Turning Hell into Heaven

37. Determined Lukman

"Why are we here if we don't say hello?" ask Kiki to the husband.

The one asked remained silent without answering anything. Lukman, who is on the second floor of a building, is facing a wall made of glass, circling his gaze towards the crowd below.

Among the group of people with various backgrounds, there is Dara the ex-wife whose appearance looks really stunning. Dara is the star of the show. He was the center of attention for the invited guests. The guests, including Lukman and Kiki, were invitations from the inauguration of "Our House".

That's the name that Dara pinned for the art studio he founded. In addition to his skills in managing the company as President Commissioner, his high social spirit by establishing a media as a stepping stone for people who experience paralysis with economic limitations has invited admiration from everyone there. Including Lukman and Kiki.

This is one of Dara's dreams that materialized, becoming part of the source of her happiness.

"Mass?" Kiki urged Lukman to answer his question.

"Just look at it" said Lukman.

"Why?" Kiki who had been impatient to say congratulations and talk directly with Dara demanded an excuse from Lukman about the reason for the refusal to meet Dara.

Lukman took a deep breath. He turned his gaze back to Dara and his guests.

"Mama twins, look there! Dara is surrounded by people who not only flatter her but support her."

"Then?" Kiki still has not found a reason for Lukman's refusal.

"They have forgiven us. But, if we go there to him what would those people think, people who know the circle of our lives? we hurt him so cruelly, you remember that! they will certainly be prejudiced against you and I who shamelessly remain on Dara's side of life." Pungkas Lukman's.

"Mas, why care about people's prejudices? we meet Kak Dara not to do bad things, instead we want to re-establish a good relationship with him as a redemption for our guilt so far. Aren't you?" Kiki was still adamant.

"Then will everyone understand your intentions? what if our presence would even make Dara uncomfortable with the rumour that would surely arise from his guests? isn't that how we accidentally went back to being the cause of Dara's discomfort?" Lukman tried to soften his speech intonation even though his emotions almost overflowed to be upset.

"Mas has a point. But Kiki was sure Kak Dara wouldn't feel that way. The proof is that she herself invited us" Kiki began to show a disappointed face.

"Mama understands, she invites us because it's friendly not because we're special! Remember, our mistakes have been too much against Dara. So much and immoral, we would not be able to make amends if it were not for the greatness of Dara's heart that gave space sorry for both of us. So, let's appreciate that by not adding bad things to her life. Give Dara complete happiness without hindrance to the end of the nail. One of them is by avoiding things that risk triggering a bad response to Dara's life,"

Lukman still maintains a soft tone of speech with some deep intonation in some diction.

Kiki advanced closer to Lukman's side, staring quite closely at the person they were talking about.

"Safety, hope or whatever you want to say to Dara, just leave it to God through do'a. Let God convey it by covering the happiness in Dara's life," Lukman said again.

The two of them were now both looking at Dara and the people around her who seemed to be laughing emitted a happy light.

"Bag,"

"Hemmm," Lukman replied with a thud. While his gaze remained fixed on Dara.

"Are you sorry you got divorced with Kak Dara?"

Kiki asked without letting go of her gaze towards Dara who despite serving the invited guests while holding her two daughters together, but did not make her lose her aura of authority. Even Dara's busyness as a mother in the middle of her social agenda is like being an additional magnet of special attraction to her.

"Yes" Lukman replied honestly.

"Do you still love her?" ask Kiki again.

"Jawab Mas, "pinta Kiki.

"Why?" insist Lukman.

"Narrate your refusal if we're going to meet him earlier, Kiki feels it's not just because of the guilt of having hurt him. But like, there's something more implied in your language. Plus the way you look at it, it's so different, it feels so special,"

Kiki seriously looked at her stolen husband. Then connect again his words.

"So, do you still love Kak Dara Mas?"

Long Lukman fell silent and finally answered Kiki's curiosity.

"Not still, but more!" lukman.

Deg.

Kiki's heart instantly felt like it was overlapping with a huge stone. Be ill.

"I'm sorry, but I can't lie about my feelings. That's how it is. You are demanding my honesty, after all. Even if I lie, one day you will know it too" Lukman said.

"Do you want to re-refer with Kak Dara Mas?" kiki's voice began to shake.

"Yes. But it seems like wishful thinking. How can you miss the moon" there is a smile that develops on Lukman's lips.

"Don't think weird! you just focus on being a good and right wife and mother to me and our children like Dara's request that you told me a while ago!"

'Do I have to be grateful for your honesty? how much you openly profess to love another woman in front of your own wife. Ohh gosh. Brother Dara, is this also what you felt at that time? so is this karma for what I did to you? if so, why am I the only one getting it? isn't Mas Lukman also the culprit of your deritement? and how am I going to be a good wife if your love is higher than yours for other women?'

If you are not with Lukman, it feels like Kiki ran towards Dara to return to beg for forgiveness so that God will no longer give him punishment by continuing to inflict sadness.

'Referral? Dara, should I go back to your life as a husband? you are indeed like the moon Dara, beautiful and far from reach let alone by a despicable person like me, which deserves to have it. But, on the one hand I really can't lose all my race against you. The more I insist on forgetting you by dissolving all the feelings in this heart, the more fertile it grows.'

Lukman unconsciously considered some of the sentences contained in Kiki's question to him.

'okay. If what cannot conquer the moon is the ridge, then I must change myself as an astronaut. So that it is not just free to look at, not limited to loving in silence, not just harboring every detail of admiration. Rather, being able to hold the following month pours out all feelings by bringing you back in embrace'

For the sake of convincing and ensuring the desire that seeped in his heart, Lukman for the umpteenth time today again looked at Dara carefully. Without a single care there was Kiki next to him, who also followed and noticed Lukman's direction of view with teary eyes.

'The 'Bara. Wait for me to be the Lukman you love. Let's build another happy household with our beloved daughters. I'm gonna turn Dara! whatever I'm gonna do to get back to conquering you, get your love"

There is an incredible determination that Lukman blazed in his soul.

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