Flower Seller Girl

Bitter Reality

Dion walked hastily in the hallway upstairs to find where his wife was. It is still so early.

The sound of his wife's screams was increasingly clear demanding Dion to immediately speed up the pace even though his head felt dizzy due to lack of sleep. Dion was made aghast after his eyes found Lily being held and surrounded by some servants down there. The girl stomped her hands brutally to be released and continued to shout.

“Let me go! I said let go!”

“Nona, please give me that knife!” Their faces panicked instead of looking at the rebellious Lily, who was trying to point the sharp and pointed object at her stomach.

“You don't stop me! You don't know how sick it is left by someone you love. I'm an orphan now. So what am I living for.” Her tears shed for a moment. “Say, what else am I living for?” repeated again. All the servants were made to hear it. They grow pity and pity to see Lily who desperately wants to end her life.

Not long after, Dion was already in front of Lily and managed to hold the girl's right hand. Like yesterday, he also removed the dangerous object from Lily's grasp despite a little difficulty.

“Do not keep knives or the like carelessly. If you need to throw it all.” Those in uniform nodded. The purpose of his master was so that it was not easily obtained by Lily.

“Let me go! Release my hand!” hardik Lily on Dion whose hand has now been switched by Dion. It was interesting to go back to the room. Looks like mami and papi didn't hear this commotion. Dion is grateful for that. It has been a month now the old man also took the stress of seeing and thinking about Lily's condition which is increasingly alarming.

Dion finally manages to take Lily to the room. With great effort must carry the girl who does not want to calm down so that quickly arrived.

“You're evil! You're the same as them,” Lily's hiss was fierce after her body was lowered. “You forbid me to die, while my father and baby you let be killed by them. Hwa...a...a...” The crying broke again. Lily's so fucked up. Dion wanted to grab Lily in her arms but Lily refused by retreating backwards.

“Udah told me not to go, but you still go.” He beat Dion's body with sobs. The man's body was shaken but he let it go. “Udah said papa was in danger but you don't believe it. Hwaaa..” Dion was silent. It was explained that his heart was also against his departure. But destiny has said. Had there been a time-trailing machine, he would have bought it with all the treasures he had.

The girl's punch felt stronger in Dion's body, but still left it. This blow was not worth the inner pain Lily was going through, he thought. Let the girl beat him up if it can do a little to dampen the tightness in the chest. Looking at the unreacted Dion Lily leaned against the wall and sat weakly there.

“Papa...” wept with a heart-wrenching cry. He drowned his face between his knees. “Why papa let me alone here?” he murmured with trembling lips.

“You are not alone. There I am with you.” Lily raised her chin. Dion was already squatting in front of him. Dion could see clearly there were many wounds in his wife's eyes. Highlight the eyes that are able to make his heart beat pain. He wants to cry too. But if he was crying, it would make Lily even more lapsed in sadness.

Finally he grabbed Lily's two arms, intending for the girl to rest on the bed. But what he accepted, Lily rejected his hand. The woman was disappointed, angry, sad, frustrated, everything fused together.

“Don't touch me! Let me die!” yells. Dion continued to try to persuade Lily to let the girl calm down. Be it hugging her or taking her to bed rest but always being rejected.

“Why are you always like this?” dion finally snapped. The patience of the beautiful-tailed man collapsed as well. He is also humanly tired of constantly persuading Lily, who has not changed his attitude this month. It's getting worse. “You think you're the only one hit by losing our father and our fetus? I'm also sad, I'm down, I'm suffering,” he explained with overflowing soul emotions. Her tears almost spilled over conveying the contents of her heart that she was craving. “Cannot from now on we accept everything that has happened sincerely?”

“No can!” reply Lily quickly while holding her head that seemed to want to break. His voice was no less powerful than Dion's. “You said I should accept everything sincerely? You don't know how the bad guys beat and killed papa while laughing! You don't know what it's like to see someone we love breathing their last breath right in front of you!” His breath snarled conveying that.

The girl was getting stronger holding her head on both sides. His eyes closed as if he was holding something so painful. It was like something hit his head. “Aaahhrrgg..!”.

“Lily, what's wrong with you?” Dion frantically tried to grab Lily's hand. But the girl did not want to take her grip off her head and continued to scream.

The events of a month ago reoccur in Lily's memory. From the arrival of those inhumane men to how they stabbed papa. The sound of booming laughter was still clearly remembered in Lily's memory.

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Dion heard Carol's long breath repeatedly. Carol had just finished checking on Lily's unconsciousness. Dion had already explained to Carol how hysterical his wife was before she fainted.

“Why?”

Not directly answer. Carol's breath was heard again. This time it was longer. Make the one there die curious about the results of the examination. The look in her eyes even looked down at Lily's sleeping face. Not sleep, but the unconscious.

“Carol what's wrong?” My mother asked because the doctor did not answer. Really, the doctor glazed over those eyes making them impatiently wait for the answer.

“We'd better sit there,” take Carol. Papi and Mami agree, while Dion chooses to remain seated at the end of the bed watching Lily. Heart's pounding. Not pounding from falling in love, but pounding because he felt he would hear something bad about his wife. Carol's movements have said it.

“Begini, Om, Aunt.” Carol saw Dion sitting there. “It is better that Lily be hospitalized only.”

“Is not being treated here and in the hospital the same? And not all this time Lily also get treatment?” mami asked not to understand. “Iya, right, Pi?” It seems like only my mom doesn't understand where Carol's going. Papi was already limp dropping his back onto the back of the sofa while kneading the temple. While Dion, the man who was currently failing to become a father was already bowed squeezing the bedsheet tightly.

“Tante, mmm.” Carol thought about how to string the right words together to convey the results of her examination. “The prolonged depression experienced by Lily, not only interferes with her physical and psychological condition. But it can also damage the brain function of the sufferer.” With a heavy heart Carol had to deliver this.

“Ma-you mean, Lily... Lily, mental Lily–” Mami can no longer continue her sentence. His hands were raised to shut his mouth. Tears can no longer be contained.

Dion was already standing by Lily's side lying down. It could not be explained in words how his heart was breaking hearing this news.

If time could be repeated. If there were no business travel. Had he resigned the time of the cooperation agreement was like Lily's wishes. If only he knew that Lily's nightmare was a bad omen. If and if.

Dion looked at my sleeping face Lily. Even though sleeping but looks sad. Tucked hope in the heart of the deepest if all will be well. He carried the tiny hand he had held onto his chest and closed his eyes. It was as if channeling all the love and strength he had on Lily to be strong to deal with this. He couldn't imagine that Lily. Dion didn't want to imagine anything.

The man felt Lily's hand move slowly as he still stuck her hand and Lily's hand on his chest. Dion opened his eyes, and so did Lily. The sound of mami's sobbing still sounded clear even though papi had tried to calm him from earlier.

“My son, my son is crying. Where's my son? My son must be with papa. Papa's... Papa where?”

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Oh Lily 😭