Marrying a Real Shadow

5. Complicated Relationships

"Oh, apparently you?!" he shouted while pelting Anna also with her salt that was almost exhausted.

"Yes! Me! Do I need to apologize to Mom's son? Should I bow down too?" anna asked slightly shouting with a bitter smile.

"You who stand above never know what love is, what's wrong...."

"WHY!" anna shouted interrupting the woman's conversation. "We do not know love. Do you want me to tell you what it's like to live like us? Where do I tell you from? Since I was born? Or from the beginning I stood here. Or if I wanted to, would I tell you the story of how a mother sacrificed her life to serve dozens of men and have her only child watch all that, staring unblinkingly? Or do I want to tell you how my father was shot dead by my own mother right in front of me? Which story is interesting to hear?" his question with red wide eyes challenged him.

The woman fell silent. Kenda also started to wipe away her tears.

"Our lives are controlled not by our will. I used to be 8 years old but have kept the mission of revenge carried for me. Isn't that a very happy life?"

Kenda's mother was silent. Anna felt her hands begin to tremble. For the first time for him to acknowledge the story that had trapped him for so many years. It feels a little relieved but also painful. His hands were trembling more and more, his breathing was also hunting to breathe faster. He could even hear the hard work of his heart muscle trying to control. The girl started to get scared. His mother's agonizing moans began to sound without any obvious source. Before things got worse, it was fortunate that Meihan was sprightly and realized that. He got up from his bow and clasped Anna's hand which continued to tremble violently.

"Let's get out of here!" bring him.

Anna could barely walk.

"Rafah" he whispered slowly. At such a time the only person who could calm him down was Rafah.

Meihan tried to get his body and put it back in the car. Anna tried her best to be conscious and control everything.

'Good boy, I'm proud of you. You have to do it....'

'S...!'

"Stop! Stop that!" Anna closed her ears with her finger. "STOP!"

His phone rang, Meihan's phone also rang simultaneously. It seems that they have made both sides of the family wait.

Meihan held his head, he was confused now what to do. His clothes are very dirty and Anna's condition is relapsing. He was confused as to what to do. Now his phone is ringing back, a call from his father, accompanied by an incoming message.

[What are you doing in that shabby neighborhood? You even took Anna there? I'll destroy the family if you can't find a solution to calm the tension here.]

Meihan had to pick up the call. He said he was taking Anna out to eat and they left until they forgot the time.

While Anna had not calmed down yet, her condition had even gotten worse. His face grew pale and he was almost unconscious. Meihan directly stuck the gas and came out of the narrow alley. No strings attached to Kenda and her family.

At Anna's house, the situation is under control. Rafah saw something was wrong. He knew Anna couldn't possibly want to eat out. Anna was even too afraid of walking in a foreign environment. With great anxiety, he hurriedly picked up his phone and called Anna. Because the call was not connected he immediately diverted and instead called Meihan.

His face was pale when he heard Meihan's explanation of Anna's condition. Without a second thought he took the car keys to catch up with them.

"Where are you going?" intercept his disapproving mother he just left from there. Rafah did not answer and hurried away, but his mother managed to pull his hand.

"There are still many guests you should greet. They are important people and should not be ignored" he threatened.

"If Mother prevents me, Anna will really die this time. Mother's plan will fail miserably" he said.

The woman reflexively took off her son's hand.

"Sister!" call a young girl trying to catch up with her.

"Kesya! Rafah again had a sudden affair," he shouted stopping the girl's steps.

"I can't come?"

With high speed Rafah drives his car hoping to still be able to save Anna who is almost on the verge of death.

Meihan is still confused because the hospital court is already full of dozens of reporters who want to input news about their marriage. Even hospitals cannot control the privacy of their patients. Meihan saw Anna who was barely breathing. He tried to pump his chest a few times but nil did not cause a better reaction. The thing that made her even more desperate was that the girl's pulse was barely felt.

His head turned hard to find a solution. If he ran through the media then things would get even more chaotic. If he were to remain silent, the girl called Anna would die right in front of him. Fortunately, Rafah arrives on time with the private doctor who used to treat Anna.

"Where's Anna?" ask Rafah ngos-ngosan.

Meihan sped up and immediately opened his car. After a few minutes of tension, Anna managed to breathe again. They immediately left the place, before the reporters knew of their whereabouts. Rafah's reddened face held back emotions along the way.

They finally bring Anna back to Rafah's secret elite apartment. They got there and Meihan was just about to step out of the car. Rafah immediately greeted him with stubble fists to Meihan's face. The fight is inevitable. The faces of the two even battered. Fortunately, the security guards stopped them.

"What's keeping it so heavy? I initially believed enough to see your heroic act last time. You were quick and managed to save him. Now you want to kill him?!" yelled Rafah who was still held by several security officers.

Meihan's mouth closed tightly, only speechless, his body was already quite battered beaten by Kenda's father earlier. He had no more energy and almost fainted. The security guard grabbed her body and put her in the apartment.

Rafah is still not satisfied to give a lesson to the man, fortunately Anna is already a little aware and prevent the next quarrel in the apartment.

Approximately 30 minutes waiting for Anna's condition to stabilize. Now they are ready to go to family gatherings.

"Are you sure you're okay?" rafah asked worried about the condition of her half-sister.

Anna's condition was not too stable, she was just trying to strengthen herself. Getting a little stronger.

"Ann, are you sure you're okay?" asked Rafah again while observing Anna's face that still looks pale.

Anna smiled amusedly "you want to be my husband?" his god averted his half-brother's worries.

Rafah looked misbehaved for a while before finally turning his face back flat.

"You are the man I trust the most after Dad" Anna said slowly, leaning her head against Rafah's shoulder.

Meihan secretly watched them and there was a strange sigh in his heart when he saw that. Anna was so comfortable being next to Rafah. Why not with him? He then realized and immediately dismissed that it was jealousy. In his heart was a great woman who was enthroned there. But seeing Anna's confession and defense in front of the dull shop changed the way she saw the poor girl.

"Why can't I beat your trust in Dad? He is a jerk," said Rafah softly at once.

"Say Mom, I'm going to be the happiest kid in the world because I was born a father's son."

Haha....

Rafah held back his laughter that sounded bitter.

"How similar am I to him? You always say that almost fifty percent of my face is similar to her." asked Anna later.

Rafah did not answer that, he just fell silent while occasionally smiling bitterly. The question was too telling, he didn't even know what his father looked like. They were only put together for the sake of status and were deliberately randomized into a labyrinth. How much he doubted each other's bond on their bloodline tree, not least the legally binding blood relation between him and the girl sleeping on his shoulder. If indeed blood is thicker than water, ah.

The car entered the courtyard of Anna's family mansion. It started late in the afternoon but it was still crowded. The people who were huddling in the courtyard of the house were willing to wait a long time to expand the connection. After all the two families that host are the tops or bosses or kings who control the present economic system in the country.

Anna took a deep breath, fixed her dress and got out of the car.

I need to be a little stronger.