
"London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, my fair lady."
Rose's melodious voice filled the basement where she was hiding. But different from yesterday, today Rose was forced to let Abirama sit on her carpet, playing around while babbling unclear.
That's why Rose sings, because Rose doesn't like children's voices.
Maybe to amuse himself. Sing a song of sleep that his mother used to sing when they were together.
"Sister Roce had a good voice" Abirama said after a long time hearing Rose humming. "Sister, sing Twinkle too!"
Rose instantly stopped humming, staring at Abirama unhappily. "I don't know what you're talking about but don't talk to me, you stupid boy."
Since Rose only speaks formal English, a strong British accent, Abirama understands. The boy tilted his face puzzled, before suddenly Abhimanyu's hand landed on the top of his head.
The man rubbed Abirama's head.
"Twinkle Twinkle is hard to sing, Rose is going to have a hard time singing."
Of course it's a lie. Abhimanyu just want to entertain his son because it is also useless he talks to humans like Rose.
Rose was just talking to Abhimanyu talking to his son in a language he didn't understand. The woman snorted, humming again.
But the senand was once again trimmed, this time by the sound of quick footsteps.
"Abuoyu!" Olivia ran in a hurry, carrying a crumpled-looking map.
"Why?" Abhimanyu was immediately on guard. Don't tell me this place was ambushed too?
"Gue don't know what you want to know, but I brought it." Olivia handed the map in her hand.
Abhimanyu immediately opened the map and had not read it, only at a glance he saw a photo of someone there, Abhimanyu held his breath.
"Dians ...."
"Hm." Olivia nodded. "News about lo Sama Dian has not been together certainly until the hands of the Anti-Mahardika faction as well, but they still go there. Well, maybe you could say good news because at least he was just shot dead, not to be mutilated."
Abhimanyu tightened his jaw, inevitably turning to Abirama. The boy, if he grows up, will probably blame Abhimanyu for his mother's death.
"As for my family, there's nothing, right?"
Abhimanyu put all the people he could and Banyu would also try to keep them, but in case anything happened, Abhimanyu remained afraid.
"A special group was rushed to your house to make Rara nyari with Juwita, but the children have so far managed to take care of them."
"Show me." Rose knew that she was standing next to Abhimanyu, taking the map to see the contents. "For God's sake, you ran here just to bring this garbage news?"
Abhimanyu looked at him. "Billions of the enemy's movements, they know for sure we are weak now. If diibiarin gini continues, not long ago one world will ngangep our organization has been completely destroyed."
"Not useful." Rose threw away the map and looked at him hatefully.
Of course his hatred was not directed at the map containing information of Dian's death, but at the situation Abhimanyu spoke of.
The girl took a breath. His face looked pale again, making Abhimanyu afraid that he would get sick again in this already too chaotic situation.
But ....
"Curtain, what can be done. I'm a sick man but you fit healthy guys are useless." Rose turned. "Open the strategy table. Anyhow the commotion should stop tomorrow."
Abhimanyu and Olivia were shocked. They think Rose will need a long time to recover. He is devastated by the death of his beloved uncle and coupled with the cruel death of his mother.
But maybe that's why he was chosen as Mahesa's heir.
If Rose could really stop the commotion ... Rara and Juwita will be fine.
*
"YESY!"
The sound of hysterical cries in the hiding room was again heard after a huge explosion occurred on the surface. Juwita, Rara and Nayla try to hug the children who are already crying in fear.
Their lips did not stop muttering prayers hoping for the commotion to stop quickly, but the night felt so long and seemed to have no end.
Rara no longer knows what the conditions are out there, but if you hear an explosion of this size, to the extent that the ground shakes, it means the world is not okay.
The crying in that place grew louder. Rara shivered even more intensely, fearing that it would be great if the people Juwita mentioned had come and found them.
No. gabe. Rara doesn't want anything to happen to her family.
He won't let it.
"Nayla, Lila, Nia." Rara handed Milo and Boba who had hugged her tight. "You guys hold on. I'm gonna go out for a second."
"What?!"
"Rome!" Juwita was already unable to handle her panic. It was obvious that she was actually scared and worried, at what Rara was thinking. "Don't macem-macem! There's Papa upstairs!"
"No way, Mom. They're like this because of me, right? Because I'm Abi's wife." Rara ran to the door, trying hard to pull it open. "When I go there, Mom and the others won't do anything."
"Rome!"
Juwita is too busy holding the kids to stop Rara. Despite only being desperate and frightened, Rara took her feet away.
Now he understood why Abhimanyu kept saying that he had to protect Rara. If Rara is now on Abhimanyu's side, maybe something worse could happen.
But ... but Rara also could not let Juwita, let alone her sisters experience this kind of terror. If Rara goes there then all—
"London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down. My fair lady."
Rara just stopped. His ears caught the sound of calm footsteps, then a soft chant that somehow gave off a hint of calmness even though the frightening voices above were still heard.
Taps.
Taps.
Taps.
The footsteps continued to sound until the figure of Rose appeared with Olivia and Abirama.
"Kalian—"
"Build it up with iron bars, iron bars. Build it up with iron bars, my fair lady."
Rose continued to hum even until she passed Rara.
"Iron bars will bend and break, bend and break, bend and break. Iron bars will bend and break, my fair lady."
Olivia who stopped in front of Rara, looked at her with a flat expression.
"Where are you going?"
".... Go upstairs." Rara answered sure though honestly she was not. "Gue can't just be here waiting for them to enter—"
"Keep, if you're upstairs, what do you want? Want to say 'gue wife Abhimanyu, who you are looking for, if you want to torture me mending aja'. Is that? Do you think life can be that simple?"
Rara's stunned.
"Rara, I used to love you but .. you're just like Sakura yah. Both are stupid."
Olivia snatched Rara's arm, dragging her forcibly to come back in.
"Here, Rasain is well how risky you can make in Abhimanyu's life. It's good he wants to let you go. It's good he wants to be free, but you use love to survive. Now here, rasain, horrified, look at everything."
"...."
"And maybe it's good you now think: if you used to sign divorce papers."
Olivia had stopped even though the ground was shaking violently as if an earthquake had occurred. The woman looked back, looking at Rara.
"You know, you haven't messed up, let me tell you something." Olivia approached to whisper, "Bokap nyokap lo ... no."
The sound of a huge explosion suddenly rang out, shaking anyone's heart back then, yet Rose there continued to hum along with this chaos and filling the sudden silence in Rara's head.
*