THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
39.Stand Alone

Chris arrives home and asks Louise to rest in her room.Making sure Louise has fallen asleep, Chris rushes to the living room where her parents sit waiting to talk about their move.

"Pa, can't I stay here?Who's gonna look after him if I leave?" pinta Chris weld.

"That can't be Chris.If it's only for a few months, it might not matter.But, this will take a long time.We can take it if you want to take care of it right?" ask Chris' mom.

"That's impossible ma, Louise has just experienced that.If we urge her to come with us, what will happen later?" ask Chris grimly.

"Papa knew it was very surprising, and it was very sudden.Papa could only bring Louise if he wanted to, we could not force him.Of course we would also persuade him to come along" he said gently.

"And if he refuses?" ask Chris grimly.

"He's closer to you, you can persuade him Chris.At least if he comes with us, he can let go of his grief a little bit" said Chris.

"Mama really hopes Louise does not refuse to come along" said Chris' mother and sighed softly.

"We have no other choice because it is related to work, you hope you understand" he said slowly.

Chris looked down lethargic and went towards his room in a daze.How surprised Chris when he reached the door of the living room to go to his room, Louise had been standing there.

"Lo-Lo-Louise,,,"Chris slumped. "W-Why are you here?Didn't you just sleep?" Chris was brick, not knowing how to react.

Louise smiled faintly and stepped forward to approach Chris.Typically pulled Chris' hand asking to follow him.

"I can't sleep." replied Louise.

"Did you hear pseudo__"

"Sister Chris accompanied me to sleep again right?" cut Louise.

"Of course" replied Chris.

Louise smiled briefly and walked towards the room with Chris who could only obey as his hands were pulled.

'What is he thinking now?I could no longer read the meaning of that smile, did he hear everything?' thought.

They headed to the room in long silence making the guilt swell in Chris' heart.They also lay down as soon as they arrived in the room.Louise hugged the bolster and closed her eyes facing Chris who was lying next to her.

"Louise,," call Chris slowly.

"Ehmm,," Louise opened her eyes without turning her head.

"If you act like this, it just shows that you heard everything, right?" ask Chris heart.

"Yes, brother Chris was right" he replied slowly and looked up.

"If I'm sorry, will you forgive me?" ask Louise.

Chris frowned and rubbed his head.

"Why apologize?shouldn't I be the one apologizing?" ask Chris.

"Sister Chris is not wrong" replied Louise.

"Is lying not wrong?" ask Chris lethargic.

"Because you don't know either, that's not a lie" Louise replied. "Brother Chris doesn't know that Om and Aunt are planning to move?" ask Louise.

"So_,," Chris exhaled softly. "You want to come, right?" ask Chris expectantly.

"That's why I said I'm sorry, right?" Louis asked back.

Chris widened his eyes and woke up quickly staring at Louis in disbelief.

"So that means you don't want to?" chris asked disappointed.

"I just don't want to go any further than Nick's sister" replied Louise, sitting down to Chris.

"But Louise,,,"

"Om and Auntie are not dear to Chris, if brother does not come with them will make om and aunt sad right?" ask Louise.

"And I love you too, doesn't Louise care about that?" chris asked unconsciously raising his voice.

"Emhmm,," Louise muttered shakes her head and smiled.

"You know, my brother asked me to stay here, so Chris's brother doesn't love, how could he take me here, right?" louise smiled again.

"What do you think of Louise?" chris asked his face.

Feeling frustrated and do not know what to do Chris.But, also feel embarrassed because it was he who entertained Louise.

"Sister Chris can send a letter" Louise replied.

"Not so," Chris scratched his head.

"Here there's auntie, Uncle Jag too, just like brother Chris doesn't like me staying here, and mom and auntie will be so if brother Chris is not with them," replied Louise.

Chris covered his face with his palm constantly thinking about what to do until he fell asleep.In the meantime, behind the door of the room, both of Chris' parents heard what Louise said feeling overwhelmed.

"Is Louise really 7 years old?" mummy papa Chris.

"Isn't Chris the same age?" ask Chris' mom.

"This is a different case" said papa Chris.

"She will be a great woman when she grows up" she said.

"And would you take me as a son-in-law?" ask Chris' mom.

"Of course not, Chris loved Louise as a sister" he argued.

"Feelings can change, right?" ask Chris' mom. "Honestly, if my mother happily accepted him as a daughter-in-law" he continued.

"Here you go, let's sleep!" take papa Chris.

They leave Chris' room to their room.

Time goes on until the time comes Chris and his family must go.Chris met Louise in the library before leaving and promised to often send letters to find out Louise's news.

Rose ended the story with a long breath.Without realizing the tears Adrian dripped that was quickly removed with his hands.

"So, the doctor at that time,,,"

"Yes, he's the same guy.He came back after getting his doctorate," Rose cut.

"And their relationship?" ask Adrian.

"Chris told me the letter Nayla sent stopped after she sent you the photo you saw," Rose replied. "Rather precisely Chris only received five letters after the photo was sent" he continued.

"How come?Em,m\_I mean that sounds absurd" Adrian said.

"After getting the photo, a few days later, she was down, which was explained in a letter sent by the library guard because Nayla hid her health from Chris" Rose replied.

"After that they are no longer in contact?" ask Adrian.

"Actually, Nayla had sent a letter several times again, but did not get a reply, so she really stopped writing letters.Nayla was a stubborn person, who was very stubborn,he worked to meet his needs and refused when anyone was willing to bear his life.So, he started writing fairy tales, penned whatever until published in a magazine," said Rose.

"The first time I helped him make his work after joining us,he was more silent but he quickly understood when explained.Our company proposed to him because we were interested in the story he made published in a magazine with several episodes and writing style that we think is different.Some the company also proposed to him, but he rejected it firmly.But, when we tried and resigned if he refused, he actually accepted it but on one condition, closed his identity meeting," said Rose again.

"But you said you made a mistake at the awards show by giving it your real name, didn't that break the deal?" ask Adrian. "Surprisingly I can't find information about that" he continued.

"Yeah,, that's right, we really felt really bad at the time.He wasn't angry, but it made us worse, he just asked to solve the problem,we're closing down all information and deleting everything related to it" Rose said.

"Now that I really understand, this explains all the unanswered questions in my head" Adrian said.

"But, remember Adrian, act normal as if you don't know about this.Lucie also only knows half of Nayla's story, and the whole office only knows she doesn't have anyone.I find out all this information myself,Chris they believed me and told me everything" Rose warned.

"I understand, Rose!" replied Adrian.

"About Chris, how did they meet again?" ask Adrian.

"When Chris came back to this town, he was always looking for information about Nayla.Because he's a doctor, we met in the hospital, you can certainly guess what his story was like, right?" ask Rose.

"But I don't understand, the doctor called Nayla instead of Louise" Adrian said.

"Because Nayla asked for it,and the reason Nayla did not get a reply again after returning to send a letter was that Chris was being assigned to another area to get a doctor's degree and did not know if Nayla sent a letter.Chris was aware of it chris was aware that several years had passed, but still replied to the letter and got a reply from the aunt who guarded the library,nayla said she's not there anymore, so she's been back in town looking for information on where Nayla is" Rose said.

"I assume so" Rose replied.

"It looks like there will be a storm if Miss Nayla hears this" Adrian said.

"I also think begi\_\_"

DUUGHH,,,!!

"Ohh,,,!!!" Adrian groans because his feet hit the table cutting off Rose's speech.

"What's wrong?" ask Rose.

"What are you doing?" asked Nayla holding back a laugh.

Nayla who arrived suddenly came to surprise Adrian made Adrian immediately stand up and his legs hit the table.

Nayla could not help but laugh anymore and laughed softly before saying,

"Why are you so surprised that I came Adrian?you're not planning a murder, are you?" nayla asked, still laughing.

"You're so mean, my feet hurt, it's not a joke!" complained Adrian.

"It's not my fault you hit your feet on the table" replied Nayla.

"You always have a thousand words to answer" said Adrian stroking his pulsating legs.

As if he had just remembered something, Aldrian flipped his phone and the call was still connected to Rose.

"Ahh,, I'm sorry, I'll call you later" Adrian said, bringing his phone to his ear again.

"I miss Nayla, she sounds fine.After I'm here, she rarely calls me" Rose lamented.

"What should I tell him?" adrian asked a glance at Nayla who was watching him.

"No need, he must be staring at you, alright that's it.Contact me again when, bye!" say Rose .

The call ended.Adrian lowered his phone and put it on the table.

'*How did he know that Miss Nayla was looking at me?' thought*.

"Hemmm, I wonder who exactly did you call to make you willing to sacrifice your legs?" ask Nayla.

"A friend, we just really didn't see each other for a long time" Adrian replied.

"Isit,?" asked Nayla raising her eyebrows.

Adrian tries not to make eye contact with Nayla, while Nayla is staring fixedly at Adrian.

"What do you need?" adrian asked to distract.

"Yes, just some important things, after that I went home" replied Nayla.

"You can contact me to bring it to your place, your name,!" adrian said.

"This is something I have to do on my own, but thank you" Nayla said.

Nayla approached her desk and opened the drawer.His hand pulled a large brown envelope from the drawer while pulling the chair to sit down and checking its contents to make sure what she was looking for.

"Didn't you come home after your work was done, Adrian?" asked Nayla without looking.

"I'll be home soon after the delivery" replied Adrian.

"Will there be any more things coming?" ask Nayla.

"No, but send the one here to your apartment" replied Adrian.

"Ohh, I forgot about that," Nayla replied, turning a glance and looking down again.

So sure that was what he was looking for, Nayla got up from her seat and told Adrian to go home, but sat back down when his phone rang.

Take your phone out of your pocket to find out who contacted you.

'***My Lov*********' shown on the phone screen makes frowning.

'*Tumben once he called me at this hour, did something happen*?' thought.

"Did something happen?" nayla asked worriedly after bringing the phone to her ear.

"Frightly," he answered. "But in a good way,, err\_\_ maybe,!"continued.

"Alright, say what it is!" nayla said curiously.

"Before that, can you open your e-mail for a second?" her door.

"E-mail,,,??" ask Nayla bangtung.

"Yep, just for a second, and just look at what I sent you,!" his orders.

As if understanding without saying anything, Adrian thrust his laptop directly connected to Nayla's email account by entering a password.

Nayla smiles thankfully and opens her e-mail, her eyes widen with her mouth open to see what Roy sends her.

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