
The clock shows at ten o'clock at night, Dara is still silent on the sofa room while tightly grasping a small box in his hand. The woman's lips smiled broadly, hopefully Ellard will like this gift.
Dara looked clockwise, her eyes had been wanting to be shut tight. Will she give her husband a birthday present tomorrow? thought Dara was worried. Ever since he prepared his mind gifts like something was awkward, he seemed to forget something but what.
The woman took a deep breath and then walked towards the bed. Ellard has sent a message if today she will come home late but Dara does not expect if until late at night this husband has not come home too.
Dara kept the little box in the drawer and then laid her body on the bed. Only a few minutes later the woman fell asleep and a soft snoring came out of her mouth indicating that she had entered into a dream.
Chequelek
Ellard went into the room in a slightly messy condition, the man took off a tie that was coiled around his neck and then took off some buttons on his shirt.
The man approached the bed and gave Dara a kiss. Ellard walked to the bathroom and started cleaning.
***
Dara blinked her eyes and turned her head to the side as she felt her heavy hands hugging her waist. He smiled then thought he was directly fixed on the prize that was in the drawer. When is the right time to give it to Ellard? thought.
Dara glanced at the wall clock before rising from her sleep. Maybe later when Ellard was awake, he could not bear to wake him when he saw the tired face of Ellard. Dara got off her bed and stepped into the bathroom.
After a few minutes of Dara's entrance into the bathroom, Ellard opened her eyes slowly. When he felt his life gathered, the man woke up from his sleep and leaned on the bed, looked at the calendar beside his bed and then looked straight ahead.
Chequelek
"Darling? are you awake?." Tanya Dara broke Ellard's daydream.
The man looked at Dara then gave a short nod.
"Then we pray together?."
Again the man just gave a nod of his head then went down from his bed walking towards the bathroom.
****
At this time Ellard just sat quietly on the sofa with a blank look ahead. Dara, who was confused to give her gift, hesitated a little with her husband's attitude.
"Dear." Call Dara while sitting next to Ellard.
Ellard looked to the side and pulled Dara sitting next to him carrying her body into his arms.
"You want to say something?." Ellard asked after a long time of silence.
Dara hesitated to answer, "Yes."
"Say."
"All...." Dara looked up at her husband who was looking at her.
"Hm?."
"During the anniversary."
Ellard spontaneously let go of her embrace on Dara's body, the man stared at Dara's face with a hard-to-interpret look. The face that had been calm suddenly turned hard, Ellard immediately stood up from his seat and walked out by closing the room door a little hard making Dara jump in shock.
Actually why this?!. Inner Dara was anxious when she saw Ellard's face change earlier as she congratulated him. Not to mention that there was a lingering feeling in his heart.
****
Dara came out of the room, the woman's mind was still fixed on Ellard it felt like he was making a big mistake this time.
Just a few steps into her walk Dara was immediately startled with the servants who were milling about almost all of them wearing black clothes. Not the black uniform of the waiter that was usually combined with the white color, today they were wearing plain black color uniforms without the slightest pattern.
"Miss." The heavy voice immediately stopped Dara's steps as she was going down the stairs. Dara turned her body looking at the face of the man who called her she was Mad, the same as the other stiff man was also wearing black clothes.
"Mad sir uh I mean Mad, what's up?." Dara asked clumsyly, after all the aura of intimidation of a Madrick was indeed not one-eyed, and Dara agreed with everyone's opinion about it.
"Miss are you going with the young master today?." Mad asked without a smile on his face.
"Where? Ell didn't tell me she was leaving today." Said Dara tangent, he knew if today Ellard was on holiday the man himself who said it.But Ellard did not tell him if they would come out today.
"What kind of thing are you forgetting?" Mad asked while slashing her eyes.
Dara hesitated to answer him, since yesterday he had indeed forgotten something but what?.
"I-i-."
"Miss you know what's going on today?."
"Ellard's birthday, right?." Dara asked hesitantly looking up at Madrick's face.
Mad averted her gaze as Dara looked at her, "True miss."
"Miss do you feel there's something wrong with the attitude of young master and master Darren lately?." Tanya Mad got a quick nod from Dara.
From yesterday actually Dara wanted to ask why and what is with Ellard but he did not know with whom he would ask. Of course hearing the question he immediately hoped to get the answer.
Silent
Mad took a breath of it before answering his own question.
"Today's the birthday of the young master but also the day of Miss Walton's death." Mad replied without looking at Dara.
Dara's body stiffened immediately, the death of Miss Walton? mother Ellard? how could he forget such a big thing when he had known before if his mother Ellard died while giving birth to the man. And he foolishly congratulated her? thought Dara was for her stupidity.
"Young master will usually be very sensitive and irritable if it is before his birthday. Likewise with Mr. Darren, he will be a lot of moody and angry, Mr. Darren who is more unable to control himself usually. So miss I hope you don't think about anything strange anymore with the young master's attitude lately." Obviously Mad then exhaled his coarse breath, he did not like to talk much at all.
But now he has to convey the truth, because yesterday he got a report if the snake woman spoke a no-no with the woman in front of him.
Dara pias's face, his body was limp for a moment it felt now his feet did not step on the floor Dara staggered backward, lucky Mad immediately quickly held the two arms of the woman.
"Your lady's okay?." The man's question implied a hint of dismay in his words, remember just a little! after all this woman in front of him was the wife of his master and when the woman would suddenly fall he just reflexively caught her.
"I-i-." Said Dara Lirih, how could he forget?! he thought he was angry at himself.
"It's okay, miss, you should change clothes now and go down to meet the young master. He's in the main room right now waiting for you." He said as if he understood what Dara was thinking.
"Good." Dara answered slowly and then walked towards her room.
*****
Dara walked towards the living room, she saw who was sitting quietly with a blank look accompanied by Violla who stroked her arm gently.
Violla looked at Dara while smiling her cynical smile.
Turns out I made it! look at the guilty face of that cheap woman. His mind laughed with satisfaction in heart.
"Ell-."
"Young man, the car is ready." The man in black cut Dara's words.
Ellard immediately stood up from her seat and walked out without caring for the two women who were staring at her.
Dara was intending to follow Ellard's steps but her wrists were tightly grasped by Violla making her unwillingly twist her body towards the woman.
"Is it worth mentioning yourself as Ellard's wife? even the day that hurt her the most, you don't know." Cibir Violla with a mocking tone.
Dara immediately jerked violently Violla's hand making the woman who previously smiled triumphantly replaced with a look of surprise.
"You-." His speech was cut off when he saw Dara directly go from before him following Ellard out.
"Ck. That woman sucks." His lips softly as his eyes looked at the elevator, Violla immediately walked quickly towards the exit.
That crazy assistant could make me die if I kept hanging around here. Inner frustration.
*****
Dara squeezed her own hand when she saw Ellard's flat face, she did not know where Ellard was going she just obeyed Mad's words to be with Ellard all day.
After all he was wrong, so he had to melt this atmosphere. Dara clasped Ellard's hand with her courage, surprised by Ellard's unexpected response, clasping her hand tightly.
Dara doesn't talk much he knows Ellard definitely needs time to win the feeling and also the thought.
Ellard leaned her head against Dara's shoulders, and Dara stroked the man's hair back. He felt Ellard's shoulders tremble and her veil wet.
A few minutes into the silence of the car they were riding in finally arrived. Dara looked around and read the golden script printed clearly in front of him.
Final resting
Dara looked at Ellard who had a flat face while looking ahead. Dara also turned to look ahead, there are many black cars lined up that surely Dara only knows one car belonging to Darren, his father-in-law.
"Dear." Calling Dara slowly made Ellard wake up from her daydream.
The man looked at him with a sad look and then exited the car as the bodyguard opened the back door.
Ellard and Dara entered the cemetery with the bodyguards who surrounded the two of them to enter, followed by Mad as well as several other bodyguards of course among them there was one person who put on a sour face who else if not Violla.
Since then the woman had only grumbled in her heart but also did not dare to do anything. The look in Madrick's eyes hinted at everything, misbehaving just a little he was sure this time even Mad could slap him in front of Ellard's eyes straight away.
Everyone knows, Mad's mood depends on the atmosphere around Ellard.
***
Dara stopped her steps as she felt Ellard no longer pulled her hand. He looked up at Ellard's face looking straight ahead. Dara followed the direction of the man's view as soon as Dara's eyes widened perfectly.
Right in front of him, many men in black clothes were standing still while holding an umbrella, in front of one of the tombstones that there were a lot of flowers sprinkled and also deliberately planted around the tombstone.
Dara knew the people a little, he saw Adam and Ken. In addition, Dara only knew that the men there were the guards of Mr. Ken's confidante whom Dara knew at the time of the kidnapping.
The most striking thing there was a middle-aged man who still looked handsome and handsome at his age who had already entered the head of four. Use a black shirt and sunglasses to hide the tears that drip profusely from his eyelids. Don't forget the black umbrella the bodyguard held to shade Darren from the white snow stub. Dara saw Darren's hand held a handkerchief, and a white rose.
Dara turned her gaze to look at Ellard, the man still silently unmoved from his position.
"Ellard." Dara's subtle speech made Ellard look at her.
"Why not go there?." He asked softly, he could not hide his tears when he saw clearly the look on Ellard's face that looked very fragile. Her husband had never been this weak before.
"Darren hasn't left yet." Her reply made Dara's heart suddenly throb.
"Why? don't you want to accompany Daddy at a time like this?." He looked at Ellard's face looking ahead.
"Darren hates me, at times like this he'll definitely remember if I'm the cause of your mother's death."
"He'll kick me out if I see him now." Further.
Dara swallowed her own saliva with great difficulty Ellard's words felt very painful to hear.
Dara stroked Ellard's arm, "Have you ever tried it? look at Daddy he's crying alone in there. Although many people are behind him but still there is no backrest for him to channel the sadness felt. Dear Daddy Darren trying to be okay in front of everyone." Clearly Dara made those two sea blue eyes stare at her intensely.
"He did it once Dara, he kicked me out." Ellard was accompanied by tears flowing down her cheeks.
Dara tried to smile while wiping away Ellard's tears, she took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
"Try once baby, I'm sure Daddy needs you right now."
Ellard's slow headband proved how traumatized the man was. Her hard and brand nature all this time was just a mask that covered how fragile she really was. He was just a child who knew nothing that even new to the world and immediately got a great hatred from his own father who was supposed to be a single parent for him.
Actually the reason Ellard did not want to see his father in this situation was because he was also aware that the cause of his father's grief was himself.
The man also could not bear to see Darren, who recently tried to be a good father, crying in front of him, right on the day of his birth.
That makes the guilt more spread in his heart, actually the call without frills 'father' is not without reason. He seemed inappropriate to call Darren the father after he deprived the man of the source of happiness.
The face of despair, anger and even madness of Darren when he was a child imprint on his memory. How he saw there used to be a great fire of anger in Darren's eyes, how he saw Darren who lost his sanity because he was present in this world.
"Dear." Dara's third call draws Ellard back from her past memories.
He saw Dara's anxious face as he looked at her making his sorrow slightly lessened.
"I'm fine." Answer with a hoarse voice.
"Where?." Dara asked as her hand was pulled by Ellard.
"Meeting Darren." Ellard's reply not only made Dara surprised even Mad who stood behind him also changed the expression that was usually just flat.
"Ell-."
"You're right, Dara, she needs me." Ellard said, looking at his father.
"Look at him, it's so stupid why not just take off his glasses if you want to cry?, it's easier to clean his tears." Ellard's words were accompanied by laughter, laughter that somehow sounded bitter in Dara's ear.
"Come on." Dara complied as her hand was drawn Ellard approached the men who were not yet aware of their arrival.
When Ellard was near one of the bodyguards saw him immediately shift the body giving way to Ellard and Dara as well as the other guards who saw them approaching not least Adam and Ken. They looked at Ellard with surprised eyes, of course they must have been surprised so far Ellard never wanted to make a pilgrimage with his father and they all certainly know what the reason is.
Dara could feel Ellard's hands cold and trembling, especially when they heard a slight sobbing sound of restrained cries, Darren tried his hardest to stay fine but it was all completely invisible in the eyes of everyone close to him.
Dara slowly took off Ellard's grasp, smiling at the man to tell him to approach Darren.
Ellard nodded then slowly walked closer to Darren and stood beside the man.
"In a minute Ken." The soft, hoarse and full of pain made Ellard's heart ache.
"Your face is a mess, I'm sure Mom will see you like this."
Darren was surprised to see his only son standing next to him looking straight at the tombstone.
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