Pride of Love

Old Stories

Successfully demanding back Pramana has not immediately made the Word feel calm. He was worried that at times Rizal could do other cunning things that he could not guess, especially after the light of the Word dared to accept his challenge.

Firman met Andra in his office when Andra had just returned from his meeting.

"Andra you're going home?" Ask his daughter-in-law.

"In a moment Pa, there are still some reports that I haven't checked" Andra replied as she began to open her laptop screen.

Word came to him and sat down in the chair before Andra.

"Papa is still thinking about the events of yesterday Ndra.., papa is worried that Pramana and Rizal will still continue to find ways to bring us down" the face of the Word looks serious.

"At least we've had a deterrent effect on Pramana pa, although the punishment for him is not too severe, at least they will think twice about cheating again!" Andra tried to convince the Word.

"You're wrong Ndra, Rizal is not a person who gives up easily, he can justify all kinds of ways to get what he wants and he really does not like when there are others beyond him." Refuting Word.

Andra rubbed her face slowly.

"I'm sorry Andra pa! Because I lost the tender!" Andra lowered her head in feeling that she had let her in-laws down.

"It's Ndra.. papa doesn't really mind the tender, it's not your fault either! Besides papa still has many other big projects that you are working on right now" as usual Word speaks calmly and wisely that makes Andra always feel shady with him.

"Now that's not the problem Ndra, Papa has long known Rizal we have to prepare more ammunition and prepare for all kinds of possible counterattacks from them." Firman leaned his back on the back of the chair and frowned.

Andra was silent for a moment, she could see the hue of hatred on the face of the Word every time she mentioned the name Rizal.

"Once again sorry if I was so presumptuous to ask Pa! What was the previous problem between Papa and Rizal? I noticed papa seemed to hate her so much?!" Andra finally asked also the thing that felt stuck in his mind.

Firman breathed a long sigh, his face wrinkled, Andra was a daughter-in-law whom he had considered like his own son, Andra was entitled to know, then Firman convinced himself not to keep his own old story and started telling stories.

"Papa used to work in PJA, papa is already very familiar with how Rizal works. He can do anything to get what he wants including doing things that are beyond the limits of fairness and violate the code of ethics in doing business. Papa is the most resolute against all his bad deeds, but that is what makes Rizal look for a way to bring down papa. In fact, after Rizal successfully kicked papa from his company, he also spread bad recommendations about papa so that no other company would accept papa working again."

Firman again sighed deeply, the bitter experience of his career that appeared again in his memory.

Word fell silent, there was an indescribable bitterness on his face and a frame of glass flashed in his eyes.

Andra was also just silent can not comment anything just staring at the face of the Word that looks sad.

"But fortunately, papa has a good friend who always supports and helps papa at that time Ndra..!" Word smiled faintly.

"Your father....! The late Joddy who always cheered papa. He who supports papa build Prima Go, your father also gave papa business capital so that Prima Go can develop as it is now." The smile of the Word is now clearly visible.

Andra smiled as she realized that the friendship of her late father and Firman was very close.

"Pa.., any possibility that will happen papa don't worry about it! Now there's Andra with papa and Amel, we're one family all we're going to face together." Andra stood up from her seat and approached the Word.

"For papa, you're not only your son-in-law, but you're like your own son andra" the Word embraced Andra full of haru.

A few minutes they were still talking and Word ended their conversation and stepped out to return to his room.

Andra also packed, she quickly grabbed her laptop bag because she wanted to go home soon. He did not realize his bag nudged a book on his desk so that the book fell. Hunt Andra took it.

"This is papa's agenda...?! apparently left here!" Her thought.

Not far from the agenda Andra saw a piece of photo that also fell from the agenda book of the Word, Andra then took it and looked at the photo with question marks. It looks like an old photo but the face in the photo is still clearly visible.

"Whose picture is this, why is it on papa's agenda?" Andra looked at the face of a woman in the photo. "This woman has a smile that looks a lot like Amel, who is she?" Thought again.

"Tomorrow I'll return papa's agenda" Andra just glanced at the photo and did not take it too much, then put the photo back into the agenda of the Word and put it on his desk.

Andra felt her phone vibrate as Amel kept calling her.

"Well, I've got a way home, baby, be patient!" Andra quickened her pace because Amel had continued to whine asking her to come home soon.