
..."Ciara lives in my house. There are a lot of empty rooms that are not used. I will treat them like my own children." - Abercio Sanchez...
Flashback.
"Mas! Who is that woman?!" Lucy looked at her husband with teary eyes holding her sebak in her chest.
The woman's two-child heart was so broken to pieces when she saw her husband making out with messy clothes as he purposely came to her husband's office. Intentions, want to give lunch. But ... her husband had been fed raw meat first by a foreign female figure he had never seen before.
"Why are you?! I feel stressed in this house! What's wrong with sometimes looking for entertainment out there?!" Markus said this in a loud voice.
The middle-aged man loosened the tie around his neck without the slightest bit of guilt. He took off his coat and threw it in any direction.
"Mas! Our son is two! Why is that same thing as me? Was my cage all this time, Mom?" ask Lucy while sobbing. Tears began to wash his cheeks.
Markus rolled his eyeballs lazily while sighing harshly. He walked over to Lucy who was combing her hair in front of the dresser.
"The self!" markus' orders loudly.
Lucy stood up as she turned to Mark to turn her back to the dresser.
"Come to the mirror!" markus said while turning his wife's body by force.
Lucy stared at the reflection of her body in the mirror full of question marks.
"Now!" Markus shook Lucy's head, "unkept hair, a face that is not groomed, a saggy chest .. argh!!! How can I not find entertainment out there?!"
"Every time I ask you to connect, you always say .. take care of Ciara, cook, the house is still a mess! Sometimes I fall asleep waiting for you in my room! Can't all that be done while I'm at work?!"
Lucy's cry was growing. Her heart was so heartbroken when it came to humiliation and was so painfully cornered by her own husband.
"Mas, I have to teach Darren to do chores and there are a lot of things I have to take care of for home. After all, to decorate yourself, Mas always give less money for"
"Hey!!!" Markus grabbed his wife's hair. "less?!!! You said less?!!!"
Markus strangled his wife's neck with bulging eyes. His jaw hardened and blood vessels appeared on the man's skin.
"Uhuk .. uhukkk .... Mas, Darren's school fees are half of the monthly money that Mas love. Darren wants me to go to public school, but Mas doesn't allow it under the pretext of prestige. And yet, I-"
Platkk!!!
"Disput you huh?!"
Markus slapped his wife. Then he pushed Lucy to the floor firmly. Then, he takes off his belt and whips Lucy's body mercilessly.
"Ughhhhh!" Lucy biting her lips held back the crying and pain. He wanted to scream in pain, but he did not want Ciara who was a child to listen to the violence he received at that time. It could be, the little girl was tortured as usual.
"M-Bus ..." Lucy holds Mark's leg with a body that is in pain and bleeding due to the lash of the belt. "U-already .. s-sick."
"ill?! My heart hurts more when I come home and I don't get the peace!"
Mark lifted the belt in his hand into the air. He was getting ready to swing the belt to his wife's body again. And ....
Prakkk!!!
"Aghhhh!!!" Ciara screamed in pain.
The little girl who was then five years old, did not know when to come hug her mother's body. He chose to accept the lash so that his mother would not be hurt more.
“Daddy .. don't hit Mommy. Hiks... Daddy can hit Ciara aja kayak that Daddy used to do to Ciara," sobbed the little girl as much as he pleased.
"Don't, Mas," Lucy was helpless. "He's our son. He's a kid, Mom."
"Aghhhh!!!" ciara shouted with great sadness.
Markus doesn't heed Lucy's words. He actually slaughtered Ciara's back using a belt in his hand until he was satisfied to vent the demon's emotions.
Just then, Markus passed away leaving Ciara and Lucy alone. Ciara cried sobbing with her tiny hands that she never let go from hugging Lucy's body.
"Mommy, Ciara's back hurts, Mom. Hiks... hikss.." sobs Ciara pilu while slowly her tiny hands began to limp and no longer strong embrace Lucy's body.
"What ... does he have more blood than he does, Mommy? Hiks.. hiks.. I'm afraid of blood."
Off Flashback.
...❣️❣️❣️...
"Yeah..." Abercio sighed while leaning against the sofa while listening to Lucy's short story.
"I'm sorry, I don't mean to complain, but because Mr. Abercio asked me earlier, so I explained a little bit of what you want to know." Said Lucy timidly.
"Why haven't you been divorced in the past?" abercio growled with a sharp look towards Lucy.
"I think .. she can change," Lucy replied regretfully as her face bowed.
"But, Sir. Are you sure you are marrying this old me contract? You see, there are many beautiful young women out there lining up for a real marriage with the Father" Lucy raised her face. He looked at Abercio with a huff.
"This important thing is just a contract marriage. You need me and I need you. Limited transactions that have advantages," said Abercio calmly while sipping his coffee.
"good. Thank you for choosing me, sir. I want to make my son happy. Even more so Ciara. Her suffering made me feel guilty as a mother" Lucy said earnestly.
"So far, if you go to the US, who do Ciara and Darren live with?" ask Abercio curiously.
"Darren wants to cost himself, maybe Ciara is too. They're independent kids"
"Aren't you worried about girls living alone? Especially children who are at puberty age?" asked Abercio fiercely. "I'm like this because he's also going to be my son even if this marriage is just a contract."
"Well this marriage contract is just me, you and my secretary. And the others? They are real this year. So I don't want to fall just because of a small pebble."
Lucy fell silent. He was confused about what he should do. He bowed and unceasingly let out a long breath. Did he leave it to another family? Possibly ... Ciara wants?
"Sir-s"
"Ciara lives in my house. There are a lot of empty rooms that are not used. Darren too, stay there if he wants. I'll treat them like my own children" Abercio said, not letting Lucy continue.
"In part, with the children at home, the bully will not come anymore to make a scene in my house," Abercio added.
"But, Sir. Ciara is a little spoiled. She is not like a girl her age. I pampered him too much because he had many wounds in the past," Lucy was worried that he would have to burden Abercio.
"Can he eat and drink by himself?" asked Abercio suddenly.
"Can, sir."
"Go yourself? Sleeping themselves? Shower itself?"
"Can, sir."
"Yes already. That means he won't be a hassle. I'm gonna recruit cooks to keep their food awake every day."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. I'm lucky to meet you, Father." Lucy said with a relieved smile. He no longer had to worry about his son.
"Today you start moving your belongings and your children to my house. Our marriage certificate is ready," said Abercio shortly after looking at a flat object that had just vibrated because there was an incoming notification.
...❣️❣️❣️...
...SERIATE......
...❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️...