Behind The Boss
Anticipations

Lina covered her mouth with one hand. I was shocked by what he saw. "You?"

The woman's hand quickly wanted to close the door again but was immediately prevented by Sandi Sanjaya. "I didn't mean to be mean to you. I just want to talk carefully," said Sandi quickly saw the change in the look of Rina's face that looks frightened.

"What do you want?" tanya Rina still showed anxiety on her face.

"APologize. I want to apologize to you and Brother," Sandi replied quickly. The man's face changed. Rina remained silent. He did not give the energy to close the door again. Now the door is wide open.

"If you want to talk then we should talk outside. My husband is not home. It's not good if you get inside."

Sandi nodded. He sat his body in a karyu chair that was offered by Rina. "Sit. You've come from far away. I'll make you a drink."

Without waiting for Sandi's reply, Rina immediately darted into the kitchen. He grabbed a cell phone lying on the dining table. A number with a quick call as soon as he called. He waited a few seconds before the call was connected.

"Wa'alaikumussalam," said he heard greetings from sebrang.

"Pa .., he's coming." Lina lowered her voice. "Sandi," he added.

"good. Papa will be home soon. Mama doesn't want to linger with him."

"Yes. Assalamu'alaikum."

Rina turned off her phone. Put the phone back on the table. Then step closer to the glass storage area in his kitchen.

Rina placed a stemmed glass containing tea onto a small wooden table that she had just lifted from inside the house and placed it right next to Sandi Sanjaya sitting down. "Drink," he said to Sandi.

"Thank you." The man grabbed a glass and drank it a little. "How are you?" tanya Sandi put the stemmed glass back on a small plate as the base.

"You know from Karina?" Rina did not answer Sandi's question, instead asked back something that had plagued her since. His heart was not calm.

"Yes." Yeah." Sandi felt the worry and discomfort of the woman sitting next to her. They were only obstructed by a small wooden table as a place for the stemmed glass earlier.

"I know everything, Rina. I don't even intend to disturb your household the way it used to."

Rina gave a quick glance, seeing the look on Sandi's face that still looks sad. Slowly pity reached his heart. "I've heard that from Karina too. How are you doing too? How's your household?"

The atmosphere has now melted a little. Sandi understood, Rina is indeed such a woman. He is easy to pity others. If you want to talk to her, tell her your grief, show her your pain. Then his interest in your life flowed instantly.

Sandi Sanjaya sighed. "Maybe karma for me. Because I am so evil to you, my household is not going well. I've now separated from my wife."

Rina was surprised but as much as possible she did not show it. "But we both don't hate you at all, Sandi. Especially Kamil, he still loves you." Rina's voice became calmer. She had lost the worry in her heart. It is increasingly clear that as Karina and Radit say that indeed Sandi has changed.

"Yes. Brother is amazing. You're lucky to have a husband like her." Staring at Rina inside.

Although Rina's view still leads to the front but she knows for sure that Sandi saw it. "Not as lucky as you have a sister like her," said Rina softly.

"What do you mean?"

Rina turned her head, looking at Sandi. "He used to stay away from me because he didn't want to lose you."

"Huh? When's? Why do I know now?" Sandi was really surprised at what Rina said.

"I never told you because you could never tell a story. You're so angry that you don't see how much he's giving up on you. This happened before our wedding. She told me to marry you but because I forced her a little bit that time until she finally collapsed."

Lina recalled back then. Yes, all that has passed but he just wants Sandi to understand more and more what her brother is like.

"So so ...," said Sandi with a weakened voice. Guilt filled his heart again.

The sound of the roar of the car entering the yard of the house ended the conversation between Rina and Sandi. Rina's heart was very carefree to see the car that just entered it. While Sandi again felt her heartbeat beating faster.

"Silver ..," he hissed with eyes that had been bathed by the clear liquid since when.

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Radit observed the face of Kiran who had fallen asleep soundly. The woman looks tired. Probably because he told her to swim without warming up at all. The man stroked Kiran's hair gently. Gave a light kiss on his forehead. Instantly her memory drifted to events decades ago ....

He was in the sixth grade of elementary school. Because of the rift of his parents' household, papa left it at the grandmother's house. He felt lonely even though grandma always encouraged him. Gone was his eagerness to smile even for pleasantries introducing himself to a daughter who was three years younger than him.

"Whose sister's name?" ask the girl. Not once did he answer not even a desire to answer. He always ignored the greeting of the little girl until ....

"Giant ...!"

He gasped when he heard the call. He called me Giant?! Me? A giant? He ignored the girl even more.

Until one day when he was tired of being there himself. That afternoon I came to my grandmother's house. He asked me to take him home. But papa refused. His longing for the house, Ari and his mother make him angry and run and hide in the warehouse. Then he was locked there until night.

The barn is next to Grandma's house. The warehouse containing the used items turned out to have no lights. While hiding there, for some reason he was locked in it until night. Surprisingly, papa and grandma were not looking for him at all. They didn't lose themselves. At that moment he was very angry. Trauma appears. He trembled with fear because he was locked back in a dark, stuffy room. Although he had trembled, he still did not intend to shout to call grandma and papa to help him. He held it by himself until the door opened. A little girl he had always ignored came in and called out to him softly.

"Sir ..., are you there?"

Himself sculpts. But the roar of breath and the sound of shivering turned out to be heard by the girl.

"I'm sorry Karina, sister. Karina's locking up Brother ...."

He stays unmoved. Still hugging his knees. "Big brother why?" ask the little girl. The little girl's hand touched her shivering body. He's so gasp.

"Sister sick?"

He's still quiet. Mouth locked. Slowly he felt the little hand encircling his body.

"I'm sorry Karina, sister. Forgive Karina."

Afterwards the little boy, Karina cried as she hugged him. Repeatedly saying sorry. He who had been sculpting, heard the great worry of Karina and the endless sound of her crying opened the lock on his mouth. The shivering is gone.

"Hey, Stupid! So you locked me up?"

Karina looked at him with tears on her face. "Karina ready Sister's law with anything. The important thing is not to get sick because of Karina. Let Karina get sick because Karina's wrong."

"Basic stupid! Get your hands off. Your tears are soaking my clothes."

After that they also met his grandmother who apparently thought that he was coming with papa. So that grandma does not look for him and does not feel lost.

After that day, without realizing it, the girl who had removed the trauma of the abduction she had experienced slowly and surely went deeper into her heart space.

Radit gave a warm smile. "Since then you've always been in my heart, Karina. And that position of yours I can't replace with anyone. And I also don't want to see you hurt by anyone including your own family" he murmured softly.

He got up, got out of bed and grabbed his phone on the nightstand. He was looking for someone's contact number. After he succeeded, he immediately contacted him. The call was connected, he quickly stepped out towards the balcony.

"Wa'alaikumussalam's chat. It's Radit, Pa. Something Radit wants to say ...."

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