
"Sister!" Meira ran to hug the tall, handsome man.
Yes, Ardi has come home after two years he wandered abroad to calm down.
"Is it bad that my brother is over?" ledek Meira's.
"Before I get a new one, I still feel sadness" he said.
"Don't show me your fake face." clapped Meira a little strongly until the handsome man grimaced.
Meira sat down on the brown sofa. He fell silent, just now he easily questioned the mood of the cousin. But what about his own mood at the moment. Dulled.
"Have you really broken up with that rude guy?" look at Ardi sharply.
Meira shook her head, her tears flowing down those smooth cheeks. It has broken up, but there are things that he has not been able to overcome until now. "Papa forced me to get engaged to her." her chest felt tight as she said that.
Ardi could only be silent. He knows the reason for this engagement. Wijaya was a very stubborn and selfish person.
"Does my beloved brother have a replacement for that jerk?" Ardi wiped the tears that fell from the eyes of the beautiful girl.
It took him a few minutes to answer Ardi's question. Because it is likely that Ardi will also not approve of his relationship with Rizal who is just an ordinary man.
"Why?" ask Ardi again. "Have you yet?"
Meira slowly nodded.
"Good!" he clenched his hand sign pleased to see Meira's reply. "Tomorrow we invite him to meet Wijaya, let him know."
"That's the problem..." Meira.
"He's a regular guy, just a motorcycle taxi and a supermarket clerk."
This time it was Ardi who was silent. Will his story repeat itself to his cousin? It will not happen, it is only natural that Wijaya does not approve of their relationship.
"You know my story, don't you, Mei?" Ardi held onto Meira's shoulder which was still lowered. "Don't let it happen to you again, cut off the relationship with him, I can find a handsome and established soul mate for you." he straightened Meira's face to reassure.
"You don't know, I love her very much, brother."
"You also don't know how much it hurts to lose. The lives of people like us have been arranged by our parents. Can freely choose as long as the equivalent. Your sister's already been through that, Mei."
Meira was silent. There is no answer to defend himself. Everything Ardi said made him fall even more into the abyss of sadness.
"Sister also once loved a simple girl. But they couldn't be trusted by just looking at a plain face. Sometimes people like them also like to take advantage of or even trouble us."
"Rizal isn't like that, he's an independent man." Meira stands up and leaves Ardi. He already thought that Ardi would not agree with the relationship he had with Rizal.
His first meeting with Ardi did not go well. Not only did Meira give up her longing, but she also got unpleasant babbling from her cousin. It hurts so much, no one understands his feelings. Even his house security is also involved in organizing his life for some money.
Is it this hard to have an unapproved relationship?
***
"The ardi!" He suddenly shouted and ran after the car that drove slowly past him. He was sure his eyes did not look wrong. That's Ardi the ex-lover.
"You're evil, Ardi!" He continued to run while throwing pebbles that he had held in both hands. "This time I'm not afraid of you." he keeps throwing cars at you.
"Based on a madman!" the man in the black jacket hit the steering wheel. He stopped his car after hearing the clink of gravel hitting the back of the car.
"Scuff my car." grunts him.
Suddenly he was stunned, his hands trembling. Again he swallowed. After two years of dodging, within seconds he looked back at his past. The slightly shabby beautiful girl ran while cursing towards him.
He closed the car and immediately launched the black sedan at high speed. Every now and then he sees the rearview mirror, trying to convince him that his vision is wrong.
"It's not Kartika. No!" Ardi trembled again, biting his lower lip.
"If it wasn't Tika, why would she chase my car?"
All the stories about Tika who was depressed due to the failure of their marriage have long been known to Ardi. Two years in the country people didn't make him lose information. Since he knew Tika was experiencing severe depression at that time he decided he would never want to meet again even though he had come home later.
"You're evil! Hu.hu.hu." Tika's sobbing became more and more so, accompanying her footsteps that were further away from the park where she sat reminiscing about the past.
"Sister!" Rizal ran over and immediately hugged Tika who was slumped on the asphalt. Rizal closed his eyes, tightening his embrace on the older brother. Wrong, he took the initiative to bring Tika to the park so that Tika can breathe fresh air in the afternoon. He shouldn't have left Tika alone to buy a drink.
"He's here..." Tika came back crying.
"Who, Brother?" rizal asked, confused. Who did her brother see.
"That bad guy!" Tika clenched her hand.
"Let's go home, brother. It's almost maghrib." Rizal stroked the sister's hair gently. He slowly wiped Tika's tears and put on the black jacket he was wearing.
***
"Who is he?" Rizal pondered on the gray mattress. Gender her head while thinking who Tika met until the sister became hysterical like Tadi. Is it possible that he's Ardi the bastard.
He promised if the man was here, he would not hesitate to finish him. The pain that Tika felt for almost two years could not be paid for with anything. The wound that Ardi had given her brother was so painful. A man like Ardi doesn't deserve to live a quiet life. That's not fair to her brother. If he meets his brother's ex-lover, he will give a proper reply.
"Are you asleep?" A message from Meira breaks her daydream. He took his cell phone which was located on that simple table. He replied to the message while smiling. "Not yet."
"My brother whom I nicknamed 'Crocodile' came home this morning. I went straight to Aunt Melinda's house and met her."
Degs...
Are they the same person?
Rizal ended their conversation with mixed feelings.