Trok …trok …trok …
A knock on the door woke Alinea from her daydream. She quickly got back up to check on the person outside her room.
"Who?" Alinea asked as she walked towards the door, to open it.
"I am, Miss!" A woman said from outside her room.
"Oh, Ma'am Susie! What's wrong, ma'am?" Alinea said a little relieved after knowing that the one who came was Susi—the assistant at her house.
Alinea opened the door to meet the assistant and questioned the purpose of her arrival.
"Excuse me Miss, sorry to interrupt! Outside there are guests who are looking for you. Shall I let his in or tell his to leave?" Susi explained timidly, because she had disturbed the master while in her room.
Susi knew that her employer was relaxing after doing such a busy activity. So when she wanted to tell about people who were visiting, Susi was afraid to disturb Alinea's rest time.
"Who, ma'am? Male or female? If male, better tell me to go home just say that my husband is not at home. Maybe she is my husband's guest, friend or co-worker. But if it's a girl, I'll meet her. I'm sure she's my guest." Said Alinea who was still standing in the doorway waiting for an answer from the assistant regarding people who were visiting her house.
"Female, Miss. She is a doctor like Mrs. Seen from the way she dresses, she wears clothes like Mrs. when she wants to work. That means, she's a doctor." Susi said, pointing at a photo of Alinea who is wearing a white-and-white uniform with a stethoscope around her neck.
"Geez, ma'am, ma'am!" Alinea said while shaking her head, don't forget to show her dimples to add to her beauty.
"Sorry, Miss!" Susi smiled shyly when she saw Alinea laughing at her innocent behavior.
"Yes, I will meet his later. Tell him I'll be down in a minute. I want to wash my face first." Alinea explained as she looked away from Susi.
So does is Susi. She immediately went downstairs to see a visitor who was said to be a doctor.
Susi was asked by Alinea to tell the guest who is her best friend, to wait for his for a few minutes. Alinea wants to clean her face so that her best friend doesn't look like she's been crying.
"Dokter, Dena? Suddenly visiting the house? For what purpose? Are you giving me a surprise?" Say hello to Alinea as she walks closer and then kisses like a close friend in general.
"Yes, Doctor Alin. I'm not bothering you, am I? Mr. Abi How do you work? Looks like the house is very quiet." Replied the doctor Dena while looking at the other room.
Maybe she checked the surroundings of the room, before starting the conversation.
"Hmm! As usual, my husband is out of town on a business trip with his clients." Alinea answered by inviting Dena to sit down—her professional friend.
"Come on, please have a seat!" she pleaded.
"Are you alone now? Not afraid, or lonely to be left alone?"
"Yes alone, who do you want to be with? Husband is not there, busy with work. I want to be with children, it's impossible because I don't have one yet. Only my assistants accompany me to talk before falling asleep. That's also if they don't come home, but if they go home alone." Alinea said that she seemed resigned to the life she lived without the presence of a child like other families.
"It is said to be afraid, at first it was afraid. but it can't be helped, this is my fate that I have to accept. As long as my husband doesn't betray me and I accept this shortcoming, then I will be ready to live life by staying close to him." Add Alinea telling her friend, that she has no problem with the life she lives as long as her husband keeps his loyalty.
What is important for him is that his household with Abimana can be maintained properly until death do them part.
"Oh I see. But as often as that, the business trip? I think, lately he is very often on business trips out of town? Aren't you suspicious, Doctor Alinea?" Dena stares at Alinea closely, questioning her feelings when Abimana often leaves her.
"What does that mean? Suspect? What should I suspect from my husband? He has always been honest from then until now. Our communication is also always well established, we often exchange news. Besides, I also like being told by his friends and employees at the office that my husband is indeed having a meeting with his clients. And …!"
"And you believe that with them?" Dena interrupts Alinea's conversation as well as tries to break Alinea's trust in Abimana.
"I mean, what should I do? Don't believe them, then get angry and ask them to tell me the truth? Later when they say, I've misunderstood also accused them of not-nothing? You don't feel good about them, does it have to be like that?" Alinea dodged Dena's words because she did not want to be prejudiced against anyone, including her husband.
"Hah, this is what happens when you've been devoured by a man's seduction. I'm just telling you not to trust your husband too much. The problem with friends and employees, are you sure they are honest? Who are they closer to, between you and your husband? Yes, it must be your husband, doctor Alin. Then, will they open their mouths if your husband asks to shut up? I do not think so. Try it, think with your logic!" Dena explained in detail while pointing at her head, so that Alinea could think twice about believing too much.
Dena got very angry when she talked about the nature of men who like to do business relationships far from where they live. Because she believes that they have never been completely loyal.
Dena wants her best friend not to trust her too much, to make her be fooled by her husband.