The Promise You Make
56. Past times

"Om, how are you?" greet Adisti while kissing the back of the middle-aged man's hand.

"good. When are you arriving?" ask Edwin back.

"Just now, Om."

"Why are you guys talking here? Let's go in for lunch, too, ready" said Vira, who had just arrived.

Adisti and Edwin followed the girl to the Dining room. They enjoy the dishes on the table, everything also tastes so delicious that it does not feel the food runs out quickly. Edwin tried to get his nephew to talk, there were many things he wanted to ask. Moreover, they had not met for long. Vira just kept listening.

"How are you doing?" ask Edwin to Adisti.

"Thank God, everything is good, Om. How about your own business?"

"smoothly too. Hopefully, our efforts will be more advanced and can create jobs for people out there, who need work. Isn't that also the purpose of setting up a boutique? You have the efforts of both your parents."

Adisti smiled, Edwin always knew what his goal was. "In addition to that reason, I also want to channel hobbies. I really like fashion."

"You're very lucky, Adisti, to achieve your goals. I also like fashion, but papa is very forbidding me and forcing me to continue his business" said Vira with a frown.

"Honey, besides you who else will inherit Papa's business?"

"Her late father Adisti also has a business, but Adisti can still achieve his goals. Why can't I?"

"Have, you don't ask too many questions, these are all for your future. A father won't knock his son."

"Yes, yes, I know," said Vira with annoyance. It's always the reason he protests.

After finishing lunch, Vira and Adisti tidy up the dining table, while Edwin went to the side garden of the house. The man wanted to contact his assistant to finish the unfinished work. There were some files that he just left behind. Fortunately Edwin had a reliable person on the job, not too difficult as well to set up.

Adisti who was finished in his work was soon to meet Edwin who was in the park. He deliberately wanted to reminisce about the past, as well as asking a lot of things to his uncle, the two had also not met for a long time.

"Eh, you, Dis. I thought you were busy with Vira. Yes, come sit down!" edwin said when he saw his nephew. He also made room for Adisti to sit next to him.

Adisti did not waste much time and immediately followed his omnya orders. In this park the air is so cool, the view of various flowers also spoil the eyes. It's worth it if he prefers to spend time in this place, that's what Vira said earlier.

"What do you mean? Did what?"

"I think Om must have understood what I meant so, I don't need to explain it in detail."

Edwin looked at his nephew with a frown. "But Om really doesn't know what you mean."

"Oh, like that, but I feel that Om already knows and just pretends not to know. All right then, let me explain, let's make things clear. Why did Om work with Bryan to kidnap me? Why would Om want to harm me? What's my fault?" Adisti stared at the man beside her with an injured look.

The real culprit was Edwin. That disappointed Adisti. All this time the woman had considered her om like her biological parents, but who would have thought if Edwin could do that. Inwardly he also wondered, whether Vira was also involved in the kidnapping or not.

Edwin himself fell silent after hearing the sentence that came out of Adisti's lips. He did not expect his nephew to know about it, but he thought his nephew knew nothing. Moreover, Bryan also said that Adisti did nothing. Of course make him calm because the action is covered.

"Why shut up, Om? Don't you want to defend yourself? I've loved Om so much like my own real parents, but I didn't expect Om to be able to do that to me. What wrong? If there's something wrong in me, why don't Om say it directly, so I can figure out my mistake and try to change. You don't have to commit a crime like this. Grandpa and grandma will also be disappointed to see all this because Om has been the son of their pride. Of course Om did not forget about it, even my papa was always left out because grandfather and grandmother praised the greatness of Om," said Adisti with teary eyes.

Already Adisti tried to look tough and fine in front of his omnya. He did not want to look weak so that later it would not be easy to be pierced again, but still tears just flowed. Moreover, the man in front of him had always been the focus of his life. Whenever there was a problem, Adisti often told him, but now it was Edwin who caused problems in his life.

Who would have thought it would be like this. Adisti never imagined this. What Edwin did hurt him as a child. If time could be turned, he would rather not know who the perpetrator of his abduction was at that time.

"As a father, I would do anything for my daughter's happiness. I would never let anyone hurt him. Even if my mom and dad are disappointed in me, I don't have a problem. As long as my daughter is happy that's enough because that's what all the parents on this earth will do."

Adisti frowned, completely clueless as to the meaning of Edwin's sentence.

"Daughter of Om's happiness? The vira? What does Om mean by Vira's happiness and kidnapping? Did Vira want it or did Vira plan all that?" adisti asked with a pounding chest, afraid that what he thought was the reality.

"You don't just draw conclusions. Vira has nothing to do with what happened to you yesterday."

Adisti heaved a sigh of relief, it turned out that his mind was wrong. "Then what do the words mean that, Om will do anything for the sake of Om's daughter? Though at this time we are talking about the kidnapping that Bryan did on Om's orders."

"Don't you remember what you did to Vira a few years ago?" edwin asked who Adisti's arm answered doubtfully. "You trust your friend more and remove Vira from your life, even though Vira has been very kind to you. He just wants to have a brother so he's very protective of you. Whenever anyone wants to hurt you, he'll stand up front to defend you, but look what you gave him? You even accuse him of being a no-no and prefer to defend your friend and that makes Vira hurt. For days he locked himself in his room. Every day he cried because he lost his brother. Finally he decided to go out of town and live with me in this town."

Adisti heard it. He did not expect that what he considered trivial turned out to be very hurtful to his cousin. The woman thought Vira really wanted to stay with her father to live outside the city. Who knows if it was due to misunderstanding.

"Om sure I knew I was emotional at the time. I'm not really mad at Vira. Besides, I also explained everything at that time by phone. Vira has forgiven me too."