DREAM OF THE SHADOW

CHAPTER 47

Joshua tried to call Yuna, but three calls were not answered by the woman.

'Is it sleeping?' thought.

Lately his communication with Yuna has been minimal. True said people, approaching marriage will be a lot of interference in their relationship. But this is not just a distraction, it's a disaster. A disaster that ruined the happy days he was supposed to spend with Yuna. It was not that Shua did not want to be firm in solving this problem. If it was only with Vanya, he would have quickly cleared it. But this concerns his mother and also the baby candidate. Can he be selfish? Ah, it is very desirable that he close his eyes, tell the truth to the reporters, and.bim salabim. The end's. And he can continue his love life with Yuna. But he could not when Nissa, his mother, begged to solve the problem in a way that was extraordinary.

Joshua opened an email from his phone. His friend, Mario, sends a wedding package offer at his hotel in Bali. Packages specially prepared for him and Yuna. Shua is not looking for another place to get married other than in Mario's place if he so held it there. Huuzha...Thinking about marriage makes her head woozy. Let alone making plans, her phone was now not answered by Yuna.

At 20:25. Or did he just go near Yuna at her house? Yeah, maybe that's for the best. Although his head throbbed in pain, but to satisfy his kangen in Yuna the pain he threw away. Joshua replaced his shorts with jeans, wearing his black jacket outside his home shirt. He paused as he reached the door and again opened his desk drawer, took an aspirin and swallowed it. At least he didn't have to endure the pain all the way.

After saying goodbye to her parents, Shua gets into a white mini-cooper that is more often worn by Nissa. It plays songs from a long-installed USB. Old songs Along the Way Memories are played randomly. This is her mother's favorite song. Shua smiled hearing the lyrics. His mind flew back as he joined Yuna at their school yesterday. Suddenly he became homesick with his lover to increase the speed of his car.

Arriving at Yuna's house, he saw a red car that he was very familiar with. Valentino is in it.

Tok.dok..Shua knocked on the car window. Valen looked a little surprised to hear that. He chose to go out instead of lowering the window.

"So Brother Josh can come here too?" Valen looks scared. Maybe he was afraid that there would be a world war inside.

"Well, should I ask you, why are you here? Vanya's inside?" Shua seemed to be able to guess what was happening inside. He rushed towards the entrance, but the door was opened from the inside. Vanya came out while grimacing in pain and holding her stomach.

"Vanya! What are you doing here?" Shua shouted while gripping Vanya's arm.

And like dejavu, suddenly a reporter appeared near them.

"Did Mba Vanya come here to rebuke the woman who was your husband's mistress?" The petite woman opened the question that made Joshua so emotional.

"Hey! Keep talking, Mba! Who is cheating? If it's not a woman, it's me..." One journalist turned into three, four... Joshua no longer knew where they were coming from. He felt his arm being pulled by someone. Valen pulled him back into his car.

"Sister Josh go first. It's going to be a lot more chaotic, brother." Valen slammed the car door quickly and then ran back to Vanya who could not free himself from the attack of the news fighters.

Joshua hit the wheel of his car repeatedly.

"Fuck them! They might show up at Yuna's house!" shout Shua. His mind is so fucked right now.

What the reporters were thinking made no sense. It is as if they are assuming. He glanced at the rearview mirror, for some reason he felt like the car was following him. Shua sped up the speed of her car and turned right even though it was not the direction to her house. And sure enough, the car was still following him. He was sure it must be one of those reporters. He turned again to the left and the car turned. Shua grew speedy and tried to overtake the fuso car in front of him even though he knew the road was narrow. And unfortunately, he did not see a truck walking towards him from the opposite direction. Shua tries to hit the brakes to return to the left lane. Shua became panicked as the brakes he stepped on did not make the car slow down quickly. He closed his eyes when he felt it was too late.

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Yuna rubbed her eyes as she heard her phone ring. Hour 00.50. Mom Joshua. What's he calling these nights?

"Yes Aunt." His voice was a little hoarse typical of a new person waking up. In his semi-consciousness, he heard the sound of crying from his interlocutor.

"Aunty? Aunty?" call him.

"Yun, Shua.accident." His voice vibrates. Yuna who heard the news only fell silent. Either he waits for the continuation of Nissa's story, or doesn't know what to say or ask again. The phone doesn't seem to work. Yuna could not listen to anything. The phrase 'Shua accident' kept ringing in his mind.

Yuna's hand shook and her phone fell down as she covered her mouth which started to let out sobs. Yeah, it's totally real. The man she was going to marry was in an accident. A new joke in his life. Yuna tried to calm down and change her clothes of origin. Wallets and cell phones, that's all he carried with him using a small black canvas sling bag.

Yuna arrived at the hospital after parking her car safely. He was shocked when some reporters approached him.

"Will Mba visit Joshua who was in an accident after returning from Mba's house earlier?" The first question surprised him greatly. Shua went to her house?

"What was discussed with Vanya earlier at Mba's house?"

"Did Vanya ask you to stay away from her husband?" Whaaat?? Their questions are starting to make no sense. Yuna pushed them so she could go inside. He cried in silence towards the IGD. Crying for the reason that is not clear, crying for Shua who had an accident or bad predicate that befell him. Care deeply about the news, he just wanted to see the condition of the man.

Yuna arrived at the room that read IGD. Outside he saw Vanya and a man beside him. He tried not to remember what Vanya did at his house. Then there was Nissa who was hugging William. Yuna chose to approach him.

"Tan?" call him.

"Yuna." He hugged Yuna.

"They're preparing for surgery because..." Nissa could not continue her sentence from crying again. Yuna glanced at William as if asking for her explanation.

"Shua why Om?" Yuna shed her tears.

"His head had a hard impact. There's a broken blood vessel. His ribs are also cracked." William took a deep breath as if the explanation had exhausted all his strength.

Yuna sat down. Shua's shadow lying unconscious had frightened her. Especially when some nurses came out pushing the bed with Shua who was lying unconscious. Yuna looked at her bandaged head, her handsome face was now adorned with small wounds from broken glass. He wants to touch Shua, but what's the power. Her trembling legs were not fast enough compared to the footsteps of the nurse who took her to the operating room.

"We have to operate on the patient now. It might take a while. Please pray for it." The doctor looked at Yuna quite intensely. It turns out that he is Doctor Angga who once operated on Yuna.

It's been two hours they've been waiting in the operating waiting room. The atmosphere began to appear calm, no more crying sounds. They just waited in silence until William finally made a sound.

"Yuna, did you guys have a fight?" Yuna was startled when there was a question suddenly directed at her.

"Huh? I'm sorry, but Yuna didn't meet Shua."

"Masa? Shua asked us for permission if she was going to your house earlier." William and his wife were shocked to learn that they had not met.

"Look..." Vanya was just about to explain when Valen took over the role.

"Om, Aunt..Last time Josh arrived at Mba Yuna's house, reporters came. So he went back to the car, didn't go inside." it was short.

"It seems like there are some reporters following him. But it's still a possibility, Om." he continued.

"Suckers! If I find any evidence, I'll sue them!" william said with anger.

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