EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episodes 174

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His eyes looked red from crying earlier, while my father was silent and did not return my gaze. “Alright, father and aunt, Icha says goodbye. Good night.”

I was about to walk past his father and wife but my steps stopped hearing his question.

“So you still don't want to help Hanna?” Dad's serious tone made me turn to him, but before I could answer him, I saw from the end of my eyes Bayu stepped closer to me then his hand pulled slowly my right arm and the infusion pole I had brought to stand beside him.

Father and aunt turned to realize Bayu's presence. “Goodnight, om, aunt. I've heard it all since. I understand it is true that om is aggrieved about the current condition of the company and I am sure om wants Hanna to get the best treatment. But after making a mistake on Icha about divorce om for twenty years and let Icha bear all the school fees son om, om, even now om demands that he be held accountable to someone he doesn't know at all. It seems like om thinks the world moves around om only, doesn't it?”

I slowly pulled the grip of Bayu's hand that grasped my right hand so that this man looked at me, but in fact Bayu seriously looked at father as if saying do not approach me again.

“If Icha let om to make him responsible also with this om daughter, then that's okay. But please also see what your son has been doing all this time. Icha is also someone who went through a lot of things to be able to stand up straight and keep stepping like now.”

“I know how your mother treated you all this time, so—“

“It's okay. I've not thought too much about mom's attitude.” I cut out Dad's words, not wanting to hear anything more than that. Whether it's an offer or an apology.

“Someone told me that people don't do their duty, meaning she can't get her right. But after seeing Hanna's condition, I'll help dad.” The father and the woman next to him looked delighted. I could tell Bayu was looking at me.

“Father, when Hanna really needs money for her treatment or operation, come to me, bring me the bond sheet that dad had in the company, I'll buy it.”

“What?!”

“Daddy is still healthy and perfect. You can work harder somewhere else. At least I have a lot of relationships during running this company. Dad must have good specifications to accept in other companies.”

Dad's face looks angry and upset but he seems unable to bring out his curse on me. He silently looked at me, not believing I would say this.

“N—nak Icha, sorry Davin and auntie yes. All this time you must have suffered with your mother's attitude.” The woman beside my father suddenly approached me, pulling my left hand again for him to hold.

“No. Aunty and dad don't have to apologize. Like I said, everything that happens is destiny. It's nobody's fault.” I retracted my left hand as carefully as possible so that my shoulder would not hurt.

It's been twice this woman touched my hand but I can't say I got a good feeling from her. Not as warm as I imagined.

“Alright, son Icha has been trying hard all this time. Icha son can think of aunt as your mother. Auntie would be so happy to have two beautiful girls in our family. Hanna would love to have a brother like you, auntie

will love you, watching you like a aunt's biological child.”

I smile. “Thank you for the offer, but Icha has now gotten a lot of love and affection, also got a lot of attention, so Icha can't take it. However it is better for the aunt to fully give attention and affection to Hanna and the father. Icha doesn't need someone who doesn't even ask what happened to Icha, who is also being treated at this hospital. Though we've been chatting for more than ten minutes.”

The look on this woman's face turned shocked and stiff. I deliberately insinuated it haha.

“We're saying goodbye, Icha has to rest a lot. Good night.” After saying that, without waiting for their answer, this man pulled me slowly to get away from them.

Me, Bayu and Benny walked slowly away from the two people. Bayu who was standing on my right side helped me carry the infusion pole and Benny who was standing on my left side was giggling.

“What's up?” I asked Benny.

“After saying that you do not hate them but in the end you still insinuate ‘kan?”

“Ohhh caught! Hehehe”

Suddenly I felt a slow motion on the side of my head. Reflexes I turned to look at Bayu while grimacing softly.

“Why every time I go, you always leave your room!”

“At least I didn't run away.” I defended myself. Bayu tickled angrily.

“But did I overdo say I would buy dad's company stock?” I asked Bayu.

“Why? I think it's a good choice, or do you mean about the readiness of money to buy stocks?” I grimaced softly while smiling widely. Bayu.

“Stupid!” This man once again clasped my forehead with his fingers.

“Wahh your guts are big too. Promise to buy company stock without preparation of the money.” Ledek Benny looks satisfied mocking me.

I glanced at him, he and Bayu were the same! They suck!

“Sucks!”

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My eyes could not help but notice the two men standing five meters in front of me, they were chatting.

Benny was discussing something with Bayu that I don't know about, maybe about work because Benny was wearing his military uniform, he said he had come to visit Bayu before

go to work.

The big wall clock on the ground floor of this hospital is on the information table on my left. There are not many patients like this one afternoon. I can sit in one of the waiting chairs. At first Bayu told me to go to the room immediately but I was bored there forcing me to take Benny too.

PRAANGS!!

I gasped in shock at the sound of objects falling behind me, my reflexes turned to look at the turn towards the ER room, there was a man who was angry at a doctor and a nurse who was busy picking up falling objects, next to the man, there was another man who started helping the nurse.

“How can he not survive!! Obviously before getting into the ER he was fine and just a small scratch that needed a few stitches! Previously we could still chat casually and he did not even look in pain!”

“I—that we are checking further the cause, but shortly after the patient entered ER suddenly had a heart attack. We tried our best to help him but his blood pressure and breathing kept dropping, there must be more to it than just a scratch. You have to tell us what happened to patient—“

“What with me explained he'll come back alive, huh?!” The man screamed as he began to cry sobbing.

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