Ariana For Rangga
Episode Forty Nine
"Arin, are you okay? Is there a wound?"
Rangga looked very anxious.
"Mas Rangga, how come it's here?"
Arin swiftly rubbed his swollen face.
"Sorry, I'm not focusing on the road. It's okay, right?"
Rangga shook his head while smiling.
"Thank God you're all right, if I was late maybe.."
Arin and Rangga tried to get up, but it seemed that Rangga was in trouble. His elbow hurt because it hit the asphalt while trying to save Arin earlier.
Arin helped Rangga stand up.
"Mas Rangga is really okay?"
Ask Arin.
"It's okay. Just a little scuffed."
Rangga replied lying.
"You do these nights as a road alone, a danger."
Arin tried to find an excuse.
"Ehm, I want to see my friend Mas. We've already agreed to meet around here."
Arin replied lying.
But of course, his face could not lie.
Rangga narrowed his eyes, looking at Arin with suspicion. Previously he saw Arin running rushed from the hospital and with his face puffy, Rangga seemed to know Arin was lying.
"Just let me take you."
Tawar Rangga's.
"No, it's okay. Besides, I'm sure Rangga's busy too."
Arin pointed at Rangga's white coat. Of course, he forgot to take it off when chasing Arin earlier.
"Here is the danger, don't you see that the streets are deserted? What if anything happens to you? Your family will be worried too. Come on, let me deliver."
Arin can only stop. It is free to reject the wishes of the man in front of him.
Arin reached into his pocket, grabbed a cell phone and tried to contact someone.
"Re, where are you?"
Ask Arin when the call is connected.
"Oh, jeez I'm where you are now."
Then Arin ended the call.
"My friend's at home, he seems to be unwell."
Arin tries to find another reason so that Rangga is not increasingly suspicious.
"Would you like to go to her house?"
Ask Rangga.
Arin nodded.
"So, let me take you there."
Arin nodded quickly.
"No, I can go by myself with ojek. Besides, the house isn't far from here."
Reject Arin.
"I'm sorry Arin, but I don't like to be denied. I promised Grandpa I'd take care of you anyway."
"Arin, how do you say men.."
Arin immediately shut Rere's mouth so that his friend did not miss talking, because in fact they had no prior appointment.
"Because you said it wasn't healthy, so I thought I should come here."
Said Arin while gesturing to Rere.
As if understanding with Arin's intent, Rere simply nodded.
"Yes, sorry. It seems like I am very tired today. Lots of work in the office. By the way, thanks Dok has nemenin Arin until here. I was the one who wanted to pick her up."
"What's wrong, then I say goodbye. Rin, let me know if you're going back to the hospital later."
Rangga gave his card to Arin.
"What's wrong Doc, I'll take Arin there. Besides, maybe Arin's gonna stay here tonight."
Reply Rere.
"What happened to Rin?"
Ask Rere as soon as Rangga leaves.
"It's nothing, I just happened to meet Doctor Rangga on the street."
Arin replied lying.
"No, not about that. I asked because of your puffy face, are you crying? Rin's.. I beg you at least share a little of your troubles, don't keep it to yourself."
Persuade Rere.
"I'm fine, Re, I'm just a little tired because these few days have been less rest since Grandpa was taken care of."
Rere sighed deeply.
"Yes, then rest here. This is the key to my house, tomorrow before dawn I have to leave for Bandung. You can use this house while you wait until Grandpa is allowed to go home."
Rere handed over the keys to Arin's house.
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"Assalamualaikum Bang Ardan, I'm sorry I interrupted these nights. I just wanted to let you know that Arin is in my house right now. That young doctor brought Arin here. I don't know what's going on, but it looks like Arin's in trouble. I deliberately contacted Brother, so that Brother and Om Malik would not worry about Arin. God willing, she's safe in my house."
That night Rere secretly contacted Ardan to tell Arin where he was, considering that Arin had also left the hospital and made his family anxious.
"Vaalaikumsalam. Yes, thank you very much Re. Big brother Arin, take care of him."
"Inshaa Allah Bang, but tomorrow morning I have to go to Bandung. Maybe for a while Arin will stay here."
"Yes Re, I understand. Maybe Arin needs time to calm down. Later Brother will try to talk to Dad, maybe something has happened."
"Who's Bang?"
Yoshie asked as Ardan ended the call.
Rere, Arin's friend. He said Arin was at his house. Looks like something's going on, tomorrow you're gonna try to ask Dad."
Answer Ardan.
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"So, does Arin know the truth?"
Ardan looked surprised after hearing everything from his father.
"Ardan, I know you're disappointed in Dad. I'm really sorry for that. I love you so much that I can't tell you the truth. All this time I thought the black sheet had been sealed shut and would never open again. I'm trying to keep your mother away, so that this secret won't be exposed. But it turns out Dad was wrong. I really didn't expect that in the end your mother insisted on taking Arin, after all this time she ignored him."
"ignored him? What do you mean, Dad?"
"Ardan, twenty-three years ago when I found out your mother was pregnant, I was really very angry and disappointed. You want to know why? Because the truth is, the doctor already declared Dad barren. That's why we adopted you from the orphanage. But when it was your mother, she seemed to deeply regret what she did. She intended to abort her womb because she initially thought the irresponsible man did not want her child. Do you think Dad would do that, letting innocent lives be a victim of his parents' sins? Finally I relented, I gave your mother a chance and received the baby she was carrying. On condition that he must completely change and leave behind all his former life. Slowly Father and Mother returned to happy life, we closed the old sheet and started a new life. After the birth of Arin, we feel our lives are more and more complete with your presence. But it didn't last long. Your mother is back in a relationship with Fahrul secretly. I've started to get suspicious when your mother often comes home late at night and even a few times she doesn't come home for work reasons. Until finally everything was completely uncovered, and I felt there was no more chance I could give him. The day you took me away, the same day I saw with my own eyes Your mother was with Fahrul in a hotel room. And on that very day, I was completely separated from your mother. Dad dropped a talaq on him."
Ardan's stunned. He did not expect if it turns out that all this time it was his mother who was the cause of the destruction of their family. Although he had heard the quarrels of his Father and Mother long ago and hoped that what he heard was not the truth, he finally knew it very clearly now.
