"Please listen to me, just once!"

I almost cried in front of the doctor who was holding my arm. He was definitely going to take me to court.

"Talk about it later at the police station!" the doctor interrupted.

He wouldn't even let me give the slightest explanation.

"Just give me five minutes!"

I insisted, still begging for time.

"No way. Fine, I'd better just call the cops and let them force you,"

But he was even more stubborn. He wouldn't give me a chance to defend myself.

My hands were shaking. I was scared to death.

"Where's my cell phone? Phone... my phone," I asked in a panic.

When I stood up, my vision started to go completely dark.

"Ahh!"

It couldn't be helped. It was probably caused by the accident I had.

So I ended up collapsing onto the sidewalk because of the dizziness and nausea I felt.

"Miss, are you okay?"

The doctor helped me stand up.

I saw his eyes widen. He must have been surprised to see me almost collapse.

"Please give me time to explain," I begged him again.

"Okay, if that's what you want, Miss."

Maybe because he saw tears falling down my cheeks, he finally agreed.

"So you deliberately crashed your car just to get this man's attention?" I was shocked.

I endured the pain in my heart when I heard a voice that was no longer foreign to my ears. Even now, when I could barely breathe, he still couldn't stop accusing me.

Bima came, pushing his own wheelchair.

Maybe his private driver had brought him here.

The doctor removed his hands from me and I immediately sat on the edge of the bed.

"Can't you see my head is bandaged? I almost fell down, and he helped me. So what?" I answered Bima.

"Your phone is on the table, Miss," the doctor told me.

"Ah, thank you," I said, then I went to Bima with my phone in my hand. "Bima, you should hear this directly, so you can understand me!" I said.

I immediately called Eve. As usual, Eve answered quickly. I also turned on the loudspeaker so that Bima could hear it too.

"How is Bima doing?" Eve asked, the moment she picked up.

I was curious. Why did she always ask about Bima through me and not from the man himself, when she was the one who gave Bima the illegal drug?

"What medicine did you give to Bima?" I asked Eve.

"What? What do you mean? Ah, of course I gave Bima the best medicine to heal his legs!" Eve answered, lying. I smiled bitterly, holding back from that liar.

"I almost got arrested by the cops because of your illegal drugs, you damn bitch!"

I raised my voice because I was angry.

I didn't know why I was so emotional this time, but I really wanted to scream at her.

"Hmm, ouch!" Eve even answered casually.

"Why did you give Bima a nerve agent, Eve?" I asked her.

"What? What are you talking about? Don't slander me, you fool, bitch!" Again, Eve pretended to be the victim.

"So you think the doctor here is a liar, huh? I just had an accident and the hospital managed to find the medicine you gave Bima? Because you..."

"Don't tell Bima. I'll take care of this problem! Which hospital are you in right now?" Eve interrupted quickly, and she even admitted what she did.

"But..."

"I said just follow my orders for your mother's sake!" She threatened me with an angry voice.

Then the call ended just like that, and I saw sadness on Bima's face.

The face that had been so angry when he looked at me now seemed distracted, and he slowly moved closer to the doctor standing near me.

"Is what she said true?" Bima asked the doctor while I, who was increasingly stressed by all of this, slowly massaged my aching head.

Because I couldn't take it anymore, I lay down.

That woman was freaking crazy.

"That's right. This medicine is very dangerous and isn't sold casually. It's usually used to paralyze the nerves of hunted animals," the doctor answered.

I smiled in pain.

_That's right. I knew Eve was psycho._

"Is it true?" Bima, who was stubborn, asked him again.

"Ah, yes!" the doctor answered firmly. "Wait a minute!" He reached for his phone in his robe pocket. "Wait a minute, I have to answer this call!"

"Hmm," Bima nodded.

He looked at me, lying on the bed and looking at him.

Our gazes met, but I quickly looked away.

No.

I didn't want to feel sorry for a man like him. A man who always insulted me and never appreciated my sacrifices in the slightest. His mother too, his father too, his extended family too. They were all the same.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

I heard the sound of Bima's wheelchair moving. I glanced at it for a moment, then suddenly sat up.

"What are you doing?" I asked Bima.

I was very surprised when Bima took the medicine Eve gave me.

"I need this medicine..." I was shocked. How could he be like this?

"That medicine, you know..."

"Shut up!" Bima swallowed the medicine. He ignored my warning.

Then, I covered my mouth because I couldn't believe Bima's stupid behavior.

"You're freaking crazy, Bima!" I cursed him.

I was so annoyed and so angry, to be honest.

"Eve must have her own reasons for doing this. Later, when she comes, I will ask her for an explanation. It's better for you not to interfere in our affairs," he said to me.

Bima took all the medicines, then he wheeled himself out of my room.

Not long after he left, the doctor who had been treating me finally came back.

"You'd better just rest here for a few days!" he said, then started to leave with a slightly disappointed look on his face.

"When do I have to go to the police?" I asked.

"It's been handled. You don't have to go," he answered.

I knew who made that happen. Eve could surely do everything like it was nothing.

"That's true," I said to make sure.

He glanced at me for a moment.

"As long as you have money and position, all problems are easy to solve," he said.

"Ah, yeah. I get it,"

He left, leaving me still silent about everything that had happened. Actually, it wasn't surprising anymore because I was used to living in this crazy environment.

A crazy environment that started from my memories of my mother refusing to leave my father, even though my father had cheated on her and abused her many times.

Mother even said, "Dad will change one day, just be patient!"

What had changed, until I was 23 years old? My father was still the same. The only difference was that now he no longer beat my mother because of my contract with Eve, and for the sake of my devotion to her I was willing to go through this hellish marriage.

***

For some reason I couldn't rest in peace because I kept thinking about Bima's acute stupidity.

He already knew that the drug was dangerous, but for Eve's sake, he still wanted to take it.

In fact, it wouldn't be a loss for me to see him continue to suffer in a wheelchair and be tormented by not being able to move freely to look for Eve again, but the human side of me didn't seem to want to let that continue to happen.

"Tsk!"

I couldn't sleep, so I finally decided to walk out of the room, looking for fresh air outside the hospital.

The night had passed, the clock showed four in the morning.

The hospital was starting to get quiet and some of the lights in the corridors were off.

"Ahh!" Not long after I stepped out, I saw the doctor who had treated me walking out of his room.

Our gazes met. In less than a second, he immediately looked away.

He walked past me. It seemed like he didn't want to see me.

"Wait, Doc!" I called out suddenly.

The doctor stopped and looked at me.

He was silent and didn't say anything.

"Do you agree that humans are the same as animals?" I asked him. Maybe he was a bit surprised.

"Which doctor would agree with that, Miss? Hah..." he answered with a heavy sigh.

He smiled sadly, a sign of disappointment. I knew what that meant.

Of course, there were doctors who had the heart to do this, even if only a few, but I knew he wasn't one of them.

"Please, be humane, Doc!"

It couldn't be helped. I felt sorry for Bima because of the way Eve had treated him so badly all this time, while he still trusted her completely. How could that damn woman give him animal tranquilizers? To a man she had loved for so long?

If my mother became stupid because of a man, then Bima was even stupider because he loved a woman too much.

Why did I end up in the same situation as the two of them? Two people who loved too deeply, and I was the one who got hurt every time they acted like that.

I quietly entered Bima's house. I mean the place I used to stay. I also went into Bima's room and saw the man lying asleep on his bed.

I knew Bima quite well. He was a person who didn't wake up easily when he was asleep, so I quickly poured the contents of the bottle that Eve had just given me into my pocket, and then I replaced it with the medicine that the hospital doctor had given me.

My hands were still shaking. I was worried about being caught. Every now and then I glanced at Bima, and finally my task was finished.

I stepped out and closed the door to his room slowly. His body slowly disappeared into the darkness of the room. Ah, how pitiful you are! It turned out all the people around you had thrown you away and let you face your sorrow alone.

Neither your father nor your mother cared about you the whole time. They left you with me, the only one you hated that much.

Well, it wasn't my business anyway. Why should I feel sorry for you, when you always treated me badly?

I walked toward my room as I looked at the clock. It was five in the morning now.

Drrttt!

“Tsk!” I felt disturbed when I saw my cell phone vibrate.

I looked at the screen, and I grumbled in annoyance. Again, Eve was calling me. Why did she always contact me at the worst times?

I was worried about waking up Bima.

“Eve,” I growled.

Whether I liked it or not, I still had to answer her call.

“Good grief!”

It turned out that Eve was making a video call.

If Bima woke up, he would definitely be happy because he could see Eve's face again. But unfortunately, I didn't dare wake the man up. I figured Eve didn't want to talk to him either.

“What?” I asked her curtly.

I had picked up the video call.

“How are you, my dear Rima? You don't look good. Why are you forcing yourself to go for a walk? Ah, dear, I feel so sorry for you,” Eve answered with the same lies she always told.

She asked me endless questions. Nevertheless, I was honestly a little suspicious hearing Eve's familiar voice. What was she actually doing? Why was she acting so friendly with me?

“Good, thanks.”

I answered her shortly. But then, I was a bit surprised when a handsome man suddenly appeared on my cell phone screen.

“Hello, Rima. I'm Eve's husband. Nice to meet you!” he said.

I was shocked. “Haa!” My mouth dropped open. My eyes immediately turned watery.

Whether it was sadness or anger, I couldn't even tell anymore.

“Eve!”

Even more surprising, I heard the sound of Bima's bedroom door opening. Then his voice.

I turned around, and he was there. He was right behind me.

He looked at my phone screen too.

“Bi... Bima!” I stammered. “Bima, I'm sorry!”