Girl In The Winter's

Chapter 41

Chapter 41

The sky was getting dark, cold air began to reach the body of the little girl who was only wrapped in shorts, shirts and thin cardigans. Unaffected by the circumstances around Ayumi was still sitting there looking at the scenery that had changed from the view of the sunset to the glittering flickering city lights not realizing there was someone who was lonely among the sparkles

"Tell sure, even Papah, Rama, Kevin and Appa, people who love Ayu sincerely will soon forget Ayu after Ayu is gone, so Mamah do not hesitate anymore... You pick Ayu up now, huh, Mah?" ayumi whispered with tears.

"What are you talking about?"

The heavy voice of someone made the girl turn her body, and there was the brown-eyed man towering up in the middle standing breathlessly like he had just run up the hill. His face looked tangled, his eyes looked at him with worry and it made Ayumi's tears come out even more.

Kevin walked up to Ayumi who was still sitting with tears and joined her sitting on the ground beside the grave of the woman he had considered his mother. For a moment he was silent without a word, his hand grabbed onto Ayumi's shoulder and pulled the frail body into her arms.

No longer holding back her cries, the girl spilled all the weight that was squeezing her chest in the arms of the man who had always been beside her, giving her a shoulder to be aware of, a warm embrace that hid her from the cruel world. Somehow long he cried in the arms of the man who patiently stroked his back sending strength, after feeling the woman in his arms a little calm he began to release his embrace and then wipe his tears.

"What are you talking about with Eomma?" Kevin asked while looking at Ayu gently.

"Nothing," Ayumi replied briefly as she turned her gaze towards the front.

The night wind again blew fiercely, making the girl wrinkle her body. Seeing that Kevin opened his jacket and then put it on Ayumi's shoulder.

"Why did you come here instead of looking for me?"

Ayumi glanced at Kevin at a glance but no answer came out of her mouth.

"Did you miss Eomma?"

Ayumi nodded weakly in response.

"I miss him a lot too" Kevin continued in a soft voice, "But now he's happy there, no longer in pain and I'm sure he's looking at us." Kevin looked up at the dark sky which was only decorated with stars and moonlight.

"He must be sad to see you like this because for the rest of his life he always prayed for your happiness... You're not Ayumi alone, you have me, Rama and also the two Fathers who love you so much, so don't think about catching up with Eomma anytime soon, or I'll catch up with you and bring you back."

Ayumi gasped at Kevin's words, she looked at the man in disbelief.

"You think you're the only one learning Korean? I also learned Indonesian, although I can't pronounce it yet but I can understand what you're saying, so Ayumi Maheswara you can no longer scold me using Indonesian," kevin said in a proud tone that made Ayumi smile a little.

"Is it because of that brash guy that you ran away like this?" Kevin asked gently, making Ayumi take a deep breath.

"Not just because of him, but I'm tired of all this, and assume nothing more than a game they can leave behind regardless of how I feel."

Kevin was silent and he could feel the pain his half-brother felt.

"You know Ayumi, you should be grateful right now that you know about this truth right now when it's just getting started. God loves you so much that he doesn't cover up their evil deeds for too long, He tells you in person so that you can quickly escape their game."

Ayumi bowed down to digest Kevin's words, is it really like that? If God loves him, why does God let him lose those he loves?

"But why did God take Eomma so quickly? Why does God keep me away from the people I love?"

"Because God loved Eomma more, God didn't want to see Eomma in pain for too long, which is why God took it so quickly. God doesn't take away those you love, God only takes away those who don't love you and makes you hurt, because God knows better who loves you and loves sincerely and God will let them always be with you, like me.” Kevin smiled at Ayumi who was also staring at him, “God knows that today you will be injured because of that He sent me here to keep and comfort you, because God knows I love and love you sincerely."

"You may be right, but if God loves me why doesn't He call me now? Freeing me from disappointment and uniting me with my mother in heaven?"

"Because God loves me so much, Appa, Rama and your father, if He calls you now then our lives will all be ruined, we will lose the most precious person, he said, and surely God has a more beautiful plan for you."

Ayumi looked at Kevin, looking into his brown eyes looking for the truth there, and now she was convinced of the truth that the man had said that he had an important meaning in his life.

"Do I have any significance in your life?"

Kevin smiled, his hands tidying up Ayumi's messy hair, "Of course, you are very important to me. For Appa, Rama and also your father, and also for the man."

"That guy?" Ayumi asked confusedly.

"Well, I hate to admit it" Kevin said, ruffling his hair, "Yes, that man... Erik, he's looking for you all over Busan like crazy."

"Erik looking for me?" ask Ayumi not to believe it.

"Yes, he's worried about you, you see not only me worrying about you but that guy as well." Kevin pulled out his handheld phone then grimaced when his guess was right.

"He's with me, you wait there." Kevin hangs up the phone again and looks at Ayumi with a smile, "We'd better leave now, or he'll destroy Busan to find you."

Ayumi smiled at Kevin's words and accepted the man's hand that had stood up, before leaving Kevin looked at his mother's meal and smiled.

"Eomma, you don't have to worry now I'm going to keep this bad boy from running again and I promise to make him happy, so don't you dare pick her up now or I'll be so mad, do you understand, Eomma?!"

Ayumi was again touched by her stepbrother's words. Yes, it turns out he was very selfish when he asked his mother to pick him up. Kevin is right he still has people who love him sincerely like himself, Rama, his father, Dr, Choi and also... Erik.

Erik loves him? Yes, of course he knows it. No doubt how much the sharp-eyed man loved him despite his sometimes selfish nature and resulted in the end of their relationship, but he never doubted the man's love, he said, similarly, his love even though he had time in his mind to start loving other men but he was sure his love would not be as big as love for Erik.

Kevin stops his vehicle on the roadside of Ayumi's apartment, he stared across the front where Erik's car had been parked there and he could see the man directly getting off his vehicle after seeing Kevin's vehicle pull over not far from him.

"Ckk.. Did you see that?" Ayumi took a look ahead as soon as her chest skipped a beat as usual when she saw the figure of the sharp-eyed man.

"Now that I'm sure that if he really loves you, I can calmly trust you to him." Kevin looked at Ayumi softly, "Maybe it's God's way to bring the two of you together, so don't waste this opportunity go to her."

Ayumi smiled at Kevin with a smile while nodding her head as if she gave her sister permission to go to the man she loved that made the girl look at him gently.

"You know? If you weren't my stepbrother, I might have fallen for you already, thank you for being there for me, Oppa."

Kevin widened his eyes happy when he heard the girl calling him 'Oppa', speechless he nodded his head steadily again. And finally with confidence and a smile expands Ayumi out and then walks slowly towards Erik who looks at her with eyes of longing and love.

Erik was able to breathe a sigh of relief after seeing the girl he loved walking towards him in a fine state, all right, he had thought badly that the girl would do something desperate that would make him regret for life, but fortunately Ayumi was not a narrow-minded woman who would do no-no. Erik smiled softly as he saw Ayumi getting closer, he was just about to cross the quiet street when suddenly a car passed at full speed.

"OOMUO!!!" Erik shouted, he started running to save the girl but it was too late when the vehicle hit Ayumi's tiny body until it crashed into the front window and finally collapsed motionless in the middle of the road with a pool of blood.

"No. no. No. No! Iris, please wake up!"

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