
"Cin ... Come home later tonight, yes, accompany me to dinner first. I don't have any friends." Bima has not given up. His face turned serious. If it's serious mode like this Bima looks very mature and good looks radiated full.
"But ... " Linda could not resist the wishes of Bima. "Allah ... I'll accompany you to a new dinner after that I'll go back to the village."
Honestly Linda pity Bima. I don't know why this guy is always alone. He only occasionally went with his friends. He also never told his family, let alone his parents.
"After that, can I take you home?"
"No, I'll keep riding the bike."
"Cin ... It's late, let me drop you off. Dangerous women night-night riding a motorcycle alone. Moreover, your hometown is far away?!"
Linda laughs. "No need to be lebay! My house is not that far. If I'm speeding, at most an hour has also reached home!"
"Would speed everything, danger know?! Let me take you!" Bima insisted.
"I don't want to trouble you, Bim, if you take me home that means you should be ready to pick me up too."
"Sure, anytime I'm ready to pick you up!"
"No thanks! I'll go home by myself." Linda remained on her decision.
Linda still clearly remembered how Erik was angry because he had to pick Linda up from her parents' house at that time. Linda was afraid to remember the incident. He was afraid that Bima would also be angry like that when picking him up later.
Linda knows Bima and Erik are very different individuals.
But Linda's trauma over her husband's attitude used to scare her often for no reason. Nothing is really missing from Linda's memory. What Erik had done to him was still clearly recorded in his memory.
Linda often cried in her room when she remembered what she had experienced while still with Erik. And all that he kept tight so that no one would know.
*
Her night...
"Cin ... Why can't you accept me?" ask Bima.
Linda speechless. Until now Linda still can not answer the question Bima this one.
"Why are you still asking that?" reply Linda while chewing her dinner.
"I'll keep asking until I get an answer. I want a serious answer Lin, it's been two years I've been waiting for you."
"I feel unworthy of you. I have told you many times that I am a widow, poor and have a child. And one more thing, I'm old too!"
"I've also told you many times, I don't care about your status, let alone your age! Like we're fifteen years old?! We're only two or three years apart Linda, don't overdo it!" balas Bima fast.
"You may not care about Bim, but I do. How will your family? Will they be able to accept me and my son? You're from a rich family, your family definitely doesn't want you to get a female soul mate carelessly and indistinctly like me."
"Once again I don't care!" Bima remained firm on his stance.
"You can find another woman younger than me who is your age and certainly your equal."
Deep down Linda's heart is actually not the reason why she can still accept Bima's love. But it was the trauma that made him not dare to establish a relationship, either with Bima or with other men who tried to approach him. Linda's not ready. He is now building his career.
"Don't be a bim." Linda laughed at Bima's question.
"Come Linda ... Give me a chance." Bima continued to beg.
Without Linda realizing there was a man who had been watching Linda's movements and looked at her with an enchanted look. And the man slowly approached.
"Cin ... "
Linda heard a voice calling her name. Suddenly Linda's heart was pounding violently and her face was pale. Linda did not dare to look at the source of the voice. He was very familiar with this voice.
"rusha ... You all right?" Bima noticed the change in Linda. He grabbed Linda's hand and grabbed it. Bima only watched Linda until she was unaware that a man was approaching their table.
"Why you?" ask Bima again.
"We go home now, Bim" replied Linda. He hoped this was just his hallucination. There was no way Erik could be in this place. It had been two years that he and Erik had not met. Linda did not expect Erik to suddenly appear and coincidentally meet at this place.
Linda immediately stood up as well as Bima. But when Linda was about to move her legs there was someone blocking her step.
"Linda ...?! Is this really you, baby?!" Erik was actually standing in front of Linda. He is not hallucinating.
Linda lowered her face, she did not dare to look at Erik. Without saying anything Bima immediately pushed Erik away from Linda.
"You want what you?!" Bima looked at Erik sharply and was ready to pounce.
"Side don't block! I want to see Linda." Erik tried to drive Bima. "Linda Darling ... I didn't even recognize you. Can I say both?"
"Stay away from Linda!" furious Bima. He pushed Erik back. He wouldn't let Erik get close to Linda even if it was a meter away.
"Brt ... I want to go home now" Linda's voice softened. Not wanting to linger dealing with Erik, Bima immediately pulled Linda's hand and took her out of the place.
"It's okay, there I am. Will take you." Bima tried to calm Linda. "Your laptop is here to stay. I'll have people take it."
Linda nodded in accordance with Bima's words.
Bima takes Linda to her boarding house to pick up her things. After she drove Linda home to her parents.
Bima was happy that she was finally able to take Linda home to her parents even though she did not expect the incident.
During the drive home Linda was silent. He did not stop thinking, after two years there was no word how could Erik suddenly appear in front of him like before.
"Are you okay Lin?" bima asked after seeing Linda's face was not as pale as before.
"Where was he all this time Bim? Why is it now that my life has become established and happy that she has appeared in front of me again?!" Not only Linda, Bima herself did not think where Erik had been until he suddenly appeared before them.
"You're still afraid of him?"
"I don't know. I always feel intimidated when I hear his voice."
"From now on don't go alone. Ask someone to accompany you. It could be me, father, mother or Miss Sari. Just don't go alone, anywhere!" Bima already thinks of Erik as a psychopath that Linda should avoid.
"Brt ... Please don't tell Mom and Dad that I met Mas Erik. They will be worried." Bima nodded. She understands Linda's concerns are also those of Linda's parents.