The Bitter Three's
Behind the Imaging

Galuh deliberately waited for Susan and David until they returned from the restaurant. There was the sound of Vini and Vici chirping.

"Yeah!" greet them.

"Go to the house and say hello!" galuh.

"Wassalamualaikum," replied Vici.

"Assalamu'alaikum was Vici!" errat Vini.

"Wa'alaikumsalam Viniii," replied Vici again.

"Well, ah elap!" sahut Vini was anxious about the behavior of his twin sister.

"You go home first. I have important business with Om David and Aunt Susan, you guys are home delivered Mr. Ridwan,"

David and Susan raised their eyebrows in astonishment.

"By Ayaaaah! Where's Aunt Hani?"

"Attante Hani ... Again it hurts," Galuh looked at David coldly. "The body's hot, so it's gotta rest,"

David looked back at Galuh. The Great Lord thought that Galuh might have known about Hanifa.

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Galuh, David and Susan were talking in Susan's room. Because of all the rooms in the house, Susan's room is the room with the best soundproof.

Just then it happened that Hanifah was already feeling better, she saw the three of them go into Susan's room.

The woman was curious. Then open a little Susan's room door to listen.

"This is how you treat women? I understand that she's your wife, but she's not a slave! And it is forbidden for the husband to rape his own wife and treat her like such a piece of trash!" yelling Galuh emotions.

David frowning.

"Where do you know that I raped her?"

"From Hanifah's circumstances it can also be ascertained that he was forced!"

Susan who saw the conversation raised her eyebrows. But he decided to shut up first. It seems impossible for David to do so, on the other hand Galuh could not make up. Suan was not told the details last night, so the woman could only guess.

"So, have you seen the state of Hanifa? You're not the muhrim and you know you can't interfere, let alone look at my wife's body,"

"You know the state of your wife but you're silent? What kind of demon are you!" yelled Galuh while hitting the wall next to him. It feels like he wants to finish David off right now.

"I think you misunderstood. Hanifa asked for it herself. Susan testified," David leaned against the wall quietly. He began to read Galuh's nature.

"He asked to be treated like I treated Susan. And that's what happened. You know what Susan's fuck style is, right? That's what I gave to Hanifa. So slander her name if you say I raped her!"

Hanifah who heard it from behind the door immediately cried bitterly. He realized his stupidity, and the fact that David was right. Hanifah did ask for it herself. As if he had played victim and took advantage of the situation for his selfishness to monopolize David.

"That's your pretext, Mr David? It's called an impingement, a human Hanifah is not a puppet. And she's an unpretentious woman, not a PSK accustomed to the rudeness of her customers! If you really protect her, you should protect her heart too! Not just the body!"

"My promise to Suleyman is just his body, not their heart" David said.

"You failed, he almost committed suicide" Galuh said. "If you can't treat Hanifa properly," Galuh looked straight at David. "Give Hanifah to me. Talk to him, I'll be in charge of his life,"

David froze full of rage. Susan even went agape to hear Galuh.

"You? Can you do it?" david's hiss seemed to underestimate Galuh.

"You think you can protect her?" Furious David while going forward challenging Galuh. "You're the origin of the talk or how Galuh? Your feelings of sympathy make no sense!"

"How long do you think I convinced the capitalists that Hanifa and Alwa had nothing to do with Suleyman's Khilafah guerrilla?! How much did I spend to protect the two of them from the threat of murder?! You know for yourself half the ART here is a bodyguard! You also know for yourself how many snipers they sent here to kill Alwa and Hanifah! All because Suleyman tried to fight the world economy!" David shouted while gripping Galuh's collar.

Galuh.

David let go of his grip.

"Next, I will liquidate the entire wine and spirits factory of Amethys Corp. That's all I can do to make me look not as holy as Suleyman, if I need to get drunk and gamble in public" David fumed.

"At least, until I can convince the world that Hanifah and Alwa have nothing to do with Suleyman's work, I can just let them go. At that time, I could sincerely release Hanifah for you" David sighed.

"And also, tell Hanifah, don't try to provoke my emotions again,"

And David came out of the room with mixed and erratic feelings. He needs to calm himself for a while.

When he came out of the room, he passed Hanifah who had also listened to the conversation. Hanifah's face was pale and frightened. Not as afraid of David. More afraid of his future.

"Don't tell Alwa anything, I don't want him to panic," David whispered to Hanifah.

"Also ... Forgive me if I was rude to you. For the next time because you already know the problem behind all this, I hope you don't ask for more from me" said David Iirih.

The man entered his room and slammed the door.

"Here, Hanifah," Suan waved to Hanifah.

Hanifah entered while having a bit of a whim. Susan clasped the woman's hand and tried stroking her back to calm her down. "From now on, talk everything over to me, okay? I am not your enemy even though my behavior is a bit extreme" Susan said.

Hanifah nodded weakly.

Susan looked coldly at Galuh. "And you, you have something to tell me, Galuh?" ask Susan cynically.

Galuh ruffled his waist while sighing heavily.

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Susan opened the door to David's room carefully. The man was sitting on the table, turning his back to the woman, with the bottle of Chivas half gone and the cigarette in his hand.

"Hey, Badboy," said Susan.

"I can cry, right?" murmured David.

"In front of me, yes" Susan said as she sat next to him.

David hugged Susan, buried his face in Susan's hair that was fragrant in the flower garden.

Then slowly tears fell on his cheeks.

"If Suleyman had known I was drunk, I would have grabbed him by his belt" David murmured.

"He who now knows your purpose is drunk. The measure of your sin, not that of the decisive man," Susan said.

"Sometimes you say a theory that seems unbelievable. But you're right, apparently,"

"David, can I ask you one thing?"

"Hm?" David wiped his tears.

"From now on, don't run into alcohol again. Now there's me,"

"You are not always mine. I'll clap one hand,"

"I'll learn how to love you, from now on. If only you had told me everything from the beginning, we wouldn't have had to spend time with a pointless coachman debate" Susan said.

David tightened his embrace, and nodded slowly.

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