LET ME BE HAPPY
chapter 1
Adinda Eka Lestari steps into a cafe. He spread his eyes across the cafe table. Instantly his net caught the figure of a man waving towards him. Devin Putra Wijaya, his best friend since they were toddlers.
Devin smiled sweetly looking at Adinda who was walking towards him. A smile that can stir the hearts of women. He stood up and pulled a chair for Adinda.
"Please sit down princess." Devin allowed Adinda to sit with a smile that never faded adorning her handsome face.
"Thank you Dev." She sat herself in a chair that had been prepared by her friend.
They ordered the same menu and ate in silence. Only the sound of the clanking of spoons clashing against the plates was heard. Every now and then Adinda steals a glance towards Devin. I don't know what purpose Devin had to ask her to meet this time. Because, as long as they both graduate college and start their respective careers, they rarely spend time together. Sometimes they are involved in business cooperation. Where the boutique currently pioneered by Adinda cooperates with the company Wijaya as a supplier of fabric for the production of her clothes.
Finished eating Devin took out a heart-shaped velvet box and gave it to Adinda. Adinda frowned and looked at him confused.
"What's this?" She flipped through the box in her hand.
"Well guess what that is?" Devin smiled meaningfully.
"When today is not my birthday, why do you give me the gift of Dev? However, I wonder what it is." Adinda seemed to think while observing the box given by the friend.
"Then let me open it." Devin grabbed the box that had been grasped by Adinda. Devin rested in front of Adinda while opening the box.
"I know that I'm not a perfect man. I also know that I am not capable enough to say something that has been hidden for a long time. I am not a man who is good at stringing words to make his woman blush. So let me ask you to perfect my life. Asking you to fill the void in the corner of my heart. Asking you to step beside me to unlimited time. Will you marry me?" Devin smiled looking at the blushing Adinda.
Actually, she has loved Devin for a long time. However, he did not want the friendship that had been established since childhood to be destroyed. Without hesitation Adinda nodded many times with a sweet smile that was singled out since the strand of the word was pronounced.
"Yes, I will" said Adinda without hesitation.
Devin stood up and closed the box again with a smile that never faded for the friend. Adinda frowned with Devin's behavior.
"Why is it closed again? Not that after the statement of love was answered, the ring should have been coiled pretty on my ring finger," said Adinda.
"Din, do you think that Liona will accept my declaration of love?" Devin sighed with a straight forward look. He did not realize the look on Adinda's face that turned sour.
"Dev, I thought you were serious about what you said, but I was wrong. I am for you only a friend who can never be a companion who perfects your life," the inner Adinda sobbed bitterly.
"So, you just made me a guinea pig, did you?" ask Adinda.
As much as the energy of Adinda dispels clear circles that are ready to slide without warning. If only the expression of love that melodious was real for him, maybe he was happy right now. However, his hope was crushed just like that when the idol only made him the object of experiment.
Liona Bianca Kusuma, one of the creator's masterpieces is so perfect. What a beautiful paras. I come from a rich family. A successful career woman. And there are still many advantages of the girl, so that makes the guts of Adinda increasingly shriveled.
"I'm going home first Dev." The powerless sister lingered beside Devin. He wanted to leave immediately before the disappointment deepened.
Devin gawked at the sight of Adinda who was leaving in a hurry. Because usually they will linger to discuss everything. Whether it's about their daily lives, nostalgia for childhood, until the gossip of the artist they discussed. However, this time Adinda was seen hiding something from him. Devin was not aware that his actions were affecting the mood changes Adinda.
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Adinda really has no power to hold the clear circles that spread just like that. He cursed his mind and heart that was too hopeful for someone who could never take it more.
Adinda frowned confused when in front of her house now many neighbors are crowding. Adinda walked through the crowd with a look of pity. All the presumptions that flashed through his mind made his chest tight.
"Mom Lastri, what's going on, ma'am?" She asked the next door neighbor who was there.
"So, Mila's mother fell unconscious on the street in front of Nak. He just realized and his condition is very weak, who is patient, son. Everything must be fine." Bu Lastri explained the situation of Mila's mother with a bated cry.
Instantly Adinda ran into the room occupied by the mother. Her knees were so weak that she could no longer support her weight. She slumped on the floor with tears soaking her cheeks. How could he think everything would be okay, while the mother has a history of heart disease. Seeing him roll weak helplessly in a bed like this, made his chest again throb pain.
"Sa-yang, a-nak Bun-da." Call Mila's mother in a stammering voice while stretching out her hands. "Si-ni Sa-ho!"
The sister rushed into the arms of the mother. In this close distance Adinda can feel the condition of her increasingly weakened mother, but soon the hysterical Adinda found the mother who was just silent.
"Yeshaaaa!" Adinda screams bitterly.
"Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rojiun." All the people mourn the death of Mila's mother. They both lost. Mila's mother was a kind, friendly, gentle and loving woman.
"Mother wake up Bun. You can't leave Adin Bun. Adin has no one else. Since father left us forever, only Mother Adin has. Adin please wake up Bun. Adin's scared to be alone, Bun. Mommy once promised Adin to always accompany Adin, but why Mother would miss Adin Bun. Maiteyoo!" the cry of losing Adinda makes them powerless to shrink tears.
During this time Adinda lived alone with her mother since her father Fathan Angkasa died due to an accident while she was still in the womb. The mother was expelled because she was considered a pest and a pesky carrier. From the beginning the father's family did not approve of the relationship between his parents because the mother was only an orphanage child.
Now, will he be able to live the rigors of life without anyone at his side? Without a father figure he never knew where the navel was. Without someone who accidentally disappointed him. Even now, the figure of the mother who had been loyal to accompany also went and could not return.