Chapter 197 - Raymond's Explanation

When they got home, Bryana and Monica, and Raymond immediately got out of the car. They looked out into the yard and didn't find Dean's car there, then saw Louis coming from the living room.

Bryana immediately approached Louis and asked, "Louis, has Dean not been home since earlier?"

"He came back and took Sofia away. I couldn't stop him," Louis replied with a frown. He didn't know what was going on but didn't dare to ask either because this was an employer's business.

Bryana sighed and walked towards the terrace. She sat hunched over on the edge of the terrace holding her aching head. her body felt weak, tired, shaking, and didn't know what to do if Dean truly wanted to leave her. Slowly, the pregnant woman cried remembering her husband looked at her disappointed and just left.

"I surely don't know why there are painful facts for him until he chooses to leave me!" Bryana said in her sobs.

Monica approached Bryana and sat beside her. she rubbed her sister-in-law's shoulder and said, "Be patient, Bryana. I'm sure he'll come back to you because he loves you."

"But he just left. I can't be without him. He is everything to me after Calvin!" Bryana said in her sobs. She straightened her head and brushed her hair back, then looked at Raymond who was frozen in front of her.

"Raymond, did you know this fact long ago?" Bryana asked squinting at Raymond.

"Yeah, but dad didn't instruct James to kill Clarissa or her mom at all," Raymond answered nervously. ." I don't know how it happened, suddenly James came back from Indonesia and said that he didn't operate to kill Gustave, but instead accidentally killed Clarissa and her mother," he continued sadly.

"Why? Why did dad instruct James to kill Gustave?" Briana asked again?

"Because of a grudge. Gustave who has made mommy die because she was not willing to give her inheritance rights to her sister who is Clarissa's mother," explained Raymond then walked over to Bryana, then sat on her left side.

"So, we're cousins with the late Clarissa?" Briana asked in surprise.

Raymond nodded slowly.

Bryana was silent and kept remembering how she and Sofia had similarities. It turned out to be because they did have bloodlines from the same family. and what hurt her the most and regretted it was, she was never aware of having a cousin, Clarissa. The pregnant woman's tears continued to fall uncontrollably.

"Why didn't mom or dad ever introduce me to Clarissa? and what if Clarissa's mother and mom are sisters, but never met or were close like sisters?" Bryana kept bombarding Raymond with questions in her head. She turned her head to look at her brother who was annoying to her!

"I don't know either, because I found out about this after mommy died," Raymond answered blankly staring at the courtyard floor, while Monica and Louis were silent listen to the conversation between him and Bryana.

Bryana took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. She was ruffling her hair as she felt dizzy with the facts she just found out, making her feel unimportant and a fool by Raymond or her father.

"If you had told all this from the start to me. and Dean, maybe Dean wouldn't have left me because of this misunderstanding. He wouldn't want to live with me, because I'm the daughter of the person involved in the murder of his wife," said Bryana, still sobbing.

"I don't know what else to do, you and dad surely broke my heart and the people I love in an instant. You guys are hiding a secret so big that it just got exposed wh a slander. Dean must be very hurt." Bryana continues to cry, looks hateful, even beats Raymond on the shoulder.

Monica, who had been silent for a long time, slowly shed tears because she felt sorry for Bryana who had to face this painful reality while she was pregnant. she was worried what if Dean didn't come back until Bryana gave birth.

"You have to be strong, Bryana. I'm sure there will be a solution to this problem," Monica exclaimed as she put her arm around Bryana, trying to calm her down.

"I can't be without him, Monica... I can't, I have to catch up with him!" Bryana shouted as she let go of Monica's arms.

"Jill, don't you care about dad. Dad's in a coma, then you're just going to leave? What kind of daughter are you?" Raymond glared at Bryana who was about to leave instead.

Bryana stood up and glared at Raymond hatefully. "And you...what kind of family are you hiding such a big thing from me? Don't you think that I will be the one to suffer because of your dishonesty? now look, I'm pregnant, my husband left me because of you. You didn't explain from the start. Now he trusted James!"

Raymond massaged his forehead which was suddenly dizzy because he too felt guilty and did not expect that James would make false testimony. He stood up and looked at Bryana who was already disappointed. "I also don't know why James said that untrue thing. Dad didn't want Clarissa or her mother to die, he just felt guilty. and just so you know, dad knows that Dean is Clarissa's husband who turned out to be working as your bodyguard, proposed to you. He accepted it. After all, he saw his suffering after Clarissa died, because he didn't want to make him sad or hurt you, so he blesses you by continuing to hide this fact."

"And now that which was hidden was uncovered incorrectly, by a misunderstanding, and he left me!" Bryana pushed Raymond in annoyance, then walked into the house, crying.

Monica got up and saw Bryana walking into the house, then looked at Raymond who was silent in confusion. She walked over to her husband and looked at him disappointedly.

"I thought you were a good brother, but look, now your sister is suffering because of your dishonesty. I'm even disappointed in you!" She cried, then walked into the house.

"Monica!" call Raymond.

.monica continued to walk into the house, ignoring Raymond who looked so annoying in her eyes, while Louis was silent, not knowing what to do because he was also stunned by the facts.

"I have to catch up with Dean, maybe he's not too far," Louis muttered then turned to Raymond who sat back down languidly.

"Sir, should we just follow Dean? I think he's not too far away, or maybe the plane to Indonesia hasn't left yet. pity if he goes in a misunderstanding and Mrs. Bryana will be very hurt."

Raymond kept silent remembering that Bryana was pregnant and it would be very tiring to try to catch up with Dean. "Alright, there's no harm in trying. I hope he's not too far away and wants to hear my explanation," he said then stood up.

..louis and Raymond immediately got into the car which was immediately driven by Louis to the nearest international airport in London which Dean probably visited by continuing to track via GPS.