Anindira Dew
Section 54
"How about Sam? Anin's already taken off?" ask Ask Ask Askara via phone.
"Mrs Anin took off 15 minutes ago sir" said Mr Sam
"Well then, thank you for taking Anin safely to the airport".
"It should be my duty, sir" said Mr. Sam.
The phone connection was then cut off.
Askara again sipped his cigarette, exhaling the original smoke to fill the resort room.
After returning from the beach club, Askara decided to return to the resort that had been abandoned by Anin this afternoon.
Askara thought of the words of Arga, who kept ringing in his head. Is it true that Anin has started to fall in love with her?
Askara's memory goes back to their quarrel this afternoon.how Anin looked at her with hurt eyes and also implied disappointment.
Askara's head was dizzy thinking about all this, he had to make sure firsthand whether it was true that Anin had started to fall in love or just a casual feeling.
Askara got up from her seat, taking one step at a time the stairs to her room to clean up.
****
After enduring the fear of being alone on the plane, Anin finally reached Jakarta when it was dark.
Outside the airport, there is already Mr. Hilman waiting for Anin's arrival.
Of course everything was on Askara's orders.
"Good night non" said Mr. Hilman when Anin was out of the airport door.
"Night too, sir" Anin smiled back.
"Here non, let me help" Mr. Hilman took over the suitcase in Anin's hands.
"Thank you sir".
Before putting Anin's suitcase into the trunk of the car, Mr. Hilman frowned to find someone.
"Sir Hilman who's looking?" tanya Anin also looked around the airport.
"That's non, Mr Askara how come you haven't looked?" ask Mr. Hilman.
Anin suddenly fell silent to Hilman's question.
"Anu sir, that's.mas Askara later his flight will be followed because there is still business he said" replied Anin origin.
Mr. Hilman nodded his head understanding "Master Askara is busy well, non" said Mr. Hilman who felt no wonder with the busyness of Askara.
Anin heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately Hilman was not suspicious.
"Yya sir"
"Yes, we're going home to the mansion"
Mr. Hilman immediately opened the car door for Anin then put Anin's suitcase into the trunk.
"Thank you sir" Anin said.
Mr. Hilman got into the car, started running the four-wheeled vehicle leaving the airport.
Anin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, reactivated her mobile data that had been in airplane mode while flying earlier.
Anin's first goal was to check the incoming message on his phone.I hope Askara gave it to him, but apparently not a single incoming message from the man.
Anin turned off her phone screen again with a feeling of emptiness, staring out the night view of the city of Jakarta which was hit by drizzling rain.
"Sir...jakarta weather these three days is not good anymore?" asked Anin, trying to open a chat with Mr. Hilman so as not to think about Askara.
"Only today is non, but this morning until noon the weather is bright" said Mr. Hilman who focuses on driving.
Anin was silent again.
"Oh Iyya, have you worked with Mami Sandra for a long time?" tanya Anin wanted to know little by little the lives of the people who worked in the mansion.
"A very long time non, from the small Askara master, I often take Mr. Askara to school" said Mr. Hilman.
Anin thought of something.
"Emmm... Can you ask me something, sir?" anin said carefully.
"By non, I'm happy to answer".
Anin breathed first.
"Sir Hilman knows Dalila?" tanya Anin, still trying to find information about Dalila through the people who work in the mansion.
Anin just wanted to know, in the eyes of Mr. Hilman about what the proximity of Askara and Dalila so far.
"Non Lila means?, I certainly know non. will never live in the mansion as well as Mr. Askara during the High School era" said Mr. Hilman.
Another new fact known by Anin, Dalila once lived in a mansion with Askara.
Anin's heart twitched, it was indeed as close as that of Askara and Dalila.
"Why did Hilman call Dalila Lila?" ask Anin curiously.
"That's because of the habit of hearing Mr. Askara call Lila the father of also entanglement"
"They're that close, sir?"
"Decet really non, they are suhabatan. let alone non Lila an orphan, nearby just the same as Mr. Askara doang" explained Mr. Hilman.
"When Dalila goes abroad, what about Askara sir?" anin asked, she was anxious to know.
Although Mami Sandra had already explained to him the condition of Askara while living in Dalila, but Anin wanted to know from the version of Mr. Hilman.
It does not rule out the possibility that Mr. Hilman knows many things that Mami Sandra did not tell him.
Mr. Hilman fell silent, he was afraid to explain the darkest part of Askara's life.
"Sir, why are you quiet?" ask Anin because Mr. Hilman did not answer his question.
Mr. Hilman smiled stiffly looking at Anin from the windshield.
"For that, I don't think it's my capacity to talk" said Mr. Hilman felt bad.
"Why sir?, Mr. Hilman do not have to fear. right now I am his wife Askara.so I have to know the past of my husband from the people closest to him, let alone Dalila a close friend of Askara mas" obviously Anin was trying to convince Mr. Hilman.
Mr. Hilman seemed to be weighing.
"Tell me sir" Anin said.
"Good,non"
"So, when non-Lila decided to leave the country, Mr. Askara's attitude changed drastically, unlike Mr. Askara who we know. every day always come home late at night in a state of heavy drunkenness, and, sometimes his face is also bonyok-bonyok because of a fight"
"The lady was so big that she was desperate to see the condition of Mr. Askara at that time. for almost a year Mr. Askara never set foot in the office and decided to move into his own apartment to confine himself to outsiders".
"I was shocked to learn that Mr. Askara had moved into the mansion with a woman, who was none other than Non-Anin. because at that time Mr. Askara himself said that he did not want to set foot in the mansion because he always remembered non Lila". explained Mr. Hilman closed the story.
Anin listened carefully to every story that came out of Mr. Hilman's mouth. Not much different from what Mami Sandra tells us, but there are some things Anin just found out about Dalila and Askara's relationship.
"Thank you sir for telling the story" Anin said with a bright smile as possible.
"Sama-sama non, but that's just the past of Mr. Askara. now there is a non Anin who can make Mr. Askara a better person again".
"Yyya sir, I will try my best" Anin replied.
It did not feel like the car had entered the courtyard of the mansion.
Anin took a deep breath, she had to prepare a convincing answer for Mami Sandra, if later asking for the whereabouts of Askara.
Mr. Hilman went down to open the door for Anin, then dropped Anin's suitcase from the trunk of the car.
"Let's non" said Mr. Hilman opened the door of the mansion for Anin.
"Thank you sir" Anin said.
Bi Ratih who was preparing for the night at the dining table, was surprised to see the arrival of Anin.
"Non Anin" exclaimed Bi Ratih sumringah. "Well, don't you come home?"
"Iyya Bi, Anin has already missed the mansion" Anin said chuckling.
"I went up first non" said Mr. Hilman pampit upwards to save Anin's suitcase.
"Yyya sir".Anin replied.
"Where's Sandra, bi?" anin asked because she did not see her father-in-law, when it was time for dinner.
"The big lady's in her room non, want auntie to call?"
"No need bi, let Anin go to Mami's room.want to pack suprise" said Anin smiling.
"Yes already, auntie continues to prepare dinner first"
After he leaves for the kitchen, Anin steps into Sandra's room.
Anin's hand was raised to knock on Sandra's room door.
Tok.shock .tok..
Sandra's bedroom door opened.
"Yya.why bi?" sandra asked thinking that Bi Ratih was knocking on the door.
"Anniiin? exclaims Sandra can't believe "You when to get to the mansion, baby?" tanyanya was happy to see Anin had come home.
"Mi, Anin is very hungry" said Anin immediately embraced Sandra.
Anin's eyes glazed over, she tightly hugged Sandra's body, seeking strength over what had happened today between her and Askara.
"Mommy's kangen too, baby" Sandra replied.
Sandra broke their arms.
"You haven't answered Mami's question, when are you?"
"Barusan Mi, picked up by Mr. Hilman"
"Kok Mr. Hilman did not say the same mommy"
"Maybe hurry Mi, so do not take the story if you want to pick up Anin"
"Where does Askara go?" sandra asked, not seeing the nose of her son.
Anin freezes, this is what she fears when Sandra searches for Askara's whereabouts.
"Anne?" sandra made Anin flinch.
"Eh, Iyya Mi.. Mas Askara still has business so he told Anin to go home to Jakarta first" Anin replied carefully.
"What?" peekik Sandra does not believe "So, Askara told you to go home to Jakarta alone?, really outrageous the child" said Sandra annoyed.
"Mi.. this is not the fault of Mas Askara kok, anyways Anin himself who asked to return first. leave time Anin only three days and tomorrow morning already have to go to work"
"If Anin waits for Mas Askara until the business is finished, Anin will arrive at the mansion late at night, automatically do not have much time to rest later" explained Anin at length, he said, of course all his words were the result of making his free.
"Yya too, besides, you are pregnant and should not be too tired" Sandra replied feeling Anin's explanation made sense.
"Now we have dinner first well, after that you just go to your room and immediately rest" Sandra said so attentive to Anin.
"Iyya Mi" Anin replied .
The two walked together to the dining table.
*****
After finishing dinner, Anin immediately headed to her room due to an order from Mami Sandra to tell her to take a break immediately.
After all, Anin also did not feel at home lingering below because she was continuously teased by Mami Sandra during the video call incident a few days ago, after going through a hot night with Askara.
Anin's hand lifted turned on the room lights.This room was so spacious, it felt lonely without the presence of Askara.
Anin was sitting on the edge of the mattress, she suddenly missed Askara now.
Anin reached into his bag, looking for his phone to check the goods again Askara asked if he had reached Jakarta or not.
Although impossible, but Anin hoped for it.
"Well...Her phone is dead" said Anin with a slumped chest when she found out her phone battery was running out.
Anin immediately looked for her phone charger inside the bag.
"Nothing is there?" muttered Anin when he did not find the charger.
"Don't miss out on the resort" Anin patted his eel, as it hurriedly packed him to the point of forgetting his cell phone charger.
Now Anin is confused, how should he charge his phone if the charger just missed.
Anin stared around the room, her gaze falling on a desk drawer on which was a small flower vase.
Maybe there's a cell phone charger there.
Anin's hand opened the first part of the desk drawer but found nothing. Then she switched to open the second drawer.
Anin's eyes sparkled, she got a charger that matched her phone.
However, when it will close the drawer again. A photo album caught Anin's attention.
Curious, Anin took the album.
"D and A" muttered Anin spelling out the cover of the photo album.
Anin's hand moved open the photo album.
The first sheet of the album contains photos of Askara and a woman on the bench of Junior High.
"Beautiful". Anin murmured praising the beautiful look of the woman.
Anin's hand continued to move open sheet by sheet. The contents are still photos of Askara with the same woman, this time using the SMA uniform.
There is one photo where Askara is seen embracing the woman with her bright smile.
"Dalila Ajeng Nelson" muttered Anin read the name tag on the uniform the woman was wearing.
Anin is stunned, so this album contains all the photos of Askara with Dalila from time to time.
Can not be denied, as long as you see the photo of Dalila earlier, Anin continues to praise the beautiful face of the crossbreed of the woman.
Now Anin understands why Askara fell in love with Dalila, she is indeed very beautiful.
Now, Anin so comparing himself to Dalila, He who is only a village girl is unlikely to attract the attention of Askara if in a pair with Dalila.
Anin reached the end of the album sheet.However, there is a photo of Askara and Dalila that is not attached to the album.
Anin's face looks sad, not because of the photo but because of the writing behind the photo.
"I'll wait for you, no matter how long you go, how far apart I'll keep waiting until that feeling grows for me. I love you Lila, will continue to love you.... Marked 'Askara' ".
Anin smothers a mouth in disbelief reading Askara's handwriting behind the photo. Her heart ached again knowing the fact that until at any time in Askara's life there would only be the name Dalila.
Anin's chest feels tight, why it hurts so much. Loving a man whose feelings are precisely for another woman.
Anin did not realize, behind her back had stood Askara with clenched hands.
"Put down the photo album" Askara said with a heavy voice.
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