INFINITE LOYALTY
MAN IN HIS PAST

Iky opened the car door for Riani shortly after Mang Muh stopped his car in front of the house.

With a friendly smile Iky greeted Riani who immediately got off the car.

"You've gone home Ky? when did you come?" riani asked with her bright smile.

"Yes Mb, just an hour ago"

The two of them walked into the house while chatting casually about Iky's work.

After the two of them reached the living room, Riani frowned when she saw the figure of the hijab-wearing teenage girl who immediately stood up when she saw Riani and Iky coming.

"Assalamualaikum Sis..." The girl immediately greeted the two by kissing the back of Riani's hand and greeting Iky by clenching her palms in front of her chest.

Riani was still confused because she really had never seen and knew the sweet girl in front of her.

"ee...Sit down Deck" said Iky, allowing.

Riani turned her eyes to Iky with her face still confused.

Iky who Riani saw like that just shrugged her shoulders.

"Finally Mba Riani came home too..." Said Andy who was walking from outside with Nuna following behind him.

Riani and Iky simultaneously turned their heads towards them.

Andy and Nuna walked towards the girl.

"Include Mba, this is my sister Eksi's name..." Said Andy introducing the girl who was next to him.

"Oos...This is your brother who was in the hospital first, right?" riani asked and spontaneously stroked the soft head of the girl named Eksi.

"Yes Brother..."Replied Eksi with a smile blushing his embarrassment.

"Come on, please sit down!" said Iky.

They all sat down, Mbok Sri came from the direction of the kitchen while carrying a tray full of drinking water glasses and snacks.

After presenting and welcoming, mbok Sri returned to the kitchen.

"Please enjoy..." Said Iky as the host.

"I'm sorry...I was happy to change clothes for a while" Riani said after sipping her warm tea.

"Yes..." Answer everything.

Riani immediately got up from her seat and walked towards her room.

As she walked into the room, seen by Riani, her mother was picking up the envelope from behind a pile of her clothes.

"What is Mom?" riani asked as she closed the door of her room.

"The money is just to help his mother Eksi to seek treatment..."

"Have you met Eksi?"

"Have you been and chatted for a while, you want to come not to visit Eksi's house?"

"Mom's going to their house?"

"Yes, Andy and Eksi's mother turned out to be Mom's old best friend, so Mom wanted to meet him and visit him, because they said her mother was sick"

"It seems like anytime Mom comes to their house, my body is all lemes, wants to sleep for a while"

"If you are not feeling well, you should postpone them to their home first"

"Don't Mom, it's not good for Andy and Eksi, I'm fine, just tired..."

"Well, you rest first, mom's out, okay?" said Bu Widya gently stroking Riani's head.

After changing clothes and taking her tote bag, Bu Widya came out of the room, leaving Riani who was also changing clothes.

Finished changing clothes Riani laid her body that felt weak, even though she had just done body treatment at Spa.

But he soon woke up when he remembered that he had not talked at once to rest on Iky and others who were still in the living room.

But almost Riani reached the living room, she accidentally heard the conversation between her mother and Andy that made Riani surprised.

"Once again thank you very much, because aunt has been willing to donate blood so that it can save my sister's life" said Andy.

"Yes, Andy's son, equally, aunty is happy to have been able to help Eksi, especially after knowing that you are the children of an old friend of aunty"

"So who donated my blood?" riani asked who was walking towards them, making everyone shocked, especially her mother and Andy.

"Son...He said he'd rest?" widya said surprised.

"So the plan was to say goodbye to them, if I want to rest first, but it turns out to hear a conversation that maybe I shouldn't have listened to, Mother has not answered my question..."

"Yes...Mother donated blood to help Eksi"

"Then how and from whom you can know if Eksi needs a blood donor whose blood type is the same as Mother? it can't be a coincidence, right?"

"At first, I called Roro's son to ask him about you, because at that time you had no news and your phone could not be contacted, either, and that's where Roro told me about your desire to donate blood which of course I objected to your decision, what else you are pregnant and a weak condition, so I volunteered to replace you, so then...Can't this be said by coincidence?"

"Then why do you have to hide this from me?"

"Mom knows you, by your nature...I'm sure you won't let me, plus you're pregnant and sick, so I'm worried that if you don't hide this it will make things worse for you..."

"Mom, I'm sorry...Which makes Mother to think so far as that, solely for my good"

"All mothers will do the same, you will experience it too"

"Sorry Mba if we all hide this from Mba..." Andy felt guilty.

"Excuse me too, Sister, Auntie, for causing trouble among you..."

"It's not your fault, but me...Suppose I didn't come to see Riani and ask her to help me maybe it wouldn't have happened like this" Nuna said feeling more guilty.

"It's been...Don't feel guilty, just take the lesson, for example now, because this incident will soon be reunited with old friend Aunty who has been decades apart..." Said Bu Widya mediating

"That bet, I don't blame you guys anyway, any misunderstanding that happened between the two of us is common and it's commonplace in a family..."

A sigh of relief from Nuna, Andy and Eksi was heard at the same time.

"Once again thank you very much for the passing and sincerity of Aunt Mba Riani also helped us" said Andy again, moved.

"Yes together, do not hesitate like that, we must help each other, who knows someday just Aunty and Riani need your help, right?" answer Widya wise.

"Eee...how about before you go to Andy's house we have lunch first? Mbok Sri has finished cooking" Usul Iky who had just quietly listened.

"Well, it's lunch time too, let's all have lunch together!" take Widya's mother who immediately woke up from her seat, then took Nuna and Eksi to the dining room.

.............

Finish lunch with in between Mang Muh, Bu Widya, Andy, Nuna and Eksi immediately leave for the family home Andy and Eksi.

After the car driven by Mang Muh came out and disappeared behind the shadow of the towering building, Iky asked permission to enter first to rest in his room.

While Riani because there was no intention to take a nap, she took a pomegranate and read it while sitting on the porch chair of the house and playing games on her mobile phone.

The breezy wind that blows cool and creates a beautiful tone that comes out from the rustling of tree leaves that touch each other, as if accompanying the leisurely time of Riani that he had not felt for a long time.

Until a man with a tall stature came to Riani who was still focused on playing the game and ate one by one pomegranate seeds and tasted water from the fruit.

"An-an!" call the man in his distinctive hoarse voice.

Riani immediately raised her head to hear her little name on the call, which was because only certain people knew the name.

And when he saw who was standing in front of him, how shocked he was.

"You?!" only one word came out of Riani's mouth with her eyes wide in shock.

"Yes An-an, it's me...Do you recognize and remember me?" answer the figure of the man with a mysterious smile.

Riani just kept quiet and thought hard trying to remember the figure of the man in front of her, because one thing is certain, that he is a man that he had known closely in his past, yes...The man in his past, even though a few days ago he already knew him...

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