
Brak's..!
Sucipto kicked down the glass table in front of him when he saw Ardian coming. Throwing the newspaper in front of him into Ardian's face.
Ardian and Chayra were surprised to find Sucipto. Intending to greet his parents, Ardian was instead greeted with a newspaper throw to his face.
"What's up, Pi?" Asked Ardian with a question mark filled look. Approaching the Papa slowly.
Plaque..!
Sucipto's hand landed on Ardian's cheek. "How dare you ask! The child does not know in profit!" Sucipto's hand landed on his son's cheek.
"Astagfirullahal'adzim, Papi don't talk like that. No way, Pi. What's wrong with Ardian? Papi judged him without explaining what he had done wrong?"
"You don't interfere, Ayra. Go inside the room. Papi has nothing to do with you."
Chayra and Ardian are getting confused. They looked at each other not knowing what to say.
"You come in, Chay. Maybe this is a personal matter between me and Papi."
Chayra is still not moving. Her eyes looked at her husband with a sad look.
"Come in..! I'll talk to Papi."
"But..."
"Come, Chay. I don't want you to see what happens next."
Chayra finally nodded weakly. Walking backwards, with a heavy heart left her husband facing Sucipto alone.
Chayra is further shocked to see Renata coming down with two maids dragging Ardian's suitcase. A little run up the stairs. Approaching her in-laws who were still at the top of the stairs.
"What's this really about, Mommy? It's..." Chayra stared at the two suitcases the waiter was carrying behind his mother.
"Mommy can't explain it to you. We'll know later."
"But... Where are Kak Ardian's belongings, Mi?"
Renata just let out a heavy breath. It was hard to say meekly while his emotions were overflowing. However, said Chayra, the girl's innate who always said meekly made her unable to explain what happened.
"Mommy can't talk right now, son. Mom is afraid to yell at you later. You better find out on your husband's social media accounts. The news has also spread everywhere."
Chayra knitted her brows. "Social media accounts?"
"Yes. Move aside, Mami's coming down. You just wait in your room."
"I can't do that, Mi. My husband's in a rampage with Papi. Blamed for mistakes we didn't know about. I'll come down with Mami."
"You don't be stubborn, Ayra. Go to your room!" Renata raised her voice.
"No, Mommy." For the first time Chayra denied her father-in-law's orders. "Astagfirullahal'adzim.." he murmured softly. Hanging down because I feel guilty. "I'm sorry Ayra, Mi. But, Ayra really can't leave Kak Ardian to face everything on his own." Running down the stairs.
Renata could only cluck in annoyance. Continue his steps back.
"This is what, Ardian, what is this?!" Sucipto pointed at the rough title of the news that became a trending topic in the newspaper that he had thrown into Ardian's face.
HOT VIDEO CIRCULATING PUPPET PUPPET BUSINESSMAN FAMOUS WITH WOMEN OCCUPANTS OF NIGHT CLUBS
"Astagfirullahal'adzim," Ardian gulped his saliva. The picture is clearly in the paper. Ardian was weak. The news he was trying to hide was finally sniffed by the media. Raising his head looked at his Papi who was standing with regret.
"M. I'm sorry Ardian, Pi." Lirih. Grabbing Sucipto's hand and kissing him.
Sucipto snorted, stomping his hand that Ardian was kissing. "But no longer need that apology. You've already ruined Papi's good name, Ardian. The good name that Papi has built and Papi has guarded for years, you destroy in the blink of an eye. It's been my struggle all this time."
Ardian's body bounced slightly due to the pounding of his Papi's hand. But he tried to sit back. "K. It's been a long time, Pi."
The Sucipto is turned back to the Ardian. "It's a loss that I have a child as depraved as you." Say again. "Oh, was the way you said goodbye this morning just a charade? You deliberately look changed to let Papi melt when this news spread."
Ardian just shook his head slowly. "I really sincerely want to change, Pi."
"Don't call me Papi again. Get you out of front of me. Papi can't accept you anymore." Sucipto turned around, throwing the suitcase that the waiter had brought before Ardian. She looked at Chayra who was sobbing behind her husband.
"You go into your room, son. Forgive Papi who accepted your wish first. Supposedly, Papi glazed over before letting you get married."
Chayra did not answer. He just looked down while continuing to wipe his tears.
"This news must have left you devastated and disappointed with Ardian. If he were to leave, perhaps this news would quickly dim. Papi will take you to live in America. Papi is not strong with news like this if you keep living here."
"S. Who will Papi bring to America?"
"Who do you think? I have no more business with you. Did you forget Papi's words that soon. Papi has kicked you out, Ardian. Papi will take your wife to America. Papi will make you really regret having become a savage man."
"I don't want to, Pi. I'm gonna stay here. I'm going to go along as Papi did with Brother Ardian. Ardian's brother is my husband. I'll follow in his footsteps, wherever he'll take me after this."
"What do you mean, son? Ardian's been too much in hurting you."
"I wasn't hurt, Papi. It happened before I married Brother Ardian."
"Where do you know that? Are you that easy to believe Ardian just said. Even if you want to stay up, you say that if he doesn't lie, Papi won't believe it, Ayra. It's up to you if you want to follow your husband. Papi can't ban you." Sucipto turned back around while rubbing his face violently.
"We say goodbye then, Pi. Assalamualaikum. Come, Brother. I'll help you stand up."
"I'm sorry Ardian, Pi. Ardian was really sorry to have done that. The security guard dragged Ardian's body out of the house.
When we got to the door...
"Oh, yes... You can't occupy the house that Papi bought yesterday. Papi confiscates everything."
"Thank you for everything. Hopefully in the future Papi will be more successful because there are no more children who will spend Papi's money."
Sucipto just smiled cynically at the words of his son. "Go, before I kick you disrespectfully out of this house." Pulling his wife's sobbing hand from earlier. Renata was really hit with this news. However, he was not as good as Sucipto who chased away his son like that.
Ardian turned to look at the house where he had grown up all this time. Smiled and continued his steps. He left without any equipment. Leaving the suitcase that was thrown at him.
"Why don't you want to bring Brother's suitcase?" Chayra asked after they had been silent for quite a while.
Ardian smiled weakly. "I have no right to anything that comes from Papi. You yourself heard him say, If I were no longer his son." Said Ardian while kicking small pebbles along the sidewalk.
"We sit down first, Brother." Chayra pulled Ardian's hand slowly to sit on a long bench neatly arranged along the sidewalk. His stomach reads a sign asking to be filled.
"I'd like to call Brother Zidane first to pick us up."
"Don't, Chay..."
"Lho, why?"
"I don't know what to explain later. I've hurt you too much."
"No, Brother. God willing, I understand all this." Chayra kept sending messages to her brother.
"I want to avoid anyone who knows me right now. I'm afraid I'll get worse at hearing their scorn later." Ardian drowned his face between his legs.
"Give everything to Allah, Brother. I just want to know who shared the video. Though we have tried to the maximum so that the video is lost from the digital footprint."
"I also keep the same question with you." Raising his face while looking at Chayra.
The drying of Chayra's cell phone brought their conversation to a halt.
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