The Love of the Duda

TCSD 155: Not Expected

The boisterous atmosphere of laughter that had previously dominated this room was suddenly ambushed by a cold silence. A pair of eyes belonging to the oma Widuri and the Gods were both completely wide-eyed when they caught the body of a male figure that was so familiar in their eyes. Yes, it is Kunto Vishnu Aji. After the two men called out Vishnu's name simultaneously, the granddaughter and the oma could only be silent, silent, and fixated. It seems clear that both of them were so surprised by the presence of Vishnu at night.

"God, Oma, why are you two so dumb?"

Mara who did not understand who was present in this room just stared at the astonished facial expressions displayed by her husband and the oma. Because their lips are equally gaping wide and unable to speak anything.

"Aaaahhhh... You must be Mara? Wife of the Gods?"

Mara's curiosity seemed to be about to be wiped out when a beautiful woman standing next to the stranger guessed correctly.

Mara nodded her head slowly. "Yes, I'm Mara. Who is this mom?"

"Include me, I'm Dira!" The woman named Dira who is none other than the wife of Vishnu reached out. Introducing himself as both granddaughter-in-law of oma Widuri.

"Oohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... Sister Dira? Nice to meet you, Ma'am!"

No less friendly, Mara welcomed Dira's hand and showed her the sweetest smile she had. As a gesture if he is really happy to meet the figure of the woman.

After the event introducing himself to the wife of the sister-in-law was completed, Dira herded her eyes to stare fixedly at the twilight woman standing near the husband. Dira approached, grabbed the hand of oma Widuri, lowered her body and kissed the back of the hand of the oma.

"Dira's back, Oma. Oma how are you? Forgive Dira and Vishnu for the past four years we have never visited Oma. It was all because of the busyness of Vishnu in managing his business."

The eyes of oma Widuri. A bitter smile just rose on the lips of the twilight-aged woman. The words of his daughter-in-law did not make him sympathetic at all but on the contrary, oma Widuri impressed the bodo period with the words of Dira.

"It's okay. You don't have to apologize because I didn't expect much of your arrival." Oma Widuri released the hand that was still held tightly by Dira which immediately made Dira re-establish his head. "When are you going back to Surabaya? I mean, how long have you guys been in town?"

The question of Ora Widuri successfully hit the deepest corner of Dira and Vishnu's heart. A couple of husband and wife seemed to throw each other's eyes by putting on the look of a pias face, not legible. Perhaps, the hearts of both of them were both whispered if the oma really did not expect their arrival at all. They had just arrived in this city and set foot in this house, but had already been asked when they would return. Isn't that a subtly evicting statement?

Dira smiled clumsyly. Wanting to feel he drowned his face in the bathtub because the speech of Ora Widuri sounded so cornered his position as a granddaughter-in-law who may no longer be expected.

"Dira and Vishnu will settle here, Oma. We are aware that our decision in Surabaya was a mistake. Because after all we had to accompany Oma in Oma's old age, and it was impossible to leave Oma alone."

Oma Widuri chuckled amusedly but sounded cynical as if to regard Dira's speech as mere nonsense and very tickling to the ears. "You don't have to bother to keep me company or look after me on my old day, because right now there's Mara and the God who will never leave me." Oma turned her body around and started taking steps to leave this room. But only two steps swayed, oma Widuri glanced towards Mara, her favorite daughter-in-law's granddaughter. "Honey, oma rest first. You also immediately rest so that Oma's great-grandson who is still in your stomach can also immediately come to rest."

"Yes Oma, Mara will soon rest. Oma also went to sleep soon. May Oma sleep well and dream well."

Oma Widuri nodded slowly then again swung her footsteps. While the people who are still in this room just stand glued, silent, silent and dissolved in their minds.

"Sir Kasim, what is on your mind with the arrival of Lady Dira and lord Vishnu?"

"If Mr. Vishnu I don't think he has any ill intentions of returning to this house Mbok, but if Madame Dira seems to.... "

Eunuch hung up his words, worried that what he said was just an unwarranted prejudice. But it seems Darmi also agrees with Kasim's prejudice with words thrown from his lips.

"Yes, it seems like madam Dira has hidden bad intentions. We need to be more careful, sir. Especially for the safety of the big lady and also the young mistress. You know for yourself not how the character of Madame Dira?"

Kasim nodded steadily. "Yes Mbok, we need to be more vigilant."

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"What exactly is the intention of Wisnu's brother back to Bogor?"

Stand behind the window of the workspace while looking at the night atmosphere presented out there, The god raised a question that sounded striking to the older brother who was currently sitting on the sofa in this room.

The man lowered his head. Echoing the oma's response as she welcomed her return, she felt like a forgotten and unexpected grandchild.

Vishnu breathed a little rough to escape from the shackles of regret that felt stifling chest. "It turns out that God rebuked me in this way to revive me. Realize that I've done something that really hurt oma."

The forehead of the God frowned, trying to digest what this brother said. "What does Brother mean? The rebuke from God is what Big Brother means."

"I was fooled by an investment bodong, Wa. My money was taken away by all those people. And the property business I've been in, it's been the past year and it's not yielding anything." Vishnu paused for a moment to take a deep breath and scoop up the oxygen that was in this room. "I've bankrupt Wa. I'm broke!"

There is a sense of concern that plagues the heart of God when he hears the brother has gone bankrupt. But what he did seemed a little unethical. He only remembered coming home when what he had worked for had vanished without a trace.

"Silent as shameless. I used to not even think about how broken Oma's heart was when Brother left her to go in a factory condition that was in bankruptcy. And now Brother is back when the oma factory is back up? Does Big Brother intend to take over the factory?"

At once Vishnu shook his head. Because really he never had the intention to take over the factory which was desperately resurrected by his sister. "No Wa, Big Brother really does not have such intentions. Brother came back here to make amends for all the mistakes you've ever made."

"Yes, I believe in my brother's words. But what about Dira? I think he has a rotten plan that will destroy the peace and quiet of this house!"

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