Hope Is You's
The Thirty Five
Atika looked at the beautiful woman with an elegant appearance in front of them, then moved to touch the arm of Faiz who was still staring at the woman. Faiz, as if he realized, he immediately glanced at Atika and clasped her hand tightly.
"You... How are you?" Asked the woman called Andin by Faiz, he then glanced at Faiz's hand which tightly grasped Atika's hand.
"What do you want?" Faiz clasped Atika's hand, making Atika realize that there was something wrong between Faiz and this woman.
"I just want a mastiin if what I saw was the Faiz I knew. I've been following you, and it's been true." Andin commented on the smile, the smile that once made Faiz crazy.
"Now there's no need, right? I'm busy!" Faiz turned around and wanted to leave from there but Andin's subsequent remark made him freeze again.
"Mama is here. I made her shop, and now she's waiting for me at the supermarket where you were shopping." Faiz turned his head towards Atika who was looking at him with both eyebrows raised.
"You get into the playground with Syifa first! I'll be followed." Hearing Faiz's request, Atika could no longer resist asking and continued to tighten her grasp.
"Where are you going? And who is he?" Faiz still sorted out the words to answer Atika's question but Andin answered faster than Faiz.
"I'm Faiz's ex. First love and love died." Atika looked at Andin with round eyes and Faiz hardened his jaw to hear Andin's words.
"You don't have to beat him up!"
"Trus, who am I supposed to beat? You're daritadi didn't say anything." Atika let go of their hand link, still trying to control her emotions so as not to be provoked by the current situation.
"He.. She's my brother's wife!" Atika's forehead was linked, completely clueless to the current situation.
Faiz held onto both shoulders Atika looked gently at the two eyes of the girl.
"You believe in me. I'll make it clear that everything is the same as you, with nothing I'll ever mention. But now I ask, you and Syifa go in first huh! I'll be followed." The heavy but gentle voice entered nicely in Atika's ear, making her glance at the woman who was still watching them.
"Promise?" Atika looked back at Faiz who then smiled softly and then nodded making Atika smile and then turned to push Syifa stroller away from Faiz then entered the playgroud after paying the entrance ticket.
Atika noticed Syifa who was playing house-housing with some of her peers.
It had been almost two hours and his mind was wandering, trying to remember where and when he had heard the name Andin, and how much of the secret of Faiz's life he did not know.
He smiled slanting considering himself only 'lover' status but did not know anything about the man at all. His daydream was scrapped when the message notification clink entered on his phone, he reached into the flat object and opened the top notification.
Faiz:
Honey, sorry I have to go home first. There's something important I need to finish.
You can take a taxi online?
Atika sighed rudely not knowing what to say, he waited for two hours here and the result he was left behind. Not yet had he replied to Faiz's message, his phone vibrated again.
Faiz:
Im so sorry.
We'll see you later, I'll tell you everything. Promise.
Atika's face heated up holding back anger and tears, several times he pulled and exhaled to be able to control himself. He glanced back at his phone as the bemda shook again.
Faiz:
If you are angry I understand, I accept. I just want you to believe in me. I love you, really love u, just trust 'n wait for me.
Atika tried to convince herself, Faiz went home first to leave because there was something important, not to leave her because she went with a woman named Andin.
Atika holds Syifa who fell asleep on her lap during the drive home from the mall, she goes up to the room and lays the fat baby on her bed then she walks out to the bathroom at the end of the second floor hallway, clean yourself and change clothes with house clothes.
He glanced at the wall clock above the room door showing at 4 o'clock exactly, he had just finished fulfilling his obligation to pray ashar. He also laid himself in bed right next to Syifa, felt his phone that he put in the tool then opened the chat application.
He stared at his last chat in return for Faiz's previous chat.
I believe, plis don't make me wait a long time and end up disappointed.
Faiz:
Sure babe. Thank you u so much.
Atika's tears burst out, she cried. Fear spread in his heart, he was afraid to experience the disappointment once made by Ian. He wiped away the tears on his cheeks and shook his head, Faiz opened Ian, he couldn't possibly do anything like Ian did to him.
• • •
Faiz followed Andin to the supermarket where he was shopping with Atika. Several times Andin invited him to chat but he did not respond, which was in his head only Atika who was waiting for him and also his mother.
"Ma!" Andin greets a beaked woman sitting behind her back in a table chair at the supermarket's foodcourt.
The woman turned around and immediately her eyes rounded and then stood closer to Faiz who was standing next to Andin.
"Faiz? Faiz my son?" The woman's lips trembled and her tears rose as her palms touched Faiz's cheeks.
"You Faiz? Mama's son?" The next thing made Faiz nod his head to look at the mother who looked skinny from the last time he saw her three years ago.
Faiz returned his mother's embrace when the woman slammed into his arms, crying a hiccup in Faiz's field, the man kissed the top of the mother's head which he had longed for so far.
"Where are you going? You're angry that same mom and dad get out of the house and never look back again? You never want your mom again, you don't love your mom anymore?" Faiz shook his head to hear his mother who kept talking while hiccupping. He let go of his grip and looked at his mother.
"I'm not angry with my mom. I just want to calm myself and find myself by working from my own efforts."
"Nenangin yourself for three years?" Faiz smiled faintly at the sight of his mother swerving, unchanged since long ago when sulking for sure delicacy like that.
"You're skinny, your eating must be irregular. No one takes care of and watches your meal."
"I'm eating irregularly because of the busy work of Miss Rania Nur Arthama." His mother again pleaded to hear his youngest son mention his full name, not changing always like that when trying to convince the mother.
"Now we're coming home with mom!"
"Where?"
"Where? Yes, go home. Come on!" Madam Rania grabbed her hand bag which she placed on the chair beside her sitting earlier.
Faiz shook his head with a bitter smile and replied.
"My house isn't there, I have my own house now ma."
"No. This time you have to go home with your mom. If not, you better die." Faiz breathed out, this time his mother really sulked and let out the mainstay words.
The last time she left her mother three years ago, the nearly four-month-old woman lay sick. At that time he was so angry with his family that more followed his ego not to go home.
Inevitably, Faiz finally nodded to make a smile on his mother's face expand, as well as Andin who had since noticed the interaction between mother and child.
On the way to the Arthama family residence, Faiz sent Atika a message that he could not catch up with her and drove the girl home.
Faiz knew, Atika must be angry but she also could not do anything to her mother. At this time he was in his mother's car with Andin and the driver, mama forbade him to use the car he was driving because the mother did not want Faiz to run away in the middle of the road.
His first unanswered chat only displays a blue tick of two, he then sends a second message and equally no reply only a blue tick two sign that the recipient has read the message. He again sent a third message trying to convince Atika and a few minutes later the girl replied to his message making Faiz smile and a little relieved.
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Sorry up later, there are a few obstacles that make the mood so drift 🤭 hopefully there are still waiting and faithful read well 😁
Enjoy SHARK 😘🤗
