The Cruel Destiny

FORTY-FOUR

Arion who was dizzy thinking about the existence of Elmira decided to stop by Ezra's coffee shop.

And now he's playing guitar while singing a crazy song.

Ezra who saw Arion like that could only shake his head, he was sure that his friend must be in trouble.

Tired of playing the guitar and his mouth feels dry Arion put the guitar on his stand, then he stepped closer to the table near the pantry.

"Zra, make it ice coffee one." Arion said with a flat face.

"Siippp,,, wait a minute."

Then Ezra deftly made Arion's order, he also did not want if his friend was too long to endure thirst.

Ezra put a glass of ice coffee in front of Arion and then he sat there.

"Tumben's alone? where are the others?." Ask Ezra.

"I want to be alone." Arion replied as he sucked the end of the pipette, a cold coffee liquid soaking down his throat.

"Why? any more problems?."

Arion nodded his head.

"I don't know where my boyfriend is going." Arion's sigh sounded like despair.

"Are you guys fighting?."

"No, but he seems to have misunderstood the news on the internet."

"What news?." Ezra rarely reads the news and he also rarely watches television. The man prefers to play music or listen to songs.

Then Arion told him the root of the problem and Ezra listened seriously.

"Had he misunderstood Rion, he read the news like that you also did not ask him any explanation, yes it's natural he like that." Ezra.

"Have you asked about her whereabouts with her close friend?." Ask Ezra.

"He has no friends but the four of us." Answer Arion.

Suddenly the man remembered something.

"Zra, I'll go first yes, this is for the ice coffee." Arion left after putting a piece of blue money on the table.

Ezra even undoes his intention to ask because Arion left in a hurry.

*****

A Buggati hurtling towards the Twist Cafe where Elmira works, Arion plans to ask her whereabouts to his partner.

Until the place he was referring to Arion rushed inside, and there he met Dita who was at the cashier.

" Good afternoon Ma'am."Sapa Arion's.

Dita was shocked when she saw a handsome man standing before her.

"Good afternoon too, what message would you like?." Ask Dita.

"Sorry Mommy, I don't want to shop, but I'm here to ask you a question." Answer Arion.

"What do you want to ask?." Dita looks astonished and curious.

"Is Elmira here?." Ask Arion.

Dita shook her head.

"He's not here, because his working hours start at six in the afternoon, if you want you can just go straight to the boarding house." Said Dita.

Arion was disappointed that Elmira was not there.

"Alright, then excuse me, thank you Ma'am."

Then he rushed back to his car.

Arion sat behind the wheel leaning against the car seat, looking at the watch that showed at four in the afternoon.

"Don't she go home? honey, I don't know where she lives." Arion muttered while rubbing his face violently. He regretted not seeing his girlfriend yesterday.

Finally, with Arion's chaotic feelings deciding to go home, he just hopes that his guess is right that Elmira is returning home.

****

Elard, who is the head of security at AXA group and a confidant of Gibson's grandfather, is now in Roger's office.

"What did you call me?." Elard asked as he stood in front of his desk.

"I want you to keep an eye on this girl."

Then Roger handed over the photo and Elmira's biodata.

"Observate whatever the girl is doing, and then you report everything directly to me." Tell Roger.

"Okay sir, is there anything else I should do?." Ask Elard.

"No, for now that's enough, and I want you to watch her yourself." Said Roger.

Elard nodded obediently and then he left, and the plan was that he would begin his surveillance tomorrow.

****

In the evening, after dinner Arion met his Papa who was in the middle room.

"What's Rion?." Roger asked when he saw Arion approaching himself with a face that was difficult to explain.

"Actually from yesterday I wanted to ask, but only this time I have time." Arion paused his sentence "Why on the internet is there news that says that I and Shire are engaged? but the truth is not like that." Arion stared intently at his Papa.

"It doesn't matter now or later, you'll be engaged to her anyway." Roger replied casually.

He did not care at all for the concern of his son's heart.

"Oh yes, Papa denger you qualify for the next round, Papa hope you can win, don't embarrass your Papa and Grandpa's good name." Roger was full of emphasis.

Arion clenched his hands to dampen his emotions, always like this, the desire of his Papa must be obeyed and fulfilled while his desire was always ignored.

"But Pa, I don't want such news to be spread in the media, can Papa not just delete the news that is not true?." Asked Arion fiercely, he ignored the words of Roger who told him to win the competition.

"What the hell is it? what are you worried about about that? are you keeping the poor girl's feelings?." Ask Roger cynically.

"Stop said Elmira's a poor girl, she's got a name ." Arion said flatly "And yes, I do keep his feelings, I've also said that I love him very much." Further.

Roger snorted angrily and got up and stood before Arion.

"Papa has also warned you to stay away from him, but if you still want to be with the girl, please get out of this house and leave all the facilities that Papa gave. And one more thing, if you still want to be with him then Papa's previous threat will really happen, the girl will be wretched." Roger looked at his son sharply.

"But Pa....."

"There's no buts, your choice is only two away from him or stay with him, and you already know what the consequences are in each of your choices." Said Roger who can no longer be denied.

Then without waiting for any more answers Roger passed away to go to his study, leaving Arion still stunned alone.

Shortly after her Papa disappeared from Arion's sight, her mother appeared with a worried look.

"Rionn,, are you okay?." Tanya Tari approached her son.

Arion stared at Mama.

"According to Mama will someone feel fine when told to stay away from people he loves?." Tanya Arion cynical.

Seen as Tari sighed softly, she hoped that tonight she could talk a lot with her son.

"May Mama ask for your time? Mama wants to talk to you, please just listen to Mama's explanation." Tari said, looking begging.

Arion thought for a moment but in the end he nodded his head.

Then the two of them sat on the sofa facing each other with a square glass table.

"For most people out there, they say that you're lucky to be married to someone like your father, and lucky to be the daughter-in-law of this family. But in reality it's not like that, if you suffer with your Papa's over-regulating attitude, Mama suffers more than that Rion."

Arion silently listened to his mother's words, he did not know at all what his mother had felt all along, all he knew was that the figure before him had never defended him when he was punished.

"Even time Mama never felt happy in this family, your father never really considered Mama as his wife. And your grandfather never thought of Mama as the daughter-in-law of this house." Dance's voice sounded like it was holding back the cry, and it was true that without being able to hold two tear circles escaped from her eyelids.

Arion's mouth seemed locked to see his mother let out tears, slowly guilt penetrated his heart.

"As long as you've seen you hit, slapped and whipped, your heart hurts so much to see you treated like that, and it hurts even more when you can't do anything to defend you. But that doesn't mean Mama never rebukes your Papa for treating you better, often Mama does that Rion but instead Mama who gets chided, yelled at and sometimes slapped." Dance wiped her tears that came back to drip.

"I'm sorry Mama Rion, who can't be a good mother to you, Mama is too weak to defend you. Mama knew all this time you must have suffered because of your Papa's attitude. Forgive Mama Rion, forgive Mama,,,,." Dance could not continue her words because her crying was about to break.

Rushing Dance clenched her mouth while running towards her room, she did not want if her cries broke there and heard by the entire mansion.

Arion was just stunned without being able to say anything, now he really felt guilty for the woman who had given birth to him.

He did not expect that his mother had been holding the inner pressure alone all this time.

"I should be the one apologizing Ma." Arion muttered while rubbing his face violently.

He then went to his room and decided that tomorrow he would talk to his mother again.

Until in his room Arion lay his body in a soft mattress, his eyes glare at the lights attached to the ceiling of his bedroom.

His mind drifted to the girl he loved Elmira, in his heart he felt a deep longing.

And unknowingly Arion finally fell asleep with the lights still on.

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