Owner of Heart #1
Chapter 42
“Oh yes, there is something I want to convey here.” Mas Reihan said it caught our attention.
“Tomorrow, all of you must come to my house in Palagan, around 7 o'clock, yes after maghrib.”
“Waah, what event, Mas?”
“Eating-eating.”
“Asiiik... really?”
“Yes, anyway you all came yes!”
“We don't have to bring anything, Mas? Gift for example, let's not have a birthday.”
“Do not, anyway you guys come and a beautiful, handsome, just eat there.”
“Waah steady! Yes, Mas, no need to bring anything?”
“Truly, do not need to bring anything.. just eat-meals anyway, but yes it was andan beautiful and handsome yoo.”.
“I don't know where?” is I said because I don't know where Mas Reihan's house is.
“Mbak Kekey, later I will pick up, we ride the motor just so not to be jammed.”
“Yes, Na, later pick up.”
“Sip tree.”
And as planned Erna picked me up on a matic motorbike to Palagan area and was waiting for others in front of the complex to Mas Reihan's house. An elite housing complex, where the houses there are very large and nice, and guarded by security guards who will check every guest who comes.
In front of the magnificent Mas Reihan house parked a few cars that made us mutually lyrics hesitant to go inside.
“There is another event huh?” ask me while looking into the open fence where it looks like some men and women wear uniforms like catering servants, he said, although I don't see a tent in the courtyard, I'm sure it's in there for an official event.
“Yes, maybe Mas Reihan's parents' wedding anniversary,” replied Kris, and just like me other friends also looked into the fence.
“Wis, we just enter Mas Reihan who ngundang us,” said Risma while getting off the motor followed everything.
We were all wearing no dresses considering we rode the bike here, but luckily our clothes were quite formal for a party. Risma, Mas Angga, and Kris walked the front, followed by Desi, Lulu and Joko while me and Erna were the back row.
The house is very magnificent like the home of successful entrepreneurs, with large pillars supporting the roof of the terrace with marble floors, a spacious yard that can accommodate several cars with a well-maintained and neatly arranged garden.
We increasingly entered the house where presented a room that has been decorated with several bouquets of live flowers that make the room as large as it was. Wow, that's all that came out of our mouths. The chairs were covered in white satin with pink ribbons with neatly arranged small floral ornaments where well-dressed people sat on top.
We also decided to sit in the back row, our eyes continued to comb the room looking for the owner of the house. A round staircase leading up has now been decorated with pink cloth with flowers, it was so beautiful it reminded me of a movie where a beautiful woman would come down from above greeted by a helping hand from the man she loved.
But it seems like the event has finished because in the row of chairs facing us where Mas Reihan sat in the front row with a beautiful woman wearing a luxurious kebaya with shades of pink, she said, and the middle-aged couple I was guessing were Mas Reihan's parents because I could see the resemblance between them.
Smiles from them continue to spread to the visitors who come. And finally I heard the MC calling the woman beside Mas Reihan who was named Widy to come forward, and then the MC called out the name of someone who made my heart stop beating for a while with a paled face when I saw someone in a neat suit standing from the front seat of the line where I was sitting and now face to face with the woman who was smiling wide looking at him.
A cold aura spread throughout the body from the soles of the feet continue to rise to the back to the nape of the neck, my hands squeezing each other to make it stop shaking, shaking, but my eyes could not be separated from the couple in front who are now pairing rings to each other's ring fingers, my heart now really felt stabbed, making me clench my hands very strongly to whiten.
I wanted to get out of there but my legs couldn't move, my ears suddenly became deaf and couldn't hear anything including what the MC said, I could not even hear the applause from the guests present. I just stared forward without blinking, biting my trembling inner lips just to remind me that this was not a dream.
We looked at each other for a while until people started huddling around them to shake hands and congratulate them. It's my chance to leave, with determination I stood up to get out of this room when Erna pulled me.
“We say congratulations, it's his sister mas Reihan, Widy, beautiful huh? Guys are also handsome, fit them.”
“A-me... i..” I cannot continue my stuttering words, while my trembling body is getting pulled closer to the crowd.
“You finally came too!” mas Reihan's exclaim made me unable to escape again.
“Kok didn't say that the fiancee show, Mas.”
“The fiancee Widy is not me, if I was just told,” said Mas Reihan with a fluffy smile.
“Key, here I want to know you with my parents.”
Mas Reihan pulled my body past the friends who were lining up to greet the newly engaged couple.
“Bun, recognize this Kekey..
“Oalah, this is to Kekey, why are you here now? Reihan often tells stories about you.”
I tried to smile at hearing that while greeting Mas Reihan's parents, I don't know if I managed to smile or not which I think are my lips and hands trembling. From the end of my eyes, I could see that the couple had now joined us and I was no longer able to be there any longer.
“Kekey?”
The deg!
I took a few moments before turning, and now I could no longer hold back my emotions when I saw Mamah and Papah standing there with eyes looking at me in disbelief.
“This is you, Honey?” mamah asked as she held my cheeks with trembling hands, I could see her eyes glazed over at me and it made my eyes tear up. I nodded while holding back my tears and almost failed when Mamah suddenly just hugged me tightly full of longing.
“This is really you, darling?”
I nodded back while holding back the cry with all my might.
“I-it's Kekey, Mah.” My voice trembled and I could no longer hold back the final rolling tears drenching my cheeks, making Mamah with trembling hands rub her gently, but I could also see Mamah shedding tears making my hands wipe her.
“Ooh, Honey why are you crying?”
“Hehe... Mamah also why cry?”
“Mamah kangeeen is very similar to you, why have you never ngunjungin Mamah?”
My tears rolled again when I heard the longing words of the woman I had considered my own mother.
“Kekey also misses Mamah.” My voice was still trembling, making Mamah embrace me again.
Behind Mamah's shoulder I could see Papah standing there staring at the two of us, his smile rising as our eyes met each other making me release Mamah's embrace and turn into Papah's embrace which was as warm as Dad's.
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