AS A SLEEPING FRIEND
56. Transaction (POV Author)
On the same day, Elara flew to Berlin to meet Elin in person. He did not go alone, Shane also accompanied the wife because the news about the existence of Elin really surprised those who had thought that Elin had died.
"I remember Shawn. Long ago, my mother and I. .. thought he had died in an accident, but it turns out that the body that burned in his car was not the real Shawn. The difference is, it all happened because Shawn himself planned it. And the other biggest mistake was that our mother was never ready to open the autopsy results, so we still thought that the body that burned in Shawn's car was really her," said Shane who told me about his twin brother.
"Well, I remember about it" said Elara in response to the husband's words.
"We should also be able to find out about Elin faster than the results of his autopsy. Didn't Javier get the autopsy results? Or is he not ready to see the results?" ask Shane later.
"Javier got the result and saw it. I know, because I also watched as he opened the results, ", Elara replied.
"Then? What result does not give a clue so that we are all fooled for up to 2 years?"
Elara gives long. "The results showed that the body was Elin" he said.
Shane shook his head faintly. "The person who planned all this must have changed the results of the test as well. They have to get the right punishment for making Javier destroyed, even torturing Elin with circumstances that inevitably have to be lived," he said.
"Well, then we should meet Elin soon. I want to know who's behind all this. A little, Elin must have known."
Shane nodded, he agreed with the wife's speech.
"Did you tell Javier about this?"
"Yet. Jav doesn't know this yet because he always turns down calls from me" Elara replied.
Shane was just thinning his lips, he knew why his son was doing it. It must be because avoiding the babble of Elara who does not get tired of advising him the same thing every day.
"I just don't know what Vivian's fate is after this. You know for yourself if Jav still can't forget Elin and it turns out, Elin's still alive." Elara looked at the husband with a difficult look to pin down. "It's my fault that I forced her to get acquainted and close to Vivian" he continued regretting.
"Don't blame yourself, we don't know if everything will be like this. I know, you're just trying to get Javier to forget his past by getting to know another girl. Who would have thought that Elin was alive and tormented out there."
Elara nodded her head. "I'll explain to Vivian and Connie later. But, all decisions remain in Javier's hands" he continued, sighing with all his chest.
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The journey that is not too time-consuming finally leads Elara and Shane to the residence Letty aka Nathan's grandmother in Berlin. Previously, Nathan had indeed given this address to be visited by Elara.
On the one hand, Nathan has also told his grandmother that there are people who want to redeem Sherin alias Elin from their residence.
In fact, Letty found it a bit strange because usually Nathan was very opposed if Letty intended to give Elin to others. But somehow this time it was Nathan himself who gave the news about this and the young man also seemed supportive even though Nathan only conveyed this through a phone call to him.
While still thinking about Nathan's strangeness, Letty was surprised by the waiter who told her that there was a couple who wanted to meet him and was waiting on the porch of his house.
"Ah, they must be the ones Nathan said," Letty told herself.
Letty wanted to get Elin out of the house because she knew from the beginning that the paralyzed girl was not very useful in her home. All this time, he kept Elin there only because of the encouragement of Nathan who always begged him to keep the girl in their residence.
"Good afternoon, Mrs Letty Adams?" greet Elara to the white-haired woman who still looks fit.
"Good afternoon. Who am I talking to?" Letty greeted Elara and Shane with her best smile only because she judged if her guest this time was not an ordinary person, it was visible from the clothes and people escorting the two.
"I'm Elara and this is my husband, Shane." Elara did deliberately not mention the big names of their families with various considerations. One of them was because their purpose here was to redeem Elin who was a slave. Elara did not want if her family was considered still deceiving humans as slaves like that.
"It's nice to meet you, Mrs and Mr. Shane .." Letty invited the two to come in and sit in the living room of her home.
"I don't like to mince words, Madam." Shane. "I'd like to see the girl your granddaughter once told me about" he said.
"Well, of course. But, did Nathan tell you about the girl's shortcomings? I won't meet him with anyone else, until you promise to keep buying him at a high price despite seeing the flaws." Letty reviewed her thin smile that looked sly. He did not want to lose the slightest bit about the meeting today, at least he did not want anything in vain with the arrival of these two married men to his residence.
"Well, of course." Elara who answered with great. "The girl's paralyzed, isn't she?" abugn.
"Yes, he's paralyzed. And he's also careless. A few days ago he even broke my beloved urn. Ah, never mind .. forget about it," said Letty who was constantly blabbering.
Elara took a thin smile then nodded confidently. "How much do we have to pay to make up for it?" tanyakanya.
"Once again I ask, will the mistress not feel like she is losing a lot of money just for a useless girl? Or maybe you have other intentions?"
"You mean?" sergeant Shane doesn't understand Letty's suspicions.
And true, Shane and Elara certainly understood Letty's current meaning of words. It was only natural that Letty felt suspicious of those willing to spend a lot of money just for a crippled slave. This does sound absurd. Even if it wasn't Elin, maybe Shane wouldn't care much about the girl Letty had enslaved at her house. Only, they couldn't possibly tell the truth that the girl they were going to redeem today was Elin who was supposed to be their daughter-in-law two years ago.
However, Elara is still keeping Elin's true identity out of Letty's residence with Sherin's name that will not make any party suspect.
"If we make up for it at a great price, then you have no right to know what we're going to do to the girl" Shane replied ambiguously.
Shane intentionally said so. He did not want to deny Letty's words so that the woman did not suspect, nor did he agree to Letty's guess just to make Letty satisfied. Let Let Let Letty deduce for herself whatever she thinks of them - willing to spend a fortune - only to redeem a crippled slave.
"Well, you're right, sir. If he's already redeemed then it's up to you to use him as what. It's no longer my business."
"alright. How much do you ask for? But like the initial request, I want to see the girl first. Can you call him now?" timpal Elara is looking forward to meeting Elin.
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The elin? She was really Elin, so the heart of Elara whispered when she saw a young girl sitting in a wheelchair.
While there, Elin also harbored the euphoria of her happiness because she could see the couple again. Although actually Elin was quite disappointed because it was not Javier who came to pick her up today.
Elara was eager to hug Elin and immediately approached her right now, but she held back that feeling. He wanted to cry when he saw that Elin had not lived well for two years. Elara felt guilty, as she was unable to take good care of Elin. That must be what Javier feels later when he sees the current state of Elin. The girl looked apprehensive, her body thinner with pitiful clothes. Even so, Elin's beauty was still imprinted in the look of her sad face.
"Can we take Sherin with us today?" elara asked Letty. Elara's voice trembled as she said it, she held back from shedding tears.
"Of course, but can you wait a minute?" letty.
"For what else?" Elara can't wait to bring Elin home.
At this time, Elara and Elin just throw one another face to face with the look of longing because of their position facing each other.
"Waiting Nathan. My granddaughter is coming home from school soon. Coincidentally, Sherin's pretty close to Nathan, I think he'd like to say goodbye." Letty sniffed her shoulder. Although he didn't care much for Elin, he thought about Nathan's feelings. Not Letty did not know if the grandson put his heart on this girl. But Letty certainly would not agree to it because Elin's condition is only a slave, not to mention because in the eyes of Letty–Elin is just a girl who is paralyzed and that makes it very unsuitable for Nathan.
Elara and Shane stared at each other as if asking each other.
"All right, we'll wait. Only 30 minutes. If your granddaughter doesn't return in that time, then we'll leave immediately with Sherin. After all, our transaction is done," broke up Shane who had already written a large nominal money on the check he signed.
"Yes, of course, 30 minutes." Letty said while holding her money check tightly, she was afraid that Shane and Elara would change her mind while the money they gave her was no joke.
Previously, Letty mentioned a pretty fantastic amount of money. That amount was double the money he spent when he first redeemed Elin in the place of slavery. As it turns out, Shane actually gave him more than his request. And it was so shocking for Letty but also a pleasure.
"I'm home" said Nathan, who was present and had just opened the door.
Along with it, Nathan realizes that there is Elara and a man he believes as the woman's husband has been present in his grandmother's house.
Nathan thought, Elara messed around when she said she wanted to see Elin today. The woman is serious, though, in fact, he first arrived at his Grandmother's residence than Nathan who had just arrived after a road trip to return to Berlin– after previously he had time to Hamburg to meet Elara directly.
"You're here, madam?" greet Nathan. Of course he didn't really go to college like his grandmother thought. He just returned from Hamburg.
"Yes" answered Elara briefly.
"Oh, have you talked to Grandma?" Nathan looked at his smiling grandmother holding a piece of check paper.
Seeing the granny's smile, as well as the presence of Elin who was with them in the room, Nathan was able to conclude that their transaction was complete.
"alright. Can I talk to Sherin for a second?" nathan said with a bitter smile.
Soon Elin will be really far from him, although still in the same country, but the journey from Berlin to Hamburg is quite time-consuming if traversed by land. The proof, Elara and Shane first arrived at the grandmother's residence than her, that's what Nathan thought.
"Yes, you can." Elara. "Not more than 15 minutes, sorry because we're going to leave with Sherin soon" he replied.
Nathan nodded in understanding, he took Elin's wheelchair in the opposite direction because he did not want his conversation with Elin to be heard by his grandmother or two guests who came there today.
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