
Day after day goes on. It did not feel the day of Amir's arrival finally arrived as well.
Colonel Amir, as I knew him before, has now risen to the rank of a four-star general.
I went to pick up the general with Mark at the airport. Rinses of time that passed decades ago have changed a lot of my sister-in-law's physique.
His body looks fatter with a height that is still firm and tall. Her hair was already all whitened, and left only a few blackish glints on her head alone.
Meanwhile, the number of wrinkles on his face had made me pangling with my sister-in-law. Amir clearly looks older than my Laila. Maybe it was the hard training in military life that made him so quickly aging compared to other professions.
"March! You healthy, son?" Sapa Amir hugged Mark's shoulder tightly.
"healthy, Uncle. Uncle is healthy too, right? Mark hasn't seen Uncle in a long time. Since Auntie.no way," added Mark with a voice that swallowed at the end of his sentence.
I caught the sadness in Amir's eyes. The sadness that I also felt, as a sister who lost her one-on-one sister.
"yeah. How can we meet again, right now? Where is Nila? Is she still too busy working and forgetting to date?" Asked Amir with a joking smile.
"Hahaha, that's what Uncle is. Ah.but.. Nila just broke her heart, Uncle. So as good as it is if Uncle meets him later, do not ask about dating first, Uncle. There will be another tear drama!" Chortle Mark.
"Oh yeah? Is that as bad as her heartbreak? Hm.. Uncle wants to know the young man who made your sister patsh of heart. How dare she make our princess sad!" Amir said with a look on his face suddenly turned serious.
Glutton..
I suddenly felt disinclined by my sister-in-law. I don't know because I haven't seen him in a long time. Or perhaps it was because of the authority accumulated on his face over the number of years, thus making the look of Amir today look a little scary.
And once Mark glanced directly behind. Towards me. Then Amir looked towards me.
Glutton..
The trace of resentment towards the man who had already hurt Nila was still left on Amir's face as he looked at me. I almost wanted to run away from the veteran who has been unfortunate for a long time in the military world.
Though I myself, I mean, Aro's body that I'm currently in will have killed more people probably than Amir.
"Hmm? Who is he, Mark? Is your friend?" Amir asked, looking back at Mark.
"He is.."
Mark said, I just cut it off. Something in my heart made me suddenly feel compelled to greet my sister-in-law in person.
"Amir, we haven't seen each other in a long time. I think you're pretty handsome too with your current hairdo. Compared to the model of my mink I mean, as before.." I try to relax.
I saw Amir frowning. He was staring at me. I'm guessing he's digging up his memory of that about my current profile.
Of course I know the end result of the remembering effort that Amir is currently doing is nil. Obviously he won't have Aro's profile in his memory.
"Sorry, have we met before?" Ask Amir to me.
I crossed my arms in front of my chest. Next I reply to his questions with my innuendo in the past, when I had a duel with him as Erlan.
"You know, Mir. If it wasn't because I slipped at that time, it would have been me who would have won against you when we duel in the GOR (Sports Building) Old," I said ambiguously.
"I'm surprised. What Lin-Lin likes about you. In addition to your face that is still stiff from the past, now you also have Alzheimer's apparently, Colonel Amir!" Say me again.
I accidentally called him a colonel. I guess it can help Amir remember me better.
And my efforts yielded results. I saw Amir's face shocked for a moment, until my name finally came out of his mouth.
"Erlan.. sorry... Who exactly are you?" Ask Amir at the end.
I returned her confused face to Amir with a warm smile.
"That's exactly right, Mir. I am Erlan. Your wife's sister, Arline. His form, your memory is still quite sharp as well." seloroh I with a satisfied smile.
And Amir was really surprised. The shock that I also found was blushing on the young face of Mark, my eldest son.
Ahh. her taste, only this time I feel this happy since Laila's gone. At least, now I have a friend to talk about my old memories as Erlan.
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Shortly after proclaiming myself as Erlan, I invited Mark and Iuga Amir to return home first.
Amir and Karina were not blessed with a child in their marriage. So Amir already considers Mark like his own son. Therefore he did not hesitate to stay at Mark's house while he was on holiday from his duties as a coach of the young soldiers.
Arriving at home, my satisfaction after meeting Amir was smeared with the scenery I saw in front of the gate of Karina's house.
From the car Mark was still driving, I found Karina sitting together with a young man of the same age with the woman.
What makes my mood bad is when Karina looks joking and is so free to laugh with the man who hugged her.
'Who is that guy? It feels like only this time that I see it, ' I murmured in my heart.
Shortly after, the motorbike that was driven by Karina then stopped in front of her house. Karina then went down. That's when he looked at me. No. gabe. My point is in the direction of Mark's car I'm riding in right now.
Either Karina knew Mark's car or not, but then I saw Karina holding the man's arm and asking him to come inside the house. Side by side, Karina and the man then disappeared behind the gate of Karina's house.
"dude? Bang Erlan's? We're going down now, Bang?" Mark asked surprised me who had been pensive for a while.
"uh? Yep. Sure do. Let's get down!"
I decided to close my mind again from thinking about Karina and the man she looked familiar with earlier. Although I was actually afflicted with a strong desire to crush the arm bone of the man who had been touched by Karina.
I looked at Amir who was now looking at me with the same confused look since he told me about my real identity.
I also realized. If this is not the time for me to think about romance or my feelings for Karina.
I have to explain to Amir what I've been through since I crashed and woke up in Aro's body.
That way, maybe Mark can be absolutely sure, that it is true that I am Papa Erlan who once died, but now lives again in a different body.
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