1 Chapter 1

"Fernanda! Fernanda!" shouted a modestly dressed young man running towards Fernanda who was at her flower shop, the only inheritance left by her parents before they died.

Hearing someone call her name, Fernanda immediately turned to the source of the voice. It was Niko, the village youth who grew up with her since childhood. "What's wrong?" asked Fernanda, looking at Niko who looks anxious.

Did something bad happen? Fernanda thought, and because of that, she got a little nervous. "What's wrong, Niko?" Fernanda asked, worriedly.

"This is bad, Fernanda! It's terrible!" There was a vibration in Niko's voice. Emotions were already mixed in his mind due to nervousness, he didn't know how to start what he wanted to say to Fernanda.

" The hut! The hut!"

Fernanda's eyebrows were mutually linked her forehead deepening. Her voice increased as she said, "What happened to the hut!" Her voice grew louder because she was a little annoyed with Niko, it took him a while to speak which pissed Fernanda.

Niko was about to say, "Your hut is on fire," but before he said it, Fernanda ran quickly towards the hut where her grandmother and grandfather lived.

"Fernanda wait!" cried Niko, then he ran after Fernanda. Stupid Niko.

Tears almost fell down Fernanda's face. She already had a bad feeling about her grandparents.

The location of her small flower shop is located not far from her grandparents hut. It only took her 10 minutes to get to the hut, and there she saw the shocking event.

"Fire! There's a fire! Help!" Everyone was screaming and trying to douse the flames that burned the huts belonging to her grandparents.

Only her grandparents' hut was on fire. People living on the right and left of the hut running around, to fetch and throw water into the fire. While the neighbor who had a water hose used it by spraying the water continuously towards the blazing fire.

No one noticed Fernanda, everyone was very busy putting out the fire to stop the blaze from spreading towards the houses on the right and left side.

"Grandma! Grandpa!" cried Fernanda repeatedly, she was so confused, her voice had surpassed the strength of a normal cry due to the excessive concern for her grandfather and grandmother.

The fire was very strong but it did not cause Fernanda to lose hope, she was fully convinced that she could still save her grandparents.

"Grandpa! Grandma!" Fernanda screamed, while stepping foot in front of the hut that was almost scorched by an enormous fire.

Someone saw Fernanda and immediately shouted, "Stop that woman! It's dangerous there!

Two large men held Fernanda's hand, preventing the poor girl from entering the hut. Fernanda screamed, "My grandparents are inside!"

"Don't put yourself in danger, the fire was so strong, no one could survive such a strong fire especially the elderly, they were probably consumed by the fire," one of the big men told Fernanda.

Fernanda's hair on her skin stand up while her eyes widened. "No!" She kept screaming and bawling until her throat was completely sore. She still couldn't believe that her grandparents were dead.

The people around were still busy fetching water and throwing it into the fire, while Fernanda was on the ground and still moaning.

The fire in front was huge, and in just a few seconds, the obliterated part of the hut where Fernanda spent her childhood now turned into ashes.

Niko couldn't bear to hear Fernanda's cries. The simple man dissolved into the grief of her childhood friend. He approached Fernanda, and hugged her, trying to provide peace for Fernanda.

Niko didn't speak anything, he just rubbed Fernanda's hair. Fernanda was shaken. Her heart still couldn't accept the death of her grandparents. They have raised Fernanda until this day. She was devastated. She felt her life has no future now. Only her grandparents made her able to deal with her problems, especially with her husband, Carlos Xavier.

Fernanda no longer lives in the hut where her grandparents live, but she still often goes to them even just briefly. Meeting her grandparents was a very precious time for her. Fernanda never told her grandparents that her husband's family didn't like her, she just kept it on her own.

Mrs. Sara is her mother-in-law. The haughty woman never liked Fernanda ever since, and her hatred grew when she found out that Fernanda was pregnant.

Meanwhile, firefighters arrived and started to put out the fire. They were accompanied by several police officers and are currently questioning residents.

"One of the witnesses mentioned that there was a man who carried a gallon containing gasoline and watered it along the hut."

"Who?" asked the police, and Fernanda at the same time. They were very surprised by this statement. The information seems to tell that there is someone who really intends to burn her grandparents alive. But the man who had just given the piece of information just twitched his shoulder.

"You have to be vigilant if there are suspicious people who goes around your houses. If you see anything suspicious, inform the police immediately to prevent such an incident," the policeman said.

Not long after, Carlos came in front of the hut that was already flat with the ground, finding Fernanda who was with Niko.

"Cheesy!" exclaimed Carlos looking at his wife with an accusatory look. His voice was heard by Fernanda, she was surprised to see Carlos who was already in the same place as her, he's with a woman who's giving Fernanda a scornful look. "Indeed, she is cheap," said the woman named Patricia.

The smell of smoke was slightly suffocated Fernanda, she had ran so fast and forgot that she was nine months pregnant.

Unexpectedly, Fernanda felt her thighs was wet and she instantly felt dizziness. The world around her seemed to be spinning and she no longer felt that her feet were treading the ground.