Chapter 29

Alina's POV
Jerome has made me feel a little better now. He seemed to create calm with his relaxed attitude. He seems to have studied psychology a lot so he can easily control my feelings. In fact, he started to distract me when I started to feel like my mind would return to bad memories and would make me feel hurt again. Immediately he offered me something that was quite interesting to me.
"Do you like playing on the swing?"
"Like it, so what?"
"Want to play?"
"Where?"
"There." while pointing his finger.
"Want to?" He asked again.
"Can."
He invited me to go to the swing and play together facing the lake.
We played very cheerfully like children under the age of ten.
"Hahahaha..." For some reason we laughed. There was a feeling that made us suddenly feel happy playing like this.
"That's enough Jero, stop it! I have to get ready to go to work now." I said I was starting to realize the obligations that had been waiting for me and that I had routinely carried out as a daily activity all this time.
"Okay." Jero stopped the swing.
We sat next to each other in silence.
"Do you want to be taken?"
"Sure, because I don't know which way to go home."
"Okay, I'll take you. Where do you think you want to take you?"
"Just get to the bus stop near the school. Because I have to take a vehicle to get to my house. I'll go home first then go to work."
"Yes, yes, I will take you according to your wishes and needs."
"Okay, come on! I'll be late if I stay here too long."
"Yes, come on."
Jero, who was still in the form of a wolf, immediately told me to climb onto his back to carry me the same way he had when he first invited me here. We started to slide after I was on his back and he got up, supporting my body so that it wouldn't slip out of his arms. We sped off like before and arrived at the bus stop near my school.
"Had reached." he said.
"Yes I know it." I immediately got out of his arms. He immediately said goodbye and suddenly sped off after saying goodbye, I don't know where he ran, I couldn't see him clearly because he was so fast.
I thought for a moment, here at this bus stop there was just me. It seems like the bus I usually take after school has left and gone. Now I'm waiting for the next bus. Deliberately so that I don't meet other school children from my school. Because apart from being embarrassed, I was also very afraid of their existence. I'm afraid of being bullied again and humiliated until I'm tricked and become a target for bullying. For that reason, I'd better take the next bus departure.
My mind recalled the incident when Jerome brought me here. I felt lucky because I was the only one at this stop. There have never been people like now who are slowly arriving. If there had been anyone other than me then it would have been very strange to have a werewolf in the middle of the city crowd. It will be very horrendous later.
Suddenly the bus I was waiting for started to appear approaching. Until it stops in front of this bus stop. I immediately got on because the bus stopped here wouldn't be too long. When I was looking for a place to sit, I met the man from this morning again. Not Ryan!!! But the mysterious man I found in the library at that time.
"You?" I said.
"You?" he said.
"Finally we meet again." said the man.
"Yes, we meet again."
"Sit here next to me, it's still empty."
He moved his seat to invite me to sit. I sat beside him.
"I'll get off in a moment. My house is not far from this bus stop actually." He said explaining.
"Oh." I was just confused and confused about what to respond.
"Wait!" I started to remember something. "Didn't you go up this morning with me, still far away?"
"Yes, that's true, but my house is not in that area. I have no interest in going to that area."
"I see, I thought your house was near mine."
"Um, no, it'll be here in a minute."
"Hey, what's your name?"
"Stop dad!"
Before he could answer, he was already starting to get off the bus.
"Hey, what's your name?" I half shouted without paying attention to the other passengers about their comfort. Even other passengers glancing at me might be strange and disturbing.
I lost my style and started looking down until the other people's gazes dispersed again and focused on each of them.
The man didn't have time to answer and didn't care about my question when he shouted earlier. Maybe because he was in a hurry, he was worried that the bus would start running again. Because he didn't stop at the bus stop but on the open road. So it is very possible and certain that the bus will go back without having to wait too long to stop because it is not in the right place, not at the bus stop.
I readjusted my sitting position and dragged myself closer to the edge of the glass. I leaned against the bus window and saw the busy streets along the way. I daydreamed alone in a moving vehicle. Makes my imagination grow and expand. I felt like I was drifting into fantasy and suddenly collapsed by the reality that I was even in a problem right now and that problem couldn't be resolved yet. In fact, I'm still floating and don't know how to find a solution that can get me out of this serious problem. Moreover, the math teacher said he would report me to the counseling agency. I'm really worried that something bad will happen. That means my uncle or aunt will be called to school. They will be disappointed and very angry with me. Worried that they will be embarrassed. I feel nervous and incoherent now. Starting to get restless and don't know what to do to get rid of the anxiety that is raging in my chest.
Until finally I started to realize that the bus I was on had gone quite far and I would soon arrive at the stop near my house. I immediately prepared myself to go home and got off the bus. No longer daydreaming or thinking about anything except focusing on myself now which will soon come down.
Finally the bus stopped in front of the bus stop near my house. I started getting off and walking towards home since I got off the bus earlier. I walked in full of doubt. Even though I came home it was still school dismissal time and my uncle and aunt couldn't possibly suspect me. But I still feel afraid and anxious and uncertain about my future fate. I can't face everything alone. This time my problem is really very serious. I felt almost hopeless, especially if Jerome hadn't met me earlier to calm me down. It turns out there are still people who care about me.