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Katrina and Camille grew up in the orphanage together since they were 3 years old. They have been best friends for about 17 years. Their friendship is so strong that nothing can break it. Their personality is very different with each other although they are best friend. Katrina is the kind of girl that very quiet and calm. She has oval face, and her hair covers her forehead so that her face does not seem very long. Black long curly hair hangs down until her waist. She has the same eye color with her hair. It is so black that drags you into it. Camille is very cute and naughty. She has short hair, and white skin. There is laughter wherever she goes.

There are many people on the street today, mostly are couples and families. Today is Saturday, everybody is enjoying their holiday. A girl falls down on the ground, blood starts to coming out of her knees. She starts to cry, so loud that the people passing by all stop to look at her.

“Maybe we should take her to the hospital” one of the people from crowd says.

“Where are her parents?” another person asks.

“Poor girl.” Says a woman. “Maybe she doesn’t have parents.”

“Hmily, where are you? What happened to you?” A woman with many paper bags is coming through the crowd. She looks anxious. “I told you to wait for me here. Don’t cry, mama bought candy and ice-cream for you. Let’s go to hospital and get you some medicine.” The woman takes the girl and goes away. The people who stop to see also go away, only two girls are still standing there. They are Katrina and Camille.

“I hate my parents! How could they do this to me! If they didn’t want me, then why did they bring me to the world.” Katrina says with no emotion on her face. After watching the girl and mother, she remembers her parents. She remembers how her parents abandoned her when she was still a little girl who knows almost nothing about this world.

“Perhaps they were poor and have no money to buy food for you.” Camille tries to make her feel better. “I always think this way to make myself feel better.” She continues.

“Why are you finding excuses for them? No matter what excuses they have, the truth is that they throw me away, like throwing garbage into the trash bin. What kind of parents will do that to their children?” She is getting angrier and angrier, and her face is turning pink. Her black eyes are getting bigger. Her angry face is easily seen under the sun. Her necklace is shining. It is snowflake figure with some small diamonds on it.

“Ok, let’s change another topic. This one is too serious.” Camille says. She doesn’t want Katrina to drag herself into the ocean of anger. It hurts.

The two girls continue their shopping after a week of busy study. They are now studying together in university. They enjoy their study and their life very much.

A sunny afternoon, Katrina is studying in her room, because she is going to have an exam tomorrow. She likes to stay in her room and enjoy her time in reading.

“Katrina, look at this, you will be surprised by it” Without seeing anybody, the voice coming into her room first.

“What is it?” Katrina asks with little interest. She knew that Camille is the radio station in the school. Camille knows everybody and their stories. This time Katrina thought it is also some kind of gossip again.

“You... you must look at this painting on today’s newspaper.” Camille says. She cannot catch her breath, because she runs so fast on the way. She is so excited. She passes the newspaper to Katrina.

Katrina looks at the newspaper for a few seconds. Suddenly her mouth opens and her eyes widens. The painting on that newspaper shocks her. It is the painting of a little girl. What shocks her is the necklace on the girl. It has the same pattern with the one on her neck. Since she can remember this necklace is already with her. She thought this might from her parents.

“This painting is composed by the famous artist—Jasper Cooper.” Camille explains. “The girl on the painting is his scattered daughter 15 years ago. He compose this painting according to his memory.” Camille looks at Katrina. She is looking outside the window, seems like not listening. “Katrina, are you listening?” Camille rises up and stands in front of Katrina.

“I am listening.” Says Katrina with her eyes still looking outside.

“Perhaps he is your father, you must do something. Don’t you want to find out who your parents are?” says Camille.

“I am an orphan. I don’t have parents. I am happy with my life now. Why should I care about strangers? Katrina suddenly stands up, and looks directly into Camille’s eyes, and then she starts walking towards the door. Before she goes outside, she turns around and says to Camille.

“They are richer than you thought, right? Rich enough to raise me up.” And then she walks out.

“There must be some reason for this. I have to find out. I won’t let things happen this way. I must help Katrina and her parents.” Camille knows that Katrina always want to have parents like other children. Whenever she saw parents and their children walking on the street, she will look at them with admire eyes. So she decides to help Katrina. With this thought in her head, she goes out the room.

The following week none of them has mentioned this any more. However this is no the end. Camille is trying to contact Mr. Jasper, and find out the truth, but Katrina doesn’t know about this. After a week’s hard work, Camille finally get contact with Mr. Jasper. They try to find evidence from the orphanage, the hospital, and everything that related to her.

The next day Camille, Mr. Jasper, and Mrs. Jasper come to see Katrina. When Camille introduces them to Katrina, the blood had drained from her face as she starts to rise from her chair. “That’s my parents.” She whispered to herself. Her heart is divided into two parts. The soft part is telling her to run into their arms and give them a big hug and a kiss, and forgive them for leaving her in the orphanage. Yet the hard part is telling her to ignore them and see them as stronger, because of what they had done to her.

“Katrina? Is that your name? We are glad to meet you.” Mr. Jasper says very gentle.

“Katrina, oh my dear Katrina. I am your mother, don’t you recognize me? I miss you so much.” cried Mrs. Jasper. She walked fast towards Katrina with outstretched arms.

“I am not your daughter, my parents died when I was very young, otherwise they won’t leave me in the orphanage alone. They were died. I knew that. I knew.” Katrina shouted to the woman. “Leave me alone. I don’t want to see anybody.” She pushed them outside and closed the door.

In the evening Katrina was walking on the street alone and thinking about what had happened in the morning. She couldn’t believe that they are her parents. They never asked and cared anything about me since these years, and now they want me back. No way!!! As she was thinking, she did not notice that a car was coming near. When she recognized, it was too late. She felt dizzy, and then she lost her conscious…

It was 9 pm. Camille was sitting outside the emergency room with tears on her face. After 3 hours surgery, Katrina finally got better. The only problem was that she lost too much blood, and she needs to transfuse blood. Camille called Mr. and Mrs. Jasper to come and transfuse blood to Katrina.

“I am so sorry that your blood type is not matched with Katrina’s, so you can not transfuse blood to her.” Said the doctor. “so is your wife”, the doctor continued. “Her blood type is very rare. It is type B negative. Not many people have this type of blood.”

“That means she is not my daughter.” Mrs. Jasper looked so depressed. She sat down on the couch and looked far away from the window.

“Type B negative. I know somebody who is type B negative.” Mr. Jasper quickly took out his cell phone and dialed a number. Then he went outside and talked with the person on the phone.

“How did you lose your daughter?” Camille asked Mrs. Jasper who was still looking far away.

“It was 17 years ago. At that time, my husband was still a poor artist. Until one day, one of his paintings was shown in an art exhibition, and that painting became popular. Suddenly his name started to appear in newspapers, news and everywhere. We became rich. I think that was the reason some criminals has targeted us. They kidnap my daughter, and my servants’ daughter, because they didn’t know which one was ours. Those people didn’t keep their promise. We paid them money, but they never return our daughters.” Mrs. Jasper remembered her painful times again. She took Camille’s hand and smooth her hairs and said, “If my daughter still alive, she must be the same age as you.”

“Edwin is coming. He will arrive within half an hour. Mr. Edwin is my servant for 20 years. His wife has died of heart attack 17 years ago. I think Katrina is his daughter. She has the necklace that we gave our little baby. Our baby was kidnapped together, and she has the same blood type with Mr. Edwin.” Said Mr. Jasper calmly.

Half an hour later, when Mr. Edwin came, they transfuse blood to Katrina immediately. He was so excited when he knew that Katrina is his daughter after hearing the report form the doctor. He took care of Katrina and stayed in the hospital for 2 days.

2 days later, Katrina finally awake. The first person she saw was Mr. Edwin. She knew that Mr. Edwin has been here for 2 days. She knew everything when she was in bed, but she was too weak to talk or even open her eyes. She even heart the conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jasper and Camille.

“D…Dad?” Katrina said in small voice. Her face looked very pale, and weak.

“…” Silence for a minute. Mr. Edwin was so shocked to speak anything. His eyes were widely open, and then tears started to coming out. Did you see that darling? It’s our daughter, our dearest daughter. He talked with his wife in his heart.

“Katrina, you are my daughter. We finally get together after 17 years separation.” Mr. Edwin gave her a big hug, and then nobody said anything any more.

The following week everybody was happy. Katrina was getting better day after day. She felt she is the luckiest girl in this world now. She has found her father, and she had her best friend who is always besides her. She also gets to know Mr. and Mrs. Jasper. They were nice people, and they treated her like their daughter.

There was only one person who was still curious about the necklace. That was Camille. How come Katrina has the necklace if she is not the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper? What happened to their real daughter? Is she still alive? I must find out!

It was on Sunday, Camille went back to the orphanage, she wanted to find out Katrina’s file and see whether she can find something. As she was searching, a picture fell on the ground. There were two little baby girls in the picture. One of the girls was holding a necklace in her hand, and the other was sleeping. She turned the picture, and she found these words written at the back of that picture.
KATRINA & CAMILLE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH 1989.

My short story (no title yet)

The White man, holding the steering wheel with one hand driving the most expensive car, The black Mercedes, along the road crowed with people, said to other man sitting beside:
“I have killed people enough. I am thinking of giving up my job.”
It was the clear night in the summer time in the most busiest city of Tokyo, Japan. A huge crowed of people walking cross each other everywhere to go back to their homes. James, who wasn’t been born to be a killer, but because of his broken family when he was young had forced him to be so, still drove slowly and mentaly calm waiting for Hahn, his boss, as well as his guardian, to say something.
“Why do you want to quit?.”Hahn asked, holding the cigarette ready to light and smoke. “You have done a good job, and earned a lot of money”. He added.
James took a breathe thinking for a few moment and finally answered the question. “I am getting the mood of sympathize after I have kill those people I didn’t even noticed what they have done to me.” “I don’t want to be guilty anymore”. He concluded.
“You were brave enough to ask for this premission.” Hahn said, with the calm voice, but no smile at all. “I am also brave enough to let you go, I’ll promise.” He added.
“Really!”. “Thank you!.” He shouted with smiling face.
“But you have to do one last thing for me, you can be independed if you’re done with this job”. Hahn commanded him while smoking another cigarette.
“What?.” “Who do you want me to kill?, just tell me.”
“I will show you his place, just drive as I tell you the direction.”
Few minutes later, the car stopped at the opposite road to the huge beautiful house of a big Yakuza in the suburbarn area of Tokyo called Shibuya.
“I want you to get rid of this man, who is the big mafia. We have had the business contradiction.” He requested. “ He went over our zones.” He added.
“When do you want me to kill this man? Tonight? Or When?.” James asked with a lot of attention and interests.
Hahn put his hand into the pocket and took out the photo of this man, then gave it to James and siad “wait until next week because you need some more time to prepare for this. It is not easy to kill him.”
“OK, I’ll do it, but remember the promise that you have given me.” James replied.
Hahn didn’t say anything, but nodded his head instead. It is midnight already. So, they both went back to the house.
At the huge beautiful house, with the nice green grass and little garden inside the area of the house, more than 20 security guards are all around the house such as at the front and back gates and some are at the area nearby, lives a young pretty 20 year old girl named Cathy and her father whose name is Tanaka. He is an old mafia sititng on the wheelchair because of the accident few years ago. He doesn’t do all the business by himself, but he has his close relatives and his people work for him. Her mother died when she was about 10 years old. So, she lived with her father and some close relatives.
From outside look, Cathy seems pretty happy because she’s got money, protection from father, but there is one thing that she is not happy with. She always kept this in her mind. One sunny day in the afternoon, Tanaka and her daughter were sitting together on the red soft couch inside the expansive living room with pink colour of the wallpaper talking miscellaneously. But, few moment later, Cathy had something curiously in mind and wanted to speak to her father.
“Dad, I know I have everything such as money, yourself. But I am still not feeling quite happy.” She said. “I want you to quit from your job, and start doing some legal business.” She added, with her eyes of worry and care.
“Even though we have had enough guards to protect us, but we don’t know what will happen in the future.”She continued.
After She had finished her talking, Tanaka, with his black suit and with his fat shape of the body, serious face, looking through the window glass stood up and said back to Cathy:
“I understand for what you have said, my dear. But, how should I quit my job? I have been a mafia for almost time of my life. All the money is from being mafia. You would have not been like this if I wasn’t making money for you.”
“Don’t worry about me too much. Ok, darling?. I will be fine.” He said again, with a half serious and smiling face.
Cathy didn’t say anything more, and both sat down quietly at the same couch. Suddenly, there was a phone ring. Cathy quickly went to pick up by herself:
“Hello! Who is that?” She said
“Hi, Cathy, it’s me!, remember?” Said the man.
Because the voice of that person who is speaking with is so familiar, so, she could guess easily. Yes, it was James. James was at the telephone box calling her to go out together with him as usual. They both got to a park near the centre of Tokyo. The name of the park was Chen Sa. This park was very large. There were many green palm trees around the walk way. Green grass on the ground. Many people came to this park to relax including James and Cathy. James and Cathy have become boyfriend and girlfriend few weeks ago. Because they both have the same understanding, same situation, broken family. James, with his black t-shirt and the white trousers, Rayban glasses, had something so share with his girlfriend:
“Hey, how are you, Cathy?” He asked.
“I am doing fine.”She replied, but with her dull face.
“Are you sure?. You look not very fine!” James looks very worry about Cathy.
Cathy didn’t reply, but she talked something esle to James instead.
Cathy didn’t know much about James. The things she knew are like the background of family, she also knew that James worked for another mafia in Japan. Because she also worried about James, she tried to convince him to quit from his job:
“James, I am so worried about you. I want you to quit from what you are and what you work.” She said seriously.
“I was about to tell you also that this is going to be last time for me to do it. Then, I will quit, and I will start the legal business.” Said James.
“Rally!.” She yelled, with her excited and smiling face. “I am glad to hear that. I know that you can do it.” She continued.
Both James and Cathy smiled at each other. They were happy whenever they talk to each other, and this is going to be more happy when James would change his mind and turn to live as normal people do. They both walked together for a few moment, then, James excused himself to get back to his place to prepare for his last assignment. It was the big preparation for him.
When it was the day of killing, it was Sunday afternoon, the sun shined so bright and hot. Most of security guards had to stay inside the air-conditioning rooms. So, there were not many people outside the house. But, for Cathy and her father, Cathy decided to swim in the indoor swiming pool at the backyard of the house. Tanaka, with his short, and his cigar, sat on the wheelchair near the pool, while Cathy, in the pink bikini, and her nice and slim shape swam in the blue chorine water.
James and his two crew arrived the road not too far from the house observing the situation carefully. Beside his car, there was an old yellow Wolkswagon stopped just opposite of the same road. But James didn’t care about that. The only thing he thought was to kill.
“Whose car is that?. Umm..nevernimd.” James was thinking to himself.
James and one of his crew got out of his car, he said to the rest that he would do it by himself. He would give the signal if he needed any help. Then, he and his crew got out of his car. James, with his black dress,black helmet on, he didn’t want anyone to see and remember his face, and another man with the same black suit, but without helmet, slowly walked towards the house with his silienced short gun. “Bang, bang, bang.....”. He and his crew quickly killed the guards from inside and outside the house one by one. He had been trained well enough how to use or shoot by the gun. So, there no problem for him to kill. Few minutes later, all the security guards were killed by him. While the thing was going on at the front of the house, Cathr got up from the pool and sat at the bench wondering why it was so quiet. It was so unusual.
Suddenly before they did something esle, the door was open, Cathy shouted out loud, and got down on the floor with her scary feeling. there was James with his gun ready to kill the target.
“Who is that?!. Why are you going to kill us?!.” Cathy screamed loudly.
“What!” “Why the voice is so fimiliar?.” “I am sure that I have heard it before.” James whispered.
“Is that you, James?.” She cried out.
James pulled out his black helmet and suddenly, he saw Cathy:
“Cathy!!.” He yelled. With the eyes wide opened
He couldn’t believe his eyes. There she was. That was Cathy! And the man sitting in the wheelchair beside her was Tanaka, cathy’s father, the one that James had to kill. Three people were very shocked. Tanaka sat on the wheelchair shakenly. Both James and Cathy did nothing. No words, no action, no feeling to do anything.
“I didn’t know that you were the one who was going to kill my dad!” She said with her tears came out.
“I also didn’t know that I had to kill your dad. I was told by my boss, Hahn.” He replied with his shaken voice and the tear also came out.
“Please, don’t kill my dad!.” She begged to James.
While they were shocking, another man came in. Yes! It was Hahn. He was on that old yellow Wolkswagon. He followed James every steps. He saw and realized the situation. And the most cruelest thing was he killed all James’ crew in the car.
“I know what is going to happen, boy!” Said Hahn with the gun pointed to James, Cathy, and, Tanaka.
“You would never make it.! You are too fainthearted!” Said Hahn with his laughing.
“You....You....kill me, instead of killing Tanaka or Cathy.!” James negotiated with his brave heart.
“Huh...Huh...Huh....” Hahn laughed with his cruel mind. “I will kill all of you!” He continued.
Hahn was about to shoot them by his short gun, he thought he would win for this battle, but, the miracle happened, without realizing it,he had no more bullet to load with his gun. He used too many bullets while he was killing other people.
“Ohh..no!!!” He shouted with his unbelievable
“Huh....Huh....Huh...” James laughed at Hahn very satisfy. “You are the one to die! I will kill you!!” said James in his strong and angry voice.
“Bang...Bang...Bang...” He shot Hahn fastly. Then Hahn died.
James looked at Cathy and Tanaka and he apologized for what he did to them. He now quit his killing job. Both Cathy and Tanaka understood that James was forced to do all the bad things from Hahn. But, however, killing was a crime. He had killed the guards, he needed to be punished by the law. He decided to call the police and put himself into the big punishment coming up.