AVARICIOUS
Chapter 03. Remembering struggle

🍃🍃In the room. 🍃🍃

The barrel sits on the edge of the bed, both hands gently massaging the legs of Deni who is sitting straight. Laras continued to look at her husband who was leaning his body on the head of the bed.

“Mas.”

“Hem!” Sahut Deni, he opened his eyes slowly, “What is my wife?” ask Deni gently.

Barrel stopped his massage, he sat properly facing Deni. “Mas. Why should Rabbani continue the business Mas, why not Azzam?” ask Laras to Deni, why should the second child who must continue the business that he had long pioneered. The first child still exists.

Deni pulls Laras right hand, he gently caresses the back of Laras right hand, “My wife. Maybe you're confused by all the inheritance letters I gave our children. But do you not understand, our first child, Azzam, I have given land and also tea plantations that are quite wide and famous. Because I saw Azzam an expert in the field of plantations, only Azzam had to continue the business that I had made. The reason why I gave the tea plantation to Azzam, you must have listened to it. As for Rabbani, he I gave nothing but Villa in Bandung. About the antique collector business that I started, Rabbani only understands about antiques, and other step items. Rabbani is an expert in this field. I've tried to be fair, my wife. I hope you can understand my decision, I give because they are capable and experts in their respective fields.” Soft Deni sahut.

Laras sighed, the face he bowed down, “I think because since the birth of Azzam brought Mas business to be more advanced, then Azzam is suitable for Mas business. Yes, I believe in Mas.”'s decision

“Thanks.” Sahut Deni's. Deni's right hand patted the empty left bed, “Let's accompany me to sit down, wake your head on my shoulder, so that you and I can remember all our efforts that were struggling that year. I want to remember all the journeys of our lives during the household before the death to pick up 'ku.”

Without realizing it, Laras shed his tears, his heart felt sliced when he heard a greeting like a farewell to him. Laras wiped the rough tears, crawled to the bed and sat on the left side of her husband with her head awake on Deni's left shoulder.

Deni stroked the top of his wife's head. Deni began his story when he married Laras in 1998.

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🍃🍃Back to 1998.🍃🍃

Tuesday 7th july 1998. Laras and Deni had just married, their marriage had not been approved by the Laras family because of the status of a much different degree. Laras is a rich boy, while Deni is only an orphan/pyatu who has a gold business.

Because Laras loves Deni very much, and Laras is the only child of a prominent family in the city of “M”, and Laras is the only child of a puppet from a prominent family in the city of M, both of Laras' parents are forced to end their relationship because Laras threatens to kill himself if he is not married to Deni.

Almost a year Laras married Deni, they have not been blessed with a child, his business also deteriorated. Deni and Laras did not eat because they did not have money and rice deposits in the kitchen. It feels Laras wants to run over the lap of both his parents to beg for mercy and ask for a little money to both his parents which is more than enough that there is in the city of “M”. However, Laras had to hold him back so that both his parents would not underestimate Deni.

Sunday 12 September 1999. Both of Laras' parents came to visit the house of Laras and Deni which is only made of half stone and half wood. The arrival of both parents Laras only to give all their property to Laras, because both parents Laras could not see his son suffer.

With a big heart Laras refused the grant of both parents, Laras just want to ask for a little money just for a new business capital that will be pioneered Deni. Deni wants to become an antique collector, because in fact it is Deni's expertise. Just because it is constrained in money, Deni can only open a business selling/buying gold.

Over time, Deni's business began to be known to many upper circles. Many rich people began looking for Deni, just to buy his collection of antiques.

Ahead of Laras' first pregnancy in the mid-2000s, Deni was tricked by one of the businessmen who escaped some 1 M worth of antiques.

Desperation struck the hearts of Deni and Laras, who were pregnant with the first child, Azzam who had entered the 3rd month.

Like the bad luck that continues to fall on them, Laras was given news about his parents who had died in a car accident. It made Laras drop and almost had a miscarriage, in between bad events befall them, came a lawyer messenger of the late parents Laras.

One year has passed, Saturday, August 11, 2001. Born the first child of Laras and Deni, a handsome boy. Laras and Deni named their first child Azzam. The birth of Azzam was like bringing both of their luck. His hard-earned efforts at Deni stub suddenly developed rapidly, bringing his name to fame almost to Overseas.

Deni business is also growing longer until now, February 12, 2022.

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🍃🍃Back to 2022.🍃🍃

After regarding the journey and struggle of Deni and Laras. Deni gave a sweet kiss on his wife's forehead, a loving look he showed as he looked at the face of Laras who still looked younger than him.

“Do you not regret marrying me?”

Laras shook his head, tears of sadness mixed into one as he looked at Deni's face that looked old and weak. “Until this second I have never regretted hanging out and living with you, my husband.” Laras wrapped both hands in Deni's body, his face buried in the plane of the burly chest that began to wither, “It feels like I want to go with you, my husband. Somehow my fate if you are no longer beside me.”

Deni put his index finger on Laras's lips, “Do not say like that, we still have good children. Even though they are now grown and have their own lives, but they can still take the time to visit us. You will be happy with our amazing children.” Deni said, he gave a kiss once again on the forehead of Laras.

Laras laughed crisply in front of her husband, her hand pushing softly Deni's burly chest field, “Already, ah.”

“Loh, why does it look like if I keep kissing my wife's slippery forehead?”

“It's night, we'd better take a break.” Say Barrel pulling blanket.

“Good.” Sahut Deni lay down his body on the left side of Laras, Deni rotate the direction of his sleeping position, hugging Laras, “Good night my wife.” Deni said, the right hand pressing the room light switch to dim mode.

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🍃🍃In the living room. 🍃🍃

Seen a man wearing a jacket and hat sneaking runs in the dark of the living room, occasionally he looks back. Then his steps grew even faster when he saw the main door was already in sight. Secretly the man unlocked the door, and both of his legs quickly stepped out of the house.

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