Bakoh Shoulder
Chapter 98. Still got a taste?
If life is a struggle.. Then I was the one who failed to fight for whatever I had.__Vera Nacia Minolta's.
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It hasn't been nearly two months since Dinda left. Vera can again see the beautiful world but the world is not as beautiful as it used to be.
She walked slowly towards the house she once lived in with her husband and son. The house is located right in front of Teguh house.
He looked from afar, the house was now inhabited by another family. Yes, ever since she decided to divorce her second husband, Theo, the house was for sale. He sells for his economic needs when Djaduk has not been married. Dinda lives in the house she now lives in, her parents' house.
A familiar sight, the house is still the same as it used to be. It just now looks more alive. He saw some children playing on the porch. There were four children there, three women and one man. Vera herself did not know if they were the son of the new owner of the house or just the son of a neighbor who enlivened the fun there. An atmosphere that never existed when he occupied the house. Because in the past, every time Dinda invited her friends to play at her house, she would immediately throw them away for noisy reasons and dirty her house.
His gaze arrived at the once rickety house and he often said hut. The house now looks beautiful, nice and well maintained. It looks so different. What might be Teguh now have a wife, that is in Vera's mind because it saw a drastic change in Teguh's house.
That morning, Vera felt a longing for the past. Missing the atmosphere of the morning with the screams of the vegetable maker around the complex, miss the greetings of neighbors to him, miss the loud voice of Dinda who forced him to quickly deliver him to school.
The door of Teguh's house opened, Ayu came out of it. Take a broom and move agilely clean the yard of his house. In the past, to mention the name of Ayu alone made Vera carelessly herself. But now those eyes were at home lingering at the sight of a girl his child's age sweeping out with his suppleness. Maybe also, Dinda, the owner of the netranya who is missing his best friend so that Vera feels at home to see Ayu from a distance.
Then before long appeared the figure, a figure who decades ago became the holder of the throne in the heart of Vera.
Firm.. It's still the same as before. A man who does nothing can make Vera's heart warm. As of now, seeing the interaction between Ayu and Teguh made her heart beat feel different.
Their eyes meet. Vera was still standing glued to see Teguh and Ayu walked over to her.
"Vers.." Call Teguh, feel sad in Vera's ear.
"Hmm yes mas.. I'm sorry I mean Guh," Vera looked down unwell.
"Bulek why just stand here, let's go in.." Take Ayu then.
"But.. All this time I've been mean to you, aren't you angry?" Back Ayu shook her head slowly imbued with a smile.
All three are already inside Teguh's house. A moment of envy arose in Vera's self on the life of Teguh and Ayu.
Just look, the person he hated for having a history of acute poverty and was once the most beautiful ex for him, can now live a decent life. Have a comfortable home, have an established job, and children who always accompany.
As for her, she married several times.. She had a husband three times but did not make her heart happy. It felt like everything he had done all this time was in vain.
He wanted to have a lot of treasures, without labor, all materialized but the most precious treasure for him instead left him.
"Where did you go to college?" Vera asked Ayu who served her a cup of warm tea.
"At Undip bulek. Let's not be far from here." Answer Ayu.
"Dinda also wanted to study there," he said.
"Hold Dinda go Ver, she must be happy to see her mother change now.." Firmly voiced.
Now, Vera slightly closed her appearance. No longer wearing clothes with less material. Not hijab, only now Vera's appearance looks more polite. That alone has been a big change for a Vera.
"I feel like I failed as a parent. Everywhere, parents are the ones who sacrifice for their children but, I. my son is sacrificing himself for me.." There was a vibration in that voice.
"Ver, it's a pity if you keep thinking like that. Why don't you take your time to open a new page. Use Dinda's beautiful eyes for more useful things for you, for Dinda too.. By what? By praying, reciting the holy verses of the Quran, draw near to Allah Ver.. God willing your heart will be calmer."
Bak got a splash of water in his barren heart, Vera felt Teguh was very considerate of him. Is it possible, Teguh also has the same taste to her..? Vera could not guess it through the depths of Teguh's eyes when she looked at him..
"Hmmm mas, is Teguh already married again?"
