Married for Papa

Bryan's Last Effort

The news of Aluna and Rendra's accelerated marriage caused anxiety in Bryan. For three nights he had insomnia due to thinking too much about the news of the marriage between his ex-wife and a man of Chinese descent.

That night Bryan had a hard time closing his eyes. He turned his body back on the bed but his eyes were still awake. The man sat leaning his body on the headboard of a king-size bed. Bryan stared at the empty space next to him, once the size of a king-size bed was so small if filled with Aluna but now the bed was too big. The man fingered and kissed the pillow his ex-wife used to use. He deliberately asked the servants not to replace the pillow with a new one, Miss Risa and other servants just change the pillowcase without replacing it with a new one.

Ayunda Smith has a habit of changing pillows and bolsters every two years to maintain the quality of sleep family members. He wants all his family members to have good quality sleep so that the next day, the body becomes fresher and prepared to face the challenges of life created by the Creator.

Bryan opened the smartphone using a face lock, the man looked at several slides of photos of Aluna and her two children.

"I'll keep trying to convince you Aluna that this stupid guy has changed."

"Tomorrow I will meet you, no matter if Rendra hits my face and stomach as long as he meets you, I'm sincere."

Then the man returned his smartphone on the nightstand. He tried to close his eyes, practicing breathing methods* aimed to eliminate anxiety at the time before going to bed. The trick is to exhale deeply through the mouth until a soft hissing sound is heard, close the lips and then inhale through the nose deeply for four seconds, then inhale for seven seconds and last exhale slowly through the mouth for eight seconds until the sound of "whooosh", do not forget to repeat the way four times.

Respiratory methods are proven to be effective in overcoming insomnia suffered by Bryan lately. After four rounds, the man's mind relaxed and his eyes slowly began to sleepy. The next moment he was already heading to dreamland.

***

Today the sky is so bright, the shining sun gives warmth to the humans on earth. The heartbeat of life begins when the sound of chicken crowing and all activity begins.

A man looked out the window, his gaze empty, his body as if floating, dancing to another dimension.

"Aluna." Mumbled the man.

"Master, breakfast is ready. Sir, the big lady and the young lady are waiting downstairs." Said a maid in a black and white uniform.

"Okay, I'll be right down. Please make warm tea exactly like my wife made." Tell the man.

"I'll make it soon."

The waiter bowed respectfully then returned to the kitchen to do his master's orders.

"Morning, mom and dad." Say hello to Bryan when he was in the dining room.

There is already Ayunda, Reymond and Shera sitting quietly in a luxurious dining chair style victorian style white bone, made of teak wood, oscar material and paint duco finishing, etc, the length of the table measures 220 cm and 100 cm wide, for the seat itself measures 60x60 cm. Victorian style gives the impression of luxury and glamour, the Smith family like a king and queen when using a set of dining table.

"Morning is also dear."

Bryan kissed his parents' cheeks.

"I wasn't kissed either?" Tegur Shera's.

"You're gonna have to kiss your girlfriend!"

"Ish brother." Shera pouting.

"Here you go, let's eat."

And they began to eat at the table, but before that Reymond as the head of the family will lead the do'a as a gratitude for the blessings and sustenance of God.

"After breakfast I'll meet Aluna and the kids." Bryan started the conversation in the middle of their busy eating food.

"At Aluna's apartment?"

Ayunda feed a spoon of rice along with side dishes into the mouth.

"It's dad."

"Ry, you better let Aluna live happily with Rendra."

"Mom, I've said many times that I won't let go of Aluna."

"Mommy knows, you still love that woman but when do you want to wait? Aluna doesn't love you anymore." Connect Ayunda.

"It's better that you establish a new relationship with Diana. She's a nice girl and mommy has known her parents for a long time."

"Even you've met Doctor Dianka, Diana's mother, haven't you?"

"You're more adept at judging people by just looking into their eyes."

"Diana is good but I don't love her."

"Ri!"

"I'm sorry, mom."

Bryan got up from the chair, suddenly the man was no longer feeling. Her appetite disappeared along with a rough gust of breath coming out from her nose.

"You go ahead, I'll walk now."

"But Ry!" Ayunda put his spoon on the plate.

"Mom! Let him solve his own problems, we don't have to interfere."

"Mommy just pity my dad on our son. For almost five years his life was a mess due to divorce from Aluna."

"Daddy understands mommy's feelings. If Bryan gives up, he'll stop chasing after Aluna."

"Right mom, now just give support for Bryan's sister." Shera.

Ayunda fondled the opinions of her husband and child, she realized that lately too impose the will on Bryan to forget the feelings of his own son.

"I'm sorry mommy, Ry."

After driving for thirty minutes, Bryan is now in front of the door of Aluna's apartment. The man met his ex-wife to persuade her to annul the marriage, which would take two days.

Tong Ting

The sound of the doorbell, Aluna asked Bi Sumi to replace herself watching the twins who were engrossed in playing gadgets.

"Mas Bryan!"

"I'm bothering you?"

"No, please come in."

Aluna opened the door wide and let the father of her two sons sit down.

"Sit down, mas."

"Where are the kids?" Ask Bryan.

"There, they were playing gadgets accompanied by Bi Sumi."

Aluna walks towards the kitchen, making Bryan's favorite hot tea. The marriage bond between Aluna and Bryan had long since broken but the woman never forgot her ex-husband's favorite drink even she still remembered all the things that the man liked.

"Drink first."

Bryan inhaled the aroma of warm tea made by Aluna.

"Ehm, it's still the same as it used to be."

"Tumben's here, what's up?"

"How far have you been preparing for your wedding?" Bryan asked full of questions.

"Ah, i-i-tuu...."

Bryan squinted his eyes.

"Damn, why am I so nervous!" Aluna said in her heart.

"Ehm!" Aluna cleared her throat.

"It's ready everything just for the reception will be held as planned. Tomorrow the day after tomorrow we will only do the procession ijab qabul only." Aluna squeezes her lentic fingers.

"Aluna, I beg you to cancel the marriage and please come back to me."

to be continued....

NOTE: * source: health.kompas.com