The Tears of Shafira
CHAPTER 36

All the procedures of registering to file for divorce between Shafira and Erick, have been completed. Their first court schedule was one month later. As he was about to return home, Essan offered Shafira a ride, considering that the woman did not have a vehicle.  

“Thank you for the offer, Mr. Essan! I can take a taxi, because I want to stop by some places before going home!”

“I might be able to drive only one destination, how about lunch?” essan said again while looking at the clock on his wrist.

Shafira looked in the same direction, where the clock in her hand indicated that lunch time had arrived. They finally agreed to have lunch together.

“I know a great place to have lunch around here!” essan said as he turned his car around and then slid down the street, he turned to the right and left of the road, from the direction of the city government office building.

“Traditional food like good too!” shafira said when she saw a fairly large and clean restaurant on her left.

Essan turned his head and slowed down the pace of his vehicle, then pulled over at the spot Shafira was pointing at.  

“Hmm .... You're right, Mom. It looks like eating here is delicious too!” he said, removing his seat belt.  

Shafira did the same, then got off the vehicle Essan, without waiting for the man he had entered. How surprised he agreed to arrive inside, he almost hit two twins who ran out.

“Zain, Zian! You guys here?” screeched Shafira while kneeling so that her height was the same as that of the little boy.

“Mama!” zian exclaimed while hugging Shafira's neck.

“He's not your Mama! He's Aunt Fira!” Zain. The boy had a strong memory of Shafira. Although, they only met once, but it lasted a very long time and was so memorable for both of them.

“Good son! Where are you going?” shafira asked as she stood with Zian in her carriage.

“Tante where to go?” Zain asked back.

“You eat!” shafira.

Meanwhile, Essan was already standing behind Shafira as well, staring at the woman full of astonishment. He carried Zian with ease and was not awkward.

Renata approaches Shafira and her two grandchildren with a smile.

“Hai! Shafira, this is a coincidence, do you want lunch?” renata asked as he held Zain's hand and walked to his desk again.

“Oh, Auntie? Yes, I came with Essan, we want lunch too!” shafira said while shaking hands, as well as Essan.

“Then, sit at our table!” sahut Renata, while sitting with Zain beside him.

“What is Riyan together, Aunt?” essan asked, sitting next to Shafira who was holding Zian, the boy sat quietly on his thighs.

“Yes, we are still waiting for the order and Riyan is still going to the toilet. Why are you guys together?” renata asked as he looked at Shafira and Essan in turn.  

“I'm working on the case!” sahut Essan.

“Ooh ..!” muttered Renata, he nodded in understanding.

He must have known his son's lawyer. When Riyan has a malpractice case with a patient, who happens to be treated for a cesarean delivery. Esan often stayed up late at home. The case was later won by Riyan because the prosecution could not prove his charges.

“What do you want to eat, let Auntie treat ... All of you eat here together!”

“No need, Auntie, let us pay by ourselves!” shafira said quickly, she felt bad.

“Not allowed, look my grandson has been bothering you, just consider this lunch compensation from me!” said Renata again.

Shafira chuckles, “Oh, then, alright! What about you, Mr. Essan? Do you want to buy it too?” said.

“Why not?” it was not Essan who answered but Renata.

“What a coincidence, you guys have lunch here? Have you talked about all the problems?” tanyanya while sitting beside Essan, she looked at Shafira and her friend in turn.

“Yes, everything is up!” essan replied while nodding. He kept it a secret to everyone, if he was an old friend of Wulan.

At the same time, the waiter serves Renata and the kids order food, then Riyan adds a menu. So did Shafira and Essan, choosing the same menu as the one who would pay for his lunch.

They chatted with small talk, without alluding to the problems that Shafira faced in the slightest. Given the unsupportive situation, there are children and Renata who do not need to know, about the divorce issue. Despite that, Riyan knew that Shafira's affairs must be smooth in Essan's hands.

After lunch was over, Essan said his farewell after saying his thanks. He will meet his other clients.

While Shafira, he could not move because in the middle he enjoyed his lunch, Zian fell asleep on his lap.

“Why do you let your child sleep on someone else's lap?” ask Renata to Riyan.

The man did not know that his son was asleep because he was busy talking to Essan and paid more attention to Shafira's face, than the child on his lap.

“Sorry, Shafira, Zian has already troubled you!” riyan said as she approached Shafira and was about to take Zian.

“Don't, he'll wake up later, let me just carry him home!” shafira said he did not mind the condition, where a child made his thighs and hands as a bed.

“What doesn't bother you? Or do you want to go somewhere else?” ask Renata.

“Yes, there is, but it doesn't matter that I deliver first to Bu Renata's house!”  

“Alright, as soon as I thank you very much Shafira, come on, we go home!” renata said, while Riyan went to the cashier to pay for the food, which they had eaten.

“Basic spoiled child!” Zain grumbled to see the sleeping brother in Shafira's arms. He walks led by Renata to their car.

Riyan drove his car after all the passengers boarded. Those four people—Renata, Zain, Shafira who holds Zian—choose to sit behind each other.  

Zain did not want to be close to his father. He prefers to sit on Shafira's side. Along the way he disturbs his sister to wake up.

“Zain, be quiet when your sister wakes up!” renata said as he rubbed his granddaughter's head.

“Zain, do you want to be on the aunt bench too?” ask Shafira.

Zain looked at Shafira, embarrassed, to admit that he wanted to be on my lap as well. That way, Shafira shifts Zian's body, so that the older brother can sit next to him.

Once at Renata's house, Riyan helps open the car door for Shafira and her mother. The two women were hassled holding Zian, while Renata was also holding Zain. Finally the children fell asleep, shortly after being put on the bench by Shafira.

“Pardon my children, Shafira!” riyan said, Zian and Zain were in her room and Renata was also doing the same. The twin rooms are large and comfortable. Although, they sleep in one room, but the trinkets and equipment used, still in accordance with the characteristics of men and women.

“No problem, Doctor .. This is fun for me and also my first experience! Alright, since they are asleep I can leave now, once again thank you, Mom, for the luncheon!” shafira said with a smile, satisfied to see two twins, who had slept on their beds.

“Riyan, you've cleared the schedule this afternoon, right? In that case, take Shafira wherever she goes!” renata's orders to his son.

“Oh, no need, Miss Renata, I just want to take a walk!”

“Come! I'll drop you off, where do you want to go?” riyan said flanking Syafira's hand, then walked out of the house and approached her car.  

He forced Shafira inside and fitted her seatbelt, as if she did not want the woman to escape from her car.

“Why the hell, you always refuse?” riyan said, while wearing her seatbelt, when she was sitting behind the wheel.

“Reject What does doctor mean?”

“Do not call me Doctor, because here is not a hospital!” riyan said as she ran her car out of the yard, towards the road at moderate speed.