
"Well, I'll tell you everything you want to know. I'll tell you what happened ten years ago..."
The man named Jordan Herdian looked at Helena while crossing both hands.
"That girl .. it's true that I've eliminated her. He became a ja'lang by approaching my husband. No wife will remain silent when her husband is seduced by another woman." Helena spoke in a flat voice.
"Have you ever asked me why your husband cheated on you?" ask Attorney Jordan.
"What to ask? Infidelity is still an affair. And the ja'lang woman will remain a ja'lang. He even approached Julian, my eldest son."
"So, you took Miss Belinda into the woods with a man named Wanto?"
"You guys found it, huh! Decades he's been hiding, but it turns out you can find him?"
"Not us, but your son."
"Heh?! You mean Julian?"
"What did you do to Miss Belinda in the woods?"
Now Helena's eyes dare to look into the eyes of Attorney Jordan. A flash of anger and regret melted into one.
While outside the room, Julian looked and listened to all of Helena's words with a cynical yet flat gaze. His clenching hands felt a rumbling anger in his heart.
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Lian closed the door after driving Roy back to the room. He was looking for the whereabouts of Ben who had met him.
"Ben!" call Lian who makes Ben a little tiptoe.
"Ah, Miss Lian."
"Ben, I don't see Grandpa Donald. Does he know everything?"
"Yes, Miss. Mr. Donald is currently in the Avicenna Group building with Mike."
"Oh, so yeah." There was a look of anxiety on Lian's face.
Ben who wanted to talk became doubtful.
"What's up, Ben?" ask Lian who saw Ben's strange gurgle.
"Umm, Miss. Can Miss come with me for a moment? There's something I want to talk to Miss."
Lian thought for a moment. "alright. And anyway, Roy's asleep."
Lian steps in with Ben and meets the butler of the Avicenna family.
"Sir Sugeng, I'll be out for a while with Ben. Please take care of Roy. I won't be long." said Lian to Sugeng.
"Good, Miss."
Lian sits in the back seat of the car while Ben drives out of the Avicenna family home yard.
"God! I forgot about Boy! Who's with him, Ben?"
"Miss take it easy, I've asked Mr. Maliq to keep an eye on Mr. Young Boy."
"Huf! Mercifully. Thank you, Ben."
About 30 minutes drive by Ben and Lian. They arrived at a rehabilitation center for the disabled.
Lian frowned when Ben asked her to get out of the car.
"Where exactly is Ben taking me? What is this place?" muttered Lian who followed Ben's steps from behind.
Ben met a girl who was sitting quietly on a long bench in the park enjoying the breeze in the afternoon.
"Ben? Is that you?" The voice of a girl who seemed to rejoice at Ben's arrival.
"Yes, it's me. Are you waiting for me?" said Ben who was sitting next to the girl.
The girl nodded. Lian only saw from a distance Ben's interaction with the girl.
"Have your face changed?" ask the girl.
"Try me guess!"
The girl touched Ben's face with her hands. Lian frowned looking at the action that the girl was doing.
"You're getting good-looking, Ben."
"Thank you."
"Are you with someone else?"
"Yes, you know what?"
"Hu 'um. I know."
Ben asks Lian to come closer.
"Lian, meet Amira. Amira, it's a diamond." said Ben.
"Ah, hi. I'm Amira." The girl named Amira stretched out her hand.
Lian greeted. "I'm Diamond, call me Lian."
"You're Ben's friend?" ask Amira.
Lian glanced at Ben. Ben gave the code to Lian to answer yes.
"Ben, what time is it?" ask Amira.
"Four o'clock in the afternoon. What's up?"
"I have to teach. Umm, Lian sorry. I have to go teach."
"Ah yes, it's okay." replied Lian.
"Want you to take me?" tawp Ben's.
"Can. Do you remember where my class taught me?"
"Of course."
Ben grabbed Amira's left hand and wrapped it around her right arm. The wand Amira used to wear, Ben folds and he carries it in his other hand.
"What'sthis? The girl is blind? What does it mean that Ben brought me here and met the girl?" lian murmuring.
Lian was waiting for Ben on the park bench that Amira was sitting on.
"Sorry to keep Miss waiting." Ben has returned.
"It's okay. Ben, can you explain what this is?"
"Amira was our former college friend. My friend and Mr. Roy." Ben explained.
"Eh?"
"She was a cheerful girl before she was blind."
Lian closed her mouth. "So, you're saying he was able to see?"
"Yes. But because of an accident, he..."
Ben could not continue his story.
"Don't tell me that ... Does this have anything to do with Mommy Helena?" guess Lian.
Ben did not answer. And that was enough to make Lian understand the situation.
Lian held onto her chest which was starting to feel tight.
"But why, Ben? Why did Mommy hurt Amira?"
"Maybe actually Madam also wants to eliminate Amira like eliminating Belinda."
"Then why are you quiet? How long has it been all this time?"
"I'm just afraid that Mrs Helena will hurt Mr. Roy. I don't want Mrs Helena to hurt anyone else. Enough Amira and Belinda."
Lian closed her eyes. How complicated the life that has been lived by her husband. If Julian hadn't protected her, Lian would have fared just as much as Amira or maybe Belinda. Now Lian began to understand why Julian chose this path. A dark path full of vengeance.
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the Office of the District Attorney
"So, you're right to admit everything, Miss Helena?"
"Yes. I confess my actions. And also ... There's one more thing I haven't said."
"Eh? What's that about, madam?"
"There's one girl that I've also eliminated..."
"Eh? Wh-what?"
"But I don't think the girl died. Someone's helping him."
"Who is that girl, ma'am? Does the Madam still remember that?" ask Attorney Jordan.
"Yes, I remember. Name ... Amira."
Prosecutor Jordan flinched hearing Helena's confession. I don't know how many people he hurt.
"alright. So much for today. Madam is entitled to the assistance of a lawyer. Madam can call the Madam's family if you want."
"No! I don't need a lawyer. I just need .. My son is willing to forgive me... Roy and Julian. That's all it is!" close Helena before officers take her to a temporary detention cell until her case is heard.
Julian who heard all of Helena's words could only fall silent. Attorney Jordan went to see Julian.
"Hows it? Are you going to continue all this?" ask Attorney Jordan.
"Yes, of course. I've been waiting for this day for years. I can't back off anymore."
"What about the apology?"
"Do you think I can still forgive him?"
Prosecutor Jordan just sighed.
"alright. It's up to you. As your friend, I can only pray for the best."
"I'm gonna find out about that girl named Amira. Then you? You just get on with your job." Julian said before leaving the district attorney's office.
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#connects...
"Thanks to sist Meylani who was willing to lend Amira to be a cameo here, hehehe"