HANNA: Married a Cold Cousin
The urge for Gerald

Hanna is not the type of woman who likes to violate the limits of one's privacy, or a hobby of looking for loopholes just for the sake of knowing the secrets of others. However, this time, he was really curious about Gerald's stubborn attitude towards her whenever Hanna wanted to meet Gladys. If Gerald was ordinary, of course Hanna would not take a headache.

But here, Hanna could not escape the feeling that what was between Gerald and Gladys. So, the girl thought, there is no harm in knowing something related to herself.

At that impulse, Hanna finally turned from the way home should have been. He used public transport that would take him to the house of the in-laws. It was pessimistic that Hanna would be greeted with Salina's rant about the failure of each of their plans in terms of separating Hanna and Gerald.

But apparently not.

“New to visit now, heh? Aunty kirain you forgot the same house here since staying with Gerald!” salina said in an angry voice. Hanna thought that this was satire, but after getting a warm smile from Salina, Hanna was sure that she was still friendly and loving.

“Come in. Gladys kangen very much with you, really want to meet.”

Salina brought Hanna into the house very well. Then allow the nephew to sit on one of the sofas, while he remained standing firmly.

“You drink what, Hanna?” ask Salina, friendly.

Had Hanna not been married to Gerald, and her status towards Salina was only a niece-tante, then Hanna would not have objected at all to Salina's concern. But after what happened, as well as all the efforts of Salina in separating herself from Gerald— which is not uncommon to make Hanna often heavy hearted to do so—so make the girl feel very reluctant for the service that was too friendly.

“Air white, Aunt. I just sped the snack before coming here, earlier, so do not want to drink a sweet drink,” replied Hanna, half lying. He did have time to buy snacks outside, but still want to be served sweet tea.

But he can't do it now. At least until the divorce happens, Hanna won't be able to behave normally towards her in-laws.

“Ya already, wait here, yes.” Salina rushed into the kitchen, leaving Hanna alone in the living room.

Hanna tapped her feet on the floor to ward off nervousness, but failed. He tried to turn his eyes the other way, while waiting.

Until a few minutes passed, which is quite long for just plain water treatment.

Hanna felt something was strange, but tried to remain quiet on the spot. He rubbed his thighs to calm himself down, while occasionally looking into the interior of the kitchen, and could only find a small part of the cooking place without finding Salina in it.

Ah, naw. Salina passed by the part Hanna could see in the kitchen. The woman seemed busy calling with a wide smile on her lips, which instead gave Hanna some discomfort. Although, Hanna tried to convince herself, that Salina might just be chatting with Fauzan, and that was something natural.

Indeed here, Hanna's feelings are always problematic.

The door of the house was opened, along with the arrival of Salina from the kitchen. Gladys figure had just come from the direction of the door, and Hanna immediately greeted him in a warm embrace.

“Finally, Hanna ... after so many years, we finally met too,” Gladys said with his best smile. “Gerald kampret, he forbids me to meet you, and instead send me abroad let me not see you again.”

Hanna now could not hide the confused expression mixed from her face.

“Why?” ask Hanna.

Gladys first brought Hanna back to sit on the spot. The two faced each other, while Salina who had just placed a glass filled with drinks on the table, also sat on a single sofa.

“OK,” says Gladys. “I will story.”

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The man hastened the preparations for his return from the office. Hurry up to tidy up the table and put the laptop in the bag. However, he had not had time to pick up the bag when the door of his room was knocked several times.

Gerald tried to refrain from clucking in annoyance. “Log in!” However, it failed to keep the sound from sounding sour.

Kania came, entered her room with her best smile. However, it did not succeed in shifting the focus of the boss to be interested in him.

“You want to go home, Sir?” ask Kania, curious. He glanced at Gerald's neat table, then looked at the pile of maps in his hand. “I'd like to submit a report, but please ask Mr. Gerald to check it for a moment. If something goes wrong, I can revise tonight.”

Gerald hissed irritated without a sound. He glanced at his watch, and found out that Hanna had definitely come home from the store. Another thing that makes Gerald even more frightened now—in addition to the meeting of Hanna and Gladys—is the closeness of Hanna's boss who is too obvious to show interest. Just because the wife is too naive, so ignore it.

So, Gerald could not ignore the two fears just to serve Kania that could be read clearly just looking for attention. This woman was always working towards the end of time, just so that she could urge and consult Gerald.

“Sorry, Kania. But I'm really busy now. I'll take your report home, I'll check,” Gerald decided. “I will contact you via email.”

After saying that, Gerald thought it was done. So, he nodded small as a perfunctory cue, then rushed out of the room.

However, his steps came to a halt when he had just passed Kania and the woman called out to him.

“In WA only, may, sir? Let more freely his quick questions,” said Kania, suggesting. The woman looked very hopeful without Gerald being able to notice.

Gerald had not had time to answer when his phone rang a short sign there was a notification of incoming messages. He checks first, and finds the sender is Gladys. There is only one photo there, where Hanna is seen drinking water.

Then the next message came in.

Gladys :

30 Million, now, or did I tell you Hanna what did you do the night her mother died?

E-he-is ....

Gerald closed in strongly in order to contain the anger within him. Not wasting any more time, he opened the application, and sent what his sister asked for.

“Pak Gerald?” Kania is demanding.

So that Gerald who is in a hot and full head condition, can only agree that this chat is soon finished.

“Oke.”

Gerald does not realize that three things are urging him simultaneously.

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