The Light in My Darkness
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Brian scrunched his forehead, not long after Danis entered the house without permission.

" I'm sorry everyone! Boss!" call Danis. Brian is increasingly surprised to see the arrival of Danis and the look of Danis's face that looks worried. Brian stood up from his seat and walked towards the living room, followed by all the family members. Brian was a little surprised to see 3 policemen standing in front of the inner door of Fatma's house.

" Brian Daniel Manaf?" ask a policeman.

" Yes, I!" answer Brian calmly.

" You we're under arrest for the murder of sister Ashley Gordon! Please come with us!" the police said.

The whole family was shocked to hear the police. Brian turned his body around looking for his wife. He looked at Fatma who was beside Dalma with a pushy look. Fatma who heard the Police's words, without feeling his body weak and almost fell if only Salma and Rania did not catch him.

" fatma!" yell at them all at the same time.

Brian immediately approached his wife, he squabbled in front of his wife who was sitting on the sofa in a closed state.

" Zair! Do you believe me?" ask Brian to beg.

 Just this time Fatma felt Brian's burly hand touch both his hands. Fatma's heart was pounding and her heart was in pain.

" Zair! I need you to trust me!" said Brian looked at his beloved wife who was closing her eyes.

 Fatma still did not open her eyes, even if only to see Brian, her heart was worried and disappointed.

" Zahirah!" call Brian again.

" I..believe!" fatma replied weakly, she just followed her little heart which at that time asked her to believe in her husband without being able to think anymore.

" Thank God! Thank you! Don't worry and don't think! Just wait for me at home, it won't be long, wait for me to come home!" brian said he was trying to calm his wife.

" Come, Brother!" take Daffa with Fatma's hand to stand up and take her into the room.

" Please, everything is done quickly!" said Brian again.

Fatma nodded her head and went with Daffa to her room. Brian stood up and handed his hand to be handcuffed by police.

" abie! Ummi and all! I'm sorry if I've embarrassed and disappointed you all! But I'm completely innocent and you have to believe!" brian was calm. 

Salma looked at her daughter with teary eyes, what a tough test you had when you were just having a family, son! inner Salma.

" Danes! You know what you have to do!" said Brian.

" Ready, Boss!" answer Danis.

" I'm sorry, sir! Good Morning!" then one of the police officers saluted.

Brian walks out of the house following the police who then take him into their car.

" This is what you were trying to say, Abi! He's not what we imagined!" arkan said furiously.

" What does brother mean? Did you know he was going to be arrested?" azzam asked in shock at Arkan's words.

" Not that! Brother yesterday saw him along with a girl hugging!" arkan said. 

" Astaughfireullah! Brother! You know that suudzon is sinful and slander is more cruel than murder!" Azzam.

" Let's hope you're wrong, Abi, but you see with your own eyes you're hugged by a woman and she's crying!" said Arkan again.

Azzam breathed his breath and looked at the face of his eldest son.

" We'll wait for the next news!" azzam pasrah.

Fatma lay in her bed with tears, Yes Robb! why did this ordeal come when the servant was ready to receive him? Is this a sign that the servant should let him go, O Allah? batin Fatma sad.

While in the car Brian was afraid that Fatma would ask him for a talak from this event, especially if Arkan said about the incident while at the Resto that day.

Danis has previously muted the mass media so that news about this event does not come to the surface. Now he is with Norman, who is Brian's lawyer and Edwin who is a police officer and Edo a mercenary investigating the incident that happened to Ashley.

" Rino, get up, you son of a bitch!" call Noval on her cell phone which only rings when calling Rino's phone.

" Rino, fuck!" said Noval who was agitated and walked back and forth in her room.

 Rino picked up the phone from Noval.

" Hello!" rino's voice was like waking up.

" Rin! Fuck us!" noval said in panic.

" What the hell?" rino said as he yawned, he was still not fully conscious from his sleep.

" The girl killed herself!" said Noval.

" girl? Which girl? Who?" rino asked in surprise and immediately opened his eyes wide.

" Who, honey?" ask a woman beside Rino.

" Who do you mean?" ask Rino again.

" Afen!" answer Noval.

" What? You mean the girl we...When?" ask Rino.

" No idea! But the news spread this morning! How are we supposed to do?" tanya Noval is getting panicked.

" Silent fool! I'm thinking again!" said Rino.

" I'm afraid that by the way Brian knows! Could get us!" said Noval.

" Can you not? I can't think we're panicking!" rino said to panic.

" I have to go!" said Noval.

" What? Whither? I'm coming!" rino said scared.

" Give you!" reply Noval and turn off his call 

" Val! Novavel! Arghhhh! Damnit damnit! I have to hide!" rino was angry.

Rino went back into his room and brought enough stuff in a suitcase. Slowly, he walked out of his apartment, and booked a ticket to Mexico.

At the police station, Brian was put in an interrogation room and sat alone with a policeman. Not long after that a middle-aged man and 2 men of his age entered.

" Oh Mark!" greet Brian who stood up and wanted to greet Mark.

Mark saw Brian, but did not welcome a helping hand, instead directly hitting him.

" Bajing*n!..."

Aghhh! Bughhh!...

" Sir! Please don't make a riot, or you'll be banned from coming!" said the policeman standing in the corner of the room while standing in front of Brian.

" Sir!" said the man who was with Mark, holding the man's body.

" Hold your emotions, sir!" whispered one more man.

Mark sat on the chair while Brian rubbed the corners of his injured lips. He is not angry, because he knows how Mark feels about losing his only daughter. Brian also felt that he deserved it because of what happened to Ashley. If only that day he had accompanied Ashley, then the girl would have been alive by now.

" I'm sorry my client, sir!" said the man who turned out to be Mark's lawyer.

" If your client can't be calm and courteous, then he better get out of here!" said the guard.

" I'm sorry, Sir!" said the man again.

Then the two of them sat face to face separated by a table.

Mark stared at Brian.

" What's up, Om!" greet Brian calmly.

Brian was not at all afraid of being intimidated by Mark.

" I didn't think you'd do that!" mark said emotion.

" I'm innocent, Om!" brian said firmly.

" Where is there a badger!" mark was angry.

" I'll prove it to Om! That it wasn't me who raped Ashy!" lata Brian again.

" Don't call it your dirty mouth!" mark is angry.

Brian was silent for a moment and closed his eyes. Astaughfireullah! inner Brian.

" Ashy did see me, but I told him to come home to help Om!" said Brian.

" He loves you, asshole! And you promised her!" mark stared intently at Brian with emotion.

" Oh wrong! I never promised him!" reply Brian.

" You told him to come in 5 years!" mark said with clenched hands.

" I did say to come in 5 years, but I didn't say we should get married! I want him to be able to study well and help Om take care of the company that's here, but you guys are misinterpreting it!" obviously Brian flat.

" That's because in his mind you're waiting for him!" mark said again.

" I was wrong not to give him an explanation!" said Brian slowly.

" You are a jerk! I hope you rot in jail!" said Mark.