Don't Call Me an Actor
Not Time to Meet

Angga became emotional when he heard the words of his uncle. Is his current arrival at the Rosseta Cafe just Uncle Danu's trap?

Angga chose to sit sweetly on the bench in front of his uncle. He showed a cold smile.

Uncle Danu is still enjoying his cigarettes. It seems not to care for Angga who awaits him from earlier.

"Uncle..." Angga's growls tried to intimidate his uncle.

Uncle Danu threw away his new cigarette half enjoyed. Crush it in an ashtray on the table.

"Female, I've always had terror for so long. But only this time I really felt scared. I'm so worried about your safety. Hhhhh." Uncle Danu sighed as if there was a wedge disturbing his airway.

Angga just observed uncle Danu's expression. He tried to judge the truth of Uncle Danu's words.

"Nearly twenty-eight years, I kept these secret meetings. Right now I feel there's no point in covering this up. Because sooner or later, your papa's killer's gonna be after you too." Back uncle Danu sighed heavily.

"Female, know. The two copies of the letter I gave you this afternoon are true. Your papa died of poisoning, not of a heart attack. Also your biological mother has died along with your papa's death. But your mother's death was more terrible. She was kidnapped from her home, raped and murdered in a very heinous manner." Uncle Danu said, with real pain in the wrinkle of his face that began to age.

Angga just fell silent. He let uncle Danu say whatever he wanted.

"Sherly was your papa's big mistake." Uncle Danu's statement immediately burned Angga's emotions. How could such a good woman be a mistake to her papa. It must be Uncle Danu's wits to separate him from his dear mother.

"Sherly is not as good as she looks. The woman was a monster wrapped in a beautiful face and a soft voice. The fact is a monster is a monster." Uncle Danu wiped away the tears that were dripping at the end of his eyes.

"I had time to blame Lesmana for leaving Sherly who I knew as an angel. I was hostile to Lesmana for years until I heard of her death. He left behind another wife, your mother and a two-year-old son." Uncle Danu's voice shook with the sadness.

"Although at that time I hated Lesmana, I did not deny that I still loved my brother. I started hiring private detectives to ascertain the cause of sister's death. I was very surprised to see the results of their investigation. My brother died of poisoning. His wife was also killed. While their sons were scattered unfurled. It was the first time I met you at Sherly's house. He said he took you from the orphanage. But my gut feeling is that the little boy is the son of a missing older brother. I managed to get your DNA test results. You're Lesmana's sibling."

Uncle Danu said while patting Angga's shoulder.

"I was relieved that you were in the hands of the right person. That's Sherly. But I was wrong, your years of growth you were brainwashed by Sherly and made into the same monster as him. I remember one day seeing Sherly teach you to do something really mean. You're not five yet, you were taught to kill a cute cat. That's when my look of admiration for Sherly changed completely. I'm back investigating the lives of Lesmana and Sherly." Uncle Danu breathed deeply.

"My man found a journal that belonged to your father. A diary with a password that only me and your papa know. In the journal, it exposed all of Sherly's atrocities. How he purposely dropped your papa off the stairs just to get pleasure. At that time your papa until severe injuries, one of his legs paralyzed make him out of the unit and try to pioneer the business. Until now it has grown thanks to your hard work."

"Your father chose to forgive Sherly. But Sherly's reality hasn't changed. He is cruel and sadistic. Lesmana chose to divorce Sherly. He left home with nothing and married your mother. With your mother, Lesmana found happiness. But I was young at the time so naive. Can't see sincerity or cunning. Sherly seduced me with her tears until I told her whereabouts. And it wasn't long before I heard her death that made me feel so lost."

"Female, Sherly's not as good as you think. Be careful with her. If one day something happens to me. Your papa's secret is in Bank XZ's safe codenamed your mother's name." Uncle Danu said as he walked out of the Rosseta cafe.

Angga was still sitting dumbstruck, trying to digest all the information his uncle had given him. He could not believe his uncle's words. All this looks ridiculous. There's no way Sherly's gentle mama could have committed such cruelty as Uncle Danu said. But he better be careful.

Drrrtt.

There's an incoming call from Sherly's mom. Angga. He is not ready to talk to her because there is beginning to be prejudice infiltrated into his mind.

Angga drank a little wine from his glass. But as he felt the warmth running down his throat. He remembered Ana his wife. He decides to stop drinking, maybe Ana is currently in danger.

Angga came out of the Rosseta cafe, he intended to take public transport. But his footsteps came to a halt as he looked at the crowd of people by the roadside. Encouraged by curiosity he grabbed the crowd. A body drenched in blood stiffened amid the crowd.

Angga recognizes him as Danu's uncle. Instantly the alarm of danger roared in his head. Angga chose to stay away from the crowd and immediately looked for public transportation.

It is not that he does not care about the fate of his uncle but he wants to save his family who is still alive.

He called Erika, his sister-in-law. When getting a message from across. Angga spoke shortly. "Save the lives of brothers and children, uncle is beyond help."

The short word Angga had made Erika fixated. But he knew this was a crucial time for him. He immediately took something from the safe. Lock her up and rush to pick her kids up from school. Erika must be strong, so that she can bring her children to a safe place. A long-time escapee carefully designed by her husband. And now he must really escape.

***

Angga chose to return to the Permata Inn hotel. He chose the rooftop driveway and returned to the room before his. Angga changed his clothes with the suit he wore last afternoon.

He immediately came down from his room on the seventh floor. He purposely walks towards the receptionist and asks, Is there a message for him? Apparently there was a call from Sherly's mom who asked her to contact her.

Angga pulled out his phone and made a call to Sherly's mom. For a moment his call got an answer.

"Mama's looking for me?" Ask Angga flat.

"Where are the people? Mama worries. Your secretary told your mom that you just had a fight with Uncle Danu?"

"Oh . so, he's your uncle Angga. Maybe all of that was done because Uncle Danu hasn't got his desired position." Sherly said she was proffocating Angga. But Angga was not affected. He was getting sick of his adoptive mother.

"I was calming down at the hotel ma. I'm disappointed in Uncle Danu." Angga. He tried to control himself, so as not to make Mama Sherly suspicious.

"Well, will you go get me?" Asked Sherly's mother with a worried tone.

"No need ma. I also have a meeting with a client later tonight. So all of you stay here." Angga replied subtly.

"Uncle Danu doesn't talk like you do, son?" Ask mama Sherly to interrogate Angga.

"It's a pity that even though I showed evidence of his rotten uncle Danu evaded and said that he was not guilty at all. Even courageously he will unlock the secrets of the past. He said there was evidence he wanted to show. He asked to meet tonight. But I don't want to waste time hearing Uncle Danu's lies."

Angga said lying. Though he had just met with uncle Danu and became a witness to the death of his own uncle.

Across the phone, Sherly breathes a sigh of relief because she has managed to get rid of Danu before unlocking the secret to Angga.

"Yes son, uncle Danu can't be trusted, you better stay away from him. It's your papa's cause of death. I don't know what other bad intentions she's prepared for our family." Sherly said with a tone of relief. Sherly does not think that Angga already knows his black secret.

"Ma. my client has arrived. I closed the phone first." Angga said immediately he turned off his phone. Without waiting for Sherly's answer.

Angga ordered a taxi on line to take her home. Before his time he took time to walk around through a small alley rented Ana before.

Angga misses his wife very much. There was an empty space in her heart since Ana's departure. Two months had passed without Ana. Makes the Goose weak. Especially the heavy moments that have just been experienced. His uncle was killed before his eyes. He heard what the crowd said, that his uncle was shot by a masked man as he was about to enter his car.

Angga really slumped, there was no one friend who could be invited to exchange ideas. He wants to find Ana, his wife.

***

Ana was lying weakly in her room. Two days later he had vomiting and dizziness. His stomach was also heartburn and felt uncomfortable. The pain will last in the morning. While at night, his body is back in shape and his appetite increases.

The mother who could not bear to see Ana's apprehensive condition, immediately called a masseuse. The masseuse is only in the village next door. Make the mother have to walk a few hours, to arrive at the place of the masseur.

A woman of advanced age. But his senses are still functioning well. Even when walking together, the mother was overwhelmed had to catch up with him by running small.

Hospitals and health centers are quite far away in the city. It takes five hours to get there. Until my mother decided to call a masseuse. He thought I was sick from exhaustion.

"Here, there's the contents." My grandmother said that surprised us.

"What kind of shit is Grandma?" Ask mom. He thought the masseur's grandmother would tell him that I was exposed to witchcraft or something.

"Here, your son is pregnant young. There was a small fetus in his stomach. The foetus is healthy and the place is good." Said the granny the masseur happily.

"Am I really pregnant?" Ask me not to believe. Is this the answer to my dream these past few days? There was a little boy who ran after me and called me mama. Instantly there was a feeling of happiness in my heart.

"Yes, it's probably been two months. Do not be too tired so as not to harm your content. Eat lots of vegetables, fish and tempeh so that the child in your womb grows healthy and strong." Grandma's advice to me.

The mother at the door rushed over and hugged me. "Ana. soon you will be a mother. Mum's gonna be a granny, too." Mom crying happily.

"Lha... This is the father of his work where?" Ask grandma masseuse.

"His husband divorced my son. He thought my son was barren so he divorced him. Unexpectedly, my son finally had a child too." Said mom lying.

I understand my mother's decision to lie, because even if she was honest, no one would believe us.

After I found out I was pregnant. I decided to be more careful about keeping my pregnancy from now on. The evilness of Angga, the child in my womb is innocent. He is God's blessing to my family.

Since I learned about my pregnancy my mother has become more and more busy. He cut off his clothes that began to tear to be used as a diaper for my baby later. When going to the market at dawn peddling vegetables, my mother came home carrying new baby clothes. Makes me very moved.

Nita and Doni were no less excited. They take care of me very strictly can't work in the least. Even if it's just washing my old dinner dishes. Nita swiftly took it out of my hands.

I miss Angga, my baby's real father. Does he remember me? After a long time we separated. It seems like our relationship is really over. My cravings felt really heavy. Because all I want is to feel my husband's embrace. An impossible desire I have. And that fact made me very tortured. Sometimes I have to cry in silence when my eyes don't sleep at night.

Dark circles surround my eyelids. Makes my mother worry about my situation.