EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 284
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“Lying??”
“Sorry yes.”
I frowned, hearing Fiona's explanation earlier, it seemed very slow for my brain to process. “Do not apologize, anyway do not make me lose.”
“In our first meeting, I've used you. Again I'm sorry.” This woman in all black clothes looked down once more.
His long hair was rolled up and put in a black hat that blocked half of his face. Since his arrival five minutes ago, I wanted to ask him why he had dressed up like this in the morning, as if he was about to leave. Especially his shoes, whose rope ties are very tight.
“I have to pretend to be able to tell and see with my inner eyes for grandma to send me to Russia. But to be honest, I learned to explore certain methods like Feng Shui, numerology, oneiromancy, face, even tarot cards. You want me to read?”
“Ah? Whahuh? No no!”
“Eiyy... Even without you asking, I can guess from your face. You look nervous, you have a lot of thoughts, right? Oh? Maybe because of a fight with your husband? Or a problem in the family?”
I frowned, honestly not impressed at all by his guess, “of course it was a very common answer. Everyone must have family problems.”
Fiona laughed but nodded as well, she continued, “ alright, this time I'm serious. I can read someone's character, because it looks like you're fighting with your husband, I'll try to read your character in a relationship, how? Want to try?”
It was a tempting offer, I thought for a while, weighing up before finally nodding small and quickly adding, “I want a rational answer. Don't add to the mystical stuff!”
“Of course! Now, show me a photo of your husband.”
I grabbed the phone on the table, opened the gallery to look for pictures of Bayu's face and showed them to Fiona.
He briefly stared at the photo on my phone screen, then looked up to glance at me for a moment. Doing like that twice until Fiona nods and hands me back my phone.
“I can deduce one thing from reading your face.” Said mysterious. Now I can't hide my curious attitude.
“What?”
“Alpa. You guys are a couple with alpha.” personalities
“So?” I frowned, starting to think.
“Hmm... How to show it yes?” Fiona muttered softly, she seemed to be thinking hard, seeming to be composing a sentence that was easily understood by me.
“The character of an alpha-personality couple, usually accustomed to being independent and completely independent of others, reliable in making wise decisions, know what their own goals and targets are, be confident in your strengths and abilities and have a natural instinct as a leader. That kind of.”
The frown on my forehead deepened, comparing Fiona's words to my and Bayu's relationship all along.
“So, I asked to meet you not for that.” He said it reminded me of the main topic he asked me to meet in the morning.
Reflex I glanced at the cafe exit, Dika and Lucy were sitting on the outside chair with their drinks each on the table, occasionally both of them glancing inside the cafe to watch me.
“Yes? What's up?” Much
“Before I leave, I want to talk about Marisa's mother. She's the one who made you curious the first day we met ‘kan?”
“Ya!” I nodded with passion.
“What's interesting?”
“He's one of the oldest customers. The first time he consulted turned out to be more than twenty years ago.”
“Twenty years?” I was quite surprised to hear that.
Fiona nodded then continued, her first “ consultations were with a new astrologer named Nindy, but people called her madam Carol. Grandma recruited him first because he was famous in his hometown, many believe in this woman. I heard from insiders, since the advice of astrologer Nindy managed to change the life of Marisa's mother, she became dependent on asking for advice on Nindy.”
“Do you know what he asked for advice?”
“Said the assistant who used to accompany the fortune teller Nindy, said that Marisa's mother asked to be foreseen about romance and financial matters, a common thing, but she suggested to return to her ex, which happened to be leading at that time in an independent company, and so that Marisa's mother supported the man's business so that his financial problems could be resolved. I just know now that this Nindy fortune teller actually has no fortune telling ability, she answered the consultation of Marisa's mother for having done the investigation first, she said, know that it turns out that Marisa's former mother has been successful so she can answer her love and financial problems.”
I was surprised to hear Fiona's explanation. Of course the ex in question is Davin's father, whom I used to know as my real father.
“He can't foresee?”
“Yes. We were very upset because we had been lied to all this time! Grandma had long been suspicious, but since she always had customers consulted every day, so grandma let her.” Fiona clenched her hands full of emotion.
“Assistant who accompanied him first said all this. What's more, he revealed some facts about the daughter of Marisa's mother.” Added Fiona.
“Hanna?”
“You know?”
“Forward. I'll explain it after you're done.”
Fiona glanced around us, because inside the cafe there was only us, she made sure that no one was hiding to eavesdrop.
“Then, she approached her ex to come back and marry him because of Hanna. He said that Hanna was the boy. But in fact Hanna is not the real son of the man.”
“APA?!” I scream in shock.
“Sstt.. You don't tell anyone to hear all this from me.”
“Then Hanna whose biological child?”
“Before they get married, Nindy's assistant who follows Marisa's mother, accidentally sees her with a man arguing. The man threatened her to get money, if not given, the man would tell his future husband if Hanna was the son of a foreign man.”
“Who is that guy?”
Fiona shook her head, “don't know, after that debate, she no longer came to threaten Marisa's mother. But, he had a scar on his face, on his chin to be exact. Like a former seam.”
“It turns out that way, then why would aunt Marisa want to meet your grandmother if in fact she had been consulting with fortune teller Nindy?”
“Not long before we met in the toilet mall, Nindy was arrested by the police, even where we got surrounded by army special forces.”
“Army? When's? How's situation? Why did he get caught?”
“I wasn't there at the time, but according to the story, there was a man in disguise to pretend to be on the dowry, whereas he was looking for Nindy and his male friend, he said the man was a fugitive, called Dem? Wasn't... Lex? Ssh... Looks like his name is Wey.”
“REY!”
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