Giving Up Among Overlooked Love

The Midnight Story

The night was getting late, but three pairs of eyes were still at home sitting on the table eating the small house. Their eyes looked so serious about each other. Only the eyes of my mother look sad and so sad when telling something to Reynand and Nara who had been listening to him since. Arya and Zelina do not want to mix, they prefer to enjoy time in front of the porch of the house.

"Four years, right after grandfather died and all of his instantly changed. Mom lost her papa figure. It's a point that doesn't deserve to be told, because it's a disgrace, after all. But.. mama really hopes this problem can be uncovered, and why papa can change" said mama.

"Did papa change so much, his attitude and his treatment?" ask Reynand. And my mom nodded immediately.

"Yes, even since then we have never slept in one room. Never talked much more. If you ask, you are always angry. Mama didn't want to look for trouble, so she just kept quiet. Mama thinks if this is because she's the one grieving the loss of your grandfather and uncle. But his attitude has continued for several years, and lastly he can even throw us all out of the house" replied the mother, wiping away tears from her face. His heart wound looked so deep, even the face that was once graceful and beautiful, was now beginning to wrinkle and brim.

Nara who was next to my mother immediately rubbed her shoulders gently. While Reynand seemed to clench his hands furiously.

"Is this because he's cheating?" reynand. Nara who heard that seemed to be frowning, she had not said anything to date. Nara had been listening to Reynand and her mom since.

"Let's go, mama's really hoping it's not because of that. But the reality we get really leads there. If he doesn't want you anymore, he should still treat you like he used to" she said.

"Rey will find out everything" Reynand said.

Reynand looked at Nara. Their eyes collided with each other. Looking at each other with meaning and meaning.

"Nara... do you think this has anything to do with Cleo and her mother?" ask Reynand.

"Don't you ever tell me that Cleo and her mother did have a plan to destroy our family?" ask Reynand again. Mom looked at Nara in confusion.

"Do you know anything, son?" ask mama.

Nara sighed for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Me and Cleo were best friends once aunty. But because of Reynand, our relationship is split" Nara said. Mama looks surprised to hear it.

"And Cleo's mother is my ex-boyfriend" Reynand said. And now Nara looks surprised.

"Former lover?" nara asked in disbelief. Reynand nodded at a glance.

Nara nodded inexhaustibly. So what he had seen at that time in the old house was the reunion of two pairs of lovers???

"Nara.I'm sorry if all this time I never believed in your words. But can you help me this time? " Reynand looked at Nara expectantly.

Nara nodded slowly with a face that was still so shocked. It was obvious indeed, it seemed like all of these were related to each other. I don't know what Cleo and her mother had planned, but it must have been a little complicated and had destroyed Reynand and her family.

"I still remember you saying something about villa Revano back then. Is there something?" reynand's question made Nara slightly gasp.

He sighed for a moment before revealing what he knew.

"Villa Revanno is where Cleo and I go on holiday on weekends. And that divilla I also found out about all of Cleo and Aunt Guzel's talk" Nara said

Reynand and her mother still looked at Nara in a clingy manner.

"That night while I was staying there, I heard Cleo and Aunt Guzel talking about their plan to destroy the Adiputra family. But I don't know what plan they're going to make, I just heard it faint. But...." Nara's hanging words make Reynand and her mother increasingly curious.

"That night I also heard the muttering of someone in the room where they were telling stories. Murmuring like a captive person" said Nara.

"The one who was held captive?" reynand and Nara asked directly.

"Is that why you asked me to investigate there?" ask Reynand. Nara nodded back.

"Because I feel like that person is also in their plans" Nara replied.

"Then if you're a close friend, why don't you try asking or fishing for him?" ask mama.

Nara smiled bitterly and shook her head. He glanced at Reynand.

"I'm not that brave as aunty. Anyway that time coincided with Cleo introducing Reynand to me. And at that time I knew that they had managed to lure Reynand into their plans" Nara replied.

Reynand frowned, thinking of her meeting with Cleo as well as Nara's remarks.

"I think it's like that too, Rey. Hearing your story about Cleo earlier, it seems like everything was intentional" Nara said.

"Is this why you asked me to marry you?" ask Reynand. Nara stared for a moment, but then she smiled and shook her head weakly.

"I just kept my promise" Nara replied, turning her face away and looking up at the table. But Reynand knows now, if not only that Nara's reason for forcing her to marry back then, but rather to save her and convince her of Cleo's plan. But with stupid Reynand who never believed in the words of Nara. My God, even Nara has been so good for her life.

"Tante.." call Nara to mama.

Mama turned her head and looked at Nara softly.

"Did aunty ever see aunty Guzel again?" ask Nara.

"No son, even a new aunt found out after Reynand had been in contact with Cleo for a long time, if it turned out Cleo was Guzel's son" replied the mother.

Nara breathed for a moment.

"At that time I had seen Mr. Abas with aunt Guzel" said Nara.

Reynand's eyes instantly widened hearing that.

"Undeniably, they must be in a relationship again. Insolent" Reynand growled with his hands clenched tightly back.

"Where did you see my son?" ask mama. His face was really sad right now.

"Foreign housing complex" Nara replied

Reynand heard that

"Foreign housing complex?" muttered.

"At that time I remembered the person they were holding Revanno's divilla, so I came quietly there, but no one was there anymore. And I finally decided to go somewhere else where Cleo took me. And somehow I still remember a house in a foreign housing complex, where it was Cleo's grandmother's house. But what astonished me was that the housing was empty and no one was living there anymore. Like a dead complex" said Nara.

"I don't think it's about Rey's usual affair. I'm still curious about the person they're sealing" Nara said.

"We'll investigate Nara's. I think this has something to do with the deaths of grandparents and uncles who are also concerned" Reynand replied.

"You suspect the deaths of your grandfather and uncle, son?" ask mama

"Yes ma. Wasn't grandpa's accident and time leaving his uncle close to each other? Even until now the case of the death of uncle in prison is still a mystery. We didn't even find the body, the police said if some charred convict bodies weren't left. Isn't that impossible?" Reynand.

"Your uncle?" nara and Reynand asked directly

"That time the prison where uncle was being held exploded and caught fire, leaving several inmates dead including my uncle. We were quite surprised then, and continued to investigate, but two days after the incident, grandfather also had a car accident and resulted in his death. So we no longer focus on uncle, we only focus on the grief of grandfather's death" Reynand said.

"And from that moment everything changed, papa who was initially so devastated and concerned became unwilling to know anymore about uncle" added Reynand.

Nara was silent to the story.

"Then I guess who the person they've been with is, I'm sure that person must know something" Nara murmured

"I'll investigate. Little by little we have to know what really happened between Cleo's mother and also our family's problems" Reynand replied.

"Recover yourself first, son. You cannot act rashly, you know now your papa people have spread where. Mama doesn't want you to get hurt again" she asked.

"True Rey, you restore yourself first as we think about what we should do later" Nara said.

Reynand took a deep breath and nodded. True as well, he couldn't act rashly. If not, then there will be no results. Reynand believes this is a plan that they really planned carefully to be able to destroy his family like this. And if his papa is also proven to be having an affair with Cleo's mother, then Reynand will not hesitate to beat her up again. It was enough that the old man who threw him away as well as his mother and sister, Reynand would not let anymore they hurt the hearts of the people he loved.

Reynand should be able to unpack this matter and reciprocate their treatment. Got to!