
The handsome young man named Reyhan just politely nodded to Astuti. "Excuse me, Mum. I want to get in the car first" he said. In addition to her neat appearance, she also looked so humble.
"Oh please, son," said Astuti kindly. Dirga's mother smiled sweetly before Dirga walked to her car. After the luxury sedan was in the courtyard, Reyhan came back down. He just went straight into the house. The young man seemed to be in a hurry.
"Your son is very handsome, Mas" flattered Astuti after Reyhan was nowhere to be seen.
"He's my eldest son, Tut," said Sudiro accompanied by a distinctive smile. However, a moment later the middle-aged man was stunned. "Ah, I mean .. the second child, because my firstborn was Dirga," he laughed softly. Astuti only gave a small smile.
"Dirga's boyfriend yesterday-yesterday asked to be immediately applied. He had to work hard to collect pieces of rupiah, but still it did not make him able to immediately realize the wishes of the girl," said Astuti.
"Why indeed?" ask Sudiro.
"I told you, the girl comes from a distinguished family." Astuti took a slow breath. There is quite a heavy burden in the eyes of the hijab woman. He also did not know why he had to come in front of Sudiro and tell all that.
However, Sudiro is a smart man. He could already guess what was on his ex-wife's mind. "I understand, Tut," he said a moment later.
Astuti was about to respond to Sudiro's remarks, but he immediately paused when he saw the legitimate wife of Dirga's biological father emerge from the house. The woman who is none other than Yayuk, a loyal customer of various jewelry launched by Soraya.
"Your wife seems ready to go. I'd better take it, Mas," Astuti said. He smiled kindly as Yayuk approached the two of them.
"Mama is ready, Pa," Yayuk said, standing next to Sudiro. He returned the smile Astuti had put on him. "Why talk outside, Mommy?" ask him pleasantries.
"I'm ready" said Astuti. "Thank you for the time." The two-daughter widow then nodded politely, before finally turning her back. He walked away from the couple, who were still standing in front of the gate.
"Why did your ex-wife come here, Pa?" ask Yayuk. She felt a bit of jealousy that she had been covering up since.
"He only told me about Dirga," Sudiro replied.
"Who's Dirga?" asked Yayuk again while linking his eyebrows.
Sudiro took a heavy breath before deciding to give his wife an interpreter. He looked at the woman whose appearance was much different, when compared to Astuti. "Start out of the house, with our newborn son, he was not even a month old. At first I was able to communicate with him. Secretly I also often send money for the cost of living both of them. However, a few years later Astuti suddenly disappeared as swallowed by the earth. I lost track of him" Sudiro said with a glancing gaze on the streets of the elite housing complex where he lived.
"Why not try to find them?" ask Yayuk.
"Honestly, even after marrying Mama, Papa is still looking for their whereabouts. Not with any intention, it's just .. there is only a responsibility that Papa must fulfill for Dirga. Sorry, Ma. Sorry because Papa didn't tell Mama anything" Sudiro said.
"Then, why did he suddenly appear again?" Yayuk was still curious.
"This is destiny, Ma. Sometimes we are brought to something totally unexpected" said the man with long-sleeved batik. "So, that night Papa's car broke down. Suddenly a young man volunteered to help. Thereafter. Papa gave him a business card and took him to work at the company. Who would have thought because it turned out that young man was Dirga."
"Yes, Ma. Actually Astuti didn't come here to ask for material rights. He asked for help for others" Sudiro explained.
"What else?" ask Yayuk again.
"Dirga wants to get married soon, but her boyfriend comes from a rich family" Sudiro explained.
Yayuk finally understood where the conversation was going. However, the event he will attend with Sudiro will soon begin, forced Yayuk must end this conversation, "Pa, we should talk about this later. Now let's go, it's not good to be late" Astuti said after seeing the timepiece on his wrist.
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The night is gone with the changing color of the sky. Today the production activities in Sudiro-owned companies are deliberately closed. Only staff and permanent employees are allowed to attend small events organized by Sudiro, because there are some achievements of such a large company lately.
Dirga also attended the event. He came to the company early, because he did not want to be late even though this was not part of the job. The sweet young man entered the hall where the event was held. He was looking for a comfortable place for her. Of course the young man chose a place that was behind, considering here he was the new staff.
Time has just passed. One by one company employees began to come to fill the hall. Seen the owner of this company was already present thereโSudiroโthe middle-aged man circulated his gaze to look for the figure of the young man who had filled his mind since last night.
"It turns out that he was there" Sudiro murmured after finding Dirga in the corner of the hall with the rest of the staff. The middle-aged man stepped foot into the place to meet Dirga.
"Good morning, Mr. Sudiro," said several employees who were there, including Dirga.
"Good morning." Sudiro commented on the thin smile when answering the greetings of employees. However, his eyes focused on Dirga.
"This is the first company event you attended, yes, Ga." Sudiro tries to talk to Dirga.
"Yes, Sir. This is the first company event I attended. I am very happy to be allowed to attend this event." replied Dirga in a polite manner. They both talked about some unimportant things. Sudiro's attitude remains as usual, full of authority.
Though the truth is, Sudiro was eager to hug the sweet young man. His heart rumbled as he held back the haru taste as he looked at the face of the young man who was his flesh blood. Guilt and happiness blend into one until the middle-aged baby man no longer knows what to say.
"Sorry sir, the show is about to start. You have to give a welcome." Sudiro's assistant came over and told him the event was about to start.
A Master of Ceremony has opened the event. Several series of events have been described there, until a few seconds later Sudiro came to the stage to give a speech in this event.
A series of opening words had been conveyed by Sudiro in this event. He expressed his gratitude to all employees who have contributed to the progress of this company. Until at the end Sudiro said something that made everyone dumbfounded.
"In this happy occasion. I want to tell everyone who is here. I would like to introduce our accounting staff named Dirga Aditya. He is my son." Sudiro pointed at Dirga who was in the corner of the room. Of course, the young man was surprised by Sudiro's confession.
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