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Alice to appear at the dinner table. I've been sitting for almost fifteen minutes. I'm starving. Isn't Alice hungry? Even though I saw Alice passing through the liv

n't ask too much about her past. I also rea

t startled me. Because when I was with Ma

waiting f

t. I'm not that

Ngah delivered the lunch to her room. Alice picked up the

she asked, showing

For

no

I didn't even notice for a few second

done anything l

t to eat, so just spoon it

Only her eyes are puffy. She must be thinking about somethi

. She only eats a little, so it runs out quickly. In fact, she had already finishe

ip of the water in the g

l call my fri

e time to call him.

he answere

se friend when she was in Jakarta because Alice and her parents often went

." I smil

Taran," sh

ng the chair slowly w

u done

I finis

it?" ask

ah." I tell. I also stood up.

his to the kitchen.

ate and took it to the kitchen, where s

t." Mah Ngah wanted to snatch

lp you to wash them

brary room. I'm starting some work that I put

k Kn

r that I didn't close tightly. My workspa

your laptop?" She stood in front

om. In front of the small table is a soft gray floor sofa. Usually, I read a book on the floor sofa while lying down. Next to the flo

op charger and turned

ake this lapto

hook he

here. Am I botherin

to her room. So, she chose to borrow my laptop and opened it her

ay at my desk unless you ask." I said po

set a son

e. I have no pr

r and starts to open the browser while I return to my desk and stare

inutes

an't I open m

ged from behind the co

peated the pass

d over to her. Stari

g your email

few words for he

ow your p

you

teen - sevent

is the same as mine. A

c in front of it. Not

ng there that the email or password entered is incorrect. I check

LI

ke your email i

t down n

een using my email for

ctly is Alice? The Alice I've known for a dozen years? Alice, my first

Can I borrow

ding. Took my cell

phone? Maybe a text message came in, or...

great

Alice, who had brought her cell phone from the start,

erent," I said. See a

the diff

are sold. Is it an old sim

w card. I just sw

I furrowe

dded imp

ere, 4G was s

was sh

ind of gene

ix

lice swallowi

ce did come from a different world. I've been questioning this all my life,

rd, which really do

s not fit at all. It

o me. I mean to return her sim card an

mind,"

my desk. Instantly my cell phone rang. Daniel

he

seems to be clearly hear

bra

TT

lice?" said Dani

erson who had no problems. When Danil walked over to her and

outside,

said Daniel. He saw Alice

de. It's pa

nil down to

fa while taking the remo

ny results?"

t re

to the resort." Dan

esort. She wants to go there."

nti

Turns out the email wasn

aw me.

nti

nged to my cellphone. But... the sim

u m

card had just been

FourG

aid. Putting my ind

AAK!!!!!!!!

probably from my library. The sound was so loud that even

il followed me running. Up the stairs wide. Mak Ngah and Nyai Roh appeared, also running to

obe is made of teak wood. The globe itself is made of ceramic drawn so accurately and

h took a few steps back out of the room but still watched. They looked at Alice in fear. While I was

ished calming Alice dow

me. I almost gaped because I did

is is Indonesi

patiently. "INDONESIA!"

erned about Indonesia? I grabbed the atlas lying on the floor and flipped through the

a moment, then she stood up and picked up a piece of paper on the table and a pen. She started drawing. Her left

l panicking. Her face was wet from the tears falling from her eyes. I loo

ntry is like this and the map of other countries has always been like that.

stoo

ber. My friend's num

s that really the number

WRONG!" She is scr

rted to c

. She looked a

to the room. Let's tak

ents you see here are wrong. This is the correct one." She grabbed the white paper she had scribbled on that Danil was still holding. I looked at it closely. I'

, I have never seen

hands were still shaking. Her breaths were short. I can't

d. "Take Alice to the room." her persu

s. Very tight. She hid h

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