"Nathalia, I'll see you tomorrow." Anna smiled at Nathalia, and Nathalia smiled back.
"It's so nice to meet you, Nathalia. I hope we could talk more in the future." Earlier, the moment Nathalia spoke to Lucia, Lucia saw that Nathalia have this uncomfortable glow in her eyes. She does not know the reason why Nathalia uncomfortable, but she sure knows that sooner or later Nathalia will tell her exactly what she feels.
"Yes. I hope so too." After saying their goodbyes to each other, the two motorbikes droves its way towards its destination to who knows where.
After the two bikes are out of her sight, Nathalia's ride suddenly arrived. She was about to enter the car, but she caught a glimpse of someone; someone that she never thought she would see again.
That person was smiling at her, but Nathalia knows very well that it was not a friendly smile.
Suddenly, Nathalia felt a throbbing pain from the backside of her right shoulder. Her breathing suddenly became uneven; it has become hard for her to breath properly as she looks at that person. Without her realizing, she is already trembling in fear.
The driver who is waiting for his young miss to enter the car suddenly looks at Nathalia and was in shock that his young miss is trembling for some reason. The driver went out of the car, then in quick steps, he is right beside his young miss. "Young miss! Young miss!" The driver kept calling Nathalia, but there was no response, then the driver tries to shake her body a little still trying to get her attention.
With that, Nathalia finally looks at the driver with sweats on her forehead. "Young miss, what happened?" The driver asked worriedly.
"I... I..." The words that Nathalia wanted to say were stuck on her throat. Fear took over her mind, she did not know what to do. "I think I am not feeling well, mister. Let's go."
The driver nodded in understanding, so he helped his young miss enter the car and sit properly in a more comfortable way. When the driver positions himself in the driver seat, he looks at his young miss using the rear mirror with worry vivid in his eyes. He did not believe that his young miss is only feeling unwell; he got this feeling that there is more than it meets the eye. 'I will report this to master Leonardo and mistress Crona.'
On the way to the Vendallin mansion, the car was silent, only breathing can be heard. Nathalia looks at her hands and saw that it is still shaking from the fear she had earlier. 'I thought, I already moved on.' She inwardly said.
Nathalia felt that all of her strength was taken away from her, but she still gather some strength and took out her phone. In her messages, Nathalia search for the group message between her, Josh, and Zen; once she found it, she messages them, "Please come to my house, I need you guys."
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"Uncle Leo, where is Nathalia?" Josh asked who just came in with Zen in his side.
Leonardo looks at the two young men, who waltz in his house without even saying 'hello' to him. 'Tsk. Kids these days don't have manners.'
Thinking back on the expression of his daughter's face, worry started to arise in Leonardo's heart. Her daughter must have called Josh and Zen for something; Leonardo somewhat felt dejected that his daughter called out two of her friends to talk to instead of talking to him. But he understands that her daughter is not yet ready to talk to him about the matter that is bothering her
As a father, Leonardo chose to be understanding and the two gentlemen go see Nathalia, "She is in her room."
"Thanks, uncle Leo." Both Josh and Zen said at the same time, then started to walk their way towards Nathalia's room.
When they arrived in front of Nathalia's room, Zen knocked three times. But there was no answer inside Nathalia's room, worry started to fill him. Not giving up, Zen knocks again, and a moment later, a weak voice was heard from the inside.
"W-who is it?" When Josh heard that weak voice, Josh's forehead started to wrinkle.
This is not the usual happy tone Nathalia usually uses whenever she talks to him and Zen. Both Josh and Zen already figure out that something bad had happened to Nathalia earlier, and this made them both angry. "It's me and Zen, Nathalia. Come on, open the door."
Seconds later the door in Nathalia's room opens. The first thing that they saw is Nathalia's crying face. With worry, Zen grabbed Nathalia's shoulder, then asks, "What happened? Who made you cry?"
One of the things that Zen and Josh hate the most is when someone dares to make one the important people in their life cry, and Nathalia is one of those important people in their life. They are not related by blood, but they treat each other like siblings.
For Zen and Josh get angry like this whenever they see Nathalia cry, is a normal thing for them. They protect each other's back; if one were to hurt one of them, then that person will have to face all of them and pay ten times more.
Entering Nathalia's room, Josh let Nathalia cries on his arms while caressing her hair gently. "What happened, Nathalia?" Josh repeated Zen's question.
"I... I... I saw her." Nathalia said in a trembling voice.
"Her?" Zen said with a frown plastered on his face. "Nathalia, be more specific. There is a lot of 'her' on this earth." Zen wanted to ask nicely, but he is at the point where being nice is not his option.
"The one who left me with a scar!"