Second Woman

Forgive

The days passed, Tiara lived her days as an employee of company X. He tried to always finish his job well, no matter what his mood was.

But after all working in the same place with Rafa let alone often meet with Rafa makes him have to be more able to control his heart.

Despite so little going on, he and Rafa only met each other in work-related offices, there was never any special interaction between the two of them.

Just like that day, after Tiara finished her work, she immediately brought a file she had just done to Rafa's room.

Tiara knocked on the door a few times before opening it.

"Excuse me sir, these are the data that Mr. Rafa requested" said Tiara while giving a map to Rafa.

"Well, thank you," said Rafa and checked the file that Tiara had just given, while Tiara immediately bailed out of Rafa's room.

Yes, a few days passed by just like that, there was nothing they talked about with each other apart from about work.

Without Tiara knowing Rafa is trying hard to control himself. From the moment he first met Tiara, he wanted to get close to Tiara, apologize to her and explain everything that had happened to Tiara.

However Rafa chooses not to do all that, Rafa does not want what he does to make Tiara uncomfortable which ends up in resigning her Tiara from the company as it once did.

Rafa tries to stay professional, even though his heart is turbulent to get close to the girl he missed.

Biiiippp biiiipp biiiiippp

Rafa's phone rang, a call from the Son.

"Hello, what's wrong?" rafa asked after he had received the Son's call.

"How's Tiara doing?" reply the Son asked.

"Why are you asking me? can't you call her yourself?" reply Rafa is upset.

"Hahaha of course I can, I just want to hear it from you" said Putra.

"In front of me he is very quiet, some days I always try to control myself to be professional in front of him" said Rafa.

"Then how's she doing to you?" ask Putra.

"As I said, he's very quiet he's just talking to me about his job, that's all" Rafa replied.

"And you're acting like that to him too?" ask the son.

"Of course, I can't approach him now, I don't want what I'm doing to make him uncomfortable and he's chosen to resign like he's done before" Rafa said.

"Why are you so stupid, Rafa? this is the chance that you have of being able to approach her again, if you delay it for too long it could be that she will completely forget you later!"

"Indeed that's what I want, I want to let her forget me so that I can restart my acquaintance with her from the beginning!"

"Forgetting over you doesn't mean you can forget about your disappointment Rafa, you can't be stupid!" said Putra annoyed.

"Then what should I do? should I approach him openly? it can't be, can it?"

"Think of it for yourself" replied the Son and ended Rafa's call.

"Silk really sucks," said Rafa upset.

Rafa was silent for a while, thinking about what he should have done.

"Is my decision wrong to let my relationship with her be this distant? I really don't want her getting any further away from me," Rafa inner asked inwardly.

Elsewhere, Tiara who was working on her work suddenly felt upset over something that was troubling her mind.

"Sir Rafa is so cold, has he forgotten me? is it that easy for him to forget everything that has happened!" tiara Inner asked inwardly as she squeezed the paper before her.

"Aaarrghhh forget it, I don't care, it's better that it's like this anyway I'm trying to forget it too" Tiara said with a rough sigh.

Tiara returned to work, but only a few minutes of her hand busy typing suddenly her whole finger stopped because her head was still filled with frustration because of Rafa's attitude.

"But shouldn't he talk to me, isn't there anything he wants to explain to me? he doesn't even intend to apologize or. Aarrghhh no I shouldn't expect anything from him" Tiara said in her heart, flailing her head with both hands.

"I'm crazy!" tiara said with a rough sigh.

Tiara then took her step into the pantry, making a drink that would help her to calm her mind.

After finishing his drink, Tiarapun returned to his room.

But as he was walking into his room he saw a woman who was walking by pushing a trolley containing a pile of files coming from the storage room.

Instantly Tiara's memory recounts her memories with Rafa when Tiara first saw Rafa at the company.

He remembered when Rafa stood very close to him and clasped his hand. Even his heartbeat at that moment seemed to be felt by him again.

A pounding heart rate comes with nervousness but feels beautiful he feels.

Surprisingly all those feelings that had already passed were like re-emerging in Tiara's heart. Instantly Tiara held onto her chest, realizing that her chest was pounding at that moment.

But it did not last long as Tiara soon regained her senses and quickly walked back to her room and immediately dropped herself in her chair.

"What's wrong with me today, I haven't even worked here for a week and it's all very disturbing, come on Tiara focus, it's a decision you've made!" tiara said to herself.

After a long struggle with his work, Tiara then save all the files that he has been working on and tidy up his desk when his working hours are finished.

Tiara deliberately wanted to go home quickly because she wanted to go to the tomb of her parents.

He took his steps towards the elevator that would take him to the lobby and as he was walking in the lobby suddenly someone called his name.

"Near!"

Tiara hesitantly turned to the direction of the source of the voice she was very familiar with.

Tiara was only silent when she saw Rafa walking towards her, as if frozen, the pounding in her chest again skipped a beat with the happy memories and disappointment that she had felt.

For some reason suddenly both eyes felt hot, like there was a puddle of water preparing to spill.

"Call Tiara, he's not the Rafa you used to be, he's your superior Rafa!" tiara said inwardly as she held onto her chest while preventing the tears that were already almost dripping down the corner of her eyes.

"Yes sir, what's wrong?" tiara said trying to smile even though she looked awkward.

"About our new project, have you analyzed it so that it doesn't look the same as our competitors?" ask Rafa to Tiara.

"Tiara is working on it sir, there are some things that are the outline that must be considered, Tiara will submit her report to Mr. Rafa tomorrow morning," Tiara replied.

"Well then, aahh yes there is something I want to tell you but this is beyond work" said Rafa.

"What's up, sir?" tiara asked who was still trying to control her turbulent chest back then.

"About Gita, have you heard from her?" rafa answered and asked.

"No, yet" Tiara replied by shaking her head.

"We should talk about this outside" said Rafa, taking his steps toward the main door followed by Tiara.

Inevitably Tiara had to follow Rafa's steps because he did not know how his half-brother was.

"Sir Gita now works at my cafe, if you want to meet her you can meet her there, maybe it's better if she tells you about it herself" Rafa told Tiara.

"At which cafe did Mr Rafa mean?" tiara asked considering that Rafa has many cafe branches even in the same city.

"The cafe held by Chika, you can come there during the morning shift because every day he will only work during the morning shift," replied Rafa.

"Okay sir, thank you for telling Tiara" Tiara said, stopping her steps.

Rafa only smiled by nodding his head slowly and then continued his steps towards the parking lot, while Tiara was still standing in place staring at Rafa's back who was walking further and further away from him.

"It seems like Rafa's brother has completely forgotten me," Tiara said inwardly and then let out a long sigh.

Tiara then took her steps to the bus stop to wait for the bus that would take her to the graves of her parents.

After a while at the bus stop, the bus that Tiara was waiting for came. Tiara immediately boarded the bus until she reached another stop close to the graves of her parents.

When Tiara had just taken her step into the tomb gate, she was so shocked to see a woman sitting next to the grave of the father with a small child sitting on the ground near the woman.

With a slow step Tiara approached the woman and was so surprised when she saw Gita there.

"Sir Gita!"

Hearing his name being called, Gitapun immediately brought his gaze towards the source of the voice and immediately wiped away the tears that had soaked both of his cheeks.

Gitapun immediately held the little boy next to him and then intended to walk away just like that, but Tiara quickly held him back.

"Don't go, brother!" tiara said, but Gita insisted on leaving.

Tiarapak could not hold Gita for longer considering that Gita was holding a small child at that time, Tiara did not want anything bad to happen if Tiara still tried to hold Gita.

Even though he could only let Gita go, he then dropped himself between the mound of the tomb of his mother and father.

As she often does, Tiara tells her mom and dad a lot of things. Although there was never a reply from all the stories he had said, but pouring out everything he felt was enough to make him relieved.

After a while Tiarapun moved and took his steps out of the cemetery area.

As Tiara was about to walk towards the stop, someone called her name which made Tiara immediately turn to the source of the voice and find Gita who was holding a small child standing not far from her.

Tiarapun immediately brought his steps closer to Gita. They sat in one of the chairs across the cemetery

"How are Gita and Mama Laras? it's been a long time since we've seen each other" Tiara asked

"Very many things have happened to Tiara, but I always feel fine because I have it," Gita replied as she hugged the child in her cradle.

"Is he Bima's brother and sister's son?" tiara asked who was only replied to a nod of the head by Gita.

Tiara smiled then grabbed the little boy's hand in Gita's sling and swung it with anxiety.

"He looks a lot like a big brother" Tiara said.

It is undeniable that his meeting with the Gita was not part of his plan when he returned from America.

For him Gita is part of the past that has given a considerable trauma and disappointment in his life.

However, he cannot really hate Gita, but after all that happens he still considers Gita as his older sister.

"I'm sorry big brother Tiara, I don't know if I still deserve to call you big brother but I'm really sorry and sorry for all the bad things you've done to me," said Gita with two teary eyes.

"So, don't you really regret it?" tiara asked with a trembling voice.

"Sister regretted it Tiara, you realize that you didn't really hate you all this time, you just feel jealous and envious because you feel you love you more," gita answered while wiping away the tears that had fallen on her cheek.

"Tiara also apologized sis, Tiara had never intended to grab papa's attention from brother, sorry that Tiara had never thought about what sister felt back then," tiara said with both reddened eyes filled with tears ready to spill.

Tiara then hugged Gita, shedding her tears in Gita's arms. His tightness and disappointment instantly disappeared. Gita's embrace of him seemed to provide the warmth that had been lost from him.

"Tiara misses big sister, Tiara really misses big sister's embrace which always calms Tiara down" Tiara said sobbing

"Sister also misses you Tiara, after all that happened big brother really can't live the life of big brother calmly, big brother is always filled with guilt for the bad things that have happened to you!"

"Don't think about it anymore sister, Tiara is fine now," said Tiara, who was hugging Gita, but suddenly heard a whimper that made Tiara immediately release her embrace from Gita.

"Sorry dear, brother unintentionally," said Tiara while rubbing the cheeks of Chubby Bintang, son of Gita and Bima.

"You are Tiara's aunt, not her brother" Gita said.

"No, Tiara did not want to be called aunty, Tiara wanted to be called a sister only," Tiara replied as she swung her hands around the Star.

They chuckled and then hugged again briefly before the stars whined again.

"I hope you can forgive me and forgive Mama Tiara, maybe Mama will also say the same thing if mama meets you" said Gita.

"Tiara has forgotten everything sister, Tiara has forgiven what has happened in the past" Tiara replied.

"Thank you Tiara" said Gita, holding Tiara's hand.