A Sugar Baby
Panicked
"Brother, marry Dian. You slept too, rather than getting pregnant. Mami mah business, you do not need a guardian. Also, I think I agree with him. It's complicated, mami."
Daniel told Richard. The three of them along with Ellio are seen in one car, with Daniel driving. They had just made a collaboration with a client, for one of the ventures they were building together.
"Gue was worried too" Richard said.
"I think she'll get pregnant this time. You see he's fertile again he said." continued the man.
"Yes married, not good with Leah. He talked to me yesterday. He said dad if it goes on, it's not good for Leo. How if until Leo heard elo again so same Dian at home, where you both have not married. Good thing Leo still likes to go back to the boarding house that I love. And anyway he said, if you don't change, you can later have children out of wedlock again."
"Lea, how about that?" ask Richard.
While Ellio continued to listen to the conversation of his two best friends from the middle seat.
"Yes, that's why I'm telling you to Elo. Let you think too. Even though Leah was married and knew so. But still he feels bad, his father sleeps without marriage. Yes, even if it's an individual right, would sin like it's your business. It's none of my business, Lea, nor anyone else's. It just doesn't feel good about your child. He wants to live in a household. Some you take care of, and there are also care of lo."
Richard was silent, there was always doubt in the man.
"Bro, Cassandra doesn't exist. A dozen years ago you lost him. When do you want to be alone and doubt?"
Daniel scratched the old wound that they had buried deep. Both Daniel and Ellio have promised never to mention Cassandra again in front of Richard, no matter what.
But today Daniel really wants Richard to realize all that. Cassandra was Richard's first love, even long before he did a one night stand with Lea's mother.
"And we promised." Ellio reminded.
"He died in the plane crash. His name is on the passenger manifest list. He's not there, what are you waiting for?"
"And, stop. Please!"
Ellio slightly snapped at Daniel, while Richard slowly froze.
"Richard must be sober, El. I want to see when he's like this. It's been a dozen years, you don't pity what is he?. When is he gonna be like this?"
"Gue knows, but it's not that easy for Richard to take Cassandra."
"How many girls did he sleep with?. His heart died for Cassandra. Until when we'll let all that go. He doesn't have to forget Cassandra, he can love her all his life, but he has to realize Cassandra's gone. What he's waiting for his return doesn't exist."
"Enough!"
This time Richard yelled, making the whole car suddenly quiet.
"Stop!" sama later.
Daniel's still driving.
"Stop And...!"
Daniel had no choice but to stop his vehicle on the shoulder of the road. Richard then walked out and stepped onto the bridge. It just so happened that they stopped at a bridge.
"Elu anyway."
Ellio is upset with Daniel and gets out of the car. While Daniel now took a breath and tried to calm his own heart. Honestly he regretted bringing this up after so long, but he had to do it.
Because in Richard's heart always waiting for the return of Cassandra. This is what makes him become often wishy-washy. Sometimes promising to marry Dian, sometimes looks serious but sometimes he hesitates himself for it
There was never any certainty and firmness in Richard, because there was an old wound that he kept and kept denying until this moment.
"Aarrrggghh."
Richard shouted out there, leaving Daniel shocked at once devastated. But he can't do anything. The man looked over with his position still in the car. Ellio looked at Richard with a very sad heart.
"Aarrrggghh."
Richard's tears were flowing. Rejecting a big thing for years, made the wounds he kept bigger and deeper.
Cassandra promises to meet with Richard and Richard has prepared an engagement ring for the woman. But the plane he was traveling from abroad experienced an incident of Engine death.
According to the agency's report, the plane also experienced several things that made it fatal. Until it falls in a water in a state of melting. Of course, no one survived, not least Cassandra herself.
"Dert."
Daniel's phone rang, there was a call from Lea there.
"Yes Le."
"Mas, it's Iqbal."
Daniel's surprised.
"Why is Iqbal?" ask Daniel then.
"Lea was in the hospital, and her stomach hurt."
"What?"
Millions of panic attacks on Daniel. He then asked which hospital Lea was in and Iqbal said so.
"Ok, please don't go anywhere first. Mas on the way there, Lea's tipped."
"Yes, um."
"Daniel got out of the car and shouted.
"Bro, Lea's in the hospital now. I think he's contracting."
Richard turned his head while wiping away his tears, and so did Ellio. In an instant Richard had already replaced Daniel at the helm.
Because Richard has a better ability in terms of speed. Daniel moved to the left side with mixed feelings. Ellio remained in the middle.
***
Arriving at the hospital, it was not difficult to find Iqbal. The young man was waiting near the emergency room.
"Where's lea?" daniel panicked.
"In the mas, come on!"
They all followed Iqbal and a doctor approached and explained Lea's condition. Daniel breathed a sigh of relief, when the doctor declared that Lea had only a slight disturbance.
"Lea."
Daniel finally went into the room where Lea was taken care of. There are Adisty, Ariana, Vita, Rama and Dani. When Daniel came in, they came out.
"Dear you're okay, right?" Daniel hugged Leah tightly.
"Yes, the doctor said it was okay. Just panicked, so I went to the hospital."
Daniel breathed many times.
"I thought you were giving birth. I'm freaking out."
"I also thought so, but the doctor said it was still a long time. Still maternity shootnya not yet, the time was born. There are no memories dong." said Lea.
"You're the soybean for sure. Tomorrow you don't have to go to college first." said Daniel.
"Yes, um."
Daniel hugged Leah again and rubbed his stomach. Shortly after Richard and Ellio entered, they both asked Lea for news.