
The pair of twilight eyes gazed towards the open window, where a neatly arranged small-sized garden could be seen from where he was sitting right now. Praja sighed deeply. Since getting the best treatment from the hospital medical personnel, slowly the body of the middle-aged man began to be moved. Until a few months later, now he can even walk, even though he still uses assistance tools.
Praja felt grateful, he had thought that his age would not be long even with his disease that could not be cured, but fate said another. When I don't know where to get the power from, the princess alone that could take him away away from the entanglement of the woman of the son of a bitch that he had once been judged.
"Arum." Praja said one name while clenching both hands.
Is he sorry? Sure yeah. But everything has become destiny. But there was one thing that made the king hate himself so much. Laura, the woman she loved so much, became a victim of the adoration she created herself.
Praja stared out the window with a blank look. A few years ago it was like walking through his mind.
"Laura, you can hate me, you can also hit me to your heart's content, but let me marry Arum. Accept her to be your little sister, I beg laura." Praja prostrated herself on the legs of Laura who sat with a blank look. The woman did not show any expression other than silence with her body frozen.
"Laura, I beg you, answer me." Praja looked expectantly at Laura. "I'm waiting for your decision, laura."
Laura's eyes warmed up. Even clear droplets are unstoppable. He allowed himself to sob, but was held back from making a roar.
"I don't think my approval is important to you anymore. As I thought, even without my permission you must be desperate to marry her. And now, do it. After all, you have gone too far in that forbidden relationship. I gave you permission to marry a woman without any intention of preventing her. I'm sincere. Go, and start taking care of your second marriage now." Praja jerks. I didn't know Laura would say that. Did he really give her permission to remarry? Shouldn't laura refuse?.
Praja wiped away the trail of tears that soaked both of her cheeks. The events of a few years ago came back and felt so real. Praja did not think that after giving her permission to remarry, Laura further changed. The woman was like a statue. His heart seemed to be dead, with a twinkle of an invisible face again.
Praja did not expect that the decision he took, had a tremendous impact on Laura's mentality. His first wife was depressed because he endured all the heartache alone. His body, which was originally fresh and synthetic, slowly shrank, leaving behind bones and skin.
"I'm sorry Laura. My dear," said Praja when he was not strong anymore to remember the mental burden experienced by his late wife.
"Dad."
Praja quickly wiped away the remaining tears during a sound, surprising him. The man who was sitting looked towards the source of the voice that had called his name.
"Isabel, daughter. Come here son," call Praja asking her daughter to come closer.
Isabel obedient. Walk closer to the father and sit next to him.
"What's wrong?"
The girl did not immediately reply. He precisely examined carefully the face and condition of the father's body.
The father could speak clearly. That's what Isabel caught at the moment.
"Em sorry. There's something important that Isabel wants to ask me."
"About?"
The girl sighed. As much as possible he put together a question that would not provoke the wrath of the father.
"How much love do you have for Arum's mother?"
Praja.
"You mean son?"
"Is it more than my father's love for me?" Isabel 'mother' is Laura.
Praja spontaneously shook her head.
"Of course not son. To me, your mother is everything."
Isabel was clearly throwing her face away. Did ya? If the father is as loving as that to his mother, why until the heart hurt the mother that deep.
Of course Isabel was disappointed. Why is the father still trying to cover everything when Arum himself has shown his true face. What exactly does the father mean?
"alright. It's up to dad. But didn't you see clearly the original character of the woman you used to say is more than your mother?"
Praja bowed in. Indeed, he had boasted that Arum was better than laura in many ways. But what's the truth? It's totally unexpected.
"Yes, I know."
"Mother Laura mastered everything. Starting from home even father's treasure. I used to be too small to understand everything, but not now. I'm a big boy, dad."
"Dad understands if the meaning of your question is actually to be the right of who the father's property is now. Isn't that right?"
Without hesitation Isabel nodded. For him the father's explanation will open the veil of truth. Actually, the property that had been scattered by Arum was already the right of the middle-aged woman herself.
"Dad did love Arum's mother, but neither was father foolish to give up all assets and turn various ventures into her name. So it's only natural that Arum gets angry and plans an accident that ends up paralyzing my father's legs."
The father's statement surprised Isabel. It is true that the accident of the father is also the stepmother who sabotaged him.
"I mean dad?"
"Yes, according to your thoughts, son. Arum's mother and Steven's father planned it. Dad overheard, while the two were arguing. Guessing that you're still unconscious, the couple discussed the father's car, which apparently had been stoned by a mechanic before the accident." Praja's lips trembled, even with her heart that was like sliced by an invisible object. So painful and torturous. Steven's father, who is Praja's number one confidante, is a traitor. The man has the same ambition and purpose as Arum, which is to drain all of Praja's possessions. But Praja is not stupid, so that a pair of people can only enjoy some of the money Praja, but can not seize his personal assets.
"You're my only daughter, and you're the only one who has the right to enjoy what I have."
The girl was silent. Actually, he didn't want to be in this kind of situation. To hell with the property. He just wants to live free and safe, without feeling threatened.
"Do you know?" For a moment the girl turned her eyes outward. Look at the birds that fly so freely. "I chose to leave home, because I wanted to feel freedom and let go of everything. Including the house and all the treasures that you have. I'm tormented. My life also suffered because of the treasure that my father had. I almost cloned everything, but Arum's mother set the war drums by crucifying others who had nothing to do with our family."
"Huh, really?" Praja was surprised, apparently his second wife was still not satisfied to play around.
"They terrorized the Bi Ratih family. And keep threatening to tell us where we are today."
Praja's face began to grim. Didn't expect that his family's problems could be this complicated. Unknowingly due to his actions in the past, also dragged many people who actually do not know anything about the problem.
"Then what's your decision, son. You should be able to reclaim all of the father's possessions that are yours. I'm sorry, I can only help with prayer, given what your body's current condition is like."
Isabel thought for a moment. As the father said, if all assets are still in his name, then legally Arum has no right to take what already belongs to him. So is grabbing it the most appropriate way? Ah I don't know.
"Well, maybe me and Uncle Thomas will talk about it and find out what the solution is. We don't want to be rash, yes as you know if Ibu Arum is a very terrible opponent. Just a little wrong to take a lull, then life becomes a bet."
Praja. His tongue suddenly fell. His body froze when he remembered Arum who used to be soft now turned fierce like a female tiger who was ready to tear the body of its prey. Oh my god, was her gentleness just a pretense?
Isabel rubbed her father's shoulders gently. Realizing the change in the expression of the father's face made the girl stop discussing the matter of the middle-aged man.
"Isabel is going to see her uncle, I'm going to rest" the girl said, asking her to lie down on the bed.
Praja did not refuse. He positioned his body supine with a pair of eyes starting to be closed.
Isabel pulled the blanket to the chest of the father, so that the man felt warmth and comfort.
"Rest, father. I love you." Cup, Isabel kissed the father's forehead who had fallen asleep. The girl got up and closed the door shut after making sure that the father was completely asleep.
Tbc