Under The Rain's
Chapter 49—Dilemma

While holding back a rumble all over his body, Reva stepped into his house that still looked lonely. It was almost noon, but Kris hadn't arrived yet. In fact, he said he would only come out for a while to take care of a permit. Whether the licensing what is meant by it, surely Reva still can not breathe a sigh of relief. Her husband has full access to all the CCTV camera networks that are in the house, and he can monitor the movements of his wife from anywhere through his laptop or mobile phone. Reva can only resign himself to face the slammeran of the man if he up to the issue of his departure long enough this morning.

With a restless feeling of unwilling to leave, Reva tried to get through the day as usual. After his meeting with Rafael, he immediately went down to the kitchen to cook, then cleaned the entire house, then take care of the beautiful plants in the front and back yard. It seemed like he had done all his homework that day, but Kris had not yet arrived in the afternoon.

Inner Reva was starting to calm down. Usually, her husband was very protective, and always called all day even though just to nag because he was never seen in the CCTV monitoring. But all morning, his phone was quiet. Let alone incoming phone, a line of messages in sms was not visible. How strange.

Finally, Reva herself took the initiative to find out. There is something important to say immediately. The problem of his heart that he always covered from anyone. Reva really had to talk, she could no longer pretend after feeling Rafael's warm embrace this cloudy morning. They almost kissed, but Reva always refused because she knew it wasn't true, whatever the reason.

Then, he pressed the call button to connect it to Kris, but there was no answer from across it.

The dark began to stretch in space. The house was already shiny clean, and a wide variety of dishes for two portions were untouched at all. Let alone to devour his day and night alone, to sit still even Reva was unable to. I don't know what Kris is doing out there, but Reva is terrified. No one knows what the man can do if he is upset, and Reva needs to be sure whether when he comes home later, he will be angry or not. Kris did not give any news at all, and Reva was afraid that he was planning something.

At 03:00 in the morning, Reva's eyes were already very heavy, but she had always resisted her body's desire to rest. As he was busying himself with various articles, there was the sound of an iron fence being opened by someone in his yard. Curiosity makes Reva immediately dart towards the window for a peek, though she knows that the one who just arrived was definitely her husband. Of course, who else would come to his house that night? Behind the curtain, Reva sees Kris putting her car in the garage.

“Where to? Why just arrived at this hour?” reva asked as soon as her husband came into the house, and they walked together to the room.

“There was a problem earlier,” Kris answered briefly while reaching for a clean towel and change of clothes.

“What's up to having to ignore my phone from noon?” Reva tries to fiddle about her delay in returning home. “You did not have time to open HP, yes?”

“No time .. sorry, yes, Darling.” Without saying much, he immediately headed to the bathroom to clean himself up before going to bed.

Reva was pensive in a Scandinavian-style wooden chair in the room. It was very late that day, and Kris looked very tired. It seems like absolutely not the right time to discuss household matters. He could only look at the bathroom door from where he was sitting, not knowing what to say after he got out of it. How about starting all the conversations about desire and love in her past that is not over.

Within fifteen minutes, Kris came out of the bathroom with a towel around her neck. His face was still wet from the water, but not the freshness that seemed there, but the letters of baldness that Reva could not understand.

“We can sleep now?” kris asked Reva who was still awake in the chair. “I turn off the lights.”

Looks like Reva will have to postpone her point until tomorrow morning, when her husband's heart improves. It was obvious that the man was having a big problem. Chris doesn't usually behave like that.

“Iya ... come on, let's sleep.”

Reva. She followed her husband who had started lying in bed. In that room the lights weren't all dead. There was a dim light coming from a small lamp that was on the nightstand beside the bed, and Reva was about to turn it off before being completely carried away by the dream.

“Don't turn off this one,” pinta Kris while preventing his wife's arm from reaching for the light button.

“Why?”

“I want to see your face before we go to sleep. Don't get darkened all.”

“Wajahku? Why?”

“Can't I look at my own wife?”

Tumben. Usually Kris no problem sleeping in complete darkness, why that night one dim light should be left on?

“Kris ... what is it exactly?”

“There was a problem at the shooting location,” replied Kris limply.

“What problems?”

“Entah, Darling. Suddenly our shooting license was revoked, and all the crew became swayed by his fate. I tried to finish the problem before going home, at least the fate of the crew was not neglected.”

“I don't understand. Why is that?”

Kris then explained that they were teasing a short film, and the location was located in a tourist village in Yogyakarya. However, unilaterally and suddenly, the village chief issued the license cancellation letter this afternoon. In fact, shooting will take place tomorrow, and all the crew on duty from cameraman, stylist, MUA, actors and all the production team are all present in the city. Of course, not all of them come from Yogyakarta, most even from outside the city.

As the head of production, Kris felt responsible. Don't imagine Kris's films are like those of the big Production House with exorbitant capital, with famous actors and actresses being paid hundreds of millions for one shot. Kris works indie, which means that the cost of making a film is also not much, and it was removed from his personal pocket with the help of sponsors.

The crew who worked for Kris almost all just started their careers. They were mostly composed of eager youngsters who were not yet financially established, but were very potentially great professionals, and Kris could see that. From the beginning, Kris's goal as a producer was to lift the potential of hidden young people who are difficult to penetrate the big Production House because of fierce competition.

Therefore, when such a problem occurred, the one who was most aggrieved was Kris. Since the afternoon he was in the fog looking for a way for all his crew to keep working. He did not want them to go home empty-handed because the project failed. He could not bear to see those spirits extinguished in the midst of the crisis with the village chief.

“What is the license that came out there is no legal force? Can't you sue for anything?” Also feeling upset after hearing her husband tell her, Reva became anxious to the village chief.

“Unfortunately no, Va. The letter with the battery will come down today. I just don't want this project to fail, pity the children who are eager to work. So, since noon I was busy looking for a replacement place that really wanted to give permission.”

“What's the reason they changed their mind so?”

“Say many protests from citizens. Even though we only use specific areas that will not interfere with the mobility of citizens. It is only a short film for the festival, not one that will appear on TV or the cinema. So they also underestimate.”

“I did not think, the time could-can permission thwarted H-1. It was sudden, the ethics were not that! They should have given me a warning in advance.”

“Neither, Va. Maybe someone did this intentionally. I don't know. If this fails, I'm forced to shell out big money for the crew's accommodation. For their transportation and hotel costs. Sponsor will also lift foot if tomorrow this problem is not yet finished.”

“People intentionally? Do you have enemies? Maybe a fellow filmmaker?”

“Maybe. But I'm lazy to think about it now. Whoever that person was, he must have had a strong connection with the village chief. There is collusion there. I'm sure, Va.”

“But, who? Who could handle that?”

Gosh darn. Why such a problem should come at such an inopportune time. How can Reva convey his complaint, if the person to whom he was addressed is experiencing a great disaster. Her husband has the potential to lose hundreds of millions of rupiah if he cannot finish his case quickly.

Reva felt unbearable when she noticed the lethargic look on her husband's face between the orange light from the dim light. Chris looked very tired and confused. After all, he's not actually a bad guy. That night alone was spent thinking about the fate of the crew, and he was already preparing to pay them all even though the project was in disarray. He is always responsible.

“Va, can I hug you sleeping all night? Lately, we always have different hours of sleep. Either you go first or I. We also don't always sleep together.”

That's absolutely true. Lately, Kris has become increasingly so with the nature of his temperament because he is experiencing a lot of work problems. Being at the top of his career was not as smooth as imagined. The wind was even stronger up there, and it made Kris stress burden to be much increased. Therefore, Reva always dodged. Sometimes he even fell asleep in a chair while reading a book late, because he did not like the pungent smell of alcohol coming out of Kris' mouth when the man drank right before going to bed.

That night they ended up hugging each other until both of them fell asleep. Kris buried his entire head in his wife's arms and fell asleep there. Reva's feelings become more and more erratic, as he knows Rafael is waiting for him out there.