La Luna (Bias Asa)
chapter 7

That morning, Luna woke up from evening. Or maybe he didn't really sleep last night.

As she recalled, when the father forced her into the room and accompanied her for a while, Luna had not completely fallen asleep.

He just closed his eyes so as not to cry and made the father even more worried. After that he remembered nothing more. And suddenly he woke up in the morning, when he heard the sound of small birds that sounded noisy in the spruce tree adjacent to the window of his room.

His heart was relieved, but it was also crushed simultaneously. She told the man who promised to protect her. But apparently, the pain he felt in the corner of his heart still hurt him.

A blanket of white feathers covered her body. With bare feet, Luna headed to the window and peered at the noisy little birds. How happy are they? Fly free without load. And may never feel bad feelings, such as hating or being hated. Luna was suddenly envious.

The sound of Luna's room door was heard someone knocking. After that, enter the figure of the father when the girl turned her head.

"Good morning, dear. I thought you weren't awake." Ellard smiled at her. "You missed your morning breakfast" said Ellard, filled with bitterness.

The man certainly did not miss his attention to Luna's swollen eyes for a few days. And he just found out the cause last night. Truly, guilt seemed to be squeezing his heart deeper.

"I'm not hungry yet, Pa" said Luna. The girl walked over to the father who was sitting on the sofa in his room. Not to sit next to him, but Luna instead laid her body with her head in the lap of the father.

Ellard gently rubbed the black mane that always reminded her of the owner of her heart, Hannah.

Yes, of the many limbs Luna who almost a hundred percent carry her genes, apparently Ellard's favorite part of Hannah was decreased in the child, Luna.

"Do you .. don't want him to take responsibility for his actions? Letting him just walk away would make the man feel above the wind. He'll think we don't dare report it. Forgive me for talking about it so early."

Ellard knew this wasn't the right time to talk about the curse man. But he really does not accept everything.

"No, Pa. I don't want that."

A lie!

As much as Luna hated Stefan, the man was supposed to be responsible for his actions.

However, there was something else as well besides the already deep-seated hatred. He thought about his father's family name. If this happens in the media.

There was a fear in Ellard's heart as a father. That forever, Luna will not be treated well by the person who will marry her later. When they learn of Luna's disappearance of the girlhood of being raped and by someone even she herself can't figure out.

Yeah, Ellard didn't investigate. He's been telling people to find out what happened that night. But the surveillance cameras from the venue made into an event by the Luna campus only recorded until the girl came out of the party room. So he just looks himself that far.

Also the people he told to follow Bhara. The young man who was allegedly a close friend of Luna all this time. But the results were also disappointing, Bhara was declared clean by his men who even brought accurate evidence of the young man's disengagement.

"I won't forgive him. And I don't want to even just look at it, let alone accept responsibility."

The clear threads fell down again from the round eyes that blinked in panic and did not accept the words of the father. Luna instantly woke up as soon as she heard it with a hunting breath.

Ellard's heart was struck hearing that. Luna's pain was her pain. Ellard vows to find the man who accepts Luna for who she is as a guardian for her daughter.

"Look. Someone will take care of you sincerely later. You have to be sure of that, honey." Ellard pulled his daughter's body closer, then clutched her as if she did not want it to come off again.

He had made her born without her first self. And she won't let Luna be alone anymore like Hannah.

The father and son were crying to each other. Lamenting a fate that cannot even be changed.

Although as strong as Ellard tried to upright into a pedestal for Luna, she was a father. His greatest pride is the happiness of his children. And this incident not only tore his pride, but also his heart.

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"Please Sir,"

"When did you come? I didn't see it." Ellard was surprised when the woman who was not far above this age provided green tea to him.

"Four 4 am I arrived at this house, sir," said Ofelia's aunt, who nodded respectfully to her former employer. Because Ofelia's aunt is retired. Even the great master himself had dismissed him.

"I still need you apparently." Sipping this bitter-tasting green tea in front of him, Ellard slightly softly uttered it.

He used to love drinking green tea, a health tea with many benefits. But since the departure of Rosalie, followed by the retirement of Ofelia's aunt, no one has taken care of her anymore. Until once in a while he used to enjoy coffee as his morning breakfast, and forget about the health tea.

"I'm devoting my life to this family, sir. Like the Great Mistress's message before leaving. It's time for me to rest, but if the Great Lord still needs my strength, I will gladly be here again," said the middle-aged woman who always carried her hair neatly and glasses that never separated from her.

Do not forget the cardigan with floral motifs that look vintage but look slick in the body of Aunt Ofelia. The woman likes knitting activities to fill her free time.

"But you're not going to work in this house. You'll come with me and Luna to Canada."

Aunt Ofelia looked up. He certainly heard that the master had children from other women besides the Grand Lady. But he did not get to know the girl because he had been dismissed two months before Luna came to this house.

"I'm ready, Sir. Serving anywhere while still with the Efrain family, for me to refuse," Ofelia's aunt assured Ellard.

Yes, what Aunt Ofelia said was indeed true. That's because Ellard's father was instrumental in the treatment of Ofelia's aunt's mother during her selfless life.

"The day we left. Meet my daughter. He was in his room" Ellard told his old servant.

"Good, Sir." Aunt Ofelia retreats. The woman immediately went upstairs as Ellard directed to the room the man had told her to meet the daughter of the wealthy family.

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💜💜To be continued