Long River

Finding the Path of Peace

Aska came around 11 to the restaurant. He picked Leka and Runi off to pick a wedding dress.

"Wouldn't work?" said Leka who was sitting next to the man in front.

"Why think about work? Easy it ... We need to think about our future first! Now, we're getting married, take care of that!" Aska turned on the engine of her car. "I'm thinking of a honeymoon to Hawaii. Hows it? Or we go to Malaysia. Yes, Malaysia is better because my English is not good" Aska said.

"Terselah Abang only. I'll just come along."

Aska glanced at Leka with a happy smile. Lately the woman has always obeyed what she said until it felt like everything was going smoothly for her.

They finally got to a wedding dress boutique. The clothes there are nice and beautiful. Leka was amazed to see so many bridal outfits available there. They range from semi-modern area attire to European brides and party wear.

"Let's pick your clothes first, then the clothes for Runi later just adjusted to your clothes."

"Carea clothes?" Leka is confused.

"Clothes for the veiled are limited, try peeping first. If you don't like it, we can find it somewhere else."

Leka started looking for clothes that suited her. Surely the ends he also chose, the inner Leka.

There was a noise on Aska's phone, the man immediately checked it. Goddamn it, he's him again! Can't people be cool, right? He found out, Monique sent him a message. It's been two days that he hasn't opened Monique's message because he knows it must have been the same call. He turned back the message.

Monique's getting restless. Aska, please open. Please meet. My mom's dad doesn't know who you are yet, so please. We better talk about this. I promised them that if we couldn't find a good way out, I would leave this matter to the parents. So please, we're working on this together. But it feels extinct already. The man didn't even give her space to talk and discuss at all. He closed the path of peace that he was trying to make, hoping that the man turned away a little to hear complaints, his concern for the man who might have a bad impact on the lives of both of them.

Monique still defends the man. That's what his mother saw because until now his daughter still hid the name of the man in her heart. His mother tried to be patient until Monique herself told them.

In her grief, Monique recalled her best friend Salwa. Maybe his best friend can bridge the two because they are brothers. She wiped her tears and tried to call Salwa. "Hello."

"What's up, Say?"

"Mmh, dong's meeting!"

Salwa sighed. "It was busy at the office. Go home the night. Duh, how's it going?"

"There was. Yea? I'm for this," rutuk spoiled Monique.

"Why again?"

"Jomblo" joked the French bule.

Both giggle.

"Come on .. pleaseeee.Come dong .. pleaseggg ...)" Monique begging.

"Hhhhh ...." Salwa sighed. "Jum'at. God willing."

"Sure dong!"

"Yes .. yes, yes." Salwa was still confused by his promise.

"Wait until night too.." - Monique.

"Mk."

"Friend's forever?(friends forever?)"

"Friend's forever."

"Thanks.(thank you)" Monique hung up. He hopes to extract some information about Aska's silence.

Elsewhere, "Search somewhere else?" aska said to Leka.

"It's good too." Leka lifted her skirt to the side.

"Once, just change it. If I say not good, not good."

But really, he chose. I've changed clothes many times, he doesn't like it. I'm tired of changing all that. Leka then exited the dressing room. Aska again took him to another boutique up to 2 places until lunch time. The man took her to a restaurant.

"Bang, just pick one of the bangs. He will wear it for a moment."

"You don't want to look perfect. At your own wedding?"

"This is my second marriage. I don't want to look too flashy. I want to go back to work anyway. It's not good to leave work too long."

Aska raised one eyebrow, annoyed. He held Leka's hand. "You're not serious about that. It's a wedding we've never been through before. I want to look perfect. Besides, you're gonna quit your job after you marry me, right, so don't worry about the restaurant you work at."

As they spoke, Runi moved her seat and wanted to be on Leka's bench. The woman only received her child sitting on the lap, but then Runi pulled Leka's hand which was held by the man. " Unda ...."

"Mmh?"

Aska was disturbed to see Runi pull his ex-wife's hand and turned to Ani. "You can't take care of my son? I'm talking, this is with my future wife!" hardik Aska on Ani.

"I-yes sir." Ani tries to take Runi but the little girl does not want to and instead tightens her embrace on her mother.

"Abang .. Don't be. Very rude to speak. This is your son too" Leka recalled.

"But .. ah!" Aska kicked the chair beside her until it fell. At first glance he glanced at Ani in annoyance.

Ani who was a little scared, tried to take Runi from Leka. "Let's be like me, ma'am."

"It's okay Ani. Let's just go." Leka stands.

"Eh, uh, don't be so dong." The man immediately restrained Leka by grabbing her hand. "It's just a bad time." He was so afraid Leka left that he tried to improve his mood. "We're eating now, right?"

After lunch, they went back to the next shop. It was at this boutique that they finally found the clothes Aska wanted. A semi-modern area dress is a white dress with a semi vest outside in red. Aska was fascinated to see it. "Wow, this is nice you wear. Like a betawi dress. Do I wear a red suit, let it go." He approached Leka and grabbed her waist. "You're too skinny, baby, too much work." He touched Leka's cheek with the back of her hand.

The woman brushed it off. "Udah ah Bang, not in such a crowded place." She's away.

But Aska grabbed his hand and whispered in the ear. "So if it's in a quiet place can it be?"

Leka showed her face.

Aska laughed a little. "No, just kidding ...."

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"Where's Honey, can you call?" ask Chris on the phone to Reina.

"Can't Da, Anna said yesterday that she can't be contacted this week, so she left her son."

"Haahh ... How is this? The police announce that Rafi is a drug lord and will be put to death. WHERE WERE YOU ANNA WHEN RAFI NEEDED YOU???" chris shouted at the end. He was screaming at the office because of stress. "Oh, my God ..(.God)" He rubbed his face.

"Maybe Anna knows Da and keeps seeing him."

"That's his mother's job, we'll wait." cut Reina.

Chris took a breath.

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"Tomorrow shall we try catering?" aska said before Leka got out of her car.

"Why didn't you guys?"

"So you said you wanted to get back to work."

"Yes but if every day goes out, interfere with my work Bang."

"Let's have a reason to see you every day, it's okay." Aska smiled.

"Absite ...."

"Why do you visit every day to get angry?"

Leka looked at Aska, ashen. "Tomorrow Brother himself, yes, it seems to be represented right?"

"Yes, no. Nawdry. You're coming, aren't you?" he held his ex-wife's hand.

"Bang, this is the most, just taste the food, right, after that you talk to the caterer. I don't have to come, it's okay, either."

"We are a romantic couple. We have to show people."

"That doesn't matter Bang."

Well, it will be a long time in the car, Inner Ani who is holding Runi waiting outside the car.

"Yes, I've." Leka finally gave up.

Aska glanced at Kenzo's house. "And you, don't let Kenzo come to your house again, will you?"

Before opening the door, Leka told me. "He was in an accident yesterday. His hand is cracked."

"Oh .. thank goodness." Aska smiled happily.

"What?"

"Oh, it's okay." Aska felt lucky, Leka did not hear his words earlier.

The Aska car passed. Leka opened the gate but she asked Ani to go home first. "I looked at Mr. Kenzo for a moment."

"Yes, Mom."

In the room, Arya was holding Kenzo back to bed when there was a knock on the door. "Lake in!"

"Sir, there's Mother Leka downstairs" said a maid who came to open the door.

"Send to go upstairs." Arya sits Kenzo on the edge of the bed.

"Eh, Dad. My clothes are a mess, right? My face? I forgot to wash my face. How about Yah?" Kenzo panicked.

Arya tidied up Kenzo's clothes and hair. As the Japanese man lay down, Arya covered him.

"My face is clean, isn't it, Dad?"

"Yes." Yeah."

There was a knock at the door.

"Oh Leka's. In and out. I was just about to grab some clothes at home."

"No bother, it's night. I'll just look at you for a minute." Leka bowed because she felt awkward but still went into the room.

"No, it's helped. Please take care of Kenzo for a while because you're going to pick up clothes at home."

"Oh, that's sir."

"Wait for you to come back?"

"Oh, yes sir."

Arya then went down and met the maid earlier. "Please, make tea for my guests and my son, all the sandwiches my wife bought."

"Yes sir."

Arya returns home and meets his wife. "Let's go, baby, I miss you. Let's just do a round." He grabbed his wife's hip.

"Lho, how's Kenzo? How are you staying?"

"There was Leka accompanying. I'm content here first before I go back there." He pulled his wife to the bed.

Mariko put her hand against Arya's neck. "Tonight the sky wouldn't be so bright without your love glow, my dear." Mariko swiped their noses slowly.

"Mmh, start again the poet." Arya stared at his wife's beautiful eyeballs which made her fall in love many times. "You want me to?"

Mariko laughed amusedly. "Who's afraid?"

Arya breaks down his wife and next .. let the bed be a witness.

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