He's The Unaffordable
Chapter 49 - Fencing

“So, this closed engagement event of mine and Rissa to provoke a reaction of Finley?” my many. Papa nodded. “What reaction does Papa mean?”

“Kidnap him, keep him away from us, or any evil deeds we can use to throw him in jail.”

“But it's dangerous, Pa. Look what happened when he managed to kidnap Rissa when she was a kid. He separated us with him for a dozen years.”

“He won't be able to repeat the same thing, Hadi. I promise you, Clarissa, we'll get her back when she catches her. Just focus on your studies, as well as your relationship with the girl. Your mother is happy to see you guys together, so don't let the girl fall into the hands of another man.”

I groaned softly hearing it. “Stop mentioning about another man, Pa. There would be no other men trying to get close to Rissa. If anyone dares to mess around, Rissa can protect herself.” I said it with pride.

“It was a shocking thing from Irwan's report. She's that great?” ask Papa not to believe.

“He's better than that. Papa can invite him to a duel if Papa wants to test his abilities,” I said challenge him. Papa laughed a little.

We parted ways when we arrived at the end of the stairs and headed to our respective rooms. I looked towards the room that had been Clarissa's room for the last two days. Mama must have asked our waiter to pack Clarissa's things and bring her to Aunt Lindsey's house.

I went to the bathroom to clean myself up, then changed clothes in the clothes room. As I sat on the edge of the bed, I looked up at the photo of little Clarissa on the nightstand. I don't know why I feel obligated to wait until we get word of his whereabouts. So that I don't forget her, I always put her picture here.

My phone on the nightstand shook, I put down a photo of Clarissa and took the thing. There's a message coming in from Dira. I opened it and I showed up photo after photo of me and Clarissa during the event at Aunt Lindsey's house. My sister was right when she said my facial expression was strange. But there are some photos that have been good.

Happy dreams of your beautiful fiancee, brother. As soon as Dira's message after all the photos she sent were automatically downloaded on my phone.

You all right?

If you mean anything about Colin, I'm good. I'm sincerely happy to see Sister meet Clarissa again after so many years apart.

You should be engaged this month.

My brother is my brother. It should have been the older brother who was engaged and married. I'm happy for you both!

That stupid Colin won't have another chance to hurt my sister. I'm sure there's another better young man for Dira. I put my phone back on the nightstand, and then looked at little Clarissa's picture. I smiled to see her happy face in the photo. Thanks for coming home for me, Rissa.

That Saturday morning, I played basketball with Colin and our friends. As usual, we bet lunch. Although the stakes are trivial, none of us want to lose. Colin and I are back on one team. He is a perfect partner every time we play this sport.

The score shows we won a landslide, then the opposing team will pay our lunch bill. After cleaning up and preparing to leave, a car stopped near Colin's motorcycle. I didn't drive my car because my best friend picked me up from home.

“Hadi! Come, log in!” charlotte said cheerfully. Wyatt who was sitting behind the steering wheel smiled at me. “We'll go to lunch together.”

“Hai, Charlotte!” greet Colin. He looked towards Wyatt. “Is your girlfriend able to drive in a different steering position?”

“He's been adjusting for a few days we've been here. Oh, aye. This meal invitation is only for Hadi, so you should not follow us.”

“I'd rather eat with your friends than hear you advise me on me and your best friend.”

“Good then. Because Dira also come with us.” Charlotte stuck her tongue out at Colin. My best friend immediately looked at the center of the car, but the glass was too dark to be able to see inside the car. “Hadi, what are you waiting for? We're all hungry.”

“I'm leaving, Cole. You can take my portion of food. See you Monday.” I patted her on the back, then opened the middle door of the car. Clarissa greeted me with her smile.

“Mila?” colin asked confusedly. He alternately looked at Clarissa and Charlotte, then at me with a questioning look.

“I'll tell you later.” I got into the car and laughed a little at my best friend still standing dumbly as we got away from him. “What suddenly took me away with you? Last night you didn't say anything about today's event.”

“So, who won?” wyatt asked to shift the subject.

We arrived at our destination soon. With heavy traffic conditions on weekends, Charlotte opted for a walk to the nearest mall. I wasn't surprised when they reminded me to hold Clarissa's hand. The girl just smiled as she shrugged her shoulders looking at the behavior of our two sisters.

Dira and Charlotte were walking ahead and were busy looking to the left right watching the items on display in the display case. Wyatt and Adi follow them while talking about nothing. Clarissa and I walked at the very back, quite far away from the two young men in front of us.

“How are things at home? You like your family?” I asked Clarissa, trying to open the conversation.

“I can't believe that they are rich people, Hadi. Why didn't you say? I couldn't even speak of seeing their huge house. When we got there, I was confused as to why they didn't use the ground floor as part of the house. Their terrace is directly on the second floor so we have to climb the stairs. Turns out the ground floor is specifically for Grandpa's luxury car collection garage. Do you believe that?” said surprised.

“You won't believe what they've prepared in my room. They know blue is my favorite color. Did you tell them? The room is so beautiful. It was like being in the room of a royal princess. The bed is big and has a roof. Around the bed can be covered with a thin curtain so that mosquitoes do not disturb my sleep.

“Just like the room in your house, my room also has its own bathroom. There is a bathtub for soaking, shower, sink, the whole wall is made of marble that seems expensive. And you know what else is in the room? Large clothing room. They filled it with nice clothes. There are shoes, bags, hats, and many other trinkets. They even gave me a lot of expensive jewelry stored in the vault.

“I've never had so many clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry, Hadi. This morning I was confused about which clothes to wear because there are so many options. And you know what else they gave me? Pocket money. I never got pocket money from my parents. They gave me a savings book with a huge nominal.” He suddenly sobbed.

“A-I didn't know that having a family would be this happy. They were very nice to me. They are also attentive. We had breakfast together, talked about our activities before we started, and I loved it every time they kissed and hugged me. My own foster family never gave me that much attention.

“This is not a dream, ‘kan, Hadi? It's all real, ‘kan? They won't change their attitude towards me and throw me away like the Foster family, ‘ will they? Or they won't disappear from me again, ‘kan? They will be my family for the next, ‘kan?” tanyanya expectantly.

We passed through the alley to the toilet, so I took her aside to pull over for a moment. I hugged her body and let her express her feelings through her tears. I don't know what he's feeling. But I knew she had never felt this happy that she had trouble controlling her emotions.

“This is not a dream, Rissa.” I rubbed his back to help him calm down. “Listen to me carefully. The Om Edu family and Uncle Mason won't treat you the same as the Foster family. They don't stop looking for you, do you think they'll just throw you away after you find them back? No will.”

“Hopefully you are right. Because I won't be able to face rejection anymore. I loved Father and Mother Foster and Reese, but they just threw me away. I don't want to experience that anymore.”

“I've known them all my life, believe me. They're not Foster's family. Just look at Charlotte and Reese's much different attitude. Charlotte is a well-educated girl, whereas Reese is just a spoiled kid who always gets what she wants

He's laughing a little. “You're not wrong about that one. Reese always got everything she wanted. Always.” He kept his head down while keeping himself away from me. He immediately searched for something in his bag, then pulled out a piece of tissue to wipe his face.

“Nah, so. You're a pretty girl when you laugh.”

“And I am also beautiful when crying,” he said continuing my sentence. I grunt softly.

After he looked better, we went back to following the direction where our brother was last. They must have been heading for one of the eateries in this corridor, so we stayed looking for them while passing restaurant after restaurant.

“Ah, sorry,” said a man who walked too close to Clarissa. Even though I had pulled him to walk near me, the young man still accidentally hit him.

“You did it on purpose,” I said indignantly. The man ignored me and just kept walking away from us. “Hei!”

“Already, Hadi. I'm it's okay. We don't need to be provoked by anger.” He held my hand as I intended to chase after the man.

I looked at him and saw his body. “You all right? He didn't hurt you?”

Clarissa shook her head slowly. “I'm fine. Oh.” He rounded his eyes to see his left hand.

I watched what he was seeing. “What's up, Rissa? He hurt you?”