Loosely Paid, CEO Beautiful
Disillusioned

Amanda went to the other house, shortly after returning from the office. He did not tell Arka if he came to the place. Even some of the maids who worked there were unaware of his presence.

Amanda went downstairs, in a storage room in the basement of the house. Precisely a warehouse, where items full of memories are stored among piles of other items.

Amanda opened the cardboard boxes, and several times she smiled. When finding toys or objects related to his childhood.

Amanda then switched to another box, which turned out to store a lot of photo albums. Amanda grabbed one of the photo albums and opened it.

Dust billowed from there, just as it did when it opened the boxes before. The woman coughed several times, before finally focusing on the contents of the album.

In the photo album, there are many photos of him with Amman. He had known his father as a good man, even if only for a few moments.

Amanda continued to open sheet by sheet from the album. Without feeling he smiled full day, there were many events that were still attached to his memory.

When he was first allowed to eat ice cream and buy ice cream with Amman. I don't know who took their picture at the time, maybe his mother or his grandparents.

What is clear is that Amanda was so happy, there was a scene where she forced her father to feed her. Amman, who did not like ice cream very much, had to accept it. Amanda still remembers the expression on her father's face at the time.

"Yourselves, have you looked at your father?"

Instantly the voice of Arka seemed to ring in the ears. Amanda herself actually went to this place, to remember her past with Amman. So that he would not be so happy to come to the old man.

If you see all the memories stored, it would be like Amanda immediately met her father. But when considering Amman's attitude that sucks so far, his feelings again increased sharply. Even doubled.

***

It took a few days for Amanda to settle down, to meet Amman, who is still in the hospital.

Amman's condition is now stable, lucky when the stabbing occurred, he did not lose so much blood. Because the knife that Aaron stuck in was not so deep, only a few centimeters. Amanda is now preparing to visit her father.

"Mom, there's a letter."

Pia came in and gave Amanda a brown-coated letter. He was just about to pick up a bag and intended to visit the hospital.

"Who are you, Pia?" amanda asked, because the letter did not have a return address.

"No idea, ma'am." said Pia.

"Thank you, yeah."

"Yes, ma'am."

Amanda opened the letter and read it slowly. In the next minute, he was shocked and angry and also disappointed. How could this be all thought of by his father.

"Parents are assholes." said Amanda growled.

Instantly his anger towards Amman which actually began to subside, now re-peaked and even worse.

"This what?"

"Braaac."

Amanda throws the letter in Amman's face when she finally arrives at the hospital.

"Amanda?"

Amman was shocked by her daughter's presence.

"Papa do not need to urge to sue the marriage of Amanda and Arka, especially in a stupid way and kayak gini village. Papa doesn't think Amanda knows that this letter is fake, not from the court."

Amman who had not understood the pattern of his daughter's behavior since then, now seemed to understand. Why did he suddenly come and get angry. Amman had even forgotten, if he hired a lawyer to sue for a marriage that occurred between Arka and Amanda.

"Maybe Arka could be a little scared that this letter should be in her hands. He's young, papa can scare a little bit or do cheap tricks like this. But Amanda is not afraid at all, please if papa really wants to sue the court. Don't use fake canned letters like this."

"Amanda, that..."

"Do you think Amanda's gonna be scared, and think that this is really a letter from the court?. Papa thinks Amanda's the big boy?"

"Amanda."

"The religious court that legalized our marriage, and then the court that ultimately sued, did it?"

"Amanda, please!"

Amman was stunned to hear his daughter's statement. How could he who was an only child, have a younger brother.

"Why, papa's surprised?"

Amanda looked at her father.

"Well, remember the time Amanda was third grade, when Grandpa was about to die?. At the last moment, Grandpa spoke to Amanda, and she said that she had other children besides papa. And he also delivered a will to his son."

"No way" said Amman in disbelief, his eyes still hard to blink since.

Amanda then showed me a photo of someone who looked a lot like Amman.

"His name is Diego, he's 55 now. He's grandfather's biological son, from Siri's marriage behind papa's mother. He's papa's brother, one father. He who marries us and in religion can be Amanda's guardian. Please if you want to get tired of demanding to court. Amanda thought she was coming here, who knows if she could make up a bit with papa. But papa is a devil with no heart."

Amanda passed away from that place. Amman actually wanted to explain further, but his tongue seemed to be a joke. Amanda just gave him a little chance and now that opportunity has gone.

***

"Amanda."

Ryan watched Amanda come out crying, from the room where Amman was being treated. He wondered why his son-in-law would get out of there. He himself had learned that Amman had been there a while ago, before Amanda came.

He had entered and found Amman was right in that place, only that Amman was asleep. Then he left for a moment and now he wants to go back.

"Amanda."

Ryan kept calling her son-in-law's name, Amanda was aware of the presence of the father-in-law.

"Dad."

Amanda slid into Ryan's arms. His cry seemed unstoppable, as if he was looking for a backrest for his now wounded heart.

"Why?" ask Ryan later.

"Papa, Amanda hates him." Amanda sobbed. Ryan was suddenly confused.

"Wait, papa?" ask her later.

Amanda nodded.

"A, Amman?" ask him again.

Amanda realized that her in-laws did not know that Amman was her father.

"Wasn't you ever tell me?" ask Amanda later.

Ryan shook his head with an extremely dumbfounded facial expression.

"Daddy has only been thinking for a while now, to invite and get to know your parents. But it turns out..."

Ryan looked at his son-in-law with a racing heart. He didn't think Amanda was Amman's son.

"He's evil, dad. Several times he wanted to separate Amanda and Arka. She forced Amanda to be betrothed to her friend's son."

Amanda's getting sobbing. He did not know if Amman's friend who wanted to be betrothed his son, was Ryan himself.

"She's going to sell Amanda for her business. He also insulted our children, dad. Azka and Afka who have no sin."

Amanda kept crying, Ryan hugged her daughter-in-law once again. He still couldn't believe what he had just heard.

***

"Why?"

Ryan walked into the room where Amman was being treated, shouting. He wanted to question what he had heard from Amanda. Amanda herself has been going to Nino's room since a while ago.

"What have you done to my son and daughter-in-law?" ask Ryan.

Amman did not budge in the slightest, only tears were now flowing profusely in both corners of his eyes. Even this is the first time in his life, Ryan witnessed a cruel and depraved person as Amman cried.