Come Back Home

In front of a large hospital, stood a girl who looked like she had just reached her teens. Her figure was thin, half of her arms were visible from the slightly oversized shirt that the girl was wearing. Her skin was completely white as if the girl had no blood at all. A few strands of messy hair that covered the girl's beautiful face added the impression of a quiet girl. The only thing that proves that she's not a doll is her bright eyes that reveal everything. Trying hard, to hide her feelings of impatience for the time being.

"Nola, you will catch a cold if you only wear those light clothes. Why don't you wear the jacket Mom gave you? You have just recovered. It's not good for you to catch a cold when you just got out of the hospital like this."

Maya glanced at Sarah who was trying to be good in front of people at this time. Whereas before this, the woman did not bother to visit her again unless she really had to pick up Maya to go home. In her room alone, the woman could not stop nagging about how much trouble Maya had done with what she had done. Just when they had left the room, the annoying woman who kept bothering Maya's ears suddenly turned into a kind loving mother in front of everyone.

Seeing Sarah's extraordinary acting, Maya could only secretly sneer in the deep of her heart. For Maya, a woman like Sarah just wasting her talent for not being an actress from a young age. With her acting skills, Sarah should be able to succeed in the world of expression without having to struggle. Her attitude while pretending to be a good mother was absolutely perfect. Until Maya repeatedly found people sighing deeply, and complaining about how the girl not knowing her place as the illegitimate child in the family.

One of the doctors who saw that Maya had no desire to obey her mother's words could only take a deep breath. "Mrs. Sarah is a really good mother," he said as he complimented her. Maya actually already knew Sarah just wanted people to see her as a shameless bastard. But when compared to having to pretend to be obedient to an annoying woman like Sarah, Maya prefers to be the bad people in front of everyone.

After all, Maya is not the kind of person who is easily offended just because all the bad words of the people around her. The beautiful girl continued to ignore the scorn of the people around her, as she once again looked at the crowd of people in front of her.

Looking at the shameless act from Maya, Sarah's face showed a helpless expression as she replied to the doctor's words. "I have not been a good mother, Doctor. Look at this daughter of mine. Until now, she wouldn't even say anything to me if she did not have a reason to. I am also used to being ignored by her when we were at home. I am still not good enough. I can not even get Nola to love me the way she loves her own mother."

Maya's eyes quietly cooled as she listened to the nonsense that the woman was spouting. "Very funny," Maya thought. Clearly, from the start the woman did not seem to have any intention of establishing a good relationship with her stepdaughter. Sarah only cared about how to torture Finola, never cared about the child she abused was an innocent child who only wanted someone's love at such a young age.

The doctor who listened to Sarah's complaint could only reassure the woman with another sentence. "I hope you guys can talk to each other and improve your relationship in the future, Mrs. Sarah. And please, make sure she's in a positive mood for a while. The same thing could happen again in the future if we let our guard down. She's still a teenager. Please try to understand her and guide her well in the future so this kind of things won't happen twice Mrs. Sarah," said the doctor while smiling politely at the woman.

Sarah thanked and asked the people to help Maya with the discharge procedure before they could finally drove Maya home. Sitting in the back seat with Maya, Sarah finally sighed and stopped talking after she finished some acting to cheer Maya up in front of everyone. The woman was more focused on playing with her cellphone, to ask how her daughter was after the girl went shopping with her friends since morning.

Maya also clearly had no intention of talking to the snake woman. She just stared at the car window with an enthusiastic expression. And her eyes, did not miss any sight that was in front of her along the way.

Because Maya used to come from a poor village that was slightly behind from the surrounding cities, Maya never knew that technology could turn into something as amazing as the one she saw in this new world. If only the zombies had not attacked her world five years ago, Maya guessed that maybe that world could also develop like her new world today. Maya's eyes cannot be separated from the interactions of the people on the roadside. Maya desperately missed the normal human interactions on the city streets as she was currently witnessing with her eyes open. Where there are no zombies, and people do not need to kill each other just to survive.

Their journey continued until the car she was traveling with slowly swerved into a relatively quieter neighborhood. On the left and right, Maya could only see luxurious houses surrounded by large courtyards. Apparently, Finola's family was not short on money at all. Her house was also no less luxurious than the houses she had seen along the way. The car stopped right in front of a masion-style house with a fountain in the middle of the courtyard. The car door opened, allowing Sarah to get out first before Maya followed behind the woman.