Marrying a Rich Bum

THE PAST 2

"Grandfather...."

"Big Master...."

Mariana and Thompson stood up almost simultaneously as soon as they saw two grizzled old men walking into the room.

Mariana ran over to greet her grandfather, hugging him.

"How are you doing, son?" asked Grandpa Mariana, patting her granddaughter on the back.

"Good, Grandpa."

"You lied. Well from where if you've just run away from your husband for months."

Mariana took off her embrace, staring poutily at her grandfather. Then Mariana turned to Grandpa Bima, grabbed the old man's hand and kissed him.

"How are you doing?" asked Grandpa Bima in a low voice.

"As Grandpa said, not very well, Cake."

Grandfather Bima nodded in understanding, then walked to the sofa.

"What do you want to know, my son?" asked Grandpa Bima, as soon as everyone had occupied his seat and two bottles of lemonade were presented on the table.

"I want to know everything about Bima, Cake. Because I don't want to just hear it from one side."

"Who did you hear it from?"

"Tidad."

Grandpa Bima, also Grandpa Mariana snorted together.

"Why, Cake. Sarah seems so good."

"He's the devil."

Mariana shook her head. "So far she's been very nice to me. He even gave me his house to live in as long as I escaped Bima."

"He's a two-faced demon, Mariana."

"Sarah was just disappointed with Bima, Cake."

"Wrong. The woman came as a trap."

"Traps?"

"Yes. Someone knows Bima began to pursue a career well, he brought Sarah in Bima's life to destroy it."

"Who is that?"

"You can't hear the story from the middle. You have to hear the whole thing to be able to understand the situation well."

"I'm ready to hear it, Cake."

"It takes two full moons to talk about it."

Mariana gawking.

"You ready?"

"Oh, a. ah. I. am ready, Cake," answered Mariana stammered.

Grandpa Bima nodded. "alright. Then you should start to open your mind so as not to misreceive the information. Because it's so complicated to retell."

Mariana took a deep breath, nodding.

"It all started when the three of us sat on the high school bench and fell into the gangster world. Me, your grandfather, and another friend of ours named Jeremi Andalas."

"Andalas...?"

"Don't cut. Everything will be related."

Mariana nodded quickly.

"As a teenager, the son of a wealthy businessman, handsome, distinguished, made the three of us so idolized. But Jeremi was the wildest among us. Dozens of virgin girls he spent alone."

Mariana listened carefully, frowning several times.

Grandpa Mariana laughed cynically. "Yes. Until he was a child, he did not stop playing virgins. He had one legitimate wife, either two or four mistresses, and many infidelities."

"Including mother Bima." Grandpa Bima added.

"What?!" shouted Mariana in shock.

"really. With no guilt she fucked my daughter, but my daughter was married and just got married."

"How can you?"

"Jeremi's charm is indeed the most powerful among us. But more than that, the charm of the three of us is indeed getting more popular after we managed to develop a business that rises to the surface at the speed of light."

"Company?"

"Mafia business?"

"Gangsters. Yeah, mafia is the cool language."

"What...what is a gangster that Bima later held?"

"You already know a lot of Bima's background, apparently."

Mariana nodded back. "Sarah has told me a lot. That's why I'm looking for another option, because I don't want to see with just one eye."

"Yes, Son. What you did was right." Grandpa Bima nodded at Mariana.

"So, after the company's rise, I started to separate. I started to get busy with my own business, while Jeremi was also busy taking care of his dozens of wives and affairs. An abandoned company, only taken care of by your grandfather."

Mariana looked at her grandfather.

"No, no. That doesn't mean then the company belongs to me, no. The company still belongs to the three of us until this very moment. Profits still flow into my account, from the shares I planted."

Mariana nodded small. "So, how come Grandpa Jeremi is not with you guys now. Is he still around?"

"Oh, yeah. Of course he's still very healthy, especially his masculinity."

The three old men in the room were wide-eyed, except for Mariana whose face had turned red.

"No, no, I'm just kidding. Yeah but he's really still very healthy."

Mariana smiled.

"Where is he now?" ask Mariana.

"I don't know. Because your husband just destroyed his entire family company and acquired it all."

"Male?"

"of course. Who else is your husband?"

Mariana looked in disbelief.

"No, no. Of course that doesn't include our company. Bima never knew who was behind the giant company, so she would never connect the company with Jeremi."

"So, who's leading the company?"

"The Glory."

Mariana frowned.

"George, Leonardo, and Jeremi." Grandpa Bima pointed at Grandpa Mariana, then pointed at her chest before calling out Jeremi's name.

"So, why don't you ever show yourself?"

"One, because when we built that business, we were very young. It will destroy the trust of people who want to cooperate or at least work for our company. That's why we decided to hide ourselves."

"Secondly, because we didn't want our parents to know we were building something they would never agree to."

Marina was silent, watching.

"That's why we didn't show up."

"But, isn't it safe that you show yourself right now? If your company has mastered the business, of course there will be no crisis of trust from the community for the company and I am sure there is or not both of your parents, either, for now they will be proud to see the point of achievement you have."

"No, you're wrong." Grandpa Mariana shook her head.

"Having a big company doesn't then make me proud, Mariana. As we know, the power struggle. Fellow families are elbowing each other, getting rid of each other."

Mariana let out a long sigh, nodding.

"Is that also what happened to Leonardo's grandfather and Jeremi's grandfather?"

"No. My only child is one, Maria, Bima's mother. While Jeremi, his two children are so well-rounded, working together to develop his family business very well."

Mariana.

"Why do you feel guilty? Jeremi's children do get along well, but not necessarily his grandchildren like that."

"Did his grandson destroy his company?" ask Mariana.

"Instantly, yes."

Mariana looked on not understanding.

"With what he has done to you, so as to make your husband angry and destroy his company, is that not his name directly he has destroyed his family company?"

"What did Grandpa Jeremi's grandson do to me?" mariana asked confusedly.

"Jeremi's grandson is Galang. The only grandchild he admits, who coincidentally inherited his grandfather's entire playboy nature."

Mariana gawked at the two old men in front of her.