Forced to Be Stepmom
Zara's Nightmare

At night at Fandy's. Everyone was sound asleep and dreaming in the silence of the silent and lonely night.

Zara is now sleeping uneasily because she dreams. The nightmares he had for years.

In her dream, a cute little girl was playing in the park.

"Little sister, what are you doing? You play alone?" ask a grown man about 7 years old.

"I'm playing hide-and-seek with my sister. Papa's friend, right?". The little girl responded with a cheerful smile.

"really. Om your papa friend. Where's sister? Om did not see it at all" asked the man again while looking back and forth looking for the whereabouts of the little girl's sister.

"Sister and I were playing hide-and-seek, of course you were hiding". The little girl still responded with a cheerful smile without suspecting anything.

"Oohs. Can you come play? It seems like your game is fun" the man told the little girl again.

"Of course Om. We need to find brother first"

"alright".

The girl turned to her back to the man. He kept screaming for his brother who was hiding.

"Sister, where's brother? Why is he hiding in a place I find hard to meet". He continued to shout without knowing that the man standing behind him had taken out a dagger to injure him.

Not far from there was seen a teenage girl about 12 years old peeking behind a large tree.

"Zara's? Zara! watch out!". The teenage girl ran up to the younger brother who laughed happily at seeing the older brother come out of his hiding place and ran towards him.

"Sister! Be met... Finally my sister came out too. Om this wants to play with us" said the brother who does not know anything.

The brother kept running and pulled the sister into his arms.

Jem!

Ah...

"Sister? Why is my sister hugging me?" ask the little girl who is confused.

"Hey! oi! hey ... Get that guy!"

Everyone screamed to see her brother's back covered in blood.

The little girl was just stunned not understanding her brother began to droop. The people around him started running around and took the teenage girl to the hospital.

Not long ago in the hospital, the little girl was staring in wonder at her parents who were crying over her brother who was critical.

"Mama, relax. The doctor is examining my brother. Brother will definitely be fine" said the little girl who now understands because her brother is in the ER.

"How's our daughter doing, doc?" ask the father with a panicked face.

"Sorry, Sir. We've tried our best, but your daughter's life can't be helped. Too much blood he's spitting out".

"No! No way! You must be kidding right?", cried the mother after listening to the doctor's explanation.

"I'm sorry"

"No... !!". The mother who did not accept the death of her child continued to cry hysterically. So too with my father.

"Mama, Papa, what happened to sister? Why was my brother's face closed and taken away?". The little girl did not understand the death of her brother. His father turned to the little girl with a look of hatred and tears that still flowed down his cheeks.

"It's all your fault, Zara! You shouldn't approach people carelessly and laugh happily with them! You should play alone and let your brother learn! You shouldn't be friendly and cheerful to everyone!" the father shouted at little Zara holding her hands tightly until Zara grimaced in pain.

"But Pah. Om it's Papa's friend. And brother also said that brother bored and want to play with me, therefore we play in the park hiks... ". Zara began to cry in fear at the sight of her angry father.

"If you don't whine and force your brother to play, then this won't happen. If you don't laugh happily when he agrees to play, then he won't want to play with you! Why aren't you the one who died? Why your brother!".

Zara's mother and father continued to cry over her brother's passing. They ignored Zara whose heart ached over the words and attitudes of the father who continued to blame her.

"No. It wasn't my fault! I'm not wrong! I don't know shit! No...!". Zara who was sleeping restlessly finally woke up with sweat that continued to pour. He immediately sat down and recalled the days after his brother's death. He stared at the ceiling with a sad face.

"Sir ... How are you there? Do you hate me like Mom and Dad? If only time could be repeated .. I wouldn't laugh cheerfully, so you wouldn't agree to play with me just to see me laugh. I'll be alone so you don't have to accompany me to play. Brother, I'm sorry. If only I hadn't asked you to come with me to play, you would still be here with me and be the proud son of papa and mama. Brother, I want to go to your place. I want to be with you. hyks... ".

Zara's tears continued to flow, she buried her face while hugging her knees. Every night Zara dreams of the same thing. Dreaming of the passing of his brother. Dreaming when his parents beat him for the death of his brother. Every night, unbeknownst to anyone, Zara would cry herself in her room. So is tonight that feels long for Zara.

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Elsewhere, some men were seen discussing something.

"So right now we can't do our job like we used to?" said one of the men while staring at 4 others in front of him.

"Yes, the police chief said that a son from the Nugraha family had helped unravel the case. That means we need to be more vigilant". Keep other men chiming in.

"All I know is that the head of the Nugraha family is Radit, because Leo is no longer in business. And this Radit has 3 children. 2 boys and 1 girl who is still a toddler".

"If it's Radit's son .. most likely his eldest son who is now sitting on the bench of High School". Everyone nodded their heads hearing the explanation from that person

"We need to get rid of him immediately"

"Yes, you're right. We have to get rid of the boy!"

"We were able to catch the boy after he came home from school. Do not fail, otherwise we will all be in trouble because they will definitely re-investigate the flow of funds from online gambling and we will definitely be caught"

"Yes you're right. We have to finish him off today"