When The Sky Fall
Chapter 3

It's been over a month since Tari married Renald. Renald was always cold to him. Sometimes he doesn't even come home for a few days. At breakfast only, if Tari comes to eat, Renald will leave immediately. Renald never once looked at him and even rebuked him even if only for trivial things. He'll have his trusted butler, Alfred, deliver whatever Renald wants Tari to do. Dance is getting more frustrating. She wants to remain a good wife to Renald. She does all her duties as a wife. But the more the Dance approached, the more Renald would get away. Dance is confused as to what exactly is wrong. Every day he always tries to remember anything, whatever he thinks is the trigger for Renald's change. He kept blaming himself.

Renald suddenly came to him after work. She asks him to change clothes because he wants to take Tari somewhere. Of course without thinking anything, Dari immediately agreed. How not, Renald asked her in her gentle tone, even she looked at Dari with the same gaze when they first met first. Dance gets excited of course.

Dance down the stairs with vigor. He even ran small. Renald was waiting for him under the stairs. Renald heard Dance come and turn. He looked surprised and stared at Dari from top to bottom. Disappointment in his eyes.

"You.. Gonna go wear that?" Renald pointed at the clothes that Dance was wearing. Dance wearing white jeans and a light blue shirt that looks oversized.

"Is there something wrong with my clothes?" Dance watched her clothes. Renald grunted in annoyance.

"Wait here." Renald left for his room and soon returned. He had a dress in his hand. "Wear this."

Dance received the clothes and watched them. A black one piece dress with no sleeves.

"But my clothes are fine."

"See my clothes! Does it match what you're wearing?" Renald raised his voice a little. "Are you going to fight me?"

Seeing Renald look angry, Dance became unpleasant. Renald was willing to take him away, even he reprimanded him but wearing the clothes Renald wanted him to wear he could not. Dance finally nodded then walked towards her room. A few minutes later Dari came down again wearing the dress Renald gave her. The dress fit snugly, even looking tight. The length of the dress was above her knees, making her thighs visible. Dance continuously pulled down her dress. Renald looked at him as a child.

"Let's go" he said, then walked to the door. Anna and Marissa smiled at Dance. Marissa gave her thumb. Dance smiled awkwardly. She was really uncomfortable with the clothes she was wearing.

On the way, Renald and Tari were both silent. Dari didn't want to talk first. He didn't want to ruin the mood. They got to one place. Dance out of the car and stand in front of a building that looks like.. Night clubs?

Dance stared at the clothes she wore. He understood why he was asked to wear those clothes. Dance's hand was suddenly pulled by Renald. He took Tari into the club that night. In many people dancing and partying. Renald took Tari into the elevator. Renald pushed number five. The elevator moves up. Renald has not yet taken off his hand. Dance realized that and smiled knot. Elevator door opens. Renald took Tari into a room. On the floor it doesn't look like a nightclub anymore. It looks more like a high-end restaurant. Classical music played live. Some of the people who ate there wore very formal clothes. In Dance heart breathed a sigh of relief, she was not wearing her first clothes just now.

Renald opened the door of a room and greeted several people in the room. There were three men and three women. The space is quite large with a very comfortable sofa. In the middle there is a large enough table that has been filled with various kinds of food. Dari knew the room was a special VVIP from the existing facilities.

"You're late" said one of the men there. The man was wearing a suit stelan but not a tie. Top button open. Her blond hair was neatly combed to the side.

"Sorrys. Have to change the dress first" Renald said, then sat on the sofa at the end and pulled Tari's hand to sit next to him.

"Dress? What dress?"

"Stop fussing James. The most important thing is that he has come." said one more man. This time it was the brown-haired man wearing a suit stelan as well. The navy blue tie has a slight striking complexion. The man looked at Dance. "Dance, right?"

Dance smiled slightly then nodded.

"I'm Ted, this is my wife Helena."

The woman named Helena smiled and waved her hand.

"What a fuss there is James and his fiancee, Deb." Ted pointed at James and the beautiful woman next to him. "And there was Randy and.. Uhm.. I don't know who I forgot. He always brings different women." Ted pointed to one man sitting at the very end. The man looks different from the others. She looks cute and impressed with Badboy.

"Oh come.. Don't make me look bad." Randy protested.

"You are bad."

Randy just nodded then smoked his cigarette again.

"You speak English?" ask Ted. Before Tari answered, Ted said again. "But take it easy, we all speak Indonesian. Except James' fiancee and Randy's woman, I don't know who."

They invited Dari to eat and offered to order whatever Dari liked. From a glance, they were in a much different class than Dance. From the way they talk, their clothes even their attitude. Therefore, Dance remained silent. Sometimes he laughs when he knows what they are talking about. No. Dari doesn't speak English, but Tari doesn't know what they're talking about. Their world is too different.

Suddenly a woman came inside. The woman was very beautiful with her long bright brown hair arranged on only one side. The woman was wearing a tight, silver dress with a very short skirt. The silhouette of his body

really look in that dress. The moment the woman entered, suddenly the room was silent. The woman smiled at everyone who was there.

"Hi guys" said the woman with her sweet smile. The woman then turned to Renald and smiled, a seductive smile. "Hi Ren."

Renald just stared at the woman. He doesn't seem so interested. The woman looked at Dance.

"You must... The dance. Hi, I'm Veronica." Veronica extended her hand to Dance. Dance welcomed her hand.

"Dance."

"So you two came?" veronica asked Renald. Renald pulled the waist of Dance to get closer to her. Dance deliberately sat a bit away from Renald. But Renald just made them stick now. Dance was quite surprised by that sudden movement.

"of course. We're husband and wife." said Renald coldly.

Dance watched everyone who was silent. They don't even speak a little.

"Can I talk to you?" pinta Veronica with a spoiled tone. At first, Dari felt strange about the behavior of the woman in front of him, but she tried to brush him off.

"Come on.. Just sec... Um?" veronica's voice is getting spoiled. He even held Renald's hand. Dance is really confused now. She looked at him Renald and Veronica alternately. Renald breathed a rough sigh. "Come on Ren..."

Renald finally stood up and followed the woman who pulled him away somewhere. Dance wanted to stop them, but somehow she didn't do that.

Everyone stared at each other then at Dari who was staring at both of her hands. Helena sat next to Dance then asked all sorts, like distracting her. Dance just answered it as if. He's still processing what happened earlier.

After a while, Renald did not return. Dance saw her watch. It was almost midnight, but Renald didn't come back. He'd love to go home. Did he leave her? With that woman? Too many questions in his head without him being able to answer them.

"Uhm.. Dance, do you want us to call you a cab?" ask Helena.

"Taxi? But... How's Renald?"

"Looks like he's gone. There may be a sudden job. He's often like that. It's almost midnight. We want to go to another club. Or maybe.. You wanna come?"

Dance sighed. Renald completely abandoned him. So tega.

"I'll just take a cab." replied Tari finally.

"Then we help you call. Come on."

After Renald's death, his friends were kind to him. But Dance had just met them and she didn't even understand what they were talking about. Makes it very difficult to adapt.

They are all outside the club. Helena finds a taxi for Tari by the roadside while Tari just keeps her head down.

"Dance, come in" said Helena after finding a taxi. Dance smiled and then got into the taxi.

"Thank you." said Tari. Helena nodded then ran small towards her husband Ted.

"Where are you going, miss?" ask the taxi driver.

"Wait a minute." Dance opened her phone, she forgot the address of Renald mansion. After searching but not meeting. Dari planned to ask Helena who was still standing in front of the club. The taxi position is a bit far from the club.

"Wait a moment sir, I'll ask my friend."

Dance opened the car door a little while looking towards Helena. Dance surprised. He saw Renald there too, laughing with his friends. Then one woman put her arm around Renald's neck. That woman is Veronica. The next second Renald and Veronica kissed intensely. Dance was surprised and covered her mouth with her hands. What makes it worse is that his friends do not care about Renald who is married to kiss another woman in front of them.

Dance get back in the car and close the door.

"Miss?" call the taxi driver.

"J-just-just go sir, i'll tell you later." said Tari with a vibrating voice. The taxi started leaving the club. Dance cried in silence.

Once at home, the dance does not change clothes immediately. He just sat on the stairs, waiting for Renald to come home. At four in the morning, the sound of a car came. Renald got into a drunken state. He saw Dance standing looking at him. Renald went straight to his room.

"You left me.. To go with that woman?" tanya Dance. Renald stopped his steps.

"Hm."

That was Renald's only answer and then walked on again. Dance came to her and prevented Renald from entering her room.

"I'm your wife Renald and you left me for another woman? In front of your friends?"

Renald looked at Tari. "Yes, that's right. Then what?"

"Ren, we're married!! Like-"

"I told you. How many times do I have to say it? we get married on paper!"

"Then why did you agree to marry me? You could have married that woman!" Dance raised her voice.

"You want to know why I married you? All right, listen carefully. I love that woman, she's the love of my life and my first love. Because of one thing I can't marry her. So I need a shield and that shield is you. I married you so that I could be my shield, so that I could freely be with my lover while everyone knew I had a happy family. Come on, I'm sure you can act like a good wife in front of everyone."

"You're really crazy."

"Crazy? I don't think so. It was worth the amount of money I paid to your family. I paid a lot to marry you. Because it's so expensive." Renald holds the chin of Dance. "Do your job well. Youunderstand?"

Renald smiled then removed his hand from Dari's chin violently and immediately entered his room. Dari ran to her room and cried.

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