Pride of Love

Keeping Secrets

The day goes by but the sky looks cloudy so the air temperature feels cool.

Julia Mueller dragged her step faster into her lawyer's office with a map she held in her arms.

"Siang Bu Julia, please come in, Mr. Erwin has been waiting for you!" Greet a secretary in front of the lawyer's room and drive him in.

Julia Mueller then headed for the chair shown by the secretary and before her Erwin the lawyer stood up while extending his hand.

"Good day, Julia, how are you? nice to see you again" she said, then raised her hand to let Julia sit down.

"Just Mr. Erwin, good news!" Julia Mueller answered briefly as she shook Erwin's hand and sat down before him.

"I'm sorry I'm late!"

"Piuhh..it was crazy traffic on the road!" he continued with his face that looked tired after passing through the traffic jam of the capital city.

"This is how Jakarta Bu Julia is still always the same, jammed where!, and...., how long have you never returned home?" like that stale question Erwin responded to Julia's complaint.

"For more than fifteen years I have never returned to Indonesia Mr. Erwin" Julia also responded to Erwin with the basic answer.

Julia handed the map that had been in her hand to Erwin and the two engaged in a serious conversation.

A few minutes later Erwin took a deep breath and rested his back on the back of the chair.

"If I may know...., why are you interested in claiming your property after all these years Ms Julia?" ask her to Julia who still shows her serious face.

"I want to be able to help people with cancer around the world Mr. Erwin, many cancer patients out there who are not lucky to get good treatment!" julia answered sincerely.

"My experience with cancer and being ignored by my family made me want to help them!" Julia continued her sentence again and her face now looked sad. The bad experience was bitter and always in his memory.

"All these assets are on your behalf Ms. Julia, and you have the full right to take them!" Erwin said again. "But all this time your ex-husband still enjoys the benefits of that asset, including the house your ex lives in now is actually your right as well. But before you take it all in, it's a good idea to meet him first to talk about all this." Erwin gave me advice.

"Of course Mr. Erwin, I did plan to meet him but after I collected all the assets that are my right!" julia with words full of meaning.

After getting all the information she needed, Julia Mueller left her attorney's office. The online taxi car he was riding drove slowly through the streets of Jakarta which was still crowded with vehicles. Julia set her eyes out through the car window, she looked in amazement at the Prima Go Construction Building which seemed to stand very majestically on the side of the road that passed by her. I don't know what was in his mind, his eyes were only fixed on the building as if he didn't want to blink even once. A meaningful smile was clearly visible on his lips until finally the building was no longer visible from his view, because despite the slow taxi he was riding it continued to accelerate.

"Please stop here for a moment, sir!" He shouted at the taxi driver while patting the steering chair in front of him. The taxi now stops right in front of the Pilar Jaya Anugerah office building. Julia Mueller opened the windshield and her gaze swept across the entire office.

"Rizal Nugroho!" He muttered as he continued to look at the entrance of the PJA office. The mysterious smile returned to his lips.

"Mom's going down here?" He heard a question from the taxi driver who simultaneously scattered all his daydreams.

"Oh no sir! Let's go again!" His order. The taxi drove back to its destination.

*****

At the AMP office, Amel and Mayra are seen busy with their computers. Mayra is busy with her entertainment list while Amel is busy making rundown events that will be handled next.

Amel frowned because he was so focused on the thing he was working on, many requests from his clients to change the rundown.

"Eh Mel lo seriously very.. Ampe face bent so! Just a day left out of town with Andra, already like a tangled yarn aja lo you're Mel!" chirps Mayra teasingly looking at her best friend's tense face.

"That's not May's time! It's me again sebel...!. Got a client asking for weird weird!, the time asked for the concept of the show replaced with traditional Javanese themes. Ask for Javanese dance is there any Javanese theme anyway, we want to find sinden where try last minute like this?" Amel's murmur was upset.

Mayra momentarily fell silent then scratched her head even though there was no itching.

"If the Javanese dance anyway I can learn from youtube Mel, I continue to combine it with modern dance would be ok to have!, but if nembang...., so sinden...?? I'm blissful!" Firmly Mayra while exhaling her rough breath.

"Who told elo nyinden? what's in our event can be instantly destroyed if you sing!" ketus Amel with a pouting face.

Mayra just grinned and chuckled.

"Don't be sad Mel. This is I have an acquaintance who can be nyinden really.., I met him when the day is fitting seven-monthly event my friend. He's a native of Jogja and just migrated to Jakarta." Mayra smiled widely and then flicked her finger when remembering someone she knew and could nyinden Java tembang.

"She is also looking for work in Jakarta Mel, she said she had come to Jakarta because she ran away from an arranged marriage by her parents." Mayra told me again.

"Lo try to interview him Mel, if suitable we can invite him to work also here help us, right?" Mayra is now smiling looking at the face of Amel who began to sigh because he found a solution to his work problems.

"Okaya May!, if so you call her, keep telling her to come here tomorrow I want to see you!" amel's orders are excited

"Sipppp.....!" Mayra raised both her thumbs.

There was a knock on the door and Mayra rushed up from her seat to open it.

"Hi Mayra..how are you?" Julia Mueller stood in front of the door and immediately hugged Mayra and cipika cipiki.

"Mrs Mueller...let's go in!" Mayra invited him in.

"Hi Amel.... How are you doing?" Say hello to Amel when she was in the room. Amel also immediately stood hugging Julia while cipika cipiki.

"Mommy didn't come here, what's up Mom?" Amel asked smiling kindly.

"I will give you this one!" Julia Mueller then handed Amel a brown envelope.

"Is this Mom?" Amel opened the envelope and found a thank-you note from the charity's foundation for cancer yesterday.

In addition there is also a letter of recommendation attachment from the foundation for AMP.

"Oooohh... Thank you so much Mom...! I really appreciate it!" Amel was so happy that he hugged Julia again.

"This is because your work is so good, Mommy is so proud of you!" Julia clapped her hands and held Amel and Mayra's shoulders.

They then chatted which made the familiar atmosphere between them even more pronounced.

"It's raining, Mommy wants to go home first, Amel and Mayra... soon it's dark, you also want to go home, right?" Julia Mueller stood up from her seat and grabbed the bag in her hand.

"Where do mommy live? I'll drive you home, I have a driver! I think it's going to rain hard, pity Mommy has to wait for another taxi." the offer was so sincere out of Amel's words.

"Mommy lives in an apartment not far from here, don't worry Mommy can go home alone! It's late in the afternoon, your husband's waiting, right?" calah Julia's.

"My husband is on a business trip out of Mom's town, I'm lonely to go home at this hour. So don't let me take you home please!" Pinta Amel again while whining a little. Julia finally accepted Amel's offer.

The rain fell very heavily when Amel's car broke through the street delivered by Mr. Usman driver, they headed to an apartment that Julia rented during her stay in Jakarta.

"Sit down beautiful..., what do you want to drink?" Julia offers Amel a drink while they are in Julia's apartment.

"What can I do!" Amel accepted Julia's offer with his smile and only answered briefly.

"Mommy lives alone? Where's Mommy's husband?" Amel asked Julia as his gaze swept across the apartment.

"Mommy's husband in Germany dear. He's super busy there so can't come here." Julia just smiled and offered a can of soft drink to Amel.

"Oh, how are you with your husband? How long have you been married?" Julia sat on the sofa in front of Amel and they started talking again.

"Me and Andra have been married for over a year, but it's only been a few months since our marriage became a beautiful relationship, we were forced to marry because my father and Andra arranged for us, we didn't love each other at first, but we ended up falling in love with each other as well and I'm so happy to have Andra, he's a nice, caring man." Amel's eyes seemed sparkling as he told her of his sweet relationship with Andra.

Julia also smiled and felt the happiness of Amel.

"The rain has stopped, Amel said to go home Mom!" Amel got off the couch where he sat while kissing Julia's hand.

"Ok take care is beautiful!" julia said as she drove Amel to her apartment door.

The two waved to each other as Amel stepped out of the apartment. Julia kept looking at Amel until she completely lost her sight.

Now only Julia lives alone in her apartment, there are tears that she does not realize dripping down her cheeks, there is a secret implied from her gaze.