Our Story: The Sudden Chancellery
S2 Chapter 12 – Infidelity
Santaiii .. storm has subsided even though it is still cloudy.
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10 Years Later …
Several adults in their 40s gathered together at a waterfront restaurant in Ancol, North Jakarta. That night, when they realized that they had not been together for a year, each of them took the initiative to meet again.
“Vincent and Viani where?” ask Febri who now looks more bald with a distended stomach. His higher rank now makes him almost never a sport. Beside him sat his wife, Diana who still looked sweet with short shoulder-length hair while holding Brian, who is now 5 years old, their youngest child.
Gala replied, “Again to her birthday.”
“Old time Viani same Vincent do not join us gathering,” comments Diana. Beside her were children, 11-year-old Briana, 10-year-old Geraldo and 7-year-old Gemini, the last Gemma and Gala child who was completely similar to that man.
“Kalo my son, don't know. Each time invited nolak only,” said Niko whose order menu is the same as Febri. His mouth was full of tenderloin roast beef that was so tempting his tongue.
“Yang, slowly eat it. No more adding! Your weight is over!” Erika nagged beside Niko who continued to chew while taking pieces of meat owned by his wife. “Oh yes, Gala. Where does Viani work?”
“Work at Trisinar Hospital, so Purchasing Manager,” Gala said while removing the stain on the corner of Gemini's lips. “Udah 2 year ago.”
“Vincent also, got STR a year ago. Now, he works at my clinic.” Niko finished the dinner with a full glass of soursop juice, filling her stomach which was now as distended as Febri's stomach. “Not sure Vincent chose to be a doctor, like me.”
“Kalo lecherous kayak elo, unclean,” Gala satirizes on Niko.
“Eh! Gini-gini I'm a doctor ya—“
“Yang! Ah, by the way! Uh, but ... why is Viani not at Aryaditya Hospital who has elo, Gala?”
“Mau is independent first he said. The 28-year-old has just returned. I am selow. Let him study first in the field.”
Erika probed, growing curious. “Dia single?”
“Yesterday Chandra Wiratama dateng to home. Alvin, his son, has a crush on Viani. Meet a month ago when the child was in a car accident, precisely fit again nebus medicine. We just had a chat. And if there is no transverse aral, in two months Viani will be engaged to Alvin.”
Niko's mouth full of fries was rounded. “Wiratama .. Wiraindo Textile? The Wiratama Group?”
“Yep!”
“Without dating first? Idih ... era ya jodoh-jodohin children?” diana's comment was in disbelief.
“Yes, not really. If someone has a crush, keep his son okay, why not? You see Viani from graduating high school singles only.”
Gemma rolled her eyeballs. “That's because you're always nosy whenever Viani gets busted, Yang. How good he is if again dating diintilin continue.”
“By the way ..” Niko put down the pieces of her fries and stared at the intense Gala. “Lo sure you want Viani match with Alvin? Have you heard the lunge of the belom child?”
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Meanwhile, in another corner of Jakarta.
A girl with round brown eyes stands in front of the bedroom door in an apartment unit.
Yes, that's Viani, who has now transformed into a slender girl. If when he was a teenager he looked more like his mother, now his face became really like Indra, his biological father who had been free five years ago.
But now, it was the angry expression that controlled all of his facial muscles, as he peered at the slightly open door. So shocked by the sight he saw, his left hand dropped the gift box he planned to give the man.
He picked up his phone and started recording as much as he wanted. A few minutes later, not strong enough to see the scene that was too disgusting from the non-halal couple, he opened the door forcibly until a loud bang was heard. The recording of Viani stopped.
The pair of youngsters jumped up in shock and broke away before covering their bodies with blankets.
“Basic villain kela*min!” maki Viani loud. He went straight to the edge of the bed to approach the man and directly slapped him with all his might on his right and left cheeks.
The blonde woman next to him looked so shocked and scared when she saw her bedmate's face slapped by a woman she knew as the boyfriend of the boy who had been. “Please ... don't hit Alvin!”
Viani is getting inflamed. The woman's face did not escape from Viani's slap until her cheeks turned red. “This pec*n lo, Vin?” Viani snorted in annoyance, after noticing the girl. “Cih! Beautify me!”
“Enak yes lo kalo by the way!” protest the girl upset.
“DIEM! Again, by the way, I made you money!”
Not that Alvin was silent, the guy even chuckled, “Beautiful is beautiful. Can't be digrepe-****... Or do you have an abnormality so I can't hold you?! Or maybe, lo lesbong??”
Buk up!
Everything goes fast. Viani's head was a little dizzy and she staggered a little. All he saw now was Alvin falling on the bed, in pain while holding his bleeding nose. The tip of his fist felt so painful, after releasing a raw bogem right in the man's nose.
“Gue will sue you!!” shout Alvin.
An Apple 15 phone that looks thin and heavy appears from the inside. Viani grinned and threw the phone right on Alvin's face until the man fell once more onto the bed hard, and groaned in pain.
“My nose hurts!”
"Yes ..it's a birthday present for you!"
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Viani came out of the cursed apartment in a hurry. His head was still dizzy and his stomach was nauseous. Their shadow made him vomit. He sat in the lobby, nodded, then staggered to his knees on the sofa.
He was roughing his messy hair while closing his eyes and mending the roar of his hunting breath.
Fucking alvin! It means angry. The big tall guy waiting in the lobby. "Please, Bang Rinto, stay by myself. I want to be alone."
He took his cell phone and called Gala. “Halo, Papa .. Later Viani come home tomorrow only. Viani again .. about Alvin, Pa, tonight Viani permits to stay in the apartment. Want to calm down first .. Ask Bang Rinto to come home."
He no longer has a taste for eating. The clock shows at 9 p.m.
He hurriedly stopped here after a long overtime at Trisinar Hospital because there was a medical seminar and the hospital was hosting.
Too bad, the surprise is zonk. Fortunately, the one who broke off their relationship was Viani. Otherwise, her pride as a woman would definitely be ruined.
He headed to the basement and immediately roared his car out of the apartment to the highway, leaving Rinto alone.
But on his way to his apartment, he saw a bar with bright lights on. Instantly he wanted to try to reduce his stress in a different way. Without hesitation, he turned his wheel, directing it towards the bar.
Fortunately there are not too many people, although now it is Friday. He immediately sat down at the stool bar and focused his elbows on the counter table.
“Welcome, what do you want to drink Ma'am? We again have a special menu,” said a bartender.
Viani. He immediately lowered his hand, and focused it on both knees, then raised his face timidly. “Actually, it's my first time here, Mas.”
“Oh!” the bartender understands. “Then, Ma'am should try Mocktail here. We have ...”
Of course Viani would if it wasn't alcohol. In his entire life, he never drank the drink at all, even though sometimes he saw his parents drinking and ended up locked in their room for hours.
Before the bartender shows the menu, Viani directly selects, “Mocktail most often ordered aja, Mas.”
“OK,” the bartender smiled and immediately brewed his drink. In a matter of minutes, a glass of red and yellow green mocktail was presented before Viani's eyes. “Enjoy!”
Viani's hand crept towards the glass. He drank it a little and put it down. Indeed, Viani's eyes were fixed on the glass, but her mind had spread everywhere. At Alvin's betrayal that happened before his eyes. This is the third time he has been betrayed by lovers, including Vincent.
But whether it's a hunch or not, what Viani feels about Vincent is not betrayal, but rather curiosity. What is it, how and why? As of now, the woman had not gotten a decent and reasonable answer at all.
He also never had the opportunity to urge Vincent to explain further, because Gemma immediately moved him to another school.
The reason is because his mother does not want the bullying case to happen again. Gemma was furious when she found out from Gala that her son was a victim of bullying. Even without compromise with Viani, Indra or Gala, Gemma immediately moved Viani from that school.
His phone rang, Alvin's number was there, but he didn't pick it up. Soon, his phone rang again, from a different number.
“Gue will make calculations to elo! I bak—“
Not yet had the man scolded as much, he had already hung up his phone and blocked his number. There's no point in serving a madman like Alvin who's tearing up such a fidelity.
The reason he didn't come home was most likely after this, Alvin would go to his house and do something. Tomorrow, he will immediately contact Mr. Emon to take care of everything in case Alvin makes a claim.
After paying for his drink, he walked towards the exit. But from the tail of her eyes, Viani seemed to be interested in something.
His eyes were on the entire bar. But he didn't find anyone. Only after he was about to leave did a figure of a man pass a few meters behind him.
He looked back, at the thickly girded tall man's back. He shook his head faintly, maybe he was the wrong person.
But the black watch with the orange accent really caught his eye. At first glance, she reminisces about her fond memories of High School, in people who have captivated her for years.
Is it hard to move on? Yep!
Still buncin? Yes, in the first years!
There was a glimmer of hope in his mind, perhaps the man would turn around and bring him into his warm and unforgettable embrace.
However, Viani again laughed cynically at his ridiculous imagination. A watch like that has a lot of it.
Viani left from there, without wanting to look back again.
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