GENK DUDA ACUTE
40. Suppose You Come Here

Wulan was still standing taking out the food boxes from the red spun bond bag. Toni only looked at her tiny, slender fingers. The view goes down. Look at what Wulan was wearing that night. Jeans, a white shirt, a small bag crossed over his shoulder, as well as a pair of white-styled sneakers. It was that simple, but Wulan was so sweet, he thought.

“This is so malem, how can you not eat?” ask Wulan.

“Not yet,” Toni said.

“I didn't talk about anything else first. You eat first,” said Wulan. He thrusts a complete box of rice into front of Toni. He also took a bottle of mineral water and opened the lid.

“You don't eat all?” Toni took Wulan's newly thrust spoon.

“Udah. I was still in the office. Stop by that restaurant, keep coming here. That's what nelfon kook is a little weird about, yeah …. Who?” ask Wulan.

“You sit.” Tony patted the chair next to him.

“I can't stay for long,” said Wulan.

“Why?” Toni looks up. “At least sit down for a while. What were you doing? The nelfon? Nelfon who? You?” toni urged. He had to make Wulan stay there longer. He must exert all his abilities. If Dean knew he couldn't make Wulan stay there, he couldn't imagine what his best friend had said.

Wulan looked at the chair whose backrest coiled Toni's hand. If he sat down, Toni would hug him. Before arriving there, he had already rejected Rey's call several times. They're a big storm.

“It—the nelfon me earlier. The voice of the woman you know is here. I think I once heard his voice.” Wulan slowly sat on Toni's left side. “You ate ...,” said Wulan, turning to Toni who was silent looking at him.

“Oh, yes.” Toni went back down and continued eating. “That nelfon of you, huh? I don't even know who's calling. Who ya ... is it possible this Polsek guy?” There's no way he doesn't know. It must be the Musdalifah. Calling Wulan on Dean's orders.

Toni returned to feed her rice. “Healthy mom? Dad?” ask Toni.

“Healthy mom. Dad just got out of the hospital,” replied Wulan.

“Why? Her stomach acid relapsed?” Tony looked at his ex-wife.

Wulan nodded. “Iya. Long time in the hospital. But now I have returned home again kok,” said Wulan, glancing at Toni then closed his mouth.

“Your sister, Vishnu where now?”

“Vishnu in Riau. I have almost three years of work at the oil company,” replied Wulan nodding small. He did not look at Toni for fear of seeing her again.

“Kalo Winda? Are you married to Aryo?” ask Tony again.

“Udah—. Two years ago. Now I have a baby girl, a baby girl. He's over a year old. Winda still lives with Mother,” replied Wulan, her eyes sparkling.

“Oh, yes? I've got a nephew, yeah, now.” Toni saw a happy twinkle in Wulan's eyes as the woman told her about her nephew. “Whose name of Winda's child?” ask Toni.

“The name is Icha, very funny. If I go home mom, often I take sleep.” After saying that, Wulan was silent. The shadow of the plan conversation had her momongan with Toni back in her memory. And a painful reflection of Mami Toni's words also appeared.

At the same time, Toni was also silent. Wulan is now 30 years old. Her 28-year-old sister is married and has children. Vishnu, Wulan's youngest brother who is 27 years old, has worked and wander in other areas. In a moment, Vishnu must also have a family.

Toni remembers their nightly conversations before going to bed. Wulan wants her eldest daughter.

“Why move house?” ask Toni. “I'm perfecting your nyari. But, neighbor said you moved not long we—”

Toni had finished her dinner. He pushed the rice box to his right side. “I never divorced you, Lan .. I never said anything like that.” Toni dared to look at the face and every part of the woman's body next to her more carefully. He saw that that night, Wulan's face was almost without powder. Maybe it's gone, 'cause since morning the woman's been outside the house. But, the lipstick attached to Wulan's lips looks just applied.

Toni smiles. He does not want to be proud. But, Wulan polished her lipstick before meeting her. Still with a smile lingering on his face, Toni looked back at Wulan with a glance. Wulan wears a thin necklace with a tiny pendant of letters ‘W’. Then Toni's gaze stopped on Wulan's left wrist. A little faint because it was covered in a watch.

“Hand of you why?” ask Toni. He immediately grabbed both sides of Wulan's chair and turned it around until they faced each other.

Wulan realized the thing that Toni meant. He shook his wrist to let his watch slide and covered what Toni meant.

“Enggak—no, I want to see this.” Toni holds Wulan's hand.

“Nothing, Ton ...” Wulan tried to pull her hand. “This was a wound when I lifted the cardboard earlier this afternoon,” replied Wulan rubbing a bruise on her wrist.

“Lan .. You don't need to be that sweet if it's just a cardboard cut.” Toni opened Wulan's watch to confirm her thoughts. He then took Wulan's other hand. Both wrists had bruises.

“I'm fine,” replied Wulan, back wearing her watch.

“It's not a cut because it lifts cardboard. This was because of the strong grip of the other person's hand, Lan …. Don't lie.” Toni again grabbed Wulan's hands and held them.

“I'm okay. I said, I'm fine, Ton …. I want to go back,” said Wulan, getting up from her seat.

As Wulan stood up and flicked her hair behind her shoulders, Toni looked up. He saw something strange around his ex-wife's neck. “Wait, I still want to talk. Sit, Lan ... just a minute.” Toni held both sides of Wulan's shoulders and asked the woman to sit back.

Wulan looks resigned. He sat back down and remained silent as Toni pulled up her chair until they clashed. Now they are facing.

Wulan looks so petite sitting on Toni's knee. The man's left hand scooped both hands in one hand. Wulan could only hold her breath as Toni brushed her hair. Toni must have seen Rey's nail scar clutching her jaw this afternoon. Wulan closed her eyes which were starting to heat up. He could feel Toni's warm breath hitting the part of his neck that was still sore.

“This is why, Lan? It's a nail, right? Whose nails? Your boyfriend? Yes?” Toni cupped his ex-wife's face. “I let go of you, because I don't want any part of you to get hurt because of me. I let you go not to be treated like gini,” said Toni.

“Enggak—. This is okay. Got my nails. It's nothing.”

Wulan tried to duck. He did not want to look at the light brown eyes that were interrogating him.

“Sayang ... Why are you? Who giniin you?” ask Toni, so soft.

Then, Wulan's cry broke out. He pulls the front of Toni's shirt and rests his head on the man's shoulder. Wulan cried. He remembers Rey throwing a parcel into his desk all of a sudden. He didn't even get to ask what it was. Rey clutched her hands together and cornered the wall.

“My darling, spanked people. Because I can't take care of him,” muttered Toni with a trembling voice. He was emotional, as well as crying for the woman he still loved very much.

How could Rey do that to a tiny, fragile Wulan. His heart throbbed painfully remembering that.

To Be Continued

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