
The gray cloud had not disappeared above the horizon. For days neither the stars nor the moon have come out of hiding.
The air was getting colder and the wind was blowing slowly. The situation makes people prefer to be at home to enjoy time with family.
Not much different from the others, Ashraf's extended family held a meeting again. They sit on a rectangular dining table enough for each member of the family.
The dishes served there are appetizing. Some of the servants seemed busy preparing everything for the masters.
As if there was a big day, they cooked up a sumptuous meal with the best ingredients. The aroma of the cooking was increasingly making the stomach rumble.
However, they still maintain the sense of not just eating right away. There are many rules that need to be passed to make it look polite.
When Ashraf's eldest invited them to eat, the sound of spoons and forks echoed there.
"Why are you taking your model again, where's your wife?" ask one of the family members to withdraw attention.
Everything leads to Zidan enjoying his smoked meat. He looked up to notice one by one family member.
He realized it was not good to let Kirana go home after helping her. She invites Kirana to dinner with her family.
Seeing the arrival of Basima and Mega seemed happy, different from Ayana and Zidan was quite aware of it.
"Ah, A-Ayana, she-"
"Surely the woman was busy again. Why did he never care about his own family? Does he not know if today is the anniversary of your grandfather's death?" sambar Mega fast.
"Women usually humiliate their families. Without thinking about her husband's feelings, she never really loved you, Zidan. Why keep a woman like that?" Basima also chimed in.
"Had not need to make things worse. Maybe Ayana can't come.. Because it's really busy, isn't it Zidan?" the father defended.
Zidan just nodded trying to hold back the emotions. He himself did not know where his wife was going, all the way he tried to contact Ayana, but the woman did not answer a single call.
If he explained the situation like that, then the situation there would be even more heated.
Worries, worries, and fears continue to bully themselves. Zidan had no idea what Ayana was doing out there.
He cannot imagine what happened, considering Ayana already knows who is behind the death of her parents.
His heart whispered softly, afraid that Ayana would do something beyond reason. However, he was still trying to realize that it was impossible for his wife to act rashly that harmed herself. Zidan knows enough about his current life partner.
Amidst the tension, the dining room door shifted slowly. The sound caught the attention of everyone there.
They were surprised to find Ayana Ghazella or Ghazella Arsyad standing up while developing a smile to all family members.
While squeezing her handbag handle, Ayana returned their gazes to fall on Kirana who was still holding Raima.
"Assalamu'alaikum everyone, sorry I came late," he said.
The moon bead was still looking at Kirana who was sitting right next to her husband. The rannum's lips are perfectly curved showing a different meaning.
His memory also turned to a moment ago where his meeting in V City was very interesting.
...***...
Ayana and Bening got up from the chair to find Ihsan actually coming there. The thirty-two-year-old man looked at them in turns.
"Yes me, it's good to see you again, Mr. Ihsan," Ayanas reply made Ihsan link a deep eyebrow.
"Who are you guys? What do you want from me? You have nothing to do with any of this" the story goes that he tried to put up a shield to protect himself.
Ayana and Bening looked at each other and grunted softly. The painter folded his hands in front of his chest and walked a few steps forward.
"Ihsan Rauf, the first son of Intan Rauf and Rayan Rauf, is the new mayor of City V. Graduating from a prestigious university abroad made his name soar. However, unfortunately one flaw he did, which was to have a daughter out of wedlock."
"Even he once betrayed his late fiancee Eliza Arsyad." Ayana grinned at the reaction of Ihsan who was silent like a chunk of ice.
"Who are you really? What are you going to come to me for, huh? Did you guys find out about me? Wh why? What's wrong with you guys?" Ihsan panicked that his US card was exposed to someone else who had never had any relationship with him.
"You have nothing wrong, but circumstances require you to deal with us. It's true, we've already found out who you really are, Mr. Ihsan. We came here wanting to ask for your help," replied Bening who was walking closer to him.
Upon hearing that, the two eyebrows firmly the mayor was back linked to each other. He looked back at Ayana and Bening alternately which there was no hint of hesitation in the look in his eyes.
"Help? What kind of help do you want?" askalanya.
"Easy, you just need to meet this woman and take over your daughter or... You have to testify to someone's crime twenty years ago" Bening replied again, holding up two photos that made Ihsan's iris round wide.
"W-what?" nervous to his surprise, the two women not only held his US card but actually clasped his life.
"She is Ayana Ghazella, Ghazella Arsyad. Does his last name remind you of someone? Ah, it was true that Ayana had mentioned her name," said Bening again.
Ihsan froze again while looking at Ayana again.
"I am the adopted son of the family of Arsyad, the successor of the figure of Eliza who will return the pain of my sister to you. All these years you've hurt Eliza who's been so sincere in loving and loving you."
"But two of his loved ones stabbed him in the back, until he died you guys kept in touch without any guilt." Ayana snorted violently looking fixedly at the figure before her. "And even worse, you have children together" Ayana explained once again.
Before meeting Ihsan in V City, he and Bening first went to Celia to find out more about their betrayal.
While crying, Celia told him everything she knew. Until he said the thing that made Ayana dumbfounded.
For years Celia kept that fact alone. He finds out who Ihsan Rauf is and gets evidence that points to his adopted son.
He was also surprised that everything was interconnected.
Ayana never thought everything could be in sync with each other. But that is the line God has prepared.
It is also increasingly profitable to dismantle all the rottenness of the rich in their country.
He could not continue to let the perpetrators roam just like that. He who bore her pain, Ayana who kept a heavy burden until finally had to live in the shadows of tears.
Clenching both hands, Ayana looked up again to find a pair of dark beads of the mayor.
"Twenty years ago, you were on the scene, right? Nakazima's company, is in the auspices of the Rauf family, isn't it? You are not a murderer, but... You are a living witness that elder Ashraf hid from being sniffed by no one."
"What do you mean?" tanya Ihsan still did not understand.
Hearing that Bening also immediately aired an astonishing recording. Ihsan looked towards the projector revealing a scene that instantly made his memory spin that day.
He closed his mouth and saw that which had passed for a long time.