Picking Up the Past

Little Angel

Mr. Sarman looked long at the door of his room that opened, and for a moment later he smiled at the arrival of the 3 people, and then he looked at the 3 people, Mila immediately took off Arya's hand which she pulled and immediately walked quickly to hug Mr. Sarman who made long breath Arya out instantly. ‘ah basic, ah, he took off my hand to hug this old man’ was upset.

Vanessa then also walked quickly and immediately put a bushel near the closet and immediately hugged Mr. Sarman on the other side of Mila's position.

Mr Sarman stared long at Arya who was stepping leisurely towards him, “do you not want to hug me too?” sarman asked while smiling at Arya. Arya returned a smile to Mr. Sarman and kissed the old man's hand. “I can't hug you cake, these two women have hugged you first” Arya replied casually.

“you seem to be very busy, you rarely come to see me,” said Mr. Sarman while stroking the hands of Mila and Vanessa with both hands, the two women like to be a spirit for his life in old age.

“many problems that I have to face, so it is very difficult to find time for me to visit here” replied Arya by still standing in front of the bed Mr. Sarman.

While Mila watched inside the face of her husband who was talking to her grandfather. His heart feels bad, he is afraid Arya will get the wrong talk and all their marriage problems will be known by Mr. Sarman.

“do you still climb the mountain like before?, I will be angry with you if you often leave my grandson for your hobby that” said Mr. Sarman with his singing tone and Arya joined in smiling to hear it.

“I was thinking of a plan to take your granddaughter up with me kek” joked Arya replied to the words of Mr. Sarman that made Mila glare sharply at him.

“you want to take me on a hike?” he said in surprise to Arya.

“let you know how beautiful the sunrise at the top of mount” replied Arya who made Mila feel happy in her heart, his memory floated on Arya's remark saying that she was much prettier than the sunrise on the top of the mountain. “I know really, I am much prettier than the sunrise on the top of the mountain, you don't have to prove it that way" Mila replied which made everyone there laugh happily hearing her.

“don't be too busy working Arya, you must immediately give a great-grandchild to me,” said Mr. Sarman who made their joy stop instantly, Vanessa swallowed her saliva because the feeling of being an imperfect woman was present in her heart.

While Arya and Mila pias instantly do not know what to answer. “you do not delay to immediately have children?” asked Mr. Sarman who was surprised to see the change in expression of Arya's face, while his hand gently stroked Vanessa's hand because he realized the question earlier must have made the girl depressed.

“no cake, we just wait for God to send us a little angel to grandpa” Arya replied by trying to smile at Mr. Sarman.

Mila stared into Arya's face, as if she said she also wanted the presence of the little angel between her and Arya, however, although her relationship with Arya had improved considerably since Arya returned from Sulawesi, her husband still did not touch her, but she was ready if her husband wanted it.

“how is grandpa's condition now?, is grandpa still long here?” arya asked Sarman sir to divert their conversation.

“lumayan is improving, but the doctor hasn't let me go home yet, maybe I should still be here for a few more months, I will be happy when I come home later there is my great-grandchild who welcomed my return” replied Mr. Sarman again that makes Mila clasped his grandfather's hand tightly. “kakek pray yes, sarman replied, so that we can immediately have children” Mila told Mr. Sarman.

“kek, Mila is really grateful to grandfather for choosing Arya for Mila”, said Mila, who this time tried to divert the conversation.

"i don't have to say cake, because grandpa already knows what I'm actually” Arya replied casually.

“really, you really look like Arya,” said Mr Sarman who made the 3 people look at Mr Sarman with a long gaze. “who is kek?” ask Mila spontaneously.

“people I've taken for granted like my own son, Gibran” said Mr. Sarman who made Mila and Arya swallow their saliva together.

*

On a slightly hot night in the capital, a family living in a house no less luxurious than the house of Aliando was enjoying their dinner, there the residence of the Hardi family. Anjani used to eat dinner outside, that day following her father's request for dinner at home.

Hardi stared at her daughter enjoying her dinner, Anjani's face clearly illustrating her uncertain emotional state at what she said this morning. He himself also felt in a difficult situation. He has not been able to guess what kind of power 2 camps are fighting in the Adinata group now.

He himself also did not expect that the matchmaking plan would spread so quickly, even though he still did not determine the attitude to it, even his wife had not told. His and Anjani's meeting with Aliando and Arnes was just a matter of arranged marriage, they still tug-of-war with the agreement, about what benefits he would get if the match was really going on.

'had I fallen into Aliando's trap, he knew I was still hesitant about this matchmaking, and make the meeting to force me to accept all this by involving inner stockholders of’ Hardi who think hard.

“Do you have any problems?, why are you quiet like this” said Madam Nadya, his wife Hardi who looked at the strange attitude of her husband and daughter.

“sorry Anjani, I brought you into a difficult position like this” said Hardi opened their long conversation.

“father said I could choose to accept and reject it, why did you force me to” this morning Anjani said flatly while playing her food with a fork.

“father couldn't explain it to you, but now that your engagement is a must, father did this for your good in the future” replied Hardi in his flat tone as well.

“mas, what are you talking about?” asked Madame Nadya who was astonished at the 2 people at her dining table.

“Nad, I've made a mistake for Anjani, I've gotten into their fight and I can't get out of there, or the honor of our family will fall in the eyes of all my business partners” replied Hardi with a guilty tone that made Anjani's chest tight to hear it.

'was I just a business tool in Dad's eyes?' his inner.