Chapter One (Days Never Come Back)

I have always wondered whether human beings are good by nature, or are the laws of the world that make them good or that they are evil by nature, but the laws of the world are what prevent them from showing their truth. As for me, I thought that human beings are innately evil, but the laws of the world are what make them good, so this is my story (the hateder).  ...

[] On a cold, rainy winter night in the city of Teriwas, while all the people in their homes are warming with their families, there is a child looking from the window towards the street with eyes sparkling at someone

Suddenly

The door opens and closes, and a woman's voice sounds

☆ The woman [River, where are you? I returned from work]

The child smiles and goes running to the woman and hugs her

Child [Mommy, why are you late? I miss you]

☆ Woman [sorry, son, I am late to work, but because you are an obedient child, you brought something you love]

♧ Child [Really, mom, what do you tell me come on]

☆ The woman [brought your favorite food, it's pizza] screams excitedly while lifting

the pizza box

♧ The child while surprised and happy [Oh you are the best  .. pizza .. pizza .. pizza] jumps while repeating these words

☆ The woman [Go and wash your hands while arranging the dining trip]

Excitedly, the child goes to the sink to wash his hands with soap and water, and when he finishes, he goes to his mother cutting pizza

☆ The woman [Let me smell your hands you may not have washed them well]

Child [No, I washed them well. Hack, smell well]

The woman smells condemning the child

☆ The woman [hmmm good smell maybe I'll eat them instead of pizza]

♧ Child [Hahaha, no mom, stop Haha]

And so dinner ends ....... later

The child is on the bed while his mother reads his story to him before he falls asleep, and then the child interrupts it

Child [Mommy, are you going to work tomorrow]

☆ The woman [No, I have a vacation tomorrow]

Child [This is cool if we let us go out to the park tomorrow, I want to play in the garden games]

☆ The woman [Okay, but you have to sleep first]

The child covers his head, a sign that he will sleep now.  The woman smiles and kisses his head

☆ The Woman [Happy Night River]

#Note that the name of the woman and child will be changed to (River and Maria)

the next day               

The sound of birds chirping, the sound of children’s laughter, and the women’s words with their sermons ran River, calling his mother to wait a little while.  His mother held him and was tidying up. He was wearing a heavy blue shirt while Maria wore a blue jacket and a blue pantron.  Maria finishes cleaning River and goes to play running, but there was something strange every time River approached a child and the child's mother drove her child away from River. River did not care much because his mother used to tell him that mothers were afraid for their children from strangers while River came down from his slide and wanted  To rise again, he heard the voice of someone behind him calling him.  River turns to see whoever calls him, and he sees a person with his beard dropping slightly below the chin full of gray hair, it seems that its owner has seen everything in life.  He wears a black cape and his black round fedora hat, and he brings a halo of darkness and mystery in his form that anxiety is on River's face, that he has not spoken of his life with an adult, especially with this aura that gives the impression that he will kidnap him at any moment.

# Strange Man"" How are you Little River""

River stuttered, responding, “It's over ... hello, sir.”

# The strange man "I think you don't know me, but I was a friend close to your father."

River was surprised.

Maria comes quickly, catches River's hand, and stops him behind her

Maria "Salvador, did I  tell you to turn away from me and my son, you bastard?"

# The strange man drops his hat to his stomach so that he shows respect for River’s mother “Oh, Mrs. Ark, it's been a long time.”

Maria""do not call me that name again""

River pulls out of his hand and walks away while he is stunned by what happened, and a face turns to see the stranger's face with a sly smile showing that this meeting will not be the last between us .....

At first, River did not know what was happening, and he did not know why his mother cried some nights, but when he entered elementary school, he began to understand what was happening ...

River is six years old, and he will go to school for the first time in his life. He arrived at school after his mother brought him, and after the teachers finished bringing them to the school and handing them the special books, it was time to go home and as usual, no one was talking to River, but there were two people, a girl and a boy who came  To the River

● "Hello, my name is Helene, and this is my brother, his name is John. What is your name?"

River couldn't hide his nervousness, and he stammered, "Hey, my name is River."

● Girl (Helen) Nice to meet you River Do you want us to be friends?

♧ River “Uh… of course” “We point out to John, who teddo that his smile is artificial

Five years have passed, and in these five years no one has spoken to River, and even when he wanted to talk to someone, when they saw him, the children ran away from him, which made him wonder what was going on here.

After the end of school and the students began to go to their homes, River as usual, he walks with Helen and John, the oddball who does not speak except when he needs something

● Helen"" River tell me what the scary person is from you""

River asks "the scary person"

● Helen: “Yes, this person who wears a round black hat and looks 50 years old.”

♧ River "" Do you mean Salvador, he is a nice person and he always buys me what I need from sweets when he sees me, but he always tells me not to tell my mom because he says that my mother does not like sweets, why do you ask do you know him? "

Helen""nothing  but i sometime see you with him""

♧ River wondering, “But he buys for me when I go out to play in an area close to my house and that your house is far from here.”

Helen did not respond to River's question and instead said, "We race to the branch where we are separated."

the next day

River went to Helen and John's house to surprise them with some cookies Maria made for them

♧ River excited, I can't wait to surprise them with cake""

He reached the door and was surprised that he was open, and when he wanted to knock the door, he heard a familiar voice that it was the voice of Salvador.  He stepped in to hear what they were talking about and found Helen, John, and their father

■ Helen and John's mother, “You have to pay more money, otherwise my children will not talk to this child again.”

John laughing, “Yes, you have to. I cannot stand with him again because he smells so bad.”

River dropped the bag loaded with cookies and scattered cake loaves all over the area and tears began to descend from his eyes, and when they were surprised to see him, River ran outside and did not know where to go, and he found himself in front of his house and opened the door and called his mother when his mother heard him calling her in a broken voice, she came with a disturbance in her stomach and her head and rushed to him

☆ Maria, what happened? Did you fall? Did you hurt?

River crying "Ha ... ha ... Helen and John, they don't like me"

Maria ""what do you mean did you quarrel with them""

River "No ... and ... but I found them telling El Salvador that they would not talk to me if he would not give them more money."

Maria is surprised and seems to understand what is going on

River licked his eyes "" They were laughing at me, why, mom, why does no one love me and not walk with me? Someone tell me what I did, did I do something, tell me? ""

And he continues crying on his mother's chest while Maria does not know what to do and does not know what to say All I did is that she comforted him  She did not ask him where he knew Salvador and made him not go to school and stay at home for several days

/After two weeks

River is walking to school with his head down when he heard a raspy voice calling him, "Salvador."

River "Sorry, but my mom doesn't want me to talk to you."

Salvador "Do you know why no one loves you here?"

River stood and felt his shudder, then turned his face towards Salvador

Salvador If you want to know, come with me.

River went with Salvador to the public park and sat in a chair far from the people and he told him a story, and this is what he said

There are eight terrorist organizations in Ashadith (the country in which River lives), but there is one terrorist organization and it is considered the most dangerous organization in the world whose family is called (the Purgatory) and the leader of this gang was called William Ark, and this person is considered the godfather of the organizations as he was famous for his intelligence and decisions in critical times and also this  The person is your father, River, and of course, who is the person who makes his son befriend the son of the king of terror? Your mother suffered a lot and was unable to even find work to feed you, but thanks to my acquaintances, I was able to find a job for her because she is the wife of my old friend.  Because she will submit his resignation from work that your father, River, was killed in mysterious circumstances, and after he was killed, it was announced everywhere that your father was William Ark and your mother did not know this before, but people are unforgiving, River. Your mother suffered a lot because of them for this, River I hope  You don't hate me because I did this thing because I couldn't see my friend's son alone. I hope you understand me

River made sure of two things, which is that his hatred towards humans began to appear within him, and he also began to hate his father very much.

River began to spend time with Salvador, and also Salvador began to teach him how to behave with people and how to deceive someone to take what he wanted and adapt to fight and how to become cunning like a fox Years passed and River graduated from high school and his goal was to complete university while working and collect money in order to take his mother and leave  To another country, no one is bothering them. A country can live the life they deserve, or this is what River was thinking before the thing happened that turned River’s life upside down .....

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