"ZASKIA!" There was a man who called out the name of the little girl. Not only the owner of the name who turned around, Ayu and Firman were shocked by the man's loud cry.
Zaskia's slanted eyes bulged perfectly when she saw the appearance of the man who had raised and showered her with lots of love for five years.
Unexpectedly, Zaskia asked to get down from her daddy's arms, running a little closer to Yudi. On the other side, Yudi was ready to catch Zaskia and hugged her tightly. Yudi's love for Zaskia is no longer in doubt, even though Zaskia is not his flesh and blood.
The closeness of Zaskia and Yudi really hypnotizes Firman, his heart sinks when he sees their closeness. Is this what it feels like to be jealous? The light blow Ayu placed on Firman's arm woke the young lawyer from all his daydreams.
"Honey, take your child!" Firman's lower jaw was wide open, his eyes glaring sharply, did he hear wrong?
Why in this precarious situation Ayu actually makes jokes that make her want to laugh out loud.
"I'm amused to hear that, Yu," said Firman, shrugging his shoulders.
11 years of friendship, 11 years of calling him Lo-Gue, suddenly changing to calling me-You, complete with Mas, of course very strange to Firman's ears. Ayu admits that her lips also feel groggy when she calls Firman gracefully like this.
Firman assures Ayu that even though they will be united in the sacred frame of marriage, nothing will change, including the matter of calling. Firman orders Ayu to call him with a nickname that makes him comfortable. These two parents seemed to forget the existence of their love fruit. Firman understands that there is still a tightness in Ayu's heart towards Yudi, so as a candidate for the head of the responsible family, he will take Zaskia who is now in Yudi, the father continued.
"Ki, the same daddy, baby?" Firman stretched out his hand to grab Zaskia in Yudi's arms.
Zaskia just obeyed her daddy's request.
Yudi looked at Firman's brown eyes deeply, there was no longer a cheerful nature in him. All that's left is regret after regret for having committed a major sin that Zaskia's parents probably won't be able to forgive.
"I want to talk to you, may I?" Firman
failed to move when he heard Yudi's words in a low tone. Firman's brow furrowed and his eyes narrowed, what other important things did Yudi want to talk to him about? However, Firman failed to respond so Yudi intensified his persuasion so that Zaskia's daddy wanted to fulfill his wish.
Firman sighed harshly, "Okay tonight at the rainbow cafe." A happy smile graced Yudi's lips as Firman and Zaskia left the place where they stood.
Truly this is a moment that Ayu and Firman never expected, they were once figures who hurt each other, scratched wounds and will be remembered as heartbreaking memories. Now Ayu and Firman walk together holding Zaskia's hands.
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The sky which was filled with orange color is now slowly but surely starting to darken. Ayu, Firman and Zaskia were already at Galih's residence. Ayu can catch the strange behavior of Firman, as if there is something that Firman is hiding from her.
However, one believes that this sudden change in Firman's attitude has something to do with Yudi. To complete her curiosity, Ayu chose to follow Firman. Her instincts were never wrong, that was the whisper of the goddess of fortune with a sweet voice in his ears.
Driving the iron carriage a short distance from Firman's car, still with a calm demeanor Ayu turned the steering wheel. It was true that Ayu had a feeling that there was something that Firman was hiding from her.
This is not the way back to Firman's house. Where is the Word after this? Is this a client matter? Ayu and Firman's car is now parked neatly in the cafe parking lot in the middle of the city center, the best hangout for some teenagers.
Ayu's thick net balled up, surprised? It's clear, Firman and Yudi reached out to each other with a look that was hard for Ayu to read. Not wanting to get carried away with all her assumptions, Ayu chose to sit on a bench not far from the benches of the two men who had significant roles in Ayu's life.
"Yudi, what do you want to talk about? Sorry I can't stay longer," said Firman in a soft and low voice. If he could choose Yudi, it would be better if the man yelled at him.
Does dealing with a lawyer have to be this stressful?
"Finally you can find your happiness, I'm also happy for that," said Firman after adjusting his breathing rhythm first.
Firman just smiled sarcastically hearing Yudi's narrative, there was a lot of sweat dripping down the forehead of the man who had failed to build a household twice.
"I'm happy? Happy, what do you mean?" Firman is not ignorant or insensitive to Yudi's words just now.
He is just forcing Yudi to step down and admit his mistakes in the past.
"Are you not happy to be able to gather with Ayu and Zaskia together as a family?" Firman increasingly showed his sly temper then crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"Zaskia? Family? Yudi if you speak clearly, please!" said Firman, pretending to be furious.
"Well, it seems that you really are forcing me to admit it," Yudi sighed in frustration.
"Zaskia is your son and Ayu, you are the first for her, not me," added Yudi.
Flashback on ….
On that cursed night, Firman was very drunk, before he was under the influence of alcohol, he contacted Ayu for help. Ayu also agreed to Firman's wish, in the middle of the dark night he ventured to come to the hotel according to Firman's previous order.
But unfortunately Firman was very drunk, and in the drink contained a stimulant drug that increased libido significantly. That night, he had to give the treasure that he guarded the most to his best friend, his hidden love since he was in the first grade of high school.
Ayu doesn't regret giving it to Firman. When the two of them have flown into dreamland after the passionate sport, Yudi arrives, he is surprised to see Ayu who easily gives her crown to the lekaki who she always considers a friend to the world.
Yudi seemed to have a gap to embrace Ayu again, he moved Firman to an empty room away from the previous room. Also, Yudi did not forget to take a few strands of Firman's hair to anticipate something.
Then Yudi came back in and made himself innocent, acting as if he was the one who had snatched Ayu' chastity away. When dawn breaks again, the glare really disturbs Ayu's vision.
She woke up with a shattered body, especially in the core, her face flushed at the thought of her last night's union with Firman. Even though after this he might get angry at Galih, she knows Firman well and he is a responsible man.
DEG!
Ayu's eyes feel like they're going to fall apart right now, why is it Yudi who wraps his arms around Ayu's stomach? What exactly happened?
"Yudi--" As if there were many thorns stuck in Ayu's throat. Yudi, who was disturbed by Ayu's movements, finally opened his eyes. His irises were red from being forcefully awakened.
Ayu's body is getting weaker when she sees Yudi in the same condition as him, innocent without a single thread.
Last night Ayu was drunk because she accidentally saw Firman kissing Manda, but when viewed from a different angle Firman only helped blow Manda's twinkling eyes. Ayu always evades that it wasn't Yudi who touched her body that night, as well as Firman he always claimed that he had snatched Ayu's crown.
Yudi seems to have prepared everything with his eyes, Ayu is pregnant with the three of them in agreement to prove who is the father of the child Ayu is carrying now. And according to the DNA test results, the biological father of Amak is Yudi Eka Setiawan.
Like it or not, like it or not, finally at the age of three months of pregnancy, Ayu married Yudi.
Flashback Off ….
Firman is furious but what can he do? There was nothing he could do but accept the letters of the past and improve the future. Unlike Ayu, she is ready to confront a man who will soon be her ex-husband. Ayu and Yudi's gazes locked, Yudi tried to control his surprise.
He ordered Ayu to sit back down because the next thing he was about to say would probably tear his soul apart.
To Be Continued ….