EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 117's

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Seeing the arrival of this man, everyone introduced themselves to each other and sat down in their respective seats. Sonia who was sitting on my left side looked very happy, since she did not stop to smile.

“It's great to be able to eat with a lot of people at the dining table. Usually it's just me and Sonia at home.” Mr. Evan rubbed the top of Soni's head sitting next to him.

“Yaa, today we also have our first meal together like this.” Lifer. Then next we started spooning the dishes on the table onto each plate and started eating them.

“It seems I rarely heard that Bayu was here. You're gonna stay in this house for the next?” Mr. Evan asked Bayu in the middle of our meal.

“I don't plan to stay settled here.”

“Why? Considering your current position instead of here is safer?” Before answering I felt Bayu had a glance at me.

“Even safe places can be broken into easily.” Answer Bayu.~~~~

“Ahh yes right, sorry for the mess earlier. Actually, I was expecting that and I was going to send help, but my guy said you've been secretly checking everything. Didn't expect it would be that fast to clean it up.” I could see the look of amazed eyes that the man was emitting on Bayu.

“Because they will harm Icha sooner or later, so I better move fast.” Now it feels like all eyes are on me.

“Really! I have not thanked Miss Icha for bringing Sonia with you. I've heard it from my people everything.” Mr. Evan suddenly glanced at me and he smiled.

Lying if you do not admit that this man has a handsome face, a neat and mature appearance. I smiled back. “No! I didn't help much.”

“I heard that miss Icha understands sign language?”

“I just understood it a little.”

“No no! To be able to do it alone is already incredible. Sonia can finally communicate with someone other than her father and doctor.” Mr. Evan gently rubbed the top of the girl's head.

Sonia who eats her food doesn't care about her father. Being able to see Sonia getting affection from her father, I thought about my father. It must have looked like that if father rubbed my head, it might not be as gentle as mother's swab but the protective gaze it gave would have been greater.

Then suddenly I felt a swipe at the top of my head, I glanced at Bayu who was sitting to my right. He rubbed the top of my head for a moment without looking at me. His gaze focused on the plate before him.

Aye!

I have Bayu.

He's always rubbed my head long ago. I couldn't help but smile and smile at him and finish my meal.

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“Pak Evan—“

“I just want to say thank you once again to miss Icha.” This man turned to face me when I was near him.

After eating, the men had a conversation with Mr. Evan then when he was going home, this man called to talk to me four eyes next to his car.

“I'm glad to be able to help.” My answer is feeling awkward now.

“Thank you.” I said I got his card.

“I just got home from work after a month and hearing the superiors talk about what Bayu did yesterday made me understand. I'll do the same. Definitely happy to be able to do that.” I scratched my back neck in nervousness, not knowing what to answer.

“Before I had failed to protect Sonia's mother and now I only have Sonia. I'll protect her with everything I've got.” Said continue.

“Sonia wasn't like that from the start. Since her mother died three years ago, Sonia is the only living witness to see her mother murdered. From then on, he didn't want to talk and I finally just let him learn another way to communicate. Trauma can not be healed.” Mr. Evan said it while staring into the forest, the dense trees that loomed before us.

“I'm sorry to hear that. But Sonia's a brave girl. Sooner or later he will definitely recover.” My answer was not expecting to hear a girl as small as herself having to face a scary situation.

“And I heard it also about you—poison it—how are you now?“

“Oh yes, it's okay. I'm fine.” Mr. Evan smiled at me and he exhaled a long breath.

“I heard Bayu negotiating with the best scientists to make an antidote for his poison. Even though he was young but I admired every step he took.” I looked at Mr. Evan to hear his words.

Never once did I suspect Bayu would do that to get the antidote. So it's true what Rey said that Bayu actually did not get the antidote. How could he do that?!

“I guessed it, Bayu didn't tell you.” The sound of this man's ruckus blew my daydream.

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Sonia had come home with Benny who was also happy to go home without me having a chance to talk to her. Then half an hour later Ronald escorts Bianca who was saying goodbye because there was an impromptu problem at the woman's workplace.

Then five minutes ago doctors Stefan and prof Bora also came home because there was business. Now in this house only left Lifer and Talia who were in the kitchen, it seems like the two are cool to make something.

“Where is my hug, auntie?!” Suddenly Bayu asked when we were back sitting on the sofa in the front living room.

“Jawab honestly my question uncle! Did you get punished for what you did yesterday? What did you get?”

“For one week I was unemployed.” The answer.

Didn't expect Bayu to answer directly.

“Then I heard you didn't actually manage to bring the antidote from Rey. Can you tell me what you did to get it, uncle?” I looked at him seriously.

The ignorant expression that had originally appeared had now disappeared. “What did you hear from Mr Evan?”

He expected me to hear from the man. “You negotiate with the best scientists to get the antidote.”

“Then what else?”

“What else do you not expect me to hear?!” I asked him back. I don't know why I'm mad at him because he's hiding something important like this.

“If I hadn't asked you first, you would have never told me! As it happened yesterday, if I didn't ask, I wouldn't know what you're trying to do to protect me!” I said really angry now.

“I didn't mean to hide it. I just don't want to worry you! Let such a thing I take care of it!”

“No! I don't want to look stupid anymore because I don't know anything! How could I possibly continue to understand that you didn't explain! Explain what you did for me!”

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