BETWEEN THE CEO AND MAFIA 2

Prejudice

"Byash! Why is your face battered like this?"

Maya who first saw Ayash's arrival was immediately shocked, her son's face was covered in wounds. Ayash took Daniel down from his carrier and whispered him into the room. He told Daniel not to tell anyone about what happened today to the house.

"Darling... Why are you?" Prita who had just come out of the kitchen was surprised to see the condition of her husband.

"I'm fine, I had a fight with pickpockets in the street." Ayash said. He took off his suit and gave it to Prita.

"Oh, my God... Why are you dealing with pickpockets? You should just let go of what he copet rather than having to be battered like this.... Prita, hurry up and treat Ayash, yeah."

"Yes, Ma."

"Darling, let's go to the room let me treat the wound."

Prita walks with Ayash to the top floor. Ayash looked cold. I don't know what happened, but today Ayash's attitude is different from his usual days.

Prita took the P3K box out of the closet. He began to clean the wounds on Ayash's face very carefully.

"What's really going on in the office?"

"I wanted to ask you before. Are you hiding something from me?"

Prita squinted his eyes, He did not understand Ayash's question. Hiding something? What is he hiding?

"I don't think there is."

"Today I met Bayu."

Ayash's words stopped Prita's hand from applying the medicine. Hearing Bayu's name called he already had a bad premonition.

"My face is like this for fighting with her."

"Why did you guys fight? What the hell is he doing? Are you going to kidnap you again?"

"He took Daniel to eat with him."

Prita. Bayu approached Daniel.

"Why could that be? Didn't you take her to the office with you?"

"Irgi took Daniel to his hotel. There Daniel meets Bayu."

"You know what surprised me more? Daniel said he's met her a lot. Do you know about this too? Have you been covering it up from me all this time?"

Prita clenched her hands. He tried to catch his breath to stay calm.

"Yashwas.... "

"Did you go to Bayu secretly without my knowledge? You told him Daniel was his son?"

"Yash.... "

Prita grabbed Ayash's arm. The man seemed to start to have a bad prejudice against him. His face looks sour.

"I also didn't know that Daniel met him often. When I was in Singapore, I was late to pick up Daniel. There I was shocked too, seeing Dean and Daniel being with him. Said the teacher and security guard, he did visit Daniel in school for almost a week regularly claimed to be his uncle. I've only known lately, too. At the time, he was doing business in Singapore. And after he had finished his business, he never saw Daniel again."

"And you never said that." Ayash looks disappointed.

"I don't think it matters anymore. Because he's back in Indonesia."

"I also deny that when he asks if Daniel is his son or not, I say no."

"He talked about DNA testing. I thought you met him a lot."

"No. Why did I meet him on purpose."

"Only you know why. Maybe it's because there's Daniel among you so you feel there's still some interest in meeting him."

"Ayaz... I'm not like that."

"Don't you agree to return to Indonesia because of him? You want to go back to her after meeting her? You fell in love with her? Moreover, there is Daniel, who can unite you."

"You may think so.... I agreed to go back to Indonesia because you and Mama suggested it. She said Mama would be nice to Daniel, right, if we wanted to go back?"

"If you think so, there shouldn't be any secrets you're hiding from me. There have been a lot of things you don't want to say honestly."

"Yashwas.... "

"I'm gonna take a shower first. Check the kids."

"Ayaz.... "

Ayash raised his hand, indicating that he no longer wanted to hear anything. He went straight into the bathroom leaving Prita confused.

"Mama.... "

Prita was surprised that Daniel was behind the door in a position like he was peeping.

"Honey, you're not playing with Dean?"

Daniel shook his head, "Papa's mom has a fight, huh?" said innocently.

Prita hugged Daniel and held him. He sat Daniel on the bed, wiping his hair.

"Don't love, mom and dad just had a different opinion. We're not fighting."

Daniel looked down, "Adults are weird. He said that children should not fight. But why are they even talking?"

"Mom told you, papa's mama didn't fight, honey.... "

"So I saw Papa banging with Uncle Yu."

Daniel seemed to have forgotten his promise to his father. The little boy told me what he saw last night at the Irgi hotel.

"Papa hit Uncle Yu while I was eating spaghetti. Why yes, Ma. Papa was angry at Uncle Yu. He's a good man."

Prita sighed, "Darling, papa is angry that you didn't ask for permission to meet a stranger."

"But Uncle Yu is not a stranger. Daniel knows Uncle Yu."

"The person who is not part of our family, his name is a stranger, dear. For example, Daniel wants to go with Papa Irgi, Daniel also has to be allowed first with mom or dad."

"Is that so, Ma?"

"Yes, honey."

"So if Daniel's allowed to play Uncle Yu's house?"

"Ah, that.... " Prita couldn't answer her son's question.

"Daniel.. don't see that person again." said Ayash who just came out of the bathroom.

Although his body looked fresher after bathing, but the look on his face was still grim.

"If Daniel still sees the man, papa will be angry with Daniel."

"Abide your father's words yes, dear." persuaded Prita.

Daniel aggrieved.

"Now, go back to your room and play with Dean."

Prita dropped Daniel off, drove him to the front door. He closed the door again and locked it so that no one would suddenly enter.

"I'm sorry" he said as he hugged Ayash's body from behind.

*****

Bayu washed his face in the bathroom of the apartment. The corners of his lips were torn and some parts of his face looked bruised. He wanted to curse hard considering his fight with Ayash this afternoon.

For him Ayash was just a kid yesterday afternoon, not at his level. But he admitted, Ayash's martial ability is quite good even though from his face looks like a quiet person.

He swore he would never forget what happened today. Bayu felt humbled by Ayash. He did not accept the treatment he received. Daniel is his son, no one has the right to forbid him to meet his own son.