After the dismissal of Dave and Celine, Darren wanted to leave too. After just a few steps, Linda called him back again. "Darren, where are you going?" Linda asked.
"..." Darren paused for a moment, but without speaking he continued walking.
"Darren ..! Are you going to ignore Mama? Is it because of that despicable woman?"
"Enough Ma!" Darren snapped loudly, fortunately the music in the place was quite loud, and the atmosphere was quite boisterous because of the large number of people talking to each other.
"If Mama insults Celine one more time, Darren will not remain silent. Since earlier, I've been holding you back, but Mama still continued being inappropriate." This time Darren's voice was dangerously low.
"Dar-ren ..?" Linda was shocked to hear what her son had said to her.
"Mama must know, she's the woman I love! There's no change, 3 years ago or three years later. From the start, I loved her. If you want Darren to continue to be an obedient child, then please understand my heart too, Mama."
After saying so, Darren left. He looked for Celine in every corner of the party banquet but could not find her.
"Darren ..." called Vincent, Darren's father.
"Yeah, Papa," Darren replied as he turned toward Vincent.
"If you aren't going anywhere, accompany Papa. Papa will take you to meet the clients. You have just claimed this position, there will be several clients that you have to meet," Vincent explained.
"Papa, you go first. Darren wants to go walk around first. It's too crowded and it's making me feel very uncomfortable."
Vincent actually understood the nature of his son, too cold and stiff. An introverted man who certainly didn't like things like this.
He slowly patted Darren's shoulder, "All right. Go and walk around first, then later follow Papa, will you?" he said, as if he didn't want to force his son.
Darren smiled a little and left his papa.
"Celine ... where are you dear? And why are you with that man?" Darren muttered as he continued to walk around looking for Celine.
After learning Dave's name and seeing his mother kissing him, Darren remembered who was Dave, a childhood friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time because Dave had moved abroad.
In a park, not so fat from the quiet hotel. Darren saw a pair of men and women sitting. They weren't really engaged in a conversation, just sat silently in the dark, if the sound of the party had not reached the garden, it would probably have been very quiet.
'Ekhem ...'
The voice broke the silence, and it was Dave clearing his throat.
Celine looked up, with a forced smile, she tried to open her mouth.
"Why are you still here?"
"What? After I helped you, you didn't even thank me but trying to kick me out! What is this?"
"Help me? Didn't you just want to see me humiliated on purpose?" said Celine.
"It's up to you what you think, but clearly there is no such intention in my mind."
"..." Celine was silent, her eyes continued to wander in the dark and finally she lifted her head heavenward as if staring at the dark sky.
"If you want to cry, just cry. Don't hold it back. It will only make you feel awful!" continued Dave.
"Since meeting his family, tears have been like friends to me. Even though it wasn't like this before, it seems they stuck to me now. It's been 3 years, but it's still the same. I thought it would stop after meeting again, in fact it's getting worse," said Celine.
"Hold on ... so you and Darren, is an old story?" investigated Dave.