The Grief of the Two Red Lines
Forgive Brian

Brian and Andre were already in front of Rinnada's apartment without giving any news beforehand. Brian rang the bell. When the door opened, Brian was a little surprised because the one who opened the door was Winda.

Winda also looked surprised because the one who came to his son's apartment was Brian, the husband of doctor Zaira. A woman he respects for her performance.

"W-Is Rinnada around, Auntie?" Brian gurgling. Actually he felt that the existence of Winda was the right time. All at once he will tell about the brief relationship between himself and Rinnada that will soon be terminated.

Winda opened the door wide. Let the two people in.

"Please sit down." Sitting in front of Andre and Brian. He looked at Andre and still remembered the man who had been with Brian in the hospital first.

"What are you doing?" Winda tried to ask first before calling Rinnada who was in his room.

"I, .. I have something to talk about, Auntie". Brian's forehead sweating. The aura of the woman in front of him was still the same as before.

"About what?" Winda asked out of curiosity about the relationship between her son and Zaira's husband.

Then, the sound of footsteps approached. "Mother, who's the.." Rinnada came to a standstill when he saw Andre and Brian sitting on the sofa opposite his mother.

Rinnada looks confused. Moreover, Brian came when Winda was in his apartment.

"Sit. There's something they want to talk to you about". He said to Rinnada who was in his place.

Rinnada walked slowly. His mind could not guess what Brian wanted to do at this moment. He sat next to Winda feeling unsettled.

"Say your purpose". Speak to Brian.

"I just want to say, that my relationship with Rinnada is over, Auntie. I confessed my error and I asked Rinnada not to bother my family again". Say it well. He said that sentence from his heart.

Rinnada hardened his jaw. Brian said something stupid in front of his mother. How could he be so brave.

Winda saw his daughter. He then sighed because he realized, the path his son took was wrong. Moreover, Brian's confession has strongly made him believe that his son is the one who damaged the husband and wife relationship.

"Tante, I want to apologize for my past mistakes". Brian lowered his head. "I ran away without news and left promises I couldn't keep".

Winda turned his head towards Rinnada whose face turned furious.

"You can't be as happy as you're forgetting all that!" Ketus Rinnada on Brian. "You left without saying anything and now you're apologizing for not keeping your word. You're a brash, Brian!"

"Signs.."

"Shut up, Mommy. Mother will not be able to feel what I feel". Rinnada stood up with a look of anger that he had been holding back from earlier. "Have you ever, for a second thought about how I feel? I haven't forgotten you in years. I'm stuck and always trapped by you. I can't even live quietly." Rinnada's eyes began to glaze over. His heart was very wounded.

"That promise came out of your mouth, Brian. You recall? At the beach, what did you tell me? You wouldn't even marry any woman if I didn't exist. You remember that?" Rinnada raised his voice. Brian was speechless.

Brian held his breath. Closing his eyes, his mind switched in the good times while at the beach. True, he still remembers the words that came out of his mouth. The words that Rinnada himself did not even like.

"tone. Nevermind." Winda stood up. He then grabbed onto Rinnada's shoulder with both hands. "Brian, I understand your situation now. Go home, I'll take care of Rinnada." Winda hugged his son to his room.

"No, Mommy. Why do you think my feelings are trivial? I held him for eight years. Then this is what I got?" Rinnada sobbing. He touched his chest. Feels very sick. Brian actually left all about him because of his wife who could not have the offspring.

"It's just the past. The point is now, stop calling Brian and Zaira. You need to wake up and wake up from your past story!" Andre, who had been silent since then. He did understand this condition, but now it can not be as before.

Rinnada took Winda's hand off her shoulder. He went to the kitchen and came back with a knife he had placed around his neck.

Winda was shocked. She cried seeing her daughter's behavior. Rinanda is the only daughter she has.

"No, you don't understand" Rinnada hiccups. Her tears flooded her cheeks.

"Until every time you don't understand. I'm the only one who's tormented here. I feel like my life is in vain. I survived because of you, Brian. Then you can do something like this to me. I am willing to do anything for you".

Winda. He cried to see his daughter who was very hard for the sake of his love.

"You want me not to bother you anymore, right? Alright. I won't bother you forever. So that I can live happily".

Hearing that, Brian approached. He walked away even though Rinnada yelled to stay away.

He clasped Rinnada's hand holding a knife and pointed it at his neck. Rinanda. Now the knife in his hand has touched Brian's neck.

"Or is it better if I'm the one who died?" Brian looked at Rinnada's face. He pulled the knife from Brian's neck. He forced the tip of the knife to scratch a little into Brian's skin to bleed a little.

Rinnada. He immediately threw the knife in his hand and walked backwards. "I'm sorry. Excuse me. I didn't mean to..." Rinnada covered her mouth with both hands.

"It's okay. It must be nothing from the pain you feel". Brian wiped gently with his handkerchief a line of blood sticking out of his neck.

"If you want me to feel your pain, maybe you can do this to me. So that I understand your rattling". He said gently while still holding back the blood that was still coming out.

Rinnada ran towards his room. He slammed the door and cried inside.

Winda stands. He apologizes for Rinnada's treatment and invites Andre and Brian to return home.

****

Brian was in the living room alone. He sat quietly looking down. Not move. His fingers are interlocked. Something he had in mind since yesterday was very disturbing. He had experienced something exhausting his mind and mind these few weeks. He was a little relieved, it had been three days that Rinnada had not contacted him. Although something was stirring in his heart, he did not care about it anymore. Importantly, his household was fine with Zaira.

While in the corner connecting space, Zaira stood to see Brian who was pensive there. Zaira could not guess what her husband was thinking. But indeed, lately, bullies have not appeared. So what was he thinking?

Zaira recalls Andre's story as they head to Rinnada's apartment. From Andre's story, Zaira felt a little pity and like she could feel what the woman was feeling.

He must have had a hard time losing a guy like Brian. Undeniably, Brian is a kind-hearted man and understands his wife very well. They almost never quarreled because Brian was quick to apologize even though it was not his fault. He's also a romantic guy, sometimes humorous. The words that came out of his mouth were sincerity.

There's a sense of luck because it's probably going to be very rare for a guy like Brian. It's just that the betrayal Brian committed made all the affection he always spilled for Zaira disappear instantly. Zaira even forgot Brian's kindness as a husband. Rinnada must have been devastated. His love for Brian had to run aground. He, was still left behind in the past for too long.

Brian moved from his place. His eyes caught Zaira looking towards him.

Brian's approaching. She hugged Zaira. But he was afraid, because Zaira had not wanted to be touched either.

Brian smiles. "Why?"

Zaira was still staring at her husband. Brian gets dragged down in Rinnada's past. Thank goodness he came back.

Zaira hugged him. He suddenly felt sorry for Brian. Somehow he felt grateful, Brian wanted to defend Zaira even though he wanted to live without offspring.

Without a word, Zaira just hugged her husband. A little faded his anger on Brian after hearing Andre's story earlier.

Brian returned Zaira's embrace. He then kissed the top of his wife's head. Feeling happy. Finally, Zaira hugged him back.

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