Merely Winnowing
Luna Is Sachi

"Choose who? Don't you know the answer, Luna? Of course I chose you, why did you suddenly ask me that?"

"Don't lie to me again Devano!"

"I'm not lying, Luna. Don't you know I love you so much? Was all this evidence lacking? What am I supposed to do? Quickly tell me, what should I do for you?"

"No need to do anything, just answer my question."

"You want to ask what, baby?" devano asked as she stroked Luna's face.

"Don't touch me!"

"That's a hell of a thing, Neng. Kiss can?"

"Devanooooo's chat... "

"Yes, yes, yes, do you want to ask me what my dear is? Don't be so angry, Neng. Pity our son, ntar cepet old in the womb."

"Devano, please. This is not the time for jokes."

"Yes, yes, I said. Don't be so angry, you want to kiss. Kiss, kiss just a moment."

"NO!"

"God, fierce.... I'm talking about Neng."

"You want to speed up your marriage with your fiance, right?"

"Whatchu mean? I really don't understand, Luna."

"Don't act like a fool. You went to your fiancee's house this morning, didn't you? That's why you didn't continue your breakfast, and chose to go to your fiancee's house! Even I've read messages from your fiance's parents that you're getting interested in him, aren't you?"

Devano rubbed his face violently, then exhaled, and looked at Luna with a deep look.

"Luna baby, look at me. You know I never lied to you?"

Luna remained silent. "Yes, I went to my fiancee's house, but trust me. I came instead I started to be interested in him just stopping by for a while because of work, maybe the parents of my fiancee meant this differently. He assumed I came to that house because I was getting interested in my fiancee."

"Don't lie!"

"So you don't believe me? Now what do I have to prove? What exactly happened to you that you suddenly acted like this, Luna? Is all this because of Mama? Mama's been affecting you again, hasn't she?"

Luna was silent again. "Well, if you don't answer, I'll finish this now!" shouts Devano.

"Who did you choose?"

"You already know the answer, Luna."

"I need proof!"

"Well, you wait a minute early!"

Devano leaves Luna, and then he gets back in his car.

After a while, Devano reached Viona's house. "Mommy.., Mama!" shouts Devano. Before long, Viona came out of the room and approached Devano.

"Mama now tell me? What has Mama done? What did you do to Luna? Mama has hurt Luna's heart again, right?"

"That's how you say that, Devano! Mama didn't do anything to Luna. It must be that woman who has influenced you, right? Mama didn't do anything to him, Devano!"

"No way, Ma! Don't lie to me! If Mama didn't do anything to Luna, there's no way she'd know that I went to Sachi's house today. It must be because of Mama, right? Mama told Luna!"

"Why indeed? What's wrong with you saying that to Luna? Isn't it true today that you came to Sachi's house?"

"Yes I did come to Sachi's house, but I accidentally stopped by there Ma, not because I deliberately wanted to meet with Sachi. And it's because Mama that the misunderstanding between me and Luna happened again. Why is my mom always acting like that? Can't you let us live in peace?"

"Isn't that good? Shouldn't you have to separate? Remember Devano, you must continue your match with Sachi! You must marry Sachi immediately!"

"What if I don't want to? I will break off my engagement to Sachi right now!"

"Can't Devano! Have you forgotten your mother's threats? Mama will ruin your lives, fire Arka and make your lives unhappy forever!"

"Please don't be afraid of your threats! I've given Arka the capital so she can open her own business! And just so you know, the bond of love between me and Luna is so strong it's not that easy to be destroyed by slander and sheepfighting from Mama!"

"How dare you say that, Devano! So you don't respect me anymore as your mom?"

"Remember Ma. I act like this because of Mama. And please remember carefully, don't ever try to manage my life, Ma. I am an adult and have the right to make decisions according to my heart. And one more thing, my matchmaking problem with Sachi, I'll talk to their families myself!" devano said, then left Viona who was still pensive.

"DEVANO! MAMA'S NOT DONE TALKING!" viona shouted as she realized Devano had left her.

...***...

After Dea enters her room, Delia pulls Shakila's hand into her room. "Shakila what do you want to talk about?" delia asked as they were already in the room.

"Mama, my real sister is Luna not Dea. It was Rahma who found Luna in the train car, but she took Luna home, while her biological child was left in the orphanage because she had congenital heart disease. And Bu Rahma's biological child is Dea whom Mama thought was Mama's biological child."

"You're not making this up, are you Shakila?

"What am I making up for? I've done this investigation with Brother Deren, and that's the truth, Ms. Rahma herself told me all about it. Besides, without Papa and Mama knowing, I've done a DNA test."

"Dna test? Why didn't I think about all that? My feeling of happiness when I met Dea had taken away my common sense" Delia said.

Delia was pensive, her heart was so mixed, thinking about everything that had happened, including her stupidity that was too quick to conclude if Dea was her biological child.

"Luna's... "

"Yes Ma, Luna is Sachi."

"Shakila, I once met a young woman named Luna. Is the Luna I've met Sachi?"

"Awhile Ma, I have a photo of Luna" Shakila said as she took her phone, and showed the photo she had taken while at Rahma's house. Looking at the photo of Luna on Shakila's phone, Dea was so surprised.

"Jeez Shakila, she's Luna. She was the Luna that Mama had met, Mama had met her, Shakila," Delia said sobbing.

"Is she really?"

"Yes Shakila! Shakila, come with Mama. We need to meet Luna as soon as possible!"