The Wife Who Escaped
Kirana Ferdinand's

That day, Reynand was on his way to the hospital after hearing the news that the Chairman was hospitalized. Back then, Reynand had just finished studying abroad and had just joined the company, so it was a busy time.

That day, Reynand remained at work late into the night and was on his way to the hospital after hearing news of the Chairman from Ameera.

Reynand looked out the window. The sky was dark and the rain was falling.

Mats...Mats...Mats...Tik

The outside of the hospital is slowly visible through raindrops that form in the windows of cars.

"Sir we've arrived."

The car stopped in front of the hospital's main gate, and the driver got out first while holding an umbrella. Then he went to the back seat where Reynand was and opened the car door.

Reynand came out while buttoning his suit. I used an umbrella, but the rain was so heavy that raindrops formed on her shoes every time she walked.

“Please save Mama.”

There was the sound of a woman sobbing out of nowhere. Reynand looked towards the origin of the voice. There, a schoolgirl in a school uniform was standing in the rain. There was someone standing in front of him, yet his face was nowhere to be seen from holding an umbrella.

“I will do whatever you want, but please save my mother.”

"It's been a year, it's been enough for us."

"I'll pay you back in full later. Please." Please."

The female student knelt down and pleaded. However, the person got into the car without looking at him.Sad cries scattered in the rain and reached Reynand's ears.

The incident caught his attention at first glance, but he had no reason or time to pay attention to the student he had just met the first time.

Reynand turned her gaze straight ahead again. He walked to the hospital with big steps.

****

Reynand climbed up to the 7th floor where the VIP ward was located.It was easy to find the hospital room where the Chairman was located. All he had to do was head straight for the hospital room surrounded by bodyguards. The bodyguards who recognized Reynand's face immediately opened the way. Reynand knocked on the hospital room and went inside.

In the hospital room, the Chief is seen lying down, and Ameera and Randy are beside him, looking pitiful.

Is everyone here already? aunts, uncles, even cousins gather here. How everyone arrived so quickly... … … …

Reynand thought their speed at a time like this was both incredible and funny

"Reynand has arrived.”

Reynand lowered her head to the Chairman and then spoke.

"Sorry I'm late. How are you doing?"

"It's not a big deal. I was just dizzy for a moment, but everyone was having a hard time."

There is no such thing as a trial. The people here are trying to impress the Chairman. Of course I'm one of them.

"I'm fine now, so I'll go. If I stay here all I have is intravenous fluids. There's a lot of work I have to finish." Said the Chairman while lifting his upper body.

Hearing that word, Reynand immediately tried to persuade him.

"I think you should be hospitalized until your health is restored."

"......"

"Nothing is more important than your health. Leave the job to us and the Chairman focus on the chairman's health first."

The chairman thought carefully before answering those serious words.

"OKAY. Then I'll stay until tomorrow and if nothing happens, I'll leave. By the way, what is your Papa doing and why haven't you contacted him yet?"

Chief looking for Papa Reynand's whereabouts. Daniel, who was the only one unseen there when the whole family was gathered. However, Ameera's face became slightly moody and spoke to the Chairman with a calm expression.

"Maybe he's busy and turns off his phone."

At that moment, Reynand's aunt who was next to him intervened.

“What do you think you're doing right now if you turn off your phone?”

Aunt Reynand feels sorry for Randy, who was separated from her biological mother when she was young, and she hates Ameera so much.

“I heard he's not at work, but I think he's in a hotel room somewhere.” Said Aunt in a cynical tone

The chief looked at him angrily after hearing those words. And the Aunt who saw those angry eyes answered while pursing her lips.

"Why Dad? It's not that I'm making it up, it's a fact that everyone knows."

He's not wrong. It wasn't just a day or two that Papa Reynand went crazy towards women, and it was a fact that the whole family already knew. Aunty glanced at Ameera and added one word.

“You don't have to blame Daniel. Your husband keeps coming out because his family is a mess.”

At that moment, the Chairman raised his voice as if he could not stand it anymore.

"Yes my lord! Are you really going to stop when you see me fall?!”

“I'm sorry dad.”

“It's not enough for some brothers to get along well, so why do you think you're just looking for faults with each other every time they meet? Ck... ck... ck..”.

"I still have work to do, I'm sorry." Reynand said to the chairman

“If you are busy, you do not need to come. Alright heart is on the way."

Reynand lowered her head and left the hospital room.

****

After leaving the hospital room, Reynand passed through the hallway and headed for the elevator.

My head's a little dizzy. The air inside the hospital feels more stuffy than at work. It's better to be buried in documents at work than to be here with people who don't fit in with me.

[Chain 7.]

Reynand enters the elevator. Maybe because it was late at night, there was no one in the elevator. He sat on one side of the elevator and pressed down on the first floor. The moving elevator stopped after descending several floors.

[5th floor.]

The elevator door opens on the 5th floor. Reynand looked ahead. A woman stood outside the open door. White shirt and dark blue tie, Grey skirt which length reach above knee, Black backpack. The clothes feel so familiar. For a moment, Reynand recalled the sight he saw as he entered this hospital.

'Please save Mama.'

She was that girl. The girl who cried desperately in the rain. The girl stood there with a blank look even though the elevator door opened.

[Door closed.]

Even if the door was closed and the mechanical sound rang, the student remained silent. It seems like he is incapable of doing anything. He looked like a person who could not speak or move unless someone touched him.

The elevator door slowly closed, and the student's figure was slowly closed by the door. The black hair that fell under the shoulders, the wet school uniform and the neatly tied sneakers, slowly disappeared from sight.

"......"

As the door was about to close, Reynand extended her hand. And then he pressed the open button. The door opened again, revealing the student.

“Are you not going up?” Ask Reynand to the student.

Only then did the student raise his head and face forward. He could not see clearly because his head was down.

His face is clear. Large eyes are dark brown, small but pointy noses, and deep red lips. Her skin was very white to transparent, and her wet hair was brown. Beautiful face. At the same time, his face was full of sadness. There was moisture on his face, and his eyes were also moist. He looked thin and powerless, like a fawn that lost its mother. On one side of the damp school uniform, there was a name label that read.

[Kirana Ferdinand]

Reynand looked at the student as if she was lost inside him. He doesn't know why. But strangely enough, he had not been able to take his eyes off since their eyes first met.

The female student belatedly realized that Reynand had opened the door for her and lowered her head slightly.

"Thank you."

A schoolgirl in a weak voice climbed onto the elevator and she stood some distance away from Reynand. Smelled a mixture of rain and shampoo from the female student. When he stood close to her, she looked quite tall. To be honest, he had such a mature atmosphere that he wouldn't even have expected him to be a student if he wasn't wearing a school uniform.

The elevator that the two people were riding on started moving again. Reynand was sitting behind the elevator, and the student was standing by the door. His shoulder went into Reynand's field of view.

Her little shoulders were shaking, maybe because she was cold or maybe she was afraid of something. The soaked school bag dripped water and soaked the floor.

How long have you been out in the rain?

'Please save my mom'

'I'll do anything. Please don't give up. I'll pay the money back later.'

Based on what I heard at the front door and saw that the room she was in, was on the floor where the intensive care unit was located, it seemed like her Mama's condition might be bad. and it looks like he's in need of help.

His shoulders continue to shake. It was sad to see him in such misery, but he could do nothing.

There are thousands of people in this world who will help if they need it. And good without reason is poison.

A student I've never met before, and all I know is her name. I have no reason to be nice to her or help her. Because there's no point in helping him. This does not mean heartless or cold-hearted, it is realistic. I have lived like this my whole life. That's how I live, and that's why I can live in this toxic world. Frivolous sympathies are a waste of time.

[Floor 1.]

When they reached the first floor, the schoolgirl went down and Reynand also went down. The steps are heavy and short. Reynand passed by him and walked forward. When Reynand left the lobby and looked outside, it was still raining.

There was a driver waiting in front of the main gate who had been contacted first. The driver gave Reynand an umbrella and walked over to the parked car. Reynand sat in the back seat. From the main gate to the car, but the only wet point is just the tip of the shoe.

"Where are we going, sir?" Ask the driver after sitting in the driver's seat

“We're going to Office.”

"Good sir."

The car slowly moved and left the main gate. As soon as Reynand sat down, he saw the working documents on his tablet. In other words, the driver spoke softly while looking at the windshield wet again as the wiper was busy wiping it off.

“It looks like this rain will not stop.”

Reynand looked up from her tablet and looked out the window. Outside the window, heavy rain was pouring down the streets. And then someone was walking in the rain. Reynand felt like she knew who it was just by looking at her heavy gait and her small, slender figure.

She was the girl Reynand met in the elevator. He trudged down the street without an umbrella. The whole world was wet like it had just been rained. It was in stark contrast to my appearance of only having wet shoe soles. The sight irritated me.

I don't want to see it, but I can't take my eyes off of it.

As the car moved forward and its small figure was faintly visible in the rearview mirror. It was the last time Kira met, until I met Kirana again Four years later.