A Flick of Asa For Love
CHAPTER 88

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"Nathan ...." Widya said softly when she could see Nathan from a distance. The man smiled sweetly at him. Wearing white clothes with a shining face.

Widya immediately ran towards her lover of heart. A tear spilled with the long movement of his foot, until the tear emptied into the chest of Nathan's field. Widya hugged the body so tightly. "You're home, honey. Why did you just come home? I was waiting for you last night. I'm worried about that bad news. I miss you, Nath. I miss ...." Widya was crying again. He spilled out all the worries that bound his heart. Drowning his sadness in Nathan's arms.

A moment of silence, Widya felt the warmth in that embrace. Makes her feel a little calm. Nathan's home.

"Sorry, Honey. I have to go again." The words that came from Nathan's mouth made Widya look up. Looking at the pale face with a confused look.

"Where else are you going? No, you can't go anymore! I need you here." Widya further tightened her embrace on Nathan's body. Putting his head back on the chest of the man's field.

"Darling, let me go! Promise to be happy always! I love you ...." After saying such a thing Nathan's form turned into a white mist, slowly disappearing in Widya's arms. Widya who realized her Nathan vanished from her arms trying to pull the body back, but could not. Widya seemed to embrace the wind that she could not touch in the slightest.

"No, Nath. I wouldn't be happy without you. Nathan, back!" widya shouted hysterically, as Nathan's body completely disappeared from his sight. His body slumped to the floor. He was crying so much. Repeatedly calling her lover's name was not heard.

"Widya, darling. Wake, Son!" Arini's soft-sounding voice restores Widya's soul who had lost her way in the world of her dreams. When Arini awakens, she finds Widya sleeping while bending over at Nathan's desk, hugging a picture frame containing Nathan's picture. The girl was shocked by the tears still flowing through her smooth cheeks.

"Mother, where's Nathan? I met Nathan, Mother. I met Nathan." Widya said while looking for Nathan. The mother who felt pity immediately grabbed Widya's body into an embrace.

"Istigfar, Honey! Nathan hasn't come home yet" said Arini. While occasionally sweeping a puddle of tears that almost slid in the corner of his eyes.

Widya pushed her body slowly, until their embrace unraveled. "What time is it, Bun? I have to get Nathan at the airport. I slept last night. Nathan must've waited for me there." Widya immediately got up from her seat, then stepped about to leave. However, his steps must be restrained because it is blocked by his two best friends—Karin and Kartika.

"You guys step aside! I'm going to pick up Nathan" Widya said in a high tone.

"Wid, where are you going to get Nathan? SAR team hasn't found Nathan's body yet."

"Anything! Nathan's at the airport. He did not join the plane that crashed" Widya cried denying Kartika's remarks. He believes Nathan is coming home.

"Wide ...." Karin touched Widya's shoulder and looked at her with a sad look. "We'll wait for Nathan at home, yeah! Bang Zacky has gone to pick up Nathan" said Karin, trying to calm Widya down.

That effort also worked. Widya flinched for a moment, then sat on the edge of Nathan's bed. Both of his eyes stared blankly at the king-size bed. His mind was imagining when Nathan fell asleep there. Both corners of her lips formed a thin smile, seeing her lover fall asleep so sweetly.

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At about nine in the morning, Nathan's house was so quiet. There was only a faint sobbing sounding in one of the rooms. Liana, who already knew the latest news about the state of her son from Zacky through a phone call, could not stem her sadness anymore. She lamented the departure of her son with only the husband's company.

While Widya who does not know is still waiting in the living room. Everyone's waiting for Zacky's arrival who'll bring word of Nathan. What Widya is waiting for is Nathan.

"Wid, you eat, yeah! Says aunt Arini you haven't eaten from yesterday." Harsa brought food for Widya. He looked at the girl with a pity. He wanted to hug the body of the girl who owned his heart. However, he felt he had no right to do so.

Last night, Harsa came directly to Nathan's house with Zakir and Edo when he heard the bad news. However, he did not dare to approach Widya. His heart was really about seeing the girl he still loved was covered in tears, but he felt himself useless. Even he was unable to give his shoulder, for where Widya spilled her grief.

Harsa's offer was ignored by Widya. His attention is distracted by the arrival of Zacky. He rushed to Zacky and asked the man a lot of questions. "Bang, where's Nathan? Why did you come alone? What ... is he still ahead? He wants to give me a surprise, doesn't he, Bang? I'm gonna go see him."

Widya almost ran if her hands were not blocked by Zacky. "Wid, you must be sincere! Nathan is gone. He has left us forever. He ... has died."

The deg!

Widya's heart seemed to stop beating, her breathing became increasingly crowded. His head slowly turned towards Zacky. The tears could no longer be blocked. "You don't joke, Bang! Where is the evidence that Nathan died? Don't you joke!" Widya roared hysterically as she brushed off Zacky's hand. His emotions overflowed as tears streamed down his cheeks.

"Nathan's death was justified by the SAR team. They found Nathan's body in the mangrove forest area of Maerakaca—. Because the plane is missing a signal in the area" said Zacky, looking down sad.

"lik! You must be lying, Bang! That's guarded!" widya shouted out her emotions.

Zacky looked up at Widya, then reached into her pants pocket to grab something there. His hands trembled as he showed a watch that Widya was very familiar with. Nathan's favorite watch. The gift from Widya that Nathan always wears. "Even though his face is unrecognizable, but this watch can be proof that—" Zacky can no longer speak. Her cry broke when she saw the figure of Liana coming out from inside her room. The middle-aged woman was endlessly crying in her husband's arms.

The house that had been quiet, was now noisy with a crying sound. While Widya still fluttered in her place without a sound. Only tears were allowed to escape. His hands clenched Nathan's watch. There was a sense of wanting to explode within his chest. Disappointed, sad, afraid, and angry that erupted in his chest as if inhibiting oxygen entering his lungs.

Until a while the girl was stuck in place. Widya fainted again. Luckily, there was Harsa's hand that swiftly held Widya's body, and immediately brought Widya's body to Nathan's room.

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Minal aidzin. Sorry to be born and to. 🙏😭