
Tong!
The sound of Erlan's apartment bell, surprised Felichia and Erlan who were mixing in the middle room of the apartment.
Erlan glanced for a moment towards the wall clock hanging in the central room. It's almost nine o'clock in the night. Who's having a night like this?
"Wear clothes! I'll open the door!" Erlan told Felichia before the man got up from the sofa. Erlan kissed Felichia's lips at a glance, then put on her trousers and t-shirt quickly before walking into the front room and opening the door.
"Father!" Erlan muttered in surprise when she found the father standing outside the door of her apartment.
Since marrying Felichia, Erlan has not been to her parents' house again.
"Sorry to interrupt these nights. Papa wants to talk important things, Erlan," said Papa Panji to the point conveying the purpose and purpose of coming to Erlan's apartment.
"Please come in, Pa!" Erlan finally allowed the papa to enter even though it was a little awkward.
The father and son were sitting opposite each other on the living room couch.
"What do you want to say?" Asked Erlan who chose not to mince words anymore.
Erlan already wanted to hug Felichia now.
"Come to this show and meet Dean Alexander!" Papa Panji placed a silver invitation on the living room table.
"Dean's still out of state, Pa!" Sergeh Erlan's fast.
Dean and Erlan were best friends in college. Until now the two are also still exchanging news even though it is not too often because they are busy with their respective jobs.
"He's home! This is Dean's welcome home party" Papa Panji explained to Erlan.
"Then why did Papa ask Erlan to see Dean? Why didn't Papa find him himself?" Erlan asked not understanding.
"You're Dean's best friend! Remember?"
Erlan clucked at Papa's reply.
"The headquarters are in trouble if you want to know, Erlan!" Papa Panji finally said the truth.
"For now, maybe the branch office you are holding has not been affected. But in a week or two, everyone's gonna feel."
"This is no small matter! The condition is really not good," Papa Panji's facial expression really shows that this problem is serious.
"We need help from a company as big as Alexander Group! Or ddmua the hard work built by your kakaek will disappear and go out of business," Papa Panji said showing a hopeful look at Erlan.
"Everything can't be free, Pa! Even if Dean is Erlan's best friend, but-"
"Let's try the terms put forward by the Alexander Group! The important thing now is, we have to save our company, Erlan!" Sela Papa Panji cut Erlan's sentence.
Erlan finally nodded with a heavy heart.
Even though Erlan was Dean's best friend, Erlan was actually very reluctant to cooperate on business with the man. Erlan would have understood how the nature of Dean in the business world.
"This invitation is for two." Papa Panji again pointed to the silver invitation on the table.
"You can go with your wife mis-"
"It's Felichia, Pa!" Cut Erlan who felt he did not accept the Papa insulted Felichia.
"Yes! Felix! Where is he now? Hiding out of fear of Papa?" Papa Panji stared intently at Erlan while laughing mockingly.
"Papa would just insult, humiliate, and lambast him if he came out now!" Erlan returned the sharp gaze of the papa.
The middle-aged man only snorted and smiled obliquely.
"Papa can go home if Papa's business here is done," Erlan banishes the Papa subtly.
"Papa's gonna make sure you come to Dean's party tomorrow night!" Papa Panji reminded once again.
"The fate of the company depends on you, Erlan!"
"All right! Papa's coming home!" Papa Panji finally got up from his seat and walked towards the main door of the apartment. Erlan immediately closed and locked the door, after the departure of the father.
"Is there a problem, honey?" Felichia asked who had gone out from the room when Erlan returned to the living room.
"Nothing! Papa just asked us to come to the Alexander Group company party," Erlan replied while showing the fancy silver invitation that the father had brought to Felichia.
"You're coming alone?" Ask Felichia.
"We'll come together" Erlan replied as she kissed Felichia's lips.
The two lovebirds also dropped each other's bodies on the sofa in the middle room and continued their struggle that had been delayed.
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Felichia stared at Erlan's body, which was now lying helplessly in the treatment room. The various wires connected to the monitor screen, almost filled Erlan's entire body. Erlan's head was also visibly bandaged, and there were some wounds on her face as well.
The nurse said, Erlan had already gone through her critical period. But now, Felichia's husband is declared in a coma and has not woken up. Felichia wanted to go inside the pearl room and hug Erlan's body, but it felt impossible, given the presence of Mama Astri and Papa Panji in the treatment room.
They would definitely not allow Felichia to enter or meet Erlan. They even considered Felichia who had caused Erlan to become like this. Felichia, who was sitting in the driver's seat that night, seemed to be the prime suspect. Though obviously it was an accident and Felichia also did not know about the garbage truck that lost control.
The door of the treatment room was suddenly opened from the inside, and Felichia who had been standing in front of the door was shocked. Felichia inched backwards as she looked at Mama Astri who was now looking furiously at her.
"What are you doing here? Want to hurt Erlan again?" Accuse Mama Astri of pushing Felichia's shoulder.
"Feli just wants to see Erlan, Ma!" Felichia replied with a pleading voice.
"Don't care enough! You made Erlan that way! You're the one who almost took Erlan's life! You poor lady doesn't know she's lucky!" Maki Mama Astri on Felichia.
"It was an accident, Ma!" Sergey Felichia is looking for justification.
"Accident? Obviously you're sitting in the driver's seat and not parking the car properly!"
"Basic damn carrier woman!" Maki mama Astri once again.
"You should be the one lying on that treatment bed, and not Erlan!" Mama Astri continued to vent her emotions to Felichia who was just crying innocently. A moment later a voice made the look on Astri's mother's face change.
"Good day, Mrs Prakasa! Is everything okay?"
Mama Astri turned around and immediately put on a warm smile at the big tall man before her.
"Dean Alexander!"
"I heard Erlan had an accident, Madam," asked Dean whose tone sounded so polite.
Felichia who was still standing near Dean and Mama Astri hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face.
"Yes. Erlan's still in a coma, son Dean!" Mama Astri's face had already turned into melas now.
"Please enter!" Mama Astri finally allows Dean to enter Erlan's nursery.
Felichia wanted to come in, but the sharp delicacy of Astri's mother immediately made the woman undo her intentions.
Felichia just stared at the door of Erlan's treatment room which was now tightly closed. The woman finally turned around and returned to her own treatment room.
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