with shocked eyes left her speechless. The look on his face looked sad and not long after that he cried loudly when he learned the news of his friend's death. Apparently, his funeral was attended only by people he had known during his life. Thanks to the help of her relatives, Alice and Theresia are now at Grace's funeral and they both seem to have lost their figure. Now it's all over. The pain he had been suffering all this time had disappeared and he too had gone to that realm. Those left behind felt sad except for their parents who were not at the burial site. Based on the information from his relatives, they did not come for a very sad reason. Hearing what he said alone made them both feel angry and now they could only be silent while shedding tears.
“I still can't believe this,” muttered Theresia who even now she was standing right in front of Grace's grave
On this sad day, at Noel's base to be precise. At this time Philip was doing his job, apparently he got some shocking news from someone. He was immediately taken aback and couldn't hide his expression. Noel and Jay who saw his reaction were surprised and they saw him then said something to him.
"What is it?"
“Why are you surprised like that?”
"Impossible," muttered Philip
"What's wrong with this kid?" Noel said
"That's enough."
Philip who was still silent and didn't believe the news, he was immediately gloomy and immediately left the room and headed somewhere. The two of them who saw it like that were certainly getting weirder and not long after that they just let it go. Right now, Philip was pensive alone with a sad look on his face. Previously he hacked his bank account and after this he left this world so fast. There was still guilt in him and it made him feel even more pain. Not only that, he also remembered that previously they had been friends for a long time and also many other things that made him feel like a bad person in this world. Meanwhile, Alice was currently at Grace's grave and was still looking at her with a sad expression. His relative then said something to him.
"Thank you for being her friends for the rest of her life," said her relative Grace
"Not. Don't say it like that," Alice said while holding back her tears. While Theresia was still sobbing.
"I'm just saying what I should."
"I said don't say it."
"Okay."
The man then left them. The person who had been with them earlier was none other than Grace's cousin. She told him everything and now they both couldn't accept the reality in front of her and continued to grieve. After being sad enough, apparently Alice suddenly got a call from someone who had been ignoring her all this time. Seeing who called him, he was immediately hurt and it made him not stop shedding tears and feeling angry at the same time. All this time he had only lived as a person who had never met him and even his separation still left him with wounds. At this moment, she came to him as if missing him and it made her emotions burn very much. Alice then wiped her tears and not long after she left the funeral and picked up the call.
"How are you? It's been a long time, I haven't heard your voice. Are you all right Alice?” said the person on the phone call.
"Yes. I live well, how about you?”
"Thank God. I thought your father would abandon you, so how about we meet up?”
"Sorry. I have work to do."
"I see, too bad. I really want to see my little daughter's face. Did she grow up to be a beautiful child?”
Hearing his words made Alice burst into tears. She couldn't hold back her tears this time and she accidentally dropped her phone which was still making calls. She immediately tried to wipe her tears continuously and it was completely useless. Sadness and anger become one. The mixed feelings made him even more miserable. One day after. Now he is in his room and looking at the computer in front of him. The work that had been waiting for him now had to be completed on time. His face still feeling emotional made him unable to think clearly until he finally missed his job. All day he just locked himself in his room and didn't come out. The other occupants of the house were surprised by Alice so Antoni came knocking on the door of her room telling her to come out and eat. She didn't listen to him and went back to lamenting her grief. After she finished with her sadness, Alice then got up from her seat and wiped her tears. Not long after, he looked in the mirror and started to tidy up his messy looking face. Alice then came out of her room and met the three of them in the living room.
"Oh, where have you been all day?" said Mr. Cooper who was none other than his own father
"I'm tired."
"What are you doing?"
"Work?"
"What? Since when did you work?”
"It's been a long time."
“So what if Alice works? Isn't that a good thing?” said Alex casually to them.
"You're not supposed to be working!"
"Why?" Alice asked with a cold look
“I told you you…”
"Seriously! I don't want to live like that."
"Wow Alice," said Antoni
"That girl!"
Alice then left from there and out of her house. Those who saw it then felt astonished. Antoni pretended to look calm and apparently he was also worried about something. When their gathering was over, Antoni looked at his cell phone and it was true. His mother called him several times and he didn't pick up. He got annoyed and threw the phone away. Alice who was now walking alone then she remembered that day when everything was destroyed including herself. At that time, everyone looked happy and at the same time there was a man who came with his mother and suddenly introduced himself as his father. Alice who was so shocked at that time made her brush her hand away and immediately left the two of them. Somehow the two of them felt closer than anything else in this world. As time went on he got more and more hurt, and something was right with his hunch. When Alice came home from the playground at that time, she saw the two of them quarreling and immediately parted ways the next day. It wasn't just him who was hurt but the two of them also experienced the same thing. That's when everything changed. What he should have got and everything he wanted just disappeared. His life that was previously as bright as the sun changed in an instant. Alice lives as a child who suffers because of many things. She is not allowed to be a versatile woman and is certainly in a high position. As a result, the entire Cooper family often mocked him and even said unpleasant words. The incident continued to occur in his life during his growing period. Alice became a person who had to fight alone even at first, after she graduated from school she only needed to be the wife of her father's friend's child and it would destroy her dream in the blink of an eye if she agreed to it. Luckily he refused and threatened those who did what they wanted. Antoni who saw it at that time, he was very surprised and was about to defend Alice but he was beaten by his father for raising his voice in front of an older person.
"No need! After all I will live as I want! So, don't be careless," said Alice, who then left the meeting.
"Hey, that kid! no self-awareness."
“Stop it! Don't all of them have the right to make their decisions? Why is everyone even forcing him," said Antoni
PLAQUE
"Eh?"
"Don't raise your voice in front of older people!"
Antoni was silent for a moment and the incident was witnessed by several of his relatives who were there at the time and they whispered many things. Seeing the unexpected incident made the atmosphere feel quiet. Alice who was then gone and she headed to the city park. There she was crying and feeling annoyed at the same time. For some time she was under so much stress that her hair fell out. The day went on and even when the two brothers got awards, Mr Cooper always made them proud. Meanwhile, he is only a burden and it is better to do what he wants. The look in his eyes that showed hatred made him more and more angry until finally he never came to any of those annoying meetings. He was so busy working hard to be the best that he had a bad nosebleed in class and his friends saw him like that and immediately took him to the infirmary.
"Alice you should go to the infirmary now, look at the blood on his nose and it's a lot and it's even dripping on the book," said his friend
"I am alright."
“What's fine! Come on, come with me."
"Wait a minute, Mary."
Without lingering, his friend immediately dragged him to make him feel pain. When she arrived at the infirmary, it turned out that the doctor had said something to her and it made Alice feel suffocated and made her a mixture of sadness and anger.
"Let me see."
"Doctor."
"Yes?"
"Will the bleeding go away?"
"Of course, it's just a nosebleed. Oh yeah, did Alice study too much lately?”
"That..."
"It's better to learn a lot, it's just that if it's like this, it's really a pity. It should be more important to maintain health. That's why don't push yourself too much."
"Thank you doctor."
"Now it's over. For now, try to rest.”
"Okay doctor."
While in class, they were excitedly asking what happened to Alice and they looked so curious. Mary, who took him to the infirmary, suddenly became a crowd of people in the class and asked him with a curious look on his face.
“Mary, what happened? Why did Alice get like that? you know something right? Tell me," said one classmate.
"What? I don't know such a thing."
"Come on. We saw that you were enthusiastic about it. What else are you hiding?"
"Good grief you guys, disband there."
"Tell me first."
"Oh, shit. Go away! You guys go bother me."
"What is this? Why are you swarming my desk?” someone said at the classroom door and it turned out to be Alice. Instantly those who were there immediately dispersed with innocent faces.
"Alice," said Mary
"What were they doing?"
“Ah, that… just a nuisance, don't worry about it.”
Many people are curious about the problems of someone's life. Usually they will find out down to the roots and make the person concerned become the talk of every place where they gather. Today, in Alice's classroom to be exact. He himself witnessed several people who belonged to that type of person. They kept looking at him with strange looks and then pretended not to know anything. Everything seems so hypocritical, not even just in this kind of environment. However, in the family environment it's the same . Right now, inside his house that already looked like he was in prison. Alice had to live as if she were a doll. His success is always a comparison. Even when he was on the lower level he became a mop. During his life like this, he did not experience happiness. Once someone came to see him and then told him that his mother wanted to see him and that's when the opportunity to run away came to him. Alice used that to get away from her excruciating life. That day, he met his mother at a restaurant and they were seen eating like nothing had happened between them. Alice who looked calm then said something to her mother who was in front of her.
"Mother, can I stay with you?"
"Of course. That's why I came here to say that."
"Is that true?"
"Yes. Besides, we'll soon be moving to the next town. Do you want to come along?”
"Yeah, I don't want to live in this city."
"Okay. I will try to prepare it for you.”
"Does mother still work there?"
"Yes?"
“Is it okay to leave your job?”
"I've moved. Now there's a bank opening a vacancy in that town so I'll go over there and live there."
“Is it also because of that person?”
"Behave yourself. He is your father."
“Hah, I thought so.”
"Hmm? Is there something?”
"There is not any. I don't care what you split up for, it's just that you guys don't think about us? The slightest bit?”
Alice's mother was silent and not long after she started to leave the restaurant. Time just flew by but he never said the reason and that made Alice even more annoyed. As soon as Alice left him, he seemed to be silent and then contacted the man saying that he would bring Alice. During her journey home, Alice saw several families who looked complete and happy. The self who wanted such a thing at that time, he felt a pulse that ached in his chest. Once at the bus stop, he met Mary who happened to be there. The two of them immediately went to the cafe and talked about many pleasant things even though they were in deep torment.
"What do you think?" asked Mary who showed her a make-up package that she had just bought
“That looks good. It suits your skin.”
"Really?"
"Yeah, you really suit using light colors. Because your skin will be white.”
"Thank God. I had a feeling it didn't suit me."
"Why think like that?"
“Because somehow it's too bright. Aren't you going to buy some makeup?"
"I am not interested."
"How about I dress up?"
"Don't do it, it's terrible."
"What's so terrible? You just need a little coloring."
"Oh, I don't want to."
The longer it goes, the more painful it becomes. What happened in his house and now he is trying to heal himself. Gradually, the pain that filled his chest was piling up until finally he couldn't take it anymore and he unconsciously cried in front of Marry. He who saw Alice like that immediately tried to keep her calm. Some people may look their way, but this is not the time to be concerned about others. Alice kept shedding tears and Mary kept patting her back. It feels like everything just flows and doesn't feel tight anymore.
"Cry. get it all out," said Mary to herself
"I'm sorry, you're seeing me like this."
"No, don't apologize. I should have listened to you. Aren't we friends?"
"Yes."
“Now you just need to cry as hard as you can and let your heart out. It's okay don't worry, everything will be fine."
"Thank you for comforting me."
“Now, do you want some chocolate? It's good for the mood."
"Oh, yes."
"Okay. I'll order it, hold on."
'What's this? How sad, Alice thought
Mary then ordered chocolate at the cafe for Alice. Meanwhile, he was still pensive and now his tears were no longer flowing. Not long after, Mary came and sat down in front of him again. Alice who seemed to be trying to say something to him. However, his chest was still tight and it made him just speechless. After the chocolates ordered came, they ate them and the smile that appeared on Marry's face made Alice smile again. The sadness in his eyes had been erased for a moment and now he was going to his house to go home. But, it feels as if lazy and want to go. Alice then sat down in one of the places near the sidewalk and when she looked east she saw a battered Jay. Alice who saw it, she immediately approached him and treated the wound on his forehead. The sadness had turned into calm and now before him was worry. Is this how all humans in this world feel if that is a question. After that, Alice then went home if she didn't want to. Arriving in front of his house, he started to enter the door and saw the same light as usual even now that he was almost graduated from high school. When he entered his house, Antoni suddenly called him and said something to him.
"Alice."
"Yes?"
"Want some ice cream?"
"Eh?"
"Don't just stand still. Do you want it or not?”
"Yes I do."
It turned out that all was not as bad as imagined. As long as all of this goes according to what destiny says, it feels as if you are grateful for what happens in this life. Alice eats ice cream with Antoni and it turns out that she has started to be cheerful again, even the two of them are seen having a small fight which brings a crowd in this house. Meanwhile, in this part of town, precisely in an apartment owned by Alice's mother. There, he was seen calling someone and that person never picked up again. The silence came over him and made him yearn for the warmth that had previously awakened in his life. As if it was too late.