My brother, my destiny

Very good acting

"Why can you leave me like this El?" Gemini asked with tears that did not stop flowing. Elbert's funeral was completed a few hours ago. And now Gemini is coming from inside a hotel room specially decorated for her bridal night. But good luck is not on her side this time, the husband who just married her a few hours ago must leave her for good. Gemini can only cry hugging her wedding photo and wedding dress.

"We're just about to start our happy story, but why do you have to leave so soon?" Gemini cannot not cry. Recalling how he met Elbert a year and a half ago. They get acquainted at an event organized by their corporate co-workers who happen to be the same. They began to be close and friends until six months after Elbert expressed his feelings for Gemini and Gemini accepted without hesitation even though he knew Elbert was not a perfect man. At that time he already knew that Elbert had Leukaemia stage three, but because of his love for the man, Gemini did not hesitate to accept Elbert's love. Gemini strives to be the best for Elbert, accompanying Elbert through every difficult time and pain.

Without ever grumbling a bit. Monica who became Elbert's mother was amazed to see the sincerity of the girl. Gemini really struggled with Elbert giving Elbert the strength to go through every pain. But now that Gemini feels all his struggles are in vain, the man he loves so much has gone forever and left a desire that is clearly impossible for Gemini to fulfill.

Married to Jacob whose incidental name was his brother-in-law. Gemini doesn't know the man and has never even known anything about Jacob. He was actually wondering why Elbert never told him about Jacob, but it doesn't matter now. Had Jacob really fulfilled his brother's last wish, could he have become a husband? Can Gemini be a good wife to her brother-in-law? Gemini can't answer anything.

"Gem.open the door" came a knock and his mother's voice called.

Gemini refused to budge. He really does not want to be disturbed. She wanted to be alone even if allowed, she wanted to catch up with her husband. Either to hell or to heaven he doesn't care. Losing Elbert really made his life shake. He who was really on the clouds a few hours ago, now feels in the deepest and darkest abyss.

"Bring me to my husband, Lord!" The inner Gemini is so hard hit and so hard to accept reality.

"Gemini Widianto, open the door!" Monica's voice called out loudly. Gemini is not flirting. She faithfully embraced her wedding photos and her wedding dress tightly.

BRAKKS

The door of the Gemini room opened so violently. Even so, Gemini remains unaffected. He was not even interested in just seeing who had entered the room.

"Pick up your things and come with us now!" Jacob's voice was authoritarian. It sounds like Jacob is not very fluent in Indonesian language, unlike Elbert and their mother who have settled in Indonesia in recent years.

"I'm not going anywhere" reject Gemini still faithfully sobbed.

"Take me off!" Gemini managed to release Jacob's hand with a single blow. With anger and a state of still grieving, both, Gemini took her suitcase, which had been neatly arranged by a Jacob family servant, and her wedding dress and wedding photo, and stepped out of the room with a very flat face without expression. The girl who was wearing all black clothes seemed to lose her source of life.

The four of them walked into the elevator to get to the basement of the hotel. Lidya, Gemini's mother asked permission to return to her house when they reached the hotel basement. Gemini wants to join his mother but Lidya forbids, after all Gemini is the daughter-in-law of the family now, and let Gemini solve the problem first if it really wants to return home. Lidya went first with their family driver. Gemini and Elbert don't have a father anymore. Gemini leaves with Monica and Jacob.

During the trip Gemini remained faithful to embrace the wedding dress and wedding photos as he did in the hotel room earlier. Jacob who several times glanced from the rearview mirror also smiled softly as if Gemini was just playing a show. Jacob really does not believe that Gemini sincerely loves his patient sister even when Gemini knows about it. So Jacob had a disagreement with Elbert so he did not want to come to his sister's wedding. For Jacob true love is just nonsense, if true love is there he can definitely unite with his love, he thought.

"Gemi, this is your home now" Monica grabbed her daughter-in-law's shoulder and led Gemini into the house. Gemini followed her mother-in-law's footsteps even though she felt like she wanted to run away from the house. There are too many memories with her husband there. Moments of laughing with Elbert, accompanying Elbert, taking care of Elbert after chemotherapy, and all the things she did with her late husband turned back in her brain.

Can Gemini say God is unfair? All this time Gemini tried to be a good girl and not despicable, but why should he feel pain like this? He left his father when he was a child so he did not really understand the situation at that time. But now he understands everything, all the pain. And losing Elbert made all her dreams fall apart. He and Elbert had planned so many things for their future, unfortunately all of it had to be Gemini's grave in this moment.

"Rest!" Monica's word was soft after escorting Gemini into the room that was actually her bridal room and Elbert. Gemini just smiles in response to her mother-in-law while her sister-in-law is out of sight and Gemini doesn't care about the man. Gemini went into the room after Monica said goodbye to rest.

Gemini tears that had dried again dripped until wetting her beautiful face that had been very damp. He hugged his two precious things that he would never waste anywhere. Gemini wants to catch up with her husband, but her guts are not that big to end her own life. Gemini cried and continued to cry bitterly and did not know anyone had heard her cries outside her room.

Jacob heard the sound of suffering. Instead of pity, he actually smiled as if he was underestimating a drama show. He wanted to discuss the matter of his brother's last request with his sister-in-law, but he abandoned his intentions and allowed Gemini to continue the crying of his suffering which he considered a drama.

"Truly good acting!" Inner Jacob and passed from that room.

...~ TO BE CONTINUE ~...