Black Swan's
Lying and Divorce (One Hundred Three)
Last night Eden continued to wait for Aciel to come home while rubbing the tears that soaked his cheeks. After she accompanied Ciara and Louise to sleep in her room, the woman went straight downstairs to wait for Aciel to come home in the living room. The glimpses of his quarrel with Aciel continued to revolve around Eden's head, leaving such deep regret in the woman's mind. If she had not lied to her husband and been honest with him, then this quarrel would not have happened. She now feels so guilty and sorry for all the things that happened to her and her husband today. Time and again Eden continued to hit his chest which felt tight due to the deep sadness experienced by the young mother.
Just a moment ago Sian had also contacted him and said his apology because he had not managed to persuade Aciel to go home. The man seemed so angry and hated his wife that he was reluctant to go home. If Aciel were to go home right now, she would gladly prostrate herself at the man's feet to apologize for all the wrongs she had done. But unfortunately Aciel decided not to go home and let him continue to be haunted by the guilt that continues to plunge his heart. Eden then tried to calm his troubled heart by continuing to exhale his tired breath into the air. The shadow of Ciara and Louise who were also grieving suddenly appeared inside her head, making her feel even more guilty and regretful. Before going to bed, they asked where their father was. But sadly Eden can only answer if the father is currently completing his work in the office. Fortunately after that they did not ask further about the attitude of Aciel this afternoon which is so terrible. Even so, Eden was very sure if actually Ciara and Louise kept a sense of trauma in their minds after seeing their father angry with so rude in front of them.
Again Eden cried in silence while closing his eyes that felt so painful due to continuous crying. But even though he felt tired to cry, his tight chest cavity still kept demanding him to let out that clear liquid again and again endlessly. It was as if the hundreds of tears he had shed since earlier were not enough to express the regret and tightness that was currently struggling in his heart.
Faintly Eden heard the sound of crying coming from her room. Hurry up the woman immediately
wiped his tears and immediately ran towards his room. The youngest child sometimes awakens in the middle of the night to ask for milk or while having a nightmare, so Eden must always be ready if Louise has started whining at night.
When he reached his room, Eden immediately calmed Louise down by patting the toddler's thighs slowly. Apparently the little boy was having a nightmare, so Eden didn't have to make a glass of milk for Louise to put her youngest child back to sleep. But unexpectedly, Ciara actually woke up from her sleep while rubbing her eyes slowly. Though the girl had just slept an hour and a half ago, but now she just woke up again while staring at Eden with the look of her shady eyes. Making Eden desperately try to hold back her tears so as not to fall in front of her innocent little daughter.
“Mommy, where's Daddy?”
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The little girl's question suddenly made Eden's heart ache and was overwhelmed with guilt again. Eden then tried to smile at Ciara while stroking the top of the girl's head gently. He did not want Ciara to know about his problem with Aciel. It was enough that he felt this pain. He did not want the growth of his two angels disturbed just because of the quarrel of his parents who are equally selfish. Let this time Eden lie to Ciara. Most importantly his two angels can live normally, even though his parents are currently on the verge of divorce.
“Daddy is working in the office. Does Ciara want milk?”
The little girl shook her head slowly while crawling up to her mother to hug her mother's stomach and seek comfort there. Eden then stroked Ciara's hair gently so that the little girl would close her eyes again and fall asleep. But Ciara was apparently not sleepy and just wanted to share the warmth with her grieving mother,
“Mommy, Ciara wants to take daddy to the beach. Dady promised to take us all on vacation to the beach if daddy's job was done. Does mommy like the beach?”
Eden clenched his hands tightly in the air to hold back the tearful circle that had almost fallen soaked Ciara's head which was currently right below him. He felt so guilty to Ciara because he had made his little girl miss the opportunity to vacation with her father to the beach. Quickly Eden rubbed her eyes harshly so that Ciara was unsuspecting with her chaotic-looking face. Although Ciara's age was still very small, but the girl had such a sensitive feeling. He often shows his sympathy to the mother if the mother was feeling sad and upset. Maybe it all happened because Ciara was a part of it. The little girl had lived in her womb for nine months and ten days, so that the inner bond created between the two was very strong and inseparable.
“Darling, don't you want to sleep? It's night, son.” said Eden gently, trying to persuade Ciara to close her eyes again. But the little girl was still reluctant to close her eyes and just jumped up while reaching for her new pair of shoes under her bed.
“Mommy, are Ciara's shoes good?”
“Very good. Ciara likes it?”
“Of course. Daddy chose this for Ciara. Said daddy, Ciara should wear it to attend the wedding of uncle Andrew and aunty Tiffany. Can Ciara wear it?”
“Sure, you can wear it. Your dad... would be happy if you wear it at uncle Andrew's wedding.” said Eden stammered because her throat felt choked and sore. He almost let out his sobbing sound in front of Ciara. But the woman immediately resisted her bubbling inner turmoil until her throat was stuck and felt sore. The top of Ciara's head was handled affectionately while trying to forget her sadness for a moment. Tonight he just wants to calm his heart by looking at Ciara and Louise all night. Tomorrow, when the day has changed, he will rethink his way out to improve the state of his household that is almost destroyed.
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The sun shines so brightly through the thin curtains that cover a large window in the elite apartment area in the city of Vegas. Aciel who was disturbed by the scorching sunlight immediately wriggled slowly while reaching for a pillow to cover his face that felt glare. The man then groaned softly as he rose from his uncomfortable sleeping position.
“Ed, please close the curtain.” cried the man reflexively without realizing the condition of the room
the bed looked different than usual. Lazily, Aciel began to drop his body again on the bed while preparing to close his eyes again. The warmth that surrounded Aciel because of the thick blanket attached to the limit of his chin made Aciel lulled. It felt like he was so reluctant to open his eyes and wanted to continue feeling the warm blanket wrapped around his body. But suddenly he began to remember his whole quarrel yesterday with Eden and his whole conversation with Sian inside the club. Quickly Aciel flicked away the white blanket that wrapped around his body suspiciously and miserably.
‘Cannot’
“Oh, you finally woke up too.” greet a mature old woman in an oversized white shirt while carrying a glass of camomile tea for Aciel. The man slightly narrowed his eyes in ruffus as he looked at the entire corner of the foreign room with a suspicious and cautious look.
‘What did he do last night? Why did it end here? In this foreign room, without wearing his clothes and just topless.’
“You were drunk all night, so I brought you here. Do you still feel pain? Last night you threw up great in my bed.” the light of the woman was calm, calm, it was as if he knew what Aciel was thinking about her being naked and being with a foreign woman in an apartment room.
“Sorry if I have troubled you. Where's my clothes? I have to leave immediately.” said Aciel flat and expressionless. Cleo then gave a small smile towards Aciel while thrusting the teacup she was carrying. He was sure that now Aciel had forgotten him. Judging from the man's cold streak, he was sure that at this time Aciel was no longer a free single man. Aciel must have had a lover or wife.
“Have you forgotten me?” asked Cleo in a sad tone. Aciel then looked at Cleo inside while trying to recall the face of the woman who was currently standing in front of him. But the more he tried to remember it, his mind was deadlocked and unable to find anything, until Aciel finally gave up and decided to shake his head slowly.
“Sorry, but I don't seem to know you at all. Have we met before?”
“Yeah God, have you really forgotten me? Ck, pathetic. I am disappointed in you.” decak Cleo was angry, but tucked a spoiled tone at the end of her sentence, making Aciel even more confused with the woman who was currently in front of him. Then a second later, the woman came forward and pounded her body until she almost spilled her hot tea over the woman's body. But Aciel swiftly managed to hold the woman's body in his arms, so they both hugged each other with Aciel who was uncomfortable with his current position. He felt this was too strange and a bit of a breach.
“Aciel, I miss you. For years we have been apart, and finally God has brought us together again in this amazing country. Do you really not recognize me?”
Once again Aciel shook his head while hanging both hands in the air, as he did not want to return the embrace of the foreign woman he had just known.
For a long time Aciel was stunned in his own mind before he finally muttered softly and immediately returned the embrace of the beautiful woman who was currently in his arms. The two also hugged each other for a long time to treat their respective longings, because they had not met for a very long time. Even Aciel himself has completely forgotten the figure of the woman who once filled his days when he was in Madrid.
“Cleo, I really did not expect that now you have turned into a beautiful adult woman.”, said Aciel excitedly as he twisted Cleo's body to and fro. For a moment he forgot the condition of his own body that was topless in front of Cleo. But it seemed that he did not care at all and preferred to be swept away in the joy of meeting Cleo.
“I'm fine. Now I'm continuing my father's corporate branch in Vegas. What about you? Let me guess, have you now become a successful businessman like what you always aspired to be? Ck, I even often see your face plastered on the street billboard.”
Cleo smacked Aciel's burly arm softly and avenged the man with a ruckus.
Aciel then pulled Cleo's hand to sit on a sofa in the room. There were many things he wanted to hear from the woman and he would not waste the opportunity this time to interrogate Cleo.
“Sit down, there are many things I want to hear from you.” command Aciel with his usual arrogance style, making Cleo chuckle amusedly with the character of the man who was currently waiting for her to sit next to him. Cleo then threw a blue T-shirt at Aciel before the woman decided to sit next to Aciel.
“Thank you.” said Aciel sincerely after he managed to wear a blue T-shirt that fits perfectly in
that body. I don't know where Cleo got that blue shirt. What was clear was that she felt quite grateful that the woman who brought her from the club was Cleo, not another woman. At least Cleo would not do anything inappropriate to her, other than to remove all her clothes because she was drunk and vomiting last night in the woman's room.
“So what about your life for thirty years.” Aciel frowned, a little unsure of his calculations the first time he met Cleo. “Yah. I forgot exactly when. So what about your life all this time?” ask Aciel while calculating the amount of time they have missed so far. Cleo casually embraced Aciel's arm and dropped her head on Aciel's right shoulder in search of comfort. For over thirty years he has missed
many things are difficult and also sad, so he felt he needed a backrest to share complaints.
“Many things have happened to me over the last thirty years, it looks like it will be very long to tell.” Cleo replied quietly while looking far into her dark past. Aciel turned a glance at Cleo, and returned the woman's embrace to give comfort to the woman who had once been
he was part of him when he was in Madrid. Instantly he also remembers Eden and her unresolved family problems. It seemed like the current two of them looked very clop to each other as they were both having problems. Two different types of people are then immediately swept away in the story of their past, each of which has long been buried tightly and almost untouched by the two of them.
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Inside his house, Eden was bending over in pain inside the bathroom while tightly gripping the end of the sink. This morning he woke up with a stabbing pain in his stomach. I don't know what really happened to him, but his stomach really hurt, and he felt like he didn't
withstands. Holding his stomach, Eden started walking out of his room to call one of his servants. But just a few steps down the stairs Eden, suddenly his head felt spinning and he felt lost all balance. From the direction of the living room, Olivia seemed to run to him with a panicked face and after that she heard no more sounds than the screams of Olivia who was so loud calling her name from the end of the stairs.
“Eden!”
Olivia screamed hysterically from the direction of the living room while running fast to catch the limp-looking body of Eden on the steps of the fifth step. From far away Olivia saw Eden whimpering in pain and beating her throbbing head. Faintly Eden could still see Olivia running frantically towards him while patting his cheek to keep him conscious. Then Sian's voice followed from the end of the stairs while holding Justice who looked confused looking at her parents who were excited.
“Sian, we'd better take Eden to the hospital. His pulse weakened and his face was pale. Jane, please take care of Ciara and Louise for a while, we will immediately take Eden to the hospital.” shouted Olivia at Jane who was standing at the end of the stairs. One by one the other servants then came to see the condition of their young mistress who was lying unconscious with blood seeping dirtying the yellow dress that Eden used.
“Eden bleeding?” sian asked in a panic as his entire hand was drenched in blood as he tried to raise Eden. Olivia then groped Eden's pulse again and directly pushed her husband's body to come out immediately.
“My guess is Eden is currently having a miscarriage. We have to get him to the hospital immediately before he runs out of blood.”
“Where did you know?” Sian frowned confusedly at his wife who suddenly looked like a reliable doctor.
“Laila told me everything yesterday. How was Eden before the woman took the medicine she gave. So maybe my guess is right.” replied Olivia quickly.
“How about her husband?” asked Sian who was both panicking next to Olivia. Although it is
close relatives Eden and Aciel, but he felt a dilemma when he had to take Eden to the hospital without Aciel's consent. Especially since last night, Aciel also did not come home, making Sian furious at the damn man who had made his wife become like this.
“Justice darling, you stay here with Ciara and Louise huh. Jane, or any of you please take care of Justice as well. We will soon bring Eden in the hospital.”
“Good, mistress. Please save madam Eden.” nod the servants in unison. One of the servants who stood there then took over Justice from Olivia's sling and immediately took Justice to Ciara and Louise's playroom.
Sian and Olivia act quickly after their child is completely taken care of by the right person. With a rash move, Sian immediately carried the unconscious Eden to his car followed by Olivia behind him who was busy contacting Laila.
“Eden was bleeding in his home and unconscious. Please prepare a room for Eden, because we will arrive in fifteen minutes.” tell Olivia via her phone. While talking to Laila, Olivia continues squeezing Eden's shoulders to give the woman strength. Occasionally Olivia also wiped the sweat that soaked Eden's forehead using one of her free hands.
I don't know what happened to Eden last night, until the woman immediately turned into a very weak and pale woman like this. From the corner of her eye, Olivia could see the scars of tears that had dried up and turned into an invisible white patch. Gently, Olivia stroked Eden's head while praying to God to save her best friend. He was really afraid that something bad would happen to Eden. Though this morning he intended to come to the house of Eden to apologize to the woman and also comfort her. But when he arrived, he actually saw Eden with a situation that is far from good. It seems that Eden is very depressed with his quarrel with Aciel.
“Sian hurry up, her pulse continues to weaken.” cried frustrated Olivia from the bench
passengers. Sian looked at his wife at a glance from the rearview mirror while wiping the sheets of cold sweat that kept coming down his forehead. At this time her feelings are also equally upset like Olivia. He was afraid of losing Eden. And he felt quite guilty about the woman because last night he did not manage to persuade Aciel to go home and solve his problem with Eden. Both hands are now tighter grasping the steering wheel of his car while stepping on the accelerator inside, until the roar of his car engine immediately sounds loud in the middle of the crowded atmosphere of Vegas.
