The Marriage With D
The Part 16

At this time Ara was waiting for public transportation at the front stop of the hospital, because she was left alone by Dean he decided to go home.

He had contacted the head of his division and it turns out he had been asked for permission by Bima so, he could go straight home.

in the middle of waiting for public transport, a familiar black car stopped in front of the stop.

the car's glass door was opened by the driver who was really Bimo, the man leaned half his body towards the left window to say hello to Ara.

"where you going?" ask Bimo

"go home" answered Ara.

the tall man then got out of his car and approached Ara.

"i'm anterin, yuk" Bimo bargained as he opened the car door.

"thank you but, no need, I take public transportation, just a moment again there, too" Ara refused

"mending me anterine, than you've waited here long." Bimo tried to persuade. Ara was a little surprised, was that guy always good like this? He and Bimo are not very familiar either.

"that's okay, I took public transportation, anyways you must be busy," said Ara, again trying to refuse.

Bimo sighed hearing that "you're not comfortable if I drop off?" bimo asked with a fading smile on his face.

“not that, I just don't want to trouble you,” replied Ara feeling guilty.

“aku offers so, of course not a hassle,” reply Bimo while letting Ara get in the car. Though Ara has not agreed to the invitation of the man. Bimo will definitely feel embarrassed if Ara still kekeh does not want to come.

So, Ara decided to get into Bimo's car. The man closed the car door and walked quickly around the car, then sat behind the wheel.

“I'm concerned, about the incident that happened to your Papa company.” Bimo opened the chat after the speeding car left the stop.

Ara nodded while smiling wryly in response.

“how are you the same Dean?” bimo Langusung's question stole Ara's attention which had focused on watching the street in front of him. Bimo was seen poking his lips, feeling he had asked the wrong question.

“sorry, I'm just curious.” Bimo looks misbehaved after saying that, maybe he just wants to find chat material so that the atmosphere is not too awkward.

Ara felt that she should be more friendly to the man beside her, instead of being stiff and making Bimo feel clumsy, maybe they could be friends, among Dean's friends who knew of his relationship with Dean, only Bimolah was friendly and treated him well. It could be that Bimo can provide a way out of his problems with Dean, because of course Bimo knows Dean better than Ara.

Ara tried to smile towards Bimo, “as you know, she still hates me.” Finally, Ara decided to open up. After all Bimo knows everything that happens in their marriage.

“Dean is actually a good man,” said Bimo as he glanced at Ara, being stared at just staring blankly at the street in front of him.

“I already know Dean from us is still in our teens, second-class Junior High School if not wrong,” continued Bima. Ara listened as she imagined Dean, a teenager in a white-blue uniform.

“then he was sad, because his father married again. As I recall it was only two months after his mother died.” Ara's daydreams instantly froze hearing the facts she had just known.

Seeing ara so shocked Bimo was astonished “you do not know that aunt Ayana is stepmother Dean?” Bimo asked to make sure.

Ara shook her head with her mouth half-open, too dumbfounded that she was speechless. He's been married to Dean for almost a year and such an important fact he only knows now. What's wrong with him, it seems like he's too focused on himself to ignore his surroundings. That fact should be known from the document that contains the data about Dean. But he was negligent, all this time he had never heard another name referred to as Mother Dean other than Ayana. Dean's family is far more complicated than his own.

Ara rubbed her face with both hands, “Tante Ayana never told me. While Dean would definitely not tell.” Ara lowered her head, she did not know anything about Dean.

“The relationship between Dean and Aunt Ayana is not good, you could say Dean hates the existence of aunt Ayana as his stepmother.” Obviously Bimo.

Ara tried to recall the interaction between Ayana and Dean all this time. It makes sense if Bimo says Dean hates Aunt Ayana. Butwhy?

“but why did Dean hate him?” Ara asked, she did not feel Ayana was the bad stepmother type at all.

“as far as I know her, aunt Ayana is a good person,” continued Ara. He was still wondering how Dean could hate stepmother as well as Ayana.

Bima took a slow breath, stopped the car just behind the white line, in front of the red light “ I don't know if I can say this to you, but, I think you need to know, I think you need to know, before Aunt Ratna, her biological mother Dean died, Aunt Ayana and Om Josh were already in a relationship.” Bimo revealed new facts again, further making Ara stunned.

“But as long as I know them I never once heard that name, even Om Josh never discussed it at all,”

“no one knows Ara, Dean never told me anything about it, but one you should know, aunt Ayana is not as good as you think.” Bimo returned to drive the car, today the road is not too jammed, maybe because it is still daytime.

Ara was silent to Bimo's explanation, did she misjudge Ayana? The journey to the house felt very long for Ara. Her mind was filled with big questions about her husband's family, things she did not know about him.

Dean was always cold to Ayana, but Ara thought it was just a form of male rebellion because she was betrothed to him.

“if you need a story friend you can contact me, anytime,” said Bimo when Ara was about to get off the car. They arrived at Dean's house a while ago. Ara smiled “thank you,” he said then got off the car.

It seems that Ara does need a chatting friend like Bimo, she has to find out more about Dean and his family. Perhaps he could also find out why the man hated him.

After Bimo's car disappeared in a residential intersection, Ara reached into a bag looking for a fence key, it seems Dean did go straight back to the office after returning from the hospital.

Today it turned out to be much more exhausting for Ara, not just physically but emotionally as well. Luckily he was able to get home sooner today, he was able to rest. It should rearrange his already chaotic mind, aunty Ayana is not as good as you think, a warning sentence from Bimo again ringing in Ara's memory.

Tired of her thoughts Ara chose to lay herself on the sofa, Perhaps time could answer all the question marks on Ara's head, Dean and Ayana were two people who were equally important to her.