Chapter 21: The debate continues
Adriana still had difficulty closing her eyes sometimes she still sobs when she remembers what happened in her household with Mark.
"You are only Maura's shadow."
Only those words seemed to echo in her ears. that word seemed to be able to tear her heart even more fragile because there was no longer any foundation to make her strong.
Reflecting silently on the lonely night, Adriana listened to Lana Del Rey's song entitled"Born to die". the song seemed to represent her feelings that were destroyed again because of a mistake she stepped in a love story. Like falling into a deeper hole, after being hurt by Jack and Zach, she is even more hurt by Mark.
Drett ... drett ....
suddenly the music playing on her cellphone stopped because of the vibrations of an incoming call from Zach. She stared lazily at her smartphone and chose to ignore the call.
'No need to care, everyone just put fake love, false hope, I am just a stupid woman to you!' Adriana thought as she stared at the ceiling of her room, which was far from luxurious. It was a quarter the size of Mark's room. There is only one medium size bed, wardrobe and dressing table. There is no special bathroom there.
"Mommy," Evan called when he realized his mother wasn't asleep and he heard her cry.
"Go to sleep, Dear. Tonight and forever we will be here, at grandma's house," said Adriana then hugged Evan and rubbed his shoulders to fall asleep again.
Drett ... drettt ....
Her smartphone rings again, Adriana lazily answers the call which turns out to be from Zach again.
"What? What do you want to call me at night? Do you want to laugh at my fate?" Adriana immediately asked in a rather harsh tone.
"I'm worried about you, Adriana," said Zach from the phone.
"Keep that caring away, because I don't need your pity!"
Adriana immediately disconnected the telephone then threw away her smartphone in any direction. He felt as if his head was throbbing. What was in her head right now was Mark and Maura, she hated those two names.
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Arriving home, Dave walked into Evan's room with unsteady steps. The man felt sad because he could no longer sleep with his beloved nephew who had even just recovered from illness.
when he arrived at his nephew's room, Dave found Mark there sleeping back hugging a little bolster.
"Stupid!" exclaimed Dave furiously.
Hearing someone cursing at him, Mark woke up and turned to look at Dave who was now staring at him with a cold gaze.
"Dave, did you get them home safely?" asked Mark with a worried look.
Dave smiled faintly then walked to the sofa where Evan often played with him. "Why ask about them? Don't you love them?"
"I love them, Dave. This is hard for me too, this house feels lonely." Mark glanced around Evan's room, which was identical to the children. cabinets filled with stickers with pictures of cars and planes, bed sheets with cartoon characters, a carpet with a Spongebob where her son used to play, and a basket full of toys. The man felt the loss of his son who used to decorate his days with jokes and laughter.
"Then why don't you try to stop them from leaving? You're silent like an idiot guy who only thinks about having fun with a woman who even left you." Dave spoke with his back to Mark. he was reluctant to look at the face of his brother who was like a bastard to him.
"I can't encourage it, because I feel guilty too," Mark explained sadly.
Drett ... dret ....
His smartphone rings, Mark immediately answers the call that turns out to be from Maura.
"Hello," said Mark when he connected with Maura.
"Can you come to see me? I'm lonely at home alone. Mom and Dad are abroad," said Maura from the telephone.
Mark did not flinch for a moment as he glanced at Dave who was now glancing at him with a cold gaze. "Sorry, another time. I'm having a lot of thoughts."
Mark immediately disconnected his phone and put his smartphone back on the bed.
"Just meet her, because she's more important than Adriana, right?" quipped Dave then got up from the sofa.
"Adriana is still my wife and it's up to me to see her or Maura. please don't interfere in my matter anymore!"Mark exclaimed arrogantly.
"I think Adriana is also sorry for choosing you as a lover, then marrying you, maybe she is sorry that she ever loved a jerk like you!" Dave emphasized, reminding Mark to self-reflect.
Feeling his emotions being ignited, Mark immediately got out of bed and walked over to Dave, then grabbed his shirt collar. "Watch your mouth! Because you are also a bastard as well as a traitor. Secretly you like my wife!"
"Oh, do not you accept, Hah? isn't it better for me to love her than you can only hurt her?" Dave pushed Mark until he fell and hit the table which is located beside the bed.
Prackkk...
The glass containing the drink that was located on the table fell and was scattered on the floor.
Dave approaches Mark then grabs his shirt collar, forcing him to stand up. "I hate having a brother like you!"
Bughh ... bughh ..!
"Usually hurt the wife, you have no feelings!!" Again Dave slammed his grip on Mark's annoying face.
Bughh ... bughh ...!
Mark replied by pushing Dave to his knees on the bed, then showering his younger brother's face with fist after punch from his burly hands.
Bugghh ... bughh !!
"How dare you fight me! Remember, I can crush you in an instant!" Mark glared at Dave who was never afraid to fight him.
Dave got out of bed and stood back up.
"What are you going to do, huh? Take over all the assets that are already mine? Just do it if you can!" Dave pushed Mark into a corner against the wall near the door. at that moment Margareth and Byanca came to witness the quarrel of the brothers.
Margareth glared at her two sons who were battered by fighting.
"What are you doing? Why are you hurting each other just because of that damn woman? Can't you just make peace. Mom is dizzy with this commotion, everything happened because of that woman!"
"Mom, she has a name, her name is Graceline Adriana Peterson, and she's the daughter-in-law of this house, she's the mother of your grandchildren!" Dave insists he doesn't like his mother calling Adriana a "damn woman".
"For mommy, she is just a damn woman who was brought by your brother because of his stupidity!" said Margareth with a sharp glance at Mark and Dave.
Byanca just stared at her arms while leaning on the door frame, she seemed to be enjoying the view of her siblings' bickering.
"Mark, you must divorce her immediately!" exclaimed Margareth furiously.
"I still want to try to defend her, mom," said Mark weakly.
"Stupid! Didn't Maura come back for you? Then why do you still want to be with a woman who is usually only at home waiting to be given ration money? You deserve Maura who more than the multitalented and highly educated! She's also from a respectable family, far different from your wife who is just a poor woman!"
"TREASURES ... TREASURES AND PRICES! THAT'S ONLY MOM THOUGHT! I HATE IN THIS HOUSE!" finally Dave screamed because his ears seemed hot as a result of hearing Adriana's presence or absence in the house still getting insulted.
Mark just stayed silent like an idiot man who has no stand, because his heart was already weighed by Maura, who he loved much more from the start.
"I'll think about it," said Mark and walked through the door where Byanca was standing. he walked to the room with unsteady steps and feeling still in a dilemma of having to choose. Uh, that guy seems slow and stupid...
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