The Marriage Of The Game
79 - Attic

..."The strongest relationship is the relationship with yourself. The biggest enemy is yourself. Your happiness depends on whether you are friendly or hostile to yourself."...

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Aleta stepped up the stairs to the attic while hiding the sobs from some of the people who were there. He did not want to be the center of attention because he was crying.

His hand turned the door handle open then, Aleta went inside and locked herself in there. He sat dumbstruck on the vinly– floor lamenting such a poor life.

There was a sound of laughter from her sweet lips, she laughed like she lost her mind and then a few minutes later came back crying. Disappointed, sad and angry mixed into one to make Aleta powerless to hold her cry.

Aarghh! aleta screamed at the empty room, dark and cold. He regretted his presence in a world that never once gave him happiness.

While crying his hands patted the chest that increasingly felt tight. Life as Aleta turned out to be very bad, if only he was not born as Aleta, maybe the suffering of his life would not be as bad as it is today.

Aleta hugged her knees then, hiding her face there. Again, he must harbour the reality that he must live with patience and sincerity.

Hoping to someday find happiness, regardless along with the marriage bond of her contract and away from the life of the man who is currently her husband.

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Kemal and Emir are in a state of panic over Erick's disappearance at the watch of their men. The Emir's countenance grew angry upon arrival in the room after he met Aleta.

"Stupid! they are useless" said the Emir as he left his waist.

"We're running an emergency plan!" kemal firmly without a second thought.

The Emir turned his head fiercely and approached Kemal. "Are you crazy" he sneered.

"We have no other way. That guy will definitely leak our conversation to Damar, do you want all the hard work to fail just like that?" Kemal approached the Emir's face while glaring as if intimidating his best friend.

"Think of another way, I don't want that plan executed!" ban Emir insisted while turning his back.

Kemal grinned meaningfully, he understood why the Emir did not want the plan he wanted to do immediately rejected.

"When have you cared, Aleta?" asked Kemal frankly while staring at the Emir's cynical back.

The Emir flinched then glanced over from the tail end of his eyes. Nothing came out of the old man's mouth, he silenced a thousand languages. His mind branched between the plan he had to run and Aleta, his only child.

"Control yourself and realize, you and I have the same goal" Kemal said before leaving the room.

Kemal tried to revive the Emir's mind so as not to waver easily because it would endanger himself. Destroying and fighting Damar is not easy, they often accept failure to kill Damar.

Therefore, Kemal did not want to get a failure of his current plan. He tried his best to kill Damar despite having Aleta involved in it.

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Bang out!

The sound of gunfire from the entrance, the loud bang was heard up inside the building, making the party stop instantly.

Damar immediately broke away from the middle-aged woman's arms and stepped towards the window to see what was going on out there.

It is fitting that Damar had felt strange at a party held by Kemal, because since then there was no welcome from the owner of the event. Even Kemal himself was not seen anymore.

Shitt's! muttered Damar cursing as he turned towards the chair that had been occupied by Aleta. Damar rushes to find Aleta's current whereabouts, he must find the woman before actually going away from her.

Damar's footsteps stopped when he was about to climb the stairs because he heard the sound of incoming voice messages from his smartphone. He played the sound of the voice message Erick sent.

"Boss, get the hell out of there! it's not safe for you, they're planning to kill you right now, out through the attic window and up the hill there's a water truck, you can get away with that vehicle. Go now!"

The sound of the message ended followed by the screams of the invited guests who again heard the sound of gunfire from inside the entrance along with the throwing of the guard officers due to being shot by a rifle grasped from several people.

They were shocked and afraid to see people dressed in all black complete with face coverings and rifles, barging into the room.

"Lift hands!" one of the men ordered a gun to the guests.

The man's words and treatment suddenly triggered the guests to scream in fear and tremble, they screamed again to make a rowdy room. Seeing the commotion made by the guests makes it easier for Damar to escape from there secretly.

Damar immediately climbed the stairs to find a way out, although confused where the room that has an attic. The building has many rooms so that Damar must be smart to choose not to be caught by Emir's plotters.

"Shut up!" The hardship while floating the bullet up to make debris on the gypsum ceiling scattered crushed under the floor.

Guests bowed while covering both ears with their hands. It was also when the kidnapper's plot drew guests to gather following their orders.

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Aleta flinched when she heard the loud enough thumping sound that was happening below. He lifted his head and turned to the door and stood up.

Stepping towards the door to see firsthand the atmosphere that was happening down there. Aleta took a quick peek out of the crack of the door when it opened. His eyes widened when he saw Damar who was about to approach the room where he was hiding.

Quickly he closed the door back and locked it by pressing the middle of the door handle. Afterwards Aleta walked away from the door and thought for a moment.

Her eyes looked back at the door, hearing a knock on the door. Aleta is again nervous and afraid, if Damar finds himself hiding in the attic.

Both of her hands pressed firmly against the skirt she was currently wearing while biting her lower lip. Swallowing saliva with difficulty when returning to see the door handle that moves roughly, such as forcing it to open.

The roar of breath sounded irregular when Aleta was really afraid of Damar's anger. He believes that Damar has met his father and knows all the plans that his father made.

What am I supposed to do now? I'm stuck and can't escape from this place, what if he finds out I met Dad first? would he consider me a liar?

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