Love Worth Fighting For

241 Pay debt

“Grandma, let’s go to the orphanage. Looks like it’s time for Grandma to take medicine,” said the nurse girl softly, interrupting Mrs. Brownie who insisted that Zwetta already have children. As a woman who has had quite a few children, Mrs. Brownie’s experience is quite great in assessing changes in the body shape of a new mother.

Zwetta who was so shocked that she couldn’t say anything, she just watched the volunteer girl seduce Mrs. Brownie to come back to the orphanage. Zwetta was still so shocked to hear the words of the woman who had given her drinking water, even though Mrs. Brownie had enough but Zwetta is sure that the woman still has a good memory. Therefore Zwetta is sure that the woman is not casually speaking by calling her having a baby. Dozens of unanswered questions are immediately passing through Zwetta’s head at this time.

After seducing with difficulty , Mrs. Brownie finally agreed to return to the orphanage. Eve who feels guilty to Zwetta again apologized to her again before she returned to the orphanage with Mrs. Brownie who had already walked using her cane as a tool.

“It’s ok, I know Mrs Brownie was just joking. You don’t have to feel guilty, Eve,” Zwetta said quietly, responding to Eve’s fifth apology. Eve’s face looked so very sorry.

Eve, who had to return to the orphanage immediately, hugged Zwetta tightly. “Once again I apologize for what Granny Brownie said, I hope you are not offended and about your promise to...”

“I will still try to come to the orphanage,” Zwetta said again with a smile. “Don’t worry, I don’t want to disappoint Mrs Brownie.”

Eve again tightened her arms on Zwetta before finally following Mrs. Brownie who had walked quite a distance. From where she stood, Zwetta didn’t do anything, she was still focused on her new friend who was taking Mrs. Brownie to a nursing home not far from Central Park.

“Why can the madam say I already have a child,” Zwetta muttered quietly. “Does my body look like a woman who has had children, huh?” Zwetta said slowly while feeling her body which did feel fuller than the last time she remembered. Her breasts and stomach did look a little different, but because she felt that everything was still normal Zwetta didn’t mind it until finally today she had to be surprised by the words of the old woman she accidentally met.

After the two new friends were out of sight, Zwetta sat back down and took out her cell phone. Her curiosity about Mrs. Brownie’s story suddenly reappeared, Zwetta, who had been trying not to interfere with other people’s lives, then did a search about the fire which was called sabotage by Mrs. Brownie. Zwetta’s eyes widened when she saw photos of the fire that was once a cake shop owned by a widow of a veteran army officer who had now turned into a fairly well-known hotel near Central Park.

.....

There was a strange vibration that appeared in Zwetta when she saw the article containing news and photos of the cake shop fire that occurred two years ago, her two hands holding the cell phone suddenly felt weak until the black cellphone finally fell onto the grass.

“Uhhh...what’s this?” Zwetta groaned in pain. “Why does my chest hurt so much?” Zwetta’s tears suddenly started to flow again. “Why am I like this again...what really happened to me.”

Zwetta, who suddenly felt so hurt, then vented herself to cry, without feeling shy, Zwetta expressed all the strange feelings that had been bothering her since last night by crying to her heart’s content. In all her life, Zwetta had never cried like this. The last time she cried was when she nearly fell victim to Osbert as a teenager a few years ago.

“What’s wrong with me,” sobbed Zwetta still crying. “Why am I like this, God? Why am I so sad? What happened to me?”

***

Geneva, Switzerland.

“Eat this, since morning you haven’t eaten anything,” Areez said softly as he handed a large burger to Suri who was still sitting alone, far from where Christian and her parents were sitting.

Suri lifted her face, staring at Areez who had just returned from the cafeteria. “I’m not hungry.”

“Aren’t you hungry? You haven’t eaten anything since this morning,” Areez said curtly. “I don’t want you to get sick, right now our focus is on Luna. You certainly don’t want to make your mother sad and panic when she sees you sick, right?”

Suri bit her lower lip.

Areez, who couldn’t see Suri acting like that, immediately knelt down right in front of Suri who had already lowered her head. “You want us to confess now?”

Like being hit by lightning, Suri immediately lifted her face up to look at Areez who had just spoken. “W..what do you mean?”

“I’d rather get punished from your family right now than to see you continue like this, Suri,” Areez said quietly. “I’d rather feel the pain of being beaten by your brother and father than having to see you continue to mourn this incident, I know you’re sad, I know you’re sorry. But that’s not an excuse for you to continue to mourn the past by torturing yourself like this. how long are you going to be like this, Suri?”

Suri shook her head, her tongue stuck. Her guilt was so great for Luna that she couldn’t speak. Suri, who felt that what happened to Luna was her fault, could not answer Areez’s words.

“Even if you want to cry all the time, what has happened can’t be reversed, Suri,” Areez said again. “What we can do now is do our best for Luna’s recovery, and even then if you want. But if you don’t want to, then I will take the second decision by confessing to all your family and telling all our little secrets.”

“Areez don’t.” Suri immediately gripped Areez’s hand tightly. “I’m not ready to see Christian angry, I’m not ready if I have to add to the burden on Daddy and Christian. They’re both going to be getting more and more tormented by their guilt towards Elena, because...sob...because they were that mean to Elena because of me. I really haven’t. ready for it.”

Areez, who could not bear to see Suri cry, immediately hugged the girl who had melted to him tightly. “I know you’re sad, I know you feel guilty, Suri. But I beg you, please don’t torture yourself like this. For the past eight months you’ve worked so hard to take care of Luna, so stop adding to your own body in this way. ”

“Sorry Areez...I’m sorry...”

“Shhh...you’re innocent, you don’t need to apologize,” Areez said quickly. “So stop apologizing to me.”

Suri tightened her arms on Areez with tears in her eyes, in all the beautiful plans she had so neatly arranged since being in Areez’s reign in Auckland three years ago, Suri had never added to her wish list to be with Areez as it is now. The sudden arrival of Elena that night at her birthday party had completely messed up all her beautiful plans. The person she wanted to avoid the most, was now the only person to share her problems and complaints.

Not wanting Suri to get sick, Areez then released his arms from the girl’s body who had lost a lot of weight. Using both hands, Areez wiped Suri’s tears.

“Eat, please. I’m also very hungry right now,” Areez said softly.

“You haven’t eaten either?” Suri asked, surprised.

Areez pursed his lips, pinching Suri’s sharp nose which was already red from crying. “How can I eat when the girl I love isn’t eating, hm?”

“Areez...”

“Ok sorry,” Areez said quickly. “I’ll keep my attitude.”

Suri smiled a little, slowly her attention turned to her family who were still sitting in front of Luna’s treatment room. “Have they eaten?”

“The food that Nicholas has bought doesn’t seem like they’ve touched anything yet,” Areez answered quietly. “But you still have to eat first. Take care of yourself first, then you can force them to eat.”

Suri blinked her eyes which were hot again, she tried to hold back her tears from falling. Even though her brother doesn’t talk much to her, Suri knows how much suffering Christian is feeling right now. The drastic change in Christian’s attitude has shown how much sadness is eating him.

“After eating, we force your family to eat. You take care of your parents and I will take care of Christian,” Areez said again as he carefully opened the large burger wrapping paper in his hand. “Remember Suri, our responsibility is not only on Luna but on your family as well. Therefore you must be healthy to do that task, you understand, don’t you?”

Suri accepted Areez’s burger with a smile. “Yes, I understand.”

“Good girl, now eat. Replenish your energy before returning to work.”

Immediately Suri opened her mouth wide and began to bite into her favorite burger voraciously, seeing Suri enjoying her food made Areez smile. “We face this problem together, Suri. Don’t worry.”