
Both of them were glued to the spot, Leman looked at Iklima while the girl looked down embarrassed making the atmosphere awkward.
Ummm...
Leman cleared his throat trying to break the awkwardness. “Do you know a man named Heri?”
The first Iklima who looked down suddenly raised his face to look at Leman. “Abang dung from where? Tell me about Heri and Brother?” Search Climes.
“You just answer Brother's question! You know a guy named Heri?” Leman stared at the bead of Iklima's clingy eyes.
“I've only heard of Heri from Jelita, Bang. If I have never met in person. I only saw him a few times when I picked up Jelita at kos.” Leman could not hide his surprise.
“He's been here?” ask Leman to make sure.
“Jelita only pick up. He never stopped by like Brother.”
“How often does he come here?”
“I don't count them. Bang, if Jelita finds out I told you about her illness and that guy. He must be angry and not want to be friends with me anymore.”
“Take it easy. Provided you tell me all the same I.” Klima nodded obediently.
“Abang out! I don't want Jelita to misunderstand.”
Leman then exited from Iklima's room. She saw Jelita taking her medicine.
“What pain do you have, Ta?” tanya Leman sat herself down beside Jelita.
“Ital, Bang.”
“Ital? Where?” Gelagapan. He was not ashamed to tell Leman his condition.
“On thigh, Bang.” Jelita lies down and Leman knows it.
“Bang, about Heri. He's just a friend no more.”
“Then why didn't you tell him you already had a fiancee?”
“Sorry, Bang. I don't mean to hide our relationship. I just thought he was a friend and I didn't see any strange gurgles from him either, so I thought that he just wanted to be friends with me. He also said that he was putting someone's heart into it so he asked me for advice to approach the girl.”
Leman breathed. All the excuses Jelita gave off looked straightforward and loud. There was no nervousness when the girl told me.
“Don't see him again!”
“Good, Bang.”
“There's more you don't know?” the look on Jelita's face began to fret.
“No, Bang.” Sluggishly.
“Abang home first.” Leman moved from his seat. To be honest he was disappointed because Jelita was still a secret about his illness but Leman will wait for it. He wanted to see Jelita's sincerity and the girl's honesty.
A week after the incident suddenly Heri came back to Jelita to his boarding house. Jelita who was currently applying cream on her vital organs was surprised by the arrival of Heri who was knocking on her boarding door.
Chequek...
“How are you, Ta?” ask Heri with her sad face.
“Good, Ri. What was? Why is your face bent so.”
“Sorry, I forgot. Come inside! Want to drink?”
“Cold drink is there?”
“Shortly!” Jelita walked and without her cue followed her.
“Eh!” Jelita was surprised when a hand appeared from behind and took a bottle of mineral water in the refrigerator.
“Wait for you, long time!” heri's words made Jelita pop her lips.
“You don't go with your fiancee? Is it sunday?” tanya Heri was still standing near the refrigerator facing Jelita.
“Bang Leman no work. I was also lazy to go out. So how did it go until you failed?” ask Jelita in serious fashion.
Heri sighed then looked at Jelita's bead eyes. “She looked at us and thought we were dating so she turned me down. Though I told you that we are only friends and you also already have a fiancee but he does not believe because he has seen us in distance like people kissing.” Jelita frowned looking at Heri.
“When? I don't think we've ever been that close.”
“There, Ta. As we sit next to each other in a cafe looking at the menu and at that time our position is like this -“ Heri without hesitation and suddenly their lips meet and that's when Leman comes in and sees what the hell is going on. Leman grew increasingly angry because not only the kiss that occurred but Heri kissed Jelita's lips a little deep.
“Cewe that I like is you're not him. All this time I was just pretending to want to be close to you as a friend. I like us, Ta.”
“Sorry but I already have a fiancee, Heri.”
“No, Jelita. From now on our engagement is broken. Brother let you go with him. May you be happy.”
Jelita was surprised to find Leman standing at the kitchen door. “Bang-“ Leman raised one hand and approached Jelita.
“As per the agreement, if this engagement is void. Brother has the right to take back this engagement ring.” Leman pulls their engagement ring on Jelita's ring finger.
“You take it easy, Brother will talk about this well with your family. Brother will not make your family ashamed because he knows his daughter's behavior overseas.” Iklima who was behind the wall smiled with satisfaction in his heart and then returned to the outside of the house.
Jelita's tears were about to chase after Leman but her hand was first pulled by Heri. “Let him go. If he loves you, he won't leave you just because of my fault. He should have known that I was wrong for kissing you.”
PLunkk....
“You've ruined my relationship with Bang Leman? We're getting married soon, Heri. Why did you break it?” Jelita thrashed in Heri's arms but Heri still forced her to hug Jelita.
“Hey, calm yourself. We'll solve this problem together. And I'll be in charge of this.” Heri kissed Jelita on the forehead and hugged the girl tightly.
“So this is what you guys did at my house? You must be paraded around the village because it has tarnished this village.” Like being struck by lightning, a group of people were already standing staring at them with terrifying gazes.
That same day, Jelita and Heri were in the wine to the village hall and both bathed and tied to the flagpole. Jelita's world seemed to collapse instantly especially when it was late afternoon, his family from the village had arrived after being contacted by the village head.
“They should be expelled from this village. They have committed adultery and brought misfortune to our village.” Shouted the mothers in front of them.
“Don't want me to have a daughter-in-law like her. My son couldn't have been in that house if she hadn't opened the door. Hands won't clap if it's just next door.” Heri's mother looked at Jelita and her family with a cynical look.
“After that my son will be working abroad so it is certain that he will marry a beautiful and smart outer lady instead of a cheap woman like her.” Further again.
The mother of Jelita could only sob when she heard her son insulted. What the middle-aged woman said was true even though it was still possible that her daughter was innocent. Heri is immediately taken by her parents while Jelita has to return to the boarding house to clean up her belongings.
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