Not Just Love
Chapters 2. Ring

In the room, with a quiet atmosphere. There was only, the sound of crying that filled the room. Zamar chose to sit, taking distance. But, the look in his eyes, still staring intently at the lover.

Really, he was confused what to say, other than swearing. Anger was stifled, as if tearing his chest. The sight that disgusted him, had been tearing down his trust all along.

A morning that should have been beautiful and romantic, became a betrayal that he would not forget for a lifetime. He just arrived, without rest, just to surprise the fiancee. But, it was precisely he who got a surprise, which made him want to kill someone.

"How long has it been?" ask Zamar with low intonation.

"Za, don't you trust me?" Maya looks up. It was clear that his face was damp and both his manic were wet.

"I ASKED, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?" snapped Zamar, with breath up and down. In fact, it had already risen from its position.

Maya's body trembled, as it jolted. For the first time, he sees Zamar wrathfully. The eyes that were always staring at him were warm, turning cold. There's a time bomb, which is about to go off.

"Zp. What do I do, so you can believe? What else do I have to say?" A stifling cry, but it did not make Zamar feel pity.

"How can I believe it? You're..... Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!" yelled Zamar frustrated. Maya's shadow, along with another man, makes her explode. He destroyed all the furniture in the room.

Maya closes both her ears and eyes, with tears rushing down. His heart was racing, with Zamar's attitude expressing anger. The sound of falling glass, thrown glass and flower vases. Everything, scattered into small fragments on the floor.

"Basic, shit!!" Prang, prong.

Maya did not dare to open her eyes. He was just crying in the dark. The sound of goods, falling on the floor and the curse of Zamar, frightened him.

Until finally, footsteps were heard away and the sound of the door being slammed loudly.

Maya opens her eyes. All scattered on the floor, without any rest. I mean, their engagement photos are on display. Maya's cry, the more stifling.

"Wear your clothes!" Apparently, Zamar hasn't left yet. He threw clothes at Maya. "Never leave this room."

"Za, listen to me!"

"Enough, May! I'm holding back, right now. Do you know what? I want to throw you out of this building."

Deg.

Maya is silent. He shuddered in horror, as he looked at Zamar's face. Free, he defended himself. The man in front of him, was being overwhelmed with anger.

Brakes.

The door was slammed back. Sound from outside. Apparently, there are some people coming. I don't know what they're doing out there. Slowly this apartment, began to quiet, when the outside door closed.

Maya emboldens herself, to get off. He was still sobbing, watching the state of his room. Their engagement photos, already landed on the floor, along with glass shards. Maya crouches down, looking at him.

"Me, how should I?" Tests, tests, clear liquid circles, falling over a shattered picture frame.

"Yeah." Maya grimaces, holding her suddenly painful stomach. "Za" he called, but there was no word.

He had to, dragging his steps, get on the bed. Cowering, with both hands that do not escape from his stomach, which is still flat.

"Za, Zamar," he called again and again, with a hiccup. However, there is no outside authority.

Maya endured the pain, alone. The sound of crying and moaning, came out from his lips. Only the clang of the wall clock became his friend. He began to think about many things. What if this marriage is broken? How did Zamar who did not believe, then cut off the relationship?

Maya is getting stressed, she keeps crying non-stop. Allowing pain and thoughts, which come together.

I don't know how long, she cried. The pain he was experiencing was becoming.

Brakes.

"Where's your ring?" ask Zamar, who is slowly approaching.

Maya did not answer. He was weak and his head turned, plus pain in his stomach. He simply raised his left hand, revealing his ring finger, which was embedded in their engagement ring.

But, uh,

"You threw away my gift ring?" zamar shouted, which made Maya, look at her ring finger. A different ring, than the one he used. Plain gold colored ring, circular there.

"Za, I don't know. The vow. I never took off our engagement ring." Maya gets up, with a grimacing face and holds her stomach. Quickly, he removed the ring from his ring finger.

"You know where I found this?" Zamar showed them their engagement rings, which were studded with diamonds. "Bins of trash."

"What-what?" Maya caught. His chest felt tight, as his tears grew louder.

"He proposed to you last night, didn't he?" said Zamar, with a hardened jaw.

"Zp. Please, please trust me. I don't know what happened last night." Maya dropped her knees on the floor. Begging with tears, hoping that there was a speck of trust for her.

"Don't know?" Smirk with a cold look. "Here, I show you!" Zamar pulls with a rough, Maya hand. No matter, with Maya grimacing and complaining of pain. "Look, what did you guys do last night?"

Maya sees a bottle of wine on the table, a glass left, a little wine in it. Extinguished candles and a bouquet of red roses. Describing, the romantic atmosphere had occurred last night.

But Maya's memory, it's not like this. Last night, he accompanied Sandra, drinking.

"It's not like this." Maya shook her head. Who set him up, with a scenario like this?

"You still want to deny?" Zamar clutching Maya's chin. "You sly woman and a con man."

"Deliver!" Maya throws Zamar's hand out of nowhere, gaining strength. "I don't know what's going on. I was with Sandra last night. She was in the apartment, when I came home from your mother's house. He was drunk and after that, I really don't know anymore" cried Maya, who was getting fed up with the accusations.

Plaque.

Zamar landed his palm. Both of his eyes, implying anger. Her nose was flattened, holding back the anger.

"Until, when are you gonna lie to me, May?Calling your best friend's name a shield."

"Why don't you trust me?" isak Maya, with one of her hands, held her sore cheek.

"Sandra, overseas, from a week ago. And, you still say his name. You make me sick and disgusted with you."

Maya's heart, as if it stopped beating for a few seconds. His eyes were round and his throat was stuck.

What's the matter? Sandra says she's leaving next week. Then, who was with me last night? I remember, it was Sandra.

Maya grabs her own hair, due to the confusion that is at war in her mind. He remembered what happened last night before he fell asleep.

Ignoring Zamar. Maya ransacked the contents of her house, which was a dumpster. As she remembered, Sandra brought a lot of drinks and snacks. However, everything looks clean, as if this house did not have guests overnight. There's just, a piece of paper in a dumpster.

"Sandra," Maya said in a hoarse voice. His mind, directly convicted the suspect, which led to his life like this.

Maya's view, the more blurry. Pain in his stomach, the more it becomes. His head was pounding violently. Eventually, he collapsed, unconscious.

"MAYA," panicked Zamar, who was running to catch the body of his fiancee. His eyes widened, as fresh blood flowed down, at Maya's feet.

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