My husband Tajir & Arogan (Season 1)
CHAPTER XXXII

The journey to the hospital was quite time consuming, the two finally arrived there almost at sunset. Raphael and Delia immediately enter the hospital. When he arrived at Hartanto's treatment room, Delia immediately stopped her steps. The woman was afraid to face her in-laws.

"Why baby?" ask Rafael.

"I'd better wait outside Raf, I'm afraid my presence will worsen your father's health" Delia replied, "meet your father first, I'm fine if I have to wait for you" he added.

Rafael shook his head as he disagreed with Delia's opinion, the man pulled Delia's hand and grasped her gently.

"You my wife Delia, stay by my side so I can control my emotions when I face the papi. You have nothing to fear, I will protect you" Rafael said.

Delia sighed, she could not argue with her husband at this time. It is true that Rafael had to calm her husband when he met Hartanto. Delia continued her steps, following Rafael into the room.

On the bed, Hartanto had already opened his eyes, the old man looked sad. He looked at Rafael and Delia as they both entered. No more scary men before. Delia steps up with Rafael, but the woman is almost behind her husband because she is still afraid. The two approached Hartanto who was still staring at them.

"How are you doing?" ask Rafael.

Hartanto nodded weakly, "already better. How's Raf's company doing?" tanyakanya.

"Don't think about the company first, you focus on your health. I've dealt with some of the problems your stepson has caused" replied Rafael.

"Where are they?" ask Hartanto.

"Why do you still want to meet those traitors? Stop caring about people who are trying to destroy the Widjaja family" Rafael said.

Delia clasped Rafael's hand to calm him down. Rafael let out a long sigh while nodding to his wife. He didn't want to make Delia worry at the moment. Rafael looked back at his father.

"I don't want to add to your mind now, rest enough. I still have a lot to say about both. But later after your situation really improves, do not provoke my anger again," said Rafael.

"Raf... is as bad as both of them, but they are still my dependents. Helena is my wife and Firdaus is my son to take care of. It was my promise when I married her," Hartanto said stubbornly, "i made mistakes in the past with her family, I knew Helena came into my life to take revenge. My guilt allowed him to commit crimes against me for years. I kept trying to make her fall in love, so that my feelings of resentment and guilt would go away as time went on. Maybe until now, Helena didn't know if I knew who she was. You know Widjaja has a lot of reliable connections in investigating people's backgrounds. At first I was surprised, but I had to make up for all my mistakes in the past" Hartanto explained to his son.

Rafael widened his eyes, what secrets his father had been hiding all along. Rafael was shocked to hear that. Delia who had listened to Hartanto's words, looked at Rafael who was still shocked.

"It looks like this is the secret behind the Widjaja family issue, seeing Rafael's facial expression, it seems my husband doesn't know it either" Delia thought.

"Error? What mistake do you mean? What does your past have to do with your betrayal of my mother" Rafael said.

Rafael began to raise his voice, making Delia even more afraid.

"Quite Hartanto" said Rafael, "do not try to find an excuse to defend your child and wife" he added.

"Raf... calm down. You must listen to your father first," pinta Delia.

Hartanto took a deep breath, "I know you must still accuse me of that, but listen to me Raf. After that you can decide to trust me or not. I made a big mistake with Helena's family and broke her, I danced above the family's plight with the success of Widjaja's company. Then I married your mother and had you as my greatest gift. But over time, you continued to get sick as a child, and your mother ended up getting sick because she often thought about your health. Our lives are like karmic because of my mistakes. I told all the stories before I married your mother. Your mother was surprised at first, but she finally told me to make amends. I found out about the family and Helena who suffered the most. She had a baby son, but she was abandoned by her husband because of his poverty, it was all because of me. I told your mother and your mother was crazy, she told me to marry the woman I didn't love, Helena, to make amends. You were a kid back then to understand family matters. I repeatedly refused your mother's request, but every day she urged me and cried for the karma in the Widjaja family to end. And you can soon be healthy and grow up like a child in general. I approached Helena and told her a lie that your mother was sick and I needed entertainment. And that convinced her to marry me. And when I got married, I heard your mother was in the hospital and in a coma. I went to the hospital, but I couldn't face the truth when the doctor told me your mother was gone. I was scared and crazy at that time, I tried to get close to you but you were so angry with me that until you grew up you couldn't forgive me" Hartanto said.

Rafael retreated, his body trembling from his father's explanation. Delia had already started crying hearing the story. Hartanto's words sounded very convincing. The old man even started to shed his tears as he told her the true secret.

"No way, this must be my father's only tactic so that I can forgive them," Rafael thought still in disbelief.

"You can't lie to me Hartanto, my mother couldn't have done that to just let go of her family's karma. You think I'll believe it" said Rafael, shaking his head.

"For the sake of Lord Raphael, I love you and your mother more than my life. I kept locking myself up because I didn't want to make you angry, I let a teenage boy handle Widjaja's company. Do you think I did it on purpose. It's all because you insisted on avoiding me, didn't want to look at me. The pain of losing the second time in my life was losing your trust Rafael. When I lost my beloved wife, my beloved son left me. But I accept it all because I believe it's karma for my actions. And I tortured myself by living with Helena. The woman was good in front of me, but she betrayed me in the back. But I accept everything, as punishment for the pain you feel" Hartanto said.

Rafael laughed in disbelief, but his tears finally came out when he remembered his childhood. It hurts when I remember everything.

"Then why did you hit me when I saw you with a woman so many times at home, while my mother was lying in her room?" ask Rafael.

Hartanto closed his eyes for a moment and looked back at his son, "you are so small when it comes to understanding who and what I am doing with others. I beat you up so you'd be polite to others, the woman I took home with was the secretary and some of Widjaja's corporate staff. He's the one who helped me work at home, because I'm not leaving your sick mother. I've been leaving the company for months to take care of your mother, which is why getting some people from the company including the secretary to come home delivered me some important reports" Hartanto replied.

Rafael's legs weakened, the man fell to the floor helplessly, all this time he misunderstood his father. Hated him for years. He gathered some memories from his past that saw some people always busy in his father's room.

It was his father's office. Because until this second even Rafael was very reluctant to step on the room because of his own misunderstanding. When he remembered their faces back, he finally realized they were indeed the old staff of Widjaja company.

"Helena is not a mistress and a cheap woman as you say, Helena was not from a poor family before I destroyed her parents' efforts. That's why I was mad at you when you insulted Raf," Hartanto said.

Delia hugged Rafael who started crying on the floor. The arrogant man who had been in sight, was now completely weakened like a child in need of affection. Rafael's body continued to tremble from his regretful cries.

Delia tried to calm her husband down, Delia knew how much pain her husband was suffering at the time. Rafael does not believe in this reality. It was all like a dream to him. Why did her father just tell her everything, after the problem got more complicated like this.

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