My soul mate Father My best friend
Shadow of the Past

Then time showed me lunch. Anita immediately moved from her seat.

But then, the King suddenly came and asked him to have lunch together.

At first Anita wanted to refuse but because she had often troublesome King eventually instead she intended to treat the King on that occasion.

They went to a cafe not far from where they worked.

Anita began to order her food, and so did the King.

After that, the King began his conversation with Anita.

"Anita... Have you been feeling happy lately?" ask the King to start the conversation.

"of course... But why are you suddenly asking like that?" anita said and asked back to feel a little strange about the question.

"No-why... Good then. I'm happy to hear it" Raja told Anita.

"Then... Is your relationship okay with Mr Alex?" the king spoke and began to ask Anita again.

But the question this time a little makes Anita stunned and feel confused about what to say about it.

It is not that Anita does not want to be frank about the progress of her relationship with Alex to the King. But he himself was also not sure of his feelings, moreover he did not want to make the King feel disappointed.

Anita herself knew what the King felt towards her. Of course he didn't want to make the King misunderstand him.

"For now, our relationship is fine" Anita said after a moment of pondering.

"So... will you soon formalize your marriage relationship?" said the King while enduring the pain that out of nowhere came to hear Anita's statement that might make her feelings a little hurt.

"That's... I don't know Za. We just do the responsibility as Alexa's parents and no more than that" said Anita seemed to be unable to look at Raja with focus.

Either because he was afraid that the King would see his true feelings for Alex or he still did not know for sure what relationship they would have in the future with Alex.

"That's it. You don't have to think about it anymore. We better have lunch now. I'm sorry I asked you too far" said King felt bad for Anita to think hard about answering questions about her personal relationship with Alex.

Lucky the very understanding male king. But on the other hand also makes Anita's feelings go awry to respond to it.

And the King who had wanted to invite Anita to dinner, made her rethink not to do it after seeing Anita's reaction that seemed to be all wrong, thought the King.

Then they continued their lunch without speaking again and after that they returned to the office together.

Meanwhile, Alex is seen meeting with Rossa to discuss the future of their company which a few days ago they signed a cooperation contract between their companies, but without the arrival of a party from the King's company.

Makes Alex wonder at Rossa.

"Hay Alex's... How are you?" rossa said when she met Alex.

"Why did you come alone?" alex said it looked cold when he saw only Rossa coming.

"Who else do you expect to come, Mr Alex?" rossa seemed to be deliberately playing her tone.

"You said we'd talk about cooperation between our company and the King's company, didn't you?" alex said a little bit in a rage.

"That's true. But it's not that we've finished the time" Rossa said making Alex increasingly clueless with his intentions.

"So... Then why did you invite me here?" ask Alex in search.

"Calm down Alex... I just want to talk to you" Rossa said when she saw Alex becoming unfriendly.

"What did you say. Talk to?. You think I don't have any other job" Alex said, upset.

"Oh my God, you're still like you used to be, yeah. Likes to be angry and annoying. But that's what I like about you" Rossa said no fear at all to Alex.

"It's worth it Anita is afraid of you" Rossa continued to speak when she saw Alex about to get out of her seat.

"What do you mean talk like that?" alex suddenly stopped his steps when he heard Rossa say Anita's name.

"And how do you know about Anita?" alex asked again before the previous question was answered by Rossa.

"Obviously I know... Did you forget, I'm also a psychologist. By just looking at your gaze and the woman that the King was carrying at that time, of course I know how you feel about her and the matter from which I know her, he said, of course I can get people to find out all the information about him" Rossa told reporters.

"And not only that. Come here!" rossa said as she asked Alex to get closer to her.

"I also know that you and she have been married" Rossa continued whispering to Alex's ear that Alex had previously followed her speech to get closer to him.

"Am I not right?" rossa spoke again.

Makes Alex who heard it feel astonished and did not understand what Rossa meant by saying that.

Earlier Alex thought that Rossa would try to approach him again like he used to and without shame.

But this time, Alex really made him confused and did not understand the meaning.

"What do you mean by talking to me like that?" alex told Rossa.

"Actually I don't mean anything. It's just that I want to help you get closer to that girl of your heart" Rossa said with confidence.

"Is your brain empty. Why did you suddenly want to help me with my relationship with another woman?" alex said he did not believe Rossa's intentions to him.

"Actually what he's planning. Why would she suddenly want to help my relationship with Anita. But he was also straightforward if he wanted to do it because he wanted to. But what does he really want?" alex said in his heart and seemed to think what Rossa really wanted.

"That's enough... I'm not interested in your offer" Alex told Rossa.

"All right then... But I guess. You'll regret it after I tell you what happened in the past between you, me and your best friend" Rossa told Alex.

"Do you remember your best friend Kusuma?" rossa said back, trying to remember someone in the past to Alex.

"Kusuma?. Oh my... How I forgot to find out the whereabouts of his family" said Alex in his heart, suddenly remember the person he had been looking for but forgotten because he was more focused on Anita.

"You won't forget who was responsible for his death" Rossa told Alex.

Makes Alex's memories in the past re-remember and imprint in his memories.

Suddenly the shadow of his past filled the memories in his head.

The past reminds him of the incident on a road where Alex was drunk heavily because of breaking up with Rossa who was at that time into his love.

But his best friend named Kusuma, always watching and following Alex everywhere at that time.

For fear of something happening to Alex who is breaking up.

And sure enough, Alex who was drunk and a little unconscious suddenly went up to the bridge pole.

And Kusuma who saw it, certainly felt worried. He thought Alex was going to kill himself and immediately told him to get off the mast of the bridge.

But Alex who was in a drunken state, did not care or listen to the words of his best friend.

Until finally when Kusuma pulled Alex to come down and asked him to stop doing the no-no, accidentally Alex even pushed Kusuma to the back of the road and at the same time the car came and hit Kusuma who was pushed by Alex.

The accident was not avoidable, and Alex also began to realize when Kusuma was hit by a car very hard.

It made Kusuma bounce a few meters. And Alex who saw the incident for a moment can only be stunned in disbelief with what he had seen at that time.

After that, Alex immediately ran over to the body of his best friend and immediately made a phone call to take him immediately to the hospital.

After being in the hospital, Kusuma was immediately treated well by the existing doctors, on the orders of Alex at that time.

But unfortunately, only a few moments after the operation was declared successful, fate said another.

But before his death, he had a chance to talk to Alex about his pregnant wife.

"Alexes... It looks like my life won't be long" Kusuma said in a hospital bed with a heavy voice to Alex.

"I can't accompany my pregnant wife. Can you take care of my family, for my sake" Kusuma continued, still with his heavy tone that he was trying to keep talking about his last wish.

"And one more thing. If I die, please give my heart to Rossa" Kusuma continued to speak to Alex.

"What do you mean. Why would Rossa have to accept your heart?" alex was surprised and worried.

"Yes Lex. Rossa needed a heart donor. And that's why he decided on you. Because he thought his life would not be long" Kusuma said with his last breath.

It makes Alex, who sees his death firsthand, feel devastated and guilty about what happened to his best friend.

Then the memories of the past come to a halt, when Rossa again speaks to him.

"How, do you remember it now?" rossa said to Alex, unknowingly stopping the shadow of her past.

For a moment Alex closed his eyes, and did not expect a speck of clear liquid to fall from his eyes as he recalled what happened to his best friend.

"But... What does all this have to do with Anita?" alex still does not understand Rossa's words.

"Of course it has something to do with it. And you certainly wouldn't have expected it" Rossa said, still making Alex curious.

"Rossa, can you not be confused with your words. Just tell me what you really want to say" Alex said, starting to get angry.

"alright... I'm gonna say it.... That Anita has something to do with Kusuma, because Anita is the Princess of your best friend Kusuma" Rossa said, making Alex feel in disbelief and inexhaustible.

"You don't make it up. How could that possibly happen?" alex didn't seem to accept what Rossa said to him.

"For fate it can happen... Like you and me, we used to love each other and promise each other to live as we live. But look now, fate changes everything. And accept it or not we already have our own families" Rossa told Alex, answering using the example of his own destiny.

"But still... This is impossible. Anita once said that her parents died because of her own uncle. And.... It's possible that the information you got was wrong" Alex said in disbelief.

How not, if it's true. It means he has married his best friend's own child and he also has the child of his best friend's child.

It made her feel strange and confusing.

And not only that, if Anita's really her best friend's son. What would Anita think if she knew that the person responsible for her parents' death was her, Alex thought.

"Maybe you're right. I was wrong to receive information. But you need to know. All this time, I was looking for her family because my heart was always feeling unsettled and often dreaming about Kusuma" Rossa said emotionally.

"I thought it was normal at first. But over time, my heart often hurt suddenly. And strangely the doctor said, that my heart is fine" Rossa said further.

"However, I feel as if this heart is feeling someone who is hurting. Either the one with the heart wants me to see his family or find his son he hasn't seen. But when I met Anita in person, my heart seemed to feel calm and peaceful. And ever since that meeting, I no longer feel that pain so often. It makes me believe that Kusuma, the owner of this heart, just wants to meet his son who has not seen him at all" Rossa told me at length with tears that he tried to hold.

"I hope that after this, you will no longer hurt Anita's feelings. Because if that happens, you're hurting my heart" Rossa said back in cynical fashion but appeared to defend Anita.