Bond of Love
26
After dinner, Ben went to take Nonik to his apartment.
During the trip, Nonik who was curious about the KDRT that Ben did to his boss, made him have the initiative to ask directly. Because all this time he only heard the story from Fabian, Gracia's adopted daughter.
Gracia is the sister of Anita's mother.
"Mr Ben" Call Nonik though a little hesitant.
"Yes" Ben glanced at her at a glance then refocused his steering wheel.
"Sorry in advance if my curiosity is not pleasing, and my question seems presumptuous"
"Ask what you want to know"
Getting a signal of approval from Ben, Nonikpun without hesitation immediately issued his tirade.
"Is it true that Mr. Ben committed the KDRT to Ms. Shanum, torturing both the birth and the mind?"
Hearing Nonik's question, Ben smiled faintly.
"Sorry sir"
"Do you believe I tortured your boss? I hurt the woman I love? Do you believe in what Fabian said like mommy Anita who trusted him without my first confirmation?"
"To be honest, I can't believe it, sir. But since there was nothing I asked at that time, Mr. Ben himself also disappeared, be between believing and not"
"I've never hurt her at all, Nonik. On the contrary, I treated Shanum like a queen, I fulfilled all her requests including the apartment I currently occupied. The apartment was her request"
"Then why did Miss Shanum fly to Jakarta without her master at that time?"
For the second time the man smiled smirk.
"There's someone calling" Ben said as he continued to control the steering wheel. "The person said that daddy Emir, mommy, brother Shinas, sister Sheina and other families had an accident on the game rides while riding the reanglala. Shanum who was panicking, immediately believed the person. And unfortunately, when I got the news, I was in Beijing to do business there. Without waiting for me, her mom Kayl came home alone to Jakarta that day. Though my mother had prevented him from waiting for me and we could go home to see his family together"
When telling stories, Ben occasionally paused his sentence to just breathe air and remember events about five years ago.
"The lala fire accident?"
"Hmmm..." Ben before returning to the story. "When I checked the news about the accident that killed dozens of people, it turned out that the news was true. I panicked myself at that moment. I immediately contacted the vehicle to ask the names of the victims and ascertain whether Shanum's family was also a victim, but they have not received any information because they are in evacuating the victims. They told me to wait a while. But after about three hours, I got information about the names of the passengers who were injured and killed. Shanun's surname I didn't find on the passenger list let alone being a victim. There I immediately called Mommy Anita, but no mobile phone was active including your number. At that time I immediately looked for a plane ticket to go home to Macau. When he arrived in Macau, Shanum went to the airport. He left Kayl to mom and told me to catch up with him"
"I called Shanum repeatedly, but his phone died because he was on the air"
Ben continued, somehow his chest felt like tightness when telling that.
"I followed her to Jakarta, and when I got there, I called Shanum again but the number couldn't be reached, I tried mommy's phone, but what did she say?"
The man turned the steering wheel to the left.
"Mommy gets angry and says that I'm a brash man who hurt his daughter. Without me knowing the reason, and without hearing my explanation mommy forbade me from seeing Shanum. He even accused me that the accident that hit Shanum was caused by me"
"Then why did Mr Ben say that the baby that Miss gave birth to died?" Tanya Nonik.
"What can I do, Nonik? They've taken Shanum away from me, do you think I'm going to hand my daughter over to them. What would my life be like after that if I lost two of the most important people in my life?"
"That's why Mr Ben lied to us that your baby didn't survive?"
Nodding Ben's head makes Nonik quite understanding.
"I've lost Shanum, that's why I didn't hand Kayl over to them"
"According to Mr Ben, is it all manipulation of Mr Fabian? Considering he's the last person Miss Shanum met before a car hit her?"
"Hundred percent?"
Hearing Ben's answer, Nonik immediately turned to the right side to make sure that he did not hear wrong.
"Yes"
"Geez!" Lirih Nonik again threw a glance towards the front.
"I'll find out that he's the cause of all this, and I'll make sure he'll get punished for what he did to me and Shanum if he's proven to be the culprit"
"But sir, how is it?"
Before answering, Ben stopped his car because they had reached Shanum's apartment.
"That's an easy thing for me, I've even uncovered Miss Eve's case and sent the kidnapper out of prison for twenty-three years"
In a split second, Nonik recalled Anita's story about the daughter of his best friend who was kidnapped as a baby. That's miss Eve.
"I hope Mr. Ben can immediately punish the person who has made Ms. Shanum lose her memory" Nonik said as he removed the seatbelt. "If Mr. Ben needs any help or information, I'm ready to help"
"Thank you, Nonik"
"Together master, because I myself want the culprit in the law"
Ben nodded to respond.
"Thank you for driving me. Excuse me, sir"
"Please!" answer Ben briefly.
Shortly after Nonik got out of his car, Ben honked his horn before returning.
****
About thirty minutes passed, Ben had returned to his apartment, he immediately went down and rushed in.
Just as he opened the apartment door, a pair of neutrals found Shanum sitting in the living room. Their eyes met and then stared at each other.
Previously the man was a little surprised by Shanum's presence in the living room, but his shock was only momentary.
"Not rested?" Ben asked, closing the door. His eyes glanced at the watch in his hand.
"Can we talk?" Constant Shanum.
Because the time had shown eleven hours less than ten minutes, the other residents of the house including Mikayla were clearly asleep in her sleep.
"It's night, we'll talk tomorrow"
"Several nights I can't sleep" Shanum said, still holding back Ben's gaze that felt so shady.
With a slow step, Ben swung his foot toward his wife.
"Can we talk now? I'll make tea to accompany us while we talk at once to warm up"
Silently for a moment, Ben finally agreed to Shanum's request.
"Where are we talking?"
"On the balcony of your room" replied Shanum. "Meet your daughter first, then wait for me on the balcony, I'll make tea"
After the man in front of her nodded his head, Shanum turned to go to the kitchen.
While Ben stepped into the princess's room to give kisses and say good-bye, then just to his room.
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