CEO Seed
Chapter 11

Flashback Dita, Ramah

"Ufus? Been here long?"

Dita only nodded faintly hearing Rama's question. "Udah. And I heard everything you talked to your mama." Dita's words made Rama stiffen. "Where is Kania?" tanya Dita with great emphasis.

"Where are you hiding Kania?" Repeated Dita again.

"Ak - me." Rama. Confused what to answer. Kania tells her not to tell anyone about her whereabouts until she gets back here. But if this is the case, it is beyond the power of Rama. Maybe it's time for Kania to come back.

"I what? Where's Kania, Rama?" insist Dita impatiently. "Throughout the years you know I've been confused about Kania. But you were silent when you knew where Kania was. And you're acting as if you've also lost Kania."

"We're talking somewhere else." Rama pulls Dita and takes her into the car.

I don't know where Rama will take Dita, Dita doesn't know. What Dita Mah is only Rama's explanation of all this.

Rama stopped his car on the side of the road that was quite shady with large trees. Then take Dita out of the car and sit on one of the benches on the sidewalk while looking at the expanse of green rice fields.

A breeze stroked the two. Dita's long hair that was scattered slightly flew because of the wind that hit her.

"She's pregnant" said Rama suddenly made Dita look at Rama closely. "I, not even Kania herself knows who impregnated her."

"Oh Allah, Kania.." said Dita slowly.

"I found him on the bridge. Almost committed suicide. If I'm a minute late, maybe Kania's just a name. Her parents no longer considered her a child for having tarnished their good name."

Tears fell upon Dita hearing this reality. Being well understood, surely at that time Kania's heart and mind were so heavy through everything itself.

Recalling the time Kania smelled the smell of his cooking, Kania immediately became nauseous and vomited. Kania said it was just a common cold. But only Dita understood after Dita knew that Kania was pregnant, not catching a cold.

"I wanted to take you to your boarding house, but Kania didn't want to. He said he was ashamed of you and the rest of the host."

"Where do you take him?"

"If you want to see me, I'll drive you there tomorrow."

Dita nodded enthusiastically. "Now, Ram. I'd like to see Kania."

"OKAY. At eight I'll pick you up."

"okay."

Both are silent again. The tightness in Dita's heart feels so painful knowing Rama loves Kania, his best friend. Even during this time Rama knew where Kania was.

I don't know what's been going on between Rama and Kania for the past five years. Dita doesn't want to guess. It would only make his heart hurt more.

Matches between him and Rama, I don't know. Dita did not know to give up or continue the struggle.

Flashback off

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"This is my contract, Dit."

"Aren't you in Rama's house?"

Kania shook her head while smiling widely. "No, Dit. A lot of things were the reason for me to leave that house. You know, you know that, Dit."

Dita nodded in agreement. It is difficult to be in the position of Kania. Without being explained, people will understand what Kania feels.

"Mother, Shaka is hungry" Shaka's chirps distract the two adults.

"Ih, right, it was at the store already eating. Ask to eat again? Later fat loh," said Dita make Shaka pout.

"Biarin fat. What matters is Shaka gemesin, right?"

"Huh?" Dita could only gawk at Shaka's reply. A child of Shaka's age can also boast of himself with such a jumawa.

Kania chuckles at the debate of Dita and Shaka. From the first moment they met, they were familiar. Intermittent affectionate, intermittent debate due to minor issues. And Dita always loses to Shaka.

Shaka's cleverness in replying word for word Dita made Dita confused himself. What else to do for Shaka to lose.

"Your son, Kania. Long ago when it was still in the stomach in love what, the hell, can be chatty so?" gerutu Dita who was greeted with laughter by Kania.

"Already, already. You take a shower, clean up. I want to bribe Shaka first."

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"Your son never asks where is his father? His brain quality is above average. Must be dizzy thinking of the answers to his questions."

Dita's question was greeted with a small laugh of Kania. Everything Dita said was true. Sometimes Kania is overwhelmed to respond to all of Shaka's questions.

"Often. He's been asking questions about his father."

"How do you answer?" tanya Dita was curious.

"I didn't answer anything. Baffled. He said he wasn't there, afraid that one day they would meet. He said his father was working, a long time working. I don't know when to go home." Kania laughed a little. "Sometimes I distract him until he forgets his questions about his father."

Dita looked at Kania with teary eyes. Not knowing if had he been in Kania's position, would he have been as strong as Kania at the moment.

"But there is one thing that makes Shaka not lose the figure of the father figure even though he cannot call him father."

"Who?" Dita's getting curious.

"Rama." Kania's answer made Dita's heart felt on a big rock. "Luckily there was Rama who often came here for Shaka. Although Shaka called him om, but the affection I saw from both of them was like a father to his son."

In her heart, Dita smiled bitterly. It turned out to be that close as Shaka was to Rama. Naturally, since childhood Shaka and Rama have been used together. Even since in the womb.

But again, his heart was very painful. Is this what we call a love triangle? Dita loves Rama, but Rama loves Kania. But Dita doesn't know who's in Kania's heart.

"You're the same Rama why not get married?" Find disease. We look for disease by asking such a thing.

Kania laughed again. While Dita's heart was pounding waiting for the answer to her question that was too desperate.

"Honestly, many times Rama asked me to be his wife." Dita's heart is getting pounding. "But I refused it." Dita's heart which was originally like a big stone, immediately felt relieved as if the stone had been removed.

"Why?"

"I'm ashamed of my life, Dit. He's a good guy. It's not worth marrying a dirty woman like me."

"But you love him?"

Kania shook her head slowly. "I don't think so. My feelings are just feelings of affection for friends. Thank you for being there for me and Shaka all this time."

Dita is not sure of Kania's words. Thought, Kania was just trying to hide her feelings. Either true or not, but right now Dita is worried.

His heart loves Rama. I love Rama very much. But Rama loves Kania. Maybe, actually Kania also loves Rama.

Ah, it's all so complicated. Somehow their love story ends. Let time answer everything.

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Devan stopped his car in front of a school. It's time to go home from school, and Devan hasn't found any signs of the woman coming to pick up her son who Hanum said attending school at her place stops now.

Devan's eyes examined one by one the children who had just come out of the school gate. He said the boy was very similar to him as a child. But of the many children who dropped out of school, Devan has yet to find a child who is very similar to him.

Following his mother's plan which he said was the right way to make his son and the woman wanted to be with the Devan family made Devan unable to go down directly to meet the child.

That's why Devan can only search for them from inside the car.

After nearly ten minutes of waiting, Devan was startled by a woman who had just got out of the car. He's not alone. After the woman got out, a man came out of the same car.

Devan could not see clearly how the two looked. The long strands of hair of the woman were scattered to cover part of her face due to the wind.

The two of them entered the school and went back out five minutes later with a boy who was very similar to him as a child.

And as the woman looked up at the left right to cross the street, Devan was flabbergasted in disbelief. The woman he really found. And that kid, it's true his son. Meat blood.

It felt like Devan was coming down and approaching them. But again his mother's plan made him unable to do anything at this time.

But, who is that guy? Brother, sister, or friend? Or is he already the woman's husband?

Ah, Devan's heart suddenly doesn't care. His heart does not accept if his son calls another man father.

Either way, Devan should be able to get the boy to call himself father.

Whatever Devan will do to achieve his goal. Yeah, whatever it is.

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