Forced to Marry a Rich Widow
Choice and Risk

"Aw, sick."

Axel complained of pain. As the cold water swelled up with a lump of tissue, it landed on the corner of his bruised lips.

Axel is now taken Ferdi back to the training ground and bruises on his face are being compressed by the man. Jordan and Sean were the ones who helped get the ice water and also the tissue. Because they don't have handkerchiefs.

"Aw, it hurts" Axel said once again.

Ferdi continued to compress it gently.

"We at least let it be red and swollen first" said Ferdi.

"Let's not look too bad." continued the man later.

"Later Axel said just hit the training ground, om?"

Axel asked the future stepfather.

"Yes." answered Ferdi.

"But the fall is not a lie, same mom?" ask Axel again.

"Om not forbidding if you want to be honest with your mother. The choice is in your hands." said Ferdi.

"But if Axel was honest, mama would be furious."

Ferdi took a deep breath and dipped the tissue back into the cold water, then stuck it again to the corner of Axel's lips.

"There will always be risks from every choice we make" he said.

Axel quiet.

"Sometimes the choice is not all right. And we should not be afraid of being wrong. Because if we always try to make the right choice, when it turns out that what we think is right is wrong. We'll tend to blame and judge ourselves."

"So the point is we can lie if we're tight-lipped?" ask Axel again.

"Not that means it is possible, just where are the needs more inclined?. Please be honest, please lie too. Both of them are clearly at risk. And when our choice is made, then risk it, then take responsibility for everything."

Axel again breathed. For the rest of her life, she understood quite well what Ferdi had said. That lying to his mother doesn't mean it's not risky. Honestly, it won't escape the same. Now he just has to choose which risk he will take.

"This is quite red" said Ferdi while stopping the activity. It just so happened that the ice inside the stainless bowl had already melted. He put it on the table and now looked at Axel.

"You going home now?" ask the boy.

"Hmm, hold on again" said Axel.

"Who knows less bruising and blue." continued the teenager.

"OK." replied Ferdi.

"Wanna eat?" ask the man later.

"Hmm, not om. Just stay at home."

"okay."

They remained silent for a moment in that place. Jordan and Sean begin to ask the true chronology of events. After that they waited for Ferdi to finish first treating Axel.

Axel also told from the beginning he was in the bully. This is because he is smart and many students and upperclassmen who like him. Many teachers loved Axel. He was popular in his generation and had many friends..

And so his enemy was envious. Because Axel's mother was richer and gave a lot of donations to the school foundation. So Axel's cleverness is considered a fraud.

They considered Axel's values high, because the teacher was cheated money by Clara. Though Axel is smart and nothing is added by his teacher.

While Clara itself contributes a lot, because the funds are for joint facilities. His son went to school there and naturally he wanted more sophisticated and capable educational facilities. After all, the facility is not only for Axel, but for all students who are there.

The school does not use donations from parents of students completely. The other half is for the development funds of schools left behind in certain areas.

But Axel's enemies don't understand that. They knew Axel's mother made a lot of donations and Axel got privileges at school. Including being able to win champions and high values. This is considered a free gift by the teacher.

"Gue thinks envy is only in ordinary schools." said Jordan.

"It turns out that in international schools there is also a model of the village" he continued.

"Nearly everyone may have succeeded in giving birth to offspring. But not everyone managed to become parents." continued the young man.

"Yes" said Jordan.

After a while, Ferdi, Jordan, and Sean drove Axel. But they stopped some distance before the gate, for fear of being seen by the guard.

To this day Ferdi still wants to keep his closeness with Clara's youngest child.

It's nothing, Axel has two older brothers who still seem to dislike Ferdi. He was afraid that if Axel was caught familiar with him, Axel would be intimidated by his two brothers.

"Axel's home, o'm. And thank you." said Axel.

Ferdi nodded. Axel then got out of the car and ran towards the gate. After making sure the boy entered, Ferdi then gasp.

Axel immediately headed for the room, so that his two brothers did not see the bruises that were on the corner of his lips.

***

Midnight.

"Axel."

Arvel and Anzel enter the room of the younger brother, who is usually not in the key.

"Hmm." said Axel while still closing his eyes.

He had not slept, but now pretended to have slept. He also faced the wall, to avoid the brother see the state of his face.

"Let's play!" take Anzel.

They are used to playing mobile legends at this hour. Because the internet at home is very good at midnight.

"No ah, my brother. Axel's sleepy, bang." the lie.

"Seriously don't want to come?" ask Arvel.

"No, bang."

"Oh, yeah."

Both of her sisters left Axel's room. They play alone, while Axel now can not do anything. Even if he is desperate to play alone will be discovered, because their accounts are friends with each other.

Be that night he tried to really close his eyes, when there was a temptation to play so high.

***

"The next morning, Axel woke up as usual. Before taking a bath he visited the dining table and looked for where the glass containing milk was. It has become a habit of the teenager when he wakes up in the morning on holiday, he does not shower first.

"Hi, ma." said to Clara who was preparing breakfast. Arvel and Anzel have been there ever since.

"Axel?"

Clara was shocked and frowned. Axel himself was confused by the attitude of the mother who was like seeing a ghost.

"Why are your lips?" ask Clara to panic..

Axel realized immediately, if yesterday he was bullied and then fighting.

"Mmm, here..."

Axel had to make a choice quickly.

"It's a pummel in training, ma. Axel's friend didn't intentionally." he said later.

Arvel and Anzel looked at each other, for some reason they were a little unsure of their sister's words.

"Yes, the medicine used to. It's not good if you're married, your face has a punch." said Clara.

"Yes ma, breakfast first." said Axel.

The teenager finally sighed and drank milk. The choice he had taken this time was, to lie.