
"We are victims of a factory fire. Why were we placed in a ward like this?" ask Pak Darno as a representative of the guardians of the victims.
"We hope you can be patient first, we are applying for funds for the treatment of the victims. We'll do what's best for you." A woman is seen speaking to calm the victims' guardians.
"At least give us good care, do not even put us in a room that is not habitable like this," debate pak Darno, still trying to discuss with the company.
"We understand the feelings of our mothers and fathers. However, the company has rules and procedures that we must complete before disbursing the entire money. We hope you can also understand us, as ordinary employees." The woman began to show a compassionate face, seeking the mercy of the families who were experiencing misfortune. Really, shameless, isn't it?
That night, after arguing for a long time, the victims' guardians chose to surrender and wait for the company to help them to run the treatment. However, it turns out that all of this is not proven at all. There was no goodwill from the company officials, even they seemed to disappear without news, while treatment for the victims was waiting for medical costs, to be dealt with immediately.
Their anger was further heightened when they got information, if from the beginning the company was never willing to spend money on the medical expenses of the victims. Finally, they were determined to come directly to the company and demand justice in front of the central building, where the company officials were located.
However, all of that did not work at all. That night, men in black jackets suddenly came to every protester who was still standing in front of the company building and brutally beat them. The man also threatened to do worse if the victims' guardians still demanded compensation from the company.
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"What are you guys doing, huh? Why would Ervin know about the victims?!" roland shouted at some of the men who were his men.
"Pardon us, sir. We didn't know they were going to come to the families of the victims directly" said one of the men in a black jacket.
"Basic is useless! Why am I hiring you all this time, if I can't handle this?!" shouted Roland who could no longer hold back his emotions.
"Pardon us, sir." The men in black jackets could only duck deeply, fearing Roland's anger.
"Haish!" Roland picked up the golf club in the corner of the room then struck one of the men standing at the front, repeatedly. No one dared to stop Roland's brutality. They were all too afraid that they would be treated worse than their friends, if they dared to open their voices.
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Along the way, both Laras and Ervin were silent with faces that could not be interpreted. The two had just returned home after a late night. They are busy taking care of their own needs in the hospital for the victims.
Laras and Ervin also apologized for everything that had happened to the victims and families of victims who experienced violence. Ervin even directly talked to the hospital where they were treated. Now, all medical expenses will go directly to the company bill. While the money for compensation as well as severance of the victims, it was prepared by Ervin in advance.
However, even so, Laras was still unable to adapt to the situation and news he had just received, until the woman was still silent with her shock.
"Everything will be fine. You believe me, right?" Ervin clasped Laras' hands when they got out of the car.
"Heem." Laras only muttered with a gaze that still looked unsettled. I do not know what is now in the mind of the woman, until she seemed cool with her own duani.
The two walked to the second floor. Laras who usually always returned the greetings of the servants who passed by, now as if he did not see them all. The woman's lips were silenced by a thousand languages. Ervin knew that, he just fell silent as he continued to walk off the pace of Laras, until the two reached their room.
"Cry, now there is only me here" Ervin said in a very soft voice. Ervin knows, these few days are so tiring for Laras. Starting from the incident of the fire, to all the reality that has just been heard by Laras. It all, must have burdened him with all the feelings that even this time the woman felt.
"Why? Why did Madame Davina have to choose me? Why?" tanya Laras accompanied by sobs in her words.
Ervin closed his eyes with his mouth tightly shut. There was a painful pain in his heart, when he heard the weak and helpless words of the woman who was now his wife. But what would he say now? That man doesn't know the answer to Laras's question? Her mother never even talked about her match with Laras, what else was a reason.
"Sorry ...." Only that word could now escape his lips. As a sign of regret, because it has caused Laras to get involved in this complicated life problem.
"I'm sorry, Ras. Sorry." Back, Ervin spoke in a tone full of regret. Hearing Laras who was falling, made him feel he had to take charge of Java with the sadness of his wife.
"It's too heavy, sir. I feel like I won't be able to bear it anymore" murmured Laras, still with his face in the chest of Ervin's field.
"No! Please, don't leave me, Ras. You are my strength, you who have made me have a reason to live and fight them again, Race." Ervin further tightened his embrace, now fear began to envelop him. Ervin doesn't want to be left out anymore.
"I'm tired. Please let me go. I beg ...." Baras could no longer resist giving up. This was not his world, everything felt foreign and stifling. He did not even know why he had to give up his life to return the favor in this way.
"No! I will never allow you to leave. No, Ras .. I beg you, don't." One drop of tears just escaped from the fertilizer. Ervin fear.
"I love you, Ras. I beg you not to stay with me" continued Ervin again without letting go of his arms to his wife. Lost all the prestige and arrogance he had shown Laras all this time. Now, all of that has been shattered with the fear of being abandoned for the umpteenth time.
"I lost, Ras. I can no longer hide my feelings for you. Me, confess. I love you, Ras. Now, you don't need to protect me anymore, because I'm the one who will be your protector. You just have to be always by my side. I promise, I'll beat them, I'll make you happy .. I promise."
Barrel was silent, suddenly his tongue felt faint. His entire body trembled violently, with a heart thump that was so fierce. Crying subsided. Hearing Ervin's confession, instantly all his sadness and grief seemed to disappear out of nowhere.
However, was this what Laras had expected all along? A love that comes from an Ervin? Does she love her husband too? What if it was just pity?
Laras. His heart returned ambiguous, with uncertain feelings. Should he survive? Or, is it better to give up, before the taste grows deeper?
Slowly, Laras explained Ervin's embrace from his body until the distance they were created. He looked at the handsome face that had been accompanying him every night and day. The figure of a mysterious and grumpy man, who he thinks is just like a child.
As if hypnotized by the black eyes that always stared blankly, slowly Laras hand raised up to cupping her husband's two thin cheeks. There was a slight roughness in the sideburns and beard area that started to appear to grow up to cause small black spots around Ervin's handsome face.
The faint smile rose, as she recalled that this morning she had forgotten to help her husband shave it. Ah, because he thought too much about the victims, he said that he forgot his duty to the husband. However, all that did not last long, when Laras again remembered so many burdens that awaited in front of his path, if he chose to continue with Ervin.
"I'm not sure I can hold on to you" Laras said with teary eyes. The woman's face even still looked wet from the tear drop marks just a moment ago.
Ervin shook his head slowly. Murat was disappointed so clearly on his handsome face that now seemed to turn sad. The eyelids blinked slowly, enduring the tightness that began to creep into his heart.