"Yes Mom, he left this to me to give to Mom," Dave replied, handing Anna a mini bouquet.
"Flower bouquet?"
Anna's brow furrowed, glanced briefly at Naila and then back at her son.
"You knows what his name is, honey?" she asked.
"I don't know, Mom. He just said that Mom was one of his friends," Dave replied.
Hearing that, Anna accepted the bouquet that Dave handed to her.
And the same message was there again, tucked between the flower stalks.
Just looking at it, Anna could immediately tell who the sender was.
That means the person who brought Dave without them knowing is that man. Brian.
Immediately Anna felt Dave's whole body.
"Honey, are you hurt?" she asked.
Naila who saw the woman's behavior frowned.
"No, Mom. Dave wasn't hurt."
Suddenly a sigh of relief escaped her lips.
"I'm grateful."
Suddenly the phone in her pocket vibrated. An incoming message.
Immediately Anna opened it, it was from Brian.
"HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LOSE YOUR SON FOR A FEW MINUTES?"
"I COULD DO MORE THINGS FOR HIM IF YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY."
"YOU REJECT ME AND AVOID ME."
"DON'T TREAT ME LIKE THAT AGAIN, DEAR."
A series of messages from Brian, made Anna's hands suddenly tremble.
It was obvious that Dave's disappearance was to warn her.
Anna just read the message without intending to reply. She then put the flat object back into her pocket.
"Who?" Naila asked, she couldn't help but ask when she saw the woman's reaction when she read the incoming message on her cellphone.
"Ah, just spam from an unknown number. The usual. Things like this happen often," said Anna trying to normalize her expression, but it still couldn't fool Naila's vision.
"Thank goodness," the girl replied, to be honest, she was worried about Anna, it was very clear that she was hiding something. But seeing her look normal and reluctant to tell what happened to her, made Naila just keep it quiet.
Hope it's not a big problem.
"Does that mean we can go home now?" Naila asked just to make small talk. Trying to get her to talk to distract her from things that might be bothering her right now.
"No, let's finish our purpose of coming here first then go home," replied Anna immediately.
"Okay, then, wait for me here, let me do it," said Naila again.
"No. We'd better do it together, after all, Dave is here with me," Anna replied, holding her son's hand tightly.
"No problem, Anna. I can do it. You look tired."
"Never mind, instead of saying the same thing over and over again, we should do it together so it's over quickly," said Anna, starting to take a step first.
Naila took a deep breath, "Alright. I can't refuse if it's your will," she said and followed Anna from behind.
She decided to walk a few steps behind Anna and Dave, just in case, afraid that the boy would disappear again like before.
Unbeknownst to them, a man in all black had been following them.
"You can't get away and stay away from me, honey," the man mumbled with a smirk.