
After seeing the movement of the wife from the GPS, Alex immediately called someone.
Tut .. Tut .. Tut …
“Halo.”
“Jhon, are you in Tina's apartment?” ask Alex to the point and without further ado.
“Yes. Wh why? It's a day off, Lex. Don't talk about work! I want to refresh with Tina.”
Jhon thought that his best friend and co-worker called in order to work. Alex asked for more than that.
“Go home! For this weekend, you're off first.”
“Why?” ask Jhon confused.
“Because Bilqis is heading to Tina's apartment. Maybe he'll stay one night there.”
“What?” ask Jhon. “You fought with your wife?”
“Slightly. As you know from Zavier. Turns out your guesses were right. Bilqis and Tasya are twin brothers. I married the brothers and now Bilqis needs time to be alone.”
“Oh, yes Lord.” Jhon rubbed his forehead.
“What's up?” there was a female voice that Tina could confirm from behind Jhon's cell phone.
“Jhon,” call Alex.
“You brifieng Tina. Explain to her that later while accompanying my wife, she'll make my name good. Okay!”
“Hahaha ..” Jhon laughs. “You were always dominant, Lex.”
“Yes, you know me,” replied Alex with a small smile. “Then, quickly get out of the apartment. My wife will be there soon. I'm calmer if he goes there.”
“Yes, but I'm not calm because my ration period was cut because of your business.”
Alex is laughing.
“Makanya quickly marry Tina, so you can use it every night.”
“Si*l, you. Lex” Jhon cursed because Alex indeed often teased him.
John is planning to marry Tina. He even proposed to the woman.
“Hurry home!’
“Iya, baubles. Much talk.” Jhon is still upset.
Alex, however, laughed. And soon after, disconnected the phone, he made sure Bilqis remained safe and in his monitoring. He also made sure the small cctv attached to his hoodie collar remained attached.
“One time in my life, will never be able to get out. Sorry dear, because you've been in my life, so you're not as free as you used to be.” Alex muttered with a small smile while imagining Bilqis' pouting face. It felt adorable and it seemed, he would not be able to sleep later tonight.
“Qis, are you sure you were dropped off here?” asked Rendi when she just stopped her car in the lobby of a luxury apartment.
“Yes. I want to see my friend here.”
“Friends?” asked Rendi frowning.
“Ya, friend. What do you think? Definitely a girlfriend.”
Rendi. “Yes, I know. From the first you did only have female friends right.”
Bilqis saw Rendi who parked her car near the lobby, but Bilqis thought the man would leave immediately after lowering it in front of the lobby.
“loh what?” ask Bilqis to see Rendi who is still following.
“Just make sure that you get to your friend's place safely. I don't want my family to go extinct,” replied Rendi of origin, making Bilqis shake her head.
“Bilqis,” shouted Tina who was still in the lobby after driving Jhon home. He was here to wait for Bilqis to arrive.
“Tina.” Bilqis smiled and ran to her friend.
Bilqis and Tina embrace.
“You're here?” ask Bilqis who happened to meet Tina in the lobby.
“Yes, I accompanied Jhon home,” replied Tina.
“Ah yes. I forgot to. It is usually Jhon stay at your apartment on weekends. Ah, I shouldn't have come here.”
“Hei.” Tina directly held down Bilqis' arm. “Jhon has business, so he was here just to tell and go again.”
“So, I'm not bothering you and Jhon?” bilqis asked was not good.
“No.” Tina shakes. Tina answered because purely as a friend and employee who is under pressure from her boss.
“Thank you.” Bilqis hugged Tina again. Then his eyes fell on the man behind Bilqis. “Who is he?”
Bilqis looked back. “Oh, this is my friend. Name's Rendi. He works at the company Mister Ammar.”
“You went with him? Is Alex not angry?”
Bilqis, Tina, Sazkiya, and Mira do call their boss by name alone if outside the office. In fact sometimes call them by their nicknames – each.
Then, Bilqis turned his head towards Rendi. “Thank you for driving me, Ren. I'll transfer you to this.”
“Cause, Qis. No need to pay. For free. The important thing is.”
“What?” ask Bilqis.
“I want to acquaintance with your friend,” replied Rendi unashamed – shy. Tina scrunched her forehead.
“Loh, didn't I introduce you to my friend?”
“But I haven't shook hands.”
Suddenly, Tina laughed. “Strong handshake with me? Okay!”
The woman extended her hand towards Rendi.
“Ren, my friend already has a girlfriend. Even the fiancee. So don't be like – of sorts!” bilqis said when he saw Rendi welcoming Tina's hand with joy.
“Really?” asked Rendi in surprise while putting that shock towards Tina.
Tina nodded.
“Ya greetings. Singles again deh.” Rendi scratched the back of his head that was not itchy. While Bilqis and Tina just laughed, then left the man alone in the lobby.
“Your friend is very funny,” said Tina in between her steps to the lobby with Bilqis.
“Ya, it is like that.” Bilqis.
“But handsome too,” said Tina again by looking back and smiling at Rendi who was still staring at them.
“Basic!” Bilqis pushed Tina's cheek slowly. “Udah has Jhon, still says another handsome guy. Can ramble the Jhon later.”
Tina laughs. Sometimes he is hesitant with Jhon, because there is still an unfinished past between his fiancee and her ex-boyfriend there. But, Tina did not want to take a headache.
Trings
The elevator to Tina's apartment floor stopped. They got out of the elevator and walked again towards the unit.
“You drink what, Qis?” tina asked who went straight to the kitchen after the door of her apartment opened.
Bilqis followed the steps of the owner of the house. “What an important thing is cold, because my heart is hot again.”
“Hot why?” tina asked with a slight glance towards Bilqis, then continued to make a cold drink.
Bilqis sits in a mini bar. The direction of his eyes was right on Tina who was standing in front of the minimalist white kitchen set.
“Me and late mother Aurel turned out to be brothers.”
“What?” tina asked surprised. The reason, Jhon did not tell details about the problem of Bilqis and Alex.
The man only told his girlfriend that they were in trouble and Bilqis was about to calm down here. John gave up and moved home. That man had not arrived long ago.
Tina placed the cold drink in front of Bilqis and Iku sat in front of her. He told all the stories of Bilqis from A to Z.
Tina stood still, as she was seriously listening to the story, including the past stories of her father and mother. Tina was sad to see Bilqis who looked sad. Even Tina changed seats by sitting next to Bilqis and hugging her best friend to give her peace.
Bilqis's tears broke. It seems, he really needs a place to tell stories and express emotions.
“You are strong, Qis. You're powerful. I know it. God will not give tests beyond his ability. And you are given a way of life like this, because you are capable of.”
“Yes, even though I feel unable to. But I made it to be able.” Bilqis cried again, making Tina cry.
“Who disappointed you? Your father or your husband?” ask Tina.
Bilqis. “There is no reason to hate both,” replied Bilqis considering that the father left because he was experiencing amnesia, while Alex also previously did not know that he and Tasya were twin brothers. Although Alex's initial attraction to her stems from that resemblance, but the important thing is that now the man loves her sincerely and Bilqis can feel that sincerity.
“I hate myself,” Bilqis told Tina. “My heart is so filled with hatred that it can never see the good of people.”
Tina nodded. “We should be able to let go of hate. Leaving those stifling memories without looking back at him or going back and staying there. Because it will keep us in a nightmare. Let go and leave, Qis! That's the key.”
Bilqis. “Ya, you are right.”
Bilqis looked at Tina with a wide smile. Although maybe some people blaspheme Tina and think the woman is low with all her past and bad habits first. But sometimes what he says is true.
****
Tonight, Alex has to sleep alone. After accompanying the baby until his eyes closed and gave a million reasons to him because of Bilqis's unrequitedness, Alex finally returned to the room. It feels so exhausting today. More tiring than the day – days yesterday.
In the room, Alex breaks down his body. He holds a cell phone and looks at his photo gallery with Bilqis. Then, he also saw his picture with his late wife who was still in the phone.
Alex got out of bed. Towards a room. He stood in front of the room and opened it. The secret room that made Bilqis angry.
Alex entered the room and looked around. He breathed in rough. He tried to position himself as Bilqis. Perhaps she would also be wrathful if Bilqis had an ex-husband and set up a room for her ex-husband like this.
“Soyang, Sorry. Like I had to bury our memories, to keep your sister feeling,” Alex muttered as she stared at Tasya's photo.
“You will remain in my heart. May we meet again in heaven. I'm lucky to have you. Two good and beautiful wives though not in one time.” Alex smiled and started taking photos of – photos of Tasya from dindng.
Alex will not throw away those memories, only that he will not make this particular room as proof that he really loves Bilqis not because of mere resemblance, but it was purely because he was fascinated by the bar woman who always made him smile and returned his originally monotonous life to be full of color.