Brother, I Love You
A Miracle

A woman accompanied by a man in her 50s walked with a guilty look across each tombstone at a cemetery not far from the village church in Wyoming. The hazel-eyed woman appeared to be carrying a tulip flower arrangement in her hand. Until he reached one of the navels, or perhaps two, the old man stopped staring at the two gravestones in front of him. Until without taste, the woman has poured her tears full of regret.

"I'm sorry, son." Said the man. Pause for a moment just to hug the woman next to him who can't speak anymore just because he looks at his daughter's headstone. "We should always be next to you first. Accompany every day, accompany yourself when you have your wedding."

"I'm sorry for us." The woman then said. Even though he had to force his voice to tremble from crying. "If we hadn't obeyed our ego. Maybe none of this will happen."

"We should be in heaven first, not you!" The man protested as if he was nagging his surviving son in front of him. "You shouldn't be angry and leave the house just because your father has been presumptuous to say that you are not my son. What kind of father am I?" His impressions roared in frustration. Guilt instantly grew more and more from within him making him involuntarily shed tears.

"As a child, isn't it your duty to guide your old father?" Said again. For a moment he laughed at himself. I grieve how stupid he is.

"I already know about you having one foster sister and one daughter from your marriage, son. Are you that angry with your father? Until you isolate yourself from us? You take it easy, they'll be our next responsibility." Racu the man for the umpteenth time.

"We want to make amends for you first Thomas. We want to take care of your foster sister and your daughter. After all we've heard how great the child you raised is. He's really become a figure like you." The woman alternated. Smiling knot felt his burden had lifted.

"We will take good care of them, for your sake. We want to make up for everything. And we promise, we won't treat them the same as you used to." Said the man with complete confidence. "We have to go to pick them up now."

And after that, the woman placed the tulip flowers she carried on the tombstone. Swiped it for a moment and then left.

Just a few steps away, a man in black clothes bowed to the two. Reporting something to make the jaw of a woman who still looks beautiful in her old age is hardened. Clenched his fingers until they rattled. The man in the suit gulped with his hard-earned saliva with perfectly rounded eyes staring at the woman's fist. Even the cold sweat had now run down from his temple afraid in case of a bogem of the woman. Her husband even stared at his wife's horror.

"I'll chop that woman up!!" The woman's wrath began to stir up emotions.

Joanna and Hans, they soon departed from the tomb of their son and daughter-in-law and returned to the city of Washington. Hans glanced at Yoana timidly. For a long time she had not seen such an angry Yoana at this moment.

They had not expected when they intended to visit the tomb of his son and son-in-law, something they never expected would happen to his grandson as well as his son's adoptive sister, and the matter of the two of them became even more complicated.

Joanna is angry when she hears that Bella and Alfred are forcibly separated by Bella's family from her mother. Joanna did not understand, how could the Adelina family do such a thing? Did his son marry Adelina by elopement? That could be.

From the news he received, the Bella family did not like Alfred's unclear origin. Even Adelina's family did not accept her daughter's marriage to Thomas because Thomas came from a family that is also unclear. At that time even Thomas did not use his origins from his family and chose to bring his profile known by Adelina.

In retrospect, Adelina obviously did not think about the origin of a person if she loved a man. Even he dared to take the decision to marry his son without the blessing of his family. Let go of his noble titles and become an ordinary person.

Perhaps, the problem is Adelina's family who too see someone of his degree.

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Alfred only sighed a few times in his study. He has no passion for teaching. Laura, one of the teachers who liked her was held every time she tried to tease her. The disciples who usually greeted and tried to seduce him alone had to keep their distance for fear of the dark aura that at all times emanated from the tall man's body.

"Yoo, Alfred!! You look so weak today." Greet a round-eyed, thick-browed man to Alfred.

"Huh??" Alfred answered only with a mutter.

"I think you need a vacation to get your youthful spirit back again." Knock on that guy again. Her clothes were even very eccentric than most other normal people.

Alfred could only look at the sports teacher who was always bothering him at all times just because he wanted to duel with him with my eyes. Haifa.. If only the mood was good now, he would have beaten the teacher in front of him for a long time because he was bored.

"Sorry Jack. You can invite me to a duel anytime." Resist.

"Huh?!" Jack looked at Alfred. "You got a problem?" He asked later, when he saw Alfred's gloomy face.

Alfred sighed for a moment and left Jack without any intention of answering. This made Jack even more confused.

"Sorry, can I interrupt your time for a moment?" Asked a man in a black suit to Helena.

Helena turned around to frown. Think for a moment to remember the man in front of her who she felt she had never seen or met before.

"You don't know me, Miss. Can I talk to you for a minute? There's something I want to ask you." The man repeated.

With hesitation, Helena finally agreed to the request of the man in front of her. Walk towards the bench not far from the school yard just under the willow tree.

"Look, do you know anything about Alfred Arshavin Frederick, the younger brother of Thomas Aberald?" Ask the guy to the point.

Helena frowned for a moment. "If Alfred Arshavin Frederick was I knew him. But I don't understand her family." Answer Helena as she is. "What business do you have looking for him?"

"important business. Can you get me to Frederick's lord?" The man's heart.

Helena squinted her eyes suspiciously. Does he have to tell Alfred about this?

"I understand if you don't trust me, Miss. But you ask him, does he know Thomas Aberald? If so, he's the one I'm looking for. There's someone who wants to see him about Thomas Aberald." Obviously the man is back. When she saw Helena looking at her suspiciously.

Helena thought for a moment. Maybe it's true that this is very important. Not far from where he was sitting, Alfred came out of his office with a face not as excited as usual.

"Then, please wait a minute." The man nodded. Helena went to the man. He told them all, explaining that someone was looking for him. The man could only notice the expression of Alfred who looked surprised and also turned his head towards him. Before thinking for a while and decided to approach the man in black with a serious face.

"I'm Alfred Frederick you're looking for. What do you need to find me?" Said Alfred without a stale base.

The man did not answer. Just smiling looking satisfied looking at Alfred. And that made Alfred look at him a little suspiciously.

"Ah, a minute." The man then pulled out his phone. Press a few digits of the number before dialing it.

"I've found Mr. Frederick we're looking for, sir." Alfred frowned curiously at who was in contact with the man before him. Even Helena was already anxious. Afraid that Alfred was involved in a criminal case or accused of something like that.

"Ah, good sir. I'll try to persuade him to meet you." And after the connection was cut off, the man smiled back.

"Look, can you come with me to see my boss? He wanted to ask me something about Mr. Thomas Aberald that I heard he was your foster brother in Wyoming. How's it?" The man explained in detail. Alfred hesitated, but if this was about his foster brother, wouldn't it be very important?

The man in front of Alfred smiled understandably, then took out a business card and presented it to Alfred before the man received a business card with a black gold background.

Alfred frowned when he saw the business card, "This is it.." the man vaguely recalled the business card he had received. In a hurry Alfred took his wallet and checked something there.

Pulling out the few business cards he had before his eyes were stunned. He saw the same business card that the man gave him.

"You may have met my master before. Mr. Hans Aberald, he's the father of young master Thomas Aberald, your adoptive brother." explains the man in black.

And without a second thought, Alfred finally agreed to the man's intentions. This also concerns her foster sister. Who knows if this has anything to do with Bella. And there's probably going to be a chance to be with Bella back.

"Can I come, Al?" Helena asked in an anxious voice.

"You stay here. Please get me a license for today." Alfred refused.

With a heavy heart the woman could only nod in agreement. "I'll be fine." Imbuh Alfred tried to calm down.

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This is where Alfred is now. In an Italian cafe and restaurant. He was dealing with two people who were very foreign to him. Maybe one of them. A man who had started graying who he guessed was over 50 years old, and a woman who still looked young in her 30s were about the same as him.

"You're Alfred Frederick?" Ask the woman.

"Right Madam, it's me." Alfred answered briefly. The woman smiling knots was also satisfied simultaneously.

And the man beside him just looked at Alfred fixedly, smiling knots. The woman cleared her throat for a while and then returned to voice. "I'll introduce us first. I'm Yoana Marquise. And next to me is Hans Aberald, my husband. We're the biological parents of Thomas Aberald."

"You remember me, right? We've met even if only for a moment." added Hans.

Alfred gasped and looked at the two people in front of him in disbelief. Especially the woman who had just introduced herself as the Yoana Marquise. How could the young woman already have a child like Thomas who might be 40 years old now? Impossible as he thinks.

"Don't think about my real age, Alfred. I'm over 50 years old. Maybe I could say 60 years." The woman chuckled softly. More to himself.

Alfred even nearly choked on his own saliva hearing the reality. He was a little embarrassed to be caught judging the appearance of the woman.

"Maybe you're wondering why we've only come after all these years. Yep.. Since our 17-year-old Thomas, he's been out of our lives. Change his surname and isolate himself so we can't find his whereabouts." Joanna begins the story of her dark days. "We used to expect a lot of him to be able to continue the family business that has been hereditary. But Thomas chose to leave us and continue his life as one in his dreams. A musician. Thomas moved to Wyoming without a trace and chose to become a teacher. At least that's what we know now." Its effects.

"Lantas, what made you ask me to meet you?" Alfred asked to know.

Joanna also looked at each other before deciding Hans' turn to explain their intentions and goals.

"We can never know the news of Thomas even though the times have been sophisticated. We heard that Thomas had long since died when Bella was thirteen. And I went back to find out about your whereabouts through my messengers and asked them to investigate. And from the results of their report, you are our son's adopted sister. Who took care of the whole funeral Thomas and his wife alone when they died." Pause for a moment. Hans took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. "Listening to that, we want to make amends to our son by elevating you as a child. And besides, we also want to take care of our only granddaughter. How's it?"

Alfred nodded and looked down deeply. He should be happy. But..

Yoana was observant enough to be able to read the look on Alfred's face at this time which suddenly became excited. "I've heard everything. Bella Aberald, daughter of my son and wife Adelina Lee. Right, so?" Joanna looked at Alfred.

The man just nodded without being able to make a sound. "Please forgive me, ma'am. Actually.."

"I also know about Bella's current condition, Alfred." Cut Hans off eventually. Staring fixedly at the man who was now looking up at the surprised old man.

"Yes, I heard you loved my granddaughter and got her pregnant, didn't I?"

Dhegs!!

Hans's question is more about the statement than it is about the question. It felt like this very second the earth split and swallowed him alive, because it was too embarrassed. Hans suddenly laughed out loud, causing Alfred to stare at the old man in confusion. While Yoana sighed heavily feeling embarrassed.

"No need to worry, Alfred. We respect your relationship. And as much as possible we'll help you take back Bella." Yoana finally said.

I don't know how he should behave now. What is clear is that his prayer has now been fulfilled. The magic is really there now. Bella will come back to him. And again, there's someone who's sanctioning the relationship. Stronger who can fight Anita's family. Can you tell, he's a little selfish?

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Since Bella's engagement to Edward, now Aleysia can even always be close to Brandon. Not even hesitant Brandon drove the woman anywhere considering she also can not drive a car. Ashley herself chose to continue her studies at the same university campus as Edward, taking her S2.

And for Edward now it's more free to see Bella. As of now the man was in the blonde woman's room. Accompany Bella sitting on the balcony.

"Are you going out?" Fresh Edward suddenly, he stared at Bella flatly. Bella was never allowed out for nearly a month. Just because Anita was afraid that Bella would see Alfred again.

Bella just glanced at Edward. There was no intention to answer the young man with the emo hairstyle. Even after a few days of their engagement, Bella immediately took off her engagement ring with Edward and replaced it with Alfred's gift ring again.

"Are you sure you can persuade Aunt Anita? I don't think so." Bella said with a look of disdain.

For a moment, Edward just stared at Bella. "I'm"

Tok Tok Tok...

Bella and Edward glanced at the person who had entered his room through his shoulder. Chal saw him? Tumbens. Inner Bella grunts.

"Bella, you don't want to go out looking for fresh air?" Chal asked suddenly.

"No." Bella replied briefly but firmly.

"The weather is very bright for your content. I think it's not good every day that you lock yourself in your room."

"Hmmm!" Bella's kekeh increasingly scorned cynics. "I don't need your mercy, uncle."

Chal flinched for a moment. Didn't expect that his nephew would give him a crushing blow.

"As long as I'm here, forever I won't feel better despite hundreds of times entertaining myself outside this prison, uncle." Tukas Bella again.

"Unclearance. Come out. Meet your lover. Don't you miss the father of the fetus you're carrying?" Bella frowned for a moment before turning her head slowly to look at Chal asking for an explanation. Chal smiled faintly and nodded once. "Didn't uncle never forbid you to be with Frederick? Uncle was silent because uncle did not want to argue with your aunt who did not like the man from the beginning. More so Ashley." Obviously Chal, imbue.

"What does that mean" Bella said hanging staring at Chal, as well as Edward who flicked his shoulders indifferently and then looked unwilling to know.

"Go with Edward. Meet her. And... A message from uncle. Don't let you guys see Ashley."

"But what about her?"

"Just calm your mind. Don't think too much. About auntie, let uncle Chal handle it." Sela Chal again. The middle-aged man approached Bella while scrambling her blonde mane full of affection. "Uncle is very sure, Thomas and Adelina must have blessed your relationship."

Bella doesn't even know what else to say. He could only open his mouth with an eye patch that almost shed tears. Bella was shocked by the statement from her aunt's husband that she had never even expected to defend her.

"But why didn't uncle approve of our previous relationship?" Ask Bella again, wondering.

Chal just smiled knot. To be honest, he could even smile like this when he first met Thomas Bella's father. Old friend. They married Adelina and Anita at about the same time. His closeness to Thomas allows him to get out of the way of his family's strict rules, making himself a man of joy.

"Ask Edward later. Never mind. Y'all have fun. And you're Edward, I ask you to take good care of Bella and her young fetus. Because it would be very risky for her pregnancy at a young age. And don't let him get too tired." Chal said giving long advice to both of them.

"I understand." Edward's voice was short and clear.

Bella herself was shocked when Edward was also involved in this. He was actually made curious by the two men who had very similar faces.

It's true Anita is not at Villa at the moment. It makes Edward and Bella easier to get out. Not even the guards dared to prevent when Chal himself who drove the departure of Edward's blue Lamborghini car.

Bella was still staring straight ahead busy with thoughts and questions raging in her mind. Making Edward glance at Bella at a glance before returning to focus on the road.

"Is there anything you want to ask?" Edward's chirps tried to melt the slightly quiet atmosphere between them.

"Yes.. Edward. What does Uncle Chal mean I should ask you? What connection?" Bella throws her lips thinking.

"All I know is that your uncle never had any intention of opposing your relationship with Alfred in the first place." Bella turns her head funny looking at Edward with bulging cheeks then frowns her mouth trying to think hard. "Because Chal's uncle was your father's best friend in their college days." Edward finally.

Bella stared intently at Edward. Hoping he found a single point of lies from Edward's expressionless face right now. But whatever the power, Edward's face is difficult to guess by him.

"Where can you say such a thing?"

"Chal, right? I mean your own uncle." Edward replied lightly without burden. The woman rolled her eyes lazily while snorting.

"Huh-ah... What exactly are you planning for me, Edward?! Why can't I know?" Bella started to get angry. But Edward only glanced at the blonde woman through the tail of his eyes. Meaningful grinning.

"For you to be free to come out easily with me." Edward's as is.

Shortly after being on his way, Edward stopped his car near the park. He got out of the car as he turned towards the side car door opening the door for Bella. They walked to the park. Choose to sit on a bench around which there is a maple tree.

Bella breathed a long sigh while throwing her buttocks on the park bench. Circulating his gaze to the expanse of the garden atmosphere in front of him. Edward followed, looking straight.

"Had time turned back, I wanted my parents to be alive, Edward." the man turned to look at Bella intensely. Bella is still looking straight ahead. A little bitter smile when he realized the fact that he only lived alone with a lover who had been considered as an older brother. "Perhaps if they were aliveI wouldn't feel this heavy." Further.

Edward was still flinching. When Bella turned her head to look at him, she looked straight ahead without returning Bella's intense gaze. It hurts her too much.

"Edward?!" Bella called the man.

Edward turned his head to look at Bella, making their eyes meet each other so intensely.

"Thank you." Edward suddenly raised his eyebrows feeling confused.

"For?" Edward asked.

"Everything." Bella paused her words just to sigh. He lowered his gaze before turning his eyes forward. "You always help me when I need help. Replaced my brother as an older brother when he was not next to me. I'm glad to know you and be your best friend, Edward. If only I could have been out since the beginning"

"Enough Bell!! Don't go on." Cut Edward fast. Bella slapped her face to stare at Edward without life with a twitch on her forehead. "That's it, you don't have to talk about any of that." Added.

Silent.

"Oh..? Emb.. O-ok." Lirih Bella stammered.  Instantly the man let out a tired sigh, circulating his gaze in all directions with narrowed eyes.

'Huh-ah.. You stupid girl!' Inner Edward miris.

"You want to meet your sister, right?" Edward tried to divert the conversation.

Bella turned to look at Edward quickly. Looking at his best friend was so close. Edward flicked his chin forward asking for an answer and Bella only replied with a few funny winks and a gaping mouth.

"We can go back to my house and you can meet him at your old residence." Edward added. Makes both Bella's eyes sparkle brightly. Even now it has been glazed.

"certain. I want to." Timpal Bella smiled excitedly. Nodding quickly a few times before he got out of the garden chair.

Next, Edward and Bella darted straight to the A prefecture of Washington city. Where are Edward and Bella's house.

Bella runs out of Edward's car after the two arrive. With a happy smile on the corner of the blonde's lips, she knocked on the door with Alfred. Hoping that her brother had been at home given the watch in his hand had shown the time of the end of his job. Unfortunately, the duplicate key of the house he had before was seized by Anita when she was in the room.

But at the knocking of the other time, the sweet smile on her lips slowly faded away with anxiety. For a moment the woman turned to look at Edward softly and in reply with a look also flat face belonging to his best friend.

DAG!! DAK!! DAG!!

This time Bella did not knock on the door of her residence slowly. He knocked it hard and hard. Alfred did not go out.

"Sister!!! It's Bella! What's the big brother inside?!" His screams came back banging hard. "Please open the door, brother! Don't make Bella anxious!"

"You didn't bring the duplicate key?" Edward asked in wonder. Bella simply shook her head without looking at the man with still pounding on the door.

Even now his eyes have been glazed. Why didn't her brother respond to her as well? Until the dam defense in his eye pelup it finally broke and clear liquid liquid came out profusely.

"Hiks.. Hicks.." The crying started to escape his lips. Made Edward widen his anxious eyes.

"Hey, stupid girl! Why are you crying?" Edward's cry approached Bella. Checking the condition of the woman who was already a mess in tears. Even now Bella's knock on the door is starting to weaken.

"Sister. Where are you?" Racau the blonde in between his sobs.

Not far from Alfred's residence, Gavyn who had just returned home with Helena seemed surprised to see Bella who roared and cried with sobs of grief. Soon both of them accelerated their steps to approach the blonde who was already as excited.

"Bella m?" As fast as lightning Bella turned to the source of the voice. Seeing Helena and Gavyn approaching him, he immediately walked quickly closer to the two.

"Miss Helena, have you seen my brother Alfred? I've knocked on the door a few times but no one's telling." Bella serocos at length."He should have gone home, right?"

Helena frowning. 'Is Alfred still not done with his business? Is she okay?'

"Tell me you know something about my sister, Miss Helena." Helena just snapped a step back.

"All I know is she's gone with a man in a black suit and e"

"What's? Whose man is that?!" Cut Bella yells increasingly worried. That guy wasn't his aunt's man, was he?

Bella smothered her mouth. Was her brother brought by her aunt's man? But what's wrong? Was it Alfred's fault that his aunt Anita told people to take his sister? His feelings are starting to get worse now. Even Edward's words telling him to calm down were not heard by him.

'Oh my God! I beg. Please protect Alfred. For the sake of our son.'

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After Joanna and Hans explained at length to Alfred, the man finally obeyed the wishes of Joanna who asked him to stay at the parents' residence.

When he entered into Hans's palace-like mansion, he could only shut up with disbelief. He had no idea that his humble and simple-looking adoptive brother had come from a German noble family. Alfred was even surprised to hear the story that Thomas refused to be the rightful heir of the Aberald family simply because a dream was not necessarily realized.

Although Thomas's dream of becoming a musician ran aground, Alfred was quite amazed by Thomas's decision to become a teacher at the time they met. The man never looked sad because of his usual circumstances. In fact, when you see how Thomas' parents are so rich, shouldn't Thomas be grateful and remain beside his family?

Perhaps, his responsibility was too great to be the rightful heir to the Aberald family business. Thomas decides to run away to find his own purpose in life.

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To be continue...