
Meanwhile, in the residence of Mr. Dewantoro everyone is gathered in the middle room except Ericka. They all looked serious, the atmosphere became so tense.
"So, Rendy... You're adamant you want to take this case to court?" Ask Mr. Dewantoro.
"Sorry Dad, I was forced to do it" replied Rendy flatly.
"Huh! You finally showed me your true nature too, Rendy!" Pramudya.
"If you win the lawsuit later, it means you will have to leave the Wijaya Group. 'And you've got a lot of money from your mother's company and foundation, so there's no need for that!" Sahut Pricilia with her cynical smile.
"You see, Dad... The nature and behavior of these two stepchildren, they do not even hesitate and embarrassed to say it. In fact, we are your only biological children like stepchildren and are treated unfairly by you" Rendy coldly told her father.
"Rendy, it's not like that..." His father could no longer continue his words.
He looked at his son's words, what he said was true. Just wanting to satisfy his wife's wishes and wanting to take the heart of his stepson, he forgot his obligations as a father.
"Here you go, I won't be able to do anything as long as they're here. In fact, your life is governed by your wife and stepson.
They don't appreciate Dad at all" Rendy said.
"Hey, watch what you say, Dad! We really appreciate you, not Dad. You don't know yourself!" Pricilia.
"Your unselfish son, if not your mother married my father you would have nothing to be proud of.
Even your own mother used your mother's company and foundation to make ends meet, you shameless foundation!" Rendy Sahut.
Plaque!
He was so shocked when he got that slap from his father, the pain of that slap he could still endure. But the heartache she was being treated like that in front of everyone, made her ashamed and angry.
"Thank you, this slap will be a reminder of who I am for you all along. Don't expect to get any respect from me or my other brothers" he said and left them.
"Rendy, stop! If not, just get out of the house!" Shouted Mr. Dewantoro full of emotions.
"Just calm down, I'll get out of here! After all, this house has been like hell for me for a long time!" Said cold.
"Then get out and never come back!" Shouted again Mr. Dewantoro.
Rendy did not care about her father anymore, she rushed up to the top floor. When he wants to go to his room, he will pass through his sister's room.
He wanted to take her away as well, if left behind it would endanger Ericka if alone. No one will be able to protect her anymore.
Geck! Geck! Geck!
"Erika, Eric! It's Brother... Quickly open the door, Brother wants to talk to you" Rendy said outside the door.
Long time no answer, he called his sister again and still no answer. He wanted to force his way in but the door was locked.
He banged on the door so that Ericka would open it but still could not.
"Free of you forcing her in, she still won't want to see you. Because he's ashamed to have a brother like you, a cowardly man who's trying to master everything.
Ck, how pitiful you are. Now you have nothing left, even the people around you are moving away from you." Pramudya provoked him.
He purposely caught up with himself to the top, he still wanted to see Rendy's suffering for longer. It feels good to see the enemy losing.
When below, he and Pricilia did not expect to get a defense from his stepfather. They thought, they would be humiliated there but who would have thought instead to see an exciting drama between father and son.
Rendy leaves Pramudya, she doesn't want to respond. He was still shocked by the treatment of his father earlier plus the attitude of Ericka who did not want to meet him.
He shut himself in his room, all the doors and windows he closed and the lock even he closed it with all the curtains. The sound of rock music that was so loud he deliberately played hard.
"Well!! Fuck, asshole! Look at it later, I'll destroy all of you!" His shouting.
He sat in the corner of the dark room, deliberately shutting himself up and playing loud music, because he didn't want anyone to see and hear him cry.
"Mother, why are you leaving so quickly. Miss you. Hicks! I also miss my big brother, my sister... I just got close to my sister, but now I'm getting away again.
Mom, what should I do? Do I have to go? Leaving Eri alone, it felt impossible. But I'm tired mommy, hiks!" He poured out all his heart through his cries.
Rendy who looks strong, smart and cold it turns out to be very fragile. He was trying to hide his inner wounds, he did not want everyone to know that he had such a huge wound on him.
Meanwhile, in the middle room, Mr. Dewantoro still stands silently sculpting. He had just realized that he had made a big mistake, his hand was shaking, the heat on the palm of the hand was still very pronounced.
So strong and tight he slapped his son, he cursed himself for hurting his heart and feelings. Just because of his momentary emotions he could slap and treat his son in front of everyone.
At that time Pramudya immediately followed Rendy while Pricilia went straight to her room, while Elena who was just silent just now moved from her seat to approach her husband.
"Calm down, he's just emotional a moment after that he'll be back as usual. But honey, are you seriously going to kick him out of here?
That means you let him continue to sue us, you should have persuaded him." Elena said to her husband.
He was deliberately so because he wanted to calm her down, and was considered a good wife to him.
"Be quiet, right now I don't want to talk about anything. Leave me alone, I do not want to be disturbed" said Mr. Dewantoro as he headed to his study.
Elena silently let her husband go, she smiled sinisterly. Although she lost later in court, she still had a valuable asset as a guarantee of her life, her own husband.
*
Meanwhile, outside the house the rain fell rapidly.
The weather that night did not support her plans tonight, Julia desperate to meet Ericka in the rain with her sports bike.
I don't know where he got his sport bike from, but he seems so good at carrying it.
He called Ericka, he had to force her out no matter what. Several times he called but was not picked up, he snorted angrily and sent a message to Ericka.
"Ericka, I've been waiting for you outside. Please meet me now, there's something important I want to tell you."
He waited for his reply under a tree in front of Ericka's house, shivering with cold, black raincoats, hats and black masks covering his face.
Ting!
The voice of the incoming message from his phone, he stared at his cellphone screen turned out to be a reply from Ericka.
"Wait, I'll get ready to go downstairs. Don't go anywhere"
Ericka replied, Julia smiled with satisfaction and what was in her mind only she knew, she was already impatiently waiting for Ericka to arrive cold temperature plus the heavy rain made her shiver with cold.
At that time, Ericka accidentally heard a great quarrel between her brother Rendy and her father. He also saw the loud slap that Rendy had received by her father.
She couldn't help but cry and ran into her room, crying as she watched her brother being treated that way by his father.
Every call from Julia he ignored, he didn't want to see anyone because his condition is currently unstable. After getting a short message from Julia, she felt guilty also ignoring her from earlier.
Maybe there was something important he had to say, after all they were friends now..
"Julie..." Greet Ericka to her new friend.
At that time Julia curled up coldly sitting under a big tree in front of Ericka's house, she smiled at the relief she had been waiting for.
"Julia, I'm sorry I don't know if you've been waiting for me all this time" Ericka said, looking sorry to see Julia cold so.
"It's okay, I'm fine" he said, but he was cold once.
"Well, what are you doing coming up these nights? Why not just wait for tomorrow?" Ask Ericka.
"I don't have time, we'll move out of town. Both my parents wanted to return to their area and make small businesses there.
But I don't want to move, Ericka... Please tell your brother or anyone else, don't fire and kick my parents out of their jobs.
We don't usually live a hard life, I don't want to live in that smelly, dirty place!
Please, give me back my parents' second position!" Julia shouted against the sound of the wind and the rush of rain.
"Sorry, Julia... For that I can't, right now sister Reva is not at home and she's hard to contact. As you know, my family in our distress cannot focus on others" Ericka lowered her head.
She feels bad and pity with Julia's family, she will also feel sad again because she will be abandoned by people close to her.
In contrast to Julia's reaction, she was so angry and disappointed. His hopes were so great to come there, hoping Ericka would help him a lot was beyond his expectations.
He clenched his hands With a crimson face holding back his emotions, his gaze was sharp all the swearing he threw in his mouth but he held it to himself.
"Why can't you help me, Ericka? Aren't we friends? Those fellow friends should help each other, shouldn't they?!" Ask again with a flat face.
"Sorry Julia, I don't want to but..." She held her breath seeing Julia's change in reaction, although her face was covered in Ericka's mask could still see those hateful gazes.
"Ju-Julia... You're why-" she's not done talking she felt a sharp slash towards her face.
He was surprised when he felt the warm liquid melt on his face, he peeped at his cheek and saw the red blood in his hand. As soon as she was unsteady from being shocked by what she saw, she looked at Julia in disbelief. Why would he do that to her?
Ericka came forward to approach him, even getting another attack from him two strokes to his left and right cheeks. Ericka screamed in pain, the two slashes making quite a big and deep wound on Ericka's face.
"Ohhh!" Ericka screamed hysterically from the sabetage.
Julia immediately ran away with her sports bike, when there were two security patrolling in front of her house. They saw someone carrying a sports bike so fast driving in front of the house.
They ignored him, but their views changed after seeing someone fall down in front of the house, as they approached how surprised they were that young lady of the house was heavily injured.
They took Ericka inside, and the one who received her was Elena. Elena immediately ordered them to take Ericka to the large hospital owned by her foundation.
"Remember, keep this a secret. Don't tell anyone about this incident, if anyone knows you'll get a reply later.
Keep this a secret especially from his father and brothers, got it?!" Elena's orders.
The two bodyguards nodded, then took Ericka into a special car to take her to the destination hospital ordered by Elena.
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