Mentari in the Night Sky

The Past: Request Help

"Both of my uncles were trying to get me and Carlista away from the Tindall Family. They want to remove all traces we left behind."

"..."

"Zeta, I never wanted to be a part of that family because from the very beginning of my existence in this world, I wasn't a part of them. No matter how much I pleaded with them to let me and my sister live, they did not grant it. Even when a God more powerful than them can grant my prayers for life, they do not grant my request and continue to try to eliminate me. I don't want any recognition or property from them. Even when my grandfather covered up the deaths of my parents, I could only let that happen without trying to fight him. I accepted everything they said about my parents' deaths without any rejection. I received it.”

"What do you want from me?" I asked as soon as Natasha stopped talking.

"Kill me before they kill me."

"Sister Arthur" I said as I found out Arthur was standing from his seat.

"Zeta, enough for today," Arthur replied with an anxious look on his face.

I also want to stop for today but I'm afraid if I stop now then I won't be able to continue tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't have another chance. What Arthur is worried about right now is also something I am worried about. I still remember the moment when my trauma and panic disorder returned, that very moment my body would be completely taken over by my mental state. I need to be able to make my mental state less severe or I will repeat the events of 7 years ago when I tried to commit suicide, something that elementary schoolers should not have done.

I glanced at Arthur, as if to tell him that I could still listen to these stories. I can still listen to a person's wishes even if his wishes are a death. And I'm no longer Zeta 7 years ago. I've changed a lot, if I were Zeta 7 years ago, I would have been in the hospital when I knew Ken liked other women. I would've tried to kill myself knowing the man I liked didn't like me. I don't know since when I can control my mental state as well as this.

"What will I get by killing you?" my question surprised Natasha.

"...."

"You asked me to kill you and now you're scared?"

"This key."

Natasha holds a small key that she makes as a pendulum necklace. He then removed the silver necklace from his neck and gave it to me. There's a T in the middle of this golden key. I think the letter T represents Tindall.

"Both of my uncles are looking for that key, the key that will take them to the place where all the secrets of the Tindall Family are. All the treaty documents, financial statements, gold bars, and other dark secrets, all in a place locked by that key. That key can get you all the information about corruption or crime that the Tindall family has committed. Allison's family will be able to get the entire Tindall Company with that key. Is it worth my wish?"

"They're still your family, isn't what you gave me the same as selling your family?" my reply made Natasha smile bitterly.

"Are there any families trying to kill each other? They killed my parents, they made me and my sister live without my parents. They took cover behind their parents who were also my grandparents. They made my sister lose her hearing and made her suffer from not being able to live with the facilities we previously had. They made my sister hated by her friends and made her unable to feel the childhood that my parents protected. They can sleep well every day after the crime they committed. One year ago they kidnapped Carlista and made her almost harassed, the little boy seemed to be almost harassed, Zeta. And a month ago they made me drink poison. What other crimes are they going to commit? I can't accept all this anymore. Zeta, please."

"Among your sister and Felix, who would you choose to accompany you?"

"I won't choose my sister. I want my sister to live like a child at her age, feel the affection of a family and live with all the facilities she needs. I don't want my sister to suffer with living with me. I want her to be happy with a family."

"Are you not his family?"

"I can't let him live together with an older brother who almost killed someone."

"What do you mean?" many surprised.

"Zeta, enough. Stop it for today" said Arthur as he pulled my hand, making me stand up straight from where I was sitting. As my body began to follow Arthur's pull, Natasha pulled out my left hand, leaving me with no idea who to follow.

"One week ago Sera sent some people to my apartment and made them harass me so Felix would be disgusted with me and eventually leave me. I was harassed by 2 people alternately for 3 hours. For 3 hours I was in hell, a hell that I don't even know why I had to go into. I kept asking for help for those 3 hours, but no one came to help me. The small apartment, the apartment that I could hear every day the sound of screaming, the sound of music, or the sound of singing my neighbor suddenly turned into an apartment that could not hear my help request. After that incident, every time I came out of the apartment, my neighbors tried to harass me and even tried to harass Carlista. This is because Sera spread the word if I was a prostitute who would serve anyone. I tried to kill myself but God kept letting me live in this hell. Even now I find myself very disgusting and I want to take off everything that is attached to my bones because I can still feel the disgusting touch of those two people."

"..."

Silence, this room became very quiet. Only the sound of the ticking of the clock and the AC was heard in this large room, the inpatient room which was even wider than the apartment where Natasha lived. The room that I originally thought would only be where we talked one or two sentences turned into a room where someone told me a secret that he might want to cover for the rest of his life.

Arthur had already let go of his handrails when Natasha said she had been harassed. Arthur hates all the violence and abuse that women receive. That's what made him and William continue to protect me, protection that seemed overprotective because they didn't want bad events to happen to me. An event that I can accept at any time.

"Two days after that incident, Sera came to me and asked me to tell Ken that you were the one who bullied me so that in the future Ken would not act to him. I who was then filled with anger directly pierced his stomach with a knife. I really wanted to kill him right then and there but I realized I would be who I would be if I really killed him. I was able to escape because uncle also knew what Sera had done to me. I really want to die, Zeta."

"Did Felix know all that?" arthur asked, making me quite surprised to see the change in his speech intonation that became softer.

"He knows and because it makes me less and less willing to be in this world. Makes me not want to be with him at once makes me want to depend on him because he still accepts me."

"..."

"I'm going to be that antagonist, the one I created. I'll tell Ken everything. I apologize for everything I've done to you. I know I've ruined your relationship, I'll endure it all. That's why I'm begging you to kill me, Zeta."

"I don't care about it, me or you being the antagonist. I don't care, because each of us is already an antagonist with a different role. Heal yourself first. I'll kill you, I promise I'll kill you."

"Thank you."

A nurse came into the room to check on Natasha. It seemed like the nurse who was now 3 meters from where I was standing was surprised to see me and Arthur in this room because the nurse had rewinded her body. Even now the nurse was just standing still in front of the door.

"Sister Arthur, let's go out" I said as I pulled up his hoodie arm and began to walk slowly.

"Who's harassing you?"

Arthur's question made me stop my footsteps. Arthur's face was no longer that of someone who was cold, he showed a hint of warmth and tenderness. I have never seen Arthur open his heart to anyone else because of their previous stories of misfortune. I think the story of the abuse Natasha received was enough to make Arthur a little angry that he finally opened himself up. The real anger he was afraid he would let out if something happened to me one day.

“Ernest and Freddy."

Mentioning the two names that had harassed him was definitely not an easy matter and might make him recall memories that he never wanted to recall. Memories that he never wanted were also present in his life.

Arthur pulled my hand after a 1-minute silence in this room. He asked the nurse to pay attention to any injuries that were on Natasha's body and also asked all the specialist doctors to examine her. The nurse was a little surprised by the order that suddenly came out of the mouth of this hospital's owner's child. As usual, Arthur ignored the nurse's surprised face and immediately walked out of the room while pulling my body closer to him.

Felix has welcomed us as soon as the door opens. She gave a bitter smile of hers, like knowing what Natasha had just told us. Such things not only hurt the victim but also the people around the victim. He must have felt guilty for not being able to look after and protect someone who had already brought him back from the brink of despair. Looking at her character, I'm sure she always blames herself after the events that happened to Natasha and I think it took time for Natasha to tell Felix everything. I don't know how much pain they both have to go through just because they love each other. And I also don't know how much courage they have to be able to be a source of strength for each of the wounds they have without them realizing it as it is today.

"Natasha made this album" Felix said, handing me a box as I sat in the waiting room of the VIP ward.

I received the medium-sized box and held it. I have no desire or curiosity to see the contents of this box. My current world is still not fully returned, I still feel like I am in a room together with Natasha.

"The album wasn't finished yet and I don't think Natasha could finish it either."

"Why?" reply me after I half return to this moment.

"Only you can finish it."

"Why don't you tell me everything Natasha's been through, including the abuse she's gotten?" cut Arthur.

"It took a lot of tears that he shed to be able to tell the incident to me. He also became careful with me. He felt I was the same as the man who had abused him. The tears she let out, I can't just ignore them and tell you everything that has happened to Natasha. It was not only traumatizing for Natasha but also for me who couldn't protect her when she needed me. The trauma he's been through is so great that it makes me unable to ignore every tear he's shed just to tell you what he's been through."

"What are you gonna do?" I asked after Arthur just kept quiet about not chiming in on the answer Felix gave.

"According to all his wishes."

"Even if he wants death?"

"I'll follow him."

"I hope you hold your word,” said Arthur seriously and walked away from us.

Just this time I saw Arthur show his true self to others. All this time he had only acted as my brother and also as the second child of the Allison Family without ever showing his true self in public. Right now he's like someone who's been in Felix's position. Someone who has seen or accompanied victims of abuse. I repeatedly found Arthur, who was trying to fight him, fighting the feelings of the past, controlling him. I think the trauma she's been through has to do with the abuse, the abuse experienced by someone valuable in her life at that time, at a time that maybe me and my parents didn't know.

"When Natasha tried to tell Ken the truth. I beg you to come with him too. Ken would not attack someone blindly but Ken would also not be able to contain his anger. He will not hurt others, he will hurt himself, consider him unfit for anyone. Please help Ken not to hurt himself."

"I'm sorry Zeta."

"Whatever you choose, our relationship will remain in this phase, you are only one of the variables that God sends."

Buk!!! Buk!!!

The sounds of screaming and punching were heard. Felix and I ran to the source of the sound and found Arthur beating some people. No one tried to break up this fight, not even the bodyguards were silent trying to separate Arthur. I kept trying to see the face of the man Arthur was beating but still I couldn't because of this crowd.

How could the VIP wards be so crowded like this?

I gestured for Uncle Stephan to break up but uncle just silently gave a head bobble in response as if this fight was something that should have happened.

How could Arthur who 5 minutes before had calmed down quite suddenly now have already beaten up the faces of others?

"How can a disgusting person like you exist in this world!!!! Is harassing women such a fun thing for you?!!!!!!" arthur shouted furiously with his hands constantly beating people in front of him.

"Sera," Felix called softly and surprised.

I immediately found Sera's pale face looking at what was going on. Who would have thought Sera was also admitted to this hospital. Now I know who Arthur was beating and why Arthur beat them.

"Sister Arthur!!!" my screams brought Arthur's punch to a halt.

"Don't stop me, Zeta. I'm gonna kill them."

"Why kill them when they haven't felt the suffering Natasha has?" my question was to make a crowd of Elizabeth School children swallow their saliva. The two men and Sera must have told each other what they did to Natasha. It was disgusting to see their frightened faces when they laughed at what Natasha was going through.

"Zeta," call Sera down.

"Tell Natasha to tell Ken that I bullied him when you and your sister were begging you to confess to Ken yourself. Shall I show you how many faces you have?"

"That's it," replied Sera stuttering.

"Sister Arthur, let's go. Don't spend your energy on people like them."

Arthur stands from the belly of Freddy, the man whose face is now covered with wounds. As with Ernest, he also had wounds that were not less numerous than Freddy. Some of the children who were in the crowd slowly distanced themselves, trying not to get involved with the problems that were going on. People who just want to save themselves.

"I'll make sure you suffer" said Arthur as he pulled my body followed by the guards leaving the place.

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