Rayyan
Chapter 28. Opium In The Dark

Arnold sat down on the sofa fretfully. Before, he had never been this big. Only to meet his eldest son who until this moment he has not also revealed the trunk of his nose. Take it easy, he's a patient man. Until midnight, Arnold will wait.

"Om it really is okay?! Is it hard now?!" The question came from Rion who was sitting in front of him. For the size of a teenager, Rion was brave enough to look at Arnold with a gaze that was no less frightening.

"You don't believe it?! It's okay, I don't need your trust. I just want to see how Ray is doing now."

"Oh, so?! But I thought it would make Ray rich first." Arnold quiet. Recalling as he vented his frustration at Ray. It ends with Ray having a bruise on his body. He was silent in his daydream. Being in front of Rion is like facing a client who is difficult to compromise. He had never even faced a man as brave as this child. Arnold was quite amazed by his nephew.

"So Renand came here?" Arnold asked softly. And only answered a nod by Rion.

"When are they coming home?"

"Last afternoon, why?!" Rion asked in an intimidating tone.

"No. I'm amazed by you guys, you guys take good care of my kids."

"We try our best." Rion. However, after that there was a fairly long gap between the two. That silence made them wander back in each other's minds.

"Do you feel any difference from Rayyan right now?" Rion looked at Arnold fixedly. Rion did not know why Arnold suddenly asked that. But he also did not want to say that the answer to that question was "yes". Starting from Rayyan's temperament up and down, or with his attitude that is not like before. He still remembered how the boy had argued with Shan, and ended up with a hard slap that fell on his tapered cheek. Arnold was right, Rayyan has changed.

While in the kitchen, Nia was talking to someone from the phone. Honestly arguing with people over there is exhausting. He wondered how he could marry the figure of Abra who used to be his rival.

"He came after a long time of neglecting Rayyan. And now, I want to accept that?! Don't you joke..." Nia crept the end of her clothes. Angry at that guy.

"He is also human, can certainly do wrong to anyone. You want him to be a perfect father like an angel?! Now that you're sleeping, enjoy your dreams!"

"Stupid!! He once beat up his son under the pretext of being unreasonable!"

"We also left Rion for quite a long time."

"That's different!!"

"That's the same thing. We don't know how Rion is growing. He became a stone man because of you!"

"Your mouth wants to be stuffed with cement paper or rice paper?!! Now you're just blaming me for making Rion your rich son?!! This must be because of your attitude that does not really care..."

"Yes, thankfully he looks just like me. Thank God it doesn't look like you, if Rion looks like you, he'll be at the zoo. He must have been mistaken for a gorilla because he was often angry with your rich!"

"The husband doesn't know it's lucky!!"

"Yes, handsome and charming husband, that's me! And about Arnold, let him see his son. He's also a father, when he says you miss him so much you know what it means. After all, even if I were in her position I would do the same."

"You sure?!"

"Yes sure. A long time ago, I wanted to enjoy my temporary bachelor, bye gorilaa!!!" Connection interrupted. Leaving the petrified figure of Nia while hissing in annoyance. But a few moments later, he smiled. Abra is a cold man. He's a good dictator, he likes to be alone. To be honest, the first time Nia met him they immediately became enemies in a few minutes. Abra, who is famous as a famous child, is considered by many girls at school to meet Nia as the son of an emotional karate coach. Just be grateful, as long as they are married their house has not collapsed due to the quarrel of the two.

"Basic stone man!!" Sluggishly. He tried to reflect on what Abra was saying. It cannot be selfish. Maybe right now, Ray needs Arnold as a father. The possibility of Ray's change also occurred because he did not have the affection of a father that he had hoped for.

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"You can see Rayyan, Arnold." That was the sentence Nia spoke when she was in front of Arnold and Rion. Obviously Rion was a little bit unaccepted with what Nia had said.

"Ma..." Nia looked at Rion with her confused look.

"Why can Arnold see Ray?! How 'bout..."

"Rion...who taught you that you are rich?! He's Ray's father, he's entitled to everything that happens to Ray. And also another one, don't be disrespectful to older people." Nia said a little long. Rion grieves, then turns his face away from the mother. Staring at Arnold with a look of dislike. And it managed to make Nia pull out her mainstay when angry. Rion snorted in annoyance, feeling a frown on his head. Nia managed to make Rion silent by slapping his head firmly.

"So can?!" Arnold asked back. And Nia smiled while nodding her head.

"All right, persuade him to eat. Since this afternoon, he did not want to be bothered with anyone. Fear of relapsing again." Arnold just stood still, then took out a tray containing a bowl of porridge in Nia's hand. His steps were getting closer to the door of the room he was heading to.

Chequek...

The sound of the door now dominates. No sound was heard when he opened the door wide. Showing all the contents of the room that still looks neat. Except for the blanket on the bed.

"Where's Ray?" Rion and Nia took a glance inside the room. Making sure that Arnol's question has a reason. Ray wasn't there. But what Arnold saw afterwards was the bathroom door that opened.

"Maybe he's in the bathroom. Can I come to him?" And Nia nodded back. Arnold slowly stepped his foot into the room. Put the tray he held on the table. His feet moved back towards the bathroom. See what the kid is doing right now.

"Rayyan..." The voice was soft, but it managed to make the master turn towards him. There was no fear that Arnold caught from the look in his eyes. Just worried, and then hid the bottle he was holding behind his body.

"D-dad..." Voice faltered. While Arnold looked at his son with a sad face mixed with worry.

"Ray, what did you swallow, son?! What medicine is that?!" His voice was too soft. But Ray could clearly hear his voice.

"What's wrong?" It was Rion, he and Nia were also curious about what was happening. Looking at Arnold's face made him a little riled up. On the other hand, Ray looked at the three with worry. His hands shook, the air around him seemed to move away.

"What medicine is that, Rion?! Why is there so much she has to swallow?!!" Arnold Protest. While Rion was still silent, starting to frown his forehead.

"What medicine?! The medicine that the doctor gave me yesterday is still in my hands, why is it the same Ray?!" Ray was silent. His hands seem to shake. He dared not look at Rion or Arnold. As for Nia, she was still trying to understand about what was happening at the moment.

Rion moved her foot toward Ray. The teenager crumpled the bottle he was holding. Even now, his nails are starting to whiten.

"What are you hiding?! Love it to me!" Ray was still silent, he swallowed his saliva with great difficulty. His fear began to grow. It hides many secrets, and this is one of them.

"THANK YOU TO ME!!" Excited with emphasis. But Ray was still silent in his place. As a result, as Rion's patience began to run out, he withdrew his hand. A small bottle of pill granules is now almost gone. Rion immediately took the bottle. Crumple it until there is a crack at one end.

"What medicine is this?!"

"That-that's..."

"GUE ASK WHAT MEDICINE IS THIS?!!" Rion's voice sounded resolute. His eyes began to judge.

"IT'S A SEDATIVE!!!" Later Ray, now the teenager can not dodge. It's getting cornered. And he doesn't like it. Arnold was silent, and so was Nia. His son used sedatives to relieve his anxiety. Arnold held onto his chest, did it feel like this was claustrophobic when he saw the child choose the wrong path?!

"Why are you using this medicine?!! It can destroy your body! YOU'RE NOT CONSCIOUS?!!" Rion said while slamming the bottle in his grasp. Making those little pill granules strewn everywhere. Nia was surprised while covering her ears. Ray, too, was surprised. But for a different reason.

"What are you doing, huh?!! Medicine is important to me!! I can't do it without the medicine, you know?!!" He said while looking at the floor.

"important?! Important word lo?!! What interest do my beliefs equal that medicine?!! You've lied to all of us by taking drugs not to get rich in gini!"

"BUT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE ME!!" Rion held back her emotions. He repeatedly heard that word from his mouth. And now, enough. It was enough he heard a lot of nonsense from Rayyan. He was kind enough to stay by his side when the teenager was having a hard time. He was also willing to sacrifice a lot of time and energy for Ray. Then, is this the payoff?!

PLAKKIS...

The sound of that loud slap made all speechless. Arnold and Nia, too, Ray-pun is the same. Arnold was silent because what Rion said was true, plus he was still surprised by what his eldest son did by eating the dangerous drug. But what Ray felt at this moment was the heat along with the pain that radiated through his cheeks.

"Gue doesn't know because you're never honest with me! You never open up to me, like everyone else! I don't mind taking my time to take care of your rich little boy, but at least you can appreciate what I do. DON'T EVEN WANT TO DIE!"

"Already, Rion. Take it easy, we can talk about this with a cool head." It was Arnold who was trying to mediate. Even now, Nia could not say anything.

"Even if I told you, it's not necessarily going to get me out of all the trouble. You won't understand how it feels, you won't understand!!" Lirih Ray's.

"Lo really-bener.gue already can't see where Rayyan used to be. You are really about me who can not make you out of trouble. And I shouldn't be like this either!" He said as he stepped foot from there. Go leave the three in silence. This silence was tormenting Rayyan even more. He realized what he had said. And now it was too late to stop Rion who was no longer visible to his back after a loud door shake.

Now he doesn't know what's going on with him. Even after he took the medicine, the strange sensation on his body did not go away. The restlessness also began to arrive. Hand vibrates. The one thing that came to his head was, he had to collect the medicine. He slowly collected the pills one by one. Ray had no idea how this pill could control his body. He thought that the pill was just an ordinary sedative. But what he felt was the opium that made him sink deeper and deeper.

Ray's body stiffened, he could not move his body at all when the embrace came without him asking. Warm. So it feels like this was embraced by dad after all this time. Ray could feel Arnold clutching his hand. Letting the drugs fall out of his hands.

"Sorry.sorry..sorry..." Arnold said repeatedly in Rayyan's ear. The boy was still silent. Feel how his father's embrace feels very comfortable. Ja. This is what he wanted for so long.

"You don't have to use that medicine anymore. There's dad, you're safe with dad..." Didn't feel the droplets began to descend from his dark bead. Ray was crying, so to speak. Hugged Arnold, as if he didn't want to go back to losing.

"Arnold, we better get Rayyan to the hospital." Nia said no less worried. But Ray who heard it seemed to be pulled back into the real world. No. gabe. He's not going to the hospital. That place is scary.

"No, Ray didn't go to the hospital. Ray doesn't want to...!" Ray wanted to let go of his embrace. He wanted to run away, or hide where no one could find him. It was as if the hospital was the place that would take his life. There he will end. It ends pitifully like the bunch.

Arnold tightened his embrace. Making Ray's movement even more minimal. The teenager grew rebellious when Nia was seen contacting someone from her phone. He asked the house people for help, here they were too panicked. Can't think clearly, how is the next step.

"Mother, Ray doesn't want to go to the hospital... Ray doesn't want to die, Ray still wants to be here. Help Ray mother!!" Rancau Ray's.

"Calm down, dad's here. You won't do anything. Relax...!" Arnold whispered tranquilizing words. But it's still free. Even now Ray's been limp in Arnold's arms. Even though his mouth still sounds softly.

"Mother, tolongi Ray...Ray didn't want to die..." The boy who had lost his strength.

Mother, Ray doesn't want to die rich Rean. Ray doesn't want to be the same fate as Grandpa. Ray still wants to be here...