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Chapter 51's

Ranu stood beside the window, with one hand holding his forehead. While Surinala sat on the bed with his only daughter.

For the first time, Tari vividly recounted everything Tara had done to her, from the events when they were still dating to the events of last night.

Surinala snatched the tissue from the table, then he went back to bed, he began to rem*s-rem*s tissue with his two hands while looking at his daughter chronologically telling him what happened last night, because when Ranu contacted her, Ranu only said that Tari was admitted to the hospital due to abuse*n sexu*l which was most likely done by her own husband.

"Ranu said, you've undergone a visa. Do you want to report Tara to the police?" ask Surinala.

Dari was silent for a while while stroking her stomach, then she shook her head. "I don't want my son to have the father of an ex-convict, especially Tara is a pretty famous businessman, I don't want to embarrass my son, I don't want to destroy Tara's business either." Dance covered her face with both her palms.

Dari knew exactly how the ambition of success that her husband had been pursuing, she did not until the heart destroyed what her husband had built long ago.

Surinala held his daughter in his arms, he let her cry as much, so calm he asked again. "After this incident, do you still want to take Tara back?"

Dance was silent, she herself was worried about what to do. He shakes, but also shrugs his shoulders. "A part of me feels a lot of hate for him, but a part of me that's other, I feel like I've lost my husband. We're a very compatible couple, Bund. The moments I spent with her were the most beautiful moments of my life, I was reluctant to let go of all those memories."

Dance wiped her tears with a tissue. "Honestly, I miss him, especially with a part of him that is now growing in my womb. My mind always says it's not that bad. She's so nice, as long as I don't make her jealous, then she won't get mad and we can be a whole little family."

Surinala cupped her daughter's face. "Mother understands what you mean, but please don't lose your limits."

Dance did not understand her mother's words at all. Looking at the confused face of her daughter, Surinala clasped tightly onto Tari's hand. "We all have a threshold of tolerance for the actions of others. Which treatment we can receive or tolerate and which we cannot. Before marrying your father, you know exactly that threshold, you do not want to have a cheating husband and are also light-handed. But slowly... With every incident your father did... The boundary was pushed a little further. And a little further."

Surinala breathed his heavy breath. "When your father first hit you, your father immediately regretted it and then he swore he would never hit you again. The second time you hit, your father looked more sorry than ever. The third time it happened, it was more than just a punch. Dad beat mommy to pieces. And every time that happens, you always accept his regret back. But the fourth time, your father just slapped, and you were relieved, you thought, 'At least this time he didn't beat me, and it's not so bad compared to my son growing up in a broken home without a father figure.'"

Ranu who could not bear to hear all the stories told Surinala, chose to get out of the hospital room, he wanted to calm himself. As a child when his biological father was still alive, Ranu was lovingly educated and taught to always respect women, so he could not accept the story.

Surinala grabbed the tissue and wiped her tears. "Every incident will shift your boundaries a bit. Every time you decide to stick around, give it a chance. It actually makes it difficult for you to leave, so over time you will lose your limits because you think. 'I've survived so far, is it hard to hold on again?'"

Surinala clasped Tari's hand tightly, while Tari sobbed. "Don't be like mom, dance. Mommy knows Tara loves you very much, but she doesn't love you the right way and the way you deserve. If Tara really loves you, then she won't ask you to come back to her, she'll let you go so she can guarantee that she won't hurt you again, and he'll turn himself in to the police as his responsibility."

With all her heart, Tari hopes that if you do not learn all this from her experience, of course you will consider me a fool for ever believing and giving Tara a chance.

Dance pulled her bunda in her arms. "Mother, you are a strong woman" she said between sobs. She used to think that her mother was a weak woman, but she was not, and today Dance learns a lot from her mother.

"You remember when you had to deliver a speech at your father's funeral? I know you're not nervous, Dance. You stood in front and purposely didn't say one good thing about your father. At that time I felt proud of you, because only you defended your mother. You're a tough Dance, be a brave and confident woman." Surinala's tears streamed down her face.

In between the sobs of Tari and Surinala hugging each other, the shakes of the phone from the Surinala cell phone stopped their cries.

"From Caira, do you want your mother not to lift it?"

Dance shook her head. "Thank you bund, it's okay," Tari was sure if Caira must have contacted him but from last night Tari did not want to open the phone.

"Dance.... Hiks.." Tears poured down Caira's face. "Today should be the happiest day for us. I just gave birth, and you're pregnant. But brother... Huhuhu...." Caira was speechless, she turned her face to hug her husband who was beside her.

While calming his wife down, Gala took the phone from Caira's hand. "Mommy and daddy found blood splattered around the apartment building, they traced the blood to the front of your apartment unit. My two in-laws urged Tara to tell a story and take out your CCTV apartment. Right now they're at the hospital where you're being treated, they're consulting with the doctor who handled you, to find out what's going on in your condition."

Yes, after urging his son to tell him what really happened in his apartment, Caira's parents contacted all the hospitals in Jakarta, because with such conditions, of course, Dance is being treated in the hospital. And sure enough, it didn't take long for them to find the whereabouts of the fan Dance rushing over to her daughter-in-law.

Gala sighed for a moment. "While Tara, this morning had flown to Riau to finish her work, she accepted all the consequences she had and was willing to cooperate if you reported it to the police."

Caira wiped her tears and returned to her phone screen. "We all love you so much, Dance. We support you to report Mas Tara."

"Tari, we all support you."

Agatha and Keanu, both of Tara's parents, enter Tari's hospital room. Agatha was powerless to hold back her tears of sadness at the condition of her daughter-in-law. "I'm sorry my son, baby." he's stuck tight in Dance's body.

💡REVIEW:

Often, when we see or find cases of KDRT or toxic relationship, the highlighted is the female side. Many people label women as weak or stupid, because they still survive in such relationships.

In fact, the spotlight should be addressed to men who are perpetrators of violence. And we should be giving support to the victim, as Caira and her family did.

For this reason, through this paper, I want to invite my readers not to judge those who are struggling in overcoming their relationship problems, because the truth they see is not necessarily the true truth. 😊