The Lost Sky
3

Two days later, Aira was able to drink the drink she was given. Although he could not eat yet, but it was an advancement. The priest was always by Aira's side, he took care of Aira and kept praying for the little girl to get well quickly.

"My son, what's your name?" ask the priest in a soft voice.

Aira was silent, unresponsive.

"Try twinkling your eyes twice if you know your name, my son. And blink once if you don't know" said the pastor, not giving up. Aira responded, the little girl blinked once. The priest returned to prayer, hoping that Aira would remember who she was and where she came from.

"Is there any progress?" the boss came over.

"This little girl can only blink once instead of a no and blink twice for a yes, sir," said the pastor.

The boss chuckled happily. "That's great, so good!" he said he looked happy.

"Ah, miss also seems to have forgotten what her name is, sir," reported the priest staring pityfully at Aira.

The boss nodded casually. "No problem, it's good for all of us" he said. "Now you can come back, thank you!" continue the man. He asked his men to deliver the priest, of course, not to forget he also paid a very large amount.

"But miss still needs my treatment!" said the priest could not bear to leave Aira who could not move at all.

"Ha-ha-ha, don't get too big of a head just because it made the boy blink his eyes. Go home before you can't go home!" tukas the boss is upset about being denied. "Take him and pay a lot of money so that his mouth that continues to mutter holy words immediately shut up quietly!" continued again.

"Ready, boss!" said his men quickly. "Let's go before the boss changes his mind and turns you into wolf food" he whispered pulling the priest with a hint of coercion.

The boss approached the bed that Aira was using, he raised the little boy's chin so that he could see clearly. There was only emptiness in that look. "Buck, remember this! I am the one who keeps you alive, so follow all my orders to pay!" said the boss while sneering cunningly. "Because with just one word from me, you can vanish from this world like ..., YOUR PARENTS!" the man deliberately paused his speech for a moment, then he emphasized the words afterwards.

The pupils of Aira's eyes seemed to be trembling slightly, tears were dripping by themselves. That makes the villain boss even more happy. Aira will be healed, she will be the most useful tool to launch all her ambitions. Money and power, he'll get everything in an easier way.

"Look, I can even do better than that stupid guy!" he pointed towards Aira. "She was crying just because of one sentence I said!" he said it with more pride.

"Boss is great!" praise his men.

"From the beginning we didn't need those swindlers!" the other word.

"It should be the boss who intervenes!" respond to the other.

"All will be well if the boss comes forward and acts!" praise the others.

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Aira was starting to move, she could sit and her fingers were already firmly grasping something. But unfortunately, the girl still did not want to open her mouth at all. His face also did not show any expression, he was already like a stone wall, very different from his cheerful self before.

"Eat this and get well soon!" said one of the boss' men brought easy-to-digest food. "What a hassle!" said again. "Be aware that you can't afford the boss's kindness of letting you live?!" the threat that Aira did not share at all.

Aira did not reply, she did not even pretend to be a good listener. The little girl simply ate what she brought without complaining at all. Whether it was poisonous or stale, he did not care. He was also too lazy to live, so it was even good that he just died. Unfortunately because of his promise he could not choose death easily, he had to survive by any means. That was the last memory he had.

"God! If anyone speaks, you must listen!" said the man who had brought down Aira's head.

Aira just stared at an emotionless glance, after which she returned to eating without making a sound. "Bas with a mute boy!" maki the man was upset to see Aira's behavior.

"Oi, don't you dare put your hand on the boss's toy" whispered the other friend. "What do you love about your hands?" said again.

"You are silent, no one will know" he glanced back in boredom.

"You don't think the bus will know just because nobody told it?" said his friend. "You forgot that the boss can know everything that's going on here?!" continued reminding.

"Yes, yes!. Shrewish! I'll be more careful going forward!" he said grunt annoyed.

After that, every day alternately the boss's men deliver food. When Aira was able to move freely, the girl was brought to meet their boss, of course because the boss was the one who called her to meet.

"Boss, he's here!" said the boss' man who delivered Aira.

"Just enter!" knock the boss out of the room.

Aira stared flatly, impressed brave and fearless at all. Different from the gaze of a child his age, maybe all happened because of the trauma he experienced. "Ho, I love that look!" said the boss pulling the corner of his lips. "I'm impressed to be brave and able to do anything!" continued again.

Silence, no answer. Well, he also knew that was what was going to happen. Aira never made a sound while living here. "You can go! Leave us!" the boss was immediately followed by his men.

They both stayed in that room. Aira and the boss stared at each other, no one blinking even when time had passed. "Khe-khe-khe, want to be seen any number of times, I still like that bold look!" said the boss cackling wickedly.

"Oi, boy!" call the boss pas Aira. "I'm sure you understand what I'm saying!" continue then.

"Be a beautiful doll and a deadly weapon for me, Raymond! Make me stand on the highest throne of the evil part of the world!" said again. "Call me MASTER to the front, boy!" he was accompanied by a vile grin.