
Ray came home from Aurel's house with a radiant face. Her romance with Aurel will soon meet a happy point. After waiting for four years finally the woman who always said she was not ready to marry Ray, making her surprised and happy. Because now Aurel himself filed for marriage first to her.
Along the way he whistled a little whistle humming his favorite song. Suddenly he remembered Medina. He felt he had to share his happy feelings with his pretended lover. More than yesterday he did not contact the woman. Honestly deep down, he misses the woman in the cabi's cheek. He hesitated to call the woman or not. He also recalled Aurel's request that he be banned from returning to Jakarta. He was a little worried that he would keep the promise that he would be by Me's side until the end, or reneged on his promise to Medina for Aurel's future wife.
Suddenly the phone he put on the dashboard went off loud to coincide when he stopped at a red light. He grabbed the phone looking at the caller id. He smiled happily at the name of the caller, then immediately connected to his earphone. And with a quick movement, he placed it in both ear holes.
"Assalamualaikum Mas," said Medina across the street so gently, her voice calming down. Making Ray fixated on hearing the softness of Medina's voice addressed to him.
"Waalaikumsalam Me," Ray replied with a sparkle.
"Yesterday to Bandung at what time?Why don't you tell Me?" medina asked a little softly, there was a tinge of sadness in her voice.
"Ah, Mas until home is already afternoon Me, about five in the afternoon. Sorry I didn't get to contact me. Until here the phone's battery runs out and Mas doesn't realize it" Ray replied a little nervously. He accidentally did not contact Medina because he did not want his feelings for Aurel increasingly shaken. Yes, Ray had realized that his concern for Medina was not just pity or sympathy. Rather than feeling affectionate, it might even be more precise that he had fallen in love with the poor girl.
"Oh that way, better just throw away the phone. There is no battery so why have a cell phone?" cananda Medina crisp. For some reason there was sadness in his heart, imagining the man who had been with him for almost two weeks was now happy with his future fiance and forgot about him.
"Hehe." Ray laughed lightly at Medina's words.
"How are you doing? Already better?" ray asked attentively.
"Alhamdulillah Mas's. Everything's fine. Waiting for the examination tomorrow. If the results are good tomorrow Me has been allowed to go home," replied Medina.
"Thank God" said Ray.
"Oh yes Me. There is good news" Ray said happily.
"What?" ask Me curious.
"This is the best news as long as Mas Ray lives. The best anyway," replied Ray convoluted increasingly make Medina curious.
"Try me guess!" ray's orders.
"Mas get tender?" ask Medina.
"No, more than that, guess again" replied Ray laughing.
"Mas got the lottery?" ask Medina again.
"No no wrong. Try again." Now Ray smiled at Medina's curious face.
"Mas happy to see Aurel?" ask Medina impatiently.
"Yups, the point is that. But what makes Mas Ray happy is .. eng ing eng ...
Mas Ray will soon be married to Aurel after a simple engagement. I am so happy Me. Finally waiting for Mas Ray after years of sweet fruit." Ray told me at length.
Hearing the good news made Medina very sad. Medina could not help but hold back her tears from dripping from her black bead. Immediately close the phone call without a word or say hello. He was astonished at himself. Why does her heart ache so much to hear the news of Ray's marriage. Sicker than when he heard Gibran's wedding plans.
"What's wrong with me? Is this jealous? Arggghhh .. I'm crazy. I don't deserve to be jealous. I'm nobody to Ray. I'm just the woman he pityed for my misfortune. And this tarnished me will never deserve to be by his side. I just deserve to be by her side in acting. In pretense," the inner Medina.
Ray who was across the phone was astonished that the call had been cut off suddenly either because Medina herself ended it or because of something else.
"Halo Me, Me ..," call Ray before hearing the disconnected tone of the call.
"Why did you suddenly die? Oh, maybe Me's battery runs out," the handsome man muttered as he put his phone back on the dashboard. He again focused on driving the car to the house of oma.
Now Ray can't wait to tell her he's calm about his wedding plans with Aurel.
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"Bi Sum .. which oma?" ray asked his grandmother's housekeeper who was mopping the living room floor.
"Oh, it's on top of Mas. Ordinary, in his workspace," Bi Sumi replied stopping her work in order to answer Ray.
Ray immediately went upstairs to the oma workspace beside his room.
"Oma busy? Ray wants to talk for a second, okay?" ray asked standing at the door to his oman who was checking the documents in his study. Madam Lidya has never come to the office again to take care of work. Given his age is no longer young, he can not work as before. But that does not mean the charismatic old woman will stand by and not take care of the company anymore. He held on to power until Ray was ready and ready to replace him.
"Create?" oma asked without looking back at her grandson's face.
"Emmm, really," Ray replied briefly.
"A little while, baby. It's a little more, you wait for Oma first in the living room huh?" oma's orders while still busy putting signatures on important papers were a sign of approval.
"Okay Oma," Ray replied passing by to the living room.
Fifteen minutes passed Oma was seen descending the stairs slowly. His right hand held on to the handle of the stairs withstanding the weight of his frail body. Ray was watching a television show.
"Darling? So why not go home this afternoon? Have you eaten?" tanya Oma approached where her grandson was sitting. Soon he sat down near his favorite grandson.
"Ehm, this afternoon Ray visited Aurel Oma. And we ate together outside" Ray replied with a sweet smile.
"Oh .. so oma can pick up on the signal that what you're about to talk about has something to do with that woman huh?" oma said coldly. There is a dislike tone from his speech. Ray just nodded slowly.
"Behini Oma, Ray has met Aurel. And he's asking us to speed up our engagement and wedding plans. Aurel wants us to get engaged and marry simply. He wants the end of this month too Ray's already legalizing him oma." Ray explained clearly.
"Isn't he not ready for Ray? And yesterday he said he wanted to make a super festive party so that everyone knows and remembers the wedding
you guys?" asked Oma astonished and suspicious at once.
"yes oma. But Aurel himself who wants to be accelerated and implemented simply. No papa is Oma, can save unnecessary expenses so said Aurel." Ray defends his girlfriend.
"If money comes out, it's Oma's money. Not his money. Why is he worried? After all, one month will not be enough to prepare everything. Grandma refused to agree to hold a hasty marriage like this and if you want to like the original plan, it will be held later this year," said oma firmly.
"But Oma.. This opportunity is rare, because Aurel is willing to be better to rush the marriage, Ray is still trying to convince his oma.
"No Ray. Oma doesn't want you to argue with oma. Oma has decided you're getting married at the end of the year, not the end of the month. You talk to him if Oma rejects his proposal, "the word Oma moves from her seat to leave Ray alone.
"And you're Ray. Aren't you suspicious in the least? Why did she suddenly want to get married? Even in a hurry. Are you sure there's nothing she's hiding?" ask oma before stepping away with the intention that Ray can think rationally.
Ray did not answer again, looking like he was thinking hard. Actually his heart was very worried, worried because he was suspicious of the figure of a man who came out of Aurel's apartment this morning.
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