65. The Reasons

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[A Moments Before the Sacred Ceremony]

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Right at the mirror in front of him, Duke was confirming once again his appearance this time was wrapped in a perfect white tuxedo in harmony with the color of the dress worn by Savannah. The man had already seen how prepared he was for get married that he wanted so much in his life. Flavor happiness that was starting to build up inside Duke because he kept on imagine how perfect the marriage that will go through later with great impatience. But when the feeling of happiness is on the feeling was so overpowering him, suddenly the door to the room where the man was also opened slowly and mood the joy Duke was previously feeling, was quickly replaced when he saw the figure of Dylan's presence there.

“Hello, welcome to our wedding. And, the invited guests have should be in the seats that have been reserved for the ceremony starting soon.” Said Duke who kept staring at himself in the mirror.

"Such a happy day, isn't it?" Dylan asked while stepped into the room and approached where Duke was standing in front of the mirror.

"Once again. The invited guests should have been in the chair has been prepared because this wedding will be started soon. Is some security guard need to tell you so that it reaches your ears?”

"Happy isn't it? Married to a perfect woman such like Savannah. Are you really really love her?"

“Shut your mouth who is always full of nonsense!” Duke replied with the sharp sentence that was quite cynical, which made Dylan chuckle a little hear it.

“By bloodline, you are my little brother. And, I don't think so one brother who wants to congratulate one the moment of the brother's happy day properly. Isn't that right, Duke?"

"You seem to have a big heart? A very worthy thing to appreciate. If I may know, what stage of despair have you reached, so you have a feeling of pride that can unexpectedly arise in you?"

“You took everything I own, damn it!”

Hearing the words that came out of Dylan's lips, now it was Duke which became a bit of a chuckle and made him start to turn away from the front mirror towards Dylan's whereabouts until the two of them become each other face to face.

"Oh, yes? Really? Can you explain what 'all thing I have, damn it!?” Duke asked as he entered the second his hands into each trouser pocket on either side of his leg, while giving a low gaze to the figure right at the before him.

“Should you hear it one by one all the nonsense that exists in your life?"

"Hmm..., yes. I really don't mind at all. Hearing all the crap that i have in my life, is thing goofy that feels good to do.”

“Mom and Dad, you stole all their attention and affection. Which should be given to his two children fairly, but with it is your existence that is present as McCarter's youngest child. With you easily destroyed that with your presence.”

"Poor Dylan. You really wants some affection and..., attention from both parents? Really very sad. Then, what's more, from the figure of Dylan, who feels that his right to life has been taken away because of the presence of Duke, the youngest child of the McCarter family really something to be proud of in front of this many people?”

“Not only that, bastard! You have taken my youth life too, where I should always get the credit for achievement that I have worked so hard to achieve, but with it's easy for you to confess in front of Mom and Dad."

“Your achievements? Is it about you falling into the world darkness? Have your breakfast Heroin, your lunch Cocaine, and your dinner is Xanax? Oh, or the achievement when you almost killed me, but already found out by Dad so you end up on a few years in a place that's become your and your new home who can also find your new family there who is none other than jail? Which is a big and proud achievement that you have and you mean that, Dylan? Your youth, really so dark and destroyed. Why don't you accept the fact that already exists, huh?”

“National basketball game, dammit! You don't remember you ever did sabotaging my entire team to the point that I'm considered a captain who doesn't useless and irresponsible?”

“Are you sure just because of your failure as the captain of the basketball team that you lead and can't win the game, you become not getting affection from, Dad? You don't get all the thing you want is because of the wrong you did to yourself. And I've never done any sabotage for put other people down. I really don't want to get my hands dirty myself to do such a thing could totally shatter the image and my own good name in front of many people.”

“Yes, it is. You will always only care about yourself. I don't wonder why you can be a proud child so arrogant like this?”

"Stop talking nonsense of yours. What is do you really want?”

"You have stolen the woman I love."

"That matter? You really still can't get over it?”

“You can take all the happiness in my life, but not with Savannah. Because Savannah doesn't deserve a man like you."

“Then do you feel that actually Savannah deserves it partner with you? Of course not, right? And anyway what else do you expect? My wedding as well as Savannah is coming up soon held. The wedding I wanted would soon come true. So, it's impossible that you still hope for Savannah want the wedding to fail."

"I do realize that I am not worthy side by side with women like Savannah. However, are you not aware and embarrassed by yourself? What is really far is not worthy of being side by side with Savannah because of your character as a man is so much worse than the nature that I have.”

“Admit that actually you feel so hurt by Savannah's decision to prefer me over yourself."

“Yes, I do feel really hurt. However, I try to accept everything. I have an adult attitude, as it should be preferring to let go of Savannah and respect that decision she already took it. And with that, proof of my love for her no kidding. I love her, of course more willing to make it happy even if it's not with me."

“And that also means, you can't make Savannah feel happiness when with you, right?”

“Are you so sure that Savannah can be happy when together with you? Your confidence is very high. You're not afraid either if all of it can fall to pieces in pieces?”

“At least I have everything that I can use to craft Savannah are happy. But as for you, what do you have to be makes Savannah happy considering you have nothing to be able to make her happy. Sounds very sad, doesn't it?

"Savannah won't be happy just because of material things."

"You think so? Are you able to give everything what does she want? All the dreams she wanted. Are you can give to it? Let's think about it from the point of view of a grown man. Would you be able to do all that for Savannah, huh? Hey, listen. Savannah, deserve all the happiness. Whatever that is form, Savannah doesn't deserve unhappiness, where his future is at stake."

"Are you talking about yourself right now?"

“The future of Savannah is currently at stake. But, together with me she will achieve happiness in her future.”

"You can guarantee it?"

"Of course. I have everything. And it can be a guarantee for Savannah.”

“What if you can't keep a promise full of words that blank?”

Duke laughed quickly when he heard Dylan's words for some reason tickled him because the sentence he just heard was like a joke.

“You don't need to meddle any further about that. Because of the period front of Savannah, it's already my responsibility. I will be her husband, her life companion, would provide all of that for her. So, you don't need to be any more curious because you should be you know and are aware of your limits.”

“Okay. So, let's talk about boundaries now?”

"Hey, stop. I don't have much time for you. Because in a minute, my wedding is about to start, and you can't stop it."

"Why can not?"

“Because you don't have anything to do on the outside your mind."

"Is that true? Try me?"

"What for? It will only further waste my time.”

“Oh, come on. Try me. You have to do it, if you don't want to be considered as a coward."

"Go. I don't have much time for you.”

"Come on..."

“Stop! You just can't accept all the current reality is on you and you really can't let go of Savannah who clearly prefers me, compared to you who don't comparable and do not have any of this. Savannah prefers me, because she believes that only I can make her happy and make dreams come true too. Tell me, how many things do you have and all that could make Savannah happy? Five? Four? Three? Or not at all? Name it, Dylan? There's nothing you do have, which could change the entire life that Savannah has. You nothing more than trash seeking the attention of those people who try to care about you, but you really don't useful for people who care about you. It's sad, but do you want your life to only be visited when you are just needed? It doesn't taste like that, does it? So, stop at the moment the situation is no longer in your favor to force all circumstances which can no longer be forced.”

"Trash? What do you mean by that word, 'trash'?” Said Dylan who wanted confirmed once again that what he heard was not wrong, with both hands on the sides of each body it is already clenched so tightly that some of his veins were clearly visible. Proof which made that the man actually started to feel so angry with Duke's words that so offended him.

"Yes. Are you aware of such a thing?”

"Say it one more time."

“That you are trash? Which is just trying to keep looking attention from the people around you, but unfortunately more are don't care about your whereabouts. It's true that it's like that, right? You in-"

Before Duke could finish his words, Dylan quickly already threw a right punch at Duke's right temple until making the man who was unprepared take the blow head on fell to the floor to lie down. While Dylan was watching the chance that Duke's helplessness got, made him quickly pressed down on the younger brother's body by sitting on it and the heavy blows given in a row were given in several corner of his face. Without pity, Dylan really poured out all his anger to the man in the crush with blows hard on the face. As if not knowing the sense of danger that could be after this got by him, Dylan continues to bestow emotion with do things that can make a sense of anger in him that can become a little less, and don't want to be hypocritical.

Meanwhile, Duke who was hit repeatedly like that, could only took out several times a small smile on his lips at that time being really messed up. It wasn't that Duke didn't want to fight back let alone defending himself in the case that he was experiencing, but the guy just wanted to make himself look completely broken and weak in front of Savannah because he had been beaten up for no reason which is clear by Dylan. And with that, Duke thought that Savannah would really hate Dylan's figure or even hate him. Because he was beaten like this, Duke was happy received it with open arms because of the small mission that the man had by separating Savannah and Dylan, even he already know that the two people are still in love with each other.

Until how many times Dylan has given a punch in the Duke's face, even that man still has no intention of stopping the thing that is being done he did it. Likewise Duke, who still didn't want to fight back let alone trying to stop it. Until the end, door to the room was already opened, and a few guards appeared security that instantly separates the two men in an assault situation. Especially with Dylan being forcefully taken out of the room with the two security guards holding hands each hand on either side, with followed from behind by the figure of a woman who had originally come together with Dylan and called the security guard as well after she saw the fight that occurred between Duke and Dylan in the room.

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To be continued . . .