HATE Before LOVE
Adit's Attitude to Face Reality.

Zehra found Elif's phone ringing in the room. It was only fitting that Ardan had contacted him dozens of times without any reply. While Gavin ties Yanuar's hand with duct tape to the doorknob, Teddy tries to figure out Elif's whereabouts by contacting his people.

"Is it possible for Elif to go to Mona or Yura's place?" ask Gavin.

"Mom don't think so. Elif said he didn't want to bother Mona or Yura because they were facing UAS" Zehra replied.

"You hear that?" Cetus Ardan to Yanuar. "Elif has the most sincere and pure heart in the world, and you treat him that way!"

"I'm sorry." said Yanuar.

"Don't expect me to believe your regrets!" Ardan Barren. "Take your regrets in the cell later."

"Please, don't jail me. Please, Zehra, please. I promise-"

"No!" Reject Zehra firmly. "You remember when you finished surgery, you apologized to Elif, you said you were sorry, but what do you do to my daughter now? You were harassing her and you were also intending to sell her!"

"What's? Dad harassed Brother Elif and wanted to sell Brother Elif?!" Suddenly Adit came, he was already standing on the doorstep, still in his full school uniform. Surprised to see how chaotic the state of the house turned into anger that arose on the surface of his face. He did not even sympathize to see his father's hand tied with duct tape on the doorknob.

"What a shame! That's Brother Elif! My brother! Father's son! You are abusing your own son?! What kind of father is this father?!" Shouted Adit full of emotions. Zehra immediately approached Adit, hugged his son, calmed him down, but Adit rebelled from Zehra's embrace, he approached Yanuar and looked at her with a look of disdain.

"Originally, if only I could choose, I wouldn't want to have a father like you!"

"Adit..."

"Don't call me! I don't want to be your son! What kind of father are you abusing your own daughter? Do you want to eat your own flesh and blood?!"

"He's not my son! Elif is not your brother! Stop defending!"

"What-what?" Adit stepped back, shock hitting him.

"Louars!" Pekik Zehra's.

"Why? Let Adit know the truth!"

"You heard that, Gav," said Ardan. "There haven't been five minutes he said he was sorry."

"What... Daddy?" tanya Adit.

"Yes, Elif is not my son! She's your mother's son with another man who impregnated her and left her alone, and I'm unlucky to have to marry your mother and take her son, the Elif!" said Yanuar who forgot his regret and his previous plea. "But you are my flesh and blood, Adit. You're my only son. You know I love you so much."

Adit looked at Zehra who did not refute Yanuar's words, tears breaking on her mother's weary tyrannical face. While Yanuar smiled full of cunning and vengeance. Like a man who feels a victory for having revealed a big secret to Adit that he believes will make Adit defend him and choose him, because he thinks Adit must be angry because he has been lied to all this time by his mother and Elif

Adit was silent for a moment. He set his breath that was suddenly congested to accept the fact that very suddenly changed the situation where the brother who had been his example was not his brother? Is that really so? Is there no Eliph's blood flowing to his blood?

"Did Elif know about this?" ask Adit.

"Yes, he knows!" Yanuar answered him quickly.

"Elif knew right before your father was harassing Elif." Ardan chimed in quickly. Making Yanuar look at Ardan annoyed. "Hey, why look at me like that? Why don't you tell Adit, you also just told Elif the truth about yourself right before you molested him and sold him out? Don't tell half-dong information!"

"Adit, listen to Dad, I'm innocent. All this happened because of your mother's family. They owe it to their family and are unable to pay the debt, so they hand over your mother and child as payment for their debt. That's very unfair to Dad, isn't it? They've ruined my life too!"

"Then why do you want to accept Mom if you don't want to marry Mom? Why did Dad stay married to Mom and make me born and have a father whose heart is as vengeful as this!"

"Adit. but Dad's a victim here..."

"No.." said Adit later. "Dad could have made the decision to reject Mom, but Dad chose to accept and intend to take revenge? Even Brother Elif! He's a very sincere person who loves you even though you always hurt him!"

"Maybe for Father, Brother Elif is not your flesh and blood. But somehow Sister Elif is mother's flesh and blood, as well as mine. Although I and Brother Elif are different fathers, to me Brother Elif is my only brother I have!"

"Adit! But I'm your father!"

"Whatever happened between Father and Mother in the past does not make father have the right to hurt Kak Elif during this time. What else to harass and will sell my Brother!" Shouting Adit. "You know, Dad, I'd rather lose a heartless father like you than I lose Brother Elif and Mother."

Made everyone dumbfounded by the boy's statement. Even Zehra to not end up thinking how Adit who has been looking indifferent turns out to have a way of thinking that is mature and wiser than adults should be.

"Oh Adit, my son..." Zehra hugged her son. Hail Adit with a kiss on the top of his head and face and hug him again while crying.

"Mother, don't cry anymore. I promise from now on I will protect my Mother as well as my Brother!" Adit Promise. His gaze sharply unsheathed directly into the heart of Yanuar who was staring full of nanar and despair.

"Adit," Call Ardan.

"Yes Bang,"

"Mom will sue your father for divorce. Can you accept your parents' divorce?" ask Ardan straight to the point. Yeah, Ardan doesn't like to be stale.

"Mom's going to divorce Dad?" ask Adit to his mother.

Zehra nodded.

Again, all were surprised, because Adit hugged Zehra tightly and said, "I agree, Mom, I agree!"

Destroyed Yanuar's life. Losing a family, losing a child he had been proud of because of his heart that chose to heap its grudges and chose to hurt the innocent. Can regrets still apply to him?

"Where is Brother Elif?"

"We don't know." replied Gavin.

"meaning?"

"Your father took your brother away, and threatened everyone who wanted to help him. And now we haven't been able to find your brother's whereabouts." replied Gavin.

"The situation wasn't even good when he left. His feet are bleeding, you see those bloody Elif footprints. And his clothes were torn because of that man's depravity." Ardan pointed at Yanuar who was now no longer able to show his arrogance.

"Dad really doesn't have a heart as human!" Adit Maki.

"Calm Adit, calm down" said Gavin.

Shortly after the police arrived, Ardan also gave testimony about the incident that day. The police also asked the neighbor who saw how Elif was when they last saw him. After carrying out basic procedures, Yanuar was finally taken by the police. The duct tape that tied his hands together now became a cold handcuff.

Adit did not even want to see his father, he turned his face away when Yanuar was carried out of the house. All the neighbors gathered together, they were like the people in the house, there was no sympathy on the faces of the neighbors. Until he finally got into the police car and the siren rang. The police car eventually left the location. Gavin joined the other police car as a witness representative who will give a statement at the police station.

"Ted, is there any news?" ask Ardan.

"There is no sir."

"Check out all the CCTV in town if you need to!" Ardan's Word. "Mother, Adit, me and Teddy are gonna find Elif. You guys stay home, wait for news from me."

"But Son..."

"Mother Zehra, believe me, I will definitely find Elif back. I promise."