THE BARA OF THE PAST
Friends Always Exist
Liodra was tidying up some newly-issued dresses from the production room. Dresses designed by Sashi Andhara are included in the ranks of top fifteen best designers in Indonesia. Luckily Liodra has a professional friend who wants to join the Liodra Moda boutique.
The Liodra Moda brand is not yet well known, but on Devano's advice, Liodra continued to promote, sponsor fashion shows, and embrace Sashi to join him. The Sashi and Marcela he used to call Ela were two of the best friends he had right now.
Liodra continues to gaze at the mini cocktail dress with a golden brown feel that is very rich in detail. Vape models and cloisonne embroidery accents at the top, add a luxurious feel. At the bottom and wide arms are given additional feathers thick enough but light to create a sexy impression. This dress has been ordered by a famous singer. Slowly, Liodra boutiques began to become known among artists.
"Why do you keep seeing that dress? Is there anything less?" Sashi was astonished to see Liodra who kept looking at the expensive dress.
"Sashi, if this dress is made version of the wedding dress, do you think it's good?" Liodra asked as he continued to observe the details of the dress that looked extremely beautiful in his eyes.
"Maybe, too, just I got a lot of accents and knick-knacks. Why emang? Don't tell me you want to make a dress like this for a wedding." Sashi's eyes were perfectly rounded, trying to guess something.
Liodra just shrugged his shoulders seeing his best friend looking at him as if in disbelief.
"Oh my God! Liodra, are you serious? Did your mom give permission? Why don't you tell us? I'll call Ela first. Sashi looks very happy and enthusiastic. Her face was brightly decorated with a beautiful smile.
"Elah! Ela... come here just a moment, let me have her friend pass out!"
Sashi called out to Ela who immediately ran from the manager room as soon as she heard her name called.
"What, anyway, is yelling, Sashi? I just wanted to make a monthly report. Why are you fainting?" Ela came with a bent face as her concentration was crumbling from Sashi's screams.
"Liodra wants to be married!" This time it was no longer a shout, but it resembled a scream with full force. She was so happy to hear that her best friend was getting married.
"Yes, he wants to be married, I know! Just haven't been delivered yet, catch it! Ops!" Ela still replied with an annoyed face from being distracted.
"Okay, you shut up first, let Liodra tell you the story. Riva, let's tell you what's going on? Let Umbrella believe you're getting married."
Umbrella is Sashi's call to Marcela if she's upset.
"Liodra, are you seriously eloping?" Ela's voice was rising. He looked at Liodra with a probing look.
"Okay, okay .. Let me explain!" Liodra raised both his hands to the side of his ears.
"Yes, it's true I want to marry Devano, and it's true also nyokap I've given permission, we just wait for the arrival of the Devano family. So the elopement plan was just a bluff. See? It works!" excitedly.
"Oh Princess, congrats, you finally won. That, dong, that's my new best friend. I love your style that never gives up fighting for something." Ela clapped her hands slowly as she walked closer to Liodra.
"Congratulations Liodra, you deserve this." Sashi slid towards Liodra.
The three hugged spilling happiness. Sashi hugged Liodra who was busy rubbing the clear fur on her cheek. Ela hugged Liodra while smiling faintly. Finally the important day that awaited will come soon.
"What pellets did you wear until your mom approved you? Come on dong, story." Sashi let go of her embrace.
"I use common sense with a little bluff. I told Mama that I just wanted to spend my life with Devano. Maybe you're tired of hearing me cry, kali. That's why allowed. The problem now is that as soon as possible Devano and his family have to come home. I'm confused about talking this to Devano. You know for yourself he is very busy with cooperation, his family is also in Bandung. So the preparation must be ripe this, can not be careless. Mama should be impressed by this important meeting, right?" Liodra looked at his best friend's eyes in turn.
"Okay calm, we do this one by one. Don't forget, you've got us, dear. We will help you until the wedding arrives. You'll see later, cling ... suddenly you're sitting in the undercover!" Ela convinces her best friend who still looks restless. Sashi nodded convincingly.
"Thanks, Ela, Sashi. I know I can take you guys. You two are the best. Do you know when someone loves you, they don't have to say it. You'll know how they treat you. That makes me even more convinced, Devano is worth fighting for" whispered Liodra as she wiped her tears.
Sharing the feeling, sadness, or happiness like now with his best friend always makes his chest relieved. He felt lucky to have a loving friend at all times, always in every difficulty.
"I think your tears are dry to win your mama's heart. Stop the drama, let's do this!" Sashi clasped his best friend's hand, flowing it with the power that Liodra needed.
The three friends ended the conversation with a warm hug. They start doing what needs to be done. Sashi returns to the production room, Ela returns to the manager's room. There was a faint smile coming from his lips.
*
If Liodra is sharing the happy news with his best friend, Devano is also streaming happiness for his mother. On the way to the office, Devano called his mother.
One button with the phone symbol on top of the car dashboard is pressed, the car speaker is activated, then a phone call is heard connected.
"Mother, thank you for all your prayers. It seems that soon Mother's desire to have a daughter-in-law, will soon be granted."
Devano reported the good news in a cheerful voice.
The eyes of the middle-aged woman on the end of the cell phone looked like years of dry river water falling from the sky. His eyes blinked in disbelief, but soon turned into a happy gaze upon hearing the warm voice of his only son. Eva Purwandari withstood a near-break of sobs.
"Li?" tanyanya lirih while her right hand holds the chest. I don't know what this is called. Happiness and worry come together. There is a day that can not want to be detained, also the pleasure that asked to be evaporated.
Eva knows how much Devano loves Liodra. The girl had stolen the heart of her beloved son. If possible, she begged Liodra to be Devano's wife.
Eva willingly rested at the feet of Dewanti to give her blessing. Do'a-do'a he flew into the sky, hoping one of them would be heard by God. Finally, happy news arrived. His only son will soon marry the woman he loves. What is the happiest heart of a mother?
Slightly trembling Eva sat in the middle room chair. It started to run through his chest. Devano is the most important person his happiness has to fight for. The only reason for his life to be precious again, after the events of twenty-six years ago, in which he made the greatest mistake, was to surrender himself to the wrong man.
Starting from childhood friendships to being together in high school, the seeds of love begin to grow in his heart for the young man whose home is across the bridge. The young man was still a neighbor of one village with him, a young man who had a beautiful face.
Eva and the young man end up in a tacit relationship. After graduating from High School, they had little time to meet. The young man had to go to Jakarta, while he graduated high school.
At the breakup, Eva presents the symbol of love, her most precious crown. His hope to the neighboring man slowly left disappointed. His girlfriend never came home again.
Even when Eva was married off by her father to another man, she could not resist. The age of the womb is not possible to wait for a student who is studying, returning home to become a father.
Eva is forced to accept to be the wife of Dedi, the man Devano knows as her biological father. The man who saves his family's good name who wants to marry a pregnant woman because of the lure of rice fields from his father.
Slowly one by one tears wet the cheeks Eva began to stop wrinkles. Her tears fell as she hung up the phone from her beloved son. Time for the truth to be told as bitter as anything. Devano must know that Dedi is not his real father. Just know, so that the burden on Eva's chest is slightly lifted.
Rain falls on the Flower City. The woman complaining of fate to the sky responded with a blaring thunder. An empty heart piece remained in place, just like dozens of full moons before.
