The Love I Don't Miss
Part 98 (60.59.58... )

"Indeed, since when was Zio close to the girl?" mama Shinta asked her son and daughter-in-law after lunch. While the children enter the play ground area.

"Kenzo doesn't know, either, Ma. Kenzo sees them together."

"What do you think Mama? is Mas Zio going to get better after remarrying?" ask Calina.

"Mama told him not to hurt women anymore. Enough of you who have been hurt in the household." replied Mama Shinta. "When he made a promise, Mama thought that what he said was an expression of earnestness in his heart."

"May their love be like the love of Mas Zio and Naura. Only death separates."

"Aamiin.." said Mama Shinta.

"May our love be the same. Only death can separate." said Kenzo joined the prayer, glancing meaningfully at the wife sitting beside him.

"Aamiin Oh my God." said Mama Shinta and Calina along with a sweet smile, because it was unexpected that Kenzo also proposed a do'a for his small family, when the wife prayed for another couple.

"But suppose, Zio is accepted or rejected?" mumble Mama Shinta chestnut.

"If according to Calina it looks like she will be accepted, Ma! Zahra also lives alone in her home. It was impossible if he did not want a companion in his life.

"Yes, Kenzo thinks the same. " Kenzo said as he grabbed Calina's hand and squeezed it gently.

"Hopefully our hope is true, huh?" mama Shinta said. "Actually Mama was the same Zio, she was just a kara. The younger brother's in the Mental Hospital and never healed..."

"Yes, Ma. Calina last visited him, and his condition is still the same as it used to be."

All seemed to sigh heavily imagining the position of Zio who did not have a family that could be made an excuse to go home.

"Hi!"

A familiar voice by Kenzo and Calina suddenly appeared from behind them. Both of them looked back, where the source of the sound came from.

"Say!" pekik Kenzo and Calina together.

"Yep!" gilang replied patting Big Brother on the shoulder and directly sitting next to him. "Hi, Auntie!" greet Gilang to Mama Shinta who is already very familiar with it.

"Yes, Gilang.."

If Kenzo's party had surprised Zio and Zahra, now they are shocked by the arrival of Gilang, with...

"What are you doing here?" ask Calina.

"Road - walk!"

Not to mention Kenzo and Calina's astonishment, all in instead focused with a girl who was behind Gilang. Which makes Calina and Mama Shinta glare with their mouths wide open. Not to mention the instant their brains jump due to seeing a very familiar face.

"Good day." said the woman who was none other than Kayla in a very gentle and polite voice.

"Si..siang.." replied Calina. "Zahra?" muttered Calina later. "But..."

Calina saw something that was not the same as Zahra. Zahra didn't wear clothes like this.

Kenzo himself was stunned when he saw Kayla who was very similar to Zahra. Kenzo had never seen Kayla in person. He only heard the story if Gilang liked the girl who was severely depressed.

In addition, Gilang has never once been seen bringing any girl before him, let alone his family. Including Kayla's own face that has never been shown in front of their parents.

"Sit here.." She pulled an empty chair beside her.

"Thank you." answered Kayla sitting in the chair.

"Don't you say, this isn't Zahra?" tanya Calina whispered in front of the chest of the husband to be heard Gilang. Because he did not see the reaction of knowing each other from the woman.

"This is Kayla!" Gilang pointed at Kayla who immediately smiled and nodded politely at all of them.

"Kaila?" asked Calina who was still very confused. How could Zahra have two.

He took a deep breath before explaining it to all of them.

"It's Kayla. She's Zahra's twin sister."

The three men looked towards Kayla. If Calina and Mama Shinta get a little choked up and shocked. Kenzo's reaction was flat, though he watched Kayla and mapped Kayla's face.

"Yes, Brother! my name is Kayla. I'm Zahra's twin sister." answered Kayla.

Calina nodded, "My name is Calina..." Calina introduced herself and was greeted with a smile by Kayla. "And this is my mother, her name is Mama Shinta."

"Greetings to Aunt Shinta." said Kayla.

"Yes, son Kayla." replied Mama Shinta kindly.

Well, up until here Calina has started to believe that they're twins. Because even though the faces were very similar, there was still something different from the two. Yes, sound. Kayla and Zahra's voices are a little different.

"Where do you know him?" ask Kenzo.

"He's the one I told you about, brother!" reply Gilang.

"You mean, he's the..." Kenzo did not continue his sentence, but he stared fixedly at Kayla's face. "He looks ordinary." he continued.

"Yes, you're right, brother! he's the one I told you about. And he was just a crazy temple" she replied glancing at Kayla with a smile that made Kayla immediately look down in embarrassment.

Kenzo turned to his sister and looked back at Kayla. "You're a psychiatrist, how do you not know about all that?"

"He was never really crazy, brother! and after that he was very good at acting." replied Gilang chuckling.

Kenzo said to his younger brother, "That means your science is not high!" kenzo mocked.

"Huhahah!" Gilang chuckled.

"Your thesis must have bought!"

"Just kid! no!" sahut Gilang did not accept being considered cheating about his graduation as a psychiatrist.

"So you know we're here from Zahra?" calina asked to talk.

"Ooh..." Calina nodded in understanding. "We also came without telling them."

"Where are they now?" ask Gilang.

"We want to give Zahra and Zio time to clarify their relationship" Calina replied. "So we bring the children to be with us."

"Oh..." Gilang nodded in understanding. "So Zahra was being close to one of my brother's subordinates!" say Gilang to Kayla.

"Oh.." answered Kayla nodded in understanding. "I don't care, the important thing is that he's a good guy and doesn't like to hurt women." continued Kayla who always hopes the twin brothers get the best match.

And what Kayla said made Calina and Mama Shinta involved in looking at each other. Of course, in their hearts they prayed that Zio would really change and become a good husband for Zahra.

***

Locking a woman's crazy body in the pool, Zio's heart feels like it's pumped by a special machine. Very fast and terrible effect. Until the beat can be felt clearly by Zahra's back that sticks with his chest perfectly.

Making use of the time given by Kenzo to him, Zio chose to move quickly before the children again found them, in the same status. Alias is not certain.

"Nobody will know that we're not lovers..." Zio again hissed as Zahra was about to return to rebellion. I hope the woman will give a definite answer sooner.

"The answer to my question, Zahra.." whispered Zio in a trembling voice. He was very serious about marrying Zahra, and made her his wife and mother to his children.

"Will you marry me?" ask Zio for the umpteenth time. "Please.give me the answer now, Zahra.." whispered Zio by tightly clutching the woman's body.

It can be heard by Zahra, if Zio speaks with all his heart. As if what is revealed is real and a true sincerity.

"Please.." beg Zio for the umpteenth time.

Zahra who has been digested so many sentences of petition by Zio can only take a deep breath to neutralize the pounding in the chest. Not to mention his breathing since then as if almost exhausted due to Zio's soul-shaking embrace, and tore down his faith.

"Zahra.." whispered Zio back right in Zahra's ears wet with pool water. "If in a minute you're still silent, that means your answer is no."

Zio chose to take the quick way. Before the time to be both is up. Though he doesn't know when Kenzo will bring the kids back to him.

"60...59...58..."

Zio was counting down second by second that was running. Making Zahra's chest more and more kembis.

"47...46...45..."

One minute is not a long time. But this time for Zio it felt very long and stifling. Even as if it erodes his 34 years.

"38...37...36..."

Zio continued to count down, until the contents of Zahra's head became heavier. Accepted fear of not being able to give life as desired by the man. Remembering he had heard that Zio felt Naura was a very perfect woman in Zio's eyes, and was deeply loved even though she could not have children.

He was afraid that he would not be able to become like a Naura Azalea.

If rejected, fear that he will regret it. Because actually he feels very comfortable when close together like this. He also admired how perfect a Zio Alvaro was in his eyes.

"20...19...18..."

Whisper Zio with a rumbling chest. The count is almost over, but the woman is still a thousand languages silent. It was as if what he had said since then was just the wind.

"11.10...Zahra.." lirih Zio felt almost give up, because Zahra was still silent and frozen.

"7.6..." Zio's spirit began to fall along with the smaller the number he hit. Zio began to loosen his sturdy hand that was holding the woman.

"5..4.." Zio's hand slowly took off Zahra's hand which he locked. Even now one hand Zio began to move leaning on the edge of the kola. The other hand was beside his body.

"3..." Zio began to pull back his body so as not to stick to the back of the woman who apparently did not want him.

Sighing heavily, it was extremely heavy as he mentioned the number, "2..."

Removed Zio's heart which turns out his love is not reciprocated. It'sit's okay. Perhaps Zahra was not the woman God sent to replace Naura in her life. Although God sent Zahra to replace Naura in the company Adhitama Group.

"Alright, Zahra... I'm sorry I was so obsessed with you.. Let's just say what I said never happened. Consider today we are indeed on vacation together, because our children know each other. Not for anything special.." - Zio, who had stood a step behind Zahra.

He did not want to mention the number one, because he still hoped the count had not been completed. Let all be buried with hope that only hope remains. God and Zahra decide everything. Only God knows. Maybe he has not been given a replacement for Naura for now.

Alright, Zio had already cried twice over the woman who had left his life. He no longer wanted to cry for another woman who turned out not to have feelings for him. It was enough to cry for the two women who had loved him in the past.

"Maybe this is karma to me for hurting Calina for over a year" she said.

While Zahra, the woman was still frozen in the position that did not shift at all.

"You want us to ride the slide again?" bargain flat-pitched Zio forced. Burying all the disappointment with a face that pura - pura ordinary course. Do not want to make the atmosphere that was originally full of laughter become awkward again. And back to the foreigner.

I don't want to, like not to like. They are colleagues at work. There is no reason to avoid each other.

"I really want to play the slide again... But..." Zahra did not look back, not daring to look into the eyes of Zio who was either angry, or still the same as before. Or maybe even Zio's gaze is now just flat.

Zio stared fixedly at Zahra's face which was visible from the side. Although the count ran out which meant the girl refused. In his heart he could still get a satisfying answer from a Zahra.

"But why?" ask Zio curiously.

"I..."

Giddy and very slowly, Zahra began to move, turning her body towards Zio who was standing upright at the back.

Zahra's head was still down, but her heart was pounding. The decision he will make is a big one. Decisions that determine the future of him and his son.

As a mother, Zahra wants the best for her child. He also wants the child to have a father who can protect him later. But the problem is, the man who is approaching him is not just any man.

In addition to his boss, also because the boss has high taste. A class of Naura Azalea, considered Zahra as too high a benchmark. Although he had never seen it in person, but the photos he had seen social media and stories from people around, was enough to describe what the figure of Naura.

"I'm sorry, sir..."

Zahra looked down deeper. Zio stared more and more at Zahra's face. The apology Zahra spoke as an opening of a rejection by Zahra, for the love he proposed.

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