INFINITE LOYALTY
TOUGH WOMAN

Riani and Teddy continue their journey to Randi's grandparents' house.

Without feeling they both finally arrived, in the house.

When they entered the yard, it turned out that deaf and dadong were waiting for them on the porch of the house.

Seeing Riani and Teddy immediately Pekak and Dadong approached them.

"Welcome son, let's go in, weather again strong winds..." Said Dadong took over Riani's wheelchair from Teddy's hands.

"Yes Dadong, thank you..." Riani replied weakly.

"We have lunch together after that you can rest, especially Riani's daughter, you have to really rest" continued Pekak, while embracing the familiar shoulder Teddy.

"I strongly agree with Pekak, Riani's current body condition is indeed very weak, so she has to rest completely"

"You guys are very compact yes the attention is the same putu Dadong this..." Dadong said while stroking Riani's head affectionately.

"Let's go straight to the dining room, Dadong just finished cooking for lunch, but still warm, let's eat!" Take Pekak with passion.

"Are we not waiting for Randi?" ask Riani.

"Randi has sent a message to Dadong if we eat first, he may be a bit late to go home, because the weather is not good..."

"I'm sorry Riani for asking Randi to take drugs in gili meno" said Riani as she glanced at Teddy who had a face of guilt.

"Well sorry, he and we don't mind at all about it, he'll be fine, so you don't have to worry about putu" replied Pekak who was together with a nod Dadong, as a sign of agreeing with the words of Pekak.

With Teddy's help, Riani got off her wheelchair and moved to the dining chair.

With a warm atmosphere full of kinship, the four of them enjoy lunch with in interspersed small talk and jokes.

After finishing eating and taking his medicine, Riani rested in his room, while Teddy after lunch was really permission to go out for a while to meet someone, he said, whether it was his client know it, Riani did not know.

.............

Towards dusk Riani awoke from her afternoon break as the sound of an incoming call rang, and as she looked at the screen of her phone, again an anonymous foreign number, but without a second thought Riani instantly picked it up.

"Yes hello..." Answer Riani.

"Hallo son Riani, this is aunt..." There was a female voice that Riani was very familiar with, she was surprised to know that Aunt Grace who was none other than her mother Ethan called her.

He guessed there must be something important that Aunt Grace needed to talk to him about.

"Yes Aunt Grace, what's the matter with my aunt calling me?" riani asked a bit nervously.

"Can we meet? because there's something important that aunt needs to talk to you about"

"What's important about auntie?"

"To be more detailed, we should just meet, how's son?"

"Well auntie, then where and when do we meet?"

"Now where are you, are you still at resort X?"

"Now I am in Gili Trawangan, living with family"

"Okay well, because by chance aunty tomorrow there is also business in gili trawangan, so tomorrow afternoon around two o'clock we meet at a restaurant near there, how about?"

"Good aunt..."

"Okay then auntie hang up the phone, tomorrow auntie call again, bye..."

"Yes aunty, bye..."

Riani turns off her phone after Aunt Grace hangs up.

With a feeling of anxiety, Riani laid her body again, but a few moments later she got up and sat on her bed.

Then he took a small purse specifically to put the jewelry that he always carries every time he travels.

In his absence the wallet, he took a small white cloth bag.

He took the object in the bag, and saw a ring with a pegasus engraving in his hand.

Recall the memories of the good times with Ethan, the love of the monkey, his first love.

But...The incident has destroyed everything and made him feel hate for the memories, although the heart still has a place for Ethan, but he prefers to let go and forget about it, in order not to have a feeling of resentment in Riani's heart.

He put the ring on a small table near his bed.

In her mind, whatever happens tomorrow when she meets Aunt Grace, she must and can deal with it.

Audible by Riani's voice Randi who had just returned from gili meno, he was talking to pekak, dadong and Teddy.

Riani immediately came out of her room room, she walked towards the living room where everyone was sitting.

"You've woken up?" ask me when I see Riani.

"It's deaf..." Reply Rini walked slowly.

"Sit down, there's some hot fried cassava, eat it, and make some warm tea for you..." Said dadong while leading Riani to sit down, then headed to the kitchen.

"How's your body Ai, still limp?" ask Teddy, attention as always.

"Sorry mba, I just got home, because of the windy weather, a lot of boats don't dare to cross, so I waited until the afternoon.

"Yes that's okay, thank you very much and sorry for bothering you so much..."

"Don't hesitate like that mba, this medicine is better to drink now mba..."

"This is the warm tea, immediately drink it, let your stomach be more delicious" said dadong while handing the warm tea to Riani.

"Thank you dadong..." Riani immediately took her medicine and sipped the warm tea in her hands, her stomach immediately felt warm and more comfortable, the nausea she usually felt now gradually she did not feel anymore, she said, then he bit the savory and sweet warm cassava, the garden produce that was beside the house.

"Sir, dadong...Tomorrow at noon at one o'clock, I'll let you go out for a minute to meet someone, she said she wanted to talk to me about something important..." Riani Permit.

"We'll allow it, but...What about your own body condition, is it strong enough to come out?" ask dadong.

"Let's drive you on a bike, how?"

"Liar pole (called me in Balinese) alone pekak who deliver mba Riani..." Randi said to his grandfather, he was afraid that his old grandfather was not strong enough energy.

"I don't know what you're thinking about...Pekak is still strong to pedal a bicycle carrying Riani's putu, while exercising too, so you don't have to worry" replied Pekak smiling at the concern of his grandson.

"After tomorrow you must return to Bali, take Zoya to the University that your sister wants to choose?" the word dadong reminded Randi.

"Ah yes..putu forgot dadong!" randi replied while patting his eel.

Everyone laughed at Randi's behavior, including Teddy, even though in his mind he wanted to take Riani, but he did not dare, because he was worried that there would be misunderstandings later, although he was actually curious as to who Riani would meet tomorrow at noon...

.............

Bending the afternoon, Riani with a bicycle that was paddled, left for the restaurant that was previously confirmed by Aunt Grace in a short message.

On the way excitedly pedaling his bike.

There is a sense of haru and tears of longing in Riani's heart for the figure of her father when remembering his childhood which was spoiled and loved by the father first.

Suddenly there was a great pain when remembering the moments of the departure of his beloved father.

To make his hands and body tremble, the water of death was inevitable flowing with swiftness.

Until the deaf who was pedaling the bike was surprised because the bike along vibrated and almost whipped and fell, immediately deaf stopped the pedaling of the bike.

"Why son?" pekak asked confusedly as he got off his bike and saw Riani coming down with a trembling body and crying.

"I'm sorry Riani's dad...All because Riani's wrong..." Said Riani crouching while talking to herself.

Seeing Riani who looked very hit and sad, deaf feeling pity, slowly invited Riani to stand up and sit on the side of the road.

Riani who was still crying as if sitting beside the deaf who was patiently waiting for Riani while patting gently on Riani's shoulder.

.............

After a while later, Riani's cries finally stopped.

"I'm sorry Riani, for almost making us fall off the bike..." Riani said at last.

"It's okay, son, what's the matter, you tell me about it?"

Riani told me everything...

The eyes of deaf teary and look sad to hear the story of the plight of Riani, with affection in the embrace of Riani's body as if to show his affection as a father to his beloved daughter.

"So the person you're going to meet is Ethan's mother?" ask me after releasing his embrace.

"Yes, and Riani thinks she wants to talk about something related to her son"

"Then what is the attitude of your daughter when she meets him later?"

"Riani will be ordinary, because honestly, Riani no longer wants to be in touch with their family..."

"Yes, it should be so, putu must forget all the events related to the dark past of the putu like that..."

"Yes, Riani will do that..."

"Then let's get on with our journey, because it looks like we're late, he'll be waiting for Putu"

"Well, let's go deaf..."

Immediately I climbed back up and pedaled his bike again after Riani had sat behind him.

But this time pekak pedaled his bike slowly, because in his mind was still disturbed and ringing stories from Riani.

He salutes the strong attitude of Riani facing all the trials in her life, from the trials of the past and present, because according to him no woman is able to face all that.

According to him, Riani is a tough girl and able to rise from all the trials she has faced.

And if he recalls the moment he saw a tearful Riani with a trembling body, his heart felt pain and sadness, perhaps the soul of the old man was called.

While on Riani's side, her empty eyes, her over-tired heart made her brain and mind unwilling to work.

He just wants to meet Aunt Grace immediately and make it clear that he does not want to have a relationship with his family again so that he is not tied to his dark past.

Want him to show her that a Riani is a tough woman even in the shadow of a dark past...

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