Last Wait

Episode 22

Perhaps the difference between us is causing the unwillingness of the mouth to say

"I love you"

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Flo sat on the balcony of the apartment with her finger strumming the strings of a guitar.

Let me go

Don't you ask again

I'm sure this is the best 

For you and me

Let it pass 

This love is lived

I can't hold me back

Injury here....

After Flo sings that, he stops his guitar chant. Put the guitar next to him and he stood up and walked towards the balcony.

He looked at the sky filled with stars. His eyes were sending millions of grief. His hands hugged himself and rubbed his arms.

He stared fixedly at the sky. I hope someone comes down from above to take him away. For a long time he looked at the sky, suddenly something liquid flowed down his cheeks. Flo closed his eyes. She cried.

"Must I face the fate of living like this. Why is destiny so evil to me. Why am I always not wanted? What wrong?

I want to leave now and leave it all behind. I want to leave behind a life that doesn't want me very much, a life that hates me so much. I am really tired of God.

If you want to be angry. It's okay to be mad at me. But I'm really tired, so tired God."

Flo said in his heart. His body trembled, his tears kept flowing. He wanted to scream but could not, as if his throat was stuck.

His hand was banging the iron barrier of the balcony without a care it would hurt his hand. There was no sound of crying but her tears kept flowing. His body slumped down and sat on the floor with both hands hugging his legs and head which were piled on his knees.

Flo looks like a dry, fragile leaf. Which if squeezed will be smashed into pieces.

She was crying, she kept crying. It was as if that cry could change his life's destiny. Her crying came to a halt as the sound of her phone rang. He straightened his body and stood up and took the phone on the balcony table. His hand wiped his tears. Flo took a breath and exhaled slowly. Then shift the green button on the phone screen and bring it closer to his ear.

"Hello.." Flo said with a trembling voice holding back her cries.

"Hello, Arin. Why you, honey? You crying?" The voice across there sounded very worried.

"Not so much. Arin doesn't cry." Flo bites her lower lip so that her crying does not escape she does not want her mother to know if she is crying.

"Don't lie to Mamah Arin. Mama knows you're crying." Retta's voice sounded raucous.

And finally Flo couldn't hold back her crying anymore. He cried out the sound of tears and tears. With his hands holding the phone that is still faithful in his ear.

"Aryn...." Call Retta with a vibrating voice. He cried when he heard his daughter's cry.

"Don't cry anymore, baby. Forget what's already been. You don't have to remember the past." Retta said with her voice.

"Hiks.hiks...Arin hates Arin's life.."  He sat on the balcony floor without caring if it was dirty or not.

"Don't talk like that Arin. Mama doesn't like it. Remember here there are mama, father, your sisters and your brother who love you very much. Don't ever say that again. Why do you remember all that?"

Retta's question was not answered by Flo. He continued to cry and did not care about the screeches of Retta across and did not care about the people living in the apartment disturbed by his cries. That's Flora. Those who see her will say that she is a strong and courageous woman. No one knows how fragile he is.

Skipppp

Flo is currently in the car with Axel. They just got home from the boutique for wedding dress fittings.

Looks like Flo was still upset with Axel when he was in the boutique earlier.

Flashbacks

Axel sat on the sofa and Flo was looking at the picture of the dress she was going to wear at her wedding.

His eyes were fixed on Axel playing his phone. Flo sighs. Then a boutique employee came over to Axel.

"Sir, have you chosen the tuxedo?" Ask the woman.

Without looking at the face of his interlocutor Axel pointed at a white tuxedo on display in a mannequin doll not far from his presence. But his eyes remained on his cell phone.

The woman nodded then walked up to take the tuxedo and gave it to Axel.

"Mother can try it first." Said the woman kindly.

"No need." Axel said flatly.

"But later if small or big how sir? Please try it first." Still kindly the woman said it. The intention of the woman is good. So that later there will be no strangeness at the time of their wedding if Axel chooses the wrong size of clothes.

"You didn't hear! I said no need yes no need!"  Axel stared at the woman sharply and half-cried to the surprise of the woman and the people there looked at them.

Flo who realized it immediately approached the woman. And take him away.

"Sorry, he's in trouble again. That's why it's like that." Flo said which calmed the woman down. Flo's lying. It was impossible for her to say if Axel was forced to marry her. The woman smiled at Flo.

"It's okay. How did you get the dress?" Asked the woman to shift the subject.

"How is this." Point Flo at a white sleeveless dress. Simple but beautiful dress.

"Good choice." Praise the woman."Let's try." Invite the woman and bring Flo to a room that is closed with curtains.

Flo came out of the room with the woman.

The dress looks perfectly matched on Flo's slender body.

"Sir see your future wife. She's so pretty." Said the woman to Axel who was still loyal to his cellphone.

Axel stuffed his phone into the pocket of the sweater he was wearing, his face annoyed at Flo and the woman in front of him.

"Look at her pretty, don't you." The woman pointed at Flo with both hands and it made Flo smile in embarrassment.

Axel looked at Flo from bottom to top as if judging her appearance.

"I don't care! Want him to wear a dirty shirt even if I don't care!" Ketus Axel then he walked out the boutique.

Flo's heart screamed painfully at Axel's words. His eyes glazed over at Axel who disappeared behind the door.

"Patience to you." The woman rubbed Flo's arm. Then Flo nodded her head and smiled sincerely.

Flashback end

No one opened their voices on the way home until Flo's phone rang and broke her daydream. His hand reached into the cell phone in the bag.

"Hello.." Her speech.

"Hello baby, where else?"  Ask Zack from across.

Zack's voice rang out clearly in Axel's ear until he frowned at Zack's "Baby?" speech?"  Ask in the heart.

"Again the road. What's up?" Flo's question sounded lethargic.

"Why? How come your voice is that lethargic? Any issues?" Ask Zack because Flo doesn't usually behave like that. If Zack contacts Flo, he'll surely answer.

"Sir papa. I'm fine." Flo tried to convince Zack.

"Don't lie. Gua knows you're not all right." Zack said seriously.

"Zack, I'm fine." Flo keeps convincing Zack that he's okay.

''Zack. Zack was yesterday?" Inner Axel. Who was still focused on the street in front of him.

"Don't lie. Earlier this morning Brother Faustina nelfon cave. He said last night Mamah Retta cried out to your same nelfon. What's up?" Zack keeps urging Flo to be honest.

"Oh that. I just miss them." Lie Flo.

"Gua hope you no longer lie in the baby cave." Zack.

"Yes really. You don't believe me baby?" Flo said and it made Axel turn towards her.

"Ihh tumben you call the baby cave. Look out to hear your fiancee cave can be in the gorok." Flo smiled at Zack's words. Although Zack always called him Baby this time Flo called Zack like that.

The man frowned looking at the back of Flo's bruised and slightly bluish hand." Why hands, cave just saw." Axel's whisper in his heart.

"Yes ah. You're noisy. Bye." Flo decided on the call unilaterally. Axel quickly returned to his original position. Look ahead and focus on the streets.

They arrived in front of the apartment Flo was occupying. Without opening his voice or saying thank you Flo opened the seatbelt and the car door and just walked out.

"Cih..Really don't have manners!" Axel grunts after Flo closes the car door.

Flo's steps came to a halt when someone called her name

"Fw...."

Flo looked back.

"Kevin..." Mumbled. Kevin came near Flo.

"Jeez Flo, I miss you so much." Kevin said he looked very happy to see Flo. His hand pinched softly Flo's cheek.

"Hhh where have you been. Some days it's not visible." Flo said no less happy than Kevin. Flo didn't meet Kevin for a week.

"Sorry, I don't know you. I am going to Singapore this week. There was a sudden meeting with the client." Said Kevin. They are still standing in front of the apartment.

"Oh that. Where do you keep going?" Flo stretched out her palm in front of Kevin to ask for something.

"There's at home. I brought you." Said Kevin.

"Yeah..Get it." Flo said enthusiastically as he clapped.

"You're like a little kid." Kevin pulled Flo's nose and the girl just laughed.

"O yes. Someone wants to see you." Said Kevin.

"Who?"  Flo scrunched his forehead. He's confused. No one usually looks for them.

"That's..." Show Kevin to the back of Flo.

There were two little boys and girls who smiled at him and ran over to Flo. Flo was surprised to see them.

"Adi. Zanjak..." Pekik Flo then the two children hugged Flo's leg.

"Sister..." Say those two kids.

They're the kids Flo helped out with a month ago. The child that the citizen wants to judge. Flo aligns her height with the two children. He looks very happy. The appearance of the two children changed greatly unlike before. Now they look very clean and charming.

"You guys how are you? Brother miss." Flo said and then hugged the two of them.

"Have you forgotten the same?" Flo pretended to be sad. And take off their embrace.

The two children shook their heads as Flo smiled and rubbed their heads.

Kevin smiled looking at the three of them who were taking off longing.

"Who are you here with?" Ask Flo again.

"First and father." The boy's name was Adi.

"Dad?" Flo's distraught. "Isn't their father dead?" Ask Flo inwardly.

"Yes Dad. That's.." Appoint the two children to the two who are already standing behind Flo.

Flo looked back. He saw a beautiful woman and a handsome man who joined hands and smiled at him. Flo was surprised her eyes bulged at the sight of who was standing before her at this moment.

"Do..doctor Reza?" Flo asks carefully."and.and Mila's mother?" Flo asked again unsure of who was in front of him.

Mila is the biological mother of Adi and Tasya who she brought to the clinic first.

Mila and Reza nodded simultaneously.

"Yes Flo. This is Mila the mother of Adi and Tasya you helped first. And he's my future wife." Reza said firmly while smiling sincerely.

Flo sculpting. He tried to digest every word Dr. Reza said. His mouth was in disbelief.

"Ba..how can it be?" Flo asked still with a gaping mouth. And it makes Kevin, Reza, and Mila smile amused while Adi and Tasya just quietly do not understand what the adults are talking about.

"could certainly. It's God's destiny for me. And thank you for bringing me to my soul mate." Doctor Reza said.

For a moment Flo's eyes twinkled.

"Geez Flora. You're so funny." Kevin muttered in his heart.

Later then....

"Jeez...astaga...this really? Oh, my God, this is serious." Flo said enthusiastically after being able to digest all of Reza's words. Kevin, Reza and Mila nodded at the same time.

"Yes God. I'm happy too. Congratulations..." Flo hugs Mila suddenly and almost makes her slump behind Reza's reflexes holding her back.

The two grown men smiled and shook their heads.

Flo let go of his embrace.

"Vin, Dr. Reza. It's not a dream." Flo still looks in disbelief as she looks at Kevin and Reza alternately. Kevin smiled and Reza's doctor handed Flo something.

"Let you realize this is not a dream and can be more trusting. This is next week we're getting married." Reza handed her a red envelope and there was a ribbon on it it was their wedding invitation.

Flo accepted the invitation and read it.

"really. It's not a dream." Mumbled Flo.

"Congratulations, dear." Flo looked back and hugged the two children. He is happy that these two children can get complete happiness and a decent life.

We do not know the plan of God.

"I hope you can come Flo." Mila said, Flo stood up.

"Mbak. I'll come anyway." Flo said enthusiastically.

"And you should follow bro immediately." Reza patted Kevin on the shoulder.

"Doain is bro." Said Kevin.

"Tau nih's. Remember age. When is the wedding, too." Ledek Flo's.

"Jeez Flora, I'm not old yet. I'm only two eights." Kevin pretended to be surprised.

"That's old yaa kevinnn." Back Flo mocked Kevin.

"Gosh Rez.he said old cave Rez.you yeah.." Kevin looked at Reza for a moment then pulled up the pangs of Flo's nose .

"Kevinnn..." Pekik Flo while pulling Kevin's hand to release his nose. It made Reza and Mila laugh a little.

"Neither say I'm old." Said Kevin. His hands are still loyal to Flo's nose.

"You are old. Accept Vin's fate." Flo won't lose.

"I'm married you know the taste." Kevin took his hand off Flo's nose. He was a little serious about that. But Flo laughed at him.

"Haha... Marry me the same? Which is really!" Flo laughed off he thought Kevin was joking about saying that.

"Udah ah.I want to go. Come on Adi, Tasya. Today we have fun." Flo grabs Adi's hand and Tasya brings the two of them into her apartment.

"Gua sure you can take his heart bro. You have to try." Reza told Kevin after Flo got into the elevator.

Kevin smiled sincerely.

"Maybe not yet. But later I'll need your heart Flo." Inner Kevin.

No one noticed that anyone was watching them from inside the car.

axel hasn't left from where he dropped Flo off. He saw everything and heard what they were talking about.

Axel shut the window of his car. His jaw hardened withholding emotions. Then he started the car engine and drove it above the level, leaving the place with a raging heart.

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