Masked

Section 21

Catty and Devan are in one of the rooms that are quite foreign to Devan but not to Catty, because the girl too often goes into the room first with Arsy.

Both of them bowed as an old woman was staring at the two with an enormous disappointed look.

“Why did you keep it a secret from Mama?”

Margaret was shocked to hear that Arsy had gone to LA and that the plane she was boarding was missing minutes after takeoff.

The woman's eyes were still flushed from crying for too long. “What is your disappointment with Mama so great that you kept this incident a secret from Mama?”

“Tante, we only..”.

“Devan, you're one of Axelle's best friends, right?” asked Margaret who was nodding by Devan. “Then what are you doing with my daughter at her house?”

“He just accompanied me and tried to calm me down when Arsy wasn't around, and the three of us are more worthy of being called brothers than friends. He also knows that Arsy and I work as assassins. If it's about Arsy, I don't want to tell you because I'm afraid you'll think and get sick. Honestly, I don't really care if you know about Arsy's disappearance and getting sick, but Arsy would be upset if he knew you were sick because of him so I chose the option to hide this from you.” Catty's long speech made Margaret speechless. She did not expect that her husband's decision would have repercussions so far, she thought she would just have to appease Axelle in order to accept Adelia as her future but she was wrong. Her decision not only hurt Axelle but also her other children.

“Mama Apologized for the decision, but..”.

“You should apologize to Arsy and Axelle, not to me or Devan. Solved search Arsy...”.

“Take it easy. Mama has ordered the others to find the whereabouts of Arsy,” between Margaret who was replied by a nod by Catty.

The girl said goodbye to immediately leave Margaret's room, because the longer she was there she would only remember Arsy more and more and that made Catty sad. Plus the song, being in front of Margaret made her remember how the woman they had considered her biological parents had the heart to humiliate Arsy in front of all the students at school.

“So, where are we going after this?” devan asked, holding Catty's hand. The girl looked so fragile as she walked out of Margaret's room, she even shed tears.

“Dev, you want to keep me until Arsy meets?”

“Emang where is my prospective boyfriend? Why can you be the same Catty?” axelle's question suddenly made Devan and Catty surprised.

“Arsy lost on a trip to LA a week ago. If you ask me why I can be the same Catty, it's because..”.

“Because he's my girlfriend. So it's only natural that he's beside me when I'm sad, and if you can't help anything you'd better get out of my sight!”

Devan gestured Axelle to keep the young man quiet for now, as Catty was not doing well and it was not a good choice to keep her talking.

Axelle who understood also nodded. The young man entered the room of his mother. He had wanted to see Margaret to break off his engagement to Adelia, but now what was more important was the state of Arsy.

***

“Cell,” Call Margareth on a very faithful husband who is still staring at the screen of his phone with a smile that develops perfectly. Margaret approached the husband wanting to see what was funny until the old man did not answer his call. However, Marcell instantly turned off his phone as Margaret approached him.

“Why Dear?” ask Marcell while putting his phone away from the reach of his wife.

“Why did you turn off your phone? Looks like you saw something funny.”

“Something funny?” marcell asked, which made Margaret a little suspicious of her husband.

“Yes, you've been laughing since you looked at your phone so I thought you saw something funny.”

“Ah it. Yes I was looking at some whatsapp stories of my coworkers and it was very funny.” Margaret simply nodded in response. “So you called me, what's up?”

“Someone I want to talk to you about.”

“Ac the custody of Axelle. I want you to give Axelle to me, and in return I'll give you AM corporation. How?”

“Ok, I agree.”

“You agree right away? Don't you want to find out about AM corporation first? It could be because the company was almost bankrupt so I gave it to you. And are you really sure you're gonna give Axelle to me? He's your real son.”

“You love Axelle so much, so there's no way you're replacing him with a company that's almost bankrupt. If it's about Axelle, I know she knows enough why I'd rather have the company you've given her than keep her by my side.”

Margaret shook her head. The woman really did not expect that Marcell would willingly give his son to Margaret just by the lure of the company that even the man did not know the company that Margaret gave walked in the field whatt.

“Now say the second problem,” said Marcell while changing himself on his soft mattress.

“Cancel the engagement of Axelle and Adelia.”

“Then I can't. No matter how much you pay me, I will never cancel plans to unite Axelle and Adelia. Besides Adelia's already pregnant with Axelle's child, so there's no way I'm canceling this plan that I've put together so well. But if you can give me your entire fortune, I will immediately cancel it.”

“Se...”.

“Cannot!”

Marcell and Margaret were shocked as Axelle walked into their room with gasping breaths. The young man seemed to be holding back his anger, implied disappointment as his eyes clashed with Marcell.

“Xelle, since when did you..”.

“Do you intend to sell me to him? Actually you think I'm a kid or an item you can throw around here and there just for a buck!”

Axelle had wanted to discuss the matter of his engagement to Adelia and also the loss of Arsy which had even been a week passed but Margaret did not look sad. But because Margaret was not in her room so she took the initiative to look for the mother to her room, and the thing she heard from her parents' talk was quite inflamed, especially when Axelle listened to the father who could exchange himself with a company.

“You heard everything? Axelle listen..”.

“Iya, I hear everything. What exactly is your purpose in doing all this? So the bad luck hero? Do you think I'll lose everything? I'm pretty sick of everything, so don't lure me to hate everything.” Axelle walked towards the father who was still faithful sitting on his soft mattress. The young man smiled and knelt down in front of the father which left MargaretRiri and Marcell confused. “If in the past I could menggelakain you along with your rented woman, then this time I will not hesitate again to kill you.”

“Bolder son. You...” Marcell was about to hit Axelle, but the old man's hand was first held by Axelle.

“Sorry, but I'm no longer a child who would cry every time he was beaten. If that Elementary School kid can hurt you, then this High School boy can kill you. I'm...” Axelle collapsed before he could finish his words.

“Sorry Boss, we do not know that Young Master will ruin his negotiation event,” said several large-bodied people in black clothes. “We will take Mr. Axelle to a new home that the Boss has prepared.” Added.

“Don't till my son is scuffed. If he blisters just a little, your head so instead!” threaten Margaret who made Marcell bully her eyes while holding her neck.

“Ready to do a good job, Boss.” The men dressed all in black came out carrying Axelle who was unconscious because of the crushing blow that man gave at the nape of Axelle. Some of them were standing guard in front of Margaret and Marcell's room.

“Who are they? Why did they call you boss? And why are there so many foreigners?” ask Marcell.

“Do not care about them. Tonight you'll get the file and make sure you read the whole thing before you sign the file,” Margaret remembers before walking up to her husband and giving her a last hug and kiss.

Margaret walked out of the room. The woman walked accompanied by several people dressed in all black who had brought Axelle.

“ Did I marry someone wrong? Why does she now look so different from the first time I married her?” monologue Marcell.