Ariana For Rangga
Episode Nineteen
Adzan maghrib reverberated, as Arin happened to cross a mosque by the road. He turned the direction, then entered the mosque with a step.
After performing the maghrib prayer and feeling his heart calmer, Arin reached into his sling bag and grabbed the mobile phone that he had been extinguishing since morning.
Fortunately only his suitcase was left behind, while his wallet and mobile phone he stored in a sling bag that was still stuck on his shoulder.
There are a lot of messages coming in from Ardan and Donny, but Arin ignores them all.
He opened the online application and ordered it. Shortly after the booked taxi arrived, Arin asked the driver to drive him to one of the nearby hotels.
Arriving at the hotel because he did not have cash, Arin decided to use an ATM that was once given by his grandfather. In fact, he hardly ever used it except in a desperate situation, like this. She secretly felt grateful for it.
"I'm sorry, but the single room and twin room are full. All that's left is a double room."
Said the hotel receptionist when Arin would book a room for her.
Arin thought for a moment, considering.
"Judah, I took the double room. You can pay for this, right?"
Arin gave her ATM card.
After the administrative process was completed, one of the bellboys drove Arin to the room he had booked.
Arin threw his body on the bed.
Not only was his body tired, his soul was also shaken over the swmua that occurred. It was hard for him to believe the truth he had only heard a few hours ago.
"Why do you do that.. Betraying the father and establishing relationships with other men, behind the father and even the mother to conceive her child. Now that I understand, this is why my attitude has changed drastically. Father who used to be warm and loving to his wife and children, but mother really has hurt father to make father become like this. Poor dad, all this time I thought it was you who was being selfish and left mom for herself. But who can be betrayed by a loved one?
Mothers... Our family used to be so happy, but why did you destroy everything? Just for the sake of the man, I was able to ignore all of us. Do we mean nothing to Mom? Is that man who doesn't even have a blood relationship with the mother, more important than the children who were born from the mother's womb?"
Arin was crying.
Tired of crying that night, Arin finally fell asleep.
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"Dad, where are you going? Why did you take your brother away? Dad, Arin's coming with me.. Don't stay Arin.. Arin wants to go with Ardan's father and brother.."
The little girl about ten years old crying pulled the arm of the adult man she called Father.
The man carried two suitcases and held the hand of a boy several years older than the boy.
The two children were crying and hugging each other, not wanting to be separated.
the courtyard of a simple green-painted house became a silent witness to the family's grief.
The father first put two suitcases into the trunk of a maroon capsule deer car, then he pulled his son's hand and took him into the car.
"Dad, brother doesn't want to come with me if you don't come. Brother wants to be equally adek, do not stay adek well, pity adek.."
His son was crying, tugging at the sleeves of his father's shirt, who was sitting next to the driver.
"Dad, Arin wants to come with me.. Don't stay Arin.. Arin wants to be Ardan's brother.."
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"Yeahhhhh..."
Arin suffocated and immediately regained his senses.
He's just a dream.
The flash of events eight years ago is still vividly reflected in Arin's memory. When his father almost left him and just took Ardan. But because he felt unbearable to his two children who had cried wailing, finally Arin also brought along.
I don't know what was going on at the time. But as far as Arin could remember, from then on his father's attitude had completely changed drastically. The figure of Malik who was previously affectionate, suddenly became a selfish man and did not care for his two children.
After leaving Ardan and Arin at Grandpa and Grandma's house, Malik went somewhere.
Three years later, Malik is back in his hometown.
The two children he left behind began to grow up.
Ardan the eldest, already sitting in the second grade of high school. While Arin the youngest, now sitting in the first grade of junior high school.
Seeing the return of his father after three years apart, of course, the two children who were teenagers were very happy. Especially when his grandmother said, his father would settle down and start a small workshop business.
But the happiness was only for a moment, Malik disbanded everything when he rebuked Arin just because his daughter whined to meet her mother.
Since Malik left Jakarta with his two children, Wulan has never tried to meet them. Especially at that time the career of Wulan Ayu Ningsih began to climb, when appointed as one of the judges of the magazine cover model search for local cosmetic products. But it did not last long, and slowly his career faded.
Until finally, Wulan Ayu Ningsih made a stir with gossip that appeared in the media. About his relationship with one of the wealthy businessmen from Malaysia. Shortly thereafter, her career skyrocketed again after she was trusted to be the head of the makeup team for the Miss Asia event. Job offers from prestigious brands and artist management began to arrive, and made the name Wulan Ayu Ningsih more fluttering.
As Arin celebrates his 15th birthday, Wulan Ayu Ningsih comes in person to pick him up. But of course, it was strongly opposed by Malik. Finally Wulan came home empty-handed.
He didn't give up, and tried again - and again.
Until finally Malik's parents who are Arin's grandparents feel devastated, then let Wulan take Arin right on his sixteen year anniversary.
Just a few days of course, because Malik caught up with them and brought Arin back to his parents' house.
Unmitigated, at that time Malik locked Arin up for days in the room as a punishment for not obeying him.
"Never see that woman again!"
That was the threat given by Malik.
At that moment his face looked wrathful, as if Arin had already made a huge mistake.
Eight years have passed since they left Jakarta, the happy memories of Arin's childhood with his father and mother also left, evaporating.
All that's left, is worthless debris.
