Blue Scandals

30 - Barriers

For some people, youth is certainly a beautiful and fun time to be told later when the age of adulthood.

But for some people, the school period is only a stage that must be passed with compulsion.

There are people who enjoy their school days with stories like spring on friendships or romantic relationships. But there are also people who even to survive it is already a miracle.

The man clasped the small black bottle tightly. The corner of his lips was injured, as well as the part of his shoulder that looked bruised.

The man's eyes shifted from medicine to the wound plaster that had just fallen off as he opened the casing of his phone. His expression was mellow, there was an unusually large sense of tightness in his heart.

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Before, an hour ago…

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Some time ago, Reza's father came after almost a week of not returning home.

The smell of the drink k*ras was smelling pungent from the middle-aged man. His wrinkled and pale face was always the same as two weeks ago. His body looks fat but looks unhealthy.

Seeing that his son was not home when it was night, Reza's father became angry. He immediately contacted his son.

There was concern from the corner of his heart even though he was seen as a father who did not care about the family.

Just recently Reza's father, Bayu Putra heard the circulation of illegal drugs began to worry, he was afraid his son joined the association that consumed the illegal goods.

It's just that unstable emotional conditions often make Reza's father do things outside the right. The worry mixed with the anger of the past sometimes makes it lose control.

After driving his motorcycle at high speed, Reza reached his home with a parcel of food. At that time, his father was watching television.

“Reza go home well,” said Reza gave his greetings.

The man called father looked over for a moment. After making sure his son was in a good state, he returned to focus on staring at the television.

Reza placed the food parcel on the dining table and then intended to go to the bathroom to wash her feet.

“Where are you coming home this time?” ask Reza's father suddenly.

Reza turned to the wall clock, time still showing at 20:00. The black-eyed man let out a long breath. “This is not too malem kok yah.”

Reza's father was silent, he poured the golden yellow liquid from the green bottle into the little gela on the table.

"You work, right?” ask Reza's father again for not getting an answer to the previous question.

Reza did not answer, he entered the bathroom not far from where he stood. After washing his feet, he intended to directly enter the room.

“If you were invited to talk to the old man answer!” said Reza's father who started to change expression,

Reza silently stared at his face. He looked at his father with mixed feelings.

“Why not a real school? Get out of your workplace. I can still make money" said the middle-aged man in a hoarse voice.

"Reza just wants experience."

"What experience? You have never been a champion in school. What will you be?!" Grumpily the man while holding a bottle of k*ras drink with half the contents remaining.

Reza silently watched her chaotic-looking father. He was fed up with such a situation.

"You've never been with me, have you?!" the man half shouted.

The mother who came home after buying coffee and other items was surprised by her husband's high voice.

"What else is it?" said the middle-aged woman.

"Your son has not wanted to obey me in the past. He thought only his grandfather who gave a good bike to him. His father is useless, can not say anything," said the middle-aged man with a sad, angry and frustrated expression.

The mother looked at her son who was standing with a sad expression. His eyes looked fixed on his father.

"Reza still wants to work well, anyway it's not a grandfather or grandmother's business and also Reza remains in the top 10 in the class."

Reza's father got up, staggered to his son who was standing by the wall.

"Brazed kid! Actually why the hell don't you even want to recite the word Dad?!"

"Reza needs money for school, too... I don't want to use the money from Grandpa's grandmother."

Prang...

The drink bottle of k*ras was thrown right next to Reza standing up.

"You're a little frivolous now, huh?!"

The middle-aged man clutched his son's shirt, hitting his son's face with all his might.

Reza remained silent neither answering nor dodging, the tip of her lips torn. There was a faint pain in the corner of his heart. The memory of the incident a year ago when his father was so angry and almost made him lose his life also surfaced in his mind.

The mother tried to break up. He told Reza to enter the room, but his father took a vase of flowers which he then slammed into Reza.

The black-eyed man dodged so much that the vase hit his shoulder.

"Fucking kid! I also know that I am not good! Your home, vehicles and belongings you get are all from your grandfather. Yep! All of him! Old grandpa with that fucking dark business!" he said while shouting.

Reza went into his room and locked the door. The pain in his shoulder began to feel. Same with the wound on the corner of his lips.

His father was still shouting outside in a raucous voice. Shedding all the anger stored up years ago.

"Because of him, your father lost his job and went to prison! Because of him, your father is a criminal! Your grandfather was a bastard, the grandfather you respected would sacrifice anything if pressed!"

Reza kept quiet, let out a long sigh and opened the bag in the closet. He took out a small black bottle. His body trembled violently, his breathing became irregular. His hand tightly gripped the small black bottle.

Gradually no more screaming sounds were heard. Only her father's voice seemed to be crying.

Reza turned her eyes to her phone. He opened the phone case, 2 pastel-colored wound plaster with a falling star motif.

Reza deliberately did not wear it because he felt affection. He kept it behind his phone case, to be seen at any time.

Reza opened the small bottle, took out a few items similar to medicine then gulped it down with water in the bottle that was in his bag.

His breathing returned to normal, his hands clasped the wound plaster gently.

“Hah... it turns out our world is very different yes,” Reza's guman slowly.

His eyes began to blur. He vaguely remembered when Lilia laughed. He vaguely remembered the expression of the brown-eyed girl while worrying about him.

The black-eyed man wondered. If the girl found out about her dark side, would she hate him?

If Lilia knew the condition of her family, what would she think?

Reza smiled in his unconsciousness. He seemed to be hallucinating before his eyes finally closed due to the overwhelming drowsiness.

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Not many know the situation of the Reza family. The man who always looks cool has a life that can be said to be far from normal.

His mother came from a well-to-do family known as one of the richest people in the city of T, but his father was just a regular office clerk in one of the companies owned by his wife's family.

Reza's father Bayu used to be a good and straight man. The man was notoriously not so smart in school, but he was the most diligent workhorse of all his peers.

When graduating High School, Bayu immediately sought a job because it did not have the cost of continuing higher education.

His good looks and bright clean skin brought his own blessing until he was recruited to be one of the sales in a drug company in East Java.

Thanks to his hard work and perseverance, he was appointed to a sales area in one of the city centers.

It was then that Bayu met the woman he loved. Although he did not get the blessing of his wife's family. The man still married her.

Everything was still smooth until they were married for a few years and even had a son. Her mother-in-law began to melt with the presence of her granddaughter.

After that Bayu was appointed to be in charge of the drug factory which was none other than one of his in-laws.

Bad things happen when his son stepped on the Junior High. The company he worked for had problems.

The factory that produced the drug is called producing illegal drugs as well until finally an audit was conducted and strong evidence was found until finally the company was closed.

Bayu was sentenced and jailed for allegedly abusing his position to produce illegal drugs.

At that time the media was quite excited by the news because Bayu's in-laws were indeed known as one of the richest people in the city of T.

Bayu was supposed to serve a 10-year sentence, but thanks to the intervention of his in-laws, he was released in just one year.

After getting out of prison, Bayu has difficulty getting a job because of his background that was imprisoned. Her in-laws are also reluctant to hone her again because they want to maintain the image of all her efforts.

The situation is increasingly difficult because Bayu also did not get a job until they had to sell their house.

That's when the wife's family came back and asked his wife and child to be brought back to their extended family.

His wife, of course, refused because she wanted to live with her husband, but the family did not give up until she continued to approach her son.

The family also gave a house to their children so that their grandchildren do not live in deprivation. Every month the rich family even gives a fairly fantastic monthly ration.

Bayu who felt humiliated by the family's actions as well as that helpless and guilt-ridden feeling slowly weakened his mentality.

No more hardworking people. He just wants to quickly get a lot of money in order to replace the house money given by his in-laws.

Bayu's behavior changes, the man becomes grumpy and begins to get caught up in the world of j*di.

When she found out her in-laws were giving her various electronics, it was the first time Bayu beat her son.

The guilt, shame and all the feelings he hid became the inappropriate actions of a father to his son.

Reza understood that, his mother had told him and begged Reza not to hate his father.

Reza is on the verge of doubt. He does not like to be treated harshly let alone beaten, but knowing the reason behind it makes him unable to completely hate his father.

Such circumstances made him worried. As much as possible Reza refused gifts from his grandparents so that the father did not feel inferior. But what he saw in his father's eyes was a mistake.

Reza still does not understand why his father said that his grandparents destroyed his life. Though they have been kind enough to give the house and other facilities needed.

Reza knew his grandfather did have a dark business, but he did not feel sure his grandfather would scapegoat his father because of the problem.

The figure of the grandfather known to Reza is the figure of the grandfather who despite looking hard is actually a person who does not have the heart.

Despite seeming to hate his son-in-law, Reza's grandfather sometimes still asks how he is. But his father repeatedly said that his grandfather was the one who put him in prison.

It was Adhi who made his father's sentence one year.

Since his emotions were disturbed, Reza's father so often ber*di in order to be able to get a large amount of money in a short time.

Betu occasionally wins, but more often loses. Even so, he did not want to use the money given by his father-in-law who remained intact in his wife's account.

The middle-aged man also often consumed alcohol to distract his often chaotic mind. Reza's mother could do nothing but take good care of her husband. Despite wanting to work, the husband always forbids and will be angry.

The chaotic condition of the house leads Reza to the wrong association. The sense of inferiority that the father had seemed to decline to Reza.

Although previously fine, Reza ended up staying away from her good friends and felt more worthy of making friends with people who had similar backgrounds.

His mind was chaotic but he did not know what to do. That's when friends hang out to introduce him to ob*t-ob*tan forbidden.

Reza felt calm for a moment and felt her feelings light for some time. But still the same reality will remain when he wakes up.

Not many know many children who are hurt and emotionally chaotic due to their family circumstances. Despite knowing, others will still behave indifferently because it is not their problem.

That is the life of some humans...

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