"It's been a while since I've eaten instant food again." Dakota smiled, looking at the line of instant noodles in one of the small supermarkets she visited.He took a bowl of instant noodles with her favorite flavor, then took a drink he used to drink often. In addition, he also took some snacks such as potato chips, ready-to-eat sausages, and some biscuits. He then went to pay and switched to the microwave provided by the shop.Dakota waited for his moodles that he was sipping while looking at the ice cream freezer. He smiles momentarily, then grabs one of the refreshing fruit-flavored ice creams and pays for it. He came out of the store with various types of food and placed them on the front table provided by the store for customers to sit there.He placed everything she had brought on the table except for the ice cream hanging in his mouth. He sat down while savoring the cold sensation that he used to be able to enjoy only a few times at the beginning of his payday, not because it
"You asshole, get your shit together!" His uncle yelled at him loudly and hit him so hard that Dakota fell.Little Dakota curled up in pain, trying to stand up but struggling. "What are you doing? Clean up, or I'll hit you even harder."Little Dakota seemed to tremble in fear as her frail and shabby-looking little body looked pitiful with her legs that had been injured from being kicked and stepped on. Dakota got up, intending to clean up. But because her movements were too long, Dakota again provoked her uncle's emotions, immediately hitting her blindly."Mercy uncle, please stop..." Little Dakota curled her body and grimaced in pain, begging to be released. "Uncle, it hurts... Uncle. Please, stop, uncle. I'll do it right, please, uncle. Uncle, forgive me!" Doa continued to chant loudly, but the man continued to hit her relentlessly.Little Dakota looked around him, begging to be given and hoping for someone to help him, but none of the passersby reached out to pull her up and save h
"That's not true, Dakota!" His uncle denied her words. He changes the expression on his face to a helpless face, trying to get sympathy from Dakota. Unfortunately, it's useless. No matter what his uncle looked like, he wouldn't go easy on him because that man didn't deserve to be treated well.Dakota remained cold to him. "That's the real truth. All this time, you treated me inhumanely. You often left nothing for me to eat when I was the one who prepared the food for you. You ordered me to do things a little boy like me shouldn't do." He recalled the dark period of his life.Those times alone were the most challenging part for him to talk about, but he opened them up, exposing them to the man so the old man would know what he had done to him."You beat me up for the trivial things I did, and you beat me up for things that weren't even worth the size of your feet and hands. You left me cowering in pain, begging to be forgiven. You locked me in a small room and let me starve for days. A
"Come in, and you'll be doomed! People like you deserve to be taught a lesson." Dakota averted his eyes. He searched for where the voice came from.Dakota, who was originally about to enter, abandoned his intention. His eyes swept the people around him, but he didn't find anyone suspicious with the same voice of thought he heard. The people seemed to be busy with their own business, except for someone.Dakota approached the person who seemed to run to hide. He stood right in front of that person without that person realising. "What are you doing with my car?" Dakota turned the man's back and found that the person was his uncle.The uncle looked surprised when he saw Dakota find him. "Wh-what? I didn't do anything to your car!" He argued, moving his shoulder to remove Dakota's hand from it.Although he denied making such an excuse, Dakota knew his uncle was lying. He saw the panic on the face of the middle-aged man before him, so he knew immediately that his uncle had done something un
Dakota looked at his message screen and read an incoming message from Anna. "Where are you, Dakota? Why did you ask me to meet you?" He then typed a reply on his phone screen quickly, sending it to Anna. Then afterwards, he stared silently at his phone screen, waiting for another response from Anna.Dakota is currently sitting in the lobby of one of the famous hotels in her city. The hotel is quite luxurious with various facilities they provide. Besides that, they have an awe-inspiring modern design. It looks stylish but also comfortable. The thing rarely found in a trendy place is usually comfort, but they presented a concept with all the perfect support.Feeling comfortable in the place, Dakota, who sat there for almost an hour, looked so relaxed. He was busy looking at his screen, waiting for a reply from Anna's message, while occasionally, he took a sip from his glass containing the fresh juice he had ordered earlier. Then soon he put the glass back on his desk because Anna had re
"Willy?" Dakota turned his head in that direction and found Willy Artesvand approaching them and standing nearby."What did you do to my friend?" Willy pulled Marco's hand, holding Dakota's shirt collar, and looked at Marco sharply.Dakota, who didn't realize that Willy was in that place, watched Willy as the man confronted Marco. Willy, who now appeared in front of him, looked different. If Willy usually looked geeky with his dressing style like a nerd on campus, now he looked neat and different."Just now, I saw you about to hit him. Your actions earlier could get you convicted based on violence." Willy's loud voice distracted Dakota from staring at his face. He saw the look on Willy's face showing great anger. Besides that, Dakota realized that Willy's words were sincere because he didn't hear anything else in the man's mind.Marco's female friend rolled her eyeballs in disgust, looking at Willy. "Who is this weird guy again?" She made a comment to which none but Marco's other frie
"What's this?" Marco got up from his seat and approached the table of the officer who had been talking. "Did you hear me wrong, you just said that both of them are free. What does that mean?"The officer brushed his hands on the vest he was wearing. He looked at Marco with an ordinary gaze. He even almost smiled. "Unfortunately you didn't hear wrong." He turned his gaze on Dakota and Willy. "Those two have indeed been released."Dakota smiled upon hearing that. He knew that he didn't need to do anything in that place except sit quietly and wait."That makes no sense! They should have been arrested. Look at this!" Marco yelled, pointing at the wounds on his face from Dakota's actions. "Can you see? This was done by her!" He pointed at Dakota in front of the officer. "He hit me and you should have arrested him!"Marco looked out of control; he looked so angry that the two friends who came with him needed to hold him to keep Marco from acting recklessly and attacking Dakota instead. Mean
"What are you talking about?" Marco looked surprised and confused. "I'm in your trouble. You're supposed to help me." He sounded annoyed.Dakota glanced at him. He was increasingly convinced that this kid he was dealing with was living a spoiled life, as evidenced by how he spoke and asked his parents. He didn't sound reluctant or guilty at all."There's no way I'm doing that!" His father's voice from behind the phone sounded stern, making Marco look even more panicked. His eyes moved to look at lawyer Willy with annoyance even though he tried to stay focused on his father. "That's your punishment for being stupid. You're a troublemaker. You should learn to control yourself.""Dad, stop it!" Marco shouted. "You don't know the situation. It's not my fault. I did nothing wrong. That guy started it first, he didn't know his place, and I just told him. Explained to him that he had made a mistake for bothering me."Marco was still being arrogant without realizing his place, even though the