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98. The Same Man ?

Then Martin tried to get up with great difficulty and extended his hands to Clara's neck. Seeing his lover will be strangled, Dion quickly pulled Clara's body and kicked Martin with all his might until the man fell.

Apparently Dion's kick managed to drive Martin away to the afterlife. Clara screamed to see the man who had the status of her husband died in front of her.

Clara turned around and beat Dion who was holding her. Dion tried to survive but finally he could not resist the pain and slapped Clara back to stop the woman's action.

Clara sculpted after getting a hard slap on her face. He looked at Dion with a look of disbelief.

" You... You hit me, Dion ?. After Martin, you dare not hit me...?!" ask Clara not to believe it.

" I'm sorry, honey. It's because you're running amok and I couldn't stop you earlier. That's all I remember, and it worked, didn't it...?" said Dion lightly.

" But you haven't hit me in years. Now you're doing it even in front of my husband's body that's still warm" Clara said.

" Stop calling it My Husband My husband !. I'm sick of hearing that Clara...!" dion was angry.

" But Martin is indeed my Husband Dion, We are legally married before the country and God...!" sahut Clara was no less loud while holding her pain-throbbing cheek.

" But I'm playing your husband Clara, did you forget that...?" dion asked with a cynical smile.

Dion's words hurt Clara. For some reason, Clara realized that Dion was not a good man. He's ambitious and cunning. Clara regrets being lulled into her seduction until she betrays Martin.

Clara screamed once more while calling out Martin's name.

" I'm sorry Martiiinnn...!" clara screamed as she raised her head.

Dion is shocked to see Clara crying while calling Martin's name. Dion knew that Clara was devastated by her husband's death. But Clara's screams can be bad for her because it can provoke the attention of residents.

Not wanting to be the moons of the citizens because it was found to hit Martin, Dion also pulled Clara into the car and drove the car at high speed leaving Martin's body that began to freeze alone.

Rex blinked his eyes when he saw Martin's spirit rise and leave his body. Then Martin's spirit turned and smiled at him.

Rex later saw Martin's body being rushed to Sentosa Hospital. And there he saw his brother trying to wake Martin up.

" He's dead Li.." said one nurse as she watched Lilian gently press Martin's chest to help him breathe.

" The Ga Dev. I saw him move. He was still breathing but his breathing was too weak..," Lilian said confidently.

" But if you've been brought here, it means he's dead, right, Li...?" tanya Devi tried to remind Lilian if they were in the mortuary room at the time.

Lilian nodded her head in understanding but continued to make efforts to save the unknown patient. Called that because when found by residents, Martin did not pocket any identification.

After a futile attempt, Lilian gave up. He looked at Martin's body with pity.

" I'm sorry I couldn't save you. Go quietly, may Allah forgive all your sins. Hopefully your family can be contacted so that your body can be buried properly. Al Fatihah.," said Lilian Lirih and read Al Fatihah for Martin's body.

Devi frowned when she saw Lilian do that.

" Why Lo bacain Al Fatihah Li. We do not know his identity, especially his religion. What if he's a non-Muslim...?" ask Devi.

" Gapapa Dev's. I just want to pray for him. And all I can do is bacain Al Fatihah because it is the main surah that is the parent of the Qur'an. Allah willing, if there is a reward, it will turn to me as well. Yes, yes..," said Lilian relaxed with a smile.

" Yes, too," said Devi, scratching her non-itchy head.

Later Lilian and Devi leave Martin's body in the mortuary room when the mortuary attendants drop Martin's body into the freezer.

" So you're troubling Brother Lian in a dream because you want to thank me...?" ask Rex.

" yes. At the same time want to say that I am a non-Muslim because I married in the church. So I want to be buried according to the rules of my religion..," said Martin to make Rex nodded his understanding.

At that time Rex was again shown Martin's funeral situation was done Islamically. Apparently other than his unknown identity, no family reported the loss with any of the traits Martin had.

Sentosa Hospital buried Martin's body in Islam because the police also had difficulty tracking Martin's identity. Fingerprints that are usually used as a guide to find the identity of unidentified bodies have been damaged as deliberately destroyed by someone.

" Dion returned to the scene of the accident to slash my finger until my fingerprints were hard to trace" said Martin's spirit.

" Why is he so bad. You're not her brother...?" rex didn't understand.

" He envied all my achievements. When I introduced Clara to him, Dion was shocked. I think Dion just can't take it because I'm getting married earlier than he is. But I was wrong. Clara is her ex-boyfriend. They broke up because Dion cheated on him." said Martin's spirit as he stared into the distance with teary eyes.

" But Clara loved you back then, didn't she...?" ask Rex.

" yes. I'm sure we loved each other back then. That's why we got married. We live happily. Unfortunately I only found out about their forbidden relationship at the end of my life..," said Martin with a choked voice.

Rex seems to have a hard time comforting Martin because he doesn't know what to say. Then Rex remembered the doctors Aksara and Faisal.

" Then what do you mean come and follow doctor Aksara...?" ask Rex.

" I watched the girl. She's nice, pretty, smart and fun. I'm not willing if such a great girl falls into the wrong hands." said Martin's spirit to make Rex confused.

" You like Doctor Aksara too...?" ask Rex carefully.

" Who doesn't like a girl as good as her Rex. Don't you like it too...?" ask Martin's spirit while looking at Rex.

" Yes, I like him. Uh.., but now's not the time to discuss my feelings with her. We're talking about you Martin." said Rex reminded with a blushing face due to the release of speech.

" Oops, sorry..," said Martin's spirit with a small laugh.

" So why are you following Doctor Aksara...?" reset Rex.

" I'm not following him. I'm watching the fat man who claims to be the doctor's fiancee Rex.

" His name is Faisal, why are you watching him...?" ask Rex curiously.

" Faisal is Dion, the bad guy who is also my real sister Rex...!" martin's spirit is fast.

" You mean Faisal has bad intentions with Aksara's doctor...?" ask Rex.

" yes. Dion aka Faisal had sent Clara to the Mental Hospital after she took my treasure for Clara and Celia. I'm sure he'll do the same to Aksara's doctor later...!" martin's spirit is riled up.

" Athaghfirullah aladzim.," Rex said, shaking his head.

" Do something or you'll regret Rex...!" martin's spirit said before he disappeared.

Rex wakes up when the clock shows at four in the morning. He got up from his sleeping position and sat leaning on the head of the bed while remembering his long dream earlier.

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