Pursuing My Love of Hands

Stone Men part.2

"Basic Stone Men!" Kessy.

"So look, I'm not gonna let you get away with it! I'll bring you to your knees, Byan!"

With her body soaked, Kessy also went out of the Malik family home. He drove his car at high speed with great anger. He really wanted to captivate Byan, but he wanted to teach the Stone Man a lesson first.

Meanwhile, Byan approached Andryani and Star after she finished changing her clothes. Star was lying there hugging tightly to Mara's stuffed rabbit. Occasionally it can be heard softly by him, if Star is talking to the doll.

It really made Byan worried, but he was also optimistic if Star slowly would be able to ignore it. In his opinion, Star's current attitude was only to bully himself.

"Star, have you eaten?" Byan asked nicely with a smile that adorned his face.

But it felt useless, Star did not answer the question. It hurts so much to get indifference from his own daughter. Moreover, this has been going on for two days.

"Byan, Kessy was here" Andryani tried to take over the subject.

"Umi never let him into our house again" replied Byan firmly. He was really tired of being annoyed by women including Uminya himself.

"Byan, is Kessy wrong? He's nice, even he looks like he loves Star" Andryani explained. She doesn't know if Kessy has bad intentions for her family.

"Umi doesn't know him yet,"

"Byan, seeing your attitude like this Umi becomes worried!" Andryani now raised her tone by an octave. Byan's been draining his brain and energy lately.

"No need to worry about me, I'm fine, Umi!" Byan leaves Andryani and Star. He did not want to argue with Uminya longer which only made his head feel more wanted to break.

"Just go, bring the hard stone that's in your head!" Again Andryani pinched his head which grew dizzy from thinking of Byan.

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Andryani took a look at every corner of Asmara's pastry shop she now visited. No, he purposely came here to see Asmara. He even needed a lot of help from his ex-daughter-in-law.

"Umi," saw Andryani inside her Asmara cake shop so surprised. There must be something that Andryani wants to say to make him come here.

"Mara, can we talk for a second?" Andryani doesn't want to make small talk.

True Mara's guess, he also allowed Andryani into his work space that is not so broad. He also prepared a glass of warm jasmine tea for his former father-in-law.

"Mara, you look different, " said Andryani opened the discussion to see the appearance of Mara's current self.

Mara does not want to talk much, she must be vigilant when dealing with her former in-laws. Until he only let out a smile of compulsion.

"Mara, maybe you've guessed why Umi came to see you,"

"I don't want to guess, Umi," Mara replied with caution.

Andryani smelled his smile, he then held onto Asmara's hand gently.

"Mara, forgive Umi and Byan," Andryani revealed her eyes which were now turning red. Hope if Mara will believe if the apology he said is really sincere.

"For what?" Mara did not understand the purpose of Andryani's conversation.

"For all the mistakes in the past even yesterday," explained Andryani who now has her tears.

"Nr ..."

"Mara, will you meet Star today? He didn't even want to eat again after that day, "Andryani clasped Mara's hand even tighter.

"Umi, but ..."

"Please don't look at Byan, but look at Umi and Star. Umi, who asked you to meet Star, just ignore Byan" Andryani explained again trying to convince Mara.

"Umi, sorry but I can't," Mara let go of Andryani's hand.

"Mara, does Umi have to ask permission from Kamila's mother?"

"Umi, no need to tell Mom," refused Mara did not want to associate this problem with her mother. He thinks if the time is right, he will tell everything himself.

"Mara, do you know? One house he had no one to talk to but the stuffed rabbit, he did not even want to open his mouth to Byan! Umi is really worried about Star, Umi needs your help ..." Andryani has started shedding her tears. This time he really needs Mara for the sake of his beloved granddaughter.

Mara's eyes began to blush at Andryani's explanation, he did not expect that Star would do this desperate thing. The thought of something bad going on in his brain, he didn't want it to happen.

Unbearable for Star's circumstances, Mara finally nodded as a sign of agreement at Andryani's request.

Andryani is made cool by Mara's decision, she hugs Mara's body warmly. "Thank you, Mara,"

Mara goes with Andryani to Malik's residence to meet Star. He is also eager to meet the adorable child, according to him Star is half of his life. Again he put aside his heart problem for the sake of Star.

Arriving at Malik's residence, Mara was invited to go to Star's room. As he walked, his eyes scoured every corner of the room in the mansion which now looked different from before.

"Is this house so foreign to you, Mara?" aware of the spirit of Mara who noticed every corner of her house, Andryani asked.

"This house looks different and changes a lot, Umi," replied Asmara stiffly and still cautious. He also still keeps his distance from Andryani, does not want to talk much and looks familiar.

"Yes, that's all Byan wants! He didn't want the house to be carried away by the past. He wanted to erase all the memories of the past. You can see it now, right? Byan too much restrain Star, that's what worries Umi," that's a small explanation Andryani can be heard by Mara's ears.

But the conversation was no longer continued because they had already arrived at Star's room.

Mara can see Star's hand still attached by the infusion hose and lying on the bed with her face getting pale. He immediately approached Star and rubbed the top of his head.

"Star, wake up, son," called Mara in a voice that grew hoarse from crying to see the state of Star this time. It was heartbroken to see a child like Star sick. Although Star is not an obstetrician.

Star opened her eyes slowly, she could see Mara's face faintly.

"Auntie,"

Mara immediately hugged Star's tiny body, only a few days he was sick but his body was already seen taking care of.

"We eat, will we?" mara doesn't want to linger over dinner for Star. He did not want the star moon to disappear just like that because of the lack of food intake.

Star nodded quickly, she let out a sweet smile this time.

"Tante will make a special soup for Star," Mara wants to head to the kitchen but her steps are stopped when Star's hand pulls her young brown dress.

"Auntie Star's here,"

"Star doesn't want to eat Auntie's cooking?" Mara asked the boy.

"Star doesn't want to stay with Aunt, don't go again" Star's remark made everyone in the room break. Mara hugs Star's body and kisses the top of her head affectionately.

Andryani immediately asked Sumi to make her favorite soup. Before her tears spilled, she saw the atmosphere in this room.

While elsewhere, tonight Byan felt his body was very hot and different. After he went to the club with Adryan and Sam, his body reacted indistinctly like a hot worm.

"*****!!" Byan cursed violently, he really felt that something was wrong with his body.

"Who does this, just watch out I'll give you a calculation later!!" He said again by increasing the speed of his car to immediately arrive at his home.

While at the nightclub, Byan was accompanied by his secretary Sam and his friend Adryan. He felt that there was no one else among them. He also did not drink so much. After all if it was just an ordinary drink, there was no way his body would react like this.

If he thinks again, Sam and Adryan are cheating on him for what? Did Sam and Adryan stab him in the back? I don't know, it's really like he's guessing a riddle and it's hard to solve.

There are so many thoughts running through Byan. But that's not what he should do now. Right now his body was really hot and needed to be dyed with cold water.

Arriving home, exactly ten o'clock in the evening. The situation at home is quiet, because almost all residents have slept. Only two gatekeepers are still active tonight.

Byan felt that there was something sick at the core, his little brother who was getting hardened and could no longer be invited to compromise. He immediately climbed the stairs with quick steps to get into his room.

But just then he saw a figure of a woman in a light brown dress with unraveling hair coming out of Star's room.

Chequek!

Mara closed the door to Star's room slowly so as not to wake the sleeping princess. Although Andryani had asked him to stay at this house, Mara still insisted on going home. Mara doesn't want to see Byan either. Before Byan returns, he should have already left this house.

How surprised Mara when she was about to step but in front of her now there is a man who is so disliked himself. The figure of the man who looked at him sharply like an eagle eye who was hunting its prey.

Mara was shocked when Byan's sturdy hand pulled her arm and dragged herself into the room right across from Star's room.

"What are you doing here?" Byan shut the door of his room tightly and locked it. Without releasing his hand on Mara.