THE FORMER SHADOW
29. For Poppy

"OK.. Give me a chance Auntie, I. I will continue," Arshaka said. Arshaka had trouble swallowing his own saliva. He imagined how Poppy would react.

Poppy screeched, shaking in disbelief. "Wish you to come back?" poppy asked, "Oh, not Shaka. You made all my plans fall apart!" hardik Poppy pointed at Arshaka furiously.

Arshaka tried to be calm and flat. "What are the advantages of Hafez, Auntie?" ask Arshaka. He suspects Hafez was assigned to approach his ex-wife, the man is not as sincere as Badrina imagined.

"Your job failed, Arshaka." Poppy laughed wryly, "Hafez must have been able to fix it and got what I wanted" Poppy said.

Arshaka's hands were tightly clenched. He was not prepared for Hafez to replace him for Badrina for Poppy's sake. He was not a good and holy man either, but the more he came here he did not want anything bad to happen to the mother of his daughter.

"By marrying Badrina to Hafez?" He asked for something he didn't expect.

"Of course, honey," said Poppy. The woman walked closer to Arshaka.

Looking at his fingers adorned with expensive nail polish, Poppy said, "Tante doesn't want this hand dirty to get something, Auntie needs someone else to make it happen."

Poppy shouts Arshaka, "Eight-year-old Aunt waiting for your assignment to be done, what did Auntie get? You even have a child from him. Ah... Arshaka you're too late," Poppy grumbled rolling her eyes while sniffing her shoulders.

Arshaka was eager to beat up this middle-aged woman before him. He insulted the fruits of his marriage to Badrina. Indeed, at that time they made an agreement so that Arshaka should not have children from Badrina because it will be the length of his business.

However, Arshaka did not obey him. Oh no! Arshaka does not hold himself back because Badrina, the innocent woman of tiu, has become his wife.

"Don't get Canta in this, Auntie!" spray Arshaka beaver.

Poppy flicked her palm at Arshaka's face, "If in the first three years of marriage you could put her in a state of mental disorder, Auntie would now not need Hafez's help! Aunty orders Hafez to reach the target for Badrina to take the step of ending her own life," Poppy growled in a low whispering voice so that no one would know, except the two of them.

Arshaka stared in surprise at Poppy, "Tante, that's too far!" Arshaka does not calm down to hear Poppy's madness on Badrina, his own niece.

"As for Canta, please take care of yourself if Badrina finally leaves this world for good. That's his own wish" Poppy whispered.

Arshaka shook his head, "Canta, still need Badrina, Auntie. Don't do it," Arshaka recalled firmly with teary eyes hearing Poppy's evil plans. Arshaka imagines her son living without a mother, which is very sad.

Poppy laughed out loud for a moment and stopped. "It's you alone, from the beginning we agreed on your marriage without children," Poppy pressed with a slanted smile as she walked away toward the stairs.

"I won't let Auntie do that!" arshaka shouted furiously then turned around and walked back to the exit.

Poppy turned her body rapidly towards Arshaka. With a glare of hatred he shouted, "Will Aunt tell Badrina, you took care of a foreign woman and a little boy, oh...is that your son, Arshaka?" Poppy chuckled and clapped her hands, while Arshaka's steps came to a halt. "Ah. had Badrina known, it might have accelerated her to mental breakdown. Yes, the most fatal ..," said Poppy, shaking her hand to the neck. "Hafez doesn't need to be on duty and Auntie doesn't spend a lot of money paying for it. Ohhh... Aunty can't wait for your move against Auntie, Arshaka!" poppy exclaimed loudly and turned her back to walk up the stairs to her room above.

"Tante doesn't know anything about that!" arshaka spray. Poppy continued walking while waving her hand without looking back.

Getting into the car and driving his car at moderate speed, Arshaka hit his wheel. He cursed out for Poppy and himself.

Arshaka does not yet have the ability to reveal everything clearly to anyone, especially to his ex-wife. If he opens the secret of Poppy, then he will be dragged along.

Badrina will hate him even more.

Poppy is the type of person who justifies every means to get his wish. Since the death of Badrina's father, Badrina's mother was no longer welcome in her father's family until she passed away at the age of two, in a state of depression.

Badrina never got the affection of a mother, because at the age of six months he had been taken care of by Poppy because of the condition of his mother is not possible to undergo the role of parenting. Badrina's mother was under the supervision of a mental doctor.

Arshaka who from the beginning was offered cooperation to make Badrina mentally disturbed willingly comply with Poppy's request with the lure of wealth and office.

Throughout the marriage, he was ordered not to pay attention to his wife. Just a formality Arshaka directs Badrina to the mental doctor so that he also knows whether there is progress from his plan to make Badrina a disorder through a doctor's diagnosis.

As time passed, Arshaka did not focus on the plan of his cooperation with Poppy, he wanted a proper marriage. Despite this, Arshaka still remained unconcerned towards Badrina. The reference offered to Badrina was nothing more than the desire to make Cantara happy.

Arshaka arrives at a place, he gets out of the car and asks the guard for permission to enter to meet the owner of the house.

Anxiety within brought him to this house.

Not so patient, he walked back and forth waiting for the owner of the house. He intends to ask for help so that Poppy's interest in sacrificing Badrina will never happen. He has to move faster than Poppy.

"Shaka, ah. lo don't bother me how, anyway?" ask the man who has been wearing sleeping clothes, but this is still not too late.

"Danish, I need your help," he said, pulling Danish's hand to sit on the couch. They both face each other.

Danish commented smiling, "Lo need what from me?" he said it looked so sweet, glancing at his hand which was still held by Arshaka.

Arshaka followed the Danish line of sight, and soon he slammed Danish's hand. "Ck, erase your mind," Arshaka pointed at Danish head.

Arshaka translates a smile of a million Danish meanings while punching his friend's arm.

"Aw.. sick tofu. Tell me what kind of help do you need from me?" ask with a serious look. "Lo's here, not borrowing money from me, is he?" search Danish observing his co-worker.

"Gue want you to decetin Badrina -"

"WHAT!"