Handsome Detective
The Part 22

" Tell me what really happened...!" erina covered her embarrassment.

" Well, I'll tell you everything for five years.." said Arvan seriously.

" Brother Arvan don't deceive me anymore...!"

" There's no way I can fool the mother of my son..."

Arvan brought his face closer to kiss the lips of the woman in his arms but the woman immediately smothered Arvan's mouth with her hands.

" Let go of your arms! We'll talk outside..."

Erina thrashed to be released but Arvan held her tighter.

" Where are you going...? He said he told the story, why would he leave...?"

" I don't want to be close to you anymore...!" peekkik Erina's.

" Ssttt.. don't be hard, later Raka woke up.." Arvan recalled.

" Huft. but we can sit on the sofa.." whiney Erina held back the anger.

" I'm more comfortable like this." said Arvan smiling.

Erina finally resigned and let Arvan embrace her to listen to the story of her family for the five years she left.

" Yes, now tell me about my father if you know him...!" said Erina flat.

" I'll tell you before I met you..."

Arvan breaks his arms and sits down with the head of the bed, gently rubbing Erina's black hair.

" I hope you don't hate me Erin, I'm really sorry for ruining your life. At that time, I met a woman. We used to go to school as teenagers. Because I haven't seen each other in years, I don't know where she got my contact number from. He invited me to a cafe. Even though it felt so lazy, I still came to see him..."

Arvan breathed a long sigh before continuing his story. Erina just silently listened word by word that came out of Arvan's mouth.

" Unbeknownst to me, the woman set me up by giving per*ngs**g to the drink she had ordered. After taking a few sips, I only realized when the medicine started to react. I was looking for a way to get away from him through the back door until I left my car there. When I walked down the highway, you almost hit me and everything just happened..."

" And you just left after ruining my life." said Erina flatly.

" I'm sorry Erina, actually after that incident I wanted to find you. But Dad told me to come to London to investigate a case. I came back here three weeks later when you were in London. Do you remember when you took you to a hospital in London? I was also there to say goodbye to Indonesia with Hans. If at that time I had seen your face, maybe Raka would not suffer inwardly like this." said Arvan full of regret.

" How do you know my mother's grave...?"

" I looked for you by investigating the license plate you used when driving me to the apartment back then. I came to your house but you were driven out of there. And you know who I met in that house...?"

" Who...?" ask Erina.

" The one who set me up, your stepbrother Selly." replied Arvan.

" What's...? You know Selly's sister...? You guys ever had a relationship...?"

Erina immediately went up from beside Arvan and got out of bed. Erina's anger began to ignite upon hearing the woman's name again. If Selly really likes Arvan, the problem will be more complicated if Selly knows Arvan is the father of her child.

" No Erin, I've never been in contact with her. It's true that he always tried to get close to me, but I never responded..."

Arvan approached Erina who was now standing on the balcony of her room. The woman before him now looked angry and probably hated him even more.

" I know this isn't fair to you, I also know what your childhood life was like. Know it? Actually your father is very dear to you, but he did not dare to express it openly - light for fear that you will be hurt by his wife and child. I can see that, when none of your pictures are on the wall of that house..."

" Bik Ina told me everything, Your father often came in the middle of the night to accompany you to sleep in childhood, when your stepmother was asleep with her sleep. Bik Ina also kept asking me to look for you, she was very worried about your safety..."

" Bik Ina, I have to see him." - Erina.

" Look down, I'll find some time for us to meet him. I also have to make sure that your father's death was due to illness or intentional injury..."

" What does Arvan mean...?" erina was shocked.

" When your father died, I was in Singapore. I also only found out a week ago when I returned to Indonesia..."

" I'm also sure something's not right at home, and even all of Dad's Restos have been renamed Selly. She must have planned all this with her mother." - Erina.

" How did you know about that...?" ask Arvan.

" When last night arrived at the airport, the taxi I was riding with brother William turned out to be one of Father's confidants at the branch restaurant. He told me all about Selly there. All old employees are fired without severance and replaced with new employees..."

" That woman is really cunning, if I had not respected your father I would have eliminated her long ago." - furious Arvan.

" Is Bik Ina still working in that house...?"

" I don't know, but before your father died he was still there..."

Erina looked at the slightly overcast sky. Like his heart now that is struggling between having to hate Arvan or forgive him for Raka.

" I also found out about your father when I met Ina's bik at the funeral. Like you, I also often complain in front of your mother's belly button. Every time I'm tired of looking for you, I always come to visit him in exchange for his son who never came home..."

Erina did not expect, Arvan would do all that for her. But all that was not enough to eliminate the pain of his heart for the suffering given by Arvan.

" I'm going back to London tonight with Raka...!" said Erina flat.

" Don't leave me Erin, I won't part with you guys anymore. I love you both so much." said Arvan.

Five years waiting, there is no way Arvan willing to take Erina and Raka off just like that. Arvan must convince Erina to be willing to stay with him.

" Erina, I know you hate me so much. But think again about Raka's feelings. His heart will definitely be hurt again if we part. It doesn't matter if you continue to hate me, as long as it's not in front of Raka." Arvan pleaded.

" I leave Raka with you, I have to go back to London as soon as possible. I have a lot of work to do there..."

" Do you have the heart to leave Raka just for the sake of ego alone...? Have you ever thought about what was in Raka's heart all this time...? I didn't expect you to vent your hatred for me on this little boy Erin. It's all my fault, not Raka's..."

" Look what are you about me and Raka...! Every time I remember your face, it's just a wound I feel. Now you're telling me to stay with you? Just kill me and let you be satisfied...!" yelled Erina while crying.

" Five years I've been trying to escape the dark snare of the past, why now you have to come when I'm starting to rise." cried Erina again.

Arvan knows this is very heavy for Erina. The big mistake he made in the past turned out to be the karma he had to accept. When she was ready to take responsibility, Erina hated her so much.

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