Long River

Maaf

"For what?" Leka frowned.

"Lekaaa, I want to be with you. All day, this must be fun."

"once 2 weeks get a break from the restaurant, I will definitely use it to relax at Bang's house, with Runi. I'd rather take a break than go for a walk."

"Didn't you miss me?"

"Every day you always come to the restaurant."

"If I don't come, do you miss me?"

"Most Brother missed a day like last Monday." Leka's memory is very strong. He even remembered Aska had not appeared one day and remembered the day.

Aska panics, because it's actually the day she and Monique slept in the hotel together. "Eh, already. No need to remember anymore." He rubbed the back of his head. "Didn't Runi need a walk?"

"Just ask the son."

Runi happened to be leaning on Leka's legs while hugging Reina's Teddy Bear doll. His mother was sitting on a sofa chair opposite Aska.

"That's a new doll. Who bought it?"

"Your mother. He was here."

"Oh, Mamaap with Papa? Just now?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Did you accept his offer, for yesterday you rejected it."

"Oh, already. They're very nice, not like you said."

"Oh, you don't know. Papa's very upset when he's angry at the office." Then Aska thought for a moment. He sat next to his ex-wife. "So this house was rented by Papa right?"

"Then?" Leka shifted a little away.

"How did I move here?"

"What's? I haven't made a decision yet Bang, I don't want to ...." This is what Leka avoids the most. Aska would be as she pleases because it's her parents' facility.

"Why are you so hard on me? We're staying home and we're done with the problem."

"I don't want to."

"Let's."

"I don't want to."

Aska moved forward and kissed his ex-wife's lips.

Leka's surprised. "All right!!!" his protest. He stood up immediately.

Aska stood up. "Come on Leka, I want to be with you. I can't bear to be with you" he said.

Leka immediately held onto Runi who was still leaning on her feet and placed her slightly away. He then returned with a pull on Aska's arm. The man thought Leka had given up but it turned out that the woman pulled him out the front door.

"You've gone too far, Bang! No, don't bother me anymore!" Leka immediately slammed the door. So hard he slammed, Runi was surprised and cried. Leka quickly carried and eased her cries by rubbing the little girl's back.

There was the sound of a door that was knocked by Aska many times but not on the wall. "Leka, please open the door" the man asked.

The woman stepped inside her room, not caring for the screams of Aska who kept calling her. Not long outside silent. Maybe the security guard in front of his house had asked him to come home.

Leka was confused to face Aska. He felt he had nothing to bring him back to the man. Not even love. All this time he tried to be kind to Aska because the man was anyway the father of Runi, but Leka did not see Aska trying to get close to Runi but with him. That's what confused Leka plus the man did not want to be asked to keep his distance first with him making Leka more and more upset at Aska. Not to mention the rumors at his work that are dizzying head, but try to tepis because he himself can not go anywhere other than in the environment that a little stressful. If only Aska could forget their past and try to be friends so that they can raise Runi together until each find their partner, but it feels difficult. He felt that he could no longer return to Aska.

Even Kenzo, Leka felt guilty to him. He could only hold admiration without being able to do anything. Of course, because he had to keep his id. The words that were thrown wanting to wait for Kenzo, he regretted because it was his fault that even made the man more distant from him. Perhaps after those 3 months, the man had already found his new love. Perhaps, he should learn to forget about it because from the beginning he was a nobody.

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After the Magrib prayer, the queue again extended, the seats were full again. Leka as always records the menu and ensures people's orders are in accordance with the request.

Arya just arrived. He helps Leka see the order in the kitchen and reminds the cook of the order. He soon came out and was stunned. In front of him, a woman was staring at Leka unblinkingly. He touched Leka's shoulder so she could look ahead. "Leka, someone's looking for you."

"Mmh?" Leka looked ahead. "Eh, what's his name ... Salwa huh?" He was also confused to respond to it.

"Yes" said Arya.

"Mbak, uh .. what Sister uh ...." Salwa. "I'm sorry, I was at that time."

"Oh, it's okay." Leka started to smile.

"I uh .. didn't know that it was Kak Aska's wife."

"Yes, it's okay."

"I'm sorry?"

Leka returned with a smile. A slightly dark-skinned man stood behind Salwa. The man looked the other way.

"Is he your girlfriend?" tanya Leka pointed at the man behind Salwa.

Salwa. "Oh, yes." He pulled his girlfriend forward. "This is my girlfriend Rojak."

"Roijak."

"Looks."

"Sir."

Leka saw Rojak greeting Arya.

"How are you?" ask Arya to Rojak.

"Good Sir."

Leka looks astonished. "Do you know Rojak?"

"Oh, he used to work for me." explained Arya.

"Restaurant?"

"No. The building."

"Oh." Leka glanced at Salwa. "Do you want to eat here?" tanyanya friendly.

"Ah, not strong queue, sister," Salwa refused with a smile.

"You sit in front of your Mamap store, let Leka deliver" Arya promised.

"Oh, can. Chicken satay 2 the same tea bottle yes Brother!" Salwa sounds cheerful.

"Duh, food only number one," ledek Rojak.

"Ih, good tau, chicken satay. Cobain me!" Salwa took Rojak outside the restaurant.

"Let's make 3 just so you can get acquainted with them," Arya suggested.

"But Mr ...."

"Their company. He took great pains to come here to meet you. Bring Runi too. About it here, let me take care of it."

"Eh, thank you sir."

Leka did Arya's advice. He brought Salwa, Rojak and his dinner. He also brought his Runi and Baby Sitter to get acquainted. Before long, Reina also joined and increased the atmosphere of their meeting. Arya looked from afar with pleasure. Leka is not alone. He now has a new family surrounding him.

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Arya climbed to the 2nd floor of the new building through a makeshift staircase made of leftover wood. Several craftsmen were waiting for him on the 3rd floor, but suddenly a cat jumped from the 2nd floor towards him. Arya is shocked to try to catch him. But because of the condition of the stairs that were made original, making the ladder was not sturdy against the shock and eventually he fell and was hit by the stairs.

"Aagh!"

The construction workers who were on the first floor immediately swarmed over him. They try to help their boss.

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The hp notification reads. Audible ****** someone because disturbed sleep hear the sound of the notification. He had just gone to bed a few minutes ago and had already turned off the lights. Lazily he reached out to the nightstand to find his cellphone which he put there. Luckily, the reading lamp on the nightstand he had not turned off so he could still lift his head to see more clearly the location of his cellphone. The man finally grabbed it. Opened the picture message he received. "Dad? Dad why?" The silhouette of his Japanese face was clearly drawn from the light of the reading table lamp on the nightstand that shone on it from the side. The man was so surprised and watched carefully the photos he received from Jakarta. A man was standing with one leg bent and a stick on both his armpits. He recognized the man as his father. Soon he called. "Hello."

"Oniichan video call," exclaimed a girl across the street.

The man changed it immediately. He could now see his sister waving across the street.

"Oniichan, how are you," Aiko said with a smile.

"Sister, I'm Sis," Tama entered the camera picture.

"How's dad?" ask Kenzo to worry.

Aiko immediately pointed the camera towards the registration table. It seems like they are in a hospital and Arya and Mariko are standing in front of the registration table behind her.

"What are they doing?" ask Kenzo again.

"Dad doesn't feel right in the hospital, so ask to go home."

"Why go home?"

"Father fell on the project but did not want a break. He said he worked a lot on this new project, couldn't stay."

"Eh, that's it. Tell me, Dad, I need to rest." Kenzo.

"Can't, there's a schedule he said." Now Tama answered. Tama's face is visible on camera.

"How much is the project worth? Here let Brother compensate for the project."

"Son't tell Dad myself, I don't dare."

"Yes, please hold Dad so Dad doesn't work first. Brother will be home soon." Kenzo shut off the phone immediately. But then he pensively. He then turned on his room light. The man was in a luxury hotel alone. He stared at the curtains in his closed room.

A month and a half ago he was on the run to cast aside the shadow of Leka, but the shadow of the woman was becoming clearer and more real, wherever he faced. The painting of his face as he smiled, laughed, cried even his sorrowful head was etched beautifully in delusion. Can't the shadow of a servant of God so perfect just disappear from his heart. So tormented.

This trip he made lonely friends. Wherever he went, to the most beautiful place in the world such as Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Canyon, the leaning tower of Pisa and others he always died disappointed. Nothing is as beautiful as Leka's smile, as cute as her laughter, as sad as her crying. Only Leka was attractive to him. Without it his world was completely desolate colorless.

How else should he try? Already so many islands have passed but the magical magnetism of a Leka has really tied her tightly and made her blind to the beauty of the world. He was confined to a longing that was increasingly torturous. Too many to drown in it. Leka, should I reach out to you so that this miss has a place to dock?