AS A SLEEPING FRIEND

50. News Portal (POV Author)

Javier and Elin's wedding day is in sight. Everything seemed busy to take care of the event, including Elin who returned to visit Bridal to make the final fitting of his wedding dress that had been repaired.

Today, Elin is not only with Carla to come to Bridal, because Elara also accompanies her future daughter-in-law.

"Good aunt you finally decided to get married."

"This is all thanks to Aunt's support." Elin reviewed the smile.

"Ah yes, Cassie will also be here. She wanted to take her dress as well" Elara said.

"really? I haven't seen her aunty in a long time."

"Yes, Cassie took a trip to Paris with Uncle Sakha."

Elin did not know who Uncle Sakha was meant by Elara, until the girl's face showed that she looked confused.

"Uncle Sakha is Aunt's youngest sister. Aunt three brothers. Aunt first child. The second was Aunty Liora .. she was the mother of Cassie, and the last Aunt's sister was Uncle Sakha." Elara explained as if understanding the mind of Elin who did not know it.

"Well, it must be nice to have a lot of brothers" said Elin, picturing it.

"Not really, you will fight with them often," Elara cussed with a chuckle.

"really?"

"Maybe." Elara. "But Aunt and Auntie's two brothers weren't so. Although there was a reasonable little commotion sometimes, we spent our childhood quite warm. Then, Bibi went to college in Germany and it made us have to live apart and apart" she explained later.

"That's very exciting" said Elin Exited. "Did Javier's sister just have Cassie as a cousin?" Elin asked further because she did not remember clearly the family genealogy of her future husband.

"Javier has two other male cousins. Cassie's real sister, her name is Diego. And Uncle Sakha's son, Martin."

"If from Uncle Shane's side?" tanya Elin was referring to Javier's father's side.

Elara shakes. "His Daddy Javier has a twin brother, he's Uncle Shawn. But Uncle Shawn has his own life choices and chooses to childfree, he has no children."

Elin looked to nod her head.

"Are you interested in having more kids?" ask Elara later.

"Will auntie be angry if I decide to childfree too?" cananda Elin's.

Elara slicked her shoulders. "That's your right and Javier's, Elin. Aunt will appreciate it. Even if you decide to have many children, Auntie will still be grateful."

Inwardly, Elin was grateful that her future father-in-law could respect any principle.

"I'm just kidding, Auntie. I also want to have offspring," admitted Elin finally. He was happy because he could consider Elara like his own close friend because of the acceptance of the woman.

"Well, then you'll be in frequency with Javier. He wants to have a lot of kids."

"really?"

"Yes. She always said that being an only child was synonymous with loneliness. He was also quite burdened because his Daddy's expectations were so high and it was only aimed at him himself."

Elin understood why Javier felt that way. He also admitted it in himself. Although Elin actually has a brother, Liam, but actually Elin feels like living without a brother. How not, Liam always considered him someone else even though their biological father was the same man.

"But to be honest, I'm not ready to have a child at my age now, Auntie," admitted Elin seemed hesitant.

"Well, aunt understands that. Regarding this, you can discuss it again with Javier. Wouldn't the relationship last if it had good communication?"

Elin agreed. He knew that Elara's wise speech was a tip for the future of her household.

Before long, the person they had been talking about was present in their midst. Cassie with her cheerful voice.

"Did I make you wait a long time?"

"Not really, we had a casual chat and it didn't feel like you had arrived" Elin told Cassie.

They decide to wait for Cassie to pick up her dress at the bridal. Then go home together.

"Elin, will you and Javier stay in the apartment after marriage?" cassie asked as they stepped out of Bridal.

"I don't know. All the decisions are with him and I will follow wherever my husband goes" Elin replied.

"good. Follow him even though he's to the end of the world" Cassie joked but also taken by Elara.

"Come on Aunty, my car is there" Cassie said, referring to her car.

They all split up in front of Bridal because Elin will also ride in a car driven by Carla as his bodyguard.

"Bye Elin, see you on your wedding day" Cassie said, waving to Elin.

"Bye Cassie, Bye Aunt Elara" replied Elin.

Elin got into her car and sat next to Carla in the front cabin.

"We just go home, yes" Elin told Carla, who was confirmed by the tomboy.

While driving, Carla panicked when she realized something was wrong with her car.

"What's the matter Carla?"

"Is there a problem? Why don't you slow down the speed of the car a bit? We've entered a pretty congested area" Elin protests at Carla's usual style of driving.

"Sorry, Ms. I think the brakes are blong."

"What?"

At the same time, Carla was unable to stop her car when a truck from the opposite direction pointed at them.

Frkkkkkk !!!

The accident was inevitable. Carla slams the steering wheel to the side with the remaining consciousness she has, along with the hysterical sound of Elin's scream due to the incident.

...***...

The fire that occurred in Javier's company a few days ago, has been investigated by authorities. Although Javier initially thought someone wanted to sabotage the storage space of these important files, but all was denied after the results of the investigation came out. It happened due to an electrical short circuit that triggered the fire.

Because of this too, Javier's work and his division became piled up. They must reprint the new burned file, and they must get approval with Javier's signature.

And of course Javier had to double-check all his files because he couldn't just put his signature on him. It is like a job that is repeated twice.

"Jack, please tell the finance division to hold a meeting and discuss an unbalanced budget. Isn't everything clear? Why is it that after this incident and the file is re-examined it's a mess?"

Javier is quite upset because of the workings of various divisions that do not match his expectations. It should have been finished, but since the fire broke out and made him double-check the data, it turned out that many of the ulcers were intentionally covered.

"Examine this section, Jack. Are they trying to corrupt?" Javier was careless, his job shouldn't cover this but it's his responsibility now.

Jack nodded until finally the man's phone rang and it was a call from Carla's number.

Carla did put Jack's number into one of the contacts in a quick call on her phone menu. So just long press on the number 1 button only, the call can be directly connected to Jack.

"What's up, Carla?"

And Jack was stunned long enough to hear Carla's speech from across the street. The voice was sounding faltering as if it was on the verge of his consciousness.

Jack disconnects the call and stares at Javier who looks frustrated over work.

"Mr ..." Jack tried to call Javier who was leaning on his big chair there.

Javier did not turn his head, only said Jack with a slow mutter.

Jack gulped his saliva with great difficulty, for some reason now his tongue felt like it was a joke to speak.

"Miss Elin ... k-disappointed," said Jack in the lowest tone.

Just touching Jack's words made Javier jerk.

"What's? What did you say just now?"

"Carla says .. they-they're an accident."

In that instant, Javier got up from his seat and asked Jack to confirm the news and within minutes, the news of the accident instantly became a news portal in the electronic newspaper that was posted a few minutes ago.

Javier's heart was pumped up quickly, he was almost unsteady when he saw the image uploaded on the news portal. Carla's car looked badly damaged and almost destroyed.

"I'll check on the situation, sir." Jack galloped and left right then and there, he did not want to lose a single second and would regret the delay.

Javier himself, unable to speak anymore, he thought about the circumstances of Elin and the fate of their marriage that will occur in the next two days.

...***...

In a hasty move, Javier entered the hospital that Jack had notified him of via a cellular connection just moments ago. His face looked gloomy with a hardened jaw.

"Carla is critical, she must undergo surgery to recover her condition, sir. We can't ask her about Miss Elin."

At that time, Javier wanted to curse. But as much as possible he held it only because he realized where his position was.

"Have you checked the cctv on that street?"

Jack nodded. "Everything is under investigation, sir."

How unemotional Javier is now, during Carla's rescue at the scene, Jack says that there he did not see Elin. Though, before Carla lost consciousness, the woman clearly called Jack and reported that she had the accident along with Elin. So where is Elin now?

Seeing from the state of the car that was badly shaken, it would be very unlikely if Elin just left, even if Elin was still alive, Elin would have been unconscious there. Why is Elin not there?

All this is getting awkward because Javier knows how Elin behaves towards Carla, Elin can't just let Carla and go save herself. It's very unlikely.

"I'm sure if all this has been planned" Javier muttered.

Jack nodded in agreement over the utterance of his superior.

"Investigate from the start the cctv in Bridal's parking lot, because they were from there before, right?"

"Good, Sir."

"Let me know what the progress is. I'm gonna call my mom first, make sure that Elin actually gets in the car with Carla or not."

...Connect ......