Your love gave me life
99 Day
Like a sick person waiting for the death penalty, that's how Annbelle felt this morning.
Until the 99th day, Alden never mentioned Annabelle or said that name, making Sarah Belle sure that today is the last day Annabelle breathes in the world.
Even today, Alden had left earlier than Mr. Wira and skipped his breakfast even refused a coffee made by Sarah Belle.
“Pardon all the mistakes of Belle, Auntie. Can I ask you to tell papa and mama about the incident I occupy Sarah's body ?”
“Why didn't you tell them directly when you met that time ?”
“Can't, Aunt. When my mouth told me I was Annabelle, their daughter, I was like a mute, my tongue was stiff. Once again I met papa and mama accompanied by Yudha, but again failed.”
Not long before Mr. Wira walked into the dining room and sat at the end of the dining table like usual.
“You why ?” mr Wira's forehead creased as he saw his wife's eyes wet and Sarah Belle's face turned mellow.
“Alden do what else?” asked Mr. Wira when he saw that the chair that Alden used to occupy was empty.
“Not... Not because of Alden, Om,” Sarah Belle said quickly. “All because of me,”.
Mr. Wira's forehead again wrinkled to look at Sarah Belle with a face full of question marks.
“I want to say goodbye, Om,” continued Sarah Belle with a forced smile. “The time limit given to borrow this body is only up to this day. Tomorrow, whatever time this body will return to be Sarah and Annabelle will end her life.”
“And everything because of Alden, right ?” Mr. Wira breathed a heavy sigh. “Why don't you talk frankly to Alden ?”
“It looks like there's a rule, Om,” Sarah Belle laughs discordantly. “I cannot reveal my identity to Alden and my own family. Every time I want to tell it, the sentence just stops at the tip of the tongue, everything can not be said.”
The atmosphere turned silent, only the breath of Mr. Wira was heard. Madame Lanny just kept quiet and the corners of her eyes were occasionally still wet.
“Sorry I have made the atmosphere this morning so sad,” shriek Sarah Belle.
“What are your plans today. ?” ask Madame Lanny with a sad face.
“Nothing I want to do anymore, Auntie. Yudha promised to accompany me today and I will stay in the hospital later this afternoon. I don't want to get all the way from Annabelle's body, just like the first time Annabelle's soul occupied Sarah's body, I think the exchange back will only happen in the hospital as well.”
Sarah Belle smiled. This time his heart was able to calm down and accept the reality.
“Thank you for all the kindness Om and Auntie. Thank you for all the kindness given to my family during this time and forgive me for having a lot of trouble Om and Auntie, especially because they like to make Alden upset,” Sarah Belle laughs softly.
“Belle, don't talk like that. How many times has Auntie said that even if you are not a match for Alden, you are still our daughter. Even we support that indeed Yudha wants to marry you.”
“Yudha was joking, Auntie, so don't take her words too seriously,” Sarah Belle chuckled.
“But Om does not see Yudha's desire as a joke,” said Mr. Wira made Sarah Belle blush. “Yudha even said the same thing to Om. Had Annabelle been fine without Alden's intervention, Yudha would have taken you away from Alden.”
Sarah Belle again blushed to hear Mr. Wira's words to make the atmosphere that had melow turned more relaxed.
“Yudha also said so to me, Om,” Sarah Belle said quietly.
The Hutama couple laughed at Sarah Belle's blushing face and her hands quickly scooped up the fried rice, stuffing it into her own mouth.
***
At 9am Sarah Belle left the Hutama family home with nothing and left no notes for Alden.
Sarah Belle's first destinations were the campus and Sisi. Sent by Hutama's family driver, Sarah Belle heads straight to her campus and makes an appointment to meet Sisi at 11.
There's still an hour and fifteen minutes.
Sarah Belle walks down the hallway to the campus garden behind the campus.
Their college days are not the same. The side lectures in the morning while Annabelle takes employee classes in the evening.
They accidentally met in this park when both of them released their fatigue after a day of activities.
Just like Annabelle, Sisi had to work after college. Look for additional living expenses and part of the cost of college.
“Belle !” squeak Sisi with a happy face.
Some of the students who were there turned their heads, feeling strange because Sisi called the woman who looked older like her peers.
Sarah is Annabelle, her best friend. Her face may belong to someone else but Sarah's attitude is still an Annabelle who became Sisi's friend for 3 years.
“Where to lecture ?” Sarah Belle let Sisi hold her arm while walking towards the campus gate.
“Before you have to take an internship, Belle keeps going back to college and make thesis.”
“Hopefully I still have a chance to feel it all. But chances are I will be a younger brother class elo because my parents have applied for leave 1 semester.”
“Belle, elo smart boy, can definitely pass with me. After all the problem of 6 months internship can elo skip because it is currently elo lecture employee class.”
“Hopefully,” Sarah Belle laughs.
“Wuuihhh really cool car, use driver all over again,” Sisi glanced at a middle-aged man sitting in the driver's seat nodded as Sarah Belle opened the door for Sisi.
“Udah don't be shy. Today we are in the style of a rich man,” Sarah Belle laughs again.
The side who was initially hesitant finally got into the car and enjoyed the comfort of a luxury car owned by the Hutama family.
The two talked about an internship program that must be run soon.
“Not wrong we ate here, Belle ?” Sisi seemed to frown when he invited her into one of the cafes near the famous campus is quite prestigious.
Sarah Belle did deliberately ask the driver to bring her here, a place that had been his target and Sisi when they were in college semester 4.
Sarah Belle pulls Sisi's arm, invites her to follow the waiter who leads them to one of the tables.
“Quiet, once in a while a rich man,” Sarah Belle laughs softly. “Order what you like, don't see special price today.”
Sisi complied and ordered food and drinks that he had long wanted to try.
“Gue can ask elo for help again, Si ?”
Sarah Belle's face turned serious after talking about college and their future plans after graduation.
Both of them still enjoyed their food and drinks.
“Elo don't have to ask for that. As long as I can do, I will definitely live for elo.”
“Thankyou,” Sarah Belle smile.
“Gue would like to ask you to meet Reyhan again if tomorrow I do not wake up again.”
“Do not say so dong, Belle,” Side's face turned sad.
“Not nakutin or ngada, Si. Like my previous story that I can only borrow Sarah's body for up to 100 days. Nothing has changed from Alden, so I can only resign.”
“So I'll see Reyhan again ?”
“Gue has asked Om Juan, his confidant Om Wira to meet elo after 100 days. The original file video footage and photos belonging to Sarah I titip same Om Juan. I do not love Om Juan or Yudha who gave it to Reyhan so that the guy did not have any thoughts, I mean let Reyhan not think that the file was duplicated by Om Juan or Yudha sesindainya those who love to Reyhan.
I also forbid Juan to make duplications. Pity the life of the Reyhan family if the video and photo circulate. I want to break Sarah's plan to destroy other people's lives.”
“Belle, is there no other way to wake up in your body again ?” ask Sisi with a sad face.
“If I knew for sure I did,” Sarah Belle laughed softly. “It feels really sad, I have to die on my birthday.”
“Yes for goodness !” Sisi patted his eel. “Too focused on the current state of elo, I forgot that tomorrow elo birthday.”
“Udah don't let,” Sarah Belle laughs while sneering. “Tomorrow I still have until 12 pm before finally released from Sarah.”
“Contin ?”
“If tomorrow I still wake up in Sarah's body, you have to bring me a strawberry cake in the cafe where you work, a piece of it, not a baking sheet,” Sarah Belle said with a laugh.
“Can be set, tomorrow I take where ?”
Sarah Belle smiled and her face changed.
“Everything is still gray for me,” softly while sighing deeply.