The Substitute Bride of my Best Friend
Shaka, Wait for Me to Come Home

Shaka yawned wide with his arms stretched out. His clothes were not well arranged, his shirt buttons were not attached regularly making him like a husband who was never taken care of by his wife.

"Oh my goodness .. Can I fall asleep here?" shaka rubbed his eyes. Slowly Shaka took a short breath, threw it away again and did the same thing several times until his consciousness fully recovered.

"My throat feels so dry. I'd better just go straight into the apartment." Shaka immediately picked up the bag that was placed next to the steering wheel. However, he forgot to take his mobile phone which accidentally fell last night. Once out of the car with the hair that has not been tidied up in the slightest makes Shaka like an abandoned person out there.

"Saka? That you?" Rini did not blink looking at her son. He barely recognized Shaka if the man hadn't gotten out of his car. Shaka sighed, scrambling his hair becoming increasingly irregular.

"What's going on?" Rini rubbed Shaka's face with her handkerchief. "Why can you be this bad? Is it because Zahira left, heh?" The woman flicked Shaka's forehead slowly. The youngest just grimaced softly, not sick, but it felt unfair because Rini said that he was like this because of Zahira.

Shaka said, "Iih ... Mamma. Sick knows! Just play!" His hand rubbed a forehead that did not hurt.

"So, you sleep in the car. Buy an expensive apartment, free if in the end even sleep in the car. You better sell your apartment" protested Rini.

Shaka twirled the eyeballs lazily. I actually want to sell the apartment because it holds a lot of bitter memories, but not now. Wait until my savings are collected again, then buy a new residence that has a yard so that my children can play freely in the park. Imagining it all made the corners of her lips pull upwards. It must have been very pleasant to have a child, his own flesh and blood. In the heart of hope that he will be given the mandate to hold twins with Zahira.

Seeing the prince smile for no reason, made Rini become negative. "Shaka, what are you thinking, son? Don't tell me you've been crazy since Rara left."

"Ma, stop it! Mama what the hell is so her own son's mind," complained Shaka. "I didn't think of anything!" apparently because he did not want Rini to be more excited if he knew his desire to have children with Zahira.

Rini snorted annoyed. "Well, if you don't think of anything, we'd better get in. You don't realize that you have been the center of attention since looking like a gem? Just left ten days your life so messy, especially if until Rara so suing for divorce can mess your life, son."

Shaka did not answer Rini's words. Without being asked, he first let his mother into the apartment lobby. Handing over the car keys to the apartment clerk to park his car in the basement.

When she first entered Shaka's apartment, the woman's eyes swept across the room. The state of the apartment is still the same as before, nothing has changed.

"Why did you come here?"

"Based on disrespectful children, what do you want Mama here! It's not that Mama can't visit the child's own house," snorted Rini annoyed.

Rini sat down on the sofa, then she said again, "Mama just wants confirmation, are you really taking Ziva's case?"

Shaka massaged the temple which was in pain all of a sudden. Just as she wants to forget the events of last night, Rini-sang mama instead returns to remind her of her misfortune of reuniting with Ziva.

Seeing Shaka's movements, Rini finally switched the conversation between them. "Forgot what Mama said. Oh yeah, Rara's coming back from Cianjur in the afternoon, so you'll pick her up at the hospital?"

Shaka checks the date on his phone. "Ah, fortunately Mama reminded me, she would be angry if I didn't pick her up."

"You're still young and forgetful!" raini Cibir. "Before you pick up Zahira, you want to take a shower first. Your body stinks. Want to meet the pujaan kok do not use fragrances anyway." Arumi's best friend blinked one eye, teasing her youngest child.

Shaka kisses her body, but it doesn't smell that bad until Rini has to fan her hand. The lawyer got up to take a shower, his body was also sultry and sick from sleeping in the car.

"Based on the boy" grumbled Rini quietly. He started to take out some of his luggage. Bring a sandwich of smoked meat for a beloved child.

"It seems that Shaka does not want to talk about Ziva, I better let him tell me himself," muttered Rini as she arranged the food on the dining table.

Half an hour later, Shaka finished the shower and put on new clothes. He was wearing a short-sleeved plain shirt and knee-length color pants. The little towel is still on the right shoulder.

"Well, now it's fragrant. Come on, breakfast first," take Rini to her son. Shaka's performance was much better than before. The scent of shampoo and perfume wafted out simultaneously into the air, tickling Rini's sense of smell.

"Yes, Ma." Shaka looked at Rini. The two smile at the same time as Shaka shows the sandwich in front of Rini. "Well, you know I'm gonna eat this, take a lot, ma?"

Rini nodded. He showed the box that had been prepared specifically for Shaka.

"Oh, yeah." Shaka stopped chewing. His brows rose next to him with a confused look at Rini. "What's the story about Ziva?" keep the guy.

Rini nodded again. This time it was stronger. "Papa know you must be uncomfortable when close to the woman so Papa asked Mama to come here to ask about your situation. Ever since you reunited with Ziva, you've been moody and uninspired."

"Yes, but it's nothing. Rice has become porridge and I also accept Ziva's request despite feeling trapped by Irhan," said Shaka while eating breakfast.

Rini took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. It was already possible to guess that there was someone behind Ziva until the woman could get close to Shaka again.

"If you may know what Ziva's case is about, son?"

Shaka shook off his shirt. The sudden atmosphere was very hot for him, more precisely hot when discussing Ziva. "Fraud case. Papa must have told Mama, right?" Shaka noticed the look on Rini's face and could interpret her mother already knew from Rio.

Shaka exhaled a rough breath. "I just follow the lawyer's code of conduct and work like a lawyer against a client, nothing more."

"Lantas, why are you like this? Something must have happened between you and that Magic Grandma, right?"

Shaka waved his hand. "We don't have to talk about that anymore, Ma. I'm really in no mood to keep talking about it anymore."

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Zahira stared at the view from the room he had been staying in Cianjur. Sometimes the woman gets upset. Her mood has not been good since she decided to contact Shaka early and until now there was no reply from her husband.

"Is Shaka angry with me for going to Cianjur?" mummified Zahira. Then, he shook his head. "Aah .. is not possible. Didn't he himself give me permission even though there are some conditions that must be met before leaving."

Zahira looked back at the screen of her phone. Her hands itched wanting to press Shaka's number and make a phone call. "Tell him if he doesn't get my phone call! Wait ... Is he busy? Why have I been so agitated like this since I was far away from Shaka."

Teed heard the knock on the door three times to divert Zahira's mind about Shaka. He breezed to the front door and pulled the curtains before letting the person across the street in.

"Why did Doctor Nizam come here? Was there something important to get him to see me?" Not wanting to guess, Zahira opened the door. Nizam stood gallantly in front of the door.

"Is there anything urgent, Doc?" ask Zahira.

"Ehm there's no shit." Currently Nizam was wearing casual clothes. The scent of perfume wafted in the air, the neat hairdo showing clearly that the man had taken a bath.

"Then?"

Nizam grinned like a fool, when he remembered something. "Well yeah, he said before going home we were called to-"

"I already know that," cut Zahira quickly. "Is there anything else besides that?" Appealing and neat, it is impossible if you just want to convey a message from the chairman of the committee. That was what Zahira had in mind at the moment.

"Look, Doctor Zahira. I'd like to take a walk to the park with you but take it easy we're not just the two of you. There's Doctor Hanna too."

Zahira looked at Nizam with a probing gaze. Make sure that the man is not lying to him. "Oh .. So Dr. Hanna's coming along too."

Nizam scratched his nape, puzzled by Zahira's intentions. "You don't like it when he's with us?"

Zavira chuckled while shaking her head. "Doctor Nizam is apparently insensitive. Yes, I'll go with you. First, I'll catch up."

"okay!"

Zahira ends up being just a 'mosquito repellent' between Nizam and Hanna, both of whom are huddled in a corner of the park. Zahira was not disturbed by it, she was happy because finally there was another girl who approached Nizam. Hope this is the beginning for the man to get his happiness.

"Doctor!" Hanna exclaimed from behind her. Zahira waved and the colleague ran towards Shaka's wife. "Doctor, will you go to the hospital first?"

"Yes. It just so happened that there was a file left there and Doctor Nizam had to take a night shift so we stopped by the hospital first." Zavira smiled faintly.

Suddenly Hanna's face looked gloomy. A gray cloud enveloped his face.

"Do you like Doctor Nizam?" ask Zahira.

Hanna bit her lower lip. "But Doctor Nizam doesn't like me, Doc. She seems to like Doctor Rara?" Hanna's tone suddenly listless.

Zahira nodded in response. "Well, why say that? Do you have the ability to know someone's heart?"

"No really. I just have a hunch that Doctor Nizam every time I talk about Doctor Zahira, he's always excited. That means he's got more feelings for the doctor."

Zavira raises her right hand. Hanna saw a ring around the girl's ring finger. "You see this? The ring was pinned by the man I love so how could I possibly like another man other than my own husband."

"As for Doctor Nizam's feelings, I can't force others to dislike me. However, you still have a chance of getting close to that man. Slowly approach him. Dive into her heart and I'm sure that someday she'll fall for you."

"If it doesn't work, how?" Hanna doubts Zahira's words.

Zahira touched Hanna's shoulder with both hands. "Nothing is impossible in this world, Doctor Hanna, as long as God wills, it will be. After all, you haven't tried it yet why is it so pessimistic. Where is Doctor Hanna who is unyielding and always excited in the face of any obstacle?"

"I'll try to help you get close to Doctor Nizam, how?" Zahira raises both eyebrows in turn.

Hanna was ashamed to hear Zahira's words. She said, "May, Doc. Who knows if it's a soul mate."

The beautiful doctor with narrow eyes smiled widely. The longing in the girl's heart grew when she recalled the sweet memories of Shaka embracing her body for the first time. The warm touch and softness of the man made him want to return to Jakarta immediately.

Shaka, wait for me to come home.

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