My Heart For You
7. Interrogations
The next day, Karina returns to her uncle's house to retrieve all her personal belongings. There was not much he could take because he almost never bought things for himself. Only a few pieces of clothes and objects left by his parents that he can take.
Karina came home when she was empty, so she could freely go in and out without having to fight with the people of the house. After all her stuff got into the suitcase, Karina rushed back to the apartment.
When he got to the apartment, he saw a man standing at the door like he was waiting for him. The man immediately bowed politely as he saw Karina was already nearby.
“you who are?”
“good morning bu Karina, I am Angga his assistant sir Kenan.”
“ohh yes, I remember seeing you. What's coming here?”
The man gave Karina a large brown envelope.
“in it there is a list of vacant positions in the company, then if it does not please in there is also a list of companies complete with vacant positions.”
Karina looked blankly at the envelope and turned to look at the man in front of her.
“what does this have to do with me?”
“not the mother who applied for the conditions to be able to work.”
“iya it is indeed a condition of me but I will work my way and my own ability.”
“pak Kenan asked me to convey that mom is not in a hurry to make a decision and should be considered first.”
“seems like he knows I'm going this way.” Karina muttered to herself.
“please I will consider this, thanks.”
Karina smiled then turned to face the door and entered a series of numbers to open the apartment door. Before he enters, Angga tells Karina to get ready because this afternoon Kenan will pick him up. They're meeting Kenan's parents again this afternoon. Because according to him, the faster the better.
Karina did not respond and just walked in. Ever since she signed the marriage contract, she had always questioned her decision. But his own hands handle the contract without anyone's coercion.
Rice was already porridge and regret was useless. He should be able to bear all the consequences if the contract ends badly.
During the day, Kenan actually picks Karina up to the apartment. The man carries Karina in the lobby of the apartment without intending to go upstairs. About five minutes waiting, Karina finally came down with her daily clothes.
Kenan frowned at seeing Karina's unchanged appearance even though they were about to get married. He remembered telling people to fill the wardrobe in the room with various women's clothes.
“what's with your shirt today?”
“why? This is the shirt I used to wear, is something wrong?”
“why are you wearing that shirt and not wearing a shirt in the closet?”
“that shirt for me?”
“who else is it for? Only you women can stay in my apartment.”
Hearing that she is the only woman who has ever lived in Kenan's apartment makes Karina blush a little.
“I don't know, I'm also more comfortable with my shirt.”
“ya please, let's go.”
The distance from Kenan's apartment to his parents' house is not far from Karina's house. About fifteen minutes drive, they arrive. Karina got out of the car and walked behind Kenan who was already on the road.
They both entered the house and did not see a single person in the living room. Kenan asks Karina to sit on the sofa while she tries to find her parents. Kenan went into the father's reading room and found the room also empty. Then he went to his parents' room and knocked on the door, but there was no sign of anyone inside.
“loh Karina? Have you come, son?” said a middle-aged woman from the kitchen of her house.
“iya aunt.”
“Where's the dean?”
“tadi rise to the top find aunt same om.”
“here to here, we have lunch first. Aunt has not eaten.”
Karina followed the middle-aged woman with a sense of awkwardness. In addition, he seems to have to tell Kenan that his mother is in the kitchen, but he has no room to tell her.
Kenan's mother pulled out a chair for him to sit on and he sat down next to Karina. Patently, the woman took food for Karina ranging from rice to side dishes. For the first time in his life he was treated like this. The fear began to go wild hoping that if the mother was still alive she would definitely get this kind of affection.
“eat darling.”
“but Kenan aunty.”
“don't think about it, there's om.”
Karina nodded and started eating her first lunch at the house.
Meanwhile, just as the middle-aged woman had said, Kenan met the father on the second floor. His father went upstairs when Kenan was about to go downstairs.
“loh dad why even go up? Karina is under.”
“dad want to talk to you.”
“Kenan also want to talk to mom's dad, we go down.”
“no, talk here only. Dad asked you to get married but this is not the way.”
“daddy mean how?”
“what reward did you promise Karina until she pretended to be your wife?”
“pretend how the hell yeah? I came here to tell you that Karina and I love each other and are getting married. Isn't that what you wanted? Married the woman Kenan loved.”
“you seriously love him after yesterday insistent that you guys have no relationship?”
“heart no one knows well, now Kenan loves Karina and wants to marry her. Is that wrong too?”
“father is just worried you made a mistake.”
“if dad is worried, then why make such a requirement so that I can inherit father's company?”
In the dining room, the same question was asked of Karina. With the tenderness of a mother, the woman asked Karina to make Karina not have the heart to lie. But the contract was signed and he could not back down.
“how is your relationship with Kenan?”
“good aunt.”
“yesterday you said there was no relationship with Kenan but this morning aunt heard from Kenan that she was going to marry you.”
Karina smiled awkwardly and tried hard to be normal as usual. It was in his heart that he prayed that God would forgive his sin when he lied to Kenan's parents.
“all just happened aunty, actually I first like Kenan and we already know about three months.” The lie.
“new three months already want to get married? Are you sure of your decision?”
“maybe this time he really loves me aunt, so want to marry.”
Silence between the two. Kenan's mother stared fixedly at Karina's two beads. One hand extended into Karina's hair and she smiled gently.
“tante bless your relationship, but if in the future Kenan does something bad to you do not hesitate to come to this house.”
“tante don't trust his own aunt?”
“tante is only worried about you two because of his sudden decision. Just yesterday you came here saying there is no relationship with aunty.”
Karina smiled awkwardly after hearing the doubts raised from her future mother-in-law. Karina felt guilty towards the woman in front of her.
After talking for a long time, Kenan and Karina finally came home from the house. During the trip, there was no conversation at all. Both of them were silent letting their minds wander. Kenan delivers Karina first before she returns home.
After the meeting that night, their engagement date was set next week and a week later they were both getting married. The engagement was held modestly at Karina's request. While the wedding will be held according to the wishes of Kenan's parents.
Karina was currently standing in front of a campus holding a piece of invitation in her hand. His heart was racing and he was nervous. Karina was worried about the reaction of the person who would get the invitation in her hands.
“kakak.”
A man from the campus shouted to Karina and she half ran towards Karina.
“ada what?”
“ini.” Without further ado, Karina immediately handed over her wedding invitation to Kenan to her sister.
“what is this?”
Devano who is Karina's younger sister immediately glared at the name of the bride listed on the invitation.
“don't talk here.”
Devano pulls Karina's hand towards a cafe not far from the campus. Her face looked unhappy after getting her brother's wedding invitation.
“what the fuck?”
“aku to marry.”
“why is this sudden? Since when do you have a boyfriend? Or maybe big sister..” her words hang while glancing at Karina's stomach.
A sour face immediately plastered on Karina's face after knowing the meaning of the sister.
“what kind of woman do you think I am?”
“ya anyone knows, because suddenly. Besides this is also a wedding invitation not an engagement?”
“i have decided to marry her. I didn't give you an engagement invitation because it wasn't necessary, actually you don't need a wedding invitation either because you're my sister.”
"why do you keep being loved?"
"let you believe that I'm getting married."
Devano was silent and thought of something.
“if you are married to get out of your aunt's house, you should not get married. I'll find a contract near sister's workplace.”
“not that I married.”
“then why?”
“you think married people why?”
“sove each other?”
“...”
“who is this guy? I will decide to bless your sister's wedding or not after meeting her.”
“you can't meet him because he's a busy man.”
“then don't get married, it's easy.”
Karina cut off her eyeballs in front of her sister. He knew the response would definitely be like this because the younger brother was quite possessive of him. Her sister was the only living witness who witnessed the rigors of the life Karina lived.
Devano repeatedly asked Karina out of the house and said she would support her sister. But Karina can't make Devano work too hard. He wants the younger brother to focus on his education and then succeed by achieving his goals. Sufficiently he is a person who must live to suffer and give up his ideals.