Finally Sri ventured to tell her father about Anton's true nature. The man who will marry her.
Sri also went to her father who had been drinking coffee in the living room.
"My father have you thought about this matchmaking? Do you really know Anton's character and temperament?" said Sri.
"It's okay, you have found out from the uncle of the village head. You know that the village head is a good person. He has helped our family a lot since the beginning." Mr. Poniman said --
"But, Sri got information from Zara that Anton is not a good man. He often changes women. He even got his girlfriend pregnant. Please, my father think about this match first. Don't let it be too late. Do you have the heart with Sri? What if it's true?" Sri said with teary eyes.
"Owh.. so you accuse your father of deliberately tricking you? Is that so?"
Mr. Poniman said with an emotional face.
"What is this, sir? Why are you so angry?" Mrs. Warsinah said-- shocked.
"This is it, Mom, Sri told Mr. Anton, is not a good man. It's means Mr. Kades lied to us?
If Anton is not a good man, it is impossible for the village head to match him with our child, Mom." said Mr. Poniman --
Zara is seen coming out of the room towards the three of them.
"Uncle and aunt, it's not that Zara wants to interfere of this family, but Zara just wants to make it clear that what Sri said earlier is true. Anton used to go to the same university as Zara. He was known as a playboy in college." said Zara.
"Even if it's true, I think everyone must have had a dark and dark past. Including Anton. But, do we have to judge his past mistakes? the? If God can give humans the opportunity to change for the better. We should also try to give Anton a chance." explained Mrs. Warsinah--
"Yes, your mother is right. You also agree with your mother." Said Mr. Poniman-- confirming his wife's words.
With a sad face and teary eyes. Sri finally goes inside her room with Zara.
"Come on Sri, don't be sad. If Bahadır is indeed a match for you, then nothing can stop you from uniting with him. Rest assured Sri, because everyone must have their own soul mate. Know that ribs can never be exchanged with people who do not own them. Our match is already written Sri. Humans can only plan. But God is the one who decides." Zara said her childhood friend.
Moments later, Bahadır sent a message to Sri.
"How are you Aşkım? Sorry, I was only able to send messages today. Because this week I have a lot of work to meet clients." Bahadir said.
"I'm not well Aşkım. Sri said to her lover.
"Ne öldü Aşkım?" Said Bahadır
( What happened my love?)
"My arranged marriage will still be carried out by my father. I'm not well right now, my heart is broken. Aşkım, what should I do? I only want to marry the man I love, namely you. Not with another man." Sri said with teary eyes.
Bahadır tried to calm his lover. Meanwhile, Zara was fast asleep by then. It occurred to Sri's mind to run away and go far from home.
However, she is still confused about how her parents will react when they find out that she has run away. Moreover, her father has a history of heart disease and high blood pressure.
She was worried that his illness would relapse. In her little heart she rebelled, but in reality she couldn't do anything.
That night was a night that made her heart shattered. And she wrote word in a diary.
"Love is a beautiful and deep feeling. The meeting of two hearts into one. But sometimes love feels painful and suffocating. Love can change and break logic. Isn't love not necessary to have and be owned? The purpose of love is to be happy together. Melting all differences to become one love."
***
The next day, Mrs. Warsinah called her youngest child. Mrs. Warsinah informed that her two older sisters were coming. They came with their respective husbands.
Because she wanted to attend an important event her younger sister. Engagement Sri with Anton.
When her sisters Endang and Ningsih sat in the living room with Mrs. Warsinah--
While their husbands went to the terrace of the house. Suddenly Sri came to her two sisters. They were seen hugging each other.
"Sri how are you?" asked the two brothers at the same time.
"Not so good sis." Answer Sri.
"Why are you sick, Sri?" Endang asked her first sister with a worried face.
"Actually, I didn't want the match, Sis. They forced me to accept the proposal of the nephew of the village head named Anton. I couldn't do anything about it. Because you insisted on accepting it." Sri replied with a sad face.
"You're not the only one, Sri, who was matched. Sis Endang used to marry with Andi also because of an arranged marriage. But the proof is that we last until now. Not always marriages resulting from arranged marriages are not happy, Sri. In the past, Sis Endang also didn't know each other and loved each other with Andi. Love will arise by itself later with the passage of time. If you spend a lot of time together, Sis Endang is sure that you will soon fall in love with Anton," said Endang.
"But, Sri's condition now is very different from Endang's sister's condition at that time. Endang's sister married Andi's sister before, there was no mate. It's different from Sri sis." Answer Sri.
"Why aren't you now not close to any men?" Ask Ningsih.
"Sri loves another man, sis Ningsih." Sri replied to her second brother.
"Who is he? Have you known him for a long time? As far as I know, every time a man approaches you, you are always cold and indifferent." Said Endang.
"His name is Bahadır Sis Endang! Indeed, I was a little traumatized in a relationship. But that changed after Bahadır came." Answer Sri.
"How do you know him? Was that introduced by your friend Zara?" Asked Ningsih, her second sister.
"No, not from Zara sis. I met you a month ago, on an online dating application, sis Ningsih. He is from Turkiye." Answer Sri.
"Can you guarantee that the man is a good man? Now think about it carefully, even those who are close can lie. Moreover, those who are far away, Sri?" Ningsih said.
"Indonesia-Turkey is not close, you know Sri. Don't be too innocent to be a person. Moreover, you just met him. Through online too. Just be realistic now, Sri, don't fantasize a lot." Ningsih said a bit curtly.
"I can't contain my feelings, Sis, these feelings suddenly appear. When we communicate often. Love arises by itself not because it is influenced and forced by anyone. Everything just happens. Maybe people around me can say I'm hallucinating or imagining. But for me love is a gift from God." Sri said with a sad face and teary eyes.
Suddenly Zara comes to them.
"Wow.. well.. you're having fun talking, aren't you? I'm being ignored by myself." Zara said trying to find the atmosphere so as not to be tense.
"Surely you are Zara? Mrs. Ema's daughter right?" Endang said guessing.
"Yes sis, you just came, sis?" said Zara.
"Yeah. We just arrived." Ningsih said in response.