Dusk And Suffering

17. Temporarily Separate

Akmal who remembered something from his past instantly undoes the intention to fill his stomach. He rushed to the car and chased Manda's motorbike which was out of nowhere. He had lost track of the woman.

"Ah shit! Really stupid. How can I only realize when he's gone" Akmal said frustratedly, drowning his head in the steering wheel.

A moment later, Akmal reached into his cell phone which he put in his shirt pocket. Pressing the flat screen and putting it into his ear.

"Find him around the mango path. Search until you can!" akmal said then disconnected the phone unilaterally.

***

At lunchtime, Aldi went to the restaurant. He wanted to tell her that he had found a simple house for her to live in.

"Pakde, sorry about my break after lunch. Hows it? Pakde will definitely be late to return to the office" said Dusk delivering food to Aldi's desk.

"It's okay to go to your new home after you get home from work. Later at ten o'clock in the evening Pakde will be here again and another one, Pakde already cicil his contract money, later you will just pay off a little. Pakde deliberately looking for a contract so that you do not go out a lot of the month. Oh, yes Nja, if you want in Pakde's office there are vacancies for high school graduates, but as office girls. You want? If you want later let Pakde tell the HRD."

"Office girls?" Dusk seemed to think for a long time before he nodded his head in doubt.

"Yes, now you just tell your boss to resign. I don't have to think about living and working. It's okay even though it's office girls, it's halal work too. No insult, all Pakde can take care of you, right? Yes, back to work! Not good with the others," Aldi said and then put rice into his mouth.

The night fell from Aldi's table. He did not know to show feelings of pleasure or sadness. On the one hand, he felt relieved that he had found a place to take shelter. But, on the other hand he also felt sad because it meant that he and Daren would soon be separated by distance.

After a long time with work and customers. Finally, Dusk can rest his body a little that he has taken everywhere. He chose to read a book from his father who was weathered in eating age. It is visible from the color of each page that turns yellow.

"Eat, Honey. Are you not sure what the book is read? How many times have you read that? I wonder what the book is about?" Daren sat beside Dusk and offered him a plate of lunch that was always late.

"I will never get tired of reading this book. This thing is Dad's only relic. And this book is also Dad who made it," replied Dusk sumringah as he put the book to the table and received the plate Daren gave him.

"Borrow may?" ask Daren and put the food in his mouth.

"May, eat first. Oh, yes Brother. Pakde I came and told me that he had a home for me. For work she already sought, so office girls in the office where Pakde works." Dusk tells with a sad face.

"Why is your face so?"

"I'm sad, we won't be like this anymore. I'm used to being close to my brother. And now it has to be far away, it feels like something's different."

"Nothing, for the sake of our relationship. I'm willing to be far apart from you as long as someday you'll be mine, so my wife, be the mother of my children. We can still meet, although it will be rare. But that's okay, I'll take care of you. You too, yes," pinta Daren ruffled the long hair of Dusk that she always pigtails.

"Nothing sad, anyway," whined at Dusk with teary eyes.

"I'd be sadder if you kept here but I couldn't have it. What matters to me now is not our togetherness now, but our togetherness one day. It's okay we have to separate, limp, bleed, as long as I'm the same you can one roof later. Focus on that, honey, don't focus on our current breakup. When are you going to move into a new home?"

"Later tonight."

Dusk's reply made Daren cough for an instant.

"Cock-a-pocket?"

"Yes, everything is prepared by Grandma and Pakde. So I, yes, just follow them, they said. I'm probably gonna say I want to resign after this."

"Sama Pakde, Brother. It'll be picked up."

"I'm coming, let me know your new home."

"Yes, later say the same Pakde if you want to follow. I know him all."

"Known as who?"

"My girlfriend, I was. What do you want to be known as? Friends?"

"Friends are alive" Daren replied chuckling.

There was a hint of pain in Daren's heart when it came to this bitter reality and it happened so quickly. Just this morning she saw a man who loudly said she wanted to be her husband and now she has to be willing to have a long-distance relationship with her lover. It could start tomorrow.

What happens now makes Daren determined to marry Dusk as soon as possible. After all, all this time their relationship has been known by both people know Daren who is in the village. They also gave the green light to their relationship. But for Daren's plan that will bring Dusk elope? Is it possible, ah why did this relationship bring him into such a difficult situation?

***

"Fais, you come to the Dusk house and give this to Manda's mom. Make sure she makes Twilight willingly marry me next month. Got to!" said Leo thrusting a medium-sized briefcase.

"Good, Sir. " Fais grabbed the bag and inched back from there. Without asking much, Fais executed Leo's orders correctly and without error. Because that's what matters.

Fais threw the bag into the front passenger seat. Not that he had no emotions, he often grumbled if asked to do something that made him have to travel far alone.

"If it wasn't for the money, I would be lazy to do whatever he told me to do. I look evil and heartless when I'm with him" Fais grumbled, taking his car out of the office quickly.

Fais was splitting the streets at a high speed. Even until the trees and buildings on the left and right side of the road look like a shadow just so fast the speed of his car. If yesterday took less than an hour, then not today. This time Fais until it only takes about half an hour.

"Excuse me" said Fais knocking on the door.

Not long after, the sound of feet stepping near the door. Manda's figure appears behind the square object.

"Good day, I am Fais who came yesterday with Mr. Leo."

"Oh, yes I remember. Please come in, I'll make you a drink."

"No need, I came here just to hand this over. Order from Mr. Leo to Manda's mother." Fais put a bag on the table.

"For me? What'sthis?" asked Manda frowning.

"Mom can open the contents yourself, and Tuan also advised that Mother managed to make Dusk marry the Master next month."

"Next month? All right, I'll work on it."

Manda's eyes sparkled as soon as he opened the bag containing money. The bag was crowded with red sheets of money.