Mysterious Gus
#81. Monica

..."God, I want to be happy, even though it's only going to happen at the end of my life,"...

...Monica...

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Currently Dylan and Milea were waiting for Nika who was changing clothes. There is no conversation between the two. Dylan is focused on cell phones and Milea is busy with her daydreams. I don't know what happened, Dylan seemed more silent. Maybe I have a lot of thoughts, Milea thought.

Dylan and Milea turned their heads when they heard the sound. It was Nika who approached them in a knee-length white dress. The tomboyish Nika looked graceful and feminine wearing that dress.

"Ck, this isn't me!" Nika's gerutu is upset with her choice of dress.

Dylan stared at Nika's appearance from top to bottom. Draped hair, knee-length white dress with lace and white heels. Beautiful, but Dylan doesn't like Nika to look like that.

"Lo nyokap run out of money," cynical Dylan upset himself.

"Don't say anything!" Milea got up from her sitting position.

"Udah, right? Yuk, go!" Take Milea until they finally go to the restaurant where Nika will have lunch with her family.

Monica POV

After arriving at the restaurant that Mama chose, I and a pair of people were immediately invited to the left corner of the restaurant.

From a distance of only a few steps left, I can see the happiness of my Papa Mama and her new family. I can be envious not to see my stepbrother who is more dear to the same bonyok? While I was abandoned, let loose with the monthly money they sent.

"Crazy, anyway! Bonyok you don't make any money. Want to eat family kok not VIP pesen. Well, then, if the family meal was supposed to be a malem, not this broad daylight!" Bang Dylan's voice drew my sad eyes and looked at him in annoyance.

"Comments, Bang! Obviously I don't know anything," I'm upset. I know, the rant he meant to comfort my sad feelings that I was trying to cover up.

"Have you come, Nik?!" Mama smiled and quickly hugged me, I also returned the reply even though a little reluctant.

"You haven't come yet, he won't be here" that cynical upsetting murmur I was able to hear from Bang Dylan.

"Can't do that, brother!" Tegur Milea makes Bang Dylan. The guy who bacot a lot is very bucin to Milea.

"Who are you, Nik?" Papa glanced at Bang Dylan and Milea who had just been taken a seat by the maid.

"Bang Dylan is the same Milea," obviously I made the pair of humans nod with a thin smile, although I know that Bang Dylan's smile was implied mid-life.

Let me explain, the table in this restaurant is elongated, I sit at the front. On my right side there is Papa and his wife who again hamidun also his son who seinget me the same age. On my left side there is Bang Dylan, Milea, Mama and her new husband who again holds a three-year-old girl, do not forget beside her again there is my stepdaughter, my Mama, she's a girl one year under me.

"Yes, we're just eating, right away," who says is my stepfather. He immediately called the waiter to record our order.

"Where is your school, Nika?" Ask my step-father. He is a good person and quite responsible for my needs, but still I do not like it. Because of him, I've been a broken home kid since Junior High.

Wellh, Papa same Mama I separated because there is a third person also a fourth. My dad cheated on me and my mom straightforwardly avenged her husband's affair. Semiris is my fate.

In response to Papa's step-finding reply, I nodded, "Lumayan," I replied briefly which made a faint smile present on his lips.

"Auntie says you're rarely home. Even you just came home just changing clothes," said my birth father..

Ohh, c'mon!! These two men who bear my Papa sucks and impresses pompous attention to me.

"You should be home often, Nika. So later if we want to visit, you're at home," that's my stepmom's voice.

For whatever sake, now I'm really proud to not roll my eyes off guard.

Said visiting? In front of the house never, how would you like to visit?! That teleportation?!

Instead of ruining the atmosphere, I prefer to be quiet while squatting Milea's hand on my thigh. I hate this situation. When I see my biological bonyok more attention to his stepson than I who have the status of his biological son.

"If you're caught off guard, mending us home! I haven't eaten enough yet" asked Bang Dylan.

I shook my head and smiled to reassure, "Our father, I'm ordinary,"

Bang Dylan chuckled small, "Sok strong!" The lips I did not respond to. If continued, can rame this restaurant later because my debate with Bang Dylan.

After the silence by seeing the closeness of Papa Mama's new family who looked happy, finally our order came and arranged neatly on the table.

Again, I couldn't help but smile bitterly when I saw my mother taking food for her new husband and stepson. I have never been treated like that as a child.

I looked over to Papa's new side of the family. The more crowded it feels when he sees Papa rubbing his wife's big stomach while scrambling to wipe with the stepson.

What a shame to my fate.

"Nih, Dek, I love my favorite shrimp! At the most," I saw my plate that had shrimp given Bang Dylan.

I chuckled at her, but unabashedly, the sound of my stiffness rattled and my eyes glazed over.

"No papa, Nika. I'm the same brother Dylan will nemenin you," I can rasain rub Milea on my shoulder.

"Not cry! Lo ugly if crying," Bang Dylan immediately wiped my tears that almost fell and could have ruined the event.

"It's really lo, Bang!" I was upset that I stopped crying.

"Nika, Dylan, Milea, let's eat!" Excited my Mama.

"I want to go to the toilet first," I immediately got up and went to the toilet, had a chance to hold Milea who wanted to come along.

I feel sorry for myself. I wonder my fate.

After being satisfied crying, I immediately washed my face and made my makeup.

Taking a breath and exhaling slowly, my feet began to step back to meet the new family who looked happy earlier.

"Mas Haikal?!" I was surprised to find Mas Haikal standing against the wall near the girls' toilet.

What'd that guy want here? Wasn't it at the Pramayudha mansion?

"Are you all right?" Tanya Mas Haikal approached.

"Why is Haikal here? Wasn't that at the Pramayudha mansion?" Ask me without answering the question.

"I'm asking for your destination address to be the same Umma Raima. He said you want to gather family. So I just want to convey my good intentions to propose to you,"

Huh uh?! Apply?! Should I be sad or difficult? I still love Mas Haikal, but I realize that I do not pantes for Mas Haikal.

"Diih, Mas Haikal ngawur! Come on, let's go home!"

I gently pulled Mas Haikal's arm to meet my family.

"What are you doing here?" Bang Dylan looked at Mas Haikal, looking dislikeful. I've been used to it ever since I pretended to be pregnant a few years ago. He was the witness until I passed out and was rushed to the hospital.

"I want to wave"

"Everyone, I'll go home first. We'll eat next time," I quickly dragged Mas Haikal to leave, Bang Dylan and Milea followed from behind.

We headed to Pramayudha Palace in a different car, I was with Mas Haikal and Bang Dylan with Milea of course.

I and Mas Haikal just kept quiet. I don't know what to do and what to do. It all just happened.

Why would Haikal propose to me?

Monica POV END

Dylan, Milea, Monika and Haikal headed straight for the back garden when they found out everything was gathering there.

"Lohs?! How come home? Really spit?" Ask Raima.

"Mas Haikal nyusulin we go there and say we want to apply Nika. Yes, Nika drag home! It could be complicated business later," annoyed Nika while taking a position sitting cross-legged in the middle.

A small blanket immediately covered Monika's thigh considering that the girl was only wearing a knee-length dress.

"Non-polite!" Sinis Farel the culprit who gave me the blanket.

Nika smiled foolishly, "It's customary to sit in the middle,"

"It's good that Haikal wants to lamar Nika. Isn't that what Nika wants?" Ask Abdullah.

Nika shook her head, "Nika doesn't want to, Cake. Loving doesn't have to be, '" answered Nika with a plain face that is rarely seen.

Nika did hide her pain with the state of her family. But Nika was always candid about her feelings for Haikal.

Farel looked at Haikal, coding the man to follow him. Farel wanted to speak to Haikal and fortunately Haikal understood the code of Farel.

Farel took the two to the garden beside the mansion and invited Haikal to sit on a park bench. While he himself is still a henchman in his wheelchair staring at the flower bed.

"After almost five years, why do you have the intention to apply for Monika?" Farel said slowly but full of assertiveness.

"I was too stupid to realize that I had fallen for Monika's charm. Seeing him with his family earlier, without being asked I also felt the pain. I finally realized that I had loved Monika for a long time,"

Farel smiled cynically, "Then when your parents betrothed you? It's like there's no consciousness in it?"

Haikal sighed, "It doesn't mean that I really accepted the match,"

Farel nodded, "So will happen if you are with Monika. Your parents won't allow it with my sister's current state,"

"Mak-"

Farel turned his head and shook his head as he understood Haikal's gaze, "I didn't drop my sister. We both know, especially those of you who today have seen firsthand the destruction of him. With him with you, it will only add to his injuries and burdens. Your family won't be able to accept my scarred sister,"

Haikal. He realized two things, first Farel was right and he realized that Farel was a man who was wide-sighted, had affection despite being cold and indifferent. It is fitting that the figure of Fisha loved by her best friend fell in love with Farel.

"Actually, it's not him that doesn't deserve you. But you are not worthy of him. My sister has lived in violence and bitterness. You're just gonna get hurt and your wounds are gonna make him hurt more,"

Haikal just kept quiet, he listened seriously.

"You only feel a little pain, not completely. You who have only been living in the same scope, still not enough to heal my brother's wounds,"

Farel looked back at the flowers. His mind returned to laughter when he first saw the figure of Monika who had wrestled with five men and the girl as the winner. Since then Farel found out the figure of Monika and Monika had to accompany Fisha until finally the girl was no longer alone.

"Have you ever been like my sister? Losing parental affection since Junior High, the moments most wanted to be understood but he was actually forced to mature by circumstances. Living alone in a magnificent house without any warmth in it. Wild life on the streets, brawls, races, bullied. Have you ever felt it?" Farel looked at Haikal's reaction.

The man was still the same, just silent with tightness in the chest that was getting worse.

"The circumstances make Monika must mature, hide her wound. Can you understand his situation? Are you able to understand his condition just from looking at the plain eyes full of the wound?"

"No, you can't. You've only just seen the surroundings, haven't seen his agonizing eyes, yet,"

Farel sighed, tired of talking at length as well. Actually, Farel doesn't like to talk so far, but this concerns Monika, the girl he already loves like his sister.

"You should know, my sister loves you so much. Even willingly humiliating herself by pretending to be pregnant in front of the crowd,"

Haikal looked surprised, "You-?"

Farel smiled arrogantly, "I'm not like you, close but clueless. Even though I was far away and in a coma, Sata still knew the situation. Even then he had to be taken to the hospital,"

"Sorry,"

"You are innocent. Nor can Monika hold back her innocent love. Think back properly, think again carefully, are you ready to be with my sister? Will my sister be happy in the midst of your authoritarian family?"

"To make my sister happy, there's no need to be with her. Just don't add to the wound, that's fine,"

The pat on Farel's shoulder went to Haikal before he left the man who now seemed to be thinking hard.

Tbc...

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