Dusk In Moorea

HR#92

Arumi was preparing to leave early today because she was not feeling well. From the beginning of work, his head was already a bit heavy. His nose also felt a bit stuffy. Perhaps, the symptoms will be affected by fever or flu. The beautiful woman had already grabbed a bag and was preparing to order an online taxi to return to the apartment when she saw the figure of a middle-aged man leaning against the luxury car door in front of her boutique.

Arumi blinked her eyes a few times. Intending to cast away the shadow that was ahead there but continued to fail. Apparently, the figure is real and not just a fantasy Arumi.

The middle-aged man looked at Arumi who was standing glued in front of the boutique door. He smiled awkwardly and waved his hand. Arumi immediately fixed the location of his bag and approached the middle-aged man even though he did not want to.

"Would you like to come here ?" asked Arumi coldly.

"Dad wants to talk to you, son !" jonathan answered in a soft voice. The middle-aged man's eyes looked faint.

"What else do you want to talk to me about ? Didn't that day I told you that our relationship as Father and Son has been severed ?" Arumi's breath was hunting. The tears gathered at the corner of his eyes. Arumi's vision was slightly blurry but she was reluctant to blink to hold back the tears spilled in front of Jonathan.

He does not want to look weak and helpless again in front of a man who never once thought of him as a child other than to be made to be a victim to maintain the good name of the family. For whatever sake ! Arumi was enough for that. It's already finished.

Jonathan was down inside. He took a sip of his saliva that felt dry. His daughter who always loved him now hated him. Her soft forgiving girl had already disappeared. And, Jonathan realized that he deserved it after his bad treatment of Arumi.

"Can I ask you for a minute ? I just want to talk to you. I just want to know how you've been all this time." Jonathan is still down. Absolutely not daring to look at the netra of the child who was definitely emitting an aura of hatred towards him.

"For what ?" arumi's hoarse voice tried to keep sounding stiff.

Jonathan couldn't bear to not shed his tears. The man's lips trembled with his left hand trying to hold on to the car door behind him to keep his frail body from slumping to the ground.

"Dad missed you !" he said with a tone full of pain.

Arumi threw her gaze in the other direction. Her tears have spilled too. Hating Jonathan is not as easy as he might think. The little heart of the girl still hides the affection of a father who always disappoints her.

* * *

Arumi and Jonathan are in a restaurant. Jonathan deliberately booked a VIP room so that no one would bother him to talk to the princess.

"Eat !" Jonathan spooned the side dish to Arumi's plate.

The girl was silent. Looking at the slices of roasted beef that Jonathan had just put on his plate.

"Why now ?" Arumi's trembling voice was heard again. Both of his hands were clenched on the side of the white plate before him.

Jonathan who was enjoying his food in silence immediately looked up. Putting his spoons and forks and chewing the leftovers in his mouth with difficulty.

"Can't you forgive Dad, Aru ?"

"What do you do deserve to be forgiven ?" Arumi asked back.

"Dad is a fool. I've wasted you just because I don't want to lose Katherine and Lily ! I'm sorry Dad !"

Arumi wiped her tears. He stood up and grabbed his bag immediately.

"If indeed you consider them much more valuable, you shouldn't have come here today to meet me !" Arumi walked quickly to the exit. However, Jonathan immediately restrained his arm. Forcing him to turn back to face the middle-aged man.

"Dad regretted everything, Aru ! Please give me a chance to make amends for your mistakes, and for your mother ! Please father !" Jonathan knelt down pleading in front of Arumi.

"If indeed you want to make amends to me and my mother, then from now on, let me live in peace. Don't show up in front of me again and just enjoy the rest of your life with your much-loved wife and child !"

Jonathan's feelings are broken. Her chest feels so painful. He could not stop Arumi's quick steps that had already walked away from him. Power's up. Arumi's words were more than enough to crush Jonathan to the bones. And, in the next split second, the middle-aged man fell unconscious. He collapsed at the door and was immediately helped by a male servant who happened to have just finished delivering orders in the VIP room next door.

"Miss ! You were in the VIP room earlier, right ?" A waitress chases Arumi to the front of the restaurant.

Arumi nodded in surprise. He was just about to call a taxi when the maid approached him.

"What's up ?" ask Arumi.

"The person with you fainted inside."

"What ?"

It didn't take long for Arumi to think. He immediately ran to meet Jonathan who was completely unconscious at the place where Arumi had left him. He immediately called the ambulance to come.

"Dad ! What's going on ?" Arumi patted Jonathan on the cheek, but the middle-aged man was unconscious.

* * *

Arriving at the hospital, Jonathan was immediately rushed to the IGD. Based on the initial diagnosis, it is likely that the man fell unconscious due to a heart attack that he suffered from relapsing. Arumi could only wait anxiously in front of the room and hope that her father would be fine.

Arumi curled up by hugging her own two knees. He did not expect that his father would be like this after hearing his words.

"Sorry, you're the family of the patient you just brought ?" ask a doctor who just came out of the room where Jonathan entered a moment ago.

"I'm his son, Doc !" arumi said as she stood up.

"Your father has a blockage in the blood vessels inside his heart. For that, we need your signature so we can perform the surgery."

"Okay, Doc !" arumi said aloud while receiving a file she had to sign from a Sister. After that, Arumi was immediately taken to the hospital administration room to complete the hospital fee before the surgery was carried out.