Never A Stranger
PARLORS
"Where are you going?" ask Rendy when she enters the house.
"Aku.. Aku.." Riri stammered, while Rendy's four friends were still worried that Riri would complain to Rendy.
"What is ri? Is there a problem?" ask Rendy again.
"ee.. No bang, I was told to go home because I have to go to grandma's house" answered Riri lying.
"Oh.. If so I take it" bargained Rendy, after all Rendy had promised to take Riri home.
"No need to go, Riri took a taxi. Bang Rendy go ahead first" replied Riri refused.
"Come on!" Rendy ignores Riri's refusal, he pulls Riri's hand and takes her to the car to drive her home.
Actually Rendy already knew that Riri lied to her, she knew that her friends had done Riri wrong. For that Rendy will return to the Popi house so that he can ask the four of them.
After taking Riri, Rendy actually came there. He was increasingly suspicious that something was wrong because Riri was just silent during the trip to his house earlier. Even when Rendy asked, Riri remained silent.
"What's going on?" asked Rendy, she was still standing before all of them. They were all worried and looked down.
"Something happened?" asked the confused Doni to look at the furious Rendy.
"You guys shut up!" tell Rendy to Doni and Anton, they're following him.
"I asked what happened?" rendy asked the four of them.
"You're mad at us?" Elsa who heard Rendy yells intends to fight Rendy, for like the previous reason that Rendy never got mad at her. But it turns out that it was wrong, Rendy gets angry at Elsa and asks Elsa to tell her what happened.
"I asked you again what happened?" asked Rendy, this time it was only for Elsa.
"Why do you defend that girl so much?" ask Elsa what Rendy is upset about.
"What?"
"More.. I've liked you for 4 years and you've always rejected me, why now you're bringing another girl in front of me?" Elsa expressed her feelings with tears.
"What did you say?"
"I like you and still like you" replied Elsa who was still crying.
"Stop that way El, you know I wouldn't like you if you were my friend, after all you're like my sister".
"Then don't consider me your friend or your sister, think of me as a stranger so you can like me" Elsa cried sobbing.
"Enough!!" Rendy was already getting annoyed with Elsa "What did you say to Riri?" ask Rendy again while controlling her emotions.
Elsa cries screaming and yelling, their other friends try to stop their quarrel and calm rendy.
"Am I an orphan?" Rendy is angry with Elsa's question, and tells Elsa not to bring it up again.
It turned out that they were not all children of the rich but rather they were children of the orphanage.
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**flashback 10 years ago**
Rendy's father was the CEO of one of the famous companies in Switzerland at the time, when he returned to Indonesia he founded his branch company in this city. He also sponsors one of the orphanages in the city, where it is the sixth orphanage the boy lives in.
As long as he sponsored the orphanage there was no problem, it always went smoothly. Up to 1 year after he became a sponsor there was a fire disaster at the orphanage that killed many children because it happened at night while all the children were sleeping
The fire was caused by a gas explosion caused by the negligence of his father's company staff who were assigned to the orphanage at night, it was not clear why the gas could have exploded.
The staff and several children died in the accident, while the mother and six other children survived, suffering only minor burns as she was about to escape.
The mother, who suffered severe burns while trying to save the children, was rushed to the hospital, and was put into a coma for several days. When it awakens, the mother of the house asks and begs Rendy's father to volunteer to take care of the remaining children.
That's because the mother of the orphanage who knew that she would not be able to last long, she did not want the orphanage child abandoned because of her
And sure enough, after saying that the mother of the parlour died because of the burns she was experiencing was really severe. Rendy's father, who is known to be kind and friendly to everyone, inevitably has to take care of these six children
At first he planned to send these children to another orphanage for care. However, one of the children named Popi said that he was afraid of returning to the house, while the other child did not care about it. Seeing that Popi is traumatized by Rendy's father does not have the heart to bring Popi to another orphanage. Therefore, he will take Popi with him. Of course he also did not want other children to feel sad and disappointed, which is why he also brought other children with him.
Rendy who heard her father and mother quarrel was upset with these children and without her father she threw them away. They were scared and followed what Rendy told them.
However, it is quickly discovered by Rendy's father and asks Rendy not to do so. It turns out that Rendy's mother had been forced to agree to stay here because Rendy's father told her the reason for the fire was his own company's fault. He as CEO has to take responsibility for that.
Rendy's strict mother told Rendy's father that they could stay here, but they had to do some helpful work at home. They all agree with that, too.
While Rendy who was upset with her father was angry then complained to her grandmother. Unfortunately, Rendy's grandmother also approved of what her father had done. Rendy had no one to support her to drive them out of her house, even when her brothers came home, they had no problem with that either. Rendy also had to accept the situation
The orphanage boy did the task as Rendy's mother had said. While carrying out their work many times they were colonized by Rendy's first brother, who turns out he actually did not like the orphanage's children here. He looked in front of his father as if he accepted it but he basically disliked it. Unlike the second brother Rendy who actually reprimanded his first brother.
Rendy also prays the children of the home with her first brother. The second brother who saw that complained to their father and finally they were both scolded by his father.
Rendy's first brother who is upset makes him mean that he will harm his sister with another orphanage child. It was known by Rendy, Rendy instead did not care and would only witness the destruction of the orphanage
It turned out that it happened, where the first brother deliberately told the children to jump into the pool at their home as high as adults. For fear of being expelled one by one of them jumped and drowned because the pool was not for children their age
Second brother Rendy, who saw the children drowned, rebuked his brother and told him to stop. It turned out that he did, he jumped to save the children who in the end he also drowned because he could not swim .
Rendy who saw not accept the second brother also became a victim, then he asked the servant at his home. When Rendy's father came home, Rendy's second brother immediately said everything that happened to their father.
Their father was very angry and punished his brother by sending him to Switzerland
Over time Rendy began to mess with the children of the home even though he was upset with them. Rendy eventually begins to befriend them all and invites them to play. His father was happy to see his son happy.
When Rendy graduated Middle School Rendy asked her father to send the six children of the orphanage as well, because Rendy who was a teenager felt that they did not have to be servants until their old age.
If they study, they will get a job and then they will get their own life without having to rely on their father again. Rendy's father agreed with his son's opinion. Therefore he was looking for a school that would accept students without SD and Junior High diplomas.
Because Rendy's father was a very instrumental person, he soon found it, a lot of schools are willing to accept the orphanage because Rendy's father promised millions of rupiah sponsorship to the school.
Rendy also attended school in the same place as the six of them and became a true friend.
When they graduated from High School, they were lectured by Rendy's father as promised. Popi who has the intelligence in the field of fashion asked Rendy's father to go to Switzerland to lecture the fashion section, Leli more interested in the world of sound attraction, Rendy's father asked him to choose which university he wanted
Elsa is interested in the arts, she is also asked to choose the university she wants, Tuti and Doni choose the same university with different majors. Meanwhile, Anton chooses to open his own business because he is interested in business, therefore Rendy's father provides an opportunity for Anton to do just that.
Not only that, Rendy's father also gave them all their residences. So, they won't be staying at Rendy's house anymore.
That was the reason why they were all afraid and unwilling to refute Rendy, because Rendy was like their friend and also like a hero to them. Rendy's father has been very kind to them, they always remember Budi's debt.
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(Back) Then what's the reason Rendy never got mad at Elsa?. Rendy was never angry with Elsa. It's just that among the six of them only Elsa rarely speaks a lot or Elsa is known as a quiet girl.
At this time Rendy did not expect Elsa to have dared to talk like that to others. Actually Rendy did not ask them all to be afraid of him or obey his orders. Rendy just wants them to respect Rendy as Rendy respects them.
Elsa who regretted doing that to Rendy repeatedly apologized, she did not want because of her mistakes her friends will also get the impact. Rendy forgives Elsa and asks Elsa to also apologize to Riri, Elsa agrees to that, as well as Leli who had been on the wrong side, will apologize to Riri as well.
Rendy is angry not because it is riri, but because her friends have made mistakes. As Popi said, he does not stand up for anyone, only he wants to uphold the truth. And so did Rendy.
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Rendy invites the two of them to meet with Riri to apologize
"R.. I'm sorry for insulting you yesterday, I was just too emotional. So, you don't have to put my words in my heart yesterday" Elsa said apologetically.
"I also ri, I shouldn't have come to the defense of Elsa who made a mistake, I just feel jealous because you are very beautiful even though the clothes you wear are simple" said Leli who also regretted his mistake.
Riri yang sudah melupakan kejadian kemaren tentu saja memaafkan mereka berdua, lagipula untuk apa meributkan hal seperti ini, ini hanyalah pertengkaran biasa.
"It's okay brother.. Besides, I've forgotten what happened yesterday" Riri replied with a smile.
Rendy likes Riri even more, judging by the way she looks at Riri who is full of affection.
Since that incident Riri became close to all of them and occasionally contacted them, especially Popi. That's because Popi had promised him an event in Switzerland.
Even so, Riri still wondered why they all obeyed Rendy and feared that Rendy was angry. But he did not dare to ask them.
Seriate..