Sleeping Rooster

15. A Photo

The notification from Ardan's phone made him have to leave that hell place.

"The cave must go now." Ardan left without saying goodbye to his teacher.

"Children don't have manners." read the teacher when Ardan had disappeared from his room.

"Jaudah sir. I say goodbye." said Dion, kissing the teacher's hand.

...****************...

Ardan rushed to the parking lot and headed for a park he had visited yesterday.

He parked his bike and took off his helmet. Ardan looked to the right to the left like he was looking for someone.

Ardan still saw the message he sent to Linda. But there was no reply from him.

Where are you Linda? inner Ardan.

Ardan was still sitting on his bike until the clapping of the shoulders of someone behind him made him look back.

"Lina's.."

"Let's sit there." take Lina.

Ardan resignedly followed where Lina would take him. He was on an empty park bench. Lina sat down and Ardan sat next to her.

"You used to tell me you were jealous of my family." Lina said starting the conversation.

A line of tears flooded Lina's eyelids. Not feeling dripping one by one touching his hands.

"Lina, why?" asked Ardan innocently.

"This is what you envy, right? My life was ruined by my own parents. Yesterday's man was called Mas Yoga. He's the son of a dept collector. My father accidentally stumbled over a lot of debt and made his own son sold by marrying me to Mas Yoga, his son dept collector."

Lina leaned her head on Ardan's shoulder and let go of her grief.

"My fate is the same as yours?" ask Lina.

Ardan stroked Lina's head on her shoulders. Calm the heart of a childhood friend. He doesn't know what to say. All he could do now was prepare a shoulder for Lina.

Across the street, a man snaps at the moment where Ardan is stroking Lina's head elus at that moment. The man then sent the picture to Linda.

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Linda went back to her house, because she had forgotten not to bring a cell phone while taking her mother to the hospital. The house seemed empty without the presence of both parents. Usually Linda will be welcomed by both parents and it makes her tired instantly.

But now, his mother is sick and his father accompanies his wife in the hospital. Linda was told to go home and clean up.

After cleaning herself, Linda headed to a small table next to her mattress.picked her phone but no response made Linda pat her eel.

"Forgot!. Not yet cas cave. Hadh Linda you are so stupid." her grunts.

Linda looked for the casing cable around her little desk but couldn't find it.

"Where is the cas cable?" snarl.

Linda went back to look for it at her study table but still could not find it.

"Let's Linda try to remember again." he growled at himself.

Linda then searched the pillow and mattress area but remained nil. There's no casing cable. Linda was not desperate, she then searched in her school bag. Finally the cas cable met but the casing cable did not roll neatly. Linda took out all the contents of her bag so that the casing cable could come out.

After dealing with the casing cable. Linda rushed over to her dying cell phone from earlier.

After plugging the cable, Linda turned on her phone. Notifications from his phone made Linda interested to open it. He opened his message and found that there was an unanswered message from Ardan.

Ardan :

You where? I'm waiting for you in the parking lot usually but there's nothing.

^^^Linda :^^^

^^^I'm sorry I took my mom to the hospital and my phone has a lowbat battery.^^^

Dion :

This is what you consider good Linda.

Linda did not respond to Dion. He had no idea that Ardan was doing so behind his back.

^^^Linda :^^^

^^^Where did you get this photo from?^^^

Dion :

Don't need to know. What is clear is that Ardan is already expecting you Linda.

Linda was still trying to think clearly but when she saw the photo that Dion sent to her, she no longer believed in Ardan.

Tega you Ardan. Linda's mind did not feel the water flowing from her eyes wet her cell phone that placed a picture of Ardan and a woman.

The bell rang making Linda rub her tears rough and rushed to open the door.

"I'm sorry, my parents are out" Linda said, not looking at her guests' faces.

"Linda it's me, Ardan."

Linda looked up at her face and saw the face she had been crying about in front of her.

"Why did you come here?" ask Linda with her jutek.

"I'm just...."

Linda cuts off Ardan's conversation.

"What's free? Just wanted to say that you're dating a woman."

"Women? You mean what Linda?"

"You really don't love me. I know I get it. I will keep the same distance. Maybe I love you too much. So I beg you to leave my house. I no longer love you. I'm sick of what you did behind my back." Linda explained and immediately closed the door.

"Linda.... Agora ....... I was horrified first. Plis open the door. It's just Linda's misunderstanding. She's just my friend Linda." hope Ardan is behind the door for Linda to open it.

Linda's tears broke when she yelled at Ardan so painfully. He sat behind the door of his house. Linda was already unable to hold back her tears that were falling profusely from her eyes.

"Linda. I know you're still there. I beg Linda Dengerin first. I'll tell you everything." said Ardan, knocking on Linda's door.

Linda moved from her place and ran towards her room. She slammed her body into the bed and silenced her cries with a pillow.

"Your staff Ardan. The tega....... Just this time I felt love and yet you just betrayed me." Linda growled.

Ardan turned around but his footsteps were heavy to leave Linda just like that. He wanted to explain everything that it was just a misunderstanding. Ardan rode his bike also using his helmet back.

From behind her bedroom window, Linda sees Ardan leaving her. The crying broke again. He messed up his study table to vent his frustration.

"I will never learn love with a man again. I hope there's no more love in my life."

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The sun dazzled her eyes and made Linda wake up from her sleep. He saw many things scattered under his bed.

Linda still can't forget about yesterday. Linda cleaned her furniture one by one which she had messed up. After cleaning her room, Linda rushed off to take a bath and left for school.

He did not forget to bring his phone and immediately ordered a gojek to take him to school. Linda saw her photo gallery. Many of the photos he shot were still in silence while Ardan was preparing a customer's meatball. There are also many photos of him when he talks to his friends about lessons.

Linda doesn't want to be sad today. He deleted all of Ardan's photos in his gallery. Not long ago, his gojek bang was in front of his house. Soon Linda ran to the porch of her house.

"With Linda" said his Gojek bang.

"Yes my own."

His Gojek bang thrusting helmet for Linda to use. After installing the helmet, Linda climbed onto her motorcycle bang gojek and immediately put her motorcycle towards the school.