Second Woman

Make peace

Tiara carried her steps with a fast beating heart. Getting a hug that arrived from someone he wanted to forget, made him so shocked.

Anger and annoyance became one with shock that made his chest pound.

Tiara even felt tightness in her chest, oxygen in case it was thinning, making her even more upset over what Rafa did to her.

"Sir Rafa is really outrageous, does he think I'm the woman he touches easily!" tiara's inner self cursed in the heart.

Tiara sat at the stop, holding her chest, trying to calm herself down. But not yet relieved his emotions, a car stopped in front of him and Rafapun got out of the car and approached Tiara.

"We need to talk to Tiara, give me some time to...."

"Please don't go to Tiara if it's not to talk about sir's work" Tiara said, cutting off Rafa's remarks.

"Don't you feel like we have to solve our problems?" ask Rafa.

"Because we don't think we have any problems, Tiara has completed Tiara's work according to the deadline that Mr. Rafa gave and Tiara has also done well" Tiara replied.

"Stop talking about Tiara's work, stop pretending not to care about me, I know you feel the same way as me!"

"The same thing as what did Rafa mean? mr. Rafa doesn't understand anything at all about Tiara, so don't think that what Mr. Rafa thinks of Tiara is true" Tiara replied firmly.

"I just want to apologize to you Tiara, about all the bad things that have happened, I really don't mean to disappoint what else hurt you, I want to start everything from scratch better, I really don't want to let you down, please give me a chance!" said Rafa.

Tiara just kept quiet without saying anything, she brought her gaze to the highway hoping the bus she was waiting for would arrive soon.

He really did not want to hear anything Rafa said, he did not want his heart back sore considering all the pain and disappointment that Rafa had once given him.

It is undeniable that his thumping chest is now increasingly turbulent. After all the man who was pleading nearby was the man who until that moment was still stored in his heart.

Even after all the pain and disappointment he felt, he was still unable to dispel Rafa's name in his heart.

"You may scold me, you may scold me and vent all your emotions on me Tiara, but give me a chance to fix everything" Rafa said earnestly.

"It is better to live each of our lives as before brother, Tiara has forgotten brother Rafa, Tiara considers everything that happened was just a nightmare for Tiara," Tiara replied with two teary eyes.

"No Tiara, I can't do that and I'm sure you can't, we can definitely improve our past as long as you give me a chance" Rafa said.

"Tiara has done it, Tiara's arrival here is only for Tiara's career, Tiara doesn't care at all about what Rafa calls the past, so please don't ever talk about it again with Tiara" Tiara replied.

"I know you're lying, maybe you're back for your career, but you're lying if you don't care about our past" Rafa said

"Tiara has forgotten everything, that's why Tiara can stand in front of Rafa's brother every day, otherwise Tiara will try to stay away" Tiara said.

"So now for Tiara kak Rafa is the boss where Tiara works, no more than that, Tiara excuse me" said Tiara then walked quickly to the bus that stopped in front of him.

Rafapun could only fall silent, staring at Tiara's departure with the bus that started to speed away from her.

"Well, if you've forgotten me, I'll start another if that's what you want" Rafa said, then got in his car and drove off.

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On the other hand, Tiara who was already sitting on the bus just fell silent by holding her chest which was constantly pounding.

He was relieved because he could stay away from Rafa, because it feels very uncomfortable if too long lying in front of Rafa.

After a long time the bus drove, the bus stopped. Tiara took her step down and walked into an alley towards the Gita's residence.

Several times Tiara fell silent when she was at the intersection. He tries to remember where Gita lives.

Until finally he arrived in front of Gita's residence. From the outside came the sound of the cry of a little child that Tiara was sure if it was the sound of the cry of the Star.

But as Tiara was about to take her steps closer, a woman walked ahead of her emotionally.

The woman banged on Gita's boarding door hard, not caring about the cry of the little boy inside.

"Laras, Gita, pay your boarding money fast, I've given you time but you haven't paid it yet!" yelled the woman.

Soon Baras was seen coming out of the room with a situation that looked much different from the last time Tiara met Laras.

Tiara saw her stepmom now look thinner and look wrinkles on some parts of her face.

"Sorry Mom, I promise after I get the pay next month I'll pay it, my granddaughter is sick, so...."

"I don't care if you don't pay for it soon you and Gita have to leave this place" she said, cutting off Laras' speech.

"I will pay for it" Tiara said as she carried her steps towards the woman.

Laras was so surprised when he saw Tiara before him. But there was nothing to say because he was too ashamed of the stepson he had lost.

"How much is your account number? I will transfer the money," Tiara asked the woman.

The woman gave Tiara her account number after she told him what amount Tiara would have to transfer.

After getting what was left, the woman left.

"Thank you" said Laras hesitantly.

"Sheard the Star was sick, shouldn't we take her to the hospital?" tiara asked Laras.

"No need, she will definitely recover after Gita compresses her," Laras replied.

"Can Tiara see the situation?" ask Tiara.

"Byeah, come in" replied Baras.

Tiarapun brought his rare entry to see the state of the Star and he was so surprised when his hand touched the forehead of the Star.

"Sister, the fever is very high, we'd better get the stars to the hospital!" tiara told Gita.

"No tiara, maybe soon the fever will go down if I keep compressing it" Gita replied.

"But the big star, he must be uncomfortable" said Tiara.

"I don't have Tiara's savings, my mama's salary is just enough for us to buy food" said Gita.

"So don't think about it, we're taking Star to the hospital right now!" tiara said, without hesitation, carrying the star and carrying it outside, followed by Gita and Laras.

When Bianca arrived at the hospital, the doctor immediately checked the state of the star.

After being examined by a doctor in the ER, Bintang was then moved to the ward.

"Thank you Tiara, I don't know what I can do to repay your kindness" Gita told Tiara.

"The most important thing now is the health of Bintang Kak, hopefully the situation will improve quickly" Tiara replied.

"Tiara, mama wants to talk to you alone" Laras told Tiara .

Tiarapun nodded his head and walked out of the star room with Laras

"Tiara, maybe what you're saying will mean nothing to you, but I'm sure you're sincerely apologizing to you for all your past mistakes, you're sorry for Tiara, mama really regretted it," said Laras with two teary eyes.

Tiara was silent for a while. The fact that her stepmom had never loved her in the past made her quite disappointed.

The fact that her stepmom was only after her father's treasure, made Tiara really lose her trust in her stepmom.

"You can hate mama, you can curse mama, mama will not force you to forgive Mama because mama realized mama's mistake was already very fatal," said Laras.

"But please forgive Gita, she is a victim of the selfishness of her own mother, she became evil to you because of the influence of her mother, so please forgive Gita," continued Laras.

"Tiara has forgiven everything ma, there is no reason for Tiara to hold a grudge against Mama and sister Gita" said Tiara.

"Did you forgive Mama too, Tiara? tanya Laras who only answered a nod of the head and a smile by Tiara

"Thank you Tiara, thank you" Laras said, hugging Tiara tightly.

Tiara has not really forgotten the bad things her stepmother did, but she tries to let the bad things become part of the rocky path of life that she must go through.

He wants to really make peace with his past, not only with Rafa but also with his stepfamily, especially after he saw how his stepfamily was doing at that time.

At nightfall, Tiarapun said goodbye to go home because there were other things he had to do.

When Tiara arrived at home, she immediately took a bath and changed clothes. But instead of resting, Tiara actually went out of the house to meet someone she had contacted a while ago.

That someone is the trust of the papa who is trusted to manage the business of the papa.

Taking a taxi, Tiara went to one of the restaurants that were far enough away from her residence just to meet someone.

There are important things Tiara will talk to him about there.

Arriving there, Tiarapun welcome to go inside, to one of the rooms in the restaurant.

"Tiara, how are you Tiara?" asked the man who was sitting in front of Tiara.

"Well, what about om?"

"Well, the restaurant is also good, everything goes smoothly without any problems."

"Tiara is here because there is something Tiara wants to talk about, about restaurants and other papa businesses," Tiara said.

"What's Tiara? just say!"

During this time, Tiara asked the papa confidant to share the results of the business left by the papa.

50 Percent of the net proceeds from the entire Tiara papa business will go to some orphanages and the remaining 50 percent will be saved as Tiara's future savings.

Tiara never used the money from his business because he preferred to work and walk on his own path.

But as he learns how his stepfamily is doing, Tiara begins to think of something else.

He told the trust of the papa if he wanted to divide 50 percent of his own for Laras and Gita.

"Are you sure Tiara?"

"Tiara sure om, it seems like 20 percent for sister Gita and Mama Laras is enough is not it? Tiara still has 30 percent for Tiara's future savings" Tiara said.

"But they've been so mean to you, Tiara, do they deserve this?"

"They've already regretted it and Tiara is sure, if papa still exists papa will also definitely forgive them," replied Tiara.

"Tiara also wants to take Tiara's savings to buy a house," Tiara continued.

"Well, if that's your decision, there's nothing you can do but follow what you want!"

"Thank you very much Om, but there's another one that Tiara wants" Tiara said

"What Tiara?"

"Please allow mama Laras to hold one papa business," said Tiara, who made her papa confidant can only sigh.

"Whatever I'll do for you, Tiara, as long as you're sure of the decision you've made!"

"Thank you very much Om, thank you," said Tiara happily.

After Tiara got the savings from the results of the papa business, the next day Tiarapun came to the house owned by his parents who are now occupied by others.

Without a stale Tiara told the owner of the house if he wants to buy it, whatever the price desired by the owner of the house.

As a result the house was sold at a price far from the reasonable price and without hesitation Tiara accepted it.

Tiara and the owner of the house began to take care of some of the things needed to make the house Tiara's.

"Tiara will soon return to our home ma, pa," Tiara said in her heart as she stared at the house full of memories with her mother and father.

"Tiara will write new memories in this house with mama Laras, sister Gita and Bintang, hopefully mama and papa can accept Tiara's decision," Tiara said in her heart and took her step away.

Tiara boarded a bus that took her to the graves of her parents. As usual, Tiara told me many things above the tomb of her mother and father.

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

But he had not been able to pass through the tomb gate, he saw Rafa walking into the tomb.

Tiarapun tried to ignore Rafa by walking quickly through Rafa. Unlike her guess, Rafa turns out to be ignoring Tiara as well.

Tiara looked back for a while and found Rafa walking towards her grandfather's night as if she had not seen Tiara there.

"It's better like this" Tiara said, taking her step towards the stop.