Ruslan's past

"Gabriel, are you awake? Thank God, let's go home," said Mr. Ruslan, very happy to see that Gabriel was okay.

They went home and Mr. Ruslan escorted Gabriel to the door of his room, he told Gabriel to rest because he must be very tired from being at the festival all day.

*One week later*

"Heumm, it turns out I've been living here for a week," Gabriel said while looking at the calendar.

He left the room and approached Bi Ita who was cleaning up in the living room while Mr. Ruslan was nowhere to be found. Lately, Mr. Ruslan was rarely home and Gabriel often saw Mr. Ruslan coming home with blood stains either on his hands, face or clothes.

Even so, Gabriel didn't know what caused it because every time he asked, Mr. Ruslan was always evasive.

"Bi," said Gabriel greeting Bi Ita.

"Uh, yes, what's wrong?" asked Bi Ita as she turned around to see Gabriel standing behind her.

"Look bi," Gabriel replied as he dragged bi Ita to sit on the sofa with him.

"Mr. Ruslan isn't home, I've also been living here for a week, I want to ask bi," Gabriel continued.

"Ask what non?" Bi Ita was curious.

"Eumm, auntie has been working here for a long time, now I want to know Mr. Ruslan's past bi, I want to know what happened that made Mr. Ruslan seem to hate Jhonatan because when I lived in the other house I rarely saw Mr. Ruslan say hello to Jhonatan, you could even say like never, what exactly happened bi?" Gabriel explained his question so that Bi Ita would not be confused by his question.

"Sorry, I can't tell you about that," Bi Ita replied.

"Yahh bi, come on, what's wrong?" Gabriel looked down disappointed.

"But it's not...."

"Come on, tell me bi," Gabriel bluffed, who couldn't wait to find out.

"So actually, Mr. Ruslan used to marry a widow with one child, now his son is Jhonatan, at first their marriage was happy but after their household got longer, finally it was discovered that Mr. Ruslan's wife at that time was very greedy."

"His wife is crazy about wealth, she always spends Mr. Ruslan's money on a spree with her friends. Tuan often reprimanded but he never ignored it and at that time Jhonatan was only 9 years old." Bi Ita explained.

"Keep going!" Gabriel was eager to know about Mr. Ruslan's past.

"Yes, after the master divorced her, she refused and even had a heart attack because she was afraid of losing her property if she divorced Mr. Ruslan, she died after Mr. Ruslan took her to the hospital, auntie also accompanied her to the hospital at that time, Jhonatan was crying because he knew that he had lost his mother forever."

"Well, Jhonatan is Mr. Ruslan's stepson, originally he intended to put Jhonatan in an orphanage but he found a piece of will more or less like this."

*Mas, forgive me for being too greedy, I'm really sorry, I just want you to take care of Jhonatan he has no one else but his mother and if his mother is gone only you mas the only person Jhonatan really needs, I'm sorry mas *

"Therefore, Mr. Ruslan continued to take care, finance, care for Jhonatan. After one year of the departure of Jhonatan's mother, Mr. Ruslan decided to remarry but with a girl." Bi Ita clearly paused because Gabriel had asked too many questions.

"That girl is Tio bi's mother?"

"Yes non, the beginning of their marriage was happy his wife also loved Jhonatan but everything changed after the arrival of their baby Tio. Jhonatan felt his affection was divided, he came to hate his stepmother because Mr. Ruslan's affection turned to Tio."

"After Tio was 6 years old Jhonatan hated his mother even more because he was often scolded for making Tio cry a lot, I don't know what Jhonatan was thinking about at dinner suddenly Tio's mother coughed and then fainted, his aunt and master immediately took him to the hospital."

"After being examined it turned out that Tio's mother was poisoned from a glass of water that had poison in it, initially Mr. Ruslan suspected auntie because auntie prepared everything," explained bi Ita.

"Then bi, who was the culprit? And what happened next?" Gabriel exclaimed, getting more interested in listening.

"Yes, after one day of treatment, it turned out that the poison spread very quickly throughout the body, finally Tio's mother breathed her last in the hospital, after a private investigation by Mr. Ruslan, it turned out that the culprit was Jhonatan."

"What Jhonatan? How could he do that? Maybe he was only 15 years old at the time, right, bi?" Gabriel was shocked.

"Yes, auntie also couldn't believe it at that time, how could a 15 year old dare to do something like that, but all of that is the truth, auntie saw it herself from the CCTV camera footage, Jhonatan put the powder into Tio's mother's glass before they all gathered at the dining table."

"After that incident, Mr. Ruslan was not interested in getting married again, he was traumatized by the fear that the same thing would happen again, even though many women wanted to be his girlfriend but Mr. Ruslan always refused."

"Since then Mr. Ruslan has been very moody and he rarely even smiles, Mr. Ruslan pays a baby sister to take care of Tio because Mr. Ruslan is rarely home especially after 3 years ago when Mr. Ruslan handed over his company to Jhonatan."

"I don't know why Mr. Ruslan trusted Jhonatan to be the CEO of his company, whether Mr. Ruslan had his own reasons or not I don't know."

"Oh so that's why when I choked at dinner Mr. Ruslan rushed me to the hospital, he was afraid the same thing would happen to me as to his previous wife," Gabriel said while nodding in understanding.

"Yes, auntie can't bear to see Mr. Ruslan when you go to the hospital, auntie is afraid that trauma will again silence his heart, while with your presence, Mr. Ruslan can open the door to his heart again, auntie hopes this is the best for you and for Mr. Ruslan," explained Bi Ita.

After getting the information Gabriel went back to his room, he thought about the fate of Mr. Ruslan even though Mr. Ruslan was rich, handsome and dashing it turned out that he had a pretty sad past.

"It turns out that the figure of Jhonatan can do something as heinous as that when he was only a dozen years old, then what about now, can he still do something more cruel than that considering he is 29 years old, does he remember what he did in the past? Hem never mind, why should I think about him," Gabriel said to himself.

"What should I do? I feel like comforting papa when he comes home, don't I?" Gabriel asked himself.

He went to the balcony then he looked back at the crystal clear swimming pool, when it was getting late Gabriel felt like swimming in the pool, because the weather was so hot.

Byur!

Gabriel swam by himself in his underwear, enjoying the cool water that was very cool on his body.

"Eumm how nice life would be if I had this beautiful house, what's more there is a swimming pool I can swim whenever I want, ohhh God if only I had a house like this," said Gabriel while stopping for a moment by the pool but suddenly.

"If you want, this house is yours."

Gabriel was startled by the voice of the man behind him, he immediately turned around and saw that it was Mr. Ruslan who had come home.

"Papa?" Gabriel greeted.

"Did you enjoy it?" Mr. Ruslan asked as he squatted in front of Gabriel by the pool.

"Very much!" he replied briefly with a giggle.

"Ahh it's been a while since I swam, it's so hot today, I want to go swimming too," Mr. Ruslan said as he undressed.

"No papa, I'm still in the pool, we'll take turns later," Gabriel said frantically.

Mr. Ruslan looked at Gabriel, gently pinching his nose as he said. "Why take turns when you can swim together?"

Byur!

Mr. Ruslan threw himself into the water, swimming back and forth vigorously.

"Papa was so excited that the water spilled over the edge of the pool," Gabriel said.

"Of course you're very excited to be swimming with such a beautiful woman," replied Mr. Ruslan as he gently held Gabriel's chin.

"What the heck pa, papa can do it," replied Gabriel who immediately turned his back to Mr. Ruslan out of embarrassment.

"Wah wah wah, what an opportunity!" Mr. Ruslan exclaimed, as he hugged Gabriel from behind.

"Ahh papa," said Gabriel in surprise.

"Do you know, papa is very happy, papa feels alive again after you, papa wants you to be papa's forever, papa doesn't care about Jhonatan sooner or later Jhonatan will get his karma," said Mr. Ruslan in his heart.

"Pa? Did you hug him?" Gabriel asked.

"No, I'm not satisfied hugging you after a long day at work," replied Mr. Ruslan.

"Dad must be very tired," continued Gabriel.

"Yes, at first I felt really tired, but after I hugged you it felt like my energy was restored," replied Mr. Ruslan while kissing Gabriel's shoulder from behind.

"Ahh, I'm ticklish," said Gabriel as he released Mr. Ruslan's embrace.

"Papa has an idea, what if we have a race, we swim to the end of the pool and back here, whoever is the fastest wins, and whoever loses then he must fulfill one request of the winner, how do you agree?" asked Mr. Ruslan.

"Heum who's afraid, I count to three and we swim together."

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Byur! Gejebur! They swam together with full force in order to win the race. In the end, Mr. Ruslan arrived first.

"Yes! You see papa won!" Mr. Ruslan exclaimed happily.

"Heumm," Gabriel pouted because he lost.

"You said who's afraid, how come when you lose you're pouting," Mr. Ruslan teased while gently pinching Gabriel's cheek.

"Well, since we've made a deal and you're the winner, now tell me what you want?" asked Gabriel.

"What is it," said Mr. Ruslan as he pulled Gabriel's body into his arms.

"You know Gabriel? What does papa want?" Mr. Ruslan asked with a very deep gaze as his embrace grew tighter.

"What pa?" Gabriel asked.

"Don't you understand yet? Or just pretending not to understand, dear," Mr. Ruslan said in a heavy voice that gave Gabriel goosebumps.