The Last Cliff's
Chapter 7's
POV: Raquella Mae's.
'Experience is the best teacher.' That's right, I have to thank the quote, I don't know who made it. My experience that day will be sculpted forever in my life, as a master teacher.
My chest tightened, barely able to breathe. My eyes are sore, barely able to see. My muscles are limp, barely able to stand. And my brain is screwed, almost crazy. All of Vinnie's gegara ! He jumped into the abyss without thinking, only to save a spoiled brat he had just known.
I don't know how many tears I've shed, and how many millions of heartbeats have sliced my heart, scared and sorry into one. Afraid of losing her and regretting my decision to not be honest with her.
Being dishonest to him is wrong, because it hurts. All this time I've always pretended to be 'well' when my heart was sliced, bracing myself as much as I could when both of my eyes saw her affection for Clarissa. I was jealous, but she was my sister, 'bending' was my choice. A choice I can no longer defend, I'll take Vinnie out of my brother's arms, by all means.
Seeing him hanging above the clouds, hearing his laughter while humming while breaking down the door of fate, crawling away from death, I realized, I was afraid of losing him ... Yes ! I don't want to lie anymore, I have to be honest with my own heart that I'm afraid of losing Arvine Dowson. Because I love him ! Even if he belongs to my brother.
Whatever people will say, Pecun ! Pelakor ! Or even the child of Satan ! I don't give a shit.
When Vinnie fights against fate, where is Clarissa ? When Vinnie shivers in the cold, where is Clarissa ? When Vinnie is upset and languishing, where is Clarissa ? IN THE OFFICE ! He's always in his office, taking care of his business and himself.
Compare with me ! I was always present in her grief, in her health and her pain, in her jokes and cries. No one else knows more about him than I do, he's my breath and I'm his breath. It's only natural that I became the owner of her love ? Because I am more deserving and more entitled than anyone ... Including Clarissa's sister !
When Vinnie managed to conquer the cliff, just after he removed the faint body of the silly girl from his back, I could no longer hold my ego, I ran away from the camera, squatting as hard as I could to hug him. Showing the world that I don't want to lose her, that I love her.
"Vinnie, I'm afraid !" my whine while shedding tears, overlaying his body that was still lying limp on the rocks.
"Hmm ..." Reply.
His voice was different than usual, his sighs and grunts sounded heavier, but I didn't care.
"Gw is afraid you're gone forever, I don't want that, Vinnie ! Gw dear ma lo." I said as I continued to hold him, hugged him as tightly as possible, then put my wet cheeks to his chest.
"Cadette, Stretcher Ayu ! We go back to the river to hunt." shouted Putu. 7 members were obedient, lifting the unconscious body of Ida Ayu Widarti with a stretcher and then walked down the hill. While he himself walks in Nicko and Billy's papahan.
I don't know what they meant by leaving us alone on that hill, what surprised me was Vinnie's handcuffs on my waist as he turned us over, I feel like that fingers are a little naughty.
"Vinnie !?" I lamented when I realized that we had completely reversed position, she overcame me, stuttering me with her burly body.
There was no way I could take my arms off his back, no power to hold my passion, throw all my ego and the bastion of hypocrisy into the clouds. I enjoy every touch of his fingers on my skin, I accept his passion as my man.
On that hill, on the slopes of Mount Rinjani, I passed my body to my loved one, Arvine Dowson, my sister-Clarissa's boyfriend, when I forgot to turn off the camera.
***
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The audience applauded standing up, a 'standing ovation' received by Shanique Miller from all visitors, including the pair of the conglomerate owners of the group 'The Rodmeyer's', Jack and Karen Rodmeyer. They seemed very satisfied with the author's style of speech. But not with Edward Rodmeyer, the eldest son of the conglomerate couple chose to stand without clapping while throwing his gaze out the window.
From between the waists of adult visitors, it looks like a 6-year-old boy trying to approach the podium table while carrying a small bottle of mineral water. It caught the attention of Shanique Miller, when the distance was not much left, she decided to pick up the boy and carry him.
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The eyes of Shanique Miller were seen shining happily, the richest person number 5 in the Asian continent was turned out to be one of the fans of his works. It makes him more enthusiastic when greeting and receiving congratulations from both.
Even when the couple offered to have dinner together at their residence, Shanique Miller agreed without thinking.
Despite being very happy, the pretty eyes of Shanique Miller still try to sort out the unfamiliar faces of her fans, to find the look of a face that is very in her dream.
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