When Love Teases

9. Testimony

Kala was surprised to see the building in front of him. A three-story luxury house whose exterior paint is dominated by white and brown. The architecture is very complicated and feels like a building in hero-themed movies. Typical museum building.

" Let's go in" Kevin let's get everyone in. Including Dian as his ex-wife.

Kala and Love are silent. They tailed behind the two while looking at every corner of the room that was amazingly attractive. The front door is very wide, in the middle of the building and is a deep brown color. There are flower carvings on each side that are square in shape. The windows are wide too. Two to the left of the door and two to the right of the door. The wood in the paint color is similar to the door in the middle. There was a well-kept ornamental plant at the end of the front yard, there was a set of wooden chair chairs and tables near the left window, which were the same brown color.

Passing through the door, Kala was surprised by the front room that was as rented as it was if not blocked. The ceiling is high so that without any air conditioning, this room will feel cool. There is a long leopard-patterned sofa. The sofa has a base color of dark brown, cream and mocha. In front of the sofa there is a wooden table. The sofa and table face a smart tv attached to the wall. Under the smart tv there is a long sideboard that contains items such as ceramic and poselen. Each side of the side of the sideboard has an urn containing artificial flowers as high as an adult's chest.

" Is your wife inside?" Dian tried to open the conversation. So that the atmosphere is not too quiet.

" Gita's on vacation with the kids to Bali."

They don't listen too much to their conversations. Kala's eyes are still looking around. He looked at the photos on the sofa. Wedding photo of Kevin and a woman he doesn't know. Looks like Kevin's wife isn't an artist now. However, clearly the woman in the photo looks much younger than Dian Miranti. The photo was printed very large and was located between two smaller photos. The photo to the right of the wedding photo shows Kevin and his wife, but between the two appears to be a very adorable daughter. Then, the photo on the left of the wedding photo, Kevin is still with his wife, there is a girl who is about a dozen years old and a boy who is very fat and funny.

" That's my wife's son and my children. Your sisters," Kevin seemed to realize what Kala was watching.

Kala was surprised, and glanced at Dian at a glance. Who knows, hearing Kevin admit his other wife, the actress felt disappointed. However, Dian seemed to be fine. Nothing seemed to disappoint him or anything.

" His name is Gina. My first daughter...Olivia and your little brother Danil."

Kala nodded in understanding. He has four sisters now. Three women and one man.

" Come on, just talk in the living room," Kevin again invited everyone to go to the living room. In this room, it seems even wider. There were large cabinets, statues, large jars, square wooden tables of considerable size and surrounded by seven chairs on each side, jars, paintings and some other aesthetic objects.

" Here we talk, let's sit down," again Kevin never tired of inviting.

" When did you have a statue?" Dian asked. His eyes could not be separated from the tiger statue made of wood.

" That's the Gita that bought. You know, he's really happy with things that smell of art."

Dian nodded in understanding. But he didn't ask anymore.

Kevin pressed something under the table. Make Kala aware if between the two chairs there must be a lump whose color is two levels darker than the overall color of this wooden table. Before long two men in uniform came over and saluted Kevin.

" Please prepare dinner for the four of us."

After Kevin spoke, the two men nodded and left. Seeing this makes Kala and Love look at each other. Kala knew that his real father was a very rich man. However, he and Love did not comment.

" Kala... be comfortable in Papa's house," Kevin smiled and continued, " Papa and Mama's intentions invite you here because they want to talk about something very important."

" Mom and Dad would like to offer you a place to stay."

" sthat mean?"

Dian hurriedly spoke before Kevin spoke first, "so Papa you mean this. We're divorced, you want to live with Mama or with Papa?"

Kala did not expect that he would be offered to live in a place like this. Dreams alone never, and now he has to choose. He glanced at Love and whispered, "how?"

" It's up to you."

That's not an answer. Kala hates if Love says whatever. If you can choose, Kala wants to live in a house that is not this big. But, he also did not want to live in a stuffy and hot rented.

" So, you want to stay with Mama or Papa?" Dian asked again.

" Have you ever been to Dian Miranti's house?" Love suddenly whispered.

Haven't. Kala answered in his heart. He even just set foot in the office of the artist dealer owned by Dian Miranti once. Especially to his house. Kala was a bit shy to stay at Kevin's house because there are so many residents. Although from the photos of her sisters looks small, but Kala feels bad with Stepmother. Whereas if he chose to stay with Dian, he himself did not know in Dian's house who was other than him. For me, this is a confusing choice.

" Try a few days to stay at Kevin's house and a few times to stay at Dian's house. After that you break up, "Love whispers in her left ear, if in these soap operas it will look like there are demons who try to persuade humans to do things that are forbidden by religion. However, Love is not a demon at all and its speech has a point as well. If he tried, at least he would know more comfortable living where.

" Kala," Kevin looked impatient.

Kala reviewed the smile and mattered what he would say, "because I did not know Om too well... Uh, I mean Papa and Mama, so I decided to try a week stay here and a week stay at Mama's house."

Kala. He finally said it too. However, he did not know if he was doing the right thing or vice versa.

Silent mood. Kevin and Dian look at each other, like thinking or interacting using telepathy or they can communicate in the heart?

" Alright, if that's your decision," Kevin finally agreed.

Food arrived. The fragrance made Kala's stomach rumble. Next to her, Cinta looks very much and varied food served on the table. There are yellow soup fish, Fried chicken, Goat Sop, lalapan, sambal, capcai, kale stir-fry, fried, fruits, soda drinks, red and green fruit juices and water. When I saw him full. He was confused which one to eat. Because everything looks good.

" Come on, eat first."

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