
"Aunty Nami,,, you know,,,,"
"Tita, honey,,,,"
Namira and little Tita embrace each other warmly.
"Aunty misses Tita,,, emmmhhh! Happy birthday, Baby...." Namira shakes slowly Tita's body left and right, and Tita giggles at Namira's actions, Tita's bright round bead capturing the figure of Emil standing behind Namira with his tense, facial expression, and O'clan's extended family soon approached Namira who had come with Emil, quite unexpectedly.
"Aunty, who is he?" tita asked as she pointed towards Emil, and it caught Emil's attention to glance at her.
Namira let go of their embrace, then turned to Emil who was also looking at her.
"Emil, man,"
"Emil, man,"
Mom and Daddy Cried In.
Daddy immediately pulled Emil's body for him to hug tightly, the cry of the man who had looked very old broke instantly he could not stand, and it attracted the attention of the invited guests.
Emil realized something when the flash of media started aiming at him. He quickly lowered.
"Can we find another place?" ask Emil who made them all confused.
"Come on," Fabrizio quickly invites them away from there, talking through earphones to MC handle the event while they're away.
Now they are all in a closed room. There's only Daddy, Mommy Di, Fabrizio, Aretha, Tita, Namira and Emil. Without outsiders.
"Emil, where have you been? We miss you so much, grandma got sick because she kept thinking about you" Mommy Di spoke with excitement. But Emil's gaze was precisely on Aretha's stomach that seemed to bulge.
"Printing one extra number?" emil's chirps made the tension between them melt slightly.
"Yes, Tita will soon have a sister" replied Aretha.
"That's great, congratulations."
Aretha developed a smile as she thanked him.
"Emil, Namira, you guys, together?" now Daddy who asked panicked to see their togetherness.
Namira and Emil looked at each other, then cut off their gazes as Namira looked down.
"Namira, are you cheating on your husband? You cheated on Mr. Leonel?" aretha's look doesn't sound like it.
Namira immediately looked up to the accusation from Aretha, although what Aretha accused was not entirely wrong, but it sounded like Namira was a real cheap woman.
"He deserves to be happy, we love each other, what is that to be called an affair?" Emil did not accept what Aretha said, seeing Aretha's face changed for Emil's answer, Fabrizio who now does not accept.
"What's the name if it's not an affair? You decide to split up, then re-knit the relationship after one of them has been married, if it is in my position, then I will definitely hang the woman," Fabrizio said.
"Enough!" Daddy snaps.
"Can you stop fighting? We have been separated for many years, today God brought us together, what should be with the commotion again?" Daddy's chest up and down withholding emotions.
"Emil, come home, grandma misses you so much, she's very old and she's sick, your presence can definitely be a healer for her," Daddy tried to talk as softly as possible. But Emil did not respond.
"Namira, I know I have no right to interfere in your personal affairs, but, there is no justification in an affair, if you do not love your husband, you can ask for a divorce from her to be back with Emil." Aretha sat next to Namira, stroking Namira's hands gently, talking as slowly as possible so as not to provoke any more noise.
Namira swallows the rough salivary. During this time he hid everything because Leonel threatened him, threatening the safety of Aretha, Tita, even Ardhan and his wife.
"If he could do it, he would have done it long before he met me" Emil said making them wince in displeasure.
"What does Emil mean, Namira?" ask Aretha.
Emil begins to lose his temper, seeing Namira who has shed tears to make his chest pain, his woman as if being tried by a big mistake that will harm the O'clan family.
"We go home" said Emil, drawing Namira's hand, surprising everyone.
"Wait," Tita's voice stopped Emil's steps to take Namira.
"I remember now" said Tita, clapping her waist in front of Emil, who was standing tall, blocking Emil's path.
"You're the guy in the photo Daddy sees every night, when Daddy tells the story of a submissive but mischievous boy, but Daddy loves that boy very much, you're the guy on Daddy's phone, you're that boy, aren't you?" Tita spoke while pointing at Emil funny, then he giggled to himself at the end of his sentence revealing a row of neat teeth.
"You wet your bed for fear of cockroaches in your room" Tita rattled Emil, did Fabrizio really tell Tita all that? And, Fabrizio loves him?
Emil looked at Fabrizio who looked away as if he was reluctant to see him.
"Daddy, is that your brother you miss? Which you love so much but you guys got into a fight and he left?" tanya Tita made everyone who heard it as if they did not believe, even it successfully pinched the hearts of Emil and Fabrizio.
"Emil," said Namira. Emil quickly looked at her who gave a pleading look.
"I brought you here to settle the matter between you and your family, talk nice and stop arguing with each other."
"They don't appreciate me." replied Emil. Fabrizio turned his head to hear the answer Emil gave.
"You're wrong, Mr. The CEO wasn't like that, he said all his poignant sentences hoping that you could become stronger and fight for your better self, and you've proven if you can,"
Aretha withdraws Fabrizio's hand.
"Why are you always crying, now he's in front of you, but why are you looking away like you don't want him? Wouldn't you be sorry if your sister went away from you once again? What exactly are you arguing about? Between me and Namira is a brother, it's normal to have a disagreement, but that doesn't mean breaking up each other's brotherhood,"
Aretha brought Fabrizio closer to Emil, the two brothers were equally gallant facing each other with a glassy bead, after which either who started, Emil and Fabrizio hugged each other tightly, very tightly, as if wanting to crush the opponent's bones.
"I'm sorry" said Fabrizio, who has never apologized in his entire life to anyone.
"I miss you" replied Emil holding tightness in his chest.
Everyone was crying and happy. Only Tita in the little girl was staring confusedly at those adults, they were hugging, but all of them were crying. Bizarrely. Inner Tita.
***
The birthday party continued without Emil, because he avoided the media spotlight, all this time, he covered his identity and identity from everyone, only a few artists under his management and his confidants knew who Emil was. Especially at this time, he was on an undercover mission.
The party was over, and the big family gathered together again for dinner in a private room, without Tita, because the little girl was already sound.
"So, you're in a relationship again?" still in the original topic, Daddy again asked about Emil and Namira's relationship.
"I love Namira, Dad. Very, Namira also just loves me, a big mistake because I have divorced her." Emil clasped Namira's hand on the table, visible to everyone.
"You're gonna deal with the wrong guy, Emil. Mr. Leonel won't let you go if he finds out you're playing with his wife." Fabrizio looked at Emil inside, he knew very well who Leonel was in the business world and the black world that not many others knew, he knew, because of Leonel's thick mask, his famous benefactor and royal make him well-liked by many and socially acquainted with Leonel was a good person.
"I know, but I'm ready to risk anything to get the man breng.sek's noose off Namira."
"Namira, say something, really, you're scaring me this time." Aretha speaking.
"He tortured me, he threatened me, he damaged my mental and psychic, and he wouldn't let me go even if I asked for it. He stalked people near me as slaves to his threats. Including Ardhan, his wife, and,"
Namira paused, everyone listened with a thumping heart.
"You guys," said Namira looking down inside.
DEG.
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