
Ivan stared in disbelief at Agung and Adinda. His lips smiled in a condescending manner.
He's laughing a little.
“Din? Lu ciyus's? Not wrong Lu?”
Adinda squinted her eyes. The great looked at Ivan without saying anything. Waiting for the next sentence to be issued by the young man's mouth.
“Which I know, Lu's a smart chick at school. I've seen Lu's values all from Uncle Iue's desk.”
“Terus?” Adinda stared dislikefully at Ivan.
“The smart girl everywhere thought of her education. Lecture. Well Lu, just graduated later immediately want to play house-housing with this om-om.” Ivan laughed scornfully.
Agung tightened his jaw. He gripped the head bed that was behind Adinda tightly.
“What's really why? Why if Adinda becomes my wife?”
Ivan chuckled softly.
“Om, don't pantes just look at it. Yes, although Om looks not like om-om in general but still not appropriate. Adinda is too young to be Om's wife,” Ivan grinned.
"So, do you think Adinda is faster with you?” Great to straighten his back.
Ivan nodded confidently.
Agung raised next to his eyebrows.
“You sure?”
“Of course, Om. We are sorry,” Ivan smiles proudly.
“Because then you feel better than me?”
Ivan nodded again accompanied by his chuckle.
“What's your religion?” ask Great.
“I'm Islamic, Om. Same with Adinda. We are seiman and seamin right?”
Agung chuckled at Ivan's last sentence, “ Seiman and seamin.. Language novels and songs really.”
Ivan stopped chuckling. His eyes looked at Agung nyalang.
“Continue to Om what?”
“Sway Adinda. Forget Adinda. Find another girl who deserves it. You do not deserve to be with a good girl like Adinda.”
Ivan's face flushed.
“I know your romance adventures with some women who are close to you. I also know you and your men like to gather while drinking liquor, right? While watching DVDs is indecent and may also directly practice what is on the DVD with your women.”
Adinda and Mommy gasp. Adinda closed her mouth while looking at Ivan with round eyes.
“Ivan.. didn't expect me.”
Ivan stuttered.
“Do not nag, Om. Don't slander. I can sue Om on defamation charges!”
“Oh yes?? What is the proof who testified? The people in this room won't testify for you. They don't know you.”
Ivan was silent but not long after that he chuckled.
“Om have what proof for all Om charges?”
Adinda and Mommy look worried at Agung. Agung.
“Your gank gathering place on that school day at the corner school stall right? But during the holidays, you wear the empty pavilion that is behind the house of one of your gank members, the Great” looks at Ivan who is speechless, “Pavillion where you and your women practice Biology.”
Ivan looked surprised.
Adinda gasped again.
Mother shaking her head, “Na’audzubillah mindzaalik. Robbihabli minassholihiin.”
“No! YOU LIED!” Ivan looked at Adinda while pointing at Agung, “He lied, Din. Don't believe!”
“A Great never lied to me. I believe in A Great. He's looking after me. If there was no Great A at that time in the alley beside the donut stall, Lu's men would have succeeded in harassing me, the reason being that I rejected Lu's love!”
Adinda looked at Ivan with a fiery look.
“And my country rejected Lu's love, the Lu ladies beat me in the school bathroom. Play their crackle. I get suspicious, Lu's men and Lu's ladies-in-waiting did verbal and physical bullying to me, lest it be because of Lu's errand?” adinda's index finger points to Ivan.
Ivan's knees were shaking. And so are his hands and lips.
“Ngak Din. swear! I never told them to do that. I never asked them to hurt you. Because I love Lu!”
Adinda threw away face.
Ivan looked at Agung timidly.
“So.. Om that Mr Agung Aksara Gumilar?”
Agung raised next to his eyebrows.
[Setdah this is a boy! After Om now Father!]
“Ma’af me Om! Ma’af!” Ivan bowed his body many times to Agung.
“Din. I never told them to do it all to Lu. It's their own initiative. They've all been legal. Ma’afin me!”
Adinda looked straight ahead, unwilling to stare at the begging Ivan while cupping both of his palms in front of his chest.
“Din.. please!”
“Lu come home, Van. I don't want to see you again. Flowers from Lu, bring it again. I still have flowers from A Agung,” Adinda pointed pink Peony flowers that are now in perfect bloom at the end of the wheeled table.
“Nak Ivan just go home. The presence of Nak Ivan here has disturbed the calm of Adinda. My sister is recovering. He needs a calm atmosphere,” Mother touches Ivan's shoulder slowly.
Ivan nodded obediently. He brought back the bouquet of flowers that he placed at Adinda's feet.
Then turn his body by being escorted by Mother to the door. He faintly heard the conversation of Adinda and the Great.
“Are you OK?” tanya Agung while fingering Adinda's forehead check the temperature.
Adinda nodded.
“Sore later, friends from Aa's old office want to come to the difference. Dinda accompanied again yes like that time?”
The sister smiled widely and then nodded.
Agung chuckled then helped Adinda to get off the bed.
Mother escorted Ivan to the corridor to the VIP lobby.
“Nak Ivan, if I knew who Nak Ivan was, I would definitely not allow Nak Ivan to distinguish Adinda.”
Ivan stopped walking and turned to his mother
“Why?”
“Because I've seen for myself how bruises on Adinda's face due to the blow done by girl friends Nak Ivan. You didn't see how Adinda was then, did you?”
Ivan fell silent. Head bowed.
“Mother has also seen what Nak Ivan's gank friends are doing in the back alley of the donut booth. How they escorted Adinda from the bookstore to the back alley. How they harass Adinda and persecute Adinda. I've seen it all without blurring on the face of the perpetrator.”
Ivan looked at Mother with an unpredictable face. His eyes were shaking looking at Mother.
“I never told them to do such a thing to Adinda.”
Mother nodded in understanding.
“I never knew they were planning that either. All out to my knowledge,” continued Ivan again.
“Nak Ivan knows the word solidarity?” tanya Bunda, “Indeed not because of the orders of Nak Ivan but this is the result of the effects that arise after Adinda rejects the love of Nak Ivan. They felt that Adinda's actions had hurt and distressed Nak Ivan's feelings so they intended to teach Adinda a lesson."
"Light solidarity, absurd solidarity" Mother said again.
Ivan glared, lamenting Mother's words.
"Know not why Adinda rejects love Nak Ivan?” ask Mommy.
“Because he already has Om Agung?” Ivan looked at Mother.
Mother shook her head, “Even at that time, Mother was very sure they had never met and had not known each other.”
Ivan surprised. His body was faced with Mother.
“Then why?”
“Said Adinda, her life is already quite complicated without having to be your girlfriend.”
“How complicated?”
“You know the hostage case of Secretary Sanjaya Group in Hotel Lounge X?” ask Mommy.
Ivan nodded.
“What does this have to do with Adinda?”
“The woman involved in the case is her stepmother Adinda. And the local guy who was with her was her stepmother's boyfriend since her father was still around.”
Ivan shook his head still not understanding.
“The girls who have a spell with them should be Adinda who they will sell to foreigners from the German embassy.”
Ivan stood up unsteadily.
“Adinda was played by someone else, because after dawn, Adinda was rescued from her own home in a state of shock, physically and mentally injured. Her stepmother beat her, her boyfriend tried to harass Adinda. Lucky, Son Mother and her friends managed to save Adinda.”
Ivan's cheeks were wet with tears.
“I.. I do not know Adinda's life is so complicated. In school he looks normal like other children just tend to be more reserved,” Ivan wiped his cheeks with his shoulders.
“In that blind morning too, Adinda just found out, her father's death was poisoned by her stepmother and her boyfriend. He's an orphan now.”
“Mother. please convey my apology to Adinda and Om Agung. I will not bother you anymore. I am self-aware of who I am. I do not deserve a girl as kind and gentle as Adinda,” Ivan bowed himself.
Mother touched Ivan's shoulder. Plumped slowly.
“Mother sure, Son Ivan is a good boy. Change in order to get the best soul mate. If you hope to get a sholeha woman then first pintaskan yourself to become sholeh.”
“I... b4jtan, Mom. My son breng$*k.”
“If Nak Ivan repents and returns to the right path, then it will all be the past of Son Ivan. Don't repeat again.”
“How to, Mom?”
“Change the scope of association of Nak Ivan. Because that friendship affects our behavior. Whether we can color friends or just friends who color us. Yes if the color is beautiful to see, otherwise?”
Ivan was silent still digesting Mother's speech.
“Befriend friends who carry a positive aura, whose religion is good, whose food and drink are kept from illegitimacy, whose words are not bad words and vain."
Ivan nodded in understanding.
"Mmm.. flowers?"
“Just give it to your mother. While apologizing for the behavior of Nak Ivan who had disappointed him. And ask do’a to your mother the goodness of the world and the atherat. Because do’a mother it makbul.”
Ivan nodded with a smile. He took Mother's hand and kissed the back of Mother's hand with reverence.
“Mother. thank you very much. Thanks for everything.”
Mother nodded then stroked the head of Ivan who was still lowered.
“Mother do’ may Nak Ivan become a better person, a world success acherat.”
“Aamiin,” Ivan looked at the Mother full of haru with dewy eyes, “I say goodbye, Mom. Assalamu’alaikum.”
“Wa’alaikumussalam.” Mother looked at Ivan who was walking towards the open elevator.
Ivan waved his hand at Mommy before the elevator doors closed.
Mother returned to the Great and Adinda's room with a smile. Heart relieved. There was no grudge in Ivan's heart against Adinda or the Great.
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Hopefully Ivan turns into a good guy huh, Readers, like Prasetyo Anggoro.
Sorry late posting.
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