ANINDITA, A Tale of the Past

Dilanda Anxiety

Anindita was still sitting on the sofa because she felt her abdominal muscles tight when suddenly the sound of a phone ringing that was immediately lifted by Mita.

" Alabama Florist, good afternoon .." said Mita as she picked up the phone.

" Arin's sister? There's just come, Ci."

Anindita who heard her name called immediately got up and walked closer to Mita.

" Who, Ma'am? Ci Lucy?" Anindita reached out her hand asking for the phone handle Mita was holding.

" A minute, Ci. Anin's mom wants to talk to Cici." Mita handed the phone to Anindita.

" Hello, Ci. Ci, please don't tell Mr. Ricky that I'm here." Anindita who suspects Ricky contacted Lucy immediately requested that her boss not inform her of her whereabouts at Alabama Flyfist.

" What's the matter, Nin?" ask Lucy.

" It's okay, Ci. I just want Mr. Ricky not to dictate that I have to be this way." Anindita reasoned, she did not say if in fact she was very upset by the man's attitude.

" But he's like he's confused looking for you, Nin." said Lucy.

" Just leave it, Ci. I need to calm my mind here" Anindita replied, not wanting to worry about Ricky worrying or not looking for him. " Please yes, Ci. Let me calm down here," he continued later.

" Okay, Nin. Cici won't tell Mr. Ricky that you're there." said Lucy.

" Thank you, Ci."

" Yes, if so Cici hang up the phone, yes, Nin."

" Yes, Ci "

Anindita then returned the phone to Mita.

" Why doesn't Anin want Mr Ricky to know that he's here?" Mita who received the phone handle from Anindita was curious about Anindita's attitude.

" Because if he knows I'm here, he might come here and tell me to go home" Anindita replied. It was not that he was overconfident but knowing how the man managed it lately made him think that way.

" So care for Mr. Ricky with Ms. Anin. Don't-don't Mr. Ricky was secretly having a crush on Anin." Mita giggles to make Anindita widen her eyes.

" Don't bother, Ma'am!" sergeant Anindita fast.

" Lho, it is. Just try Anin thought, how did Mr Ricky attitude to Mbak Anin? Until he told to stay in a luxury apartment he told Mbak Anin to stop working. Next try it?" Mita reveals her analysis.

" It was all because of Rama, because he felt responsible to Rama. Ma'am Mita don't be weird thinking." Anindita then walks into the inner shop room because she feels lazy to talk about Ricky's problems.

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Ricky was staring at a table of numbers on his laptop when suddenly his phone he had placed on the table rang. Ricky quickly answered the phone call when he saw it was Lucy who called him.

" Hello, how about, madam? Is Anin there?" Ricky who impatiently wanted to know the whereabouts of Anindita immediately greeted first.

" I'm sorry, Mr. Ricky. I just called my clerk at the store, but Anin wasn't there, sir." At Anindita's request, Lucy finally lies about Anindita's whereabouts.

Ricky immediately snorted when Lucy informed him that Anindita was not in Alabama Florist, at once his mind was very chaotic, guessing where Anindita was now.

" In addition to the Madam's Shop, is there any other place Anin used to visit?" ricky asks for information he can use to find Anindita's whereabouts.

" Anin's the one who rarely travels, sir. His friend was only about my store clerk," said Lucy.

" Alright, Madam. Thanks for the information. Please inform me if Madam has found Anin's whereabouts."

" Okay, Mister."

Ricky then hangs up his phone with Lucy.

Ricky then contacted someone back via his cell phone.

" Good day, Mr. Ricky. Can I help you?" ask someone Ricky contacted.

" Lunch, Miss Wanda. I'd like to see CCTV footage in front of the school gates around the clock as early as today." Ricky conveys his goal of contacting Bu Wanda who is the principal at Kindergarten where Ramadan is the school.

" Well, Mr. Ricky, I'll have people check" Wanda said.

" Thank you, Miss Wanda. I'm waiting for the tape as soon as possible."

" Okay, Mr. Ricky. It will be sent the recording soon"

" Om, has Mama come yet?" Suddenly the voice of Ramadan was heard.

Ricky then hangs up his phone call when he finds his son already appearing in front of him.

" Mama Rama has returned to the apartment." Ricky is lying, because he himself doesn't know where Anindita is now.

" Rama wants to come home with Mama, Om. Rama wants to kiss Mama's belly."

Ricky snorted at the request of Ramadan. He deliberately gave an answer if Anindita was in the apartment so Ramadhan was silent not to ask the whereabouts of Anindita. But it actually backfired because now it was precisely his son asked him to go home because he wanted to meet his mother.

Ricky then approached Ramadan and sat crouched in front of Ramadan.

" Rama, Mama went home to the apartment because Mama was tired, wanted to rest. If Rama comes home now, Mama will disturb his rest. So Rama's here just the same Om." Ricky rubbed Ramadhan's head while persuading his son not to force him to go home.

" Rama, Mr. Ricky ... Brother's taking you to lunch together." Kirania's voice suddenly rang out from the direction of Ricky's office door.

" Where is Rama's mother?" Kirania searches for Anindita's whereabouts in Ricky's study.

" Mama's home, Auntie. Said Ricky, Mama's tired of taking a break." Ramadhan answers the question of Kirania.

" Home home?" Kirania frowned, she then glanced at Ricky who was wiping the nostrils with his finger, making Kirania understand if there was anything Ricky had hidden from his son.

" OK-okay, yes already then Rama will not follow the same Aunt and Om Dirga eat?" Kirania reached out her hand reaching for the tiny hand of Ramadan.

" Want, Aunt. No burgers, Auntie?" tanya Ramadhan enthusiastically.

" Rama wants to eat a burger?"

" Yes, Aunt."

" Yes, Auntie's gonna buy a burger for Rama." Kirania then took Ramadhan out of her father's office.

" Om, come ... Want to eat a burger, too?" Ramadhan turned to Ricky who did not follow his steps.

" Hmmm, Om is still not hungry. Rama went with Aunt Rania and Om Dirga first, yeah." Ricky who still feels not calm because he still has not found where Anindita is now is choosing to stay in the office only.

Ricky's reply made Kirania again frown. But Kirania chose not to interfere too much, although she suspected it was related to the existence of Anindita who suddenly disappeared from the office of the Kingdom of Space.

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