Heart Thief
New Work
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Rein was unmoved, his tears were still flowing. It was not impossible if her husband would throw himself in jail. Aska once said, if he would not be indiscriminate on every crime. Moreover, this is about the case of his beloved sister's death.
"Where, Sap? You still want to go back to that house?" ask Daren again.
Rein let out a long breath and then exhaled slowly. Today he has to make a decision. He could not go to prison, because Rein still had to support his younger siblings. "Gue must have left them, really. But for now I have to go home. There's something I need to finish first there," Rein said a little more calmly.
"As far as you are, deh. I'm just afraid you want to give yourself that. Inglet, Sap! Your dream has not been realized." Daren reminds Rein of his dream to buy a house for his stepbrother. Rein nodded.
"Gue's home, yeah. I'll be back here soon, '" said Rein.
"OKAY. Be careful!" sahut Daren's. Then he drove the woman to her car. Daren was still flinching in place until Rein's car disappeared from his sight.
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On the way home, Rein was still thinking about Daren's words. They were indeed guilty of the robbery, but Daren also accidentally got his father Abian killed at that time. Rein was like being among a precipitous abyss. Rein had to choose one of them. The result must have hurt everyone. One is going to jail, and the other is losing love.
Rein suddenly remembered Abian. He glanced at the watch that was coiled in his hand. "You guys pick Abian up, man," he muttered, then turned the steering wheel towards the Abian school.
Around 10:50 Rein arrived at school. Wait ten minutes for the bell to ring. Abian ran to meet his aunt-in-law. Rein is deliberately waiting in a place that is easily visible to children who just came out of class.
"Tante, tumben pick me up?" ask Abian.
Rein looked at Abian's face wryly. Guilt was back in his heart. As a result of his actions and his friends, such a small child must lose parents. Without warning the woman immediately hugged the tiny body of Abian. Swiping the top of his head with love. Her tears are now inundated.
"Auntie why? How, crying?" Abian was confused by Rein's attitude. His head looked up at Rein's face while twitching in confusion.
"It's okay, honey. Yok, home!" Rein wiped away the rough trace of her tears with her thumb. A thin smile seemed hollow was pinned on his lips.
Abian just nodded obediently. He followed Rein, who drove his body into the car.
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Arriving at home, Abian immediately went into his room to change clothes, while Rein went into Aska's room. The woman opened the door slowly, fearing it would disturb her husband's sleep. However, when Rein had entered the room, Rein's forehead immediately shriveled confused because he did not find his husband asleep in bed.
He intended to find a husband in the bathroom, but a hug from behind made him stop doing that.
"Mas, make a surprise, si!" pekik Rein was shocked.
Aska laughed and turned Rein's body to face him. Rein was again confused because Aska's appearance was neat as if she wanted to leave. "Where are you going to get this neat?" ask Rein.
"I want to take you somewhere" replied Aska.
"To where? You just took a nap, time's gone again?"
"But I just got home with Bian. I picked him up at school."
"Oh, that's fine. So no need to wait for him anymore. We'll just go." Aska pulls Rein's hand out of the room. Without allowing the woman to rest for a while.
"Where are we going, si, Mas?" ask Rein curiously.
"You eat out. Lunch time again. You haven't cooked yet, have you?"
Rein thought for a moment. He remembers not cooking for lunch. He also felt guilty about coming home late. "Sorry, Mas. I was playing it all the time, "rejected Rein.
Aska smiled. His hands stretched out and stroked Rein's cheeks gently. "It's okay, honey. I want to make sure you eat out. You want to go somewhere."
Rein's two eyebrows seemed to be linked while thinking hard. What place will they go? Is it possible that this place is .. prison? Really, now Rein's brain is always prejudiced, ever since Daren told his sister Aska about their crimes.
The heart leaflet that could not be invited to calm down made Rein misbehave. Somehow close to Aska made his heart so restless. Rein did not want to go to prison, because he had not fulfilled his desire to buy a house.
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"Om going to take Bian to his workplace, Mom first, huh?" Bian asked while looking out the car window. I just finished lunch at a restaurant. Aska immediately invited Abian and Rein to the place where he meant earlier. Abian knew the road very well. In the past, with his mother he always went down that road.
"Yes, Honey. It's okay, right, we're going there? Om wants to recognize Aunt Rein's new cooperation," replied Aska. He was afraid that Abian was still traumatized, then sad again when he remembered his mother.
However, Abian instead smiled happily. There was no objection or fear in his face. It was Rein who showed such a look. The woman looked confused and surprised. Aska never talked about it.
"Ma—meaning, Mas, what? How's my new job?" tanyanya suddenly stuttered.
"Yes, you need a new job, because you want to leave your old job. He said you want to achieve a dream without having to take care of me? That's why I want to give you a job. Just help me manage the business left by Abian's parents."
Rein was flinching on the spot. His breath felt like it was stuck. Will he be able to run the business of the family he has destroyed? Rein is like getting a punishment that is heavier than just bars. If constantly with Aska, of course Rein will feel the inner war every day.
Outside of the inner war that Rein was going through. Aska's car was parked in the parking lot of a medium-sized shopping center, but quite large. All the buildings there belong to Abian's parents. Mama Abian is a great woman who has the soul of a persistent and talented businessman. With the help of her husband, she was able to build a franchise business that sold various types of goods.
"You know, Rein. This shopping center is a legacy that will later be given to Bian. Since Bian is a child now, it is I who was given the responsibility to manage everything. Although a little heavy with my duty as a state servant, but I have to run everything fairly. I don't want to disappoint my brother and sister-in-law. Therefore, please help me, yes, to manage their business! Besides you can help me and Bian, you can also get halal income from here."
Aska's long speech still couldn't make Rein raise his voice. He is still confused about his position. Right now Aska is good to him because he does not know the truth. Rein was sure, when Aska found out. Not only going to jail, he will also be hated by Aska. However, the goodness of a person will disappear, when disappointment comes to attack.
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