Just take him for you
Friend meeting

Tania was still standing with the feeling of having to look at her husband who was heating the car. Although it still seemed indifferent, this was already a great advance in the change of attitude of an Armand. Without turning his head let alone saying goodbye, Armand ran his car out of the garage.

Tania sat on the porch in place of her husband. With a bigger stomach and soon to give birth to their second child, he increasingly felt tired and desperate to face the attitude of Armand who always said the word regret to have married him.

Tania cried as she pleased with her hand rubbing her big belly. He felt ashamed and regretted hurting his friend. Seeing Salma who seemed happy in her new life, made her feel ashamed and envious.

he knew that karma was haunting him. He was reaping what he had done to Salma before. But the rice has become porridge, everything has happened.

It was as if he could not escape the circle of Armand. Although he has received many times unpleasant treatment. Even physical violence is not uncommon, but foolishly he still serves like a blind man of love.

Tania's hand reached for the phone in her pocket, she typed in a long message and sent it to the woman who had entrusted her with the story of life.

'Salma, it's me Tania. I don't know if you still have my number or not. I'm sorry if I still hope you don't hate me. Maybe if I still hope you think of me as a best friend, it looks like I don't know myself after what I did to you, but until now you're my best friend.

I want to ask forgiveness and sincerity from you, so that my steps forward will be lighter.'

Tania hung up her phone as soon as the message she wrote was sent. He did not expect much, by writing down what was in his mind and his mind had now lightened the burden on his heart.

He did not immediately open his phone as soon as the sound of incoming messages on his phone. His eyes closed tightly as his finger shifted the screen of his phone.

'I'm in Jogja, maybe we can meet. Just two.'

Tania's eyes grew bigger reading Salma's message. There is a fear of being humiliated or even slapped and spat at in public. He certainly can't fight with a stomach this big. But there is a price to pay for an unforgivable treatment.

After receiving the location message where they were going to meet, Tania immediately prepared. He was overwhelmed when he read the place where they would meet.

Tania arrived at the front-of-campus restaurant where she and Salma studied first. A place with a million stories between two girls who have been friends. Tania began to enter and spread her gaze in search of the woman she once called a true friend. His gaze was immediately fixed on their favorite corner. Salma seemed to be sitting there looking at him with a smile.

Salma watched the back of Tania's body, making sure no one followed the woman.

"alone?' Salma stood up and let Tania sit down in front of him. The woman's eyes seemed to be fixated on her bulging stomach, she was quite surprised by Tania's enlarged stomach.

"Second child? it seems like it's about to be born?' salma continued after Tania only nodded answering her question at the beginning.

"Early estimate of the month. You seem to be pregnant too?" Tania smiled awkwardly.

"Yes, four months. I'm here to see my sister-in-law. She was also pregnant young, but her condition was a little weak, probably due to age." Salma spoke with ease.

"Ow, thank goodness." Tania just nodded not knowing what else to say. The contents of his head that was full of apologies, he was unable to express.

But Salma's friendliness makes Tania more and more guilty. The woman sitting before Salma looked down and shed tears of regret.

"Don't cry here. I didn't invite you here to judge you. It was past, bringing it up also made my heart ache" Salma said flatly.

"I'm sorry. I ... just miss our closeness. Can we be friends like before?" Tania shrunk her tears.

Salma took a breath and exhaled slowly, "I'm bringing you here, I don't mean that we're getting back to being as familiar as we used to be, you know that can't be. I'm sorry I didn't mean to break our friendship, but I hope you understand the situation between us. I just want to show you, that there shouldn't be hate, let alone grudge after all this time. You see, I'm happy with my new family. Surely you're happy with your life too, because that's what you want."

Although spoken with smiling lips, Tania felt pierced by Salma's words. If Salma knew Armand's attitude towards her all this time, put her where she was.

"Yes, you're right." Tania raised her head and returned Salma's smile.

"I hope you're happy, Tania" Salma said sincerely.

"I .. happy. I also wish you were always happy." Tania folded her lips holding back a regretful cry.

There wasn't much they talked about after that. Tania is more silent and listening to the new life of Salma who became a wife of a big businessman, as well as a public figure in the capital.

His friend is now very happy and successful, inversely proportional to him. The bitter married life and catering business that once had been glorified, but now the advantage can only support the kitchen every day simply.

"I've been picked up. See you around, Tania. Take care of your health and baby's future." Salma pointed to a white luxury car docked at the side of the restaurant. The woman stood up and hugged Tania at a glance.

Before moving away, Salma turned to face Tania again, "Tania, please don't tell your husband about our meeting" he said, then walked back to Angkasa who was waving from behind the wheel.

Tania was still sitting in her place, she noticed how Angkasa greeted his wife with a warm kiss on Salma's forehead. A simple but very sweet treatment. She never felt as Armand's wife.

"Look?" Space observed Salma's smiling face from the moment she got into the car.

"Lumayan." Salma widened her smile. After talking to Tania, he felt like a huge rock was lifted from his chest.

Forgiveness is not easy, but it feels very unfair if he let his best friend in the midst of guilt throughout his life if his life is now much better than before.

Salma is not unaware that Tania is unhappy living with the man from the results of the snatch. Bluffed eyes, murky facial features, a face without makeup, and a few dozen bruises on his arms and face already imply what happened in his best friend's marriage. But that's all the risk Tania has to pay off.

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