Between Love and Mission

Chapter 53

Last night, Vane fell asleep with her back to Rey, while her husband was sleeping and could only stare at her back. Vane really became quiet. Rey doesn't like that. He prefers Vane to nag him if he makes the room messy, or just simply does not want to help him wipe the dining table.

This morning, Vane woke up later than she expected. Even the clock has shown at nine in the morning. Maybe this is the effect of fatigue due to his work yesterday plus taking the medicine given by Ana. Vane turned his head to the side and he did not find Rey beside him.

Vane got off the bed and stepped towards the bathroom. He took almost an hour in there because his body felt very sticky due to his activities yesterday. After the bath ritual was finished Vane came out of the room and found Mbok Nami was in the kitchen.

"Mbok Yeast"sapa Vane.

"For Mba" replied Mbok Nami.

Vane looks around, and he doesn't find Rey anywhere. Vane thinks maybe Rey is on the first floor, because today is a work day, maybe he met with his employees. Arriving on the first floor, Vane felt the atmosphere of this place was different. All the officers gave strange looks to him.

"Sit." Vane walked over to Sita and greeted her.

Sita turned to Vane who called her. Again Vane got a strange look.

"Why are you worried about me like that?"ask Vane suspiciously.

Sita did not answer, she grabbed her HP lying on her desk and turned it on and gave it to Vane. Vane receives Sita's HP and sees what Sita wants to show her. A headline today managed to make Vane explode.

ADAM MILLFORD, THE FATHER OF REYVANO, THE MOST WANTED CRIMINAL IN THE WORLD

"WHAAATT!!??"

Vane shouted so loudly that all the employees turned to look at him. Vane read the news carefully, and now the news about the capture of Adam and his friends became headlines not only in Indonesia but also the world.

Vane tries to control his emotions, after he succeeds then he says, "Where is Rey now?", Vane asks Sita.

"He left this morning with Aunt Sarah. He said they went to the Indonesian Interpol office" replied Sita.

Vane massaged his temple with his fingers, trying to think what he should do now. If he goes to the Interpol office then his identity will be revealed. But if he doesn't go there, he's worried about Rey and Sarah.

Before long came Reza who ran like a man chasing a thief. His breath was breathless and his expression was so confused.

"Due..."

"Van, you come with me now to Interpol's office." Reza cut Vane's word.

He walked over to Vane and grabbed his wrist and said, "Sit, nitip the office. If any journalists come here, call the fire department."

"Make what, Za?"ask Sita confused.

"Make the reporters use water so that their minds are cool, so that they can think of using the brain if Rey is in a difficult time, and they do not add to bed-wetting!"snapped Reza in an annoyed tone.

After she finished commenting, Reza dragged Vane out of the house, then told Vane to get into her car. Reza immediately plugged the gas out of Rey's house and headed for Interpol's office.

On the way, Vane continues to pray that Rey's condition is fine, but Vane hopes that her mother-in-law does not fall unconscious in the Interpol office. Reza occasionally glanced at Vane who looked very anxious. She has never seen any woman other than Sarah, who is so worried about Rey's situation. Reza is convinced that Vane's love for Rey is immense.

"I want to apologize" said Reza, who made Vane look at me with a confused look.

"For what?"ask Vane confused.

"Because I had to pretend not to know about Rey and Clara's relationship. I'm so sorry, Van. I have no intention of lying to you. But, it's all so complicated" Reza explained with a worried tone.

Reza was afraid that Vane would hate him. For as long as he lived, he never felt fear if a woman hated him. Vane is a good woman in his opinion, and he feels good to know her.

"Other than you, does anyone know about Rey and Clara's relationship?"ask Vane again.

"Om Indro" replied Reza hesitated.

"Za, for now I can't be a good time to discuss my personal issues with Rey. Although it is not a trivial problem but for now the most important thing is the problem facing the Rey family. I'm sure the media will go all out on Rey, and assume her family are criminals" Vane wisely replied.

Hearing this statement from Vane, Reza felt very amazed. How could he be heartened to allow himself to be hurt and be more considerate of others.

After an hour of travel, they finally arrived at Interpol's office. And worse yet, journalists are already hanging out in front of the office. Vane and Reza looked at each other to see how enthusiastic the reporters knew about this matter. Vane was already unconcerned about the existence of reporters. He and Reza broke into a crowd of reporters with the help of police on guard so they could enter the office.

The two immediately ran to the room where Rey was. And his second step stopped when he saw Rey sitting limply in the waiting chair in front of the Interpol office health clinic.

Vane walks slowly towards Rey and calls her, "Rey.", call Vane in a soft voice.

Vane sees the head of the Indonesian Interpol walking towards him, but Vane gives a gaze as a signal for him to stop and leave from before him. Vane tried to raise his trembling hand as he wanted to hug Rey. After gathering all the confidence, Vane was finally able to return Rey's embrace.

"Van, papah..."

"Sst...I'm here..."

After ten minutes of hugging and Ry calms down again, Vane heads to the health clinic room, as Sarah completely collapses on the platform as Vane suspected.

"Mom..."

Vane walked over to Sarah, and sat down before her, holding her mother-in-law's hand.

Sarah hugged Vane and cried. Vane's heart rippled, he felt guilty for making this mother and child have to accept the harsh reality. But, Vane also can not neglect his duty, he loves his country very much. He also felt that this family had gotten into trouble many times. From Rey's nearly ruined career, Rey and Clara's relationship problems just yesterday, and now Rey's papa problems.

"When trials and problems come, it is difficult not to cause disappointment without sincerity and patience that prevents people from feeling prolonged sadness. Being sincere and patient is very easy to say, but very difficult to do. Because it is about the real reality of life, the reality of life which makes us often blame ourselves and fixated with regret. However, patience and sincerity actually make us stronger to accept a destiny that has been set by God."

Vane spoke as calmly as possible, stroking the back of his mother-in-law.

"Mamah does not expect, if all this time the family mamah lives with illegal money. Mamah did not understand why papah could commit such a crime" said Sarah in the midst of her tears.

"Well, I'm sure there's a reason papah should do this" Vane said, taking Sarah's arms off.

"What kind of excuse? Do criminals ever think about kindness? Mamah felt love mamah all this time only in vain, when the man who mamah believes is a good man turns out he is a criminal. I hate Mas Adam"assert Sarah.

Vane swore, he was eager to tell the truth. But his tongue is a mute, he can't possibly tell the truth. This was the same as getting himself more and more caught up in this complicated situation.

After Sarah's condition improved, Indro brought her brother home. Vane accompanies Rey to discuss Adam's fate. Right now they are walking towards the Interpol headroom. Rey looked nervous as she reached for the door handle. Vane pressed his grip on Rey's hand for sure.

Rey finally opens the door, and it turns out Steven's in there. Rey seemed surprised, while Vane of course had to be surprised as well. The three of them sat side by side facing the chief interpol named Pak Yoga.

"I have to talk about your father's fate after this. For Jade Haydey, he will be transferred to France because he is a French citizen and his sentence will be decided by the French international court. Rius Anderson will be brought to America and await the death of the American court. For Adam Millford, he will remain in Indonesia because he has been a WNI since he married his wife."

"I know this case must have surprised you as a child. But your father has been committing this crime for more than 20 years, and has done much harm to countries that are victims of embezzlement and illegal arms smuggling. And the three of them are the most wanted criminals by American and French intel. They keep their identity secret so that they are always successful in committing every crime. I don't want to negotiate their punishment. Because their crimes have already cost many countries dearly. I hope you don't need to be a genius to think about this."

After Pak Yoga finished with his speech, the three were ushered in to meet Adam and Jade. Steven who is usually the most dickhead man turned out to cry to see his father who would certainly be severely punished by the French government. Rey looked at Adam with a glare.

"I just recovered from the wound that was given to me for my disappointment with Papah all this time. But now papah is giving wounds again. Even the wound was much deeper" Rey said blankly.

Adam let out a long sigh, behind the bars he could only stare at his son. She is eager to hug Rey and Sarah to apologize for all her mistakes.

"You can hate papah, because papah deserves to be hated. But you should know that Papah loves you and your mother very much. You are the most precious treasure in papah's life. Papah is willing to do anything as long as you are safe" Adam said in tears.

"Including committing a crime like this? Have you ever wondered how proud I am to have a good papah? But it turns out he's nothing more than a world-class loser."

Rey yells and leaves Adam bowed in shame, Vane holding Rey's shoulder so she can control her emotions. Talking rudely to Adam would only make things more difficult. Rey was speechless, she chose to leave the detention room. Vane who wants to catch up with Rey must undo his intentions when Adam calls his name.

"Vane, please take care of my son and wife. Only you can I trust" Adam said with a pleading gaze.

Vane immediately gave a nod, then he ran after Rey. Now Rey has Vane's hand and takes him into the car and they leave Interpol's office. All along the journey there was silence. Vane glanced out the car window when he saw a newspaper seller carrying a newspaper with news about Adam being in headlines.

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After the news of Adam's arrest, all the media are now aggressively preaching the background of the Rey family. Everyone wants to know who Adam Millford has been hiding himself, and now the public already knows the reason why Adam hid his identity from the public.

Vane seeks to become human again by helping Sarah to recover from a downturn. Sarah chose to sell her house in Pondok Indah and moved to Solo to return with her extended family and away from the media spotlight. While the relationship between Rey and Vane has not been made any progress. Vane was like building the Berlin wall between him and Rey.

Not that Vane has the heart with Rey's current state of decline, but he also can't trust Rey's good intentions to return to him. Because she felt that Rey would not be able to give her complete trust.

Right after 48 hours, news of Rey's photo with Clara, the woman finally held a press conference to clear Rey's good name. One problem is solved, which is Rey's good name back. There was at least a little fresh air coming in Rey's life. Even Clara asked the media to stop cornering Rey's family about her papa case. He said the public should give moral support to Rey's family.

And after that Rey website visitors immediately boomed. Some congratulate Rey for not being the man who impregnated Clara, some express concern about her papa case, and there are many who apologize to Rey. Rey will never again be linked to Clara.

To better convince the public, two days after that, Rey organized a press conference and at that time she asked Vane to come with her. Rey not only discussed her problems with Clara, but she also discussed her papa issues. During this time he and his family did not know the crime of his father. And he also asked that the media not corner his family. Because it affects the mental family.

That interview was the hardest thing Vane had ever done in his entire life. When she had to pretend to laugh when the media said 'Vane is the most understanding and not jealous wife' in a cynical tone. In addition, Vane must pretend not to know when reporters ask about Adam's case. Vane could only give a faint smile and put on a face as if he was the kindest son-in-law in the world. Vane never felt so humiliated and fooled at the same time.