The Sanctity of Tarnished Love

Successfully Clarify

In a simple house, there appeared a man, and two women were sitting languidly on a rattan chair. They are Alvin, Nina, and Dusk. They were gathered in the living room, with an eye that could not be separated from the newspaper sheet that lay on the table.

Since this morning they were restless, and agitated after reading the warm news written in the paper.

"How's Nja, have you heard from Ken?" alvin asked, breaking the silence.

"He just spoke to Papa Hery, he agreed to work with Ken." Dusk replied with a trembling tone.

How not, the wedding day is less than a few days away, and now even spread the slash that cornered the Antony family, and Mahardika. In this case Dusk felt very guilty, as if he was the root of the problem, for what happened to his family Ken.

"What should I do now, brother?" ask Dusk slowly, since then his eyes have been teary.

"Pease your mind Nja, we wait for Ken to find a way out" Alvin said as he stared at Dusk.

"True Nja, this is about business, we should not be rash. At least we misstep, the consequences can be fatal Nja," said Nina.

Dusk did not reply, he only let out a long sigh, rubbing his face violently.

"Allah give ease to this matter, let the servant marry Ken, O Allah," said Dusk in his heart.

"So Dika called me," said Alvin suddenly, after a silence for a few seconds.

The lips of Dusk were still tightly clenched, he did not say a word, but he looked at his brother closely, as if he was asking for an explanation through the look in his eyes.

"He asked about Dawn, he questioned whether the news was true" Alvin said slowly.

"Then Alvin answered what?" ask Dusk.

"I didn't give any answer, I told him to ask Om Hery directly. It is not my right to answer all that Nja," replied Alvin while staring at Dusk.

"Yes, Brother Alvin is right, this concerns the family's good name." Dusk replied while exhaling his breath violently.

While they were still talking together, Ken's car suddenly came, and stopped in the courtyard of the house. Dusk breathed a sigh of relief as he stared at Ken's lips still carving a wide smile. Hopefully it is not a fake smile, hopefully there is a bright spot of this problem, thought Dusk at that time.

"Sir Alvin, Aya!" greet Ken as he stepped into the room, and then sat down to join them.

"How's Ken?" ask Dusk quickly.

"Om Hery agreed when I work together, our good name will not be tarnished again. I have a way to counter-attack" Ken said as he stared at Dusk, and Alvin alternately.

"How is it?" ask Alvin.

"Yes, we have to see a doctor, and then we will show the results to the public. We will also say, that Rashya is the son of Dawn. With Aya who is HIV negative, the public will doubt if Fajar has it, because the disease must be contagious. And as for Rashya, on her wedding day, I'll officially pin Antony's name on her. I marry you, of course I accept your son, the public will not be suspicious of it" Ken replied at length.

"Does Mama Rani agree with your plan, Ken?" ask Dusk. It seems impossible, if Bu Rani wants to acknowledge Rashya as her biological granddaughter, even if only pretending.

"Again or not, but this is the only way Aya, there is no other way to clear the name of Dawn, other than in this way. And again, if we manage to prove that the news is a lie, the person behind it will definitely come out on his own" Ken replied.

"You sure this is gonna work Ken?" ask Alvin.

"I'll make it, brother, not even here. I will make calculations with people who dare to harass my family, I will make it live in misery." Ken said very firmly. His hands seemed to clench tightly, and his breath was heard hunting, clearly visible if he was being overwhelmed with anger.

"I can only help you with Ken's prayer" Alvin said.

"It's okay, brother, that's more than enough. Brother Alvin just trust me, I won't let anyone touch Aya" Ken said firmly.

"I believe you" said Alvin, patting Ken on the shoulder.

"Now that I will take Aya to the hospital, sister, I will straighten out this matter immediately.

"Wait a minute, I'll get my bag first!" said Dusk as he moved from his seat, and stepped towards his room.

Not long after, Dusk returned to the living room, with a sling bag already hanging on his arm.

"Nin, I'm picking Rashya up, yes, I'll be gone for a while" said Dusk as he looked at Nina, while Rashya was sleeping.

"Yes, be careful."

"Yes, our sister goes first."

"Yes, careful!"

***

Next day.

The new hour hand shows at 07:00 a.m. But Ken, Dusk, and Mr. Hery, they've gathered in Antony's office. They were about to clarify the skewed news, which had circulated yesterday.

They sat in their seats, while in front of them, several journalists were gathered who were ready with a myriad of questions.

Ken deliberately invited many journalists, so that his clarification would soon be circulated, so his opponent would know, if he was not easy to drop.

"Good morning everyone," said Ken, beginning his conversation.

"Here I will clarify about the lying news that has been widespread. I will provide information related to the news yesterday, after that I give the opportunity to ask, if only someone feels less understanding," Ken said in a loud voice.

"Here I represent the Antony family, to my left is the Light of Dusk, my future wife, and to my right is Mr. Hery the representative of the Mahardika family.

I don't know who wrote the story, but it was a lie. I have accurate evidence, this is the result of a doctor's examination of Dusk. He is negative for HIV disease" said Ken at length, while showing a sheet of paper, which is the result of a doctor's examination of himself Dusk.

"There is also information about HIV AIDS. Patients with end-stage HIV AIDS, it is impossible to have offspring, without transmitting the disease. This examination I did in the largest hospital in Surabaya City, is there still anyone who doubts this result?" keep Ken straight.

Ken looked at the few reporters gathered before him, they seemed to whisper to each other. I don't know what they're discussing.

"If Fajar Mahardika is suffering from HIV AIDS, of course the Light of Dusk also infected with the virus. But in fact no, he is negative, from here it can be concluded, that Fajar really died of a weak heart, not HIV," said Ken.

"And for my relationship with the Light of Dusk. Keep in mind, we are friends since High School until college, and also until work. She is now alone, and has no partner, so is it wrong if I love her? No matter how he is, because I never look at people by their social status, I judge people by their personality" Ken said.

The reporters seemed to be talking to each other, then before long, there was one person who stepped forward, and asked them a question.

"Then how the response from Mr. Mahardika, not the relationship of the Mahardika family, and the Antony family was quite bad. Would you be sincere if your granddaughter lived with the Antony family?" ask the reporter.

"That's wrong, our family relationship is pretty good. Maybe we have been involved in business competition, but not necessarily make our relationship worse. Our relationship is good, even lately we are planning cooperation for the construction of a project" replied Hery with a smile.

"But according to the news that is circulating it's not like that sir."

"The news is not entirely true, as was the news yesterday, it is clearly a lie. But I don't know why it can be published just like that, sometimes for the sake of money, someone forgets the moral. For the sake of the rupiah coffers, they deliberately spread slander" replied Mr. Hery firmly.

After a long time answering questions asked by reporters, Ken now ends his clarification. Everything went according to his plan, no one was suspicious of the truth. They believe that Dawn and Dusk do not have HIV. They also believe that if he had been close to Dusk, and re-established a relationship after Fajar died, they would not suspect Rashya was his son.

"I think it's enough to just get here, because I've explained everything clearly. One thing to remember, if after this there are still those who say that Cahay Dusk is a HIV sufferer, I will not hesitate to take him into the realm of law. It is the same as defamation! I will definitely hold the answer to that!" ken said as he moved from his seat, the look in his eyes looked very sharp.

"After this the mastermind will surely come out, and I will make him live a life of unwilling death!" ken in his heart.

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