
That night the sky seemed to be bewitched, the stars were no longer visible up there. All in all, only the moon formed a crescent giving a dim light. The wind blew like an unrelenting war soldier.
In that corner. Rania Agatha was sitting quietly staring at the glass facing the sky on the upper floor right in her room, bending her legs, hugging her and making the foot shell as a backrest. Sometimes his breath sounds heavy. His soul was shaken, his dried up heart suddenly raining down with a torrential rain filled the prolonged dry heart.
He never thought that the promise he made with his parents would come true. His eyes began to glaze over, yet his tears fell down his cheeks, The sound of knocking on the door was heard from outside Rania's room.
Geck.. Geck.. Geck..
Rania ran small holding the doorknob and opened it, then saw the face of the mother who smiled warmly.
" Come down, we'll have dinner together! It has been a few days since you ate together. "persuade Rania's mother to smile sweetly and hold both hands of Rania.
" Yes ma'am, let's eat together, I also miss eating with you. "the laughter of Rania broke out with her mother while going down the stairs one by one.
Below, precisely in the dining room with a fairly large table, complete with 4 chairs neatly arranged. There is a father and also Tania, Rania's younger sister who is still in the 3rd grade of High School.
" Rania, come here and sit beside me. "please ask her father in a soft voice and smile warmly.
Rania rushed to sit next to her father who had been waiting for her earlier.
" Yes father" answered Rania
Staring at his father's face, there was a tinge that held a lot of hope in him about his match with zein.
Rania rushed over to her father, sitting next to him. Meanwhile, the mother followed from behind and sat down next to Rania.
Then they ate together, the atmosphere of the dinner was different than usual. Where there is always laughter and jokes when eating together, but now it turns so quiet.
Realizing that Dad, Mom and her brother need time to talk. Tania took the initiative to return to her room after dinner was over.
" Dad, Mother, Brother Rania. I'm already full. I wanted to go back to the room to study. "suddenly Tania's voice broke the silence throughout the dinner.
" Dear, go to the room and don't forget to brush your teeth before going to bed! " pinta the mother to her youngest daughter whom she still considers to be a cute and sweet little boy.
" Yes ma'am "Answer a short answer with a smile.
At the dinner table there were only three of them. Still with a quiet atmosphere, suddenly the soft voice of the mother sounded.
" Rania, how's rey doing now? " Task Rania's father in a soft voice.
Degggh.. Rania could only be stunned to hear the sentence her father had thrown. How not, for many years he has never communicated with rey until now.
What answer do I have to tell you, Dad? How can I answer the news of a man who disappeared for so many years, like being swallowed by the earth? I don't even know where she was all those years ago until now.Rania's inner poignant.
Actually, Rania's father and mother have known, that all this time, since graduating from high school. Rey leaves Rania without news. It's just that all this time they never asked because they didn't want to hurt Rania. But for this time, Rania's father wanted to be sure and heard the answer directly from Rania.
Rania did not answer her father's question, her mother asked again.
" Rania, I know you still haven't forgotten her, but how long has she left you without news? You are 26 years old and you are also the first child. Can't you open your heart to other men and let us see you happily sitting in the underworld? " with a soft look Rania's mother said.
Suddenly, the sentence that came out of her mother's lips made Rania crisp at once destroyed. He had no answer or defense for what was his heart's conviction. All this time he kept a vain heart.
For a moment, Rania just fell silent without a word on her mother's question.
Well mom, I'm tired of waiting for this uncertainty and wasting my time. After all my heart has long since hardened over time which never sided with me for my expectations of him. Inner Rania with a broken heart.
Rania let out a long sigh, trying to strengthen her broken heart because of the lost hope, preparing an answer that would make her father and mother happy. Rania looked at the faces of her mother and father. Clearly, there is great hope in the eyes of both parents about his match with zein. His hands moved, approached and held the hands of his father and mother, saying.
" Dad, mother I'm not sure if my current decision is right or wrong? But I was more unsure of my faith waiting for him to come and propose to me. Maybe I need to learn to accept it for now." Rania replied firmly even though in her heart there was destruction because her hope for rey was completely dashed.
Rania's answer invited a happy smile that was clearly visible on the faces of her father and mother. As if making it clear that Rania agreed to marry the man of their choice.
The mother hugged with a smile, followed by the father who was behind Rania who was also happy to hear the answer from Rania.
Dinner ends, Rania's father and mother's restlessness fades away, turning into tranquility. The three left the dining table, then took a break.
*the next day
As usual every morning at nine o'clock Rania rushed to her boutique in between by her personal driver. Although Rania was born to a wealthy family, Rania did not have enough courage to drive a car on the highway. Rania prefers to leave the task of driving to her personal driver.
" Ferdi sir, please put the items in front of the door of my room into the trunk well." Rania's pinta to his personal driver.
Ferdian, a 40-year-old man who had worked with Rania 2 years ago was the personal driver of Rania who had helped Rania when she was hit by a motorcycle two years ago in the area outside the Rania campus. Ferdian was actually a taxi driver who used to drive in front of the Rania campus, from where Rania knew ferdian and felt indebted to ferdian and then invited ferdian to work with him.
" Yes, miss "Reply to the short ferdian as she hurried away to pick up the items and put them in the trunk.
Meanwhile, Rania was already in the car while tidying her shoulder-length short hair with side bangs and letting her hair always unravel to make her look beautiful and elegant.
" Mademoiselle, all the stuff I put in the trunk, is there any more? " ask ferdian, making sure that everything is ready.
" No sir, let's go! " answered Rania briefly while commanding to leave immediately.
" Yes, miss. " Timpal Ferdian, step towards the car door and then hold the handle of the car door and open it and enter.
The two rushed towards the car that was already parked in front of the porch of the house by ferdian, his steps were quick and stuck out his hand holding the handle of the car door. Then go inside.
On the way to the boutique, Rania fell silent without a word. He recalled his talk last night with his mother about his matchmaking with his parents' chosen man. The more Rania remembered the more dissolved in her imagination about what and how the male figure who would become her husband later?
It feels really hard to believe, why would I be in such a state? And why can I love an evil man who leaves without a word? That doesn't mean I'm in her eyes. Rania was stunned in her daydream with her body and head leaning beside the car glass.
Ngiiii..... Suddenly the ferdian suddenly stopped his car that was traveling at normal speed to make Rania daydream that along the road just silent and daydreaming.
" What's up, sir? Did the tires leak? " Task Rania anxiously.
" I don't know for sure non, but it looks like I hit something. " Ferdian replied with a panicked look.
" Call out and check what it really is! " the order of Rania.
" no... My miss hit the cat. "with a guilty feeling and a stammered voice, Ferdian said what he saw.
A cat that was already lying in front of the tire of Rania's right car.
What's... Ferdi sir hit a cat? God, I hope this isn't a bad sign. Inner Rania was anxious mixed with sadness because she felt guilty for the cat that was hit by a ferdian even though accidentally.
" Yes, get in the car and please bury it well next to the boutique, sir "pinta Rania.
Then they rushed on to Rania's boutique.
Arriving at the boutique, as usual Rania greeted one by one her employees with a sweet smile and carefree face.
After a day in the boutique, sitting in a chair complete with a table and writing utensils (pencil, eraser, ruler, etc.) racked his brain and poured it into a piece of paper on his desk.
Still with the position of the left hand holding the head that is leaning tilted to the left side, and the right hand holding a pencil, moving some hand movements make a sketch of the dress. Suddenly there was the sound of a phone right next to her right.
" Prrrrrrrddd... My MoM. "her mother called on her phone.
What's the matter with mom calling gini late in the afternoon? Unusually. Rania.
Seriate.