Shadow From the Past
Chapter 3

“Mother, I'm really confused again now,”

Elvina rests her head on the shoulder of the Mother who is currently her friend watching television.

Elvina wants to be honest with her parents now about a man's statement to her, and that's her own lecturer.

Elvina wanted her mother to give her advice on what would have been right for her to do when she could not yet reciprocate Vano's feelings, and Elvina wanted her mother to know about the courage of a man who had admired her for six months and had just admitted to it.

“Bingung why, Darling?”

“I was confused, so just now, my lecturer suddenly said he wanted to talk to me about something, he continued to take me to lunch together. I yayin because I wonder what the hell thing to talk about both of me, just the same time about the lecture, Bun. But it turns out that he said nothing related to the lecture,”

“Keep what?”

Dini immediately looked at her son with very curious eyes. How not to wonder if Elvina has mentioned the lecturer, lunch together, there are things discussed between them.

“Pak Vano said, all this time he admired me secretly, Bun. Mr. Vano was taught at my campus for about six months. He wants to know me and my family further. I said knowing him is okay. But I'm confused, he's kind of trying to get me into that serious relationship, Bun,”

Dini blinked her eyes several times after hearing her only child tell her a story. It was unexpected that someone admired Elvina when Elvina closed herself from the name of a man after getting hurt from her former husband-to-be.

“Ya just try to know him first, see he really wants to be serious or not,”

“Bun, but I can't reply to Mr. Vano,”

“Why? Because you haven't moved on from your ex? When are you gonna get, El? If there is something better, let alone show its seriousness, Mother feels it is okay. Mommy hopes you will not be reunited with the man who will hurt you,”

“So you mean Mother, Mommy agrees that Mr Vano wants to get me? Want to deket same Daddy mother?”

“Yes, why not? He also wants to see that he really wants to be serious or just playful. If you know what age it is?”

“Twenty-eight if not wrong,”

“Udah is quite mature, his job is a lecturer, yes maybe because of that he wants to be serious with you. How are you,”

“But I'm also insecure, Mother. He's a lecturer, I'm a freshman,”

“Why should insecure? ‘And he who has feelings first to you, he who moves first, actually it could be a sign that he does not want to mess around. Once honest about his feelings, he immediately said that he wanted to know more closely with us. That's a sign he wants to be with you. People's feelings can't be regulated, son. If his heart feels attracted to his own students, our time should be banned? Yes means there are in you things she likes, and that's the reason she realises her feelings to you,”

“Ssttt what the hell is going on? How to say serious again,”

Suddenly Arman came to the family room and immediately sat facing his wife and child who seemed to be talking about something, and it made him curious.

“This is, Dad. There's a guy who's just honest that he has a crush on Elvina,”

“Hah? Seriously? Wh who? Dad can know ‘kan?”

Arman seemed enthusiastic to hear a fleeting story from his wife. He looked directly at his only child.

“His own lecturer, Well,” Early who directly replied.

“Hah? Is that right, El? Your lecturer? What's name?”

“Pak Vano, Dad. He's only been teaching for about six months, and he keeps saying that as long as he's teaching on campus, he can only be amazed as I'm secretly. And finally he dared himself to talk directly to me. I was taught to eat outside. Said someone wanted him to obrolin with me. Well I initially thought who wanted to talk about the lecture, but it turned out to be the feeling of Mr. Vano himself. He wants to know me, mother, and father further. But I also told him that I still love other men. He's serious about me, like, Dad. I'm so scared,”

“Lho, how scared?”

“Yes because I don't love her, so I'm not ready to be taught to take it to a more serious relationship, Dad,”

“Nak, that soul mate already has a chat. Maybe the presence of Mr. Vano, makes you happier with your love story, than the same as before. Forget your past, it just makes you hurt. Mr Vano already want to be serious ‘kan? So, why not try to open your heart? I mean, father and mother will not force you to marry as soon as he is, but he ‘kan said he wants to know us further, yes have just pardoned it. Later during the introduction we can also assess the seriousness of him. If a soul mate, surely everything is made easy,”

“What age if dad can know?”

“Twenty-eight, Yeah,”

“You also need to know him first ‘kan before going any further. Get to know his family, know anything about him. Do not be sorry, it's something you must remember,” said Dini approved by Arman. Although Vano is a lecturer, his family is respected though, if not able to appreciate Elvina for what? They want Elvina not to shut herself off from men, but they want Elvina to remain careful in choosing a partner, lest the past happen again repeated.

“Yes, go first, let it flow like water. If he wants to see his father in the near future is okay. We also want to know your lecturer,”

“Yes, Yeah,”

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“Abang, if you are shopping girl, do not be busy with mobile phones, Bang. Especially now that the road brother is the same adek girl brother,”

Vano immediately saved his phone when his arm was grabbed by Davina who was upset that her brother was walking behind slowly while staring at the phone screen while Davina wanted to ask her brother's opinion about the right clothes for her but how can ask for an opinion that his brother is far behind him, and even busy with a mobile phone.

“Abang help me,”

“What help?”

“Choose clothes for Sunday night I want to come to a friend's birthday,”

“Female or male?”

“Female equals male,”

“Well it's two? You mean you're coming to two birthday events?”

“No, just one, but join. Because they're twins,”

“Oh, yes have chosen it according to your taste, Brother is confused, brother can not be sandelin if about clothes,”

“Ih Abang just helpin. I need an opinion Brother,”