
"Maybe you don't like me, maybe I'm not the daughter-in-law you were expecting. But one thing I'm sure of is that Firlan wouldn't do something like that..."
Vira's words were ringing in Ratna's mind.
"His face was so calm, there was not the slightest trace of tension. I didn't like her very much in the first place, and I don't know why I find it so hard to accept her as a daughter-in-law." murmured Ratna as she stared at the ceiling of her room.
Now the shadow of Vira was replaced by the shadow of Andini, the woman who had met him this afternoon. He cried under his feet.
"Hey, what are you doing!" exciting Ratna.
"Help me, Auntie..."
"Who are you, I don't know you. Don't be like this, get up...!" Ratna tried to get the woman to stand up.
"Sit down, and explain to you who and aa what purpose you came here for. Remove your tears and speak clearly!" tell Ratna.
Andini picked up a few sheets of tissue, and started telling her the tale of the pill. Ratna, who heard that the woman in front of her was pregnant with her son's child, felt that the world was being overturned. At that time, Ratna could not think. He just wants as quickly as possible to get an explanation from his only son.
"How can I believe that you have a relationship with my child?" ask Ratna.
Andini also unpacked the contents of his phone, he showed some photos that he deliberately took when he and Firlan together in a car, when Firlan was sick and Andini forced to help drive.
Ratna felt her head very dizzy, and decided to have Firlan come after work. While Andini waited and rested in the guest room.
And finally the meeting took place that night, Ratna did not expect Firlan would take Vira with him. However, because of the anger that had risen Ratna also said things that she should have talked to her son together in front of Vira.
However, who would have thought that the girl he underestimated was actually not burning emotions. He even calmly said that he believed in Firlan and was willing to let go of their relationship if what Andini said proved true.
Ratna now tried to close her eyes and tried to rest.
And elsewhere.
Vira is already inside his boarding room, and there are further talks between him and Firlan in the car.
"I'm sure Firlan is a good guy. All this time he respected me as a woman, he gently inaugurated our relationship in front of the family, and it was a sign that he did not play games." muttered Vira in front of the mirror. He was having a dialogue with himself.
"I'm sure this must be the former's mind isn't that beautiful! after all, if love why did he choose another man? freaky!" Vira moved and walked to her bed.
"If the prospective in-laws of his restaurant are half-and-a-half like gini," Vira dropped his body onto his soft bed.
Vira tries to keep believing in Firlan.
"If people want to marry, there is a trial..." Vira sighed, taking out all the burdens she had in her heart.
Her shadow was on the man she already believed to be loyal to her.
While Firlan called someone to follow and investigate Andini.
"Follow wherever he goes, and tell me who he meets. Don't forget, if anything suspicious call me right away!" firlan's orders.
"Ready, Master!" said the guy across the phone.
Firlan disconnected the call unilaterally. The man scratched his forehead.
"What does that woman want? I'm sure there's something to his goal, it's impossible that he suddenly comes and wants to come back!" Firlan opened the balcony door. He looked up at the sky while holding on to the iron that surrounded his balcony.
"If he thinks he can separate me and Vira in such a stupid way, he's wrong!" firlan's jaw hardened, it felt impatient to slap the woman with the evidence she found later.
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A few days passed. Vira limited her meeting with Firlan for a while.
This afternoon he did not teach, he even dudum in the cafe alone was accompanied by his favorite iced coffee latte.
The woman did not understand how Firlan asked for her mother's blessing so that Ratna would come to the house and ask her to be a daughter-in-law.
"Living heavy, linggalin moreover? so what do I have to do now?" Vira stirred up his drink.
"Huuuuuufhhh, the more obscure it is. Fate .. fate." said Vira.
Vira becomes less excited, she even lacks focus when teaching. Hence he went and looked for the wind outside, at least being able to lessen the burden of his current mind a little. Enjoy music, drink coffee with a piece of cake on a plate.
"Only?" ask someone who sounds familiar.
"Mas Gusti?" Vira scrunched her forehead.
"May I sit down?"
"Sit down" said Vira.
Gusti waved his hand at a waiter to order a drink.
"Wait a minute or what?" ask Gusti.
"No, I came here on purpose for an iced coffee mum. That's Mum Gusti himself?" ask Vira who is thinking a lot, but trying to cover it up.
"I've met a business partner, I sat there and I happened to see you here alone. I thought I was wrong, but it turns out that it's really you.." explains Gusti.
Gusti's order came shortly.
"Lemon tea, sir...".
"Thank you" Gusti said to the waiter who delivered drinks for him.
Gusti gave her a little lemon tea ice.
"Something else you think about." - guess Gusti.
"Who? me? me, there is no. Nothing else and will be thought of. So far I have no plans to think about anything. " said Vira, she tried to smile.
Your lips say you're not thinking about something, but your eyes look different, Vira. You payanh in the business of lying, inner Gusti.
"I just found out that I think something needs to be planned? lest if I wanted to think you should also have your permission. Can you think of you today, Vira?" Gusti.
Vira chuckled, "That's not the time either..."
"Well, don't laugh! daritadi asem really knows his face," Gusti said.
"Will not go back to the office? it's not like lunch is over, is it?" ask Vira.
"So you're nabbing me for the story?"
"No, no! not what I meant to do..."
"Hahahah, don't panic that way too many times, Vir! I'm going back to the office. Today most of the schedule to meet people outside, anyway so as not to be bored as well." said Gusti.
"Boss is free, huh?"
"Yes like you. You also left the tutoring place, right? and the mojok is here alone..." The words of Vira.
"Yes too, anyway. The difference is that you're the boss of a big company and I'm the boss of a small, private place." said Vira.
"Eits, don't get me wrong. Something big starts from something small and even maybe underestimated by others. So never be inferior to what we have, we should even be proud and confident that with hard work, our efforts will be more successful." Gusti said.
"Failure, sometimes in our eyes it's so simple but in people's eyes it could be something that means a lot, I'm right?" vira is looking for support.
"Yes it could be like that." Gusti said.
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