
Lidya's mother was very sorry to have invited Bagas into her house. Had he known from the beginning if his guest was the ringleader of Indhira's plight all along, maybe he wouldn't have told his ART to let his guest in. Fortunately, Indhira is also currently working, so there is no way Bagas will be able to meet Indhira.
" I'm his High School friend Rissa, Auntie. I want to meet Rissa. Is Rissa there, Auntie?" Bagas conveys his reason for coming to Rissa's house to Lidya's mother. Even though he had heard from ART that Rissa was not living in her parents' house anymore.
" Rissa is married, so she doesn't live here anymore," replied Lidya's honest mother so that Bagas immediately say goodbye.
" Oh, Rissa's married, isn't she?"
" Yes, it's only been a few months, now she's with her husband" continued Ms. Lidya.
" Sorry, Auntie. Does Auntie know a friend of Rissa's named Indhira? Did Rissa ever tell you about Indhira on Auntie?" Bagas tries to find information about Indhira to Ms. Lidya, who knows Rissa's parents can give clues about Indhira's current whereabouts.
" Indhira?" Both of Aunt Lidya's eyebrows were raised upwards as Bagas mentioned Indhira's name. " Yes, Auntie knows Indhira, poor boy. Somehow the fate of the boy is now. So many trials hit him when he was very young. Aunty can only hope, the child is always in the protection of Allah SWT wherever he is." Lidya's mother put on a sad face, so that Bagas believed if he never knew the state of Indhira until now.
" So Rissa or Auntie never knew where Indhira was?" A disappointed tone was heard from Bagas' speech. If it was Rissa who said that, maybe she was still dubious because Rissa always hated her. However, if Lidya's own mother conveyed this, Bagas felt that Lidya's mother could not possibly lie to him.
" Last Aunt heard back when she ran away. He said he wanted to be sold to himself for money. Naudzubillahi min dzalik! Ada, huh!? Om and Aunty are as evil as his own nephew! Not afraid of sin at all!!" If considering the treatment of Aunt Marta's family to Indhira that she heard from Rissa, Mother Lidya looks furious herself.
Bagas was silent, he took a breath that instantly felt heavy. The first time he heard from Benny about Indhira being sold by Om Ferry, Bagas to limp. Guilt was getting stronger.
" Aunty, if one day Auntie or Rissa heard about Indhira, can Auntie tell me!?" Bagas pleaded for Lidya's mother's help in order to provide information to her if she heard the news about Indhira.
" I'm sorry, who is this sister? And why look for Indhira?" Lidya's mother acted as if she didn't know who the man she was dealing with right now.
" I am ... I am the person most responsible for Indhira's suffering all this time, Auntie." Bagas lowered his head because he felt so guilty. She was embarrassed to hold her head up to look at Mother Lidya.
" I am the one who caused Indhira to lose her purity. I got Indhira kicked out of school. Which makes Indhira run away from home and Indhira disappeared somewhere." Bagas' voice seemed to be stuck in his throat.
From body gestures and sentences spoken from Bagas' mouth, Ms. Lidya can feel if Bagas looks tormented and haunted by guilt. He felt sorry for the young man before him. However, he did not dare to say if Indhira was currently living in his house.
" City ..." Lidya's mother regulated her breathing. To be honest he felt moved to see Bagas who was still looking for the existence of Indhira until now. What Bagas showed indicated if the man still cared about Indhira. " So you're the one who framed Indhira into committing that sin?" Lidya's mother has to control her emotions. Although he pityed, but he could not forgive the behavior of Bagas who had damaged Indhira's honor as a woman.
Bagas did not dare to deny Mother Lidya's accusation. Although it was done because he wanted it, not because he intended to trap Indhira.
" You should think carefully before you act! What you do for sheer pleasure is a huge bad effect for Indhira. If Indhira is still alive and not depressed alone is good!" Maybe if there is no family, either will be what the fate of Indhira at this time.
" Yes, Aunt. I really regret what I did first," said Bagas.
" Aunty cannot help you, because Auntie herself does not know where Indhira is currently," said Ms. Lidya again lying.
" It's okay, Auntie. Then excuse me, Auntie." Bagas finally said goodbye to Lidya's mother.
After Bagas died, Lidya's mother rushed into her room. He took his cell phone to contact Rissa. He chose to contact Rissa first because if Indhira was the one he contacted, he was sure Indhira would be vulnerable and frightened.
" Assalamualaikum, what's up, Ma?" rissa asked as her phone call connected with her daughter.
" Waalaikumsalam's. Ris, Bagas was here!" Without further ado, Lidya's mother delivered the shocking news to her daughter.
" What??" Rissa's aghast voice rang out in Mother Lidya's ears. " Bagas to the house, Ma? What does he want, Ma? Does he know Indhira is in our house? It's this way, Ma! Mama said what's the same Bagas? Don't let him know Indhira is with us, Ma!" Hoping to talk to Rissa more, calm down, instead Rissa showed a cool attitude.
" He's looking into Indhira's whereabouts. But, Mama didn't tell him that Indhira was with us anyway, Ris." Lidya's mother explained that she also could not have taken rash action by informing Indhira of her current whereabouts.
" If he's been to our house, it's not safe for Indhira, Ma! He'll definitely get people to spy on our house. Mama remember 'wasn't it until Bagas' friend followed Rissa?!" Rissa opens her Mama's memory as Benny watches her movements.
" So what now, Ris?" Aunt Lidya was also worried.
" Indhira must not be there, at least until it is safe I'm sure Bagas will definitely watch over our house, Ma!" Rissa suspects that Bagas will monitor anyone who comes in and out of her parents' house.
" Where will Indhira live, Ris?" If not at his house, where will Indhira settle? That's what Mother Lidya thought.
" Then let it be at my house, Ma!" Rissa decided to take Indhira to stay at her house for a while.
" Ris, you can't make up your mind without having a discussion with your husband! You better talk to Adam." Lidya's mother didn't mean to think badly. However, bringing another woman into the house, let alone a newlywed, she was afraid that she would become a gossip of people.
" Oh, I'll tell you how good Adam is!?" Rissa followed the advice of her mother.
" Later Mama will also discuss with your Papa, how to solve this problem!? Yes, Mama hang up the phone. Ariston ...."
" Neurobeach ...."
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Indhira was enjoying lunch when her phone rang. He reached into his pocket to pick up the flat object. Indhira saw a message coming into his phone.
" Ashiramalaikum, Ra. Bagas is in Jakarta. My mother told me earlier, Bagas had come to the house looking for information about you."
The incoming message from Rissa made Indhira's eyeballs perfectly rounded. He even stopped his chewing and immediately swallowed the food in his mouth.
" Waalaikumsalam, Bagas was home, Ris? How then?" With trembling hands, Indhira replied to the incoming message from Rissa earlier.
" Mama said she didn't know where you were. Ra, in the meantime you don't go back to my parents' house just yet, yeah! I'm afraid Bagas told people to watch over my parents' house and find you."
" Later home from work, I'll pick you up at La Grande. While you're at my house first while waiting for Papa's decision with Mama, where are you going to live!?" Rissa fulfills her plan that will bring Indhira to live with her for a while.
" I live in your house, Ris? I don't feel good about staying with you and Mas Adam, Ris." Indhira knows himself. She doesn't want to 'recove' Rissa and Adam's household. He believes Adam is a rising man, yet he remains uncomfortable having to one house with Rissa and Adam.
" It's only temporary, Ra! While waiting for the decision from Papa, where will you stay!?" Rissa explains her goal of bringing Indhira to live with her.
" Yes already, Ris. If that's the best." Indhira only resigned to accept Rissa's decision.
" Neurova ..." Indhira hung up the phone call from Rissa. At that instant his heart was also troubled.
" O Allah, why did he appear again in the life of the servant?" indhira lamented in heart. He really did not want to meet and deal with his ex-lover again. Especially when reminded of the words of Chrsytal who said he had a relationship in the team with Bagas. Instantly also naf su eat is lost even though the food on the plate is still left a lot.
Indhira got up looking for paper to wrap the rice and fried chicken leftovers for him to give to the cat he met on the road when he came home later.
" Na, you know what a boarding house near here isn't?" ask Indhira while waiting for cafe customers who come to be served or have finished eating.
" For whom?" ask Nena.
" Make me" said Indhira.
" Do you want to cost?" ask Nena back.
" For a while. I want to find a boarding house near here so that there is no need to use transportation," continued Indhira.
" It seems there is, Ra. But, I don't know how much? It looks a bit expensive, huh! It's a bit elite. There is AC and own bedroom. Most of the hostels there are also those who work in the office." Nena mentioned about the hostel she knew was behind La Grande's cafe.
" Other than that doesn't exist, does it?" ask Indhira again.
" The cheap ones are far away, continue to have to use transportation as well if you come here, Ra." said Nena.
" What's that close range, Ris?" ask Indhira curiously.
" May be millions a month, Ra."
" Oh, huh!?" Indhira bit her lip. Of course it will be heavy with the salary he received for several months working there if he had to live in a boarding house with a price of millions of months.
" Why the hell are you doing it, Ra? Do you have a problem with your friend's family?" Nena was curious about the reason Indhira wanted to find a boarding place.
" No one, Na." Indhira saw a guest who had finished eating at his cafe. " I'm gonna clean the table first, Na." Indhira then stepped onto the table that was left by the cafe visitor earlier.
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Rissa picked Indhira up after work. She had asked Adam for permission to take Indhira to stay at her house and her husband allowed Indhira to stay in their house for a while.
" Ris, I'm going to have a run!" Indhira conveys her intentions to Rissa when they arrive at Rissa's house.
" Where do you want to go, Ra?" Rissa was surprised to hear Indhira's intention to find a boarding place to stay for a while.
" I don't know yet, Ris. I want to be close to the cafe. But, it's pretty expensive. Later I want to find again where a cheap and affordable boarding place with my finances" Indhira replied.
" Don't rush to find a hostel first, Ra! Just wait for my Papa! Who knows there's another solution and you don't need a host." Rissa forbade Indhira who wanted to find a boarding place.
" But I'm afraid Bagas will find me, Ris." Indhira reasoned if he feared his existence was known by Bagas.
" I understand, Ra! But you have to be patient. While let you be here. Adam, it doesn't matter if you stay here for a while!" Rissa kept telling Indhira to stay at her house first.
The next night before going to bed, Indhira stepped towards the bathroom. He wanted to perform the night prayer so that his restless mind would calm down due to the sudden appearance of Bagas.
" Akkhh, Mas ...!! Pain ...!! Slow down, dong!"
Indhira suddenly set her steps hearing the moans from the room Rissa and Adam passed by.
" I can't stand it, Ris! Oughh ...."
Indhira's eyes widened to hear the sounds of romance that sounded faint from the room next to her. He quickly runs towards the bathroom rather than being caught if he hears of Rissa and Adam's romance.
Until the completion of the prayer, the voices of romance made by Rissa and Adam seemed to still ring in his ears. Of course he knew what Rissa and Adam were doing, because he had felt the same way even in different situations.
" Oh my God, what am I thinking?" Indhira patted her own forehead, trying to clear the dirty thoughts that were on her mind at that time.
However, the sudden appearance of Bagas to Rissa's parents' house really bothered her mind. Nearly seven years on, is Bagas married? Bagas is not a difficult man to find a woman. Even beautiful women would easily surround him Then, why else would Bagas look for him?
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After being discussed with Mr. Edwin and Ms. Lidya, they finally decided to 'hide' Indhira for a while at the boarding place behind La Grande Caffe. Mr. Edwin who financed the cost of Indhira boarding for the first month while looking at the previous situation and conditions. Mr. Edwin chose the boarding place because it was closer than Indhira's workplace and the facilities were complete and the security was guaranteed.
One month passed, apparently there was nothing suspicious around Mr. Edwin's house. The fear they felt if Bagas would send spies did not happen, until finally Indhira could return to the house of Mr. Edwin.
Bagas himself was also no longer looking for the existence of Indhira because he felt deadlocked not knowing where to look? The only person he thought could provide information about Indhira's whereabouts was unable to provide the answers he needed.
Bagas finally focused on his activities to become a leader in one of the companies owned by Adibrata. He slowly began to learn how to manage and lead his Papa's large company.
While the relationship between Bagas and Evelyn was getting closer even though they were separated by distance. Evelyn's jovial nature seemed to color Bagas' serious days with work in his office.
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