
At the family's request, Ramona's body was buried as soon as possible after the autopsy. Under clear skies in the morning, Ramona is buried with no one to deliver her final resting place except Winda Riguna and several police and hospital personnel.
"Good morning, Miss Riguna," said Ray.
The middle-aged woman turned around, seeing the Pradipta Family's entourage dressed neatly and .. a pregnant woman carrying a beautiful white carnation bouquet in her hand.
"We mourn, Madam," said Litha later.
Winda Riguna quietly observed Litha, only this time he saw firsthand Madam Pradipta, a figure hated by her daughter and husband, as well as the sister of the woman who was loved by her favorite son.
Litha was heartened by coming to the funeral of the man who nearly killed her. Accompanied by her husband, Assistant Yan and Aunt Lidya are also Bona and Ninda. There was a shame tucked in the heart of Vinda after seeing the shade of the gaze in Litha's sincere eyes.
"Pardon my daughter and husband, Madam" said Winda with her head slightly bowed to Litha.
All gazes centered towards Madam Pradipta, looking forward to her answer. The flower in her hand was given to Ray.
Litha smiled, "Is it evil that I have not been able to forgive my husband and two daughters, with what they have done to my family? ... But I will try to forgive them all over time. I'm here in condolences just to see Miss Ramona as a human being, not a person."
Litha's rhetoric made anyone speechless. Of course the wounds and pain were still there, especially after he found out Mr. Sas died. But Litha tried to fight her pain by going to Ramona's grave like she had to Luke in prison. Litha wanted to know to what extent her pain level was so that she would dare to face it and be able to remove it.
Ray rubbed his wife's shoulder and kissed her temple after she placed a flower on the still wet belly button.
Bona still does not believe this moment. His friend was willing to do reckless and finally went away in a terrible way, shot by his own father's bullet for protecting the man he loved. Bona regrets that he did not try harder to bend Ramona's heart to stop her love for Ray.
"Your friend is terrible at loving someone. Hiiii .." whispered Ninda shuddering in horror to Bona.
"May he not be a curious spirit, which haunts Litha. He's not gonna be a kunti, is he, Bon?" whispered again.
"Can be quiet no!" hiss Bona is fattened by kissing Ninda's cheek. The cute girl pinched the waist of her lover who dared to kiss her in front of the grave of the recently deceased person.
Lidya who could hear Ninda's whisper only shook her head withholding a smile. He was surprised Madam Mudanya was surrounded by women with a sharp mouth razor, even though she knew Madam Pradipta was so soft. Even if he is in a state of anger or warn someone, his attitude actually shows the elegance of a high-class woman.
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After Ramona's funeral, they visited Pak Sas's tomb in the same cemetery complex as the Pradipta Family without Bona and Ninda.
As a final tribute to his service to the Pradipta Family, Rayyendra placed Pak Sas' body in his family's burial complex, adjacent to the grave of his grandmother, his grandfather and his parents are located in an elite cemetery where the selling price of land per meter reaches hundreds of millions.
Litha was very happy and grateful because her husband could give the highest award at the end of the life of the man known to man without expression.
As soon as he reached the navel, Litha gathered on the ground beside a gravestone bearing the name Sasmita. The headstone was wiped cleanly, the tears welled up.
"Sir, don't worry. I'm happy with Young Master. Report to the Big Lady if you have done a very good job ... Thank you for always being with me at my worst, understanding and comforting me. But now who's comforting me that Young Master is making me sad again?"
Everything was silent, washed away in the sadness that the pregnant woman felt. Ray crouched down beside his wife, feeling stifled.
"Can't you ask God to hold back a little while you get back to Him? At least until you see my baby and say, Welcome to the world of Little Young Master. This is Grandpa Sas-"
Litha's cry exploded, as did Lidya. She did not expect so deep a feeling Litha had for her older brother. Abyan and Ray with all their might solidified the dam in his eyes.
Litha was unable to continue her sentence, she could only pour out her tears with such deep sadness as when she was left by her mother's father.
Ray immediately grabbed his wife, taking Litha's head drowned into his chest. "I won't make you sad anymore, my wife. I promise in front of Mr. Sas's grave ... Do you remember what I said if I broke a promise that was said in front of someone's grave? His whole life will be filled with misfortune."
"Aihhh ..it's just your words," said Litha quietly in her husband's arms.
"Sas sir, later after Little Young Master is born, we will bring him here" said Ray staring at the headstone.
Lidya and Abyan were deeply moved, the devotion of their uncle and elder brother until the last breath of the Pradipta Family was not in vain. Litha and Ray's attitude countered what Sebastian said, that Sasmita was only used as a guard dog of the Pradipta Family. In fact Sasmita got a family that loved and loved him sincerely.
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Litha, who was holding her husband's arm, stopped her steps after coming out of the funeral complex of the Pradipta Family. His steps lately felt heavy because it supported the weight of his growing belly, which is growing, the baby is growing well and healthy because the diet Litha and Ray controlled by Pak Sas with guidance from a nutritionist at Pradipta Hospital.
"Mas, that's Brother Firza isn't it?"
Ray followed the direction of his wife's eyes, "Yes Lith, it's Firza. Why is he there alone?"
"Come on Mas, we'll go there" Litha asked.
Arriving there Litha Cs. Firza was astonished to stand bowing her head lamenting the mound of land that had just been made with a sprinkling of flowers on it.
"Rel ..."
Firza turned her head, she was shocked to see Ray, Litha, Abyan and Aunt Lidya were already nearby.
"Eh ... since when are you here?"
"We accompanied Litha to visit Mr. Sas" replied Ray.
Litha observed the gravestone before her, her face frowning in wonder.
"Litha knows?" ask Firza quietly who Ray is embracing.
"Sister Firza, who owns this tomb?" ask Litha.
Ray also Abyan followed the writing engraved on the tombstone.
Fathia Isabella
April 12, 1983
15 October 2012
Who her?
Everyone asks like that. Firza is not a man who has many friends, especially female friends. But finding it in a tomb of someone with a look of regret, puffy eyes and bowed head proves the tomb has a special relationship with him, but who?
Firza smiled bitterly, as bitter as her fate was, "I have a little sister who was separated from the small due to the calamity of the fire. I had just met him but it turned out that we had to separate again, this time for all eternity."
Little sister ???
"You've never said before that you have a little sister?" ask Ray.
"Because I'm still looking for her whereabouts."
Silent.
Everyone was silent, awkward what to say. Ray, Litha, Abyan and Lidya understand Firza's poignant feelings. The sister he had been looking for so far, once met had to go back apart.
Litha advanced towards Firza. Without touching the man who once loved her, even now there are still remnants of love in her heart, Litha tries to empathize and strengthen her.
"How are you, Lith? Are your wounds healed?" firza asked looking towards Litha's left shoulder and right hand.
Litha nodded, she knew Firza was just trying to divert her sadness by making small talk asking her how she was doing.
"Sister Firza must be strong. What we think is sometimes never in line with what is called destiny, whereas in life we have to walk from destiny to destiny. No matter how hard you refuse, the coming will come. As hard as anything holds, the one who leaves will still go. The universe also sometimes invites us to joke with the destiny that God has determined long before we are in the world. Our duty as servants of God is to live out His destiny sincerely ... We're sorry for what happened to Firza."
Firza smiled at Litha who was also smiling at her. Litha lowered her head slightly giving a sign of respect and sorrow to him. How Ray did not love this woman with his whole life, he knew how to behave and put himself without forgetting his position as a wife who guarded the honor and feelings of her husband.
"Thank you" said Firza.
Ray hugged Firza, followed by Abyan and Lidya to strengthen, while Litha remained in her position. He kept his marwah by not touching or being touched by men other than her husband, and it made Ray feel proud to have a wife like Litha.
However, Abyan's feelings were slightly piqued. The time of the death of Ramona and her younger sister Firza was the same, also covered with a fire disaster as well. Is Ramona Firza's sister? But their names and birth dates are different.
"Ah .. is impossible. My guess is too much." - Bathin Abyan.
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Firza's heart seemed to jump out so quickly beating. He ran down the corridor to the ICU room, the doctor told him first before contacting the police because Firza had advised that he be the first to be contacted when it comes to the development of Ramona.
"Miss Ramona died at around 20:15 local time" said the doctor, Frans, who was next to Ramona's body. All his life support medical devices have just been removed.
"Give me 10 minutes, doctor, before the forensics team comes."
"Okay, sir," said dr. Frans resigns from the ICU room and learns of the blood relationship between Ramona and Firza.
Firza touched her sister's hand, still feeling warm, "Why did you give up and leave, Bella? I will make you happy. Don't you trust your brother?"
A flash of his memory passed as he and Ray exchanged mouths discussing the appointment of Ramona as one of the Directors at Pradipta Corp.
Ray insistent with the decision that Firza eyes is only a form of pity, while the company needs someone who is competent in carrying out his duties and obligations. At that time he spied on Ramona until Ray's emotions were provoked and revealed that Ramona was not treated well in the Riguna Family. The appointment of Ramona as Director by the President aims to give her 'pride' in the eyes of Sebastian who always berates Mona stupid and idiot. Ray gives her an apartment so that the girl lives a quieter life and also the status of a Young Master's lover so that she is treated well by her family.
"You were treated so badly that you had to get caught up in a love that wasn't for you. Ray's been pitying you all along. He loves you as a brother. Now instead of you letting go, you're holding on tight forever to that love. How can the Riguna family make you like this?" said Firza looking at her sister's pale face.
He then closed his eyes, his hands clenched, anger burning in his heart.
"Sir, the police have arrived" said dr. Frans after opening the door.
Firza nodded and walked out of the ICU room.
"Doctor, you know what you're supposed to do?" ask Firza for more reassurance.
"certain. Mr. Firza need not worry, I will arrange it and no one will know."
Firza assisted by dr. Frans will exchange Ramona's coffin for an empty one shortly before burial. He will bury Ramona's body with his true identity, as his sister, Fathia Isabella.
The phone in his pants pocket rang.
"Yes hello, Detective Zeth."
"Hello sir, I would like to report that Mr. Sebastian has moved again. Now his position is around the Banyan region."
"Stay with him, Detective! Do not lose. Find the right time to subdue him before the police and Young Master Pradipta. Once the Detective has caught him, report immediately! The rest I'll take care of."
"Good sir."
"Thank you, Detective."
Tit.
Firza hung up on her phone. His heart rumbled like a storm imagining Sebastian. It felt like he wanted to tear the old wedge*ngan apart and give his meat to the warehouse guard dog Pradipta Corp.
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Firza looked at Litha's shady face, if only she could reign in her heart, she would be the luckiest and happiest man in the world. But he realized, not everything he wanted would be destined to be his.
"Heard you went to Ramona's tomb, Lith? Did you forgive him for everything he did to you?" ask Firza.
"Time can answer, Sister," Litha replied after sighing.
"I still need time to really forgive him. It turns out that forgiving someone is not as easy as turning the palm .. but I will still try, sister," he continued smiling.
Ray hugged Litha from the side, rubbed his shoulders and kissed his wife's temple. He knew his adoptive sister's view on Litha still held the rest of love, and he didn't like it.
"I think it's human that Litha hasn't forgiven Ramona, Za. Although he's an angel heart but he's not an angel."
Ray's tone sounded faint but even in reply with Firza's naughtiness, he knew his adoptive sister was jealous of him.
"Mas, my arm is not gripped, it hurts" whispered Litha.
"Sick is a little bit more okay than you'll come forward again towards him," Ray replied in a whisper as well.
"What the hell!?!"
"Hehehe ... You go home, don't show us affection. Have pity on us who do not have a partner, "the act of Firza expels the couple.
All thought we meant by Firza was him, Abyan and Lidya, when in fact he and the late Ramona aka Fathia Isabella.
The wind slowly blew the hot air during the day. Ray held Litha very carefully, occasionally looking he wiped the sweat that fell on his wife's temple with a handkerchief.
Firza could only smile from behind. As they walked away then disappeared, so did his expectations. Although there is still love left, he left it without an owner. I don't know when, as Litha said, time can answer.
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