Love For Ayunda
CUA 1 Ayunda

Love for Ayunda (1)

A woman looks agitated in her sleep. Cold sweat drenched his forehead. His hair looked a little wet with a lot of sweat.

" Athaghfirullah", he finally woke up from his nightmare. He rubbed his face with both hands.

His hand then rubbed his chest in order to neutralize the heartbeat. Drinking water on the nightstand immediately reached to wet his dry throat. His breathing was still irregular when the water ran out.

" O God, until when should I have this nightmare" he exclaimed.

He looked to the side where there was a tiny figure peacefully asleep. Not bothered by his movements.

He was the only reinforcement for Ayunda. The woman who just woke up from her nightmare.

" Whatever happens in the future, you will still be your priority. Mother dear to you", in the rubbing of the head of the baby.

Ayunda Ayuningtyas is the mother of four-year-old Alif Permana. She is not a widow, but a girl.

Five years ago, someone kidnapped her. I don't know who and with what motive did he do it.

Ayu was sedated on her way home from work. At that time he was overtime and did not find public transportation to go home. Finally, while waiting he walked down the sidewalk. Until someone smothers his nose and mouth. Shortly after, Ayu felt dizzy and her eyes blurred until she finally lost consciousness.

Ayu is awakened while in the confinement of a man who has completed his h@sratnya. His head was still dizzy, yet it faintly heard the man say.

" I'll take responsibility," the soft words faintly sounded in Ayu's ears.

Ayu can't remember what happened anymore. By the time he was fully conscious, he was already in a car. The car belonged to a family who was traveling to the village to visit their parents.

They said they found Ayu unconscious on the side of the road. Because the family was in a hurry, they finally invited Ayu to the village.

This is where ayu is now. He lives with a middle-aged woman who is none other than the mother of the one who helped him.

Ayu is grateful, Miss Maryam wants to accept Ayu who incidentally is just a stranger. Ms. Maryam said she remembered her sister Tika who suffered a fate almost similar to Ayu. In p3rkosa and eventually depression to make him choose to end his life.

Miss Maryam does not want Ayu to fate like her son. That's why he was willing to accept Ayu even invite Ayu to stay at his house.

" You're still having a nightmare, son?", asked Miss Maryam who saw Ayu in the kitchen carrying an empty glass.

" Yes, ma'am", he answered listlessly.

Actually, the dream is not just a dream. He is a recording piece of Ayu's memory of someone taking her crown. For some reason, he was like a tangled cassette tape that kept spinning and came into Ayu's dream.

Maryam's grandmother could only rub Ayu's shoulder which she had thought was like her own child.

" You don't want to go into town to find that guy? Didn't you say he promised to take responsibility?, Miss Maryam gave advice.

" I'm not sure, Mom. I'm afraid the words of responsibility aren't really the man saying. But only my hallucinations when I'm half conscious", he said.

I'm sure it could have been a hallucination. If the man had intended to take responsibility, he would have been unlikely to find fainting on the side of the road. Because what he remembered, he was in a nice room. Whether it's a room in a house or a hotel, he doesn't know.

In the city, in a towering office building, a man was busy with his Laptop. The files are piled up on his desk.

" I'm sorry sir, miss Jasmine forced her way in", Linda the secretary lowered her head to apologize for her inability to hold Jasmine back from entering her superior's room.

"It's okay" replied the boss. " So, what do you need to do here?", asked Arka Ketus.

" Arka, can't you be nice to me? After you took the crown I was guarding, you just threw me away?", Jasmine pretended to be sad.

"I told you, you don't have to act in front of me. You're not him", growled Arkana.

" How do you know while you're under the influence of drugs?", Arka chuckles at Jasmine's question.

" Where do you know I'm under the influence of drugs?", Arka asked.

" That, that I know from your assistant Bara," he replied confidently.

" Don't lie miss, I never said anything to you. Don't think of brooding our sheep", suddenly someone came in without knocking on the door. He was Arkana's personal assistant.

" The assistant doesn't know manners. Go in without knocking on the door first," Jasmine growled.

" Mister Arka never asked me to knock on the door unless he had an important guest. While you're an uninvited guest," he booed.

Jasmine grew even more furious at Bara's bold attitude towards her. But, he could not do anything because Arka did not seem to mind at all.

" I remind you again, never confess. I know your ace. You think I didn't know that it was you? You gave me the medicine and you fed me a woman I don't know where she is right now" Arka looked at Jasmine with an intimidating look.

" Then you claim I took your crown?", shut up for a moment. " Cih, you took the wrong opponent, Jasmin!", Arka snapped.

" How could I have done that?", he asked venturing. Although in reality Jasmine was scared to death.

" I have proof. Don't you think I'm just bluffing ", Jasmin's getting scared.

" Go and find him before I find him first. Because if that happens, you know for yourself ", Arka smiled cynically.

The frightened Jasmine immediately left from there. He stepped up in a hurry while trying to call someone.

" You're just looking for him now?", Bara asked. "Aren't you late?".

Silent arka. He stood towards the window and looked outside with both hands in his pants pocket.

" Maybe it's too late. But, rather than not at all," he explained. "You know Bara, I've always been to a little boy. He was mad at me, he said he hated me for not looking for him" he said, exhaling violently.

" Maybe it's the result of your premium seed" Bara replied in a joking manner.

" What if that day really brought a child between me and him. I think he's as good as Jasmine who wants to frame me for treasure. But apparently, he was also equally a victim like kiu", Arka was disappointed in himself who too quickly came to a conclusion. Assuming the woman on the night was intent on trapping him just because Jasmine was the mastermind.

" And you just realized you were wrong, didn't you? ", Arka just nodded confirming. " That's why I always ask you to read all the research done by our confidants", Bara annoyed the boss and his best friend.

Sakha again saw the map containing the results of an investigation of a woman named Ayunda Ayuningtyas.

" I will soon find you and fulfill my promise that time" he murmured softly.