Black Swan's

Lying and Divorce (One Hundred Two)

            Aciel continued driving to a nightclub in The Hill area. He who lately rarely sipped alcohol because he was too tired with work in the office chose to gulp the liquid tonight. The screams of Ciara and Louise also continued to haunt his head, until he felt so upset and felt

guilty. He shouldn't have involved Ciara and Louise in this fight. Moreover, they still did not know anything about the problems of both parents. What if they hate him after this? Aciel then brushed his hair in frustration while ordering a glass of vodka on the bartender. The flash of memory when Eden who was crying and calling his name also made his head dizzy and frustrated. He felt he had become an evil man. But how else, all this because Eden had lied to him. From the beginning he had told Eden that he hated liars. But she deceives him by telling him if he comes to the hospital to ask for a bottle of vitamins, even though the woman asks for a bottle of pregnancy-preventing pills. Really, he was so disappointed in Eden. Why did the woman act as she pleased. Did Eden not consider him a husband anymore? Was his presence worthless in the eyes of that woman? All sorts of questions that he could not answer continued to rage inside his dizzy head. If only time could be turned, he would prefer not to know all the lies that Eden had done so that he would not end up like this. It ends like a sick person who is almost crazy because he continues to be haunted by guilt and hatred.

            “Take me a bottle of whiski.” pinta Aciel on the bartender with the head that he tucked on the table. Suddenly a man sat himself down next to Aciel while patting Aciel's shoulder slowly. Reflexes, Aciel immediately looked up his head to see who the man was. And he immediately smiled bitterly when he found out who the man who was currently sitting next to him was.

            “What's up, Sian? What Eden sent you here?” aciel asked her best friend. He did not expect that Eden would involve outsiders like Sian in his household matters like this. Really sickening!

            “Why are you here? Go home! Eden needs you.” said Sian calmly. He didn't care how cynical Aciel was when the man asked him. He just wants Aciel to go back to his house right now, because his wife and children are waiting for him at home.

            A few minutes ago Eden called his wife in tears if her husband was angry with her because he was caught lying and using a pregnancy-preventing pill. After Olivia told him everything, he also became angry with Olivia because his wife was the one who introduced Eden to Laila, so now Eden became easier to ask Laila for drugs. It should have been from the beginning Olivia did not need to introduce Laila to Eden, given the nature of Eden who often acted recklessly if feeling desperate. But when Olivia asked Laila for an explanation, the woman explained that since a week ago Eden continued to whine at her, so she had no choice but to give the medicine to Eden.

            Now Sian felt sorry for Eden. The woman looked devastated as she came to her mansion

a moment ago. Not to mention the situation of the two children of Aciel who were also moody because his parents were angry, making Sian feel sad and eager to help Eden. After all, he believes that all this is only because of the momentary emotions of his best friend. Sooner or later, Aciel will return to Eden and will not claim the divorce of his beloved wife.

            “Where do you know if I'm here?” ask Aciel flat while sipping his whisky deliciously.

Sian who saw his best friend began to sip the alcoholic beverage became worried. Since he was with Eden, Aciel has rarely gone to clubs and drank alcohol. Aciel's personality has changed slowly since he had a sweet little family. But now the man turns to alcoholic beverages when he has problems with Eden. Really sliced.

            “I tracked your mobile number.”

            “Shit! Stop meddling in my household affairs. Better you go home and leave me here alone.” command Aciel firmly and slightly tucked away the tone of expulsion in each word. But Sian will not give up so easily. The goal here is to help Eden straighten out his problems, so he won't be home before he does his job properly.

            “I won't be home before your problems are over. I'm sorry that Olivia introduced Eden to Laila. Please forgive us.”

            “You and Olivia are not at all wrong. It's all Eden's fault. That woman doesn't value me as a husband anymore, Sian. All this time I was rarely at home, so she felt like a free woman without supervision from her husband.”, said Aciel with a poignant tone. Sian who heard that immediately shook his head quickly at Aciel because he completely disagreed with the man's opinion. Eden is not that kind of woman. Although Aciel continues to leave her at home with Ciara and Louise, Eden has always been loyal to Aciel. Never in the least did she betray Aciel and do such deviant things out there, though she could, for Eden was such a beautiful and attractive woman. Many men openly love her and admire her, but Eden always tells everyone she meets if she is a married woman and has two children. So, Eden really wasn't the type of woman who would betray her husband and assume the presence of her husband didn't exist. As far as he knew, Eden had always respected Aciel as a husband and also a father to his two children.

            “Ace, try to make up with Eden. She's not that kind of woman. He's always respected you, even though you always demand a lot of things. Maybe this time Eden was wrong for lying to you, but all that he did was just because he did not want to hurt your feelings. He knows that you really want another baby, but in the depths of his heart, Eden is still tired. She still wants to spend her days with Ciara and Louise because she doesn't want her two children to have to share their attention with their new sister. Don't you remember how Ciara grew up all this time? Ciara should still enjoy the full affection of her parents without having to share it with Louise. But since you can't help yourself, Eden's willing to drain all her energy all this time to babysit Ciara and Louise alone while you're abroad. Do you think taking care of two toddlers is easy? Eden's work has been very hard, Ace. Your servants will never be able to replace the figure of Eden for your children. Eden is not a dairy cow that only lives to give birth to the descendants of the Lutherford family and nurture your children. He needs freedom. Eden also wants to be free like the other women out there. Do you know that Eden's been wanting to have fun with her friends all along? You never know, because Eden was always afraid to tell you. Eden..”

            “Enough! If you're just here to make fun of me as an asshole husband, then you better be

just go back to your house. I don't need all that crap from you, Sian! Let me be here alone. I was lazy to meet Eden and discuss our whole problem. Even I had planned to divorce him so that he could live freely as you said earlier.” cut Aciel capat and seemed indisputable. Sian then closed his lips tightly to think about what sentence he would say to Aciel next. The man doesn't seem to be talking well tonight. So it's useless if he continues to give advice to his friend, if in the end his friend was even more angry at Eden and blame the poor woman. It was better that he paused for a moment while waiting for Aciel's emotions to subside.

            “What are you doing here? Quickly go home!” throw Aciel out rudely while gulping his whiskey again. Men

it was now seen to have been drunk because the man's gaze had already begun to twitch and was unclear. Sian who saw it finally decided to leave from the face of Aciel because he felt that this was all useless.

His friend would not be able to accept all his advice and instead get angry and blame his poor wife.

only hope after this his best friend can immediately make up with his wife and not decide to divorce Eden.

            “Think all my words well, Ace. Do not let you regret your own actions.” whispered

Sian slowly before he walked away leaving Aciel who had fallen asleep on the cold bar table.

-00-

            A beautiful and sexy woman with a glowing red lipstick looks so graceful walking into the door of her best friend's nightclub. She was in tight clothes and looked very seductive among dozens of female visitors who were spending their nights inside the elite club. He then walked casually to the bartender table to meet his best friend who was serving as a brewer. A smile fell on his face when Michael, his best friend was looking at him while waving his hand lightly to invite him closer.

            “You look more beautiful and sexy, what are you doing here?”

            “Hmm, I'm bored. Yesterday I met a client who was very annoying and also lewd, she blatantly asked me to be her bedmate tonight, isn't that crazy?” said the woman a little screamed because of the noise that was heard around them. The bartender then offered the woman a glass of orange juice and asked her to finish the special drink so that the woman did not continue to drown in her bad taste.

            “Minum, this will make you better.”

            The woman received a glass of orange juice happily while sitting herself on an empty bench left at the bar table.

            “Who is he?” the woman asked, sniffing nonchalantly at a man sleeping on the bar table. Michael then turned his head for a moment while sniffing his shoulders not knowing because he did not know the man at all. But, he clearly knew that the man had a little problem because he was screaming at his best friend, before his best friend decided to leave and leave the man alone in his bar.

            “I don't know who that guy is, but it looks like he's having a problem. Look, he looks so messy and tangled. Surely the problem is very fatal.” Michael exclaimed casually while concocting a glass of drink for his other guests. Cleo nodded her head in understanding while sipping her orange juice again. While observing the frenzy of scenery inside the bar, the beautiful woman's tail eyes unintentionally stared at the movements of the foreign man who currently seemed to be writhing quietly next to her, but after that he fell asleep again in his uncomfortable sleep. Samar-sama Cleo could see the real figure of the man, although some of his bushy hair managed to cover part of the man's face until he barely recognized him, but a second later Cleo immediately gave a startled cry, because he knew the figure of the stranger.

                “Aciel...” murmured Cleo in disbelief. After a long time he never met the man,

finally God brought them together again in this quite unexpected situation. The last time he met Aciel was thirty years ago in Madrid. Well, more or less like that. Cleo had actually forgotten exactly when, because it had indeed happened for quite a long time. At that time they were both still a dozen years old and were in a friendly relationship that was so familiar because they had an age gap that was not much different, only two years. Unfortunately their relationship did not last long, because the family then decided to return to Vegas after the business of Aciel's father's work there was completed.

        Slowly, Cleo tried to touch Aciel's shoulder to wake the drunk man up. But Aciel is the same

once not budging and even more submerge his face on the table to find a comfortable position to sleep. Unbearable, Cleo finally decided to bring Aciel to her apartment so that the man could rest comfortably in his room. He has been living alone in Vegas for years,

so it wouldn't hurt if he brought Aciel home to his apartment and gave the man a decent place to sleep tonight.

            Cleo then began to lift Aciel's body with great difficulty while trying to balance her bandaged legs with twelve centi heels. Now the woman began to regret the choice of shoes that turned out to be enough to make it difficult for her to walk when she had to drag the body of Aciel is quite heavy.

            “You want what that guy is? You want to take her to your bed?” michael asked with a shady grin

on his face. Cleo simply replied to Michael with a faint smile while still trying to drag Aciel's body away from the increasingly crowded bar. He then gave Michael a code if tomorrow he would contact the man again to pay for Aciel's bill, as he was sure that he would not be able to take out his wallet to pay for all his drink bills. After they arrive at the parking lot, Cleo immediately throws Aciel's body into a red car, and she immediately takes Aciel to her apartment. Cleo felt impatient to wait for Aciel to wake up from her sleep, as she had so many questions she wanted to ask the man. Especially about the status of that man now. Whether the man has a lover, or is married.