A DIVIDED HEART

Episodes 106. Oma's leaving, yeah

"Today, Alexa Adiputra and some of the people who are his accomplices will receive sentencing for the crimes they committed. They've all walked into the courtroom in prison uniforms they've been wearing for weeks"

That's the sound I heard from my car radio, this news is very familiar now even not only in print and online media but has penetrated into the realm of radio and has been very sounding around the archipelago, I'm heading to the office to see a client who's been with Dad. I left a little afternoon because I was still taking care of some things that Dad hadn't prepared

I remember what William said last night, it was very disturbing and made me sleepless. Coupled with what I heard this time, it made me feel even more guilty and re-think whether what I did was right or wrong

I don't know what happened this morning, the streets became jammed and it was very difficult to move. With very forced to turn the road and turn around, although the duration is quite long but at least I can get to the office and not stuck in traffic

I stepped on my car's gas pedal in the opposite direction from the usual direction, here too there was a traffic jam but not as bad as before. I stopped the car and looked towards the traffic center, not an accident or damage to the car but the demonstrators in green uniforms are now passing while carrying various forms of writing that is very rude not only that some of them were shouting words that are also not worth listening to

I looked once again and only realized that the demonstrators were employees of Willy's factory, from the t-shirts they wore that read AW FRESH FOOD as a sign it was William's employees who demanded a salary or what it was. They walked towards Willy's company which was indeed one lane with the road I was on at the moment

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At the court

William and Oma Mariyam are already in the courtroom, their presence is both unknown to Alexa but both know exactly the Alexa trial schedule and are now there

The reading of the verdict is ongoing, oma Mariyam can only hold tightly the hands of Willy who is also sweating to hear the brother who is now faced with the bitter reality that he will face in the future

"With this Alexa Adiputra's sister was sentenced to 15 years in prison!" tok tok, the hammer was knocked directly by the Judge as a sign of the end of the hearing this afternoon. Alexa doesn't express anything, though, his face was flat and his eyes were glaring around and he saw William and Oma Mariyam sitting among the visitors there but he was still Alexa who was cold and heartless, love makes him blind to everything. The grudge embedded in his heart still continues to lead him to be a greedy and ambitious man even though he now knows he can do nothing but wait for the 15 years is over

Angry, hate and also disappointed her heart. Angry because the thing that he thought was right turned out to bring him to a cold bui. Hate, he hated his life before and now because he could not get what he wanted, the bullying he experienced and the love he could not reach led him to an evil and greedy figure. Disillusioned, disappointed, he was disappointed not only in Prima but also in his parents who until now did not come to visit him and maybe even chose his business but he did not realize that out there his family also received an impact bad from what he did all this time and even until now the impact is not over even though the verdict has been found

Oma Mariyam could only wipe her tears that kept flowing while William just embracing her from the side gave strength to the oma that now felt destroyed. The only granddaughter he was proud of, who was successful in modeling and also beautiful in fashion, now had to accept what he had done

Alexa now looks terrible with a body that is getting thinner, a face full of acne and hair that is not managed to make a sense of smell for anyone who sees it. Alexa and the others are now brought back to the detention cell after the verdict, Alexa passed the seat of Willy and oma Mariyam but she did not turn her head once and instead threw away her face

After he exited the runway, Willy and oma also stood up to the Alexa detention cell located not far from there

"Alexa, baby!" oma sobbed when she saw her grandson sitting in the corner of the cold cell. Alexa herself did not budge and was still sitting there, embracing her two knees that now live bone and skin. Oma was crying and only William could calm her down

"Sister!" Call William and Alexa stand. Not a single word came out of his mouth, he stood up and and looked at the two who were standing across the cell

"Darling, this is oma" oma Mariyam stammered but Alexa's mouth was locked tightly, only her eyes moved there to see two people who are now also different, especially her sister who also looks thin

"Sister, speak" asked William to reach his brother's hand but soon he patis and Alexa rewind his steps

"Darling, forgive the oma who just visited you this time. Oma knows this isn't what you want but know that oma never sleeps when she thinks of you" But that shelf answered by Alexa, she still silently stared at the oma and her sister. There was a longing in his heart but the resentment and disappointment over dominance and it made him seem haughty now

The conversation felt futile, almost 1 hour long both there but Alexa did not open her mouth in the least. Oma and William gave up on their brother's attitude and were forced to leave

"If you still don't want to talk but at least you still want to hear the oma talk. Oma will catch up with your parents, not yet know when to return" Once the tears are shed but this time Alexa another expression, another, he did not make a sound but from his two teary eyes signifies that he is also not okay even if he looks strong

"Take care of yourself, I will visit you occasionally" they both go from there leaving Alexa who is now crying, her heart is now more broken when she remembers her sister's physical changes

"Take oma to the airport now, Will. Oma doesn't want to wait for tomorrow, it's too long" she said as she was in the car heading to William's apartment

"Why oma, didn't oma schedule the flight tomorrow?"

"No, Will. Oma has rearranged the flight of the oma and again Lian may now be there" said Oma

"Did oma have everything ready?" oma nodded and told me that Lian had taken care of everything even her passport and flight ticket were ready

"I'm sorry oma who didn't tell you, it's been a prediction from yesterday, after seeing Alexa maybe oma will not calm down and even more riled up and it's true" crying was again present and with a heavy heart William agreed what was asked by his oman, he turned the direction to the airport and drove his oma

William just passed it because he felt that there was no more business with it, the salaries of employees and also the losses of all his clients he had paid cash when all his property was sold out. Devastated, this was his current position and did not know until when it would be like this

"Lian, take care of oma. Thank you for sticking around even if things are not good" Willy told Lian

"Yes, Sir. I'll take care of him, you don't have to thank me because what I'm doing now doesn't mean anything compared to what I've received from my family" Willy hugged Lian and Lian returned the favor

"Oma's leaving, yes" William nodded and kissed the back of his hand. He could only stare at the back of the old woman he loved until he was finally no longer visible

William then went home, on the way home he went back past the company that had raised his name. He wondered what they were fussing about to the point that the traffic jam was going on. He got out of his car and approached the demonstrators wearing his factory uniform

"I'm sorry, what's wrong?" everything looks

"Well that's it, Mr. William, what a coincidence" shouted a man who became their leader. William entered their ranks and asked further

"Why are you here, isn't the time no longer working?"

"We're here because we asked for a salary shortfall that should have been paid last week. We have a family that needs food and a school!"

William was surprised when one person revealed their existence, he who felt that paying off all the salaries of the workers had to be faced with a different reality

"Your salaries have been taken care of by Mr. Rahmat, he arranged everything" he explained to the increasingly heated protesters

"Sir Mercy only gave us half and he said the shortcomings will be transferred soon but until now there is no continuation, sir!"

"Wait a minute" William took his phone and tried to contact Mr. Grace, the money man he entrusted to take care of all the salaries of employees so far. Repeatedly the number he contacted did not find an answer until in the end the number was not active

"Damn!" as William met with impasse. He was tricked and now the fraudster ran away from nowhere. There is no other way but to pay off everything anyway if he fled then he will not survive because he was outnumbered by the demonstrators

"How much should I pay you?" considering he still had the money that I gave him last night then he decided to pay it off and no longer think about it

"This is sir, the total is so" someone gave a sheet containing the name and also the lack of a salary to be paid

William was wide-eyed, the nominal was fantastic and he did not know whether the money from oam was enough to pay it off or not. He then walked towards his car and took the money stored there. William carefully calculated the nominal so that there would be no more shortcomings, after all fitting William gave the money to them

"I apologize for the inconvenience. Please recalculate" one of them counted the money and the amount was the same as what was listed there. Relief was felt by the demonstrators and they immediately shared it

"Thank you for working so well all this time, sorry once again" William said to them

"Together, Sir. I pray you can start another business, gladly we want to work with you" William nodded and then left from there

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