Love for Losing Memory

The Unexpected Guest

For more than a week, Handoko did not go to the office to take care of her company. He left the responsibility entirely to Calvin because he wanted to focus on taking care of his wife who was not well lately. Handoko decides to accompany Della even more, to the point that she forgets her delayed plan to visit and meet with Dina Marsiah's mother, in search of information about her missing child. Of course, he wanted to be able to determine if Arisa was his biological daughter or not, but for now more important than all of that is to see his wife can be healthy again.

Today, Handoko was checking the company report sent by Calvin in his study, while Della was taking a nap in her room, an assistant knocked on the door and went in to tell her that a guest was looking for her.

After the maid gave a glimpse of the characteristics of the person who wanted to meet her, she was curious, it seemed that she had no acquaintance as mentioned. Out of curiosity, Handoko finally told her maid to let her guest in and would meet her in the living room.

After turning off her laptop, Handoko went down from the 2nd floor to the living room to meet her guests. He saw a middle-aged woman who looked simple. I don't think he knows this woman. This woman was a friend of his wife, but she said she wanted to meet him, not his wife. Handoko's confused.

"I'm sorry, if I may know, who are you?" handoko asked honestly because indeed she felt she did not know the woman sitting in front of her at this time.

" I'm sorry, sir, my name is Linda. You have never met me before, so I understand that you do not know me, but you may recognize my late husband." replied the woman.

" Your husband?" handoko asked, getting confused.

"Yes, my husband Mas Asman used to work with you as the family driver first."

"Asman?" Handoko starts to get emotional hearing Asman's name. And now the wife of the man he hated appeared before him. What the hell is going on?

" Please don't be angry, I have something to say. I've been keeping this up for a long time, and I've felt so full of guilt all along. For that, I ventured to see Master."

" What do you mean?"

"I know, maybe I should have met Mister first, but the situation is not possible" Linda said, further confusing Handoko.

"I am truly sorry for what happened to the Lord's family, especially with the missing Master's daughter."

"Wait a minute, what do you mean? What does it mean my daughter is alive, she's not dead yet?" ask Handoko.

"Yes, sir, your daughter is still alive. It's just, I don't even know where he is."

"Lantas, the body of the girl that was found along with Adakan during the bus accident?"

"That's our son, sir" said Linda, beginning to cry sobbing.

"But, since there was an item belonging to our daughter attached to the girl, the police identified it as our daughter, Erika."

" Yes, it's all our fault, sir. I regret not banning my then-emotional husband from seeking revenge against you, who had fired him for only a minor mistake of the time."

"Little mistake you say? at that time he was carrying a car so fast that it almost collided and endangered my family's life. You said it was a small mistake, huh?" said Handoko with a high enough tone.

"What?"

"Yes, Sir. And at that time, you immediately fired him without even listening to his explanation. In the end, our first child died. Of course this has nothing to do with your family, sir." Handoko was surprised to hear Linda's explanation. Suddenly imagined in his memory, he was indeed furious at Asman at that time, and immediately fired him without even listening to his explanation at all.

"Because of resentment, my husband kidnapped one of your daughters, with the intention that you too feel the same loss."

"Bad!" gertak Handoko's.

"I know this is unforgivable. I also regretted it, because I did not ban my husband at that time. Moreover, when she took the necklace your daughter wore and put it on our second child."

"What's? So, that means..."

"Yes, Sir. The one who died with my husband was not your daughter, but our son. Because of that incident, I became depressed, even had time to be admitted to a mental hospital, I could not accept the loss of my husband and two children at once. I really couldn't bear that ordeal." Handoko's heart began to struggle to hear Linda's story. She felt the loss experienced by Linda, because she also experienced the same loss. She had lost both her daughters, but not what Linda had experienced even worse, she had lost her husband and children almost at the same time.

"Now, after I have recovered, I ventured to come to see you, because I did not want to be filled with such guilt. Please Sir, forgive me and my late husband." Linda asked in a soft voice.

"alright. What has happened, let it happen, we can't change it anymore. I have forgiven you and your late husband." replied Handoko.

"Thank you, sir." Linda's heart can start to tennag, for having received an apology from Handoko.

"However, there's one thing I'd like you to do?"

"What is that, sir? if I could, I would have done it to make amends for my husband." Linda said earnestly.

"I want you to come with me to go somewhere right now" replied Handoko.

"Now, Mister?"

"Yes, right now. You wait a minute, I get ready first." said Handoko, then headed to her room for a while to change her clothes. At first glance, his wife was still sound asleep. So, she can get out for a while without Della's knowledge.

"Come, you come with me now!" handoko's orders were followed by Linda. They get into the car, which is then immediately drove to a place that Linda has not known. In Linda's mind, the important thing is that she has apologized from Handoko, whatever she would do if she could, so that she is free from the guilt that has enveloped her all this time.

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