THE BARA OF THE PAST

Signs Something

In the darkness on the road to his left left many trees, a black cat suddenly flashed, making Devano reflexively step on the car brake forcefully. The car stopped suddenly, making the other car behind them smudge and lose balance. The metallic gray car turned at high speed and then crashed into a mahogany tree on the side of the road. 

Devano opened his car door and immediately ran up to the driver who was opening the door and looked at him with an angry look. 

"Hey fuck you! Can you drive no? Like playing, I'm almost fucked, you know!" snarled the big-bodied man. 

"Sorry, Bang. There was a cat running suddenly, I was trying to avoid. Again I apologize. Is it okay?" 

"See this! My car hit a tree, the bumper's rattled. You take responsibility!" The man snapped at Devano who immediately checked the front of the car. 

"This front is a bit crunchy. I will be responsible. I'm asking you for your cell phone number, tomorrow morning I'll get it all fixed." 

"No need to bacot a lot! You pay for the damages, it's bad! Pay five million, we got no more business!" snapped the man.

Devano clenched his hands. It's called blackmail. The front bumper of the car does not cost a million, plus the cost of the workshop will not be that much. He memorized the price of car spare parts, knew the price range.

"Abang about dong. It's just a doang blister. Diberin little can, change the bumper also costs at least nine hundred thousand. I give you two million," Devano bargained.

"I've made my car dented, now want to regulate me, you want what?" The man began to advance towards the already on standby Devano.

Liodra who saw the evil spectacle immediately pulled Devano's hand back. 

"I'm asking for your account number now. Let me transfer." Liodra immediately took the initiative to mediate the debate that led to a commotion. 

"Well, your girl is smarter!" The man immediately gave me his account number. Liodra rang his phone. Not for five minutes, the man checked something on his phone and smiled meaningfully at Devano.  He immediately drove forward his car, disappearing in the darkness. Devano looked at the man in a brown jacket with the words 'King' behind him. 

"Why did you give him the money? You should have talked to me first, Love," protested Devano. Liodra did not expect Devano to behave like that. He should have thanked her for acting at the right time. 

"Darling, didn't you see that guy beating you up? Never mind, let's go home. True said Sashi, usually before the wedding many unexpected events occur. The important thing is that we survived" Liodra said as he entered the car and slammed the door. Devano soon realized his mistake.

"Love, sorry .. sorry I didn't mean it, I wasn't angry. I'm just pissed off by that guy. He's a victim, extortion's his name." Devano shouted as he entered the car. 

"Honey, for me your safety is more important." They're staring.

It turned out that Liodra was worried about him as much as he was often faced with the fear of loss. Looking at Liodra's reaction to her mindlessly trying to protect her, he realized he had found someone who in his smile he felt warm, and in his eyeballs he saw unconditional love.

Devano recalled that his mother had also said the same thing Liodra had just said. The closer to the wedding day, the more trials that come Slowly the young man runs his car. The incident was enough to make the two of them mute and wander with their own thoughts until Liodra reached his home. 

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As Liodra's wedding day approaches, he gets busier. Dewanti looked at her daughter who had started pre-marital care. The day before the wedding day, the flush procession will be carried out.

It feels like just yesterday Dewanti told the truth about who her real father is. Dewanti keeps a promise to Hernowo, that Liodra should know about his biological father. When first told, Liodra was excited to trace the trail Baskoro. But because he never found the man who said his mother disappeared, Liodra gave up. Sometimes he had thought it would be more fun if the guardian of his marriage was his biological father, not the guardian of the judge as now. 

The show starts soon. Dewanti is from Java, her mother is a native Solo female. The Liodra event was very solemn. Many times the Dewanti wiped her tears because she could not hold her day. 

The order of the ceremony starts with the sungkeman. Liodra came out of the dressing room, then bowed to his parents to ask for a prayer of blessing. From here the Dewanti began to be powerless to hold back her cries. So is Liodra. Hernowo occasionally rubbed his reddened eyes. 

After the sungkeman Liodra delivered to the flush place. The beautiful girl who wore a jasmine roncean on her chest was sitting on a bench with a bangka mat or pandan mat. Then began the first flush ceremony by her grandmother, then Dewanti and Hernowo who slowly water Liodra's body alternately. 

The series of events followed Liodra wholeheartedly. Today is his last day of being single. Tomorrow morning at eight the wedding schedule will be carried out. Many times the girl who looks beautiful with the dodot kebaya commits to recite do'a. 

After the series of events Liodra returned to his room. Sashi became a friend who always accompanied all the processions. As for Ela, she had just arrived when the show ended. 

"Sorry Princess, I took care of my mom first. This morning Grandma fell in the bathroom, so I also had to go to the clinic" said Ela while cipika cipiki with Liodra. 

"Mama and grandma are sick, why are you still coming here? Sorry, I mean how are they? Ela, thanks for coming."

Liodra's worried.  He knew the condition of Ela's mother who could only lie on the bed. Mama Ela can not be invited to communicate, nor can she get out of bed due to a stroke she suffered. 

"We have promised that we will not miss any of your marriage arrangements. They have someone guarding. Bi Darsih I just called home. So it's safe for me to stay. It's the last day we meet before you're Madame Devano. How, everything's good, right?" ask Ela. His arrival wanted to make sure everything went as it should.

"So far smoothly, it's just a few days ago Devano had a problem on the road. Sashi, Ela, do'ain the show's going well tomorrow. I deg-degan, I swear. Today it feels like it's already this, my stomach is like being stirred, how tomorrow." Liodra repeatedly took a deep breath. Ela approached her best friend, then held her hands together. 

"Princess, everything will be fine. Oh yeah, you haven't found any info on bokap?" ask Ela to know.

"Gue told people to look for his tracks, but haven't met." Liodra replied in a desperate tone. 

"Princess, can I borrow your photo? Well, who knows if anyone knows. I heard the news he said bokap you, Pak Baskoro last lived in Menteng. I have a friend in sono. Can I borrow a picture? It means the picture wants me to take a photo from a cell phone," added Ela nervously.

Liodra nodded then took a photo of Baskoro from his bag. He handed the photo to Ela. Several times Ela snapped photos of young Baskoro with her phone. This photo will be the key to his victory. Tomorrow, it's all over.