About Taste

The Bitter Truth About the Sacred

The hour hand had shown at 12:00 p.m., but Andra was still sitting pensively in her work chair. After Vino left, he kept silent while propping up his chin. Confused, restless, restless, angry, and sad everything mixed into one, and messed with his heart. Nadhira and Vino are getting married, and they invite him. Actually Andra was very reluctant to come, but he also felt bad with Vino, they were close friends, yes Andra did not come to his wedding party. But coming, with whom he was there, could not be alone, shameful.

When Andra was still late in his daydream, suddenly the door of the room was knocked again. Andra snorted in annoyance, who would dare to disturb him when his heart was uneasy.

"Lake in!" yell Andra.

The door of the room opened, and it turned out that the one who came was Nafa. A beautiful woman who has worked in her office for a long time.

"Excuse me Mr. Andra, here's a lunch from Mr. Louis. He has a meeting outside, and he can't have lunch with you" Nafa said as he put his food on the table.

"Yes." answered Andra briefly.

"Then excuse me sir" said Nafa as he walked away.

"Wait Nafa!" yell Andra.

"Can I help you sir?" nafa asked while looking over, looking at Andra.

"Sit down!" andra's orders.

Nafa said he was sitting in a chair, in front of Andra.

"You're married?" ask Andra without a stale base.

"Not yet sir." replied Nafa while shaking his head.

"Have a lover?" Andra asked again.

"Hug Sir, why?" Nafa asked back.

"I need help, I need a partner to attend an ex's wedding. I will double your salary, on condition that you have to farm me, and pretend to be my girlfriend" Andra said as she stared at Nafa.

"She was a graceful, beautiful woman. Well worth it enough to be my partner. There's no way I'm coming to Nadhira's wedding alone." Andra's inner self in her heart.

"Mister Andra's request is very strange, and why should I. It could ruin my reputation if I became Mr. Andra's partner. Mr. Andra is famous for being a playboy, I might not sell, if people know I was once a partner" Nafa said in his heart.

"Sorry sir I can't" Nafa said softly.

"Why?" asked Andra while frowning her forehead.

"I'm afraid sir, if people think we're really in a relationship. That's not good for me. Later if anyone likes me, they will be inferior, because I am close to Mr. Andra. Finally they moved away, and I failed to get a mate sir." replied Nafa at length.

"God what's wrong with this woman, why does her mind go that far." Andra grumbled in her heart.

"Yes already then, please come out!" andra said as she shook her hand.

"Sir Andra's angry?" ask Nafa.

"No."

"I'm not fired, sir, I'm still paid, right, sir?" ask Nafa. Seeing Andra's slightly tangled face, Nafa knew that his boss was upset.

"No, as long as you're out right now. Understand!" said Andra while looking at Nafa sharply.

"Okay sir, then excuse me." said Nafa as he walked away.

"It's a good thing to just get kicked out, not to get fired. Besides, there is this Mr. Andra. Just come to the marriage of the former right, for what bother looking for a partner, strange." Inner Nafa while walking towards his room.

"Ckk, keep on how this is. Just who I came to Vino's wedding. Everything sucks!" gerutu Andra while nibbling his temple.

Andra glanced at the food box that was on the table, she grabbed it, and then opened it quietly.

"Papa was very considerate, even though I wasn't his biological son. I remember Dad, Dad used to be very considerate of me, but I never appreciated him. I always thought of him as a subordinate." Andra said as he churned his meal.

Given his bitter fate, he was not eager to eat his food.

For a long time Andra was silent, propping up his chin, and staring at the food that was open before him. And a few minutes later, he was startled by the sound of his phone ringing. Andra glanced at him lazily, it was Mr. Louis who called her. Then Andra grabbed her phone, and picked up her phone.

"Hallo Pa." said Andra.

"Hallo Andra, the food's here, right?" ask Mr. Louis.

"Already Pa, I've eaten. Thank you Pa." answered Andra nervously.

"Yes, I'm sorry Papa can't accompany you. This is Papa in a meeting, just finished" said Mr. Louis.

"Yes Pa is okay. Papa's been eating yet?" ask Andra.

"Yet, after this Papa will eat" replied Mr. Louis.

"Oh that way, don't eat too late Pa." said Andra.

"Yes. Yes, Papa closed the phone."

"Yes Pa."

Andra put her phone back on, staring at the food in front of her with guilt. His father had not eaten, but he had sent him food. And he, instead, ignored the food until it was cold. What kind of child is he. Andra scooped up her food, and bribed her into her mouth. He did not care that even if the food was cold, he had to spend it, he had to appreciate the attention of his Papa.

***

Andra glanced at the circular clockwork in her hand. It was only 03:00 in the afternoon, but he was already very tired, he could not wait to leave his chair. Then Andra took care of her table, and moved from her seat. He grabbed his car keys, and stepped out of his room.

Andra walked towards the parking lot, he got into his car, and drove it with moderate speed. He did not go home immediately, but he would stop by for a while at the funeral. He wanted to visit his father who was lying underground.

About half an hour drive, Andra stopped his car in front of the entrance of the Surabaya City TPU. Andra got out of her car, and stepped towards her father's funeral.

Andra continued walking, and before long she came across a woman dressed in black complete with her veil. The woman's face looked familiar, it seemed like Andra had known her once, but who? Between remembering, and not Andra kept staring at the woman's face.

"Andra!" call the woman while releasing her sunglasses.

Andra flinched, now that she remembered who that woman was. She was a Saint, a beautiful woman who had once been a part of her past.

"Holy, why are you here?" ask Andra.

"I visited someone who was at peace in his sleep, why are you here?" The saint asked.

"I want to visit my father." replied Andra.

"Oh."

"How are you?" asked Andra, looking at the Saint who kept looking at him, it would not feel good if he just stepped away.

"I'm good too. You alone?" Andra asked again.

"Yes." replied the Saint while nodding.

"Not with my husband?" asked Andra, for a very long time they have never met, surely now Saints are married. She was once pregnant, so it was impossible if until now the Saints were still alone.

"Whose husband is Ndra, I have never been married" Suci replied with a laugh.

"True, then that guy?" ask Andra.

"Om Jimmy you mean? He already has the Ndra family, after all I have nothing to do with him either." Suci replied with a long sigh.

"So the man did not want to take responsibility. He had already impregnated Suci, but did not want to marry her. Truly an asshole." Andra's inner heart in his.

"So he's not responsible?" ask Andra.

"Responsible for what?" The saint asked.

"Isn't he the one who's been." Andra said.

"There's a lot you don't know about Ndra, and I don't think you need to know. Move aside, I want to pass by." said the Holy One quickly. He did not give Andra a chance to continue his sentence. He knew what Andra was going to say, it was about his painful past.

"Sacred Wait!" said Andra while holding the Holy Arm.

"What's the Ndra?"

"What did you mean?" ask Andra.

"It doesn't matter Ndra. Move aside, let me through. I must go home immediately." said Suci while trying to release Andra's grip.

"Just as you know Ndra, it's never gonna change things. You just like my body, you never like me with your heart. Your true feelings are not for me Ndra." Sacred Inner looked down.

"Sacred wait!" said Andra while still holding the Holy Arm.

Saints did not reply, he just stared at Andra with nanar. His clear eyes seemed to be glazed over, there seemed to be a painful thing he was trying to hide.

"Explain what you mean? I feel like you're hiding something Ci." Andra said as she stared at Suci.

"Please don't push me Ndra." replied Suci quietly.

"I wouldn't have urged you if it had nothing to do with me. Now answer me, what are you hiding, related to me or not?" andra asked while holding both Holy shoulders.

Sacred fell silent while biting her lips. He had trouble answering Andra's question.

"Holy answer me!" said Andra.

But Saints still remained silent, he turned his face away, trying to avoid Andra's gaze.

"If you're silent, it has something to do with me. Am I really Holy?" ask Andra.

"Why are you asking that now Ndra, didn't you seek for yourself, what the truth was. If you didn't believe me in the past, why do you still ask. If I answer, what do you think you'll believe?" holy words with a slightly high tone.

Andra flinched in shock, what does this mean?

"Say more clearly Holy! This time I will believe you." Andra said while still staring at Sacred.

The saint released the hand of Andra who was holding his shoulder. Then he grabbed something from his sling bag. It turned out that what he took was a wallet, then Saints took something from inside that wallet. A small folded white paper, which he then handed to Andra.

"Read on!" holy Word while staring at Andra.

Frowning in wonder Andra grabbed the paper. Then he opened it quickly, he was very curious about what the Saints had given him.

Andra's body seemed to freeze right then and there, as her eyes stared at the writing after writing that was engraved neatly on the paper. Five years ago, Suci Regyna Hilmy gave birth to a baby boy named Bintang Anggara Hilmy in RSU Surabaya City. Not the place, nor the name of the baby that makes you fixated, but the results of DNA tests.

The inscription states that Andra Dwi Anggara is the biological father of a baby named Bintang Anggara Hilmy. Andra's eyes continued to stare at the sheet, hoping for a mistake in her vision. But no, many times Andra read it, the sound of the writing remains the same. Then he stared at the official stamp in the top corner, which meant that this sheet was actually given by the hospital, not just individual engineering.

"If you don't believe me, you go to the hospital and ask the truth. You know, I'm not the richest man in Indonesia, so I wouldn't be able to bribe a hospital that big, just for the sake of a piece of writing." Suci said. Staring at Andra who was fixated long enough, Suci was sure if Andra doubted the true reality.

"I believe, but I used to always use security, so how could it be like this. And why didn't you tell me?" andra said nervously.

"What do you mean Ndra? I told you, but you don't believe me. You even thought I was pregnant with Jimmy. I know, you just love my body, you never really loved me. That's why you never know what I'm going through. Bitter sweetness of my life, you never care about Ndra." said Suci as she stared intently at Andra.

"You said we're lovers, but it's not really Ndra, I'm just like your baby sugar. As long as I look beautiful, look sexy, and willing to sleep with you. Already, you don't care anymore about the others. You don't want to know about my life, my problems, or my difficulties. All you have in mind is sleep, sleep, and sleep." Suci continued while shedding her tears.

"Holy pardon me, I didn't mean that. I. I.." said Andra.

"Here you go, I'm a fool too. It's so easy to fall into the seduction of a man like you Ndra. And more stupidly, I want to sleep with you, too, when you're drunk. I am nothing more than an impingement, the proof is that you also forgot that we did it without safety, and you took it out inside" said the Holy One.

Andra was shocked. He recalled that one night, he was drunk and couldn't even go home. He felt like there was a woman helping him, and drove him to the apartment. Then he vaguely remembered, too, that he was doing it with the woman. But when he woke up the next day, he was alone, and did not find a woman next to him. Andra was also still fully dressed, so he thought that the shadow was just his illusion, not a real event.

Andra now thinks herself stupid. If it's an illusion, he should still be in the nightclub, not in his apartment. And again, that time only Saints can go in and out of his apartment. Ahh, why can he be this stupid, why can't he think with his logic.

"Why did you leave me, without waking me up first?" andra asked as she rubbed her face. Turns out Ella was right, getting drunk could have resulted in a very fatal mistake.

"I'm leaving, because Papa called me. The company that Papa built since long ago went bankrupt. I don't know who set him up, which Papa obviously went bankrupt, and we almost became homeless. I didn't see you, because I was busy, I was too busy looking for help here and there to save Papa's company." Suci replied as she wiped her tears.

"When my family was in trouble, everyone walked away. Papa's business partner, Mama's friend, and also his kinsmen, they don't care about Papa. They are self-absorbed with their world, without caring about our difficulties. It's only Jimmy, the only one who's willing to help Papa. He is a close friend of Papa, and he is the one who extends his hand, and helps us to get back up." Suci continued.

Andra was still silent, she let Saints explain about her past.

"Finding the fact that his business was bankrupt, Papa dropped, and he was hospitalized. That's why I'm the only one who works with Om Jimmy. You got a picture of me in and out of the hotel with Om Jimmy. It's not what you think Ndra is, some of the hotels belong to Om Jimmy, and I'm there with him for work, not others." continued Suci while staring at Andra.

"Why didn't you explain it to Saints, why did you keep it all alone?" andra said while holding Holy hands.

"How can I explain it to you, Ndra, you've been walking with another woman, when I haven't seen you for a few days. I was in a mess at the time, I didn't even realize if there was a fetus that started growing in my stomach. That's why I told you a little late. Maybe my arrival was a little surprising, but I don't know what else to do. While my family was being tested, I was going through something as bitter as that, I really messed up Ndra. That's why I came back so emotionally, because I was so hurt Ndra" said Suci, still crying.

Andra tightened her grip, while looking at Suci fixedly.

"I was hoping you could marry me, but it turned out to be a hollow hope. You found a picture of me with Om Jimmy. All the truth you brought so cornered me Ndra, I have no power to claim your responsibility anymore. So I give up, I'm no longer chasing you. Because I think it's free to get married, if you don't love me at all." Suci continued.

"I'm sorry Holy, I'm sorry. So where's our son now?" asked Andra while wiping Holy tears.

"He was at peace in his sleep. I love him, but God loves him more. He is someone I just visited Ndra." Suci replied with a bow. Her tears were dripping more and more, when she remembered about her son.

"If you had been there for me, Ndra, he might still be alive. She was born when my family was still in a difficult time, I did not have enough cost to convert her to recovery." Sacred Inner in her heart.

Seriate......