HIDDEN WIFE
The Surprising Surprise

Dirga sat on a chair with a pushy look. The private room of the luxurious restaurant became quiet after everyone's departure. Jeff and Mr. Samudra had to come to the police station to complete the report, as well as Doctor Allan who was a witness. 

Dirga. Today's surprise was really like a blow to him. Forgiveness may be easy, because everything will pass with time. But to forget the heinous deeds done by Hito and Alika is certainly not easy. 

Seeing how gloomy her husband's face was, Lula approached him. The woman pulled out a chair and sat down in front of Dirga. 

“I'm sorry, Mas.” Lula looked at him deeply. “I know you are very hurt by this reality. What else is your own wife. I didn't mean to influence you to ingest him.” 

Lula was sad. Still so clingy recorded in his memory when he first came to Dirga. The man had refused to marry her because he claimed to love Alika very much and did not want to hurt her. 

“Not that makes me sad, Lula.” Dirga took a deep breath, then wiped away the tears flowing at the end of her eyes.

Lula was still looking at him. With the clasping of the hand getting tighter. 

“I just felt too stupid for the past two years of being cheated on them. Though Mama repeatedly reminded me.” He recalled all the debates with Mama Diana that were triggered by Alika. Every time Mama Diana cornered Alika, Dirga always defended her. Regretting is probably the only proper word to describe Dirga's current feelings. 

“I know Alika is not a good wife. He never cared a bit about me. And I consider giving him everything as the atonement for the sin of Brother Azka who has destroyed him. I never thought it was like this at all. They could have killed two lives just for the treasure.” 

Unable to bear the anger and disappointment, Dirga also laid his head on his wife's shoulder, making Lula embrace him in silence. 

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“Can I ask you something?” dirga asked after being satisfied spilling all his sadness. 

They were still in the private room of the restaurant. At the table are still arranged some delicious food menus that have not been touched at all. Because both Dirga and Lula lost their appetite after the incident. 

“You ask what, Mas?” Lula poured water into a glass and then shifted in front of her husband. Dirga still looks in shock after the unexpected incident. 

“Do you already know about this before?” After saying that sentence, Dirga gulped down the water Lula had just given her. At least it makes him feel better. 

“You remember Zav's birthday?” 

“I still remember. What happened to that day? Actually you fell alone or—” Greetings Dirga hanging. Conjectures began to appear in his mind. 

“I did fall by myself, Mas. But that's because I was surprised and accidentally tripped.” 

“Terus?” Dirga's getting curious. 

“While waiting for you, I accidentally heard the talk of Bu Alika and Hito. I had a chance to record their conversation, then when I was about to get away from there, I suddenly fell down and did not remember anything else. I just realized I'm missing tomorrow.” 

“Terus?” So curious, only that word continues to say from Dirga's mouth. It was as if giving Lula the space to tell everything. 

“I told all to Doctor Allan. Then Jeff and Doctor Allan started planning everything. Including asking me to agree to Ms. Alika's wish to take Zav, so that I can enter your home.” 

“And Zav allergy it's actually not true?” 

Lula shook her head slowly. “Sorry, Mom. You must have panicked back then.” 

“How about mama? Does mom know about all this?” Suddenly worry spread to Dirga's heart.however, Mama Diana must be sad if you know all this. Azka was the eldest child in the Mahendra family. Not only became a victim of murder, Azka also became a victim of cruel slander for the death of Vino. 

“Mama knows everything. That's why this morning Mama came to pick up Zav. They are now at home mama.” 

Dirga was silent, while fingering a jewelry box tucked in the pocket of the suit that had been deliberately prepared as a surprise to propose to Lula.

But it looks like this show will fail, as he has just dropped a talaq for one of his wives. 

"So you're working with Jeff, Mama and Allan to dismantle the masks of Alika and Hito?"

Lula nodded weakly.

"Sorry, Mas. I was heavy, but Doctor Allan said ... It's not my fault I took people's husbands," Lula said, choking on the air.

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