Look at Me, Elle
Chapter 12 The quarrel

Naomi, who could not cover her nervousness, closed the door to Brielle's house slowly and occasionally pulled and exhaled a long breath. Swallowed before turning around and looking at his best friend who had been watching him with a sharp look. Seeing how horrible Brielle looked, she looked down and stepped very slowly towards the sofa that Brielle occupied.

"When did you know they were brothers?!" spray the released Brielle. He was very disappointed in Naomi. It could be that the close friend he trusted did not tell such an important thing.

"Since I joined Leonardo to Bali .. first."

Clearly, Brielle's eyelids were opening wide, wider than ever. His body that had been leaning on the sofa, no longer stuck a little there. The sharper he gave a look towards Naomi who was trying to put herself next to him. "It's been a while?!" peekik Brielle later.

"Yes, Elle."

Taking a rough breath, Brielle got up from the sofa and folded her hands on her chest. He stood in front of Naomi. While the girl in front of him did not dare to look up at him. "When?!" his cry was curious, along with the feeling of being slashed by a knife. "Why do you have to cover this up from me, Naomi?!" he added that stomped his feet, venting his frustration. "Why should you keep it a secret?! When did you know that Leonardo and Leonathan were brothers?!"

"About two years ago."

"Why didn't you tell me that long ago?! Why should I be late knowing this?!" snapped the slumped Brielle, sitting on the floor with a face of deep disappointment at her most reliable and trusted friend. "What is your purpose in hiding the truth?"

"I want what's best for you, Elle."

"The best?" while chuckling he looked up and gave a sharp look, leading right to a pair of dark brown eyes belonging to Naomi who was still sitting politely on the sofa. "THE BEST YOU SAY?!" his weakness disappeared and was replaced by a headband many times.

"Y-yes, Elle."

"Aware or not, you're adding a new problem!" she strangled Naomi's right hand, which touched her shoulder to calm herself down. "How can I forget Leonathan that Leonardo is the younger brother of Elnathan's father?!"

"You can do it."

"Leonardo is my own son's uncle, Naomi!" The already disappointed Brielle is eager to expel Naomi right now, but she is not that happy because she is still thinking about their friendship. "How can my son have a stepfather who is none other than the younger brother of his biological father?!" he continued, who now no longer looked at Naomi, the woman was already teary and made her heart slightly hurt. "Can you think carefully before hiding this important information from me?! Why should I know now? In which way is best for me?"

"I'm sorry, Elle," Naomi said in a trembling voice.

"You should have told me all this before I got into a relationship with Leonardo. It's your fault!" close up Brielle who immediately got up from the floor and ran to her room. Not only Naomi who cried, Brielle was not able to hold back her tears that forced her to come out. Closed the door he just opened before going to bed with the son, the hero who had fallen asleep in bed while holding a car.

Outside the room, Naomi tries to apologize. The girl did not stop knocking on the door of Brielle's room and her best friend's son slowly. Many times he knocked, but the room owner ignored him. "I beg you, Elle .. open the door and talk about this carefully. I'll give you a solution!"

"There's no solution anymore. You're making this all the more complicated" Brielle replied very quietly, and certainly won't be heard by Naomi's two ears. Kissing her son's forehead, Brielle wakes up and stores her bag first in a bag hanger made of iron next to her wardrobe. Choosing a knee-length slumber, he glanced at the door. "I'm disappointed in you!" she cried, for Naomi was still knocking on the door and begging to be opened.

"I'm still waiting for you until you talk to me, Elle! Come on, listen to my purpose to keep this a secret from you, Elle!" the door did not give up. "Gelle!" also a knock on the door that lucky can not disturb the calmness of Elnathan who is still sleeping. "Come on! Open the door, Elle!"

No three minutes of white dress that had been wrapped beautifully on Brielle's body, had been replaced with a blue sea negligee without a motive, plain. He walked casually towards the door of his room and immediately opened the unlocked door. With a quick movement Brielle pulled the door. Naomi's hand that keeps knocking almost hit her nose if she doesn't back off.

"What do you want to make excuses for? My happiness? From where? You're just making me dizzy and confused right now!" Walking past Naomi, he headed to the kitchen to fetch some drinking water. In addition to his dry throat, the kitchen was a place that kept him calm. For some reason, Brielle prefers to pour sadness and other negative feelings there.

Naomi, who was following him, walked slowly. At the tempo of Brielle's footsteps, because the woman definitely does not want her steps to be equated. Keep your distance from Naomi.

"I want to see you happy, Elle. That's why I let you date Leonardo. If you weren't my best friend, I wouldn't have let you two relate like now. But, since I know Leonardo likes you .. I'm ready to break up with him."

Brielle, who was standing in front of the gallon dispenser below, turned her head after filling the glass glass that had been empty so half filled. "What do you mean by that?" ask Brielle while she glances. Even his legs are not strong anymore, even though the distance from the front of the dispenser to the dining chair is not far. "What else makes me more surprised?!"

"Sorry, Elle."

"You know where your fault is?!" Brielle who had been limp, walked to the chair with a very slow step. Naomi's hand that was stretched out on her was even pushed aside. "I don't want you to sacrifice, let alone sacrifice your feelings for my happiness!"

"But Leonardo likes you, Elle. Especially now, I can see her happiness when I'm with you."

"But you yourself harbored sadness when you saw me with him!" snapped Brielle who squeezed her glass. "Do you want me to be branded as the snatch of his own best friend's girlfriend and considered the cruelest woman in the world for dating my best friend's girlfriend?! You want me to be labeled as that kind of woman?!"

"I just want you to be happy, Elle!" nahomi who was crying. "I was sad when I saw you alone taking care of Elnathan. When I saw Leonardo's eyes twinkle while looking at you, I knew he liked you. I can't possibly relate to a man who doesn't love me, Elle."

"Then? Aren't you thinking about my feelings?" brielle asked paused, she looked away at the darkest events of her life. "Do you know how I feel after knowing all this?"

Brielle laughs miris. "It's sad when you know that a big secret is revealed just as you start to forget your first love, and choose to marry the one who loves you. Then your first love comes and the feelings that were once still not completely gone."

"You .. You haven't forgotten how you felt with Leonathan?!"

"Do you think I can just forget about it?" brielle asked without looking at the friend who was staring at her with an unexpected look, not believing that Brielle still had feelings for Leonathan.

"With his son, his flesh and blood are with me at all times. You think I can forget Leonathan that fast?" Brielle swallowed her saliva and closed her eyes while breathing out. "Although for years I parted with her, her flesh and blood stuck with me."

Biting her lips tightly, Naomi recalled her mistake in making the decision first. If only he had been more open and telling the truth about Leonathan and Leonardo's relationship, the possibility of this problem did not exist. It is likely that Brielle will not accept Leonardo's love if she finds out that Leonathan and Leonardo are brothers. Yes, but the prevailing reality is too late, time cannot be repeated.

"You're wrong, you should have known from the beginning that you were talking to me. If it's been like this, I could've ruined the brother-sister relationship."

"I-iya .. if I had not chosen the wrong path, you might not have been this busy, Elle .. I'm really sorry for you," regret Naomi who directly reached the woman's hand in front of her eyes, still closed her eyes. While a long breath had already escaped from Brielle's mouth and nose before the woman buried her face in her pair of folded arms on the table.

"You must be very sorry" said Brielle, whom Naomi had taken.

It is true, the woman was truly sorry, so overcome with guilt for hiding that fact. Even from the beginning he learned that Leonardo and Leonathan were siblings. As a result, it ends up harming all parties including himself who actually still loves Leonardo. He loved Leonardo so much that he was willing to let Leonardo choose which woman he deserved.

"You still have a taste for him?"

"Y-you mean? You mean Leonardo?"

"Who else, if not him?" Naomi was silent and then looked down deeply. "You love her, don't you?"

"Ak—"

"Have this word of mine." Brielle said it while patting Naomi's back and making her best friend look up and look at her. Seen, Naomi who had flooded tears while holding two shoulders, right and left belonged to her best friend. "I don't like it when you sacrifice your own feelings too much for me. Although best friend, you also have the right to love anyone. I feel even sadder that I'm the one who caused you to cry."

Wiping away Naomi's tears, she added, "you've helped me a lot." Then pull the body and hold it tightly. Brielle rubbed Naomi's back with tears that also could not stop. "Follow your heart, I will also follow my own heart."

He saw Brielle who tried to calm down by drinking mineral water in a glass glass, a few sips. "Are you going to keep in touch with Leonardo?" Brielle looked at him after putting the glass on the table.

"Do you think I should continue my relationship with him? If my best friend is sad about the relationship, and I still have feelings for other men .. Can I continue the relationship?" Brielle asked back with a smile, very thin.

"What about your engagement? One more step you're getting married, Elle .. just waiting for Leonathan's blessing."

"Will Leonathan give his blessing?" Naomi felt more guilty, hearing Brielle's question she remembered the fate of Elnathan who did not know the figure of his biological father until the handsome boy was three years old. "Even I heard, he didn't stop looking for me."

"That was two years ago, Elle."

"Do you think I should marry Leonardo?"

"Why not?"

"As a woman and as a friend I still have a heart. Can I see my best friend crying on my wedding day because of her love for me? You think I'm that bad?"

"I just want to see you happy, Elle." Brielle shook her head strongly, refuting Naomi's unreasonable intentions and her heart.

"It's not like that!" strangled while standing. "If you're willing to sacrifice your heart for me, then I'm the worst friend in the world!"

"No!" refuting Naomi who disagreed with Brielle's opinion was like cornering herself. "Don't say that. I did it out of my own will."

"Then let me cut off my relationship with Leoardo."

"What do you want, Elle? You want it all to end?"

"I'll be alone. I will walk alone and avoid the brothers. There will be no more me with Leonardo or going back in time."

"You yourself have never known Leonathan," Naomi said it very softly and made Brielle turn her head briefly at him.

"I'm going to shy away from men, especially those two siblings." Brielle then lifted her foot from the kitchen with her bare hands, leaving her clear glass on the table while there was still some leftover. "Good night, buddy!" he pushed the last word. "See you tomorrow morning, and have a good dream! God bless you!"

"I'm sorry, Elle" Naomi whispered as she stared at Brielle's back which was far away because the woman had run. "May we always be happy, Elle." Scooping his face shrouded in sadness, his lips resumed, "although it felt very unlikely to get it."

Inside the bedroom, Brielle thoughtlessly climbed into the bed. The twenty-three-year-old woman immediately touched Elnathan's head as he climbed up, crawled into the bed, and slept next to his son. He who was still crying continued to rub the head of the handsome boy with brown hair color, just like the papa.

He hugged Elnathan tightly as he let out the top of his head many times and his mouth began to utter sentences filled with determination. "Thank you for having a child like you, dear ... My mom is lucky because she is always next to me. Mama apologizes that all this time Mama has not been able to introduce El to papa, but Mama promises .. someday when the time comes, El will definitely be able to meet the birth father of El. Mama dear Elnathan."

He held the body of the three-year-old boy firmly and did not stop landing his lips on the child's forehead. "Mama promise, Elnathan will meet papa someday," he pressed again before entering the subconscious and allowing sleepiness to ambush him.

As Brielle said, Elnathan will definitely meet his real father. Whether it is time, but sooner or later, the day Elnathan has been waiting for will come. Similarly, with a man who has not stopped looking for his son, his search will certainly succeed. Either now, tomorrow, or some more time. To be clear, only fate would bring the little family together.