144 Bad Omen 1

"Get out! Get out from this house, you imbecile son! After you finish your university, you will go straight to the military whether you like it or not!" His father shouted at Stevan.

Laughing mockingly, Stevan argued back, "Hey, I went to military school already just like you ordered me! But it doesn't mean I want to be a soldier like you!"

His father hit him, he fell to the ground, grunting he looked at his father from above. Behind his father, his mother looked at Stevan sharply, she made a silent mouth gesture, 'I told you so.'

Creasing his brows, 'Damn that woman!' Stevan twitted inwardly. He heard his father saying, "I will confiscate your computer! Do you expect me to be proud of you? Your score below from excellent whether in military school or high school! Do you think 'B' is good enough?! Looked at your friend Han! He was an outstanding soldier and S class student in high school! Why can't you become like him?! How can I raise a stupid son like you!"

Stevan growled annoyingly when he heard Han's name. Another day of comparing him and Han again. But this time, this old man went too far. He intercepted fast, "Then take him as your son!! Do you think I want to be born as your child?! If you don't like me to become like this, so fu*k off!! I'm not him! Do you think I didn't try hard enough to live up your expectation?! I did! Plenty of times! But what did you do? Where are you when I need you?! Or her!" He pointed to his mother direction.

She was startled. Stevan smirked and continued, "That woman there torture me many times when you weren't at home! Every time I failed, she would make me suffered! What kind of feeling do you think I feel at such a young age? I endured all of this since I was a kid!! Until now, she and I always keep it secret from you! But I couldn't take it anymore, if you want to kick me out I will be happy to open all of her wrongdoing!"

"NO!!" She screamed depressingly.

Stevan laughed victory, the mouse took the bait, "See, she admits herself that she did something to me. If you didn't believe the truth you can see this!!" Stevan opened his shirt and showed his father his old and new bruises. His father was shocked by the ugly sight.

He turned his head and looked at his wife who was hiding behind the sofa. He could hear her voice mumbled, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry." His father feeling was complex, headache, he didn't know what to respond. Silence broke between them.

In the end, Stevan who talked first, he requested with a firm tone, "I will leave the house and stay at my apartment until my studies are over. I will go the military as you said, but it one condition, don't interfere with my matters anymore. We are a family in name only. I don't need you two as my parents."

"Stevan!! Don't talk back to me!! I'm not done yet, we need to talk!"

"Our conversation is over. Don't try to act like a good father now, what 'talk'? You've never been reasonable to your son and your wife. Look what you've done to that woman and then me. As I said, stay away from my life, if you want me to continue this family!" His words let his father stood rigidly.

Stevan held his hurtful cheek and went upstairs, before he did that he said one thing to his father, "Maybe you didn't read the news, but Han was dropped out from the school because he involved himself with the delinquent incident. Do you think he's still the perfect son you want, huh?" He sneered, striding his legs and left Stevan's father speechless.

While climbing the stair, Stevan could hear broken glass, the two monkeys behind him were smashing things. He also overheard a woman screaming and a man shouting. Stevan kept his face indifferent, preparing his important stuff, leaving this freaking damn house. He had enough living with his incongruity family.

Back then when Han was still hanging out with him in high school, Han came to his house a few times to play, he witnessed his parents favored Han more than him, they praised him as a strong, smart, and disciplined boy. Scoffing, they never said those flower words to their 'real' son before.

The only thing Stevan got was their scolding and high-value expectation which he must succeed, yet it left them disappointed. Since then his parents always comparing him to Han.

Why he must listen to this baloney all the time? It wasn't fair, it wasn't fair!! This life wasn't fair!!

Stop. He knew already. His animosity to Han was growing rapidly.

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Stevan didn't expect that he would meet Han again in the university. He was slightly surprised, an irritated feeling came, he changed his dark mask to his usual smile. Laura felt awkward when she met Han again, while Stevan tried his best acting like 'friends finally reuniting together'.

Instead of the good response, Han gave them a new feeling. It was quite different. How should Stevan say? Han didn't show his childish expression to them again, instead, he became the usual scary and cold Han. Stevan was wondering what happened?

In university, Laura once again strikes Han with her confession, yet followed by another rejection constantly. Stevan looked at her changing demeanor, she became a daring, brazen girl. Stevan saw her plenty times playing with a lot of boys.

She became sl*tish. He felt this was too absurd, why she became like this? She even asked Stevan to ask had s*x with her again, not once, but every time they were alone, she didn't even shy when she requested it.

Persevering, loving her, giving his best to make her love him back. Could this be the start of her changing heart? No. In truth, Stevan knew that she imagined Han's image when she did it with him. He was just one of her toys. He felt exhausted, he wanted to hate her, yet he couldn't fully do that. She didn't consider him one bit, she was having fun in her own world. Eventually, he blamed Han for Laura behavior.

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Back to the present.

Tereza paid attention to his story, she clearly knew the fact he was the mastermind who hurt her family, yet this was the first time he heard about his reason related to Laura.

Tereza brushed her hair lightly on the back of her ears, keeping a cold face and concluded his story, "In short, because you felt jealous of him?" He nodded quickly. "Psycho." She snorted, insulting. Stevan was quiet, like a doll, he didn't say anything, he was waiting for Tereza ordered.

"So? You planned that Oda guy to kidnap Laura." She muttered monotonously. He nodded for the second time. She continued with freezing tone, "You love Laura so much, but you hurt her because you still believe in your delusional that she was in love with Han. Well, isn't that a fun fact? Don't you know your old Laura was dead for a long time?"

Stevan didn't respond to her question. He didn't know what to say. Inwardly he was wondering what Tereza saying. 'What did she mean?'

"Nevermind, forget what I'm saying." Tereza pitied him a little, he didn't know the truth about the real Laura, right? How could she explain that? Diverting her thoughts, she stated, "Other new crimes I discovered from your story. Besides terrorism, hacking, illegal trades, threatening, and killing. You are also a rapist and stalker. I will report this to the headquarter and soon they will move you to a new prison and you'll get a new sentence you deserve. Ah, right, also I want to inform, thanks to you, your family name was being placed in a blacklist, banned from everything related to military works. I will give you this."

Tereza took out something from her purse, it was a broken family crest with kanji word written on it, she said, "It's from your father. He gave it to me so I can deliver this to you. He wanted to tell, from now on, you are not his son anymore. Now, will you excuse me." Tereza threw the iron plate to him, got up from her seat, she walked to the front door fast. She didn't look back his current state who was shakingly while laughing hysterically.

He growled, "GREAT! AHAHAHAHA! JUST LET HIM AND THAT WOMAN SUFFER FROM POVERTY!! WHO CARES ABOUT STATUS?! WHO CARES ABOUT LINEAGE?! I AM GLAD THEMSELVES FINALLY DENY ME AS HIS SON!! FU*K THEM ALL! HAHAHA!!"

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After she was outside of the place, she hurriedly went inside the car. "To Laura Makoto's house." She ordered the driver. Tereza was anxious, she couldn't believe that she heard all of Stevan shameless acts to Laura, no, Alexandra. All this time she didn't know that Alexandra was having a difficult time.

Why she concealed everything by herself? Why didn't she tell Tereza about this big problem with Stevan? She was an innocent woman! She didn't know anything when she came to this world! Why she went through those hells?! She must have been suffering.

Speaking of Alexandra, these past few months Tereza rarely saw her again. Even when she called her, Alexandra always made an excuse to her that she was sick, having a lecture abroad, or researching going on.

One time she saw her wearing loose clothes while her hands covering her abdomen, Tereza was wondering what was wrong with her, she answered nervously that she was unwell.

Tereza felt something wasn't right. If Stevan's story was true, then Alexandra odd behavior could be indicating that she was in a depressed situation, right? Biting her lips, she was trying not to think the worst possibilities. Suddenly his thought was disturbed by her driver, "Ma'am, Ms. Laura Makoto is not home. I just call one of her housemaids. She wasn't at home these few months, they said she was having lecture abroad."

"How about now? Where is she?"

"Maybe trying to ask her coworkers in O University, the maid said."

"Then turn the car to O University."

"Yes, Ma'am."

The car destination changed, heading to O University, Tereza's was feeling bad omen, she didn't know why she felt like this. She looked at the sky orange afternoon changed to soft blue-purple evening. The street lamps were turned on alongside with the buildings in the city. Sparkling radiating her surrounded, yet she squinted her eyes, she felt anxious.

After she arrived in Alexandra's cultural department, the driver parked in front of the building. She went out of the car, walking fast through the white corridor, and asking where was the lecture office to one of the students. She continued her pace and arrived in front of the room.

Before she knocked on the door, a bunny mask man came out from the room, It was Prof. Matshushima. He looked hurried while holding a phone onto his left ear, he slightly bumping to Tereza, he muttered, "Sorry."

Tereza was startled from his weird appearance, but she nodded, tolerating him. When he passed her, Tereza overhead familiar female voice from the other side of his phone calling. Tereza turned her head and stared at the bunny mask man back who was dashing outside the building.

She spontaneously pursued him, looking at him from the entrance door, he was trying to start his car on in the parking lot, Tereza called her driver to pick up her, she went inside the car and stalking the bunny mask man's car. "Keep your eyes on that car, don't let him go far."

Tereza followed Prof. Matsushima's silver car from behind, she saw the car was stopping in some house and he brought an old woman inside the car. Tereza was slightly muddled, but she kept following him.

Within one hour they arrived in an orange house, near the outskirt. He went outside with the old woman, trying to go inside hurriedly, but was stopped by Tereza. Prof. Matshushima startled, looking at the woman's deep gray aura, he asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Sarah Ginga, Laura's friend. I followed you so I can meet her. Where is she?" Tereza straightforwardly revealing her identity. She didn't know why but she knew that this man wasn't a bad person. Prof. Matsushima responded fast, "So, you are Sarah. I can't explain to you now, but I must help Laura first inside. Excuse me."

"Wait! What do you-"

CRASH!

Something was smashed on the ground. The crashing sounds, making the three people turned their head to the house instantly, Prof Matshushima cursed, "Sh*t!! Old lady, you need to get ready, I will help her first." He instructed the old lady impatiently.

"Y-Yes!" She replied nervously and went inside the house. Prof. Matshushima noticed Tereza's flabbergasted expression. He told her, "I will explain later, less talk, I need you to help us now."

"Can you give slight grasp what's happening right now? What's wrong with Laura?" Tereza stared at him with wide eyes. Her heart kept pounding weirdly, she didn't know what the cause, not until she heard him uttered the words, "Laura's pregnant. She's having labor right now." He stated with his somber eyes.

"W-What?!"