
The night was getting late, today was tiring for Arie, his eyes were tired of reading novels, but drowsiness never attacked him, the shadow of Alex with the woman was still spinning in his mind.
"If Arieta Wulandari is conscious, she doesn't pantes coen jealous," (we don't deserve jealousy), Arie hits her own head, hoping to erase her memory.
Arie plays music from his cell phone, not the usual koplo song, this time Westlife's old song that accompanies his night, he put a headset in his ear and then pulled a blanket covering his body, he said, slowly the song titled My Mandy accompanies him into the dreamland.
****
"this is the last file" Alex said with a crumpled face.
"yes, sir," Chiko said as she placed the five stacks of maps on Alex's table, Alex's eyes already felt very heavy, she immediately grabbed the map, opened it and signed it.
"You didn't check it out first, sir"
"I trust you" Alex handed the file to his secretary.
"Sorry for making you work this late, from tomorrow I'll be more trouble for you" Alex said, patting Chiko on the shoulder.
"Sure sir" Chiko bowed respectfully to her Master who walked out of the room.
Alex drove his car so fast he wanted to get to the apartment immediately, after a few minutes, he finally arrived, slowly Alex opened the door down the Living Room, immediately to his room.
Chequek...
Slowly Alex pushed open the door, afraid he would wake Arie who was asleep, but the bed was empty, Alex walked quickly open the bathroom door, empty no one in the room, he exited the room looking for Arie in the kitchen, the living room, the balcony there was no figure he was looking for, Alex felt very uneasy looking for Arie, his steps stopped when passing the door next to his room. Alex grabbed the doorknob, in the lock.
tock.tok..
"Arie...Arie.. are you inside" Alex keeps knocking on the door but no answer from inside the room. Alex remembered the spare key in his work drawer.he rushed into the study to retrieve the key.
The door to the room finally opened, Alex was relieved to find Arie sleeping with rolled up blankets, Alex boasted a smile walking closer to Arie, shaking the blanket, then lifting Arie's body, bringing her back to the main room. Alex breaks down Arie slowly so as not to wake Arie up.
After finishing cleaning himself Alex also slipped into the blanket, he removed the headset attached to Arie's ear, put it on the nightstand, Alex kissed Arie gently.
"good night" Alex clasps Arie in his arms, drowning her face at the nape of Arie's neck, immersed in her sweet-scented dream of his wife's body.
The morning before Arie began to open his eyes, squirm his body, his eyes circulated a view, a different room, Alex's room. Didn't she sleep in the next room, did Alex move her here, and where she was, Arie rushed out looking for her husband but she couldn't find him. Arie decides to clean herself up, after finishing the ritual shower Arie grabs her phone on the nightstand.
I went out of town three days,
the short message that Alex sent on his phone, Arie was sitting lethargic on the edge of the bed.
The melow morning Arie just sat at the dinner table stirring the rice on his plate no taste at all.
"wes is Alex's grandmother ngunu, I ya ngurus" (yes already if Alex is so, I also do not care) snapped Arie annoyed, snapping at the empty air in front of him, yelling at the empty air in front of him, Arie cleans breakfast that she doesn't touch at all.
*****
Jogjakarta
Alex was not at all focused on the meeting at his new branch office, many times he saw his cell phone quiet, no notifications came in, suddenly he felt something was lacking, something trivial, something trivial, Arie often sends funny emoticons or asks for the lunch menu he wants, but since this morning there are no incoming messages at all, Alex clucked annoyed to make everyone in the meeting room surprised.
"What's wrong sir" said a man sitting next to Alex, he could not bear to see his friend who was doing a presentation, frozen still covered in cold sweat.
"No, go on" said Alex flatly.
"Okay sir" The man gestured to his friend to continue the presentation.
*****
Two days Alex has been in Jogjakarta this is his last day in this city, still no message sent from his wife, while himself too prestige to contact Arie, Arie, finally Alex just asked Arie news to his personal driver.
"She's not busy, why not call me" Alex said, staring at the wedding photos on her phone screen, Arie, who looks beautiful with her sweet smile.
"huh.huh, why should I care about that woman" Alex swiped her phone screen, called someone.
"order me a ticket now"
"well, sir" said one person on the other end of the phone.
a local flight this afternoon took Alex home to Surabaya, with Alex's broad steps down Juanda airport, rushing home.
Tut's...Tut's....
the same tone from the first time she called Arie's phone, there was no answer.
"Where is Arie, why isn't he picking up his phone" Alex's face red, making Ipul gulp his saliva roughly.
"Yo opo nek, sir sampek eruh. O Allah protect Your servant (what if you know) the inner Ipul in the heart