EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 172

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My hands hesitated to open the door, even though it was crowded outside because it was still in a big clock, but inside this room it looked quiet, I did not hear the noise of people visiting from inside.

I took a deep breath before deciding to pull this door open.

As I thought, this large room was quiet, there were 4 curtains that were all covered, hiding the sick patient on my right and left.

What am I supposed to do? Did I open one-on-one? Or do I call her name?

But the curtain on my left side opened, displaying the figure of a middle-aged woman from there with an empty glass in her hand.

For a moment we looked at each other, she was a beautiful and neat middle-aged woman, her casual clothes looked trendy when compared to other middle-aged women in general.

“Who to look for?” Ask while you step closer to me.

I cleared my throat slowly before answering. “I'm looking for Hanna Davindra.”

“Are you my son's friend? I've never seen you before.”

Either I should feel relieved to have found Hanna or just nervous about facing this woman. She is the wife of the father, the woman who made the father cheat first.

I can't deny that I'm nervous now. “Not, I'm here because dad said about his ailing daughter.”

Instantly the look on this woman's face turned tense and stiff. “K—kau Natasha?”

“Call me Icha.”

This woman was silent looking at my face, there was a pause of grace between us before this woman turned around and stepped closer to the curtain she had opened.

I followed in his footsteps until I could see a woman was sitting on a cage behind a curtain. There was information on Hanna Davindra's name and the age of 26 on the board hanging from her bed.

This woman is two years older than me, if that means you already had them before I was even born??

“Since five years ago, Hanna was sentenced to have liver cancer, we have done a lot of treatment even to the surgical removal of the liver because it is still in the early stages, but since the last four months the condition has been declining. Doctor says Hanna needs to get a liver transplant.” I heard this woman's words carefully as my eyes could not be seen on this woman on the bed.

He had shoulder-length black hair, when he noticed that his facial line when sleeping reminded me of the father I had also seen when he slept at home.

So this is why dad suddenly appeared before me again because Hanna's condition was getting worse?

“Then what about the donor?” I asked without turning my gaze on Hanna's face.

Then after that we were both silent, busy and each other's thoughts.

I still can't believe that Hanna is 26 years old, there's a sense of relief that can't be explained in my chest cavity.

“I never imagined that it turns out that the figure of an Icha who often mas Davin talk about is a beautiful and sweet woman like this.” I frowned and looked at him confused.

There was a gentle smile and a clear look at her mother on her face.

“What did dad tell you?” My toot.

But our gaze was quickly turned to Hanna who was moving in her sleep. “Let's talk outside.”

I nodded in agreement.

We immediately stepped out of this room, then I immediately sat down on the chair next to the door of his room. There were 3 empty seats attached, leaning against the wall.

“Mas Davin said that his adopted daughter named Icha already has a good life. She already has a job and is able to continue her schooling.” The sudden words of this woman made me subconsciously hold my breath.

So it was true from the beginning that my father recognized me as his adopted son. Even this woman knows me not as her husband's biological child from another wife, but as a real foster child.

“Mas Davin said that Icha is a serious and fierce figure. I don't know what's going on but lately mas Davin seems to be upset with you. Did you guys fight?”

“Indeed usually dad always happy when telling me about me?” I asked back.

This woman was silent for a moment, as if she was stringing the right words together. “During this time, when I asked about his son named Daniel, he always showed me photos of Daniel with you, so at least we know your progress from time to time with his son. I also heard you've been guarding and financing Daniel's school all this time. For that I feel grateful to you.”

Should I be happy or sad to hear the explanation? I'm happy because I know how I grew up, but I'm also sad that the reason he noticed me was because Daniel didn't really care about me.

This woman must not know that in fact the father never appeared for twenty years until some time ago, it was also he came for the reason of his daughter, Hanna whose pain was getting worse.

“But I don't understand.”

“What?” Ask this gentle woman.

“MyGrish Hanna. I mean, my mom and dad divorced about twenty years ago, that's when I was five, even if you had another child, shouldn't you be younger than me?”

The look on this woman's face turned lethargic and sad. He looked down at the white floor under his feet. I just kept waiting for him to talk, hoping he would tell me.

“Actually, Davin and I fell in love long before she met your mother. When I found out she was getting married and was about to get married, I left her overseas to be disappointed while handling my father's company in Hong Kong which was also without a plan it turned out that I had conceived Hanna. Then I came back here when Hanna was about seven years old, Davin found me and he said he wanted to take responsibility and he wanted us back together. At first I did not want to because he also had other responsibilities especially Daniel who was born at that time. But I knew how rude his wife was so I accepted her back. Sorry, Icha must have suffered so much all this time because of my selfishness.”

I've understood more and more about mom and dad's problems over the years. They were in a marriage, a father who had another woman before meeting his mother and it turns out that definitely was the cause of their divorce not because of me, all this time I always thought of it like that but in fact it was the father who really wanted to get back together with his love.

“If Icha wants to be angry, please be angry with me or your father, but don't hate Hanna, she's been through a lot too. In addition to his current condition, he must face the company of his father who is on the verge of bankruptcy. I don't know anymore how he will recover if our company is not saved.” He said he suddenly pulled my left hand for him to grab.

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