Duren Mateng's
Chapters 27. Half Mad
Rania peeks at Alvaro, until the man disappears from behind the door. Rania is about to leave, but she sees Alvaro coming out of her house. Rania peeked back out of the door.
"Where is he going?" ask Rania curious. He also returned to Alvaro.
Alvaro steps away, faithfully Rania is still waiting for Alvaro to return. Somehow he felt curious about the man's departure after returning home with his son.
Shortly afterwards, the sound of footsteps was heard clearly. He saw Alvaro carrying a beautiful white rose.
"Roses?" rania Gumam.
Rania was surprised that Alvaro suddenly walked to her doorstep. Rania quickly walked away from the door.
"What's that about? Did he want to give me the rose?" muttered Rania who was trying to normalize her heartbeat.
"It could be true. White roses symbolize sincerity or apology. Maybe he wanted to apologize to me earlier," Rania monologued.
"But why didn't he press the bell?" Rania walked slowly, and then looked at the door. He did not find Alvaro at the door.
"Did he put it in front of the door? It turns out that she is very shy" said Rania while developing her smile.
"Alright, we start from the count of three to open the door. Three, two, one ...."
Rania immediately opened the door while smiling. How surprised he was to see Alvaro crouching to pick something up from his doorstep.
Alvaro was also surprised, Rania who suddenly came out of her house. The man smiled awkwardly as he showed the bag hanger.
"Is this yours?" ask Alvaro.
"I found this lying in front of the door" the man continued.
"Oh my God, it turns out that he just picked up the bag hanger, not meant to give the rose to me" Rania said in her heart.
"Ah yes, this is mine. I looked for it since it turned out this thing was here," said Rania with a clumsy smile.
Quickly, Rania took the hanger of her bag from Alvaro's hand. " Then, thank you."
Rania closed the door again. He was really embarrassed because of his no-no thoughts. "Why can I be so confident. You idiot!" rutuk Rania while hitting his own head slowly.
Alvaro saw Rania closing the door quickly could only be dumbfounded. The man fixed his gaze on the flower he was currently holding.
"I wanted to give you this, but why did he just close the door" Alvaro murmured.
Alvaro's hand was about to press the bell, but the man abandoned his intentions. "Maybe he was tired because he had been working all day" said Alvaro who chose to leave the door and walk into his dwelling.
Alvaro turned his head back before he completely closed the door. "But he's also guilty, why he pretended not to know that I was in front of his clinic. At least he has to wake me up" he grumbled.
Bima turned her head, astonished to see her father who spoke alone earlier.
"Papa, can you talk to ghosts?" bima asked with her innocent face.
"ghosts? You see a ghost, son?" The one being asked asked back.
Bima shook her head. "Bima can't see ghosts, Pa. But Bima saw papa talking to himself earlier," he said.
"Ah that ...." Alvaro rubbed his nape, the man was confused how to explain it to his little whiz who really wanted to know.
"Papa doesn't talk to ghosts. Papa often speaks alone like this" Alvaro said.
"W-what? Crazy fellow?"
"Yes, just now when the grandmother invited Bima to play in front of the house, Bima saw someone talking alone. Bima asked the grandmother, and the grandmother replied that it was a crazy person," explained Bima.
"After likening the lid of the pot, I am now equated with a madman by my own son" Alvaro lamented inwardly.
"Not entirely people talk to themselves it's a lunatic, son."
"If not completely, then papa is only half of it?" ask Bima who makes Alvaro can no longer speak.
Alvaro could only rub his face violently. A child of Bima's age wants to know everything. However, there are times when the question makes Alvaro a little upset.
"Mom's having dinner?" ask Alvaro.
"Already, Pa. Bima had eaten at the grandmother's place" Bima said.
"Then, now Bima sleeps, son. It's late, after all Bima tomorrow has to go to school," said Alvaro who tried to shift the subject.
"Good, Pa. Good night, Pa."
Bima immediately ran towards her room. The man obeyed the words of his father. While Alvaro could only sigh heavily. Facing children of Bima age does require extra patience, because at that age they are more active to ask questions and pay attention to the surrounding environment.
After seeing that his son had entered the room, Alvaro walked to his room. Suddenly his phone rang, Alvaro directly reached the flat object from his pocket. He saw the caller who was none other than his brother. At once Alvaro remembered Alvira's previous words about to call him.
Alvaro wiped the screen of his phone. Then then stick the flat object in his ear, while continuing his footsteps that had been delayed.
"What's wrong?" ask Alvaro without making small talk.
"Hows it? Have you made any progress through that woman?" Alvaro placed the flower on the table, then sat himself in a chair in the room.
"I haven't gotten any information from him yet" Alvaro said.
"Why? Are you not willing to help me?" ask Alvira.
"Please, Varo. You are the only one I can rely on. My husband's affair, only you and I know about it. I want you to investigate the woman. Is it true that he is an affair of Andre or not" said Alvira in a slightly disappointed tone.
Alvaro massaged his forehead. On the one hand, he felt sorry for his twin brother. However, on the other hand, he was very reluctant to serve the woman named Shinta.
"All right, I'll help you. I hope I didn't get it wrong, she was your husband's mistress" Alvaro said.
"Before, I thanked you for being willing to help me. Someday, if you need my help, I will help you soon too" Alvira said.
"It doesn't need to be like that. We brothers, it's supposed to help each other" Alvaro replied.
"I hung up. Looks like my husband just got home."
Shortly thereafter, the phone connection was cut off. Alvaro stared at the white rose lying on the table. The man massaged his forehead while exhaling his breath violently.
Alvaro took his cell phone to contact someone.
"Hello." The female voice greeted the call gently.
"Let's go on a date. Tomorrow, I'll see you" Alvaro said.
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