EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 173's

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I grimaced softly because the wound on my shoulder felt stiff when my hand was pulled by it.

“Sayang?”

Someone's call shifted our eyes, not far away I saw the figure of a father standing with his shirt and tie while his left hand carrying a tie and his office bag.

“Oh mas! You've come.” This woman stood up and quickly walked over to my father, carrying his bag and suit with a big smile.

Dad still looked at me unblinkingly, I stood up to him.

“There Icha here, she said she wants to visit Hanna.”

“So you came?” Dad asked flatly to me.

I sighed softly, trying to endure the stifling rumble in my chest cavity.

“Because I happen to be here too, so I also want to see.” I answered in a flat tone too.

These two people are getting closer to me. “You already believe ‘kan how is your sister?”

“Adik? Shouldn't you be sister?” I smiled a little, shook my head slowly.

“What lest father forget my age?” Dad was silent for a moment, his face tense for a moment which made my guess even more certain.

Dad never really paid attention to me this whole time like this woman said, he doesn't even remember my age.

“What's up? You forgot Icha's age?”

“Ah is no dear, it's just that Hanna is more suitable to be his sister Icha isn't it? He already has a good job, continues his school and can even finance Daniel while Hanna, all this time our daughter always has a lot of restrictions if you want to do something.” Father replied with a big smile looking at the woman beside him.

“J—so how? You've thought about what dad said?” Dad looked at me, his voice sounded nervous.

“About what?” I pretend I don't understand.

“Hanna is also your brother, now you know his condition like this—“

“What company father has completely bankrupt?” Sela.

“Dad is trying to stabilize the company now, it takes hard work and time. Everything needs a process.”

“Betul, everything needs a process. I can definitely stabilize the company, however I have worked and joined the company for more than twenty years ‘kan? I have to be even more excited to work, at Hanna's house waiting for you to come home, she needs me. I'm nothing to father or aunt and Hanna. From the beginning I was just my foster son, from the beginning I never knew Hanna and my aunt, from the beginning of this family that father chose and from the beginning I was just someone who was able to finance father's son –Daniel-.”

“What is cha? Did Davin disappoint you?” Asked this woman with a soft voice and a sad look.

I shook my head with a small smile at my father, for some reason now my heart doesn't feel as disappointed as before.

“I don't hate dad.”

“Son Icha, don't hate your father yes, just hate me, don't these two.” This woman had suddenly sobbed slowly.

I didn't even know what to do to her. These two people have said the same thing. Is that bad in his eyes?

“Tante please don't cry, since you two keep saying about hating someone. I didn't even say anything about it, so it's like I'm the one who looks evil here.” I answered in a slow breath.

Dad seemed to calm the woman by her side, wiping away the tears on his wife's cheeks while patting her gently on the back.

From the corner of my eye, I saw two men walking from the end of the hallway behind this father and woman.

Bayu and Benny.

The two men glanced at me while the two were still chatting.

The green military uniform that Benny wore attracted the attention of the people who passed by him, the two men looked neat and fresh.

I secretly smiled a little, so glad Bayu has come and found me here.

“Tell me you hate dad! Don't come here if you don't want to help, you just want to mock me for my father's incompetence ‘kan? Now even renting a VIP room for my own daughter, I can't afford it. That's ‘kan you want to say? That's ‘kan you mean?” Some people had glanced at us, Bayu and Benny also stopped a meter behind these two people.

“Darling, you don't like this dong. You should understand and accept that Icha really hates us. All this time he lived without you –his father-, if you get angry like this is not the solution. We have to apologize.”

“I won't hate you guys, I'm not forcing you to apologize. I understand why you're acting this way, I understand why you suddenly came to me after twenty years and you never showed up. It's all because I love Hanna, I don't want anything bad to happen to my daughter. Since the beginning I was not a part of my father, I was just another person, I don't even remember my age. It's not dad's or me's or mom's, or anybody else, it's all because of destiny that brought us together. If I hate you for this reason, the cycle of hate will not end.” I was clearly looking at my father seriously.

“Do not lie! I know in your heart you hate me, there's no way you don't hate me with my father's attitude towards you. Rather than you secretly taking revenge on Hanna, you better be honest now!”

“Dad keeps asking do I hate dad? Do I want revenge? Is it strange for me not to hate you or not to take revenge? What did I do after attacking you? Separate you? Destroying dad's company? Of course I can't. I can never forget the day when my father left me with a look of hate because I learned of my father's affair with aunt.” I looked at the father and the woman in turn.

“I'm just worried about the same person as the one you're worried about, I just want to follow where my heart says. And if I achieve happiness in that way, then it's fine.”

The father and woman stared at me, listening to me. “Dad, there are many places that I remember lovingly when my father took me to play. But I don't even believe me and it's clear that you think I'm the bad guy in your heart. Once again I was reminded that since the beginning my father and mother did not think I was really part of you guys ‘kan?”

I sighed softly, a small smile feeling relief within my chest cavity. Not hate as you think.

“Thank you aunt for telling me everything, now I understand, the cause of father and mother's separation is not because I'm like my mother said. From the beginning, because I loved you more than my mother and Daniel. I understand, I won't bother you. Hope Hanna gets well soon and gets a suitable donor for her.” I smiled at the woman.

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