The Wedding
40. A Truth

Seconds by second had passed, minutes by minutes had passed, without feeling a year had passed. Time went by so quickly, without Cora realizing she had been in Sukamandang village for a year. Everything went well there. He can smile even though his heart is crying. Cora teaches at one of the elementary schools in the area. He taught in a very small school and far from being good as a school, the state of the school made Cora's heart ache the first time she saw him. His heart felt so sad when he saw the building that was not worth mentioning as a school. Everyone in the village welcomed the group from their foundation warmly. Cora was close to the residents and students, almost everyone in the village knew Cora and the friends of her foundation.

When he does not have any activity, he likes to sit idly looking at the oil palm plantations and trees that are still a lot in the village. The village air is not as fresh as the air in the mountains overgrown with green trees, but the air there is still much better than the air in Jakarta which is already full of pollution. His activities in Sukamandang village can make Cora smile again. Although sometimes the smile he showed was still implied a little wound, but Cora always tried to always smile happily.

Although he was happy with his new activity, but somehow deep down, he felt something was not right. He felt a lack and incomplete, as if something had disappeared from within him. He felt that there was still something that his heart wanted, something that he could not get in that remote village.

"It's food for you." Andri patted Cora's shoulder gently and made the beautiful woman wake up from her long daydream. Andri held out a green lunchbox to Cora, immediately Cora welcomed the lunchbox that Andri had given her.

"Thanks." -." Cora smiled sweetly.

"You are welcome." Andri smiled sweetly and sat down on the empty spot that was next to Cora.

"Tomorrow we go to Papua, have you cleaned up your luggage?"

"Udah everything is done, just leave. It's sad to leave this village. I will miss everyone here." Cora stared blankly at the trees before her. He was so close to everyone in the village. He was sad to leave the village he had lived in for a year. It is not easy to get used to a new place, but it has become an obligation of his new activity. All the volunteers in the foundation had to quickly adapt to their new environment.

"I didn't expect a beautiful and rich woman like you to live in a secluded place like this." Andri smiled sweetly at Cora.

"Who said I was rich?" Cora raised her eyebrows.

"Nobody said it was also visible from your face, you are also the biggest contributor to this realization." Andri chuckled softly as she looked at Cora who pursed her lips while listening to her words.

"Ciiieee. . Andri godain kak Cora mulu. Fancied huh?" Intan shouted from afar as she saw Andri sitting together with Cora. Intan knows that Andri likes Cora, but Cora always thinks Andri is the same as her other friends. Cora is cold with all the men around her. Andri who for one year always accompanied Cora in Sukamandang never had a special place in the heart of Cora. Andri hopes that Cora's heart can open for her, she doesn't know Cora has closed her heart tightly to all men. His heart was filled with a name, a name that would never be replaced by another man's name.

"Hhuuss. . . little boy, there far away. . ." Andri moved his hand in the air to expel Intan, Intan loosened his tongue at Andri and walked away from them. Cora chuckled softly at the sight of the two people who had always been fighting unclear when close together.

"Sorry Cora, the child is indeed a hobby of badgering."

Silence struck the two, unable to stand the lingering silence of each other, Andri began to dare herself to ask Cora.

"Hmm . . . Do you have a boyfriend?" Andri lowered her head in fear of seeing Cora's reaction, she was like a teenage princess in love. Not accepting the answer to his question Andri also said, "Sorry my question is stupid, it's definitely a woman as beautiful as you have a lover ya." Andri grinned at the horse and scratched his head that did not itch.

Cora smiled faintly and directed her gaze towards the trees before her. "I'm married."

Andri rounded his eyes when he heard Cora's confession, all this time he did not know much about the woman. They both dissolve in silence. Cora still respects her marriage to Tony and is the only man she wants to call husband. He realizes that time cannot heal the wounds in his heart, time cannot erase his love for Tony. Time that always makes us forget the things we want to rememberit can't take away his love for Tony. Cora realizes her love for Tony is so great that she forgets how to forget the only man she loves. The only man he wants to forget even though he knows that he cannot afford to forget the figure of the man who is always present in his mind and heart.

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Cora arrived at Sentani Airport, Jayapura, Indonesia. Arriving at the airport group Cora from the Gemata Kasih foundation had to take another plane to get to Moses Kilang Airport, Mimika.

They are going to the Mmmika area to help people with HIV AIDS. They will provide knowledge about the dangers of HIV AIDS to Mimika residents and provide assistance to the health facilities of the residents there. Cora's journey has made Cora understand the meaning of life, life is too precious to waste.

Life does not always feel sweet, sometimes we will fall into sadness and sometimes we will feel happiness. All the bitter and sweet taste in life makes us appreciate life more. Life that does not always run smoothly it makes us enjoy the meaning of a life. Cora's one-year experience away from her family and loved ones made her appreciate the meaning of life that wasn't always beautiful. Cora was always grateful in her heart because she was born into a family that loved her and never felt a lack of kindness. He was much more fortunate than the little ones he had met.

After arriving in Mimika, Cora and her entourage toured the area, they came to a remote village like Hoeya. Cora watched the doctors who explained the dangers of HIV AIDS carefully. They provide health services to the people there. Cora took a walk to look at that area of Hoeya, her steps halted upon seeing a familiar figure. The woman was handing out food to the residents and smiling happily at the people around her, with a hesitant step Cora approached the woman.

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