THE ABOVE THE CLOUD(ABC)
6. Turn Back!
Three days after receiving information about Lily, Joe delivers the news of Lily's death to Reksa. The atmosphere in the room at that moment turned silent.
“...What about the custody of the child?” ask me after a long time.
“...The remaining family is Lily's older sister, so her custody will automatically be granted to them.” Despite considering Lily's and her brother's relationship, Joe doubts the boy will be treated well. But maybe they'll be a little generous to a little kid.
“...” Mutual had thought about it for a few days. He thought, maybe if the dream did not come to him, he would not care about his son; and he would only know when his son came to him after growing up.
The existence of this child is not just from mutual mistakes. But counting that he was the father of this child, Mutual thought he still had to contribute.
“Send people to her sister's house, and give money as compensation for Lily's death every month. Make sure the money is used by his son.” said Reksa without blinking an inch. This is the first time that Reksa directly mentions the name ‘Lily’. It feels strange on the tongue.
Joe was at a loss for words to hear him, for a moment he fell silent. As Reksa threw a cold gaze at him, Joe immediately stood up straight and controlled himself.
“I'll take care of him immediately.” he then comes out after finishing his other report.
The mutual in his chair did not think long about Joe's reaction. He doesn't care either. What is clear, Mutual has filled his obligations as a parent. Affects should have been given by her mother. Since her mother is no longer there, this is not her fault. The child is forced to grow up without parental affections. At the very least, he had no shortage of materials.
That night, Rex had a dream again.
This time he did not see his own body. He saw the incident from behind the window of a room on the second floor. The room looks beautiful, the windows are mounted pink curtains and dolls lined up on tables and beds. Although the room is not large, but every corner in the layout is attentive. The carpet is soft-bristled in pastel colors and the walls are decorated with sky and butterfly patterns. The open cupboard in the room shows an array of children's dresses, skirts and blouses full of lace.
A girl walked into the room, eight or nine years old, her hair was in a pretty braid and the girl was wearing a knee-length camper skirt and a yellow top showing her white arms. Mutual recognized the face after he had seen it many times in a dream.
This must be his son. It seemed like time had gone by and she had grown up safely. If this dream tells of events that have not happened aka the future, Mutual thought the choice was right.
Wasn't he treated and treated well?
Although the boy looked quiet and sat in bed doing nothing, Muta felt nothing was wrong. He never noticed how the children behaved normally.
He only knew the children were naughty and noisy. Her descendants were clearly different, even at a young age, the girl looked submissive. Not the type that is troublesome and upsetting.
Before long the door opened again, a girl who was almost as beautiful as him came in and hit him in the face, making Muta suddenly irritated and wanted to throw something.
The little girl screamed and screamed until she was tired, but the boy remained silent. He sat on the bed, his eyes looking in any direction. No sound came out of his mouth at all.
Fatigued, the woman turned around.
Muta waited until he was bored but he saw his son still sitting in place. It was only when the door opened again that the boy saw who had come and immediately stood up. Muta noticed the change on the little girl's face. Very obvious with what used to be quiet and boring.
The one who entered was a man, about 1.65 cm tall, his stomach was distended, his stature was a bit stooped, yet his face, Reksa recognized that the man was her brother Lily.
The next instant Reksa saw the man hugging his daughter, sitting on the bed and joking together.
Mutual thought maybe this is what happened between a daughter and a father. His heart suddenly became sour.
But he then saw the man's hand move into the skirt of his daughter, and the little girl complied, wrapping her arm around the man's neck, as if she had been trained.
The man got up for a while and locked the door after undressing the little girl. Don't forget he closed the curtain window. After that, Rex could see nothing more.
As soon as he woke up, Muta almost destroyed his mentality.
His descendants.
A savage creature! He did not give any money to make his daughter a psychopathic lustful!!
He must kill her! If he didn't kill him, his name wasn't Mutsa!
“...Cancel and prepare a lawyer to go to court.” Mutual gnashed his teeth. He thought about waiting some time to look for his weakness and put in a heavy sanction. But thinking of her three-year-old daughter breathing the same air as that demon, her blood boiled instantly.
Joe who received the phone glanced at the clock on the wall. At 4 a.m. Could it be that it is time for him to be sahur? Wait, now is not the month of fasting. No, he's not a religious man.
Joe corrected the slanted pyjamas and asked in a somewhat dry voice.
“..Lawyer for..” is it possible that his boss got into trouble with a big boss? Could it be that he should come along to kneel this time?
“I want that unlucky guy who is her sister Lily to suffer!”
Oh, the boss is talking about this. “Good, I'll set up the morning later.” and cancel the previous plan. Although he felt tired, but he was relieved that finally his boss had self-awareness.
“What do you mean later? I want it right now!!” the last sentence was shouted until Joe jolted and almost dropped his phone. He took a deep breath.
“Bos–pak, but it's four in the morning. The law office is still closed and..” he has not finished talking as Mutual exclaimed from across.
“Come them to his house! I want it now!”
As soon as Joe agrees, the connection is closed.
Joe who can't sleep anymore: ….
***
That morning, at six. Erik heard a knock at the door. He never had a guest in the morning blind. So he let it go, thinking the person at the door was going to go alone.
But his beat did not stop and became louder, making him forced to wake up from the embrace of his wife.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the man in a neat suit and wearing glasses. His aura was elegant and his face was expressionless. Behind him stood two men in black and glasses. Just seeing him standing there, Erik immediately broke into a sweat.
“Bapak... find who?” he began to remember whether he gave his ktp time to borrow online at that time? Wasn't what he gave her someone else's ID?
The bespectacled man in front of him gave his business card and began to explain. “My name is Joe, I'm secretary of Reksa.”
“Reksa is...,”
“We'd better talk inside.” said Joe half-heartedly. Staring at Erik with a low gaze from behind his glasses.
Erik didn't want to bring in a stranger, especially he saw that this guy was such a hard one to deal with. But with two guards accompanying him. Erik could only welcome them in.
Joe immediately explained the gist of his arrival as soon as he sat on the sofa.
“According to the information we received, you are the sister of a club steward named Lily,”
“Y-yah's chat. Did that woman cause any trouble? I knew from the beginning he could only be ashamed. Also work in a nightclub! Me, I've already advised him, but he doesn't listen.” Erik was silent for a while then glanced over from the end of his eyes, he gulped. “I've broken ties with my sister. And again.. I have not heard from him for a long time.”
Joe was silent for a moment. From the reports, the hospital tells news of Lily's death to where she works, as it's the only contact they've found. His workplace of course has Erik's number, as the man several times tried to ask Lily for money. Bombarding her workplace so Lily can go home and give her money.
So it's certain the hospital has delivered the news of Lily's death.
“....I heard Lily had a child...,” Joe pulled a thin grin. Erik immediately shook his head strongly. “I know she has a child but she doesn't live with me. I. I've cut ties with him, I don't know about his son.”
“But this Miss Lily,” Joe pretended to take a deep breath. “You are also her brother. In the country you are still bound by brotherhood status, so I can only find you.” Joe pretends to look around the house, then nods.
“No!” The frightened Erik instantly denied the strong. This guy suddenly came in with a bodyguard, then asked about his sister. If he has found information about her, why intentionally ask? She glanced at her house, could it be that Lily had debts and now they came to confiscate her house?
No, he had to get rid of them immediately.
“I, I can remove brother status from family card.” said Erik stuttered.
“You don't know yet what I want to talk about.” Joe said as he took the glass decoration on the table and examined it. Erik pulled the glass from Joe's hand slowly, a licking smile imprinted on his face.
“I, I'll take care of it.” Erik felt himself smart, convinced by the purpose of this man's arrival.
“If you want to break up, I can only be kind and show you this document.”
Joe took out a paper with the agreement. It states that Party A will no longer take care of and has no legal relationship with Party B. Party A is Erik, and party B is Lily.
Under it is also written another requirement, Erik did not read it to completion and immediately signed the agreement once he saw the sentence ‘there is no kinship’ in each verse.
In the middle he felt something was awkward, but seeing Joe looking at him as if Erik was a genius, he felt the choice was right. He promised to hand over Lily's family card tomorrow. He just needed to go to the county office to take care of it. With a little money everything will be finished quickly.
At the door, Joe lowered his glasses showing sadness. “I also want to convey that the responsibility of her son Lily falls into your hands because now Lily is gone.” Joe took a long breath.
Erik's face instantly turned 180 degrees, indicating considerable sadness.
“A-a-I don't know at all.” in Erik's heart hangers, it's a good thing he's signed!
“Yes. Too bad.” Joe said as he shook his head and left. Not waiting for Erik to finish his performance. "Thank you I was kind. I'll probably hand his daughter over to the Children's institution."
In the car, Joe reports to Muta and relays each incident without a single letter.
“The tick escaped too easily.” said Reksa across. “Contact The Colony.”
Joe doesn't know what revenge Mutual has on Erik. What is clear, with the involvement of The Colony, the work will be lighter. And he knows that Mutual has no intention of letting go of Erik even though his goal has already been achieved. And again, with the agreement in hand, he did not need to take care of this matter in court.
“Good.”
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