Merlinda (Ranging Back)
Can't Force Your Heart

" Daniel "call Meili quietly while sitting next to the man.

" Why don't you tell me the truth "he continued, Daniel sighed "It's all gone " daniel answered with both hands he put on his face and the tip of his elbow resting on his two thighs.

" I should have known from the beginning " said Meili .

" It's Meili, it's all happened and I don't want to remember it "

" You better come back ", Daniel continued.

" Yes, you also have to go home, you really look messed up Daniel "said Meili who did not stop staring at his brother.

" Tell me any news of Elin" said Daniel, who had gotten out of his chair.

" Ceh, you're still thinking about your woman, go home, don't worry I'll look after her " said Meili who went up from chair , they walked side by side while chatting casually to divert the cold atmosphere that had just happened "Are you going ? " ask Daniel for seeing Meili keep following him.

" Good afternoon Miss Meil" said the driver standing on the side of Daniel's car.

" Day sir " replied Meili smiling.

" Yes, I'm going to go buy some food for Elin "Explicitly Meili on Daniel's question.

" All right, take good care of him and thank you Meil" said Daniel.

" You make me ticklish, come in" said Meili laughing.

" Tell me...

" yes yes yes yes, I understand and you're really very chatty Daniel" said Meili who pushed slowly his brother's body to get into the car "Pak bring the young master to the big house " the door to the driver.

" Mommy misses you and that house is your best place to go home " explains Meili because of the frown on Daniel.

Daniel looks resigned without refuting, and Meili nods his head at the driver who is staring at them because waiting for certainty where exactly he will drive a car carrying his master.

" Be careful sir" said Meili and the driver nodded his head.

" You're like you're putting a kid in your driver" Daniel said with a flat face ,

" because you're a little boy " said Meili laughed and immediately closed the door of the car, so as not to hear the annoyed screams of Daniel.

" Bye" he said laughing with his hands waving at the windshield of the car, after the car carrying Daniel passed he immediately walked to the location of his car.

~

"Is your lips still sore ? "

" A little bit, but this is much better" explains Hannah.

" Thank you Elin "he said.

" Sister who treated you Hannah, not me "said Elin a little laugh, "but you asked them to treat me" said Hannah who made them laugh at each other.

" I'm sorry lin" Hannah said.

" Stop apologizing Hannah, you don't have anything wrong with me "

" But." said Hannah hanging, she was a little heavy explaining the intent of the actual apology, about the third-person scandal reported by the media and maybe Elin did not know about it.

" It's Hannah, it's all happened and stop apologizing "said Elin.

" But lin, I made your name...

Drrttt drrtt "Hannah's phone rang, cutting off serious talk between them.

" Yes Vale" replied Hannah with a cell phone pointing at her ear.

" Yes I'll be home in a minute, I have to wait..

" Go home Hannah, I'm fine myself "cut off Elin who heard Hannah's talk on the phone, "well vale, I'll be home soon "

" yes, thank you Vale" said Hannah, who then hung up on the phone with Vale.

" You really okay do I live Elin ? " he asked and Elin nodded.

" I'm not Hannah's little boy, go your friend's been waiting for "

" I'm sorry, but you have to tell me later" said Hannah, who left Elin alone.

" Yes, I'm fine and maybe today I'll go home "

" All right, I'm going" Hannah said, kissing Elin's cheek.

" Bye "repeated back to Elin while staring at Hannah's body that had left her.

****

" You're home ? " viona's word of disbelief when she sees her eldest child coming in.

" Yes mam "said Daniel with the tip of his lips "You look so tired" said Viona.

" Battle, have you eaten yet ? "

" I'm not hungry mam, let me rest for a while" said Daniel.

" Well, tell me if you want something later" said Viona and Daniel nodded as he walked away from his mama.

" Is Young Miss not home yet ? " ask Viona at the waiter walking past her.

" I asked him to accompany Elin at Mam's hospital" continued Daniel who had not yet stepped away from Viona "What is with your friend, emm ? "

" He's in the hospital being exhausted and he doesn't have anyone here" Daniel explains briefly, "do you need Mami's help ? " asked Viona, while Daniel smiled "Thank you mam, but he already looks better and may be going home soon" explained Daniel.

" Well, tell me if you need Mami's help to take care of your woman or you can bring her here , this house is still very spacious to hold her here" said Viona smiling.

Daniel twisted his body and walked faster towards Viona "Thank you Mam" said Daniel who has now embraced his mother's body.

" For having received Elin "Exactly brief Daniel.

" Ceh, you surprised Mami Daniel and Mami hasn't said accept it "

" Mommy will definitely accept it "

" What makes you so sure ? " asked Viona with a smile from her lips.

" Because she's a good woman and you can see that from the first time you meet her" Daniel explained, letting go of the hug on Viona "Then meet Mami with her "

" Later, Daniel will definitely bring her before Mami "

" Don't take too long, Mami's been so impatient to meet him "

" Now I am trying Mam" said Daniel, as he walked away from Viona and climbed the stairs to his bedroom.

" You really look to love her " muttered Viona smiling as she kept looking at Daniel's back who walked away from her.

****

" Lin "call Meili , he just returned to the room of care Elin by carrying various kinds of food in his hand "Lin "call him again, for not finding the woman.

Tok tok tok "Meili knocked on the bathroom door.

" Lin, are you inside ? " ask again.

" Yes Meil, wait a minute I'll be out soon " cried Elin from the bathroom.

Not long before the bathroom door was open with Elin coming out in a bath kimono, "Have you come back ? " ask Elin while walking towards Meili.

" Did the doctor allow you to take a shower ? " ask Meili.

" ceh, you're exaggerating Meil" said Elin laughing , " you see the infusion needle on my hand is off, which means I'm fine, and the doctor just told me I can go home this afternoon " obviously Elin while looking at what Meili brought.

" Eat, I bring this to you" said Meili who understood and offered the food he brought to Elin "You are the best, and understood at the right time " elin smiled.

" Ceh, you're overdone "Meili replied laughing.

" eiiittt, wait for Miss , I have to make sure to the Doctor that you can eat this food" he continued, returning to take food in front of Elin.

" You really look a lot like your brother, just as much ", said Elin with lips pursed in annoyance.

" Of course, I'm his sister and we love you equally" Meili laughed with a phone in her ear to call the doctor.

~

" Hello, where are you ? " ask Meili who is talking on the phone with one hand holding on to the steering wheel of the car.

" What's up ? " Task Daniel behind the phone in a hoarse voice as he had just woken up from sleep, "I was on the road to Elin's apartment, and he was asleep right now "

" Has he been allowed to go home ? "

" Yes Daniel, I couldn't possibly have taken him away from the hospital "clearly upset meili.

" and you need to get to her apartment right now "

" What's up ? " ask Daniel again.

" You're asking too many questions" infuriated Meili

" Your woman is now asleep and my energy is not enough to carry her into the apartment "clearly Meili is holding back his annoyance at her brother.

" Well wait for me there "

" Faster" said Meili, then hung up on Daniel.

" I shouldn't be her brother instead of her being my sister "meili grumbled and occasionally looked at Elin who was sleeping so soundly "Did I buy food containing sleeping pills ? " he muttered again because since he was out of the hospital, Elin continued to look sleepy and immediately fell asleep when she was in Meili's car.

~

" You are so long" Meili told Daniel, who had just arrived.

Daniel opened the car door from Elin's side, and lifted the woman's body into her sling.

" You look so dashing Daniel's "god Meili laughs that goes following from behind "Are you able to keep quiet "a furious Daniel and Meili immediately folds his lips to hold back from returning to laughing.

~

" Put him on his bed, I'll make him some food" said Meili, who passed into the kitchen and let Daniel carry Elin's body into the bedroom.

After struggling to open the door, Daniel was finally able to put Elin's body on the bed "What is so comfortable with your dreams that you do not realize that your body has moved " the smiling muttered Daniel looked at the peaceful sleeping face of Elin, as he wagged the little boy's hair that slightly covered his face.

Daniel's eyes stopped on the picture frame set above Elin's bedroom nightstand, he breathed in and ventured to take a closer look at the framed picture.

" You look so happy here" Daniel said in a quivering voice , his chest became tight when he saw the picture of Elin looking happy with a man that Daniel himself knew who the man in the photo was.

" I beg you not to go Gery" said Elin arrived with eyes still closed but tears that come dripping on his face.

Daniel was silent for a moment staring so long at Elin's face and put the picture frame back on the nightstand.

" Maybe I can't force your heart to accept me" said Daniel, holding back the tightness in his chest and wiping away the remaining tears still running down Elin's face.

Daniel sighed again but sounded very heavy "It should have been from the beginning I gave up "he said again who then left the bedroom Elin.

" Hey, where are you going ? " meili asked as she saw Daniel coming out of Elin's bedroom and walking towards the door "I have to go, and you have to stay here to look after him" Daniel explained.

" Well go back" said Meili and Daniel continued his steps towards the door without looking at his sister

" What happened ? " murmured Meili stared at the puzzled back of Daniel who had disappeared from behind the door.

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