Picking Up the Past

He's Back

Ceklek, the door to the room of Mr. Sarman open, 2 beautiful girls then entered to see Mr. Sarman, their presence was able to grow a happy smile on the face of Ms. Saniah and also Mr. Sarman. Vanessa immediately approached Mr. Sarman and Ms. Saniah, they kissed their hands in turn, Vanessa hugged Sarman warmly on the right side of the old man and Mila sat on his left side while rubbing his grandfather's face.

“what's Arya not coming here?”

deg,deg, Mr. Sarman's question made Mila pias, he was stunned not to know what to answer.

“Arya was busy kek” replied Vanessa who knew about Mila's condition, she realized Mila was still carried away feeling sad when in front of Tomy's room earlier.

“it looks like he really worked hard for you dear” said Mr. Sarman while gently stroking Mila's hand.

While Saniah's mom saw Vanessa and Mila in turn, she seemed to realize there was a problem there. ‘it seems like I haven't been home for a long time, I have to make sure again there are no problems there’ inner bu Saniah.

“kakek how?, when can grandfather go home?” vanessa asked spoiledly to Mr. Sarman, the only family he had, and he did not want to lose the affection of Mr. Sarman and also Mr. Saniah.

“do grandfather quickly go home yes dear, grandfather also miss the same house” replied Mr. Sarman while gently stroking Vanessa's head.

‘ya Allah, I do not know what the circumstances of the grandfather will be if I know what really happened, because of my sins I have to bear all this pain, heartache when everything censures me, what now I have to endure the pain of being hated by my grandfather and inner mother’ Mila is saddened by her state.

*

The atmosphere of the afternoon was quite bright in the sky of southern Sulawesi, Ari had just finished his lunch that was 2 hours late from his usual meal hours, he was devouring food with a feeling of annoyance, it has been 2 days he went around several villages there, but Arya has not been found, he can only find traces of Arya which is actually still faint, whether it is Arya or not.

“sial, it's been 2 days, tomorrow I have to go back to Jakarta”.

“what are your other members?” ari asked the sturdy man who had been with him for 2 days.

“still nihil bos” replied with a lowered head.

“work in Jakarta is quite a lot, what else is the condition of the company is down since Arya disappeared, I can not linger leaving Jakarta” said Ari still with annoyance

After finishing eating, Ari and the man immediately left, they then entered the car they rented, the man was sitting in front of the car driving, and the man, while Ari sat in the back seat while playing his phone to control the workmanship he left behind.

Just 30 minutes the car was running, suddenly the car died, “why?” asked Ari angry with the circumstances, “it seems to strike bos” replied the man, it was he then went out to check the car, and Ari also came out angrily. "what the hell car he rented, what he rented, time can strike gini" annoyed Ari again he really hated the situation at that time.

The situation began to fuss, because the car stopped on the side of the road that made the fairly crowded streets become jammed, because, a large bus that runs in the opposite direction to Ari's car trying to get in through Ari's car, he glanced at the bus with a face that grew irritated, ‘basic, people of this country, people of this country, no one was impatient,’ was upset, while the strapping men who accompanied him were busy apologizing to some riders who were annoyed with the car he was driving.

“bring the right car dong” shouted the bus driver at the sturdy man, “iya sir, sorry pak” replied the man, even though he was actually a cruel and violent man, but he was, but it will only be used on people who are enemies of the boss, while in others, the strong-bodied man will be friendly and polite.

‘sial’ upset Ari heard the bus driver's remark, he then turned his face away from the bus holding back his angry feelings with the circumstances, If only Ari looked at the bus, then, he may be able to see Arya who was asleep while leaning her body towards the window of the bus.

The bus was about to head to Makassar, and Arya had planned to return to Jakarta that day to solve all her problems, Arya slept clutching a small yellow box, the box that his grandmother had given him that he knew there.

*

Mila had just come home from school, after finishing eating she then went into the room, she sat staring in her face that had not been wrapped by a veil in her decorative mirror. ‘Mil, you are beautiful, Arya must like you, now you have to take care of your heart for her, she is the prince you always wait for it’, said Mila who was talking to her own shadow.

Mila then closed her eyes, for some reason, her love for Arnes was still there, sometimes she still felt a sense of disbelief in people's stories about Arnes, and every time Arnes invited her to meet, she said, he prefers to refuse it, he does not know who is watching him, he suspects Ari's people are still at his side to keep him from Arnes, besides fearing that Arnes will be beaten again, he also felt afraid that Arnes would happen to him less.

But Mila realized, her love for Arnes is still very big, every time she said I could not at Arnes' invitation, guilt and disappointment appeared in her heart. For a moment Mila remembered how much Arnes loved her, even Arnes asked her to keep herself from Arya so that Arya would not touch her, a request that she gladly participated in at that time, then with confidence he made a deal that took away many of Aryan rights as a husband, he still remembers well when Arya was sitting in the chair he was sitting in and he wrote down every item of agreement he made unilaterally at that time.

‘maybe true, now I have to choose, otherwise, I will continue to hurt Arya, but how can I choose, I still love bang Arnes and I am also very afraid of losing Arya, I am, I can't even choose between the two of them' her inner confusion

Mila then opened her drawer, she saw the envelope from Arya that she still did not open, she then took out two jewelry boxes that she had stored for almost 4 months, Mila then took out her wedding ring and wedding dowry.

‘kakek trusts Arya very much, he even gives the most valuable thing in his life to his inner Arya’, he then installs it, he,

Mila then takes out Arya's purchase jewelry, she sees in the jewelry, ‘ini all must be expensive, and it turns out Arya's heart is much more expensive than this jewelry, even to want it back, to want it back, I had to receive a lot of hurtful rantings from those inner’ Mila, she then put up all those jewels.

She again saw her reflection in the glass, ‘now I have to wear all this, I should be able to convince Arya if I really want to be a good wife for herMila's inner’.

*

Doctor Karina was sitting in her chair, it was already very night, but she had to stay in the hospital because she was on night duty. In front of her was now a hot cup of coffee that a nurse had just delivered to her. He momentarily opened his phone, to look at his social media, after being satisfied with it all, he then saw his chat application, nothing interesting from it all, he said, except for something that makes his heart beat fast, his chat to Arya has been ticked blue, meaning Arya has read his chat that he has not stopped sending every day since Arya disappeared without news.

Doctor Karina immediately dialed Arya's number, and finally the number she had been calling so many times had never entered it, now she can hear her call has entered Arya's phone.

But many times he tried to call Arya, the call came but not lifted at all, Doctor Karina then let go of his disappointed breath, ‘what Arya has slept?’ he then glanced at his watch, the clock had passed from 12 pm, ‘it seems to have, but it means he has returned his mind expectantly.

Doctor Karina then put his phone on the table, he grasped the hot coffee glass, he wanted to feel the warmth of the coffee glass to cool his body that feels cold in the wind of the night.

Ceklek, just a moment he grasped the coffee glass, the door of the room opened without anyone knocking first, he said,

Doctor Karina momentarily snorted in annoyance at the person who entered her room without knocking on the door first,

But his regret immediately changed because of the feeling of shock with the man standing in front of him, even his shock made his coffee glass slightly shaken and a speck of hot coffee hit his white hand, “aduh hot” murmured slowly,

Doctor Karina was still jolted, she then stood up, she still could not believe the person she had been worried about and could not reach, had now come to her and stood right in front of her.

'he's back' Doctor Karina's inner self while releasing her smile with relief.