The Fondled Heart
Chapters 1. Nightmare

The night is so gripping! The sky was clear with thousands of stars shining beautifully. But that night's life was very inversely proportional

with a farmhouse on the edge of the forest.

Some people wearing masks had slipped in, entered the yard of a house inhabited by a couple, and a five-year-old little boy.

At that time they had fallen asleep, so they did not realize the danger that was threatening their lives.

The masked men are now scattered. There are six of them. One of them who became the leader gave instructions by dividing the task, which they had planned carefully.

Two people entered the house, two people went towards the warehouse. And the rest two more men went south. Where some cows and buffaloes are also two horses in the stable.

After removing the horse's harness, and opening the cow and buffalo stables. The two men burned the straw. In just a few seconds, the fire had devoured the cage. The moans of cows and buffaloes, as well as the neighing of horses broke the silence of the night.

The fire was also seen burning in the warehouse, where dozens of grain sacks, corn and soybeans had been burned. The aroma is very distinctive.spreading splitting the night.

The two people who were heading towards the mansion, had now managed to enter after breaking into the front door.

Their movements are very subtle, it seems like they are already professional in doing their work.

With a sharp eye gaze, they searched the main room. The place where Mr. Hartono and his wife Maria, slept.

Mary squirms and wakes up. Like cloudiness

an when smelling the scent, which is very sharp. He got up from the bed. And peek through the curtain slit because it looks bright outside.

Maria was shocked and hurriedly woke her husband up. After being rocked a few times, Mr. Hartono finally woke up. And along with that, the lock on the room door rotated.

Hartono gave his wife the code to be silent. Who the guest is not invited. Looks like Hatono already knows who the person who did all this.

Because a few days earlier, Hartono had already received a threat. It's just that he didn't expect that the person who threatened him so quickly realized his threat.

Hartono grabbed the long sword that was always on display in his room dingding. Once the sword thrust was within his grasp.

Maria was very frightened. Hartono whispered something into his wife's ear to evacuate his son Bara to safety.

The murmur of Mary whispers awake, Bara. Then put it in a small closet in the corner of the room. On it was a large flower vase where roses were picked every afternoon in the backyard.

At first glance people will see it's just a table.

"Get in here baby, don't come out whatever happens." with confusion Bara entered and sat down while bending his legs. Because just by sitting like that his body fit in that closet.

Because the closet had a hole, a small circle so it could clearly see who was in the room.

"Braaac!" the door of the room was now wide open, due to the harsh force from outside.

" Who are you, and what are you doing in my house!" snapped Hartono furious. His wife Maria had been trembling in fear behind his body.

"Huh.ha....!" a loud voice echoed in the room. Bara, also frightened, her tears had come out in the corner of her eyes.

Without much story, the masked man attacked Hartono, Hartono instantly collapsed, due to such a sudden attack. Maria his wife immediately screamed, crying in fear.

Just like Hartono, Mariapun collapsed

d**huh.

Mary tried to reach her husband's hand, then she looked at her son. He beckoned to remain silent, then he breathed his last.

Once both victims were dead, the two men just left. After first calling someone, that the task has been completed.

Turns out they were hired killers who were told by someone else to take out the Hartono family. Due to land disputes, they were removed.

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the others soon gathered. Then they ran towards the forest, through the darkness of the night.

A few minutes later, the sirens of ambulances and police cars raced to make their voices heard. Breaking the silence that night.

The once beautiful sky with the flickering of thousands of stars was now dark, as if also expressing deep sorrow. For the departure of Hartono and his wife, on that bloody night.

The house, which was once so quiet, has now been crowded by firefighters and police who secured the scene. Everything seemed messy, some locations had been marked by police lines. Signs are not arbitrary people can cross it.

Then all that busyness, was swept away as a sound of a weeping roar broke and the figure dashed into the house, yelling at the crowd.

" Where are my brother and brother," she was hysterical and headed for the bedroom. His steps immediately stopped when he saw the bodies of his brother and sister-in-law were now covered by the newspaper. Blood welled up in the room, creating a deep horror for those who saw.

It was Tania, Hartono's younger sister

Tania stood pecking, her eyes bulging but her mind was out of nowhere. Watching the two bodies lying frozen in front of him. Her tears incessantly flowed, then slowly Tania stepped closer to the corpse. But intercepted by officers.

" I'm sorry ma'am, I'm banned from crossing police lines" the officer shouted at Tania's steps. Tania doesn't care if the ban keeps coming close to the victim.

The officer finally meyeret Tania, for fear of losing much evidence. Because it's still waiting for the arrival of the identification officer from the forensic lab.

Tania screamed hysterically because the officers did not allow her to see her brother's body.

" I'm sorry mom, I have to be patient. Tunghu officer come first. Later the mother omitted the evidence for investigation. Please be patient, ma'am."

the officer tried to calm Tania down.

Finally Tania fell silent. With tears that still wrenching he sat in the corner of the living room. Tania did not expect this tragic incident to happen to her brother's family.

His brother never had an enemy. He was a simple man who managed the second heritage farmland of their elders.

As an agricultural engineer, his brother preferred to manage the farm rather than take care of their family business.

Tanialah who take care of their family company engaged in the field of travel services.

They are two brothers, who lost both their parents two years ago, in a single accident while on their way to attend the wedding of one of their extended families.

The accident that still leaves a mystery. The driver lost control while driving so hit the cliff wall in a sharp bend, which is famous for taking a lot of casualties.

The single accident cost three people. Both Tania's parents and the driver. And from the police investigation, the brakes on the car they were driving broke.

Suddenly Tania remembered her niece, she ran to the attendant and bided her niece, Bara.

"Sir, where's my nephew,?"

" You mean there's someone other than, both victims?"

" Yes sir, my nephew, a little boy of five years old sir. Where is he sir," panicked Tania towards her nephew's room. But the room was empty.

Then Tania returned to the main room, and barged in. The smell of fresh blood was so sharp. Tania's footsteps are followed by an officer, afraid Tania touches objects that will eliminate evidence.

Tania's eyes grazed the entire room, but there was no sign of her nephew in the room.

Tania was so desperate, and her mind had been haunted by the most frightening thing. His nephew was also a victim of the massacre.

His whole joint has been limp. I no longer have the strength to think about that possibility. Tania's crying broke again. And was about to leave when faintly he heard a shrill cry.

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