
The clock shows at 20:00 as Artitha arrives at the house she lives in with Abimana and her two children. When he heard the sound of the car engine stopping, Abimana came out on the terrace. With a reddened face Abimana stood on the terrace waiting for Artitha to walk towards him.
"Where are you ?!!" Flat, cold and ketus make Artitha can not resist the feeling of regret plus the mood is not good.
"Sir, don't interfere too much in my business. The important thing is that I go home before late at night so that I can put your kids to bed !!" Artitha's words sounded sarcastically in Abimana's ear and made her very angry.
"Yes, the conjoined mother and the biological mother are very different !! From the word alone it is different !!"
Artitha's heart ached hearing Abimana's words. The girl could not accept being compared to his late wife. Artitha looked at the guts of the man who had put her in this very uncomfortable position.
"Of course it's different !!" Artitha then stepped towards the stairs connecting her room which was on the 2nd floor.
"Stop !! I'm not done talking !!" Abhimana began to show his power but he did not know the character of the girl he was facing.
Artitha stopped and turned her body slowly. His slightly disappointed mood this afternoon was now beginning to take hold of him. This man had truly stirred up his already mounting anger.
"What else do you want to talk about, isn't everything clear ? I'm from my mother's house, is that wrong ? I'm just a connecting mother who must be different from a real mother, the universe knows that. Then what else ? Still want to insult me ? I'm sorry I'm not a girl who can take humiliation for granted !" Arditha returned Abimana's eyes without blinking. For a moment Artitha was stunned by the sharp look in the eyes of the man's eagle but her anger put all that aside. Even the same with Abimana who was stunned with clear eyes that calmed the girl just that the rays of anger that emanated clearly behind the gaze made her beauty disappear.
"We have to talk and agree about the rules of this house which is a house to live in, not a boarding house that can just go and go home as you please." Abimana was silent for a moment waiting for the reaction of Artitha but the girl just silently listened. Artitha sat herself down casually.
"Because you are still in college then I can understand your activities in the campus, but before the magrib you have to be at home and can only go to campus if I have left for the office !" Abhimana only asked for two things, but it felt very heavy for Artitha. What if his sin asked him to come early in the morning when he would consult or vice versa. Mr. Ryan is an illegible human being, he is very busy and he has to follow the lecturer's time.
"Sorry sir, my coaching lecturer is a very busy person and I have to adjust the guidance time to the time he has. Someday I will definitely not be able to be at my father's house before magrib." At least Artitha did not show her anxiety even though her heart had begun to calm down. After all, he felt he was just hitching a ride in Abimana's house.
"It is excluded but it must be to my knowledge. And one more thing, there should be no photos of men other than my and Arsheno's photos in this house !" Abiman reiterated, he remembered some photos on the study table of Artitha while at his family home.
"And what's the photo of the woman in my front room ?" Artitha asked the origin because she suddenly remembered the photo of the beautiful woman in the room.
"She's the exception because she's my true love from the past, now and forever even until the end of this world." Abimana's face looks very happy when discussing the late wife.
"Yes, I don't have a problem. It's just not good to be a selfish person and want to win alone fear it will be bad." Artitha tried to hold back her emotions and sounded very relaxed. Luckily the children were already in the room so they did not have to hear the quarrel of the two.
Abhimana did not chim in with Arditha's words, the man walked up the stairs and climbed the steps one by one. Artitha did the same thing because their room was on the second floor. Abimana chose to enter the room with photos of Sheila's late house, she blatantly opened the door of the room so that Artitha saw the contents of the room. I don't know what Abimana meant to do that but Artitha was unaffected and even showed off her sweet smile.
Artitha went into her room and closed the door and locked it. Tonight he wanted to rest in peace without interruption. Moreover, the two children seemed to have fallen asleep. Artitha then went into the bathroom to tie her teeth and wash her face and then changed her clothes with a nightgown.
When Artitha laid her body, for a moment she remembered the event that afternoon where she met Prasetyo but had to swallow a bitter pill because it turns out the man she had been fighting for was suing him.
'Huffft, yes already, ' Artitha sat there, ' Artitha took a deep breath and tried to close her eyes.
While in the other room, Abimana was agitated and could not close her eyes. For the first time he lay on the bed restless. The calm and peaceful feeling he used to feel while sleeping in this room he no longer felt. Instead, the image of Artitha's face that seemed ordinary when she saw the contents of this room actually disturbed her mind. I don't know why Abimana felt unacceptable with the girl's facial expression.
'What happened to me ?' Abhimana was confused by her own feelings.
Abhimana flipped back his large tall body agitatedly. He tried hard to keep his eyes closed but each time closed the eyes that look only the face without expression of the girl. Many times Abiman cursed himself who never fell asleep until finally his eyes closed until morning greet.
Arditha had started to get busy with the two boys from marking Arbilha to tying up her long hair. School children must look neat especially hair must be tied so as not to interfere when learning.
"Ma, wait for us at school, yes" Arsheno whined for the first time asking to wait when the little man was very independent.
"Son't you have to work, baby, but I promise you we'll pick you up after that we go to my dad's office and go home and go for a walk," Artitha was forced to promise something that she was not sure she could fulfill. To pick up for sure he could do but take both of them for a walk, he had to rack his brain for the arrogant man to agree.
"Horeee,, we want ma," Compact Arsheno and Arbilha are excited.
Actually Artitha felt less like if the two boys called her mama but she tried to understand her until the time later both could understand.
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