
"What?" son cried unconsciously after hearing Gia's speech. His body stiffened with an irregular heart rhythm. It made Gia, Balik and Papi look at the Son with an unusual reaction.
"Is Rika married? that's good news, isn't it?" Papi responded with a facial expression exuding a sense of happiness.
Gia nodded heavily. "Not Pi, even Rika is not willing to reveal who the father of the child she contains," said Gia with a sad look.
Gia's statement once again made Putra gasp in shock. And the memory of him not the past made him uneasy, even the many questions he had in mind.
Papi scowled the tip of his forehead as the news of Rika made him feel guilty. If only he had not expelled them, the unwanted incident would have never happened.
"Desak for him to say who is the father of the baby in the womb!"
"Gia will try Pi again. Rika seems to be down, she's been quiet a lot like usual, even so far not at all checked the content." Gia's story with pity.
"I'm glad we'll see them tomorrow. Hmm what can Pi?" Balin asked for her in-laws' approval, however her in-laws should know.
Papi nodded in response to his agreement. While the Son had been silent since, his throat seemed to be choked to hear what happened to Rika. The woman who had spent the night sleeping with herself dodged and even disappeared.
"My uncle wants to go home" said the Son with the usual attitude, he did not want his boss to know the change in his attitude.
Hmm
They all nodded just like that as each one was busy thinking.
Their son agreed to rest.
Elsewhere
The son was pacing back and forth in his apartment. Hearing the news Rika who was two months pregnant made him riled up. He believes that the child in Rika's womb is the result of their brief romance that just happened to him last month.
The son rubbed his face with reddened eyes. During this time he secretly searched for Rika's existence, even asking every company but did not produce results because everything was already in the slick hamlet by Rika, hiding her identity.
"Do I have to ask Mrs Gia?" the Son with riled. "No, it's not time yet because I want to know the truth" he murmured back.
***
In the company
Early in the morning the Son met Balin in his room. He asked permission for today not to work because there is something he wants to do out there.
Without a second thought Balin gave permission to the Son. Although there is a big question why the Son suddenly asked for permission but back again there may be personal problems to make the Son ask permission not to enter work.
The son wanders the streets, he will look for Rika in the narrow alleys. Coincidentally right into the alley there is a cart that sells rujak. Seeing the fruits on display makes Putra swallow until the desire to buy rujak is so great.
The son came down with a flat face, not forgetting that he was circulating his gaze in all directions. Then approached the seller rujak, incidentally only two buyers.
"Message one" Putra told the seller.
"Yes Mas. Want a special or regular portion?"
"Hmm only special," said the Son with reason because he does not know what special or simple portions are like.
"Okay, please wait a minute!"
The son nodded while sitting in the chair that was provided there.
While waiting for his order, Putra played his phone. Checked several emails and messages from some of his friends.
"Message as usual" said one who stood his back to the Son.
"Eh Mbak Rika, new tumben here? where have these few days been?"
Hearing Rika's very clear-sounding name made Putra flinch in shock, even her phone almost fell out of her hands.
"Just be lazy, Mother," said the woman.
"Yes, please wait a minute, you better sit down first" said the seller so familiar.
The woman nodded, turning over her body wanting to walk towards the chair but her steps were undone when she found the figure standing before her.
"Rica!"
"Son!"
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