Simon's Bride
28. Anna story

Anna turned her gaze towards Leon's body which was covered in parka. Simon's gaze inexplicably made his heart grow restless. Maybe their bodies are too close, the darkness that is only in the dim light of the flashlight makes the atmosphere a bit strange. That's what Anna thinks.

"Ann .. I thought you'd been thinking of me as your friend all along. Or am I the only one who thinks we're best friends? You haven't been all this time? I trouble you almost every day with Leonard. You can also trouble me with your problems, Ann."

Anna sounded like she was breathing a long breath. He's looking down deep.

"I ... Where to start? It's like a serial film that keeps on connecting ...."

"Wherever you want to start. Jumping around is okay. " Simon pulls Anna's head. Feeling that the woman is not resisting, limp and complies when she pulls him to lean against her shoulder.

"Because this is a serial story, lean back comfortably and start telling stories. It might help if you start by explaining who Martin is."

Simon saw Anna close her eyes. Next to the woman's body was actually leaning against her side with one arm placed over Leon's body sleeping on Simon's lap.

"He's my husband."

Anna opened her eyes, looking at Simon. Examine the man's expression. Simon's face looked just like that. Ready to listen, without any change after hearing the word husband.

"Continue, Ann," whispered Simon.

Anna nodded. Closing his eyes back.

"My name is Emillia .. I have no parents. He lived and grew up in an orphanage with dozens of children. When I was a teenager, Nuella came to the orphanage, a little girl who was also a kara. One by one our friends went and were taken by their foster parents. We both stay."

Anna suddenly opened her eyelids again. A small laugh came out of his lips. Simon looked down and saw that Anna's eyes were staring deep in the darkness.

"Maybe no one is interested in adopting us. Our bodies are too thin, maybe people think we are not healthy, or difficult because of the number of children who have to be accommodated. Nuella and I remained happy despite having to continue living in the orphanage, having to sleep crammed in one small bed. The manager there is good. Then came a pair of parents .. a family who wanted to adopt Nuella. Since Nuella did not want to part with me, the couple ended up taking care of the documents for both of us. They look kind ...."

Simon clenched his arms around Anna's body. He guessed it wasn't that easy for Anna and Nuella.

"We were moved to another city. There .... a pair of parents who adopted children from the orphanage get benefits from the government. Both provide us shelter, but for the food we eat, we have to pay for it by working. I went to school in the morning, then because I was old enough, I worked part-time in the afternoon until the evening. I don't know why .. but Barnes's partner always seems to be short of money ...."

"They don't work?"

"Oh, Mr. Barnes has a pretty big place, like a workshop. I think that's where people know the source of this couple making money. Coupled with the history of his marriage with Mrs Barnes who has entered the fifteenth year, famous as a friendly couple and eagerly expecting the presence of children. I think that's what passed their adoption request. The children in the parlors are too many .. reduced two people will relieve the remaining ones. The examination after adoption is only a formality. Of course the Barnes couple will only display what the officers want to see. Something that goes as it should."

"What are they doing?"

Anna shook her head. "My mind was too innocent to know exactly what the Barnes couple was up to. I slammed the bones into the night .. Every penny of my salary should I leave it to the Madam. I held on, hoping that until my school was over, I could go with Nuella. As the years passed, Nuella began to look sick. I asked Barnes's partner to take him over, but ...."

Anna stopped talking, gulping as if rolling her throat.

"They don't want to?" ask Simon with teeth.

Anna held her breath for a moment, the comfort she felt from her closeness to Simon's body made an unfamiliar feeling slip. Feelings of security ... Anna frowned, shouldn't she be more vigilant? Lost in the darkness of an uninhabited island, with Martin now nowhere. It should not be the security he feels.

You introduce a new feeling to me, Simon .. Your arm makes me feel protected, your shoulder feels warm. This is how it feels when there is someone beside me ....

"Ann .. Continue to tell me. We haven't reached Martin yet" Simon said.

Anna blinked, the warmth from the man's shoulder felt seeping into her cheek. Anna's eyes closed again. Imagining flashbacks of his life story again and forcing his lips to tell a story.

"That night, I woke up. Nuella's body was a little hot and she was sweating. So I went out to get him a drink and water to compress his body. Since the voice in the living room sounded crowded, I walked slowly without a sound. Until someone later called my name and said it seemed that my body was ready enough to be exchanged for some money."

Anna stops, gulps and squeezes the parka jacket that covers Leon's body. Simon caught his hand, took off his grip on the cloth and put his own palm into Anna's. With one hand holding Anna's hand and another holding her shoulder, Simon turned to look Anna in the eye.

"Tell me everything. Don'tstop. If you feel pain when you say it, then cry. But keep talking."

After nodding, Anna resumed her story. "It looks like they're tired of keeping me. Deciding it was time for me to pay them the money that could be made by selling my body. That night I woke Nuella, we went quietly. Escape in the middle of the night in rainy weather. That night I met Martin for the first time. His car accidentally grazed Nuella. He took Nuella to the hospital. But the examination even gives a picture of the real Nuella disease. Nuella has blood cancer."

Anna felt her eyes suddenly runny, slowly removing the clear twirls that began to descend her cheeks.

"Martin .. like an angel the Lord sent for us. I told her I'd do anything as long as Nuella could get well. I also told him about our foster parents. He took Nuella to the best facility to treat, while hiding us from Barnes' partner. I saw Nuella getting better and better, and the joy was back on her face." Anna tried to hold back her stuffing, recalling the fragile figure of her sister who was always smiling.

He was wiping his wet cheek again when Leon suddenly moved in to sleep. The boy's hands stretched out toward Anna, hugging and shifting from her father's chest, approaching towards Anna.

"Mmm ..."sah Leon.

Simon takes off his hand with Anna, setting Leon back in comfort. But the son pulled Anna's pajamas.

"Mommy," cried Leon again.

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