Calibra: A Delayed Taste
CALIBRA | CHAPTER 49

I don't feel like time is moving fast. The hour hand has passed the number twelve, and Audi and Ibra are both still at home outside. The two just silently stared at the flickering lights below, the sighting of the city of Bandung which was like a bowl from a height.

Sometimes they chat random. After eating a few tens of minutes ago Audi energy seemed to be fully charged, the effect he also lost drowsiness.

Audi's eyes were still fresh, as fresh as his mind was immediately alert as soon as Ibra opened his voice.

"First, when Mas had not joined the passport membership, Mas had very close friends. You could say in one dormitory he's the closest."

Audi. He looked at Ibra who was looking straight with a glaring look. The man seemed to be reminiscing about something in his mind.

"The name is Rega" whispered Ibra. "Rega often helps Mas every difficulty. If Mas makes a mistake and must be punished by the coach, he must follow, he said to be punished together." Ibra grunting. "Rony indeed. He is a bit bad guy, often disturbing wasps if it is free."

"Wasp?" audi was confused.

"The Air Force" explained Ibra.

Audi muttered oh long.

"One day we were assigned together at the border. Rega was very happy, he said in addition to his wife and child, the face of Mas most pleasing to the eye. Haha." Ibra laughed a little. But his eyes could not lie that he was trying to hide his sadness.

Audi became increasingly curious, though he found no continuity between his questions about Shireen and the topics they were currently talking about.

"It all starts there." Ibra looked at Audi. "Rega had to lose one leg by stepping on a mine. He's trying to save Mas from a bullet. I remember how badly Rega's leg was destroyed until it couldn't be repaired."

Ibra lowered her head for a while, then looked back at the flickering lights below them. His breathing was stifled with a stern gulp of saliva. "That's where I met Shireen. Shireen Rega's wife" said Ibra, turning his head.

Audi blinked confused. "Mba Shireen ..."

"Yes, Shireen was Mas's ex-wife, she was Rega's previous wife."

Audi is a little confused. He did not stop looking at Ibra who was also staring back at him. "At that time I had the intention to propose to you if you successfully graduated," whispered Ibra.

"But .. it turns out Rega can't last that long. Five months later he died. Rega leaves Shireen and his son Mas. He asked Shireen to marry him. I don't know what else to do." Ibra turned back from Audi.

Audi kept quiet. Ibra's face looks jumbled. Audi has never seen this Ibra seresah. So, Audi's feeling is not clapping one hand?

"Shireen knew Mas objected to Rega's mandate. He's suggesting crazy things that you haven't thought of in a lifetime."

"Crazy thing?" audi was confused.

Ibra. "Make the contract" he said surprisingly. "Shireen advised Mas to marry her for two years only. At first Mas refused because it was a big sin, Mas also afraid of being violated by the code of ethics as a TNI. But ... Mas also can not stop thinking about you, Mas's plan that failed to make your application. Mas also can not ignore it with the will Rega, especially Rega wrote it hard. He also issued the same insurance for Kenan treatment. Kenan's son Rega, he's had a heart defect since birth."

"You must be wondering why Rega didn't give the money to Shireen. Actually, I don't deserve to talk about this with you. It's their family's problem. But, I feel the need to explain this to you who often think badly." Ibra is like quipping Audi, but the look is still serious.

"Her mother Shireen often asked for money for things that are not clear. Rega used to borrow money from Mas very often, he said he wanted a bag business. But it turns out that money is used instead of personal consumption. The money was bought a fancy bag for a new motor."

Audi fell silent, he reflexively looked down at the shirt he wore himself. Understanding what Audi was thinking, Ibra chuckled. "You want to buy a car that is worth a car must be able to, Mas believe, in terms of your income a day is not small. Go to insecure."

"By the way, does Auntie Sama know about Mas's contract marriage to Mba Shireen?"

Ibra. "Nobody knows except for you, Mas and Shireen, of course Mas's lawyer."

"So that's a secret?"

Ibra smiled shaving. "What do you think will happen if they find out? Everybody knew? It's likely that I'm not just losing my job, but my family."

"Actually I feel bad about Rega. His impression was toying with his mandate. But he is also just an ordinary man. The longer Mas defends Shireen, the greater is Mas's sin."

"After all, I think to be able to keep them from having to go through the wedding road. Mas still consistently looked at Kenan even though not as often as when Mas was still married to Shireen."

"Means Mas Ibra still often met with Mba Shireen." Audi is jealous.

He scowled throwing his face around. Ibra looked at the girl. "Hey," call Ibra as she grabs Audi's strung hair. "Mas did meet Shireen and love the money to her. That's Rega's money. But just for a moment, yesterday only Mas came and inter Kenan shaving hair, after that go home."

"Yes but-" Audi's sentence was truncated when the sound of Ibra's phone interrupted them.

The man looks through his pocket to see who's calling. And again Audi shriveled to see the name of Ibra's ex-wife there.

Ibra seemed hesitant to see the response of Audi is so sensitive. But, it's past midnight, and Shireen's calling him must be important.

"Cla."

"Remember," whispered Audi. It can't be childish just because of this problem, right?

Ibra sighed and shifted the green icon of the call recipient. "Hello? Assalamualaikum says. Why, Ren?" He spoke while not staring at Audi.

"Hello, Mas, waalaikumsalam. Sorry, Mom, maybe I'm interrupting your sleep. But ..."

"But what?"

"Delighted in the hospital, Mas. I-I .. Kenan nanyain you continue. Can you come here for a minute? Tomorrow also no papa, just a moment," please Shireen.

Audi also heard clearly the conversation, and although Ibra had explained everything, Audi still did not feel relieved, because somehow Ibra could not be completely separated from the shadows of Shireen and her son. Ibra is bound by guilt to her friend. What should Audi do?

"But if Mas is again a task, no papa, really. I'll try to explain it to Kenan."

Ibra looked at Audi inside. He knows what Audi is thinking. Ibra grabbed Audi's hand in his grasp. "I'm going there" Ibra broke up.

He smiled, then spoke silently to Audi. "You're coming along."

Audi knows that it is time for him to enter the real world of Ibra. Can Audi accept the realities that will come next?