Beautiful Affair
BA #22 - Because of Daniel

After breakfast, Ryan returns home to Linda's mother and Alira, especially when it's noon and Ryan has an appointment with Viona today.

"Sometimes play here, Ryan," said Alira who drove Ryan to his car.

"Sure," replied Ryan the spirit that made Alira smile.

As he was about to start his car, his phone rang and Ryan answered the call.

"Hello..."

"What?!"

.........

Ryan holding Alira's hand ran down the hospital hallway, his breathing both hunting and cold sweat already soaked his second temple.

The eyes of the two of them showed extreme anxiety after hearing the news about Daniel

"Doctor....!" Shouted Alira when she saw a Doctor who had just come out of the ICU room. "Why ... Daniel's situation?" Alira asked with a gasp of breath, her heart beating fast and her body trembling.

The doctor took a deep breath before finally saying. "Critically, Mr. Daniel lost a lot of blood, his head had a hard impact that made him most likely to be in a coma" replied the Doctor who made Alira immediately feel weak, his body staggered and if Ryan did not hold it, the doctor said, maybe he'll fall.

Even Ryan was very surprised and he was very worried about the condition of Daniel who had an accident last night and more to his dismay, an old woman who became a victim of Daniel's accident.

"Can we see him, Doctor?" Ask Ryan.

"May, but only one person" replied the Doctor. Ryan nodded in understanding and she invited Alira to visit her husband.

While waiting for Alira, Ryan read the news on his mobile phone where the topic of Daniel's accident went viral and almost all articles wrote the news.

Not only that, it also shows Daniel's car which is very damaged, very terrible, and also a photo of an elderly woman who is currently also critical.

It was also written in several articles that Daniel was allegedly drunk while driving, it was raining so hard that Daniel probably lost control of the heavy rain so drunk that he hit a woman walking before he hit a power pole, The speed of Daniel's car is also above average, even circulating cctv footage around the scene which is strong evidence of the incident.

"Jeez, Daniel," Ryan murmured as he stroked his temple. Daniel's accident won't be a big deal as long as the man survives, but Daniel takes the victim and Ryan is afraid that's what's going to matter.

While inside, Alira stared at her husband's pale face, his head in bandages and some medical devices attached to his body.

Alira clasped Daniel's cold hand. "What's going on?" He mumbled softly. "Why did it have to happen to you, Daniel?" Alira rubbed her husband's head gently. "When I wanted a divorce from you, but now I have to go back and take care of you."

...... ...

Daniel Agra is a very successful businessman and also famous, so the accident that happened to him is certainly a hot news in all media, everyone wants to know how things are going and they start hunting down Alira as Daniel's wife.

Moreover, the assumption that Daniel was driving in a drunk so that a middle-aged woman was also experiencing a very critical condition.

The woman was named Pita, a scavenger who at that time was expected to return home but until this moment, did not know who his family was.

For Daniel's business nemesis, this is a golden opportunity to take Daniel down with the case.

While Alira, the current state of affairs makes him feel like he is suffocating because every time he comes out of the house, there will always be people from the media hunting him, asking why Daniel was driving while drunk, how the condition of Pita and so on, as if they wanted to corner Daniel.

"How do I know who the female family is?" Mumbled Alira who looked like a frutation. He is in the hospital with Ryan who is always next to him.

"Police are figuring it out, Al. Don't worry" said Ryan gently as he rubbed Alira's shoulders.

Alira sighed heavily then leaned against the wall, she closed her eyes, remembering all the trouble that kept coming her way and it was all because of Daniel.

"Hey..." Ryan again rubbed Alira's shoulders, he could not bear to see the burden that must be borne by Alira because of Daniel's fault.

"I'm tired, Ryan," said Alira, still closing her eyes. "Especially those people keep hunting me, what's my fault? I didn't know Daniel was drunk, I didn't know why he had to hit that foreigner."

Ryan shifted his body to get closer to Alira then he pulled Alira's head and leaned onto her shoulder.

" Sleep! I know last night you didn't sleep well, "the sleep is soft.

Alira was looking for the most comfortable position on Ryan's shoulders and he tried to sleep, because his eyes were already sleepy but he had difficulty sleeping since yesterday.

Ryan wrapped his arm around Alira's shoulder and rubbed his shoulder until he fell asleep.

Ryan looked at Alira's tired face, dark circles were visible under his eyes, even Alira's lips were pale.

Over the course of a few days living with Alira, Ryan felt a strange feeling, which he had never felt in anyone before, he wanted to always look after and protect Alira.

"If I could take away all your suffering, Al. I'll take everything until you can't live happily."

Tbc...