chapter 11:after the disaster

alice's point of view

After half an hour I arrived in front of the house, seeing her consumed by flames, firemen and ambulances arrived.

I was sitting inside an ambulance looking at the ground, feeling pain, suffering, fear and emptiness.

The nurses checked themselves out and told me to get into one of the ambulances while they were trying to contact someone in my family, then I started hearing footsteps of two people running to the ambulance,were my half brother Akira and a lady about 34 years old,akira selling me runs towards me

Akira "Alice!!!" reaches me and hugs me hard, his embrace was warm and comforting, I needed it and I strongly reciprocate the hug burying my head on his shoulder"How are you?" his tone was worried about me and he was looking at me, checking if I was hurt or anything

Alice"I'm fine, I'm fine,"I smile at him,I was glad he was worried about me,I looked at the lady and I noticed that she looked very much like Akira, maybe she was his mother? or someone related to him? ,the woman approached and lowered herself to my level and smiled warmly at me

To the "you're supposed to be," Alice right?" he asked in a gentle, calm tone

Alice"It would be me, my name is Alice Hattori, from her looks I could guess that she is related to Akira"she smiled and nodded her head in a positive way

Ai"My name is Ai Kondo and I am Akira's mother," she said, looking at him and hugging him with a smile,then Ai resumes the attention towards me looking at me with a look a little more serious"I saw and heard what happened to your house and your family.... sorry very "she was sorry and looked me in the eyes"here I thought, if it's okay for you if you want to come live with me and akira*at the end of the sentence I was shocked, I was surprised that she wanted to help but I was deeply happy very "she was sorry and looked me in the eyes"here I thought, if it's okay for you if you want to come live with me and akira"at the end of the sentence I was shocked, I was surprised that she wanted to help but I was deeply happy

Alice"yes it's good, thank you very much"smiles with happiness, I'm so happy that Ai wanted to help me and then even so I could spend more time with Akira, but now my parents are dead... wait however, the police when they found the body of my father told me that it had been shot and that in the place where they found the body there was no sign of blood, fingerprints or any other clue then the place was also set on fire,the same happened to my house, this means that the culprit has organized everything in detail, without leaving evidence and clues that can follow the police a probable lead so the criminal is sure not to be caught,No, this crime is too perfect to be organized by one person Maybe it's more than a criminal, in whatever I will capture at any cost and avenge my parents even if I have to sacrifice everything a couple of weeks later

2 weeks have passed since that event, the police have not found any clues that could link to them a lead to solve the crime so it was immediately placed in the subcategory of unsolved crimes in Japan.

The funeral was arranged for Alice's parents and Akira came to the funeral to keep Alice company.

After the funeral, Alice moved into Ai and Akira's house.

Akira/Ai "Welcome!!!" to Akira and Akira said both blowing up confetti surprising Alice unprepared by this sudden welcome*

Alice"Oh, thank you," she said in shock and surprise from their welcome"There was no need to welcome me like this"smiled happily

Akira"oh don't worry it was the least"akira answered calmly while he goes to get a dustpan and a broom to clean everything, while I introduce the house to young Alice, showing them the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom, their small garden and what will be his room

You "like it?" the room was furnished with a fluorescent pink bed with which there was a bedside table with a lamp on it, a wooden desk with a TV on it and the desk was next to a large window covered with white curtains,there was also a walk-in closet and various shelves to put books on and the walls were white

Alice"is beautiful and quite wide also"Alice commented on the room exploring every corner with curiosity thinking where to put every personal object

Ai"ne sono contenta che ti piace"I show a nice smile to Alice, clearly happy that Alice liked the room that had prepared him and also had a proud look, then from the kitchen you smell a good smell seemed to be eggs and bacon,Ai and Alice arrived in the kitchen and noticed that Akira after throwing the confetti was preparing breakfast for all 3 and in the balcony leading to the garden there was a wooden table with a tray of apple juice on top of it

Akira "since it's a beautiful day I thought we could have breakfast outside"I speak with an extremely calm and peaceful voice, as if cooking relaxed him

Ai"you had a wonderful idea,"let's go Alice"Ai said dragging Alice to the garden to go and sit.

after 10 minutes of waiting arrival also Akira with dishes full of bacon and eggs accompanied by potatoes and a little salad

Alice"thanks for having prepared breakfast Akira is really good"smiled happy from the gesture of akira and I start to eat, then followed by Ai and akira

Akira "that's all"Akira smiled back to her younger half-sister, pleased by her compliments on her cooking

To the "anyway Akira, are you getting ready for college?" after this question, Alice looked up curiously and looked at Akira

Alice "university?" she said confused

Akira "this year I will start the university"akira responded to the curiosity of alice in which the look of the latter from a look of curiosity became a look of confusion, reaction more than normal since in order to submit applications for registration to a degree program, in fact, it is necessary to have a secondary education diploma which concludes the course of higher education education for high school children and therefore it is clear that, on balance, there is a minimum age of access to university which is that of 19 years;while akira is 16 years old and still has to finish high school"let's say I had a special permission"akira advance a likely question from alice

alice"mhm i understand,so you had a special permission to enter university"smiled understanding the situation and finished eating his portion of food"thank you so much for breakfast"alice smiled thanking akira Akira "can't help it"smiled in return, Alice I leave the garden and go back to the house to go to her room to fix her things well,

Ai, "she's a really nice girl, isn't she?" she asked her son calmly, he could see that he was enjoying the new girl in the house

Akira"you're right"he nodded positively in confirmation, while he took a teapot of tea and began to prepare it"do you want some mom?" he said turning to her

Ai"no don't worry"akira nodded silently and turned to the other side of the kitchen to prepare her tea"however you see to protect her, you will also be half-brothers but you are the older one,so it's your job"he said it with a playful voice to tease him since now Akira has new roles as older half-brother

Akira"I'll do it don't worry"

Ai"I know you won't disappoint me"he said hugging him from behind and kissing his cheek affectionately"well I go shopping"went to get his bag and approached the door to get out

Akira "Alright, see you later then"they said goodbye and Ai went out and left home to perform his services a day continued and it was a quiet day and ended with the arrival of the night 

End of chapter