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"The Voice" Sian Story (Seventy One)

        “Tiffany, we are very happy for your engagement. We are very much waiting for your wedding invitation.” said Summer and Sunny while hugging Tiffany alternately. Tiffany immediately returned the warm embrace of her two friends with enthusiasm.

            “Thanks. Surely you guys are the first people I will invite at my wedding later.” Tiffany promise really. After letting go of her hug on Sunny, Sian immediately embraced Tiffany's friendly waist while thanking both of Tiffany's best friends who had taken the time to come to their dinner today.

            “See you soon, may God bless you both.” Summer said as she waved at the couple Tiffany and Sian who looked so friendly in the middle of the restaurant ballroom.

            After their death, the two couples seemed selfie with Tiffany who continued to direct her camera at the lover who seemed reluctant to take pictures. But because Tiffany continued to force him to take pictures, Sian finally chose to give up by following the will of the lover in the style of what is next to the lover while embracing the shoulder of Tiffany friendly.

            “Aciel leave a gift for you.”

            Sian suddenly pulled a black box wrapped in a red ribbon at Tiffany. Enthusiastically the woman received it and then immediately opened it with a shouting voice that sounded quite happy. “That's so sweet of your best friend, this necklace is so beautiful.” praise Tiffany amazed. He then immediately set himself in front of the mirror using the necklace and asked Sian to put it on his neck.

            “How is Aciel's condition now?”

            “Not bad, but still the same as yesterday. Aciel will never be okay before Eden comes to restore half of his heart that Eden took away.”

            “So much pity him, if I can, I would very much like to cheer him up.”

            “Why do you want to entertain him?” sian asked pouting while turning Tiffany's shoulder to look at her. The woman laughed and pinched Sian's nose in a joke.

            “Are you jealous of your own best friend?”

            “Maybe.” replied Sian of origin. To be honest, he had always been jealous of Aciel because he always had an easier time getting attention from others than he was. Even her own lover now also thought more of Aciel than of her.

            “You're going to childish once Sian.”

            “Indeed, so don't make me feel jealous of my own best friend.” replied Sian again indifferently. Tiffany then took advantage of Sian's sullen face to take pictures once again with the man while laughing widely next to Sian whose face had turned increasingly grim.

            “Is that enough? You'll embarrass me in front of my clients if they see it

on the internet tomorrow.” complained Sian with a funny expression. But Tiffany actually responded casually while uploading all the results of her shots today into her social media account.

            “Sometimes you have to look silly Sian. They must be bored with your stiff and flat face when in company or while leading a meeting. The longer I think you're gonna look more like Aciel. After all this can be a wonderful memory for us.” Tiffany timpal lightly. Sian was finally only able to sniff his shoulders indifferently while ruffling Tiffany's hair lightly. Since long ago until now, he must have always not struggled with various kinds of requests Tiffany. The woman always had a thousand and one ways to persuade him to want to melt with the request of her beautiful lover. No wonder Tiffany is the most dominant party in their relationship. And according to Sian it was absolutely no problem for him. As long as Tiffany is happy, she will definitely do anything for Tiffany.

            “Sian, I'm tired. Let's go home now.” take Tiffany while yawning many times. Sian nodded in agreement and immediately took Tiffany's hand to get out of the Japanese restaurant. But while in the parking lot Tiffany decided to go home to her own apartment because today she brought a car. Although Sian initially disagreed, but in the end the man also collapsed with Tiffany's persuasion. After all, the woman reasoned that if her car was left in this restaurant, tomorrow morning she would bother herself because she could not go to her boutique and had to

waiting for Sian to pick him up, but he knew very well that Sian was the busiest man and very workaholic.

           “See you soon, baby. I'll call you right away if I get to my apartment.”

            Tiffany waved her hand several times at Sian before she drove her car out of the parking area.

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            During the trip, Tiffany continued to play her favorite songs to ward off boredom and drowsiness. Many times Tiffany yawned while glancing at the watch that was coiled around her wrist. Saan this time has been shown at eleven o'clock in the evening. Tiffany then slightly sped up the speed of her car so that she

we can arrive at his apartment soon. It seemed that his two eyes were already unable to compromise anymore. At a crossroads, Tiffany would close her eyes if she did not hear the sound of a car horn so loud from the right because her car almost hit another driver's car. Tiffany then did a little stretching for her face. He moved his face to the right and to the left while singing loudly so that he did not fall asleep while driving. Because the streets in

as her front grew quieter and quieter, Tiffany became bored and involuntarily closed her eyes for a few seconds.

Tiiinnn

            The sound of the car horn so loud that Tiffany immediately realized and immediately slammed the steering wheel to the left. And along with that, a bus from the opposite direction was speeding quite fast, so the accident was inevitable. The pink car driven by Tiffany looked crisp and emitted a thin smoke. All the surviving bus passengers immediately ran out to save themselves and see the state of the driver. But when they were about to get Tiffany out of the car, suddenly the car exploded and immediately burned the entire body of the car. A passenger who saw the incident immediately contacted the police and also the fire department. But when they arrived, it was too late. Tiffany is gone. He died in that accident.

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1 Year later~

            Sian stared pushyly at the video he recorded on the day of his engagement to Tiffany one year ago. It felt like just yesterday he pinned the diamond ring on Tiffany's finger, but now Tiffany has left. The woman left tragically after an accident with her body mostly burnt to the ground when the medical team took her to the hospital for an autopsy. Even then he felt unable to see Tiffany's body for the last time, because he could not bear to see Tiffany's terrible situation like that. Though all this time Tiffany always takes good care of her skin so that her skin is always soft and glowing. But at the end of his life he had to go with the skin that had been charred and peeling. Roughly, Sian wiped away the tears flowing down her cheeks. Although it has been a year since Tiffany's departure, she has not been able to forget the figure of the woman in her life. His life was thrown into turmoil after Tiffany's departure. He felt he had no life spirit and purpose in life because one of his reasons for living in this world was for Tiffany. And now that Tiffany is gone, she feels she has no purpose in life anymore. The life he lived this year was only a demand he had to fulfill, not the kind of life he should enjoy every second of it.

            “Sian, look here. Well, I look fatter now.”

            Tiffany's voice that was so excited in the video managed to make Sian's heart feel sore. I don't want to see that video anymore. But, only that video can treat his longing for Tiffany, so he has no choice but to play the video many times after he gets home from the office.

            “Tiffany, why would you leave me?” muttered Sian softly with a tone full of pain in each word.

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his energy to work, but Olivia still insists on taking the job, because the amount of salary he gets from the job of washing dishes can add to the coffers of money he can collect for the cost of his eye surgery. Now the savings have been collected in part. He only needs to save for another year so he can have eye surgery. Especially a week ago when he checked his eyes to the hospital, the doctor said if the condition of both eyes was getting worse. And the doctor advised Olivia to do surgery immediately, because it just so happened that the hospital was having a supply of corneas for her. But unfortunately Olivia could not do much, she did not have the money to pay her operating expenses, so she could not do anything other than keep working and waiting until the money was collected.

            The gentle whirr of the night wind increasingly made Olivia close her thin jacket which was completely unable to dispel the increasingly bone-chilling cold. As she continued walking, Olivia began to fumble the empty air in front of her in search of the pedestrian light pole. Olivia then moved a little forward and she could feel the lamp post in front of her. While waiting for the red light to turn green, Olivia began to observe the atmosphere around her that only looked like a black shadow. Suddenly Olivia felt someone patting her shoulder hard. The person who patted her on the shoulder was rummaging incoherently while pulling Olivia to get closer to him. Feeling threatened, Olivia decides to scream and immediately runs.

            “Tttoolong, don't bother me.” cried Olivia terrified. The woman continued to run forward without caring for the sound of the car horn that was twitching against each other warned her. In the middle of the road Olivia felt a car with lights so bright that she was unable to move and was just glued to the spot. A flash of shadow when her house was robbed and when both her parents died immediately crossed Olivia's mind, and made Olivia just fixated on the spot without being able to avoid the speed of the car that was getting closer to her. I'm gonna die....

Tiinnn tiin

            The sound of car horns and pedestrians who saw Olivia's presence in the middle of the road immediately shouted at her so that she would immediately step aside. But, for a while Olivia was unable to move her legs because she was too shocked and scared. Before long, a large hand suddenly pulled his hand and led him to pull over on the side of the road. With a limp step, Olivia simply followed the footsteps of her savior without being able to say a word.

            “Are you okay?” ask a man to her. The man's voice sounded so flat and unfriendly. However, even so Olivia felt quite grateful to the man because he had saved her who almost got hit by a car.

            “Ttthank you sir. Drunken pppria mengengejarku.” said Olivia stammered. Both of his knees still felt trembling because he had never experienced this terrible event. Usually if he comes home late at night, there is no one who bothers him like tonight, because they all certainly do not want to glance at a blind woman like him.

            “Where is your home? I will take you home.” said the man again while observing the expression of Olivia's face that still looks scared. He looked at every inch of Olivia's body to examine Olivia's current condition, whether the woman was injured or not. But after several times he saw Olivia's body from head to toe, it turned out Olivia was not hurt at all. The woman was really just in shock and was also trembling due to the unexpected event that had just happened to her.

            “Aaa I live in The Jungle.” area replied Olivia stammered. Sian then scrunched his forehead while thinking about the area mentioned by Olivia.

            Isn't that a slum that the government has evicted today? inner Sian wonder. This afternoon he saw the news on television if the eviction of the village made the residents who had lived there for years become hysterical and unacceptable. But in the end they chose to accept the government's decision, and at this time according to news they will be moved to a shelter for the

homeless. Sian then glanced at Olivia once more while asking the woman. “Isn't that place evicted by the government this afternoon?”

            “Digused? Bhow is it possible? Why don't I know?” olivia started to panic. All the money and stuff is still there. If the village was evicted, then what about his life after this? Even now he only carried ten dollars in his pocket. And he was sure he would not be able to survive with just that ten dollar bill.

            “I think the government did it all of a sudden. But the government has given them two hours to collect all their belongings. Don't you know?”

            “I. I was busy all day. Then I should go home soon. I have to see the state of my house now.” said Olivia panicked and immediately walked away with half a run. However, Sian immediately blocks her hand and tells Olivia to stop.

            “I will drive you.” said Sian firmly and immediately pulled Olivia's hand towards his car.

            During the trip, Sian continued to pay attention to Olivia with pity. The woman should not have to bear this heavy burden. But what he thinks is good, not necessarily God also considers it good. So too was Tiffany's death. He knew God was planning something for him. Even though it had to go through with a bloody heart.

            “Master..have we met before? Looks like your voice is not too foreign.”

            Sian turned his head a glance at Olivia while sniffing her shoulders not knowing. During this year he lived like an undead, and he had no time at all just to memorize the face of everyone who passed by in his life. Especially lately more busy

with the office problems after Aciel managed to get Eden and Ciara into his arms. His best friend was always luckier than him in any case.

            “Neither, I don't know.” replied Sian as is. Olivia just nodded her head in understanding while biting her lower lip nervously. It felt like he had heard the baritton sound, but he himself felt not too sure about his own hearing, because it was possible that his hearing was wrong.

            “Your voice sounds so familiar in my ears.”

            “Really? Maybe we've met before. What's your name?”

            “I'm Olivia, Olivia Johnson.” replied Olivia slowly. Sian nodded his head in understanding as he turned the steering wheel of his car into a narrow alley that looked so dark. He then stopped his car on the edge of the alley, because he was unable to drive his car deeper.

            “We're down here, where's your house?”

            “At the end of the alley, the house is painted yellow.” replied Olivia while moving her cane forward. The sound of the friction of the stick with the muddy road in front of Olivia, made the sound inside the narrow alley become even more gripping and terrifying. Sian looked at the houses owned by residents who had been flattened with land. The government does not play games with their words. Suddenly Olivia stopped stepping while sobbing softly. Although he could not see clearly, he could see the shadow of his house that had been leveled with the ground. The house that he had bought with great difficulty, had now been destroyed and could not be occupied anymore. While crying, Olivia sat down on the ground, bowing her head on her knees. All his hopes were now broken. He will not be able to operate both eyes because all his money has been buried along with his other belongings in the rubble of his house.

            “Nona, are you okay?”

            It felt like Sian wanted to allocate himself who had foolishly asked Olivia that. It was obvious that the woman was not doing well, but foolishly she still asked him.

            “I.. already have nothing left. Money and all my stuff are inside that house.”

            Olivia continued to cry bitterly in front of the rubble of her home. Meanwhile, Sian who stood behind him was only able to stand clumsy as he did not know what he should do now. On the other hand he felt compassion, but on the other hand he also did not have any solution for the poor woman who was still faithfully crying under his feet.

            “Miss, how about tonight you stay at my house? At least you can think for a moment at my house for tonight.” said Sian finally. Olivia turned her head slowly with her eyes down towards Sian. He then moved to stand up and walked closer to Sian. Unexpectedly, Olivia immediately hugged Sian tightly while muttering thanks many times to the man, who was somehow able to make Sian's heart feel warm. The woman, who sounded so sincere when she thanked him, rarely received such a sincere expression of gratitude as Olivia had said.

            “Thank you, thank you very much. I will not forget the kindness of sir.”, Olivia said many times, accompanied by immeasurable gratitude.