Dusk In Moorea

HR#97

Leon tried to hide his sadness. The man still tried to toughen up in the storm the pain feeling that was struggling to be released.

"Aru !" Leon bowed. "Me and Claire are not getting married. I don't even have a relationship with him anymore. So, please ! Stop torturing me like this !" continued Leon.

Arumi was so shocked by Leon's confession. For a moment, his overcast heart suddenly brightened as Leon said those words. But the girl's common sense is back. What if Leon lied to her again ? In the past, the young man said he did not have a lover when approaching Arumi. And, after Arumi gave her heart, it was revealed that Leon was engaged to be married to Claire.

That memory still lingers in Arumi's heart. He feared the same thing would happen again. What if Leon turns out to be married and will only consider Arumi as a mistress only ? For whatever sake ! Arumi doesn't want to humble herself by being an affair just because she loves Leon so much.

"I don't care. Get out of here ! Our story is done, Leon ! Go home to your country ! There's nothing you can get in this country !" said Arumi who was trying to fight his heart that so missed the figure of Leon.

"You hear that ? Aru has kicked you out ! Get out of here !" Irgi also voiced. He embraces Arumi affectionately and the girl is forced to accept him without objection even though he hates it very much.

"Aru ! Please don't be like this !" Leon was still pleading.

"Leon !" A man approached them. "That's enough for today. Let's go home !" Alarick who could not bear to see Leon begging like that in front of Arumi finally got off the car.

"No, Rick ! I need to talk to Aru !" push Leon quickly.

"Leon ! s'il te plait, ne te gene plus ! "(please don't embarrass yourself again!)

Alarick started a dialogue in French. He did not want the man beside Arumi to know the contents of their conversation. Meanwhile, Alarick knows that Arumi himself of course still understands the language.

"Je m'en fiche, Rick ! Je ferai n'importe quoi tant qu'Arumi reviendra." (I don't care, Rick ! I'll do whatever Arumi comes back.) Leon insisted on his stance.

Alarick grunts violently.

"Vous n'obtiendrez rien d'autre que rejet aujourd'hui, Leon! Veuillez suivre ma parole !" (you will get nothing but rejection today, Leon ! Please follow my words !) alarick said solemnly.

Leon breathed a heavy sigh. He looked at Arumi who still looked so angry. Shortly afterwards, he nodded his head and granted Alarick's request.

"Pour cette fois, j'obeis and vos paroles. Mais rappelles-toi! C'est la premiere et la derniere fois, Rick !" (For this time I will follow your words. But remember ! This is the first and last time, Rick!)

Leon stepped quickly into the car and into the front passenger seat. Alarick followed a while later. After Leon's car moved away from there, Arumi immediately removed Irgi's arm from his shoulder. Step back a few steps from her ex-husband with a hateful look.

"Sister Irgi also has to get out of here !" expel Arumi.

"Aru ? Didn't you just say that you wanted to come back to me ? What is this attitude of yours ?" asked Irgi in surprise. The excitement that was only a moment ago he felt now evaporated again instantly.

"Didn't Brother Irgi realize that I was just using big brother ?"

Irgi laughed discordantly in response to Arumi's cynical sentence. Since when could this innocent girl he knew turn this subtle and utilize others with a certain purpose like this ?

"Don't joke with me, Aru ! I don't like !" furious Irgi with a tone that held back the anger.

"Don't bring up the past, Aru !" said Irgi with clenched hands.

"Why indeed ? What's wrong with all that, sister ?" ask Arumi defiantly.

"Come in ! I'll go as you request !" break up Irgi after a moment of silence to dampen his emotions.

Arumi obeyed the words of Irgi. The beautiful girl stepped hurriedly inside the boutique without glancing at Irgi again even once. The man was both sad and angry at himself. All this happened because of his own actions. In addition, another man appeared who seemed to have the same determination as him in getting Arumi.

Whoever that guy is. Wherever it comes from. Irgi is convinced that Arumi will eventually return in his arms and not the man.

* * *

Ten days passed. Arumi was in the hospital to visit Jonathan who was getting better by the day.4 days, if his condition was really stable, Jonathan could return home. Of course it was very, very encouraging news considering he planned to stay with Arumi and start everything from scratch again.

"Dad sure you'd love our new home, Aru !" jonathan smiled.

"Of course ! Aru will love wherever we live, Dad !" reply Arumi laughs. He still faithfully feeds lunch to his father who does not stop raving about the new life they will both live after this.

Jonathan's divorce has been accepted by Katherine, although he has not received further news from the woman. However, Jonathan didn't seem to care much about it. Whether Katherine agrees or not, the divorce will still happen.

"You're here apparently ! What happened to you ?" Katherine comes and walks into Jonathan's treatment room with Beverly, whose stomach is getting bigger. Perhaps, soon the woman will give birth.

"Katherine ? Lily ? You know where I'm from ?" Jonathan gasped with a face of disbelief. He did not expect that the two devious women would meet him in the hospital.

"I hired someone to track you down ! Actually, what happened ? Why are you being treated here ?" Katherine approached and stroked Jonathan's face.

The man turned and removed Katherine's hand from his face.

"Go from here ! We don't have any business anymore" Jonathan said.

"What do you mean ?"

"Didn't you get my divorce papers ?"

"I refused, Jo ! At any moment, I will never sign the divorce papers !" push Katherine firmly.

"Dad !" Arumi's smile sank as she opened the door and saw the two women who had hurt her most all along already standing before her.

"You ? How can you be here ?" beverly was angry.