The Pledge of the Ingkar
IYI 15'S

For some reason today Zoya felt so unsettled, the shadow about Liam always teased her, she did intend to not think about Liam and Wulan at all. But he couldn't just ignore them either. Since childhood, Zoya has always been easy to care for others, that is why, it is very difficult for her to ignore Liam and Wulan. Moreover, Zoya already considers Wulan as a substitute mother for her.

Because Wulan and her husband had been so kind to take care of her after Zoya's parents were gone. So it is natural that Zoya considers both of them as the second parents in her life. Despite their relatively remote location, Wulan and her husband have been visiting Zoya regularly, but not in recent months after their son William was in an accident.

Wulan is a person who plays a direct role in his life. Because Wulan was the one who helped her a lot after the departure of her parents. It was also what made him feel so guilty about ignoring Wulan. Moreover, he had purposely changed his mobile number just so that Wulan did not continue to contact him.

It turned out that this unease that Zoya was experiencing, was clearly visible on her face. So that one of the employees and his friend asked what Zoya felt at this time.

“What's up? Why do you look worried?” ask Uci who saw Zoya's strange gurgle today.

“It's okay. I just feel a little dizzy. I'll rest now. You guys just continue the work.” Zoya immediately headed for her room that was there.

When she was in her room, Zoya was just pensive. I don't know why he feels anxious. But he did not know what made him feel so uneasy right now. He tried to shift his mind by reading books, so that he could kill his time a little. Unfortunately, that didn't calm him down.

Until finally the daydream Zoya broke because of the call on her phone. Zoya sees Damar's name there. Zoya thinks, whether she should raise the call or not, until she finally decides to pick it up.

“Halo, Mas,” said after picking up a phone call from Damar.

“Zoya, are you okay? I heard from your employees, if you feel unwell now,” said Damar who sounded very worried.

“I'm fine. No need to worry about me.” Zoya is happy that Damar is worried about her, but Zoya also feels bad for Damar.

“How are you doing? How do you feel now?” asked Damar who still sounded so anxious.

“Mas, I'm fine. I'm just a little dizzy. That'sthat's all. Nothing serious. I just need a little rest now.” Zoya is feeling increasingly bad for Damar right now. Because Zoya just needs some alone time right now.

“Are you sure?” Damar feels that Zoya is trying to cover something from him.

“Iya, Mas. Never been this sure.” Zoya insists that she is okay.

“Zoya, is something bothering you? You can tell me everything.” For some reason, Damar feels that Zoya is hiding something from him.

“Nothing I'm hiding from you, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired and need some rest, Mas" replied Zoya who did not want to involve Damar in this matter. Because Damar and himself have nothing but friendship.

 “Zoya, I trust you. All right, well, have a rest. May you heal soon. See you Zoya,” said Damar because he knew that Zoya was still giving distance between the two of them.

“Bye to you, Mas.” Zoyassoon hung up the phone call between the two of them. After that he re-thought of Liam and Wulan's request..

Zoya ponders for a long time, until she finally decides to concern herself with the new beauty trends. Because following the trend in all things is clearly very beguuna to always make his store not outdated.

At the very least, this could distract Zoya from all the problems plaguing her current mind. Zoya loves the fashion world. So that he will forget many things while studying what he likes so far. This is one of the things that can make Zoya feel happy.

***

She wants someone else to take sincere care of her child, and Wulan always thinks that only Zoya meets these criteria. Actually Wulan had long wanted Zoya to be her daughter-in-law, but Liam had other options, and since Wulan and her husband had never forced their will on Liam even if they did not like their son's choice, they did not like their son's choice, but after learning that Renata is not a sincere woman to Liam, Wulan seeks a way to drive Renata away from her son's life.

Now Wulan wants to realize her desire to make Zoya her daughter-in-law. He only had to persuade the girl he had loved and cared for so long to become Liam's companion.

***

In the afternoon, Damar again contacted Zoya to invite him to go enjoy the atmosphere in their city mumpung day so bright and friendly. Zoya, who has a lot of problems, finally decides to go with her. It seemed that seeing the scene would be good enough to dispel the discomfort he had been feeling since.

After a long journey, finally Damar stopped at a tourist spot. Zoya who saw him instantly sparkled with pleasure. He had not expected that he would see such a beautiful scene before his eyes.

“How? Do you like?” asked Damar when he saw Zoya who was so cheerful and seemed amazed by the scenery presented before them.

“Very like. Thank you, Mas.” Zoya says her admiration enthusiastically.

“I'm happy if you like, Zoya.” Because for her to see Zoya's happiness, is all that matters.

Zoya breathed in the ambient air that still felt so fresh. As well as the view of the flower garden that is so soothing to the heart. It relaxes him instantly. All the burden of thought that had disturbed him just disappeared. He seems to think too much.

Damar who saw Zoya who closed her eyes while breathing fresh air, could only be stunned at the natural beauty that Zoya had. Damar likes all the simplicity of Zoya so far. Because Zoya is always honest with what is on her.

“Mas, I don't know what to say to you, but I'm very grateful, because you've taken me to such a beautiful place. Today I was thinking about many things, but I couldn't tell anyone. Including you, not because I don't believe you, but, I just feel that this is so personal to me. I hope you can understand, Mas.” Zoya says what happened to her after calming down for a while, after enjoying the scenery.

“I see, I won't force you to tell me everything, Zoya. As long as you feel comfortable and want to give your smile to me, that is enough for me. If you feel your problem is so heavy, try to calm your mind for a moment, so you can find a solution with a cool head, Zoya.” Although feeling a little disappointed, but Damar realized, that everyone has privacy that he can not share with others.

“Thank you for understanding me, Damar. You are a good friend. I'm lucky to know you and spend time with you.” Zoya says everything without a burden. Because at this time, he could not consider Damar more than that.

“Yes, I understand, although I expect our relationship to be more than that, but I know, if we haven't been close enough. I'll wait for you, Zoya.” Damar said everything in a tone of disappointment.

“I'm sorry, Mas. But you are my only male friend. You were the closest man to me all this time. I'm not an easy person to open my heart to, Mom. But I gave you the chance to be close to me. All I need is time to change the feelings in my heart for you. I just don't want you to expect more from me, because I don't know what the future holds, Damar. I hope you understand me.” Zoya can't let Damar expect too much of her. Because he was afraid, he would not be able to give what Damar wanted from him.

“I understand, Zoya. I will wait for time to bring your heart to me. We'd better get back now, 'cause it's gonna be night soon. I don't want you to fall sick because you are too tired and exposed to the night wind,” invite Damar to her. Because their time has run out to enjoy the scenery.

After traveling for almost an hour, Zoya finally reached her shop. The smile on Zoya's face disappeared after arriving there. Zoya does not expect that she will meet the person she has been avoiding for the past month.

“Tante Wulan!” he said with a real surprise.