Lost, Love of Two Hearts

Scrutinizing the Past

This morning coincides with Darwish's departure to America. Byan and Atha had been in the house since 8 am Wiratama's extended family after going to the airport together using Atha's car. After arriving at the airport, not waiting for a long time to take off, Darwish immediately went inside after saying goodbye and hugged his son, Byan and his nephew, Atha.

On the way to the office, Byan who was driving a car accidentally opened the topic of conversation that he had been waiting for. Time is the most appropriate opportunity. He took a gap as he glanced at Atha when his brother was no longer busy with his phone.

"Emc ... How does it feel to have a wife and children? I can't believe that Mas already has two children" asked Byan, starting his chat while glancing at Atha once in a while.

Atha who heard that turned to Byan.

"For sure happy, every time you come home greeted by a wife and children who make the days become excited. That's why you're getting married so you know how she feels and how good she is" Atha smiled widely.

Byan felt the pain in his heart as soon as he heard the answer from Atha, palagi when he mentioned about the wife. Byan recalls his memories with Jasmine when he was his wife.

"Your wife used to be my ex-wife, Mas!" byan in the heart. He wanted to say that but it was impossible.

"Do you have a future wife, Abi?" ask Atha.

"Huh, emm ... boyfriends exist but prospective wives don't yet exist, Mas!" sahut Byan's.

"Well, what is it? Isn't that girlfriend going to be your wife?" Atha looks confused.

"Yes but I'm not sure about him yet, Mom!" byan was honest.

"If not sure, mending broke him. Don't have to date. Poor woman, you are courting her just for entertainment, there you get sin" said Atha wisely. Atha knows how Byan's life is out there with his free company and association.

Byan just smiled bitterly. This is if he discussed an evil with Atha, then Atha would counsel him with religious teachings as if Byan were lectured by his brother.

"Emm... If you may know, how did Mas Atha get to know Jasmine and marry her?" asked Byan who had been getting impatient to hear Atha's answer.

Silent moment. Atha started thinking about what answer he would tell Byan.

"My meeting with Jasmine started at the airport. And that's one of the reasons I canceled leaving for America for a meeting a few years ago" she said calmly.

"meaning?" Byan doesn't understand.

"You know, I hit Jasmine." said Atha, who was still hanging.

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Immediately Byan braked suddenly when he heard the sentence of Atha. He recalled the time when Beni, the driver used to say that Jasmine to the airport just as he and Atha were both about to leave for America.

Moreover, Byan considering clearly there are two foreigners who said that there was an accident right at the entrance to the airport. Byan was convinced that what the stranger was telling him was Jasmine.

"Byan be careful, are you ok?" Atha was panicking. He faced Byan in surprise.

"Yes, I-I'm good! You mean hit Jasmine, was she dying that time or was she in a coma? How does that mean, Mas?" Byan asked a lot of questions and looked very panicked in Atha's eyes.

Atha who saw and heard him chuckled a little.

"Hey why are you so worried? Most of the events were long ago, and there were no serious injuries to jasmine," Atha stared strangely at Byan.

Byan who was stared at like that became misbehaved. He shouldn't worry about Jasmine overdoing it like that, so much so that she's suspicious of Atha.

"Ah, i-iya .. I was just shocked. Sorry, Mas," Byan became nervous with a whimper, then reapplied the car that he had stopped earlier.

"I accidentally bumped into Jasmine right in front of the airport. He fainted and I took him to the hospital. He got injured in the leg and had to be hospitalized for a few days. So I have to take responsibility until he recovers and walks normally again" said Atha, explaining correctly and honestly.

Atha glanced at Byan and then looked forward again.

"Then Jasmine asked you to marry her because of the injury?" asked Byan who was still not satisfied to pry information about Jasmine, because he thought maybe Jasmine did the same to Atha by trapping her like Jasmine had done to him in the past.

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At once, Atha was shocked to hear Byan's question which was true if Jasmine was the one who asked to marry him.

"Ti-not like that. I always check her condition through bi Narti. Until without me knowing it turns out she is a good woman .. then I proposed to her to marry him immediately," said Atha a little nervous coupled with lying words.

It is undeniable that if Atha is honest, then everything will be revealed. Indeed, if he is honest then it will lower Jasmine's self-esteem in fact Atha married Jasmine at the request of the woman herself with reason and threats. As much as possible, Atha had to cover it, let alone the status of Jasmine who was a widow who was pregnant at that time.

"Oh so it is, an interesting love story," Byan just smiled bitterly glancing towards Atha.

Until that's their conversation. Byan had no intention of asking again. He did not want to make Atha suspicious by asking her a lot. The rest of Byan would ask Jasmine directly.

The next day, when Atha had left for the office. Byan came to his brother's house. He wanted to meet Jasmine soon. His mind was muddled if he had not asked directly about his marriage to Atha, as if Byan had not just willingly released Jasmine completely.

"Hey you, just step into my room. What are you doing, Byan? Come out, before all the servants here saw, they would think things through," Jasmine was so panicked that Byan suddenly walked into her room without the knowledge of the residents of the house.

"I won't leave before you answer my question," pressed Byan with a sharp glare of eyes staring at Jasmine.

Jasmine became frightened, she saw the anger at Byan like a few years ago when she trapped the man in marrying him.

"What do you want to ask?" jasmine asked with trembling hands.

Byan leaned closer towards Jasmine.

"Say, what exactly were you doing at the airport at our farewell?" asked Byan who was deliberately scraping back their past.

Jasmine was silent as if unable to answer.

"Your departure to that airport, is it possible that you actually caught up with me, right?" ask Byan again.

Jasmine was startled and retreated backwards slowly.

"Say Jasmine!" exclaim Byan.

Byan was getting more and more emotional even he stepped closer to Jasmine who was getting backwards until he stopped at a corner of the wall that could no longer move.

"I-I.i.e.," Jasmine could not answer until her eyes glazed over.

Byan grieved with a desperate grin.

"Please, just say it once. Why did you follow me to the airport back then?" byan asked increasingly curious and impatient.

"I-I.i.e.," again Jasmine repeated the word 'me' which made Byan even more upset.

"Tell Jasmine, tell me!!" yelled Byan frustrated with Jasmine's nervousness.