Picking Up the Past

We're Friends

Vanessa brought a glass of coffee to the living room, there Ari was sitting thinking about all Vanessa's explanations to him. “taken Ri” muttered Vanessa while putting her homemade coffee in front of Ari.

“thank you” Ari replied briefly, he tasted a little of that hot coffee.

“so the test results first show that you can not have children?” ari asked, Vanessa nodded slowly, she was carried away by her broken feelings earlier, and all the problems she told Ari without lagging behind in the least.

“just divorce him, men like him do not deserve women as good as you” said Ari flatly.

“that, instead of you saying I have to take care of Mila, only my marriage is my bond with Mila, nothing else” explained Vanessa.

“divorce him, and you can still stay with Arya and Mila, I guarantee it”

Vanessa's mind immediately recalled what she had seen in Arbi's apartment earlier, where she saw Irman with another woman in front of her own eyes. “I'll think later, ' she said, I just want to focus on Mila's pregnancy, her position is very difficult now” Vanessa replied.

Ari looked at Vanessa's face that looked still sad, ‘why can't Karina be as sincere as she?, am I still lacking in Karina's eyes, Ari's inner’.

“just divorce him, I don't want you to hate me anymore because I have to get rid of Irman, he could be Arnes tool to finish off Arya” muttered Ari who took her eyes off Vanessa.

“get rid of it?, haven't you already failed for it, the company will also be brought to Malaysia”

Ari smiled faintly at Vanessa's remarks, “we are not a random person, Arbi's boyfriend one of your husband's mistresses, Arbi found there was a flow of funds from the woman's account to several officials in the area, he said, and after being investigated by my people, Arbi's guess is true of”

“you mean?” ask Vanessa slowly.

“she bribed the office to win some projects by using the woman's account to hide her actions, in fact Arbi and I are still considering bringing this to the legal track, I'm afraid Mila is getting angry with me because I'm still chasing her brother, but right now Arya's position is a threat, so I have to get rid of her this way” Ari told Vanessa, the documents given by Arbi and the results of his investigation are still stored in his room.

“bang Irman do that?” vanessa doesn't believe Ari's words. Ari nodded slowly while drinking coffee.

“I can say something to you” murmured Ari slowly.

“by what?”

“aku,,,, me,,,,” suddenly the door of the Apartment opened, Ari took a deep breath when what he wanted to say was cut off.

Arya and Mila enter the apartment with each other holding hands, like a brother's son who has just been drunk with love. When entering the apartment, Mila's eyes rounded shocked to see Ari there.

Ari and Vanessa then stand up to welcome Arya and Mila. “hai Mil, sorry for yesterday,” Ari said kindly to Mila.

While Arya stared at Ari full of inquires, ‘why can Ari be here?’

Mila tried to smile with Ari's friendly attitude, she tried to be calm to reciprocate Ari's hospitality. “hai also Ri, it's okay anyway I am also healthy aja now”

“you why is Ri?” asked Arya flatly.

“I want to apologize to Mila, can't I?”

Arya looked at Ari with full investigation, she knew her best friend was just hiding the reason there.

“goodbye Mil for your pregnancy, I as your best friend very happy to hear the news” Ari continued to Mila.

Mila's eyes couldn't blink looking at Ari's face after hearing all that. The face was not as cold as usual, Ari's gaze was not as sharp as usual, but it looked much softer. “we palate” muttered Mila quietly.

Ari smiled at Mila, “you should take good care of my niece, otherwise I could be mad at you” Ari said with a familiar smile to Mila.

“you take it easy, where maybe I do not keep it” said Mila who also tried to be familiar to Ari.

“aku go inside first yes Ri” say goodbye Mila to Ari, she then goes inside and Vanessa follows Mila's steps, leaving Arya and Ari staring flat at each other.

Arya then sat next to Ari, and Ari sat down with back drinking coffee, “what is Ri?” arya said slowly.

“lo hasn't explained anything to Vanessa, so she went to the office and I explained everything”

Arya immediately looked sharply at Ari, “so brother Vanessa already knows everything?”

“iya, you do not have to worry, your head can break if you have to think everything, just make sure Mila is safe, and our plan runs smoothly”

Arya took a rough breath, indeed Vanessa should know everything. “the people your father wants to meet with lo Arya, you should be able to defend the family Mila in front of them” continued Ari again.

“why can you be like this same Mila?” arya asked without looking at Ari, her eyes blankly staring at the wall in front of her.

“because you choose him, since you brought him to your village to meet uncle and aunt, I already know you choose him, my attitude yesterday just because of worry about yourself lo,”

Arya rubbed Ari's shoulder slowly “gue want to tell Mila's family who I am Ri, I have to make Mila's relationship with mother be good again, I have to make the relationship with her mother to be good again, I don't want this problem to interfere with Mila” pregnancy said Arya who made Ari throw a rough breath.

“wait for the stock to fall into the hands of lo, then tell everyone”.

“no Ri, if I wait for that, Mila's family will know everything from other people, not from me, he said, mila's mother will be more angry with me because before I lied to her” explained Arya to Ari.

Ari rubbed his face rough, conditions were difficult, every decision would be a big risk if he took without taking into account many things.

“who came to the meeting yesterday his brother Mila, he who made the family of Rakarsa become traitors, wait another 3 days, I will process his case first so that he does not harm you"

“case dia?”

“don't you think, this is my problem,”

“Ri, don't make Mila's mother angry with me”

“we have no other choice Arya, leaving her free will be a big risk for you, after all she should have got a reply worth the bad to all her business opponents, anyway, including us and Vanessa” explained Ari.

*

Saniah was helping Mr. Sarman drink a glass of water, the old man had just finished his lunch. The atmosphere there was quiet as usual, Mr. Sarman every day could only see the room like a prison for him.

But the good news he has received, the doctor will give him permission to be treated at home if his condition can be stable within the next month.

When Mr. Sarman was about to close his eyes for the afternoon break, the door of his room suddenly opened without anyone knocking. Haris came in by putting his sharp eyes towards Mr Sarman, while Mr Sarman stared at Haris flatly, “you Herisan?” ask Mr. Sarman.

“it feels like the air here is really dirty” Haris murmured, he inhaled deeply and then took it off violently, he said, “so it feels like sharing the air with the traitors” continued Haris started his small war with Mr. Sarman.

“what do you mean talk like that?” geram bu Saniah.

“Rahman strongly believes that you will be on our side, but it turns out that Rahman's trust is not reciprocated at all” said Haris flatly.

Mr. Sarman's eyes were round in disbelief, he looked towards Saniah's bu who looked pias listening to Haris. “what do you mean Haris?,”

“what you still want to avoid dear Mr. Sarman” said Haris cynically.

Haris still remembers Mr. Abdul's orders to him, ‘meet Sarman, make sure he shows his face, we can not throw the young lady from the side of the young master, our young lady is pregnant with Adinata's blood, we have to protect her’

“Saniah” said Mr. Sarman with a slightly elevated tone

“that father, ” murmured bu Saniah held back fear.