The Murder of the Beloved
Chapter 17

Sorry just to update, tired thumb after half an hour of skipping the box at GC. Oiya special month of Fasting, author update her middle mallem yes and her days Monday-Friday 🙏 Happy Reading n Happy Shoping 😂

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Is it Dinda's suspicion that makes her not want to leave her mother, even though she herself feels threatened? He came to a conclusion that made him excited but also amazed.

Lilis suspects the long-silent Della. "Has Dinda ever expressed such intentions to you?" ask with an urgent tone.

"Absolutely not. Why do you have such thoughts?" Della surprise.

"So you shut up when I ask."

"I'm just concluding that he won't leave you."

"Oh yeah? What reason?" Lilis was less trusting. Della just wanted to cheer him up.

"Don't he not like Bram? You know that, don't you? If he wanted to leave, he would have done it a long time ago. Even he can stay with me for a while if he wants."

"Ah did you persuade her to stay with you?" Lilis glaring.

"Of course not. I'm just offering a solution. Than he's stressed."

"I can't figure out why he doesn't like Bram. Bram is the father, you know. And Bram had tried to approach her well, but Dinda was clearly cold and tight. In short I've exhausted the power of how to familiarize them."

"I think just let it be what it is. Don't be coerced. There will come a time when desire is granted if it must happen that way."

"Depends on fate?"

"Yes, that's it. So you have to believe that he actually loves you. That's why he wants to stay with you."

"really so? Sometimes I think he's too selfish. And so he stayed with me precisely because he didn't want me to be alone with Bram. He was afraid Bram would get my whole attention."

Della shook her head for her outrageous suggested thought. How could Lilis possibly think so badly of Dinda? Though he himself appreciated and admired Dinda's determination. Honey, he can't tell. But if he told her, would Lilis trust Dinda's worries? At most, it is alleged that Dinda slandered Bram with ugly prejudice.

"How could you think ugly

"But he should have shared dong. He's old enough to understand, Del."

"You should try to understand it, brother. In my eyes, the boy had something that other children his age rarely had. Not even my own children have anything in common." Della acknowledges.

But Lilis considers Della's praise only to defend Dinda alone. "It's not just me who should understand it, Del. He should be too. Try if he wants to accept Bram as his father, is he lucky to have two people who love. Not just one person. Uh, don't take Johan into account. He's out of trouble."

In her heart, Della said that Dinda had enough people to notice and love her. Including himself. But a mother certainly cannot be equated with others, no matter how close she is. "Try approaching him, brother. She needs you. Even if she's close enough to me, but I'm not her mother. All he cares about and needs is Brother."

"If you want to get close to him, you should help me persuade him to accept Bram. Bram is already my husband. Everyday time is like a hostile stranger."

Della speechless. He doesn't want to promise like that. He hopes Dinda stays away from Bram. He used to persuade Dinda because he didn't believe it. Now he believes one hundred percent. It felt really adorable because he could not tell Lilis and asked Lilis to be careful to look after her daughter. Had anything happened to Dinda, wouldn't she have felt guilty for not being able to do anything to protect and defend her?

The meeting ended with no satisfaction for either. While Lilis because it can bring good news about Bram so extinct after Dinda case discussed. Dinda could be considered a dissident but she knew she must not treat him like a thorn in the flesh!

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About two months later, Bram excitedly presented his plan to Lilis. "I intend to work with a fairly bona fide developer. So partners, so. All this time I was just a land liberator, or rough touts of land. His reputation's a little ugly, huh? But to be a partner where I own shares, of course I have to include working capital. And it's not a little. My money is not so much. So I want to invite you to join. You became a partner too. Hows it? Are you interested?"

Lilis is a moment. He is not too stupid to understand, that Bram's invitation to withdraw his money as well. Indeed it is an interesting invitation, as a business partner certainly more clear position than as a debtor. But working capital is certainly not enough. "You know, my money is only a hundred million. And what is my understanding of such a project? I don't know anything?"

Bram looked at his wife optimistically. "I'm enough to understand about the job, Lis. If you want to know I can teach you. And as for your money, don't you realize that you have over a hundred million? You still have a house. The value of your house is at least two to three hundred million you know."

Lilis surprised. He had no intention of selling his house. That's too far. Bram sees his surprise and understands and then quickly calms down. "Of course I didn't tell you to sell the house. Wow, what a pity. That way. We can borrow from the bank with this house as collateral. This house isn't going anywhere"

"But, if later unable to pay off then this house will be confiscated, ' said Lilis horrified.

"I assure you, such a thing will not happen. The profit you will get can swell your money faster than just relying on a small deposit interest. In no time we can pay off the bank's debt and the house back to yours. I estimate the credit that can be obtained is about 150 million. If the bank wants less than that amount, we refuse. So when coupled with your deposit, the amount becomes two hundred and fifty million. My money is the same. So when combined into half a billion. You and I can have the same stock" said Bram with sparkling eyes.

At first, Lilis was carried away by Bram's spirit. She imagines herself to be a career woman who can do so much more than just sit and watch television and sleep. But then he remembered the risk. Did he risk all his property there? Bram does not count failures. He's so optimistic. So sure?

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to be continued 😂