In this dark and lonely night, Robert sat alone in the living room until dawn.
He didn't know where his once brilliant career had gone that he was suddenly faced bankruptcy overnight.
Was it because he wanted to give his child back?
But what about the children?
Oh, one of them ran away to Jakarta leaving no trace for him to look. And the other one did not want to acknowledge the existence of his sister.
What about his wife?
Oh, she was still trying to find that 'selfless' child.
Robert sat quietly on the side of the sofa and laughed at the thought.
A bitter smile crossed his face as he thought of the irony. He looked around the dark corner of his living room and saw many warm and familiar sights of the past twenty-four years.
Lilia was in every photo frame.
Robert felt that he had done something wrong, but he didn't know how to make up for it.
He made such a big mistake but his effort to solve it tonight didn't help it at the very least. He made things worse instead.
When did all this chaos start? He was so obsessed with greed that he destroyed everything he had built.
In the end, what did he get?
Robert also didn't think that the Pangestu family would perish so quickly.
And when his wife found out about the bankruptcy of the Pangestu family from the news later, she would rush back to Surabaya only to find out that they had nowhere else to stay...
At the same time, it was already late at night.
There was a traffic accident downtown.
The driver of the car was involved in a drunk driving accident, and his blood alcohol level was six times higher than the standard.
The woman he ran into had already been rushed to the hospital and the situation didn't look good.
...
The next morning, Lilia had a cosmetic product launch event to attend at nine in the morning.
It had been a long time since Lilia joined an event like this. Tomorrow, she would go to the Mayer house with Mellisa.
She wore casual clothes and left at 7.30. At the same time, Jean was also about to go to his company.
The two cars were seen waiting for them in front of the Lakeside Villa's fence. When Lilia got into the car with the leather bag on her back, she was startled as she lifted her eyes. "Why are you here?"
The driver sitting in the front of the car was John.
John looked back and greeted her saying. "Mr. Clifford is off today. I am on duty as your driver today. You don't need to worry, I can drive fast!"
Lilia smiled softly and didn't comment on this.
Since it was too early, when the car slowly drove towards the location, Lilia planned to close her eyes and rest.
Last night, she and Jean... were a little busy before they went to sleep, that's why Lilia still felt a little tired this morning.
At this time, after having her eyelids lowered and her eyes closed for a moment, a news report came from the car's radio.
"There was a heavy traffic accident in the central part of Surabaya last night. The accident site is still under investigation and there will be a route diversion."
This was a very common accident broadcast, Lilia heard it and ignored it.
Then, the radio host began to discuss the accident with glee. He continued to emphasize that drivers should not drive after drinking alcohol.
In between reading the news, there was a conversation that made Lilia suddenly open her eyes.
"Reports from our journalists on site stated that the scene of this accident was very tragic. It is rumored that the woman hit was the former CEO of an entertainment company. Currently, the internet is still in an uproar because of it. I am here asking our dear listeners not to drive while drunk. Make sure to pay attention to safety..."
Former CEO of an entertainment company?
Hearing those words, Lilia instantly lost her sleepiness.
In the car, Lilia sat up straight and listened to the news on the radio seriously. She was seen listening while her fingertips played with her handbag's keychain.
While driving, John spoke his own opinion. "This accident sounded very scary. It's a pity that woman was run over to such a state of crisis. Not to mention that the road where the accident happened is still blocked."
At the red light, John reached into his cellphone and searched the internet for this news. Seconds later, he exclaimed, "Oh my God, this is so sad. The woman's leg is broken and will likely not be able to leave the wheelchair in the future!"
Lilia heard his sigh and couldn't help looking forward. John immediately handed his phone to her. "See, Madame, even though the picture has a mosaic, you can see that the knee is about to break off the bone!"
As John said, the victim's condition was really sad.
The whole scene of the accident could be said as very tragic.
Lilia held the cellphone tighter, she wanted to see the photo of this accident in detail. The streets looked deserted late at night, and at an intersection, three cars collided in a roundabout way.
In the photo, it could be seen that a body was lying under the car. The person was wearing a cream colored jacket covered in blood and her shoes had fallen somewhere. One of her legs... was completely crushed.
Even though her leg was censored, it wasn't hard to see the horror she was suffering.
This scene took Lilia by surprise.
She continued to stare at the photo closely, and when she returned to the headlines, she found that there was also a video of this terrible incident listed in the picture
After hesitating for half a second, Lilia still couldn't stop herself from clicking on the video.
It could be that the accident happened really late at night so the image of this highway was a bit blurry. The intersection coincided with a red light, and a taxi and a white car stopped behind the lane one after another.
At this time, a woman got out of her car and? was seen wearing a cream colored jacket. She seemed to have gone to the trunk of her car to retrieve something, but at this moment, something happened suddenly.
A black car hit her from behind.
The violent impact immediately squeezed her thin body between the two cars, making her thrown more than ten meters, and the taxi parked at the very front was affected by the white car. Three cars crashed in an instant.
The whole road fell into chaos right after.
The smoke quickly spread, the taxi driver also got out of the car in panic.
The video ended here, and it was quite short. But these 30 seconds were able to make everyone shiver in fear.
Such an accident was terrible because they happened so suddenly and the consequences were truly fatal.
Lilia fixedly stared at the woman covered in blood on her phone screen, even if the picture was not clear, she could still recognize it. Former CEO of Joe Entertainment... Sara Hartanto!
Lilia never thought that she'd recognize the victim of the traffic accident.
The driver who caused the accident got drunk and insisted on driving, while Sara happened to get out of her car to pick up something in the trunk while waiting for a red light.
It almost felt like fate played them in the wrongest way.
If she had not gotten out of her car and waited patiently for the red light, would this accident still happen?
Even if it did, it might not be that tragic.
Sara was hit hard from behind by the drunk person's car, and her leg... Lilia was worried, would she be able to walk again?
Lilia returned the phone to John, her eyes were now fixed on the gloomy sky outside the window.
This morning, the sky was as cloudy as her misty heart.
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