Not the Substitute Husband

Not the Substitute Husband
B, S, P55



Luke ends his call with Bobi and raises his pace towards the Kardinata residence.


Brooms! Two hours passed by the magnificent gate opened. Luke is greeted by a bodyguard who is in charge of overseeing the whereabouts of Madam Vero (Valen Grey).


"How's the old woman doing now?" Luke asked walking along with two bodyguards to the basement.


"She refused to eat and tried to escape last night from custody, sir." Answer one of the guards opened an iron door that led to where Madam Vero was held.


Tap tap tap! The sound of Luke's footsteps coming down the iron steps approached Madam Vero who rebelled in his chair. The guards stood guard behind the door.


"Valen Grey," called out to Luke while throwing the paper he had brought from the previous document into Madam Vero's face. "Should I call you Oma?" Luke's lips gripped Valen's face making him look up.


Srakk! Luke's voice drew the knot of cloth that silenced Valen Grey's mulu.


"Stop acting in front of me." Valen. "I know you're not Luhan." Her lips. "God is dead after the man who made me like this." It was clearly the one who kept trying to release his hand from the ties that locked him in the chair.


"Is he Gerald?" Luke asked, bowing his body, looking at Valen who was shocked to hear the name Luke found on the document in the envelope. "Are you blaming my opinion for everything that happened to you?" Her lips.


"Yes." Yeah." Answer Valen. "She just dumped me after--"


"-After Gerald Kardinata found his wife who you've sealed, right?" Cut off Luke who had obtained all the information from the documents that Luhan had hidden alone all this time. "You teased Gerald by deliberately making Omaku!" Clutching Valen's face up. "Misunderstood and when Oma ran away you caught her and hid from Gerald Kardinata." Reciprocity. "Then you took advantage of Gerald's grief by inciting him to stop the search for his wife." He brushed off Valen's face. "You even did everything you could to sabotage Dafa's DNA tests to get Gerald to give the entire Imperial group to a child who didn't have any blood ties at all." Press it. "And after Gerald managed to find your evil intentions he kicked you out and Dafa out of Indonesia." Further. "But who would have thought a woman like you could have manipulated James Prakas and his son Raden Prakas." Cynical talk. "By using Raden Prakas's face and status, you and your son crawled back to the Kardinata residence." His words put together the information puzzle pieces he found during his time as Luhan, a substitute husband for Salwa.


Prokk prokk! Luke's voice clapped for Valen who then raised his face with a faint grin.


"Wow!" Praise Valen. "I didn't expect that Yohan who had helped me get rid of her twin brother was getting smarter." Valen's words stunned Lukas for a moment. "Do you think you can be like Luhan?" Her lips. "God! Luhan is the best! It will be like that forever! Your father and your beautiful mother are just using you to let go of her longing for Luhan, their genius son." It was Valen who was trying to provoke jealousy for Yohan against Luhan. "Look, in the end no one knows what Yohan looks like." His object made Luke unable to stand it and slapped the old woman in the face. And asked the bodyguard to watch him back without giving him a drop of water.


Bam! Luke's voice shut the door to his room. He thought of the words Valen who recognized himself as Yohan instead of Luhan.


"Has Yohan been living as Luhan?" Lukas asked, looking back at the softlens he found and a picture of Yohan wearing glasses in front of the piano. "If Yohan has been living life as Luhan, then where is the real Luhan?" Seeing her reflection in the mirror. "Maybe a--"


-kringgg! Cut the ringing sound of the cell phone kept Luke awake from his mind. He saw a call coming in from Ronal.


"Hello." Welcome Lukas.


"What do I want to do for you?" Luke asked looking around his room hoping he found something to confirm Yohan and Luhan's whereabouts.


"DNA test." Answer Ronal. "I've kept a few strands of men's hair that have the same face as you." He stepped up by looking around. "I hope you'll do it for this man's safety." Her request.


What's wrong with her? Wasn't he the partner of Dafa Grey all this time. Luke's mind fell silent.


"Luhan," call Ronal from the other end of the phone. "Did you still hear me?" Tegur Ronal saw a group in black clothes get out of the car.


"Yes." Yeah." Luke's Sahut.


"We don't have much time left." Ronal said hiding from the group of muscular men who put Luhan in the car tub. "I've sent Kardinata's strands of hair home." Reciprocity. "Make sure you take it." His order.


"Okey, is there anything else?" Ask Lukas.


"Find the whereabouts of a necklace belonging to Luhan." Answer Ronal. "I'll send it after I get the last photo of Luhan when he disappeared 20 years ago." Reciprocity. "Someone will send it to me ha--"


"-Ronal!" Cut Bams yelling at him heard from the end of Luke's phone.


"Lord, I need to get going right now." Ronal Fizz. "Make sure you do what I said before." He ended the call before Bams realized it.


"Necklace?" Ask Lukas who then reopened one by one the drawers in his room. A few minutes later he turned his back and stepped into the living room where all the little photos of Luhan and Yohan were on display.


"Can I help you, sir?" Reproving waiter approached Luke who checked each behind a picture frame.


"Slightly dusty," Lukas replied, giving a picture frame in his hand to the waiter. "Please clean it up." His ink distracts the waiter will gelagat himself again pay attention to one by one other photo. But Luke found nothing until the servant finished cleaning the dust from all the photos in front of him.


"Is there any more, sir?" Asked the waiter turned to Lukas who shook his head while turning his back to the waiter. He stepped towards the terrace facing the golf course and immediately thought of his necklace. The necklace that was in Alex's grasp when he breathed his last.


The tring! A new message came in and broke Luke's mind. He opened a message from Ronal. A message featured a picture of a child with a face similar to Luhan and Yohan. Luke notices in detail and finds a necklace hanging around his neck. The necklace had the same pendant that Luke had.


"Where is it possible?" Ask Luke who steps into his room. He took his necklace from hiding and matched it with the one in the photo. "I am the real Luhan!" Astonished to see the initials L pendant in his hand.