House of the Angker

48. Flakes of the Past

"I mean... Monica ti.. can't hi. live anymore,"

Mr. Danu Hartanto was sitting limp with a face that of course was so sad, he said,

His tears showed that he was truly a father who had lost his beloved daughter,

The ghost of Monica who saw Mr. Danu Hartanto cry so sad so join in crying,

Of course, Monica who had known that she was only a foster child would not have expected that Mr. Danu Hartanto would be as sad as that,

"Aps... Is ti... there's nothing I can do to mem... help him?"

Ask Mr. Danu Hartanto to Mrs Zia,

It seemed that Madame Zia shook her head with a face that really implied such deep regret because in fact she was unable to help anything, she said,

Mr. Danu Hartanto cried again, he even held his left chest that hurt, he said,

"Ra. keep this a secret from my wife, Mr. Zion,"

Said Mr. Danu Hartanto later, in between his tears that were still dripping,

Mr. Zion and Mrs Zia looked at each other for a moment, then looked at Mr. Danu Hartanto again,

"Monica... There's a secret about that boy that I can never open to the world until today, a. I really hurt me. accept this fact,"

Mr. Danu Hartanto wiped his dripping tears again, then...

Monica's ghost floated close to Mr. Danu Hartanto, if only he were alive as a human, maybe his heart was beating very fast,

"I used to have an intern at the company, a sophomore, la. lu..."

Mr. Danu Hartanto's voice suddenly stammered,

Mrs Zia seemed to sigh, a little bit he felt he could read where the story of Mr. Danu Hartanto went,

Till...

Mr. Danu Hartanto's chest felt increasingly painful, he also patted his chest again,

Mr. Zion is now seen to sigh several times, he as a fellow man understands very well how great the temptation of other women out there, he said, that's why she never took a female employee in a position that would allow a lot of time to meet Mr. Zion at the office or especially when there are affairs outside the city,

"So, is it possible that Monica is actually your biological child, sir?"

Ask Lady Zia finally,

Mr. Danu Hartanto looked at Mrs Zia, before the man nodded,

Monica's ghost saw that it finally became hysterical, her bloody cries soaked all parts of her face,

"Syela, that girl is so poor, I know it's not fair to her. but I really had no choice but to leave her and let her fight herself with her pregnancy, until..."

Mr. Danu Hartanto wiped his tears again, which kept coming down as if he would not stop,

"After giving birth, she put baby Monica in Alpha Centauri's home, someone I intentionally sent to keep following her reporting to me,"

Mr. Danu Hartanto continues to tell his story with Monica,

"Therefore you called me to be one of the foundation's donors, and then finally brought Monica home with your wife by making her a foster child?"

Mr. Zion tried to make sure, and it appeared that Mr. Danu Hartanto nodded back,

Madam Zia looked at the ghost of Monica who was now also crying sobbing, you can imagine how surely she was devastated to hear the fact that she was a biological child hidden all this time,

"Monica's biological mother, what happened to her?"

Ask Madam Zia shrieked, sir,

Mr. Danu Hartanto let out a breath that felt very heavy, then...

"He's... He. suicide."

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