ILLUSIANA (CONTRACT MARRIAGE)

CHAPTER 66

Bu Merry's smile widened when Berlan turned his car into the yard of his shady and beautiful home.

Returning home seemed to get a new life for Ms. Merry after many days languishing behind bars.

He misses his soft bed, misses his delicious home cooking, misses chatting every night with his daughter, even though sometimes the daughter is late digesting their every chat, she said, as a result, their conversation was not at all well connected.

Berlan stopped his car right next to the porch. Impatiently, Merry came down and immediately stepped inside.

“Pris...Priska?” he called her half screaming. The first thing he did when he set foot in that house was to look for his beloved daughter.

“Maaaa..” Priska squealed in excitement. From the front of his room half-running he approached and immediately rushed to hug his mother.

“Our plan succeeded, dear,” whispered Bu Merry in Priska's ear.

“Who used to dong who had an idea,” welcome Priska happy.

“Yes mom, whose idea is again. If you, where until your brain thinks of a way out for mama,” timpal Bu Merry makes Priska sing her red lips.

“Eits, but who SMS Mr Bramanto? I'm.” denies Priska won't lose.

“Y...Yes.whatever. The important thing is that mom has come out, already bebaassshh..” said Bu Merry as he stretched out his arms.

“Oiya, Mama went home who is it?” priska asked as her gaze fell on the silver-colored luxury sedan parked in the courtyard.

mother Merry followed Priska's view out of the house. It seems that Berlan is still in his car, waiting for Bu Merry behind the wheel while watching the motions of Bu Merry and his daughter.

“Oo, that's Bramanto's lawyer. He warrants the suspension of Mama's detention,” Bu Merry replied later.

“Keep, that's why he hasn't left too?”

“Ooo, she's waiting for something from Mama.“

Seemed like Berlan had been impatiently waiting for long. He got out of his car and without permission slid into the house and approached the two children's mothers who were still standing to give up longing.

“Where's the file? Quick Mom, leave it to me!” pinta Flat and cold berlan.

“Propay dong, Man. Give me a breath for a moment,” exclaimed Bu Merry a little upset.

“You linger wasting my time, don't expect you to continue breathing again. Come quickly, Bramanto waited," Berlan threatened with even sharper words.

“Oke, wait a minute.“

Merry took Priska into her room. Then lock the door fast. Berlan waited for them in front of the door while scoping with a face that looked stiff.

“Ma, What file, Ma?” priska asked to know.

Ms. Merry did not comment on her daughter's question. He opened his laptop and opened all the files about Bramanto.

It contains videos and testimonial records of several victims of the Bramanto transaction along with photos featuring young women in very skimpy and sensual styles complete with captions showing their personal data.

“Who are they, Ma? How do you think that looks like? Disgust, iiih!” priska exclaimed flabbergasted with her eyelids wide open when she saw the contents of the file opened by her mother.

“This is all the women bought by Bramanto and after being satisfied in his sleep they are sold again to the big night entertainment venues,” replied Bu Merry slowly afraid to sound out. He knew outside the room was Berlan still waiting for him.

“Yes God, Mama. Is that how it would have happened to Lusi first, Ma?” Suddenly Priska was touched to remember Susi who was once taken by her mother to the Bramanto house.

Merry was surprised to hear her daughter's question. He turned his head and looked at his daughter with his eyes dimming. Then he nodded weakly.

“But fortunately Lusi managed to escape before something bad happened to him,” said Bu Merry in a soft voice.

“Jeez Mama, this is really terrible.“ Priska's eyeballs started to warm up and get wet.

Although he had been very disliked by Susi all this time, but his little heart could not imagine if his stepbrother had experienced the same thing with young women in the photos he had just seen.

“Mama so feel really guilty to Lusi, Priska,“ said Bu Merry softly and bowed for a moment.

“Yes Mama, me too.” A tear thread in Priska's eye patch began to slide down her cheek.

Merry looked at that, then rubbed her daughter's back gently.

“Mama is sorry, Priska,” said Bu Merry raised his face and pressed his cheek against Priska's cheek and stroked her head lovingly.

Geck...Geck..Geck...

The door was knocked rough and tight from the outside.

“Bu, fast, Mom. I counted until three. If not out too, I break down this door.” Berlan's voice rang out from behind the door.

Ms. Merry rushed to copy the files on her laptop into a flash drive and waited for a few minutes until all the files were copied perfectly.

Geck...Geck...Geck...

Back there was a knock on the door, this time the sound was louder than before.

“Iyaaaa....Sabaarrrr!” yelled Miss Merry.

Before long, the door opened. Miss Merry and Priska came out of the room with fear filling the recesses of their hearts.

“This is the file." Ms. Merry handed the blue flash to Berlan's hand.

Berlan fondled the flash while glancing at Bu Merry and Priska with a cold and probing gaze.

“Let's come, you yourself have to hand it over to Bramanto,” Berlan's orders later.

“Mama?“ call Priska softly full of anxiety and deep fear. He held his mother's hand very tightly.

“OK, let's go now,” said Bu Merry after gathering courage.

Ms. Merry patted the back of Priska's hands gently and looked at her for a moment.

“Mama, I'm coming.”

“Let Mama aja yes. You wait in this house. Mom is back. Okay, Babe.”

Merry kissed his daughter's forehead. And soon passed out of the house following Berlan's steps toward his car. Priska was glued to the terrace with tears that had flowed to accompany the departure of Berlan's car which took her mother with her.

***

An hour's lapse passed. Berlan's car entered the grounds of Bramanto's sprawling mansion with some strict care from his large and well-built attendants.

Bu Merry and Berlan go down at the same time, then Berlan walks behind Bu Merry into the house of Bramanto which seems creepy and tense.

Some of Bramanto's compact bodyguards turned their eyes on Ms. Merry. Makes Merry's heart shudder in horror.

“Come, log in.“ command Berlan on Bu Merry to enter into the Bramanto workspace.

Merry complied and stepped in. Bramanto looks with his haunted face sitting in his work chair and is staring intently at him.

Berlan gave a seat to Mrs Merry right in front of Bramanto.

“Old cat like you're trying to threaten me yeah!” Bramanto's voice was loud with a blaring laugh.

Again, Merry shuddered.

“I am not threatening. I just tell you, what I have is not to be scattered into the hands of the police,” said Bu Merry ventured against the sharp gaze of Bramanto.

“But you! Smart talk! Where's file?”

Merry looked at Berlan. The man immediately approached Bramanto's desk and placed a laptop in front of him. He put the flash into one of the holes, and not until five seconds plastered all the contents.

Bramanto took a serious look at what was on the laptop screen. The look on his face stiffened and his eyeballs shone with anger.

After looking at all the contents of that file, Bramanto shifted his laptop roughly. In his face back bead Bu Merry in front of him.

“So, what do you want?” asked Bramanto coldly.

“As I told your lawyer. One is fulfilled. There's not one more yet. Release all my debts accompanied by a written statement from you. After that I will never be in contact with you again.”

Bramanto nodded faintly. Get him a pen and a piece of paper. Then he started writing something on it and putting his signature on the stamp he put on the bottom of the paper. Then he quickly shifted the paper in front of Merry.

Merry accepted it and read it carefully. And his smile suddenly flared up.

“Alright, this way all my business is done with you. Excuse me,” said Ms. Merry as she got up from her seat.

Some of Bramanto's bodyguards standing around the room seemed to be moving quickly to intercept Bu Merry out. But they came to a halt when Bramanto raised his hand and let Ms. Merry out of the room with a wry smile.

Berlan approached Bramanto. Then say something. “I don't trust that guy, sir. I am sure he has copied the contents of this flash to other media,” Berlan said later.

“I don't believe it either. I fulfilled his request just wanting to know what evidence he had in fact to the point that he dared to threaten me. And it turns out he really knows more than I thought."

“So how next, Sir?”

Bramanto thought for a moment. His index finger tapped on the glass plan of his desk.

“Stop him. And kidnap her biological child.” Bramanto orders in a very cold tone.

Berlan nodded obediently.

“Do as neat as possible. That person should know, dealing with me his choice is only two, life or death.”

“Good, Sir. Immediately I implement.“

Berlan nodded respectfully then with his fingertips coded Bramanto's bodyguards to follow him out of the room. And left Bramanto leaning on his chair with a thin and cynical grin.

"Ferdian Adiwijaya?" called slowly.

Instantly he was ringing the name of a person who was mentioned by his lawyer last afternoon by phone. The name of the person who reported Ms. Merry and put her in jail.

"It seems like a familiar name in my ears. But who?" mumbling itself.

Bramanto thought hard, but did not find the answer. He breathed heavily. Then close your eyes expel the feeling of fatigue and tension that had been clumping inside him.