The Love of the Maharani

Rainstorms

"Awhile, Brother. Five minutes?" Jimmi looked back at Andrew.

"You've been warned! (You were warned!)" Threaten Andrew with a cold tone.

Seeing the seriousness of Andrew's face and body gesture, Jimmi gulped. He did not want if the camera he just bought was damaged by Top Andrew model. Moreover, the installment is only three months.

As a result, with a heavy heart, Jimmi also lowered the camera lens. He also backed off regularly without saying goodbye to Andrew or the woman behind him.

Shortly after Jimmi's figure disappeared among the crowd of people who were having a barbeque party, Andrew then faced and greeted Anna.

"Are you Okay?" Andrew asked with a clearly visible worried face.

"..I'm okay," said Anna slowly.

"..."

"..."

For a few seconds, there was no conversation between Anna and Andrew. Anna was confused by what had just happened.

'Did the reporter think there was a connection between me and Andrew? But, why can? Why me?' anna thought.

"Sorry for giving you trouble (sorry for giving you trouble). I don't know how these paparazzi saw you as their target (i don't know how the paparazzi made you their target)" Andrew said with a guilty face.

"..."

"..."

"Never mind (nothing). Might be it's just my unlucky day (maybe it's just my unlucky day)" said Anna with an unfocused look into the distance.

"Where is your... A friend? (Where...your friend?)" Ask Andrew back.

"Huh?" Anna looked at Andrew with an incomprehensible look.

"Your friend. I mean. (i mean.) the one who went with you yesterday (the one who went with you yesterday)," Andrew explained.

"Do you mean, Bella?" Ask Anna.

"No! Your male friend (your boyfriend)!" Andrew is back.

"Oh.. " Anna looked in surprise at Andrew. I don't understand why that guy was so curious about Daff.

"He goes to work" replied Anna.

"And you were alone here. (And you're alone now)"

Feeling that there was a subtle insinuation directed by Andrew to Daffa, Anna was disturbed. Unbeknownst to her, Anna uttered a sentence of defense against Daffa the next second.

"My husband has to work so he could feed me (my husband has to work so he can support me). And that is proof of him being responsible of me (and that's proof of my responsibility)" Anna said with a defiant view.

"He is your.. husband (he.... your husband?)" Ask Andrew slowly.

"Yes. He is my husband.,'" Anna replied straightforwardly.

"..."

"..."

For a while, there was no conversation between the two. The two sat together for a long time.

There is a sense of regret at once. 'disappointed?' the one Anna caught in both Andrew's eyeballs.

Unfortunately, both of them are not aware of the existence of a camera lens that managed to capture their current moment from a distance.

In the end, it was the echo of Adhan's voice that stopped the two from keeping quiet. With a feeling that he did not understand himself, Andrew also said his farewell sentence.

"Sorry.i have to go (sorry, I have to go)" Andrew told Anna, before turning around and leaving.

Anna did not wait for Andrew's figure to disappear among the crowd. He also turned around and resumed his steps towards the hotel not far in front of his eyes.

***

Windy cold night. The air was noisy by the sound of somehow ringing. Laughter that brings the beach to life. People who no longer remember time, also do not know taste. All are lulled to the life of life whose nature is only temporary

Slowly the wind blows beyond the limit of the incision. Granules of sand were raised, seemingly dancing in the empty air.

The touch of air that felt like a cold slap, began to leave a scream on some of the arteries that were still sensitive in feeling. Until one by one they go home. Leaving the crowd that was starting to fade.

Time is creeping so fast. The waves slowly swept up on the coast. Flying fabrics. Clothes and a waving scarf. Until the grains of sand that also lifted. So that dance in the air began to tease netra.

More and more souls are interested in returning. Towards where they took off temporarily.

The wind is getting louder. Chairs and tables were moved and turned to fall. A sense of trepidation finally swept through almost the entire soul on the shore. And they slowly ended the euphoria of the night.

Before mid-night brings time. Windstorms hit three small islands of Lombok in the archipelago. Heavy rain that accompanied the storm, has made communication on the three islands so disturbed.

The situation that continued for a long time, even until the morning came overshadowing.

***

Anna was awakened by the sound of the roar of the wind slapping the window glass in her room. He turned his head around. Yet only the dark and empty managed to get caught in his netra.

Anna's forehead wrinkled. Realizing the figure of Daffa who is not on the other side of the mattress where he slept. Spontaneously Anna saw a small clock perched on the bedside nightstand. The needle pointed at one in the morning.

Anna wakes up. Unknowingly his feet stepped out of the room to look for the figure who for three days shared a mattress with him.

He went to the bathroom, there was no Daffa. He looked into the lounge, and there was no Daffa. Finally Anna returned to her room and grabbed her smartphone.

Only then did she read the message left by her husband last night, as she might still be trapping the hayal in her dreams.

The message read, 'Dear Anna. I think I'm going home very late. No speed boat would cross between islands at this time. Due to rain storms and wind that is too strong. You're fine in the room. Ok?'

Anna saw the time of delivery of the message. At 21:25 p.m. Anna was listening to the noise that the wind was creating out there. 'It looks like the wind is indeed very strong,' Anna's mind judged.

Then Anna put her cell phone back on the nightstand. Slightly thirsty, Anna took a mineral bottle that she had deliberately placed on the same nightstand where she had placed her cellphone earlier.

Anna then turned the cap of the mineral water bottle around. He downed almost half the bottle, closed it again and finally laid his body again on the bed.

Anna closed her eyes again. Although far away in a secluded place in her heart, a feeling of loneliness and anxiety began to creep up and ambush the entirety of Anna's soul.

Until finally the anxiety and fear manifested in a dream that disturbed Anna some time after she closed her eyes.

Anna had a bad dream.

***