Become Him
Calvin's Fretfulness

Calvin is the one who finally drives Rachel and Brandon home. He controls the car quite calmly even though his feelings are not bad. During the trip he often turned to look at Rachel who was sitting behind while daydreaming while on his thigh there was Bradon who he lay as he rubbed the tops of his head.

Rachel was still looking out the window, her eyes were still wet and red even though she wiped the tears several times. The occasional traffic was smooth and a few times faltered like a separate entertainment for Rachel almost desperate with what she experienced a while ago.

The misunderstanding with Martha became the most frightening thing he currently faced other than Brandon's condition which made him unsettled. This little boy still had a fever even though the temperature was not as high as before. She told Ivana and her sister that she would be home soon.

Then what would happen if then Nata also went home and got a no-no report from Martha? Will her husband trust her or take Martha's side?

In his place, Calvin still looked at Rachel anxiously. The rearview mirror becomes the only tool for him to pay attention to women who sit pensive in the back seat. She did not expect Rachel to receive inappropriate treatment from her mother-in-law.

Calvin's hand re-reacts to gripping his steering wheel as he recalls how Rachel's mother-in-law insulted and demeaned Rachel without hesitation in the presence of Rachel's teachers. The old woman did not realize that her behavior had become a byword and the spectacle material of the teachers who peeked out of the classroom window.

Rachel's desire to create a campaign of rejection of violence and harassment in women was a form of personal experience that made her must be very frightened. He sees with his own eyes how Martha violates Rachel not only physically but also psychically and verbally.

Wait, is he the one who suffered the abuse?

The deg!

Calvin's heart was pounding ever more. His mind grew ever more alert thinking about the possibility that was happening to Rachel. Did the woman really get the abuse? Who did? Why does her feeling increasingly unsettled if it turns out that her estimation is correct?

Calvin thought more and more about this woman. It is true that beautiful flowers are always surrounded by many thorns so that not everyone dares to touch them or expect them. And the thorns in Rachel's life are a round of never-ending problems.

“Rachel,” call Calvin with anxiety.

“Ya.” Rachel's short heart while wiping her tears that never stop dripping.

Calvin clenched his grip on the steering wheel as he looked at Rachel who was trying to calm down and smiled crazily at him.

“Sorry brother, in front there later brother turn to the right, so as not to get stuck again.” Said Rachel trying to look ordinary. Maybe the woman thought Calvin didn't see the tears still on his cheeks.

“Did he often do this to you?” calvin asked with great preparation, to hear Rachel's reply.

“Housing the earliest yes sis, enter from the main door aja.” Rachel prefers to switch the conversation and not answer Nata's questions.

“Rachel please, my feelings are not out of whack. Please just answer every question this time.” Pinta Calvin pleaded.

The more Rachel tried to cover up her problem, the more convinced she was that this woman's problem was big enough. Is it possible that Ruby's story about Rachel's happiness after marriage is just a figment?

“Do your family know about this problem?” asked Calvin in curiosity.

Hearing that question, Rachel straightened her body.

“Don't say anything to my family. Brother has no right to it.” Just this time Rachel chimed in on the question properly.

Calvin looked at Rachel's facial expression from his rearview mirror, extremely tense and panicked. He believes that Ruby does not know the problems faced by her sister.

“Then, answer my question before I decide to invite Ruby to investigate your life after marriage.”

“No. I cannot threaten a weak and helpless woman. I only care about you as my best friend's sister. So, care a little about yourself.” Calvin's words were a lie except the last sentence that asked Rachel to care about herself.

Rachel breathed her rough breath.it seemed like she could not easily deal with Calvin.

“When I meet your husband, I can work together by not saying anything about us. But, if you don't open up to me, I'll tell you that we have something and I'm after you. I'm waiting for you to separate from your husband.” Threaten Calvin, out of nowhere.

“KAK!” rachel did not accept it.

“Then, answer my question honestly, do not hide anything so that I choose the first option.” Firm Calvin.

There was no mistress from Rachel other than the woman turning her face away and rubbing the tearful mouth that came back to drip.

“Sorry Rachel, I have to force you like this.” Calvin's mind with a lot of guilt.

“Did your in-laws often resort to violence like this against you?” Calvin asked the first question.

Rachel's lips didn't answer but her wet eyes and the gentle rubbing of her hands on Brandon's forehead, were already the obvious answer for Calvin.

Right no, Rachel often accepts this violence.

“Your husband knows, if his mother is often rude to you?” again he asked.

Rachel did not answer either, she just bit her finger to dampen her cries. And Rachel's implied answer made Calvin gripped his steering force.

“Didn't he defend you?” calvin's question sounded low but made Rachel's fur crumble.

“Of course he defended me.” Rachel Timpal.

“What defense did he do? Is it just the words of trash that seem to defend you reward only the effort of formality for the sake of not looking weak in front of you? If he defends you, why is your in-laws still treating you unfairly?”

“What is his defense so lousy?”

“Stop judging my husband! Brother has no right to it.” Rachel answered quickly.

“But Rachel,”

“Stop! Brother only knows me as sister Ruby please don't go too far let alone judge my husband for no reason. If you feel that your brother is a brother, yes please but don't think that my husband is worse.”

“Silver may have the perfect family but that's no reason for brother to mock my family's condition. So please stop saying unnecessary things.” Rachel sternly filled with frustration.

Calvin could see Rachel's trembling hands while closing Brandon's ears maybe he didn't want Brandon to hear his argument with Calvin.

In the end, Calvin was silent. Even in her mind, she was thinking of a way to save Rachel from this bad situation. She understood very well that Rachel's resistance was her attempt not to demean her husband.

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