Calm Before Storm
1215 Words
Arsenio might say that, but he couldn't get his mother's sad face out of his mind. staring blankly at the ceiling in his bedroom, he wondered if he should just meddle in his parents' problems.
'at least if my life is messed up now, both my parents should be happy...'
seeing the happiness of his parents is like a medicine for all his problems.
arsenio took his cell phone.
still no word from arlyne or from the investigators she hired.
he had to be patient.
all need time.
his grip tightened on his cell phone.
had to wait even though he was almost crazy to think what sofia and dominic were doing up to this moment.
arsenio put his cell phone back where it belonged, then forced himself to get up from the bed which provided comfort for his tired body to go to the living room.
the living room is quiet.
arsenio looked upstairs where his parents usually relaxed while looking at the night, unfortunately there was no one there either, "hm ..." the night air was not too strong against his skin, good enough to calm himself down. he will do it after checking his parents.
'could they go?'
his parents also sometimes after a fight would go out for drinks alone.
"oh?" arsenio accidentally caught his parents' bedroom slightly open, just enough for him to peek inside to check things out. but he had a bad feeling when it came to the bedroom. moreover he had caught his parents making love. he felt his temperature rise.
bad idea...
"denis... i didn't ask you to understand my situation."
arsenio was about to return to his room, but was stopped by the sound of his mother's moaning. he was unable to contain the curiosity that arose and decided to peek through the gap in the door.
he could breathe a sigh of relief seeing his parents still fully clothed.
"then what do you want me to do, fay?" denis asked.
"i..." faye looked down glumly. she really didn't think something like this would happen, she thought it was a safe day, but it wasn't, "i understand if you ask for a divorce with me."
arsenio covered his gaping mouth.
no.
no.
no.
arsenio did not want his parents to separate. he knew they didn't want that either, he knew his father wouldn't just let his mother go.
he had high hopes in his father, unfortunately what he heard next shattered his confidence.
"are you happy when i do?" denis asked seriously.
"what?"
"i've been thinking about it for a long time, fay." denis said quietly "i realize i've kept you waiting too long because of my job. i'm not surprised you're dating fynn."
both arsenio and faye were surprised by the words that came out of denis' mouth, as if what was in front of them now was not the denis they had known so far.
"you won't hold me back anymore...?" faye asked a little hesitantly.
denis turned his face "what choice do i have?" he asked himself more, "i've tried my best to flood you with my love, but it's never enough for you, fay."
"i don't feel that way." faye protested a little, but her voice was weak.
"you always say you miss me all the time, doesn't that mean my love isn't enough for you?"
faye flinched for a few seconds, and looked down glumly again. she admits that every day she sends messages that she misses her, but what she means is that she wants her to stop working in indonesia, thinking of continuing her parents' supermarket business so they can be together, so she doesn't worry about her ex-boyfriend who still works as her private secretary.
words or promises are not enough for him, he has always been afraid of long distance relationships.
denis tried to heal his fears, only negative thoughts, but it wasn't that easy to get rid of it, his trauma left a deep wound in his heart.
"if you want freedom, i won't stand in your way this time, fay." denis said, staring straight into the doubtful black eyes across from him, "there's bigger than love alone." once finished, he walked towards the bedroom door.
arsenio hastily stepped out of the door, hiding under the stairs, watching his father step out of the room with a look of disbelief at what he had just heard.
he didn't like it, and wouldn't approve of his parents separating, but he couldn't help but think about the words his father had said.
love alone is not enough.
arsenio immediately remembered sofia's face, how their relationship is now.
their relationship is very fragile, arsenio has done his best, showing his love, but sofia still slips from his finger.
love alone is not enough.
'am i enough for sofia...?'
arsenio asked himself, and found no answer.
'i gave him a choice. should i accept the decision he now prefers dominic? just like dad deciding maybe mom would be happier without him?'
arsenio asked that from the bottom of his heart, and honestly it hurts so much and it's hard just to imagine sofia being in the arms of another man besides him.
he cannot be like his father, he is different, he will not give up.
'me and dad are different. our situation is different.'
arsenio will only consider the problems of his parents as a lesson for him to behave about his relationship with sofia.
'fynn, no matter how much i hate him, he's a nice guy, unlike dominic.'
arsenio nodded slightly, agreeing with his thoughts.
'i won't give up.'
arsenio will also confirm once again whether his father really chose to separate from his mother.
***
sofia held her head which was spinning as she woke up from her long slumber.
'oh gosh...'
sofia needs a painkiller right now before she can process what happened.
'hm...?'
the atmosphere of the room is dark, it means it is still night.
sofia stretched her hand to the nightstand beside her looking for the clock, that's when she realized something, as soon as her hand came out of the thick blanket covering her body, cold air pierced her skin pores.
'huh...?'
sofia felt not only the skin of her hands but her entire body. he checks under the covers, he almost screams knowing he is naked.
not only him, dominic who was beside him was also naked.
'what happened ...?'
sofia doesn't remember having s*x with dominic. she recalls saying not ready to do it again. so how come he's naked now?
'try to remember, sofia. remember what happened before you fell asleep.'
sofia thought hard remembering what happened until her brow furrowed, was there something she missed.
he remembers feeling very sleepy after dinner, something that doesn't usually happen to him.
'what else? think. think.'
sofia remembers before going to bed she was going to change her clothes, but dominic offered to do it...she gasped.
impossible.
dominic made love to her who was losing consciousness? or sleeping?
but ...
sofia didn't feel it at all, or wouldn't wake up if she really did that to him. he couldn't check because he couldn't tell the bite marks from arsenio or dominic on his body.
'why is this happening to me!?'
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