Between Love and Mission
Chapter 44
After a month of marrying Rey and living with her, Vane realizes that they live by very different habits. On weekdays, Vane usually leaves the house at eight in the morning, and that's when Rey usually sleeps after staying up all night in her studio.
When Vane returned from the restaurant at six in the afternoon when a lot of customers came, he did not find Rey at home because he went back into his music studio. They will meet again at eight o'clock in the dining room for dinner.
On weekends their habits are somewhat different, as Rey is rarely at home. He will attend some public events and do a bit of public relations aka PR for the soundtrack and trailer of his film which will launch soon. Sometimes Vane would come along if Rey requested her presence, but she usually chose to stay home.
If Vane doesn't come out with her, Rey will take the time to have lunch with Vane at the restaurant where she works before Rey leaves to attend her evening event. And with his expertise Vane encouraged Rey to start telling stories about him.
Now Vane knows that Rey is allergic to shellfish when she really likes seafood, so she must take anti-allergy medication before eating shellfish. And Vane knows Rey's favorite vacation spot is Canada, because she's obsessed with mopping leaves. Rey never even watched a book about Twillight. Very sad, this one American crossbreed artist was never inspired by the figure of Robert Pattinson as an actor.
Vane must honor Rey's request to never ask her to see her father since their last discussion of Adam. Although he was disappointed with Rey for not listening to her advice but at least he had expressed his opinion on the matter and now the decision was in Rey's hands.
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Vane was meeting with Aron and Chef Ronald when the news came out so he didn't see it straight away, but he got the gist of the news from Amel. Clara gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital in Shanghai last night. The first words that came out of Vane's mouth were, "Oh, that's good."
But after he had time to think about reprocessing Amel's long-running babble summarizing the news slowly question after question started popping up in his brain.
"If Clara was just in Shanghai last night, how would the media know about this?" Vane looked at Amel with a frown that was wrinkled like a third grade High School student who was about to take the national exam.
"Clara uploaded the video to Youtube" explained Amel.
"WHAAATTT?!"vane shouted with eyes that were almost out of place.
Amel also yelled, but for another reason entirely with Vane.
"I know right? Who would have thought that Clara knew how to use the internet" cried Amel.
"Amel, I'm serious!"
"Gue's serious too, Van. You know how bloons girls are. Beautiful, beautiful, tall, sexy body and ouhai, just geez. Maybe when God ordered his angel to share the brain for the souls of human baby-to-be, Si Clara seemed to stray into hell at times. That's why he didn't get a part of the brain" said Amel who made everyone in the kitchen laugh to hear his chatter that clearly insulted Vane's ex-boyfriend's husband.
Vane also can not deny that the supermodel is indeed the level of intelligence is very, very far from him. Maybe if there is a smart race meticulously, Vane who will immediately become a champion without the need to fight.
"Maybe the papah time, because there is an old man slippery drugs in the vidio..."
"Amel focused" Vane's growl cut out Amel's words that made him even more upset.
"Oh yes, sorry. Anyways, you have to be prepared because I am sure the media will attack your husband again like.right now." Amel glanced at the watch as he said this, as if he was calculating how long it had been since the news came out.
Vane knows that Clara will give birth sooner or later and if that happens then the media and public spotlight will return to Rey. They had calmed down enough over the past few months because Clara had disappeared like she had been swallowed by the waiter of Mount Semeru since October, but now she was bringing back a tornado with her.
Vane hurriedly grabbed his HP and contacted Rey, but then he hesitated. As long as they lived together, Rey did not mention Clara by name in front of her. Vane wonders if Rey still harbors any affection or love for Clara and thus still feels disappointed by her affair? Vane was disappointed because he didn't know what to do now.
Call.nggak..telpon..nggak...
Suddenly the HP that was within his grasp rang out. With a single glance at the HP screen, he knew that Rey was calling him.
"Rey" said Vane answering the call.
Vane really doesn't appreciate the tone Rey uses towards him at all, especially when he already knows that Rey has been trying to reach him all day.
"I just finished the meeting, this just came out" said Vane trying to keep the tone of his voice so as not to sound annoyed.
Amel was still staring at Vane who was now seen regulating the breath that he believed his sister-in-law was holding back the annoyance. While the chef and the other workers have returned to their respective jobs.
"Have you seen the news about Clara?"ask Rey.
"Not yet, but Amel has already told me" replied Vane.
Amel, aware that Vane needs to speak privately with Rey, points to one of the doors of a small office space inside the kitchen. Vane breathed a sigh of relief then ran towards the room and closed the door immediately.
"Okay, then you already know the situation" Rey said.
Vane doesn't need to be Nyai Roro Kidul to know what Rey means.
"Will this affect the release of your song and trailer this Saturday?"ask Vane.
"Om Indro thinks so, therefore we must be prepared if attacked by reporters with questions that concern Clara."
"OK"vane said.
"Can you get home on time today?"ask Rey.
For a moment Vane felt guilty, because lately he came home late from four in the afternoon because this month a lot of clients who held a big event so ask him to be the main chef at their event. Vane often asks Rey for dinner first and doesn't have to wait for her. But what happens, when Vane gets to the house he finds is Rey standing at the door opening the door for him, with an annoyed expression.
Vane had indeed violated the rules on the agreement because he had gone home to work more than four in the afternoon. But he also could not cancel the job if he did not want to pay the penalty with a large amount of money. Vane promises not to take any other jobs outside the restaurant.
"Yes I'll be home before six in the afternoon" Vane finally said.
"OKAY. There are still some things I have to take care of on Planet Hollywood for the launching party. And I made sure that I got home before eight o'clock. And we can talk at dinner later."
Rey finally closes her phone call, and makes Vane feel claustrophobic in her chest. Not yet he found the bright spot of his mission, he had to face the El Nino storm brought by Clara that caused drought in his life.
*****
Rius returned to his laptop after a month of resting his weapon. He went back looking for what information he could get to make money. It wasn't really the money he was after his actions, but the inner pleasure that somehow his client could buy those illegal weapons from him, and use them to wipe out people, he said, there was a feeling of happiness in his soul.
The devil's smile was on the lips of this one demon man, when he learned that Russia would produce a more sophisticated weapon than the previous weapon, the AK-12 (formerly the AK-200) is the latest derivative of the AK assault rifle, the most significant difference from this rifle is the addition of its picatin rail and barrel and the calibre that can be replaced according to the needs in addition to some changes to the external design of the rifle. Caliber that can be used include 5.45 x 39 mm; 5.56 x 45 mm NATO and 7.62 × 39 mm.
Of course, Rius was tempted by the weapon, because if he sold the weapon illegally, more and more criminals would shake the world.
"Why did I become curious about that man?"
Suddenly Rius remembered the figure of Satria, to make him look for information about Vanessa Wibowo first, then find out about family members. But Rius got nothing because all he saw was an explanation that Adam's daughter-in-law's family was from the common people. But Rius was still suspicious, even more he wanted to know more details about them.
