Merely Winnowing
My Time Has Done

Devano then picks up his phone, then attaches the phone to call someone. "Quick find out where it is!" devano commands someone on the phone.

He then hung up the phone, opened his laptop and tried to concentrate on his work. Although, it was very difficult.

Ahead of lunchtime, Devano hurriedly got up from the top of his chair. Then he went from his office to a mansion in an elite housing complex.

The roar of the sound and the squeaking of the car tyre that had come to a halt in front of the house shocked a middle-aged woman who was eating her lunch so calmly.

"YYYYOO!!!"

"YAMAYAMAY!!!"

"Devano? What's the matter with him suddenly coming home?" When just finished saying slowly, the figure of Devano was already standing in front of him.

"Devano? What's up, honey? Do you want to have lunch with Mama?"

"Mama, I don't want to make small talk. Mama, so Mama who became the mastermind over Luna's departure right? Mama that morning came to the apartment and met Luna, then said the no-no to Luna? Mama, now tell me, what did Mama say to Luna until she got angry and left me just like that?"

"Devano! How presumptuous of you to accuse mama of acting like that?"

"Mama! Don't avoid and lie to me! I know for sure Mama said something no-no to Luna! She couldn't have just left me for no apparent reason, Ma!"

"Don't just talk, Devano! Didn't he leave you because he already got what he wanted? Aren't you the one who said that he took the things and money in your apartment?"

"I'm sure Luna isn't that kind of woman!"

"You can't be so innocent, Devano! If not Luna, then who took your things? A thief? Where is there a burglar in such a luxury apartment?"

Hearing Viona's words, Devano only raised one corner of his lips while clucking in annoyance.

"Ck! No need to pretend anymore, Ma. Mama's the one who took money and luxury goods from my apartment? That morning, when Luna was sick, Mama went to my apartment and met Luna right? Then Mama said something no-no until Luna got angry and just left me. After Luna left, Mama took the things and money that were in the safe to make it look like Luna did all that. Mama's already pitted against me and Luna right?" bentak Devano's.

"You don't just talk based on speculation and your conclusions, Devano!"

"I'm not speculating, because I have the proof, Ma. I saw CCTV in my basement and apartment lobby that morning. I saw Luna coming out of the apartment lobby with a sad face! He also did not bring anything except his clothes! While Mama? Mama came out through the basement with the stuff you took from my apartment! Mama also made that disgusting fake letter! Mama must have written that fake letter, right? What else do you want to deny?"

Viona could only be silent. "Mama now please tell me, what did Mama tell Luna? What makes Luna so mad at me?"

Viona was still silent, with her laughter fixed straight looking ahead.

"My mother asked you, Ma!" Slowly, Viona opened her lips. "Mama just said what you said to Mama."

"Say what I told Mama? What did I tell my mom?"

"So you forgot, Devano? Didn't you yourself say that he was just an outlet for you? Did you forget you ever said that to Mama?"

"What do you mean? You said all that to Mama, while mama just forwarded your words to Luna. Luna is just an outlet for you because your life motto is just sexxx no love!"

"MAMA! EVER SINCE I WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH LUNA I'VE BURIED DEEP IN MY MOTTO MA!"

"Why are you mad at me? Have you forgotten that I am your mother, I am your parents? You have the right to manage your life because you know what's best for you!"

"Best to me what's best for Mama? Now come with me and explain to Luna that she doesn't misunderstand me anymore, Ma!"

"Meeting Luna? Seriously, I'm not going to do any of that! Devano better not see him again, remove him from your life! He doesn't deserve you! Remember Devano, you will soon be engaged and married to Shakila. Have you forgotten? Three days you'll be engaged to Shakila!"

Devano was silent to Viona's words. "Have you forgotten? You agreed to your engagement to Shakila, Devano! You agreed to the engagement two months ago!"

DEG

Devano's heart seemed to stop beating, his memory returned to the incident two months ago when he was so heartbroken, and he just agreed his engagement to Shakila. He did all of that because his feelings were so enveloped by a sense of emotion, anger and resentment towards love.

'God, why am I so careless? At that time I could not think clearly, Devano's mind.

"Devano, have you forgotten? Two months ago, you even met with Oma Fitri and apologized to her for almost canceling your engagement? Then, have you also forgotten that you have signed a pre-marital agreement between you and Shakila? Remember we have a debt of gratitude to repay them and only you can do that, Devano! You can't just run away from your responsibilities because it's about the honor of our family!"

Devano could only exhale violently. His body felt frozen holding back the tightness in his chest. I want him to run, run away from the reality that is happening in his life.

'Why should I? Why should I bear all this burden? Do I have no right to choose?'

"Devano, remember the honor of our family is in your hands. Do you want to humiliate your family just to keep that poor girl?"

"I'll go first, Ma. I have a lot of business!" devano replied as he walked out of the house without even looking at Viona. The pain, and destruction he felt in his heart.

"Just sexxx, no love, that's what I've always told you, but sometimes there's a lot of unexpected things, including controlling my heart not to fall in love with you, when my time has run out with you," devano said as she walked out of the house and looked to be wiping her tears violently.

***

'Universe, why do you joke around with me so often? You just present the omens without cue. You rain when sorrow covers my heart, and when I feel happiness again, the sky above is bright as if smiling at me. Universe, please tell him, I really miss him. I just want to see him, I just want him to come home as the prayer I always say and the heart I always miss. You know, brother, our love is never wrong. I deserve to have your heart, your soul, and everything about you. Please go home, Brother Darren, ' Inner Shakila while staring at the clouds that began to march.

***

Sydney 04.00 pm

Darren sat on the grass in a garden while staring at the bright afternoon sky. "Shakila, have you met your soul mate? The person you've been betrothed to? Did you know that I was so tormented by this miss? Now I know why God created a miss. God just wants to teach us how to appreciate something more before he steps away. You never know if I miss you all the time. All about you I always miss, whether it's about you, us, or our story that's over."

Seriate...