Lies
Ayah

For a dozen hours Karan and Raya were on board. Eventually, they arrived at the airport. It didn't take long for them to wait because Ian had already picked them up. Unfortunately, Ian immediately took Karan to the office, while Raya was escorted home. There was something urgent that required Karan to be in the office at the moment. Although Raya did not mind coming with her husband, but the man still told Raya to go home. Because since a while ago, the condition of the Kingdom seemed unstable. The woman continued to complain of dizziness and nausea. Karan does not know the exact cause, but he suspects that it is a side effect of the memories of the Kingdom starting to rise. Karan wants to take Raya to the hospital, but Raya refuses assuming she is okay.

As a result, Karan was in his office while Raya was preparing what he would bring for the meeting tomorrow. Raya has planned his return to the entertainment world again. This time even though through the agency under the auspices of her husband's company, Raya will still try. It doesn't matter where he works, because the most important thing is to give the best to the fans who have been waiting for him all this time.

Of all the offers that his manager has received, Raya selects one by one. Not too bad, but all the offers that came in were not enough to arouse the Kingdom. There is only one offer that is quite good, which is to be a model of television commercials a soap ad. The problem is, Raya is paired by Reagan. For some reason since appearing to be the main star in a famous band's video clip, Raya has always been paired with Reagan. Though the public knows Raya is married, but they do not care about that status. They only support what they like.

It is impossible for Raya to take the offer even if she likes it. The quarrel with Karan was still in the shadows in his mind. Not to mention the fact that Reagan was the brain that fouled Raya's fans to hate Karan. She loves her career as a model. He likes to do his job, but he cannot pawn his marriage just for his career. For him, Karan was much more valuable.

Raya also chose one ad and contacted her manager to approve the ad. It was a perfume advertisement that was not too heavy. It's just that the filming location is in a mountainous area that requires Raya to stay in a villa near the mountain. But this is what Raya feared. He was afraid Karan would not allow him to go there just because he did not want to stay the night. Karan is very sensitive to problems like this. The man had always not allowed her to go too far or for too long. And Raya's fear was evident when she spoke with Karan to say she wanted to accept the ad offer. As expected, Karan completely disagreed.

“Why stay? I can take you and pick you up if only to the top. You don't need to stay there.” That's what Karan said when Raya asked for permission that night. By the time Karan had come home from his workplace. Raya did not want to linger and she immediately asked for permission when she saw the husband was already in the room to change clothes. “Is there no other job? Can I help you find a job?”

Raya shook her head. “No, I don't want to. You promised me you'd listen to whatever I said. I just want to work again. Just last night, Karan. I won't do anything you don't like. The proof is that I chose an ad that does not have a male character.” There is a sense of disappointment in Raya's speech. He thought Karan would allow it as easily as the man had promised. But it turns out that a promise is just a promise. Karan won't allow it at all. It was like being deceived for having trusted the man.

When he was about to leave Karan's room, unexpectedly, Karan stopped Raya's steps by calling her name. “Raya, don't go I haven't finished talking.” So said. The man who had been wearing a white shirt and his trousers approached the wife who was standing in the doorway. He pulled the woman's hand to face him. The annoyed expression printed was very clear from there. Raya must be angry. “Alright, you can take the job. But darling, I'll come with you when you're done filming, after I'm done working.”

Not without reason Karan wants to accompany Raya. The woman's health has not been cured. After the awakening of her memory, Raya still looked unstable. If something triggers their past memories, Karan will not know what happened. That is why he seeks the middle way by always accompanying his wife. To make sure everything is okay. Their health improved and their relationship improved because there was no third person around them.

*****

“So, how is Mbak Raya's relationship with your father?”

The question was raised by the producer when Raya and her manager had a meeting with all the production staff of the perfume ad. Actually it's not a strange or awkward question. Because lifting perfume with a fresh scent that is suitable for the family and with a theme to remind the embrace of loved ones, the question must be questioned. More than the three women who played characters in the ad, only Rayalah who played as a woman who missed her father's embrace.

With a stiff smile, Raya replied, “My relationship with dad ..” Raya did not immediately continue her words. He was still crafting his head, searching for the remains of his memories of the father. The problem is, Raya doesn't remember at all. “I and my father ... I do not know,” revealed Raya honestly because she did not remember him at all. Let alone memories, the name of the father was not remembered by Raya. All this time the only family Raya remembered was the aunt. His birth mother was not in his memories except for one memory, when he cried bitterly over the mother's grave. It was only with small pieces of memories that Raya was convinced that her mother who had died was a very good woman because she seemed so lost in those memories.

Seeing the look on Raya's confused face, the super model's manager took over the conversation. “Mbak Raya don't know because there's not much to remember. Mbak Raya's father died when Mbak Raya was still very small,” he said giving an excuse. He himself did not know the clarity of it at all. All she knew was that Raya had no parents anymore now, except for her aunt who was currently considered to be her mother. As he asked Aunty Raya, he only got an ambiguous answer. The middle-aged woman only said that the conversation about the elderly should not be done with Raya because it could be dangerous for the health of the super model.

“I'm sorry, Ma'am. I have absolutely no intention of bringing up the matter. I only emphasize about the role of Mbak Raya in the ad later,”, the producer said in a guilty tone. He did not expect that his words would make Raya remember the sad past.

Raya smiled. He explained, “It's okay. I understand what you mean.” Honestly, Raya did not feel sad, hurt or offended by the producer's question. The reason he couldn't answer was because he didn't know anything about his biological father. Where is the father, is he really dead or alive? If he had died, why did he not remember when the man died? In fact, the aunt was reluctant to mention the address where the father was buried.