Shadow From the Past
Chapter 103

“Total so one hundred and twenty thousand yes, sir,”

Vano immediately handed over the pink money as much as two pieces to pay for the martabak he bought before returning home.

“Udah no need,”

Vano forbids sellers from handing over change. Vano look around this martabak seller deserted a buyer. After all, honestly, such money is nothing for Vano whose account and wallet are always filled.

“Thanks yes, Sir,”

“Iya equally,”

Vano immediately rushed to the car. He opened the car door and put the martabak on the seat next to the steering wheel. Then he drove his car at a reasonable speed.

Vano had to be willing to be a little blocked by traffic before arriving home because it's home from work. People are competing to arrive home quickly so that when the green light turns on they are busy scrambling for the road first so He must be patient alternately.

His journey to the house was smooth there was no traffic jam at all after he entered the housing complex.

He pressed the horn and opened the car window slightly to greet the smiling complex portal guard and saluted him.

Vano finally arrived home exhausted. He managed to arrive home shortly before the adhan maghrib.

He was greeted with peace when he arrived home. Amih opened the door for her and immediately offered her a drink but Vano shook her head.

“No need, let Elvina do it later. I'd like to have a warm tea. Where's Elvina?”

“Mother in the room, sir, just met her father-in-law Pak Vano who came,”

Vano nodded and immediately swung his steps towards the room to approach Elvina.

“el,”

Vano knocked on the bedroom door and then pressed the door lever that turned out to be unlocked. He found the figure of his wife who was sitting in the middle of the bed and looked down.

Elvina raised her head looking at the newly arrived Vano. Vano was surprised when greeted with tears his wife immediately removed.

“You why cry?”

Elvina smiled with a hand that still wiped away the trace of her tears. Vano immediately put the martabak on the bed then sat in front of Elvina. Her hand moved giving a gentle swipe on Elvina's face.

“You why cry? What makes you sad, El?”

“No, I'm not crying,”

“Lying! People obviously earlier I saw your tears really, the abis was quickly removed the same you,”

“I'm not sad, Mas,”

Vano clucked because Elvina didn't want to be honest. He stood up and then shook his waist. He didn't like Elvina covering up the problem like this. Vano was confused and worried. He knew nothing about what made his wife this sad.

Elvina was clearly lying. He saw Elvina crying. But Elvina immediately wiped away her tears. He just came home from work was shown with sadness his wife then Elvina did not want to be honest, finally he was annoyed now.

“Why you?”

“Not why,”

“Long continues! I don't like you lying!” Jerk Vano in front of Elvina whose shoulder immediately jumped slowly.

“Why are you angry? I ‘kan already said that I do not cry, do not force me to—-“

“I don't like to see your tears let alone I just came home from work. I also don't like being lied to. So hurry up, answer honestly! What makes you sad?”

Elvina still did not make her voice. Vano immediately approached the door and then gave a punch to the door that was not wrong.

“Mas don't do that! You make me afraid, why go home angry anyway?”

“Why sad? I'm asking now!”

Elvina shook her head. Vano who saw that snorted irritatedly and his jaw still tightened until it became more firm.

“So said Amih, your father came?” Tanya Vano who is possessed by Elvina.

“You cry to have something to do with them?”

“No! I told you I'm not crying,”

Elvina distracts Vano by opening the martabak that Vano bought. He ate it without further ado.

“Means right you cry because it has something to do with your father, yes ‘kan? Are you scolding them or what? How about tumben nangis? Same story with me, Elvina! Don't make me boil can not anyway?”

Vano finally talked a lot while Elvina was still busy chewing even though she could not really enjoy what she was eating right now.

“You are advised that you do not accept it so cry? Yes so?”

******

“How are you doing?”

Elvina did not expect to be visited by her father and mother now, when Vano had not yet returned to work. Only He accepted their arrival.

“Alhamdulillah well, Pa,”

Elvina immediately asked Amih to make a drink for her parents who are currently visiting her home.

“Vano has come home?” Arman asked while looking at his son who immediately nodded in response to his question.

“Terus Vano hasn't come home yet, Brother?” The mother asked while observing her surroundings.

“Numbered, Bun. Mas Vano hasn't come home,”

“Where is Vano? Is it better?”

“Iya, Dad. After he comes home, you have no more problems,”

Arman nodded briefly. The man leaned back with one leg resting on the other and stared at Elvina sharply this time.

“Elvina, listen yes, I don't want you looking for trouble again,”

“Who's looking for trouble, Yah?”

“Hear first! Don't answer me. This father wants to talk to you so heard until it's done not even answered,”

Elvina swallows her saliva nervously after getting a reprimand from Arman who if it has reprimanded it always makes him disinclined.

“Vano is back home, so don't fight anymore. You have to be good at judging yourself. If you are wrong, apologize immediately, not even admitting not wrong or stubborn. You don't have a big fight until your husband is fed up and decides to leave the house. Learn from mistakes, Elvina,”

Arrival Arman and Dini here indeed want to meet and talk to Elvina directly after they know from Vano that Vano has returned home. Elvina did not tell her parents anything when it was what they were waiting for. They want Vano back home with his wife.

“If Vano is wrong, yes rebuke him well, do not be angry as if you never have anything wrong, keep learning to appreciate him. You are always asking to be understood but never able to understand people's feelings. I hate people like that, okay?”

Elvina nodded, She knows everything that her father doesn't like. It's that selfish person that Arman hates. Want to win alone, do not want to hear input from others. That's Sakti getting from Elvina. Actually, he was very tired of advising his son but never changed for the better. The same mistake is repeated.

“Dad no longer want to hear you fight with Vano especially until one goes from home. Don't you think Dad doesn't talk like this Vano either. Dad talked to him at length,”

“Vano is still a long time home?”

“Not to know, Bun. Why?” Elvina's voice was hoarse because she was holding back her cries. I don't know, he even wanted to cry after his father spoke like that.

“Nothing,”

“Father mom wants to go home,”

“Not drinking, Well, Bun,”

Elvina pointed at the drink on the table that had not been delivered by Amih for long. The drink had not been touched by his parents.

Arman and Dini immediately sipped warm tea made Amih to the toilet. Then Elvina also invited them to dinner together but the two refused.

“Eat at home, you often go home, eat there, take Vano,”

“Yes, Yeah,”

Arman and Dini get off the couch. Then out of the house Elvina was escorted by Elvina. “Go home yes, greetings to Vano. Frequently to home,”

“Yes, Yeah,”

Elvina kissed the back of her mom and dad's hand then they both rushed home.

Elvina exhaled violently and swung a step towards the room. On the bed, he was crying in silence.

Actually Arman has been used to be assertive like that but somehow this time he is too over-reacting when Arman is not wrong, just want Him to change so that his marriage is not threatened to disperse. If the problem is constantly present, it will definitely end as well.

Vano came home immediately surprised to find a crying Elvina. She was angry when Elvina lied when asked why she was crying. Elvina did not admit that she was crying.

“It seems right, you've talked to mama papa huh? They advise you? But you cry?”

Elvina finally nodded as well. Vano sighed violently then pinched Elvina's cheek furiously.

“Yes, El. Why even cry? Huh?!”

“You don't snap me dong, I cry even angry,”

“Yes you've ended up lying to me. You said no cry, but when you cry, how do I not get upset try?”

Vano rubbed Elvina's cheeks gently then kissed the top of Elvina's head that had stopped crying.

“Udah do not cry, eat martabak aja so not sad,”

“Actually I don't want to be sad because papa tells me about kindness but don't know I'm even crybaby, Vano,”

“Yes is okay, your feelings are very sensitive times,”

“Udah don't hold hold-hold ah,”

Elvina threw out Vano's hand which was still rubbing her cheek. Vano snorted, even though he was just trying to calm Elvina down, but Elvina instead behaved like that.

“I don't like to see you cry,”

“No longer crying, this has stopped crying, can see ‘kan?”

Elvina pointed at her sticky face, her tears were no more. Vano nodded in relief.

“You shower there, smell!”

“Yee songong's. I've always smelled,”

“Dih is yes?”

Vano immediately took his wife. Elvina, who was in her husband's arms, asked to be released.

“Mas, I'm tight!”

“Custom ‘kan?”

Vano smirked in satisfaction after releasing Elvina. The woman nodded honestly and then laughed.

“People I'm just kidding,”

“Let me prove it too so that you don't rest,”

“Iya-iya! You always smell as fragrant as a flower garden,”

“Yes have been you mah, not like a flower garden also times,”

“Mask there, don't keep talking,”

“I want to eat mar—“

“Eh wash your hands first!”

Elvina patted the hand of her husband who was about to take the martabak. He glared at Vano who did not wash his hands when he was just outside.

“You also did not wash your hands directly comot martabak,”

“My hands are clean, do not run out from the outside, if you?”

“Okay, I go to the bathroom first,”

“You guys change clothes, Mas. If you don't want to shower,”

“You go straight,”

Vano immediately picked up his towel then rushed into the bathroom leaving Elvina who immediately went out of the room moving the martabak to the dining table.

“Mih, no martabak, eat, Mih,”

“Buy Pak Vano yes, Bu?”

“Iya,”

“What is the Mother's voice a bit different? I was crying, mom was crying huh?”

Turns out Amih realized that Elvina had just been sad. Anatha's voice was slightly different than usual. From the sound alone it was discovered that Elvina had finished crying, moreover Vano had seen Elvina's tears. But Elvina could still lie. How can Vano not be angry? Vano is tired, constantly being lied to when he wants to really care. Vano did not like his wife's grief.

“Noisy, Mih,”

“But the sound is different, Mom, maybe you want a cold? Take medicine before severe, Mom,”

“No, just relax,”

Elvina sat at the dinner table and invited Amih to eat martabak. Amih only took one fruit after that went to the kitchen. Elvina was alone before her husband came.

“You had dinner outside ‘kan? So no, El?”

“So, if you're not tired. But if you're tired, don't do it,”

“Come,”

Elvina nodded in spirit. After crying, I want to go for a walk. Vano took him away.

“Martabak not brought, Darling?”

“No need, why? ‘And want to find a meal when carrying martabak? Eaten at home if martabak it,”

“Oh so, yes already,”

Vano had turned around to want to go back to the room, but he just realized there was something different. He turned his body to face Elvina. Not Elvina's different clothes or appearance, but—

“So what did you say?”

“I asked martabak not to be taken. Keep saying you don't have to,”

“Call me baby huh? Did I hear wrong?”

“Indeed yes? I'm not aware,”

Vano laughed loudly. Vano shook his head in disbelief. It seems his hearing was not wrong. Elvina called him dear. But Elvina's face seems very convincing if she does not consciously call Vano dear.

“Yes you called me dear just now,”

“No idea, you heard?”

“Listen, I didn't hear wrong for sure,”

“Not to geer,”

“Halah, why call me that? Very tumben, usually call the name aja kok,”

“You usually call me that, Ken! Not me,”

“But I don't want to call you that,”

“Why?”

“No idea, males aja,”

“Oh pantes have never heard of me again,”

“Nah means that you actually call me dear, because you want to give the code to be called dear again, ah that's not ngaku,”

Vano left just like that leaving Elvina who snorted. Elvina soon follows her husband to change clothes and they leave.

“Take it yourself? Tumben, usually always taken the same me,”

Elvina quipped her husband who took her own clothes, without asking her for help. Vano turned his head and blinked one eye at Elvina.

“I've used anything myself actually,”

“So I don't need any more huh?”

“Ya not really, I still need you, not good if I'm independent?”

Elvina shrugged her shoulders not answering. It's a bit strange to think when Vano doesn't need his role anymore in picking up clothes for Vano.

“Don't be long,” Vano's message to his wife who nodded. But Vano sure remains long. Use lip moisturizer, skin moisturizer, not to mention styling hair, anyway long according to Vano, but according to Elvina fast. Because he has tried to do it as soon as possible so that Vano does not protest and sometimes so badmood to go.

“Mas, motor driveway yes?”

“Why? Car aja,”

“I want to use motor!”

“Judah can you say no? Hesitate on her mbak,”

*******

"Mas, there's Tata coming,"

Elvina came to call Vano who was styling her hair in front of the mirror. Vano glanced at him at a glance then with a heart as if to say, "Open up,"

"Huh? Why expelled?"

"Why is he?"

"You're gonna make sure I take a walk anyway, like usually,"

"Why are you talking to me?"

"Just tell you what, I can go with him, Mom?"

"When did I ever ban it, El? Feelings never, ever,"

Vano finished preparing and then exited the room. It's true what his wife said. There was Tata, as a guest who came to their house this morning.

"Ngapain came anyway? Just interrupt early in the morning,"

"Well, I came here with Elvina, not lo! Sorry yes,"

Tata looked at Vano with annoyance. Instead of being welcomed as a guest, this was greeted with disrespect. Only Vano would dare to treat him like that. Luckily Ken's a good friend.

"Why come to my wife?"

"You take the road,"

"It could be from the phone, or the chat cake,"

"Udah, but Elvina hasn't read my chat, from last night,"

"Sorry yes, Ta. I didn't open my phone after dinner. As soon as the house goes to sleep," said Elvina explained with a bad feeling because she had ignored messages and calls from Tata.

"It's okay, I'm sorry, El,"

"Whatever you want to make sure Elvina where, as long as it is brought back, yes, do not you kidnap continue to eat, the danger is very, ntar me the same who?"

"Alay, shit!"

"Sign, drink first,"

Amih came to bring drinks for Tata, and Elvina immediately invited her husband's friend to enjoy a drink. Then Elvina follows Amih's trail to the kitchen to prepare Vano's breakfast.

"Mother, that's Mr Vano's friend huh?"

"Yes, the nomenclature. 'You've been here a few times, Mih,"

"Yes, what's this mom doing here? In front of Mr. Vano and guests,"

Elvina chuckles at her whereabouts being protested by her close friend when at home. What is wrong in the kitchen? It's usually like that.

"Mother, just in front of Mr. Vano,"

"Why should you be accompanied, Mih? The guy he's not a kid,"

"Mother, there will be more guests, so mending Mommy in front of a chat with guests,"

"It's weird, though,"

Amih immediately approached Elvina and whispered, "Be careful of the husband's friend, Mom,"

Elvina instantly blinked her eyes in confusion. He did not understand what Amih meant. Amih sighed harshly as Elvina was confused by her sentence.

According to Amih, it would be better for Elvina to be more vigilant with her friend Vano. The human heart who knows. Women and men who are pure friends are very rarely found. Not Amih suspicious of Vano, but instead of his friend Vano. He believes that Vano won't mess around.

"Have you heard people talking about actors yet? Well that, must be careful, do not let the husband taken the actor,"

Elvina's laughter broke out hearing Amih's words that seemed to be too wary. He is the wife of Vano just relaxed, but Amih just the opposite. Ask him to be more alert.

"No, Tata is indeed Vano's friend, Mih,"

"Yes, Mom. Mr. Vano just thinks he's a friend, but doesn't know him. Maybe he thinks Mr. Vano is more of a friend, right?"

"That's not bad thinking, not good, Mih,"

"Mom, beware is necessary. Not want to think bad or recriminate, but rather than unwanted things happen, mending alert from the beginning. Aye, right?"

"Mas Vano can't be a traitor, just calm down,"

"Sir Vano is loyal to Mother, I am sure. But I don't know how she's got a guest heart right now,"

The sound of someone thumping made the two stop talking. Vano came and looked at the two of them flatly.

"What's the chat?"

"Huh? No, it's politics, it's bias,"

Amih held back the laughter of hearing Elvina's words. Obviously Vano is hard to believe. Since when do they both like to talk about politics? It seems like this time Vano knows.

"Why are you here anyway? Come with me up front, have a chat with Tata. Don't just me who says he's babbling,"

******

“Mas, can you please pick me up?”

After leaving with another man, Elvina asks to be picked up by Vano. Her husband snorted cynically. Elvina could have behaved like that.

“So you permission same me to go with Jona ‘kan? Because you said you are bored at home, continue to want to go also with your other friend but in fact he did not become. Yes already home with Jona, ‘kan easy, El,”

Elvina turned to Jona who was walking beside her. Elvina is embarrassed that Jona heard her husband's answer.

Geez, Vano won't pick him up. Why is it like that? He usually wants to if he asks for help.

“How are you?”

Elvina takes a distance with Jona and whispers angrily at Vano on the phone. Jona unknowingly He slowed his steps until He was behind Jona and Jona walked in front of him with eyes that occasionally focused on the phone and then looked forward.

“Ya is why? You ask me to pick you up after you go with another guy. I'm really lazy, El, I'm busy anyway, sorry, go home by myself,”

Sometimes Vano has to teach his wife a lesson. He did say he did not want to be jealous and did not want to care about Elvina close to anyone but whose name is husband there must be a sense of anger when he knew his wife was close to others. After leaving together, Elvina asked to be picked up with him. Vano's chest is boiling.

Elvina gritted her teeth in annoyance. Vano is so outrageous in his opinion. Though how difficult it is to stay picked up at the restaurant, because he had left with the others? Vano himself allowed. If you don't like why now? After he's gone home. He said please go with anyone. He was happy to hear that. But when asking for help to be picked up, Vano sounded irritated instead.

“Lo so bal— where is this person?” Jona was about to ask Elvina who had previously walked beside her. But now there's nothing. Finally he looked back and apparently Elvina was behind him staring at the cellphone.

“Eh, El!”

Elvina looked at him and immediately equalized the steps while keeping her phone inside the bag after making sure the message had been sent to Vano.

- If you're upset I went with Jona, you should have talked from the beginning. Don't give permission to me continue to end up even sewot-

“Lo so back together Vano not?”

“Not so, he again can not be disturbed his work, so I returned alone aja,”

“Yes same as me, why would you want to be alone?”

“Fear of ngerepotin lo,”

“Yes is not, El. Just like I was back, let’s go!”

*****

Vano smiled cynically reading a message from his wife. If He does not give permission, Elvina will be upset, so He gives permission. But Elvina should have known that she didn't like Jona, she thought Elvina didn't go once She let her go, but she didn't.

Now Elvina even seems to blame herself. But if you can think, it should be Elvina who is wrong because still can not understand the feelings of the husband.

“Not changed either, still can't price me as her husband,”

Vano tightened his hand against the phone with his jaw tightened until his shape was more firm.

*****

“Elvina who previously wanted to go home changed her wishes. She asked to be delivered by Jona to her husband's office.

“Lo why go to work your husband, El? Want to join the work?”

“Yes, why can't I go to my husband's office?”

“Ya is not okay, just confused, not directly go home even to Ken's office,”

“Ya why the hell?! Very cute ribet lo nih,”

“Jeez people only nanya doang, how fierce lo,”

“Gue don't want to follow work, just want to relax,”

“Not relax if you mah, but disturb. If you want to relax it at home, not at the office,”

“Let's go, love me,”

Jona immediately tells Elvina to get out of her car after the car arrives in the parking area of Vano's office.

“Thanks is back,”

“Yoi, equally,”

“Not often,”

“Emang why?”

“Nothing the hell, I'm the bad one,”

“Yes have relaxed aja,”

Elvina opened the car door and immediately rushed into her husband's room with a leisurely pitch.

Vano didn't know he was coming to Vano's office. The man may be surprised, but what Elvina is worried about, Vano is not in the office right now.

“Pak Vano is in the room?”

“Newly exit, Mom. Just a few minutes ago,”

Elvina's lethargic shoulders are decaying downwards. Apparently what he was afraid of was happening. Vano's not in his office right now.

“Where?”

“There are affairs with his partner, Ma'am,”

“Oh so, thank you yes,”

“Sama-sama, Mother. Please wait, I will contact Mr. Vano,”, said her husband's secretary. Elvina forbade it. Elvina did not want to make Vano rush back to the office. Perhaps after knowing he was in the office, Vano so quickly to the office before the business is finished.

“No need to call, later also definitely back here ‘kan,”

“Good, Mom. I didn't call Mr. Vano. Mom wait in the room Mr. Ken only, let me transfer,”

Elvina nodded, and she immediately followed the footsteps of the woman in front of her who led her into the husband's room.

Which is usually welcomed warmly by the owner of the room, now Elvina is only greeted with silence.

“I'm sorry to come out yes, Mom,”

“Iya, thanks,”

Elvina sat watching the atmosphere inside the comfortable Vano workspace. Even he was asleep to sleep.

Elvina closed her eyes in a sitting position leaning against the sofa. Unconsciously he finally fell asleep. About thirty minutes later Elvina fell asleep and then she woke up and Vano was not at the office as well.

Elvina could not go to sleep anymore. Finally he went around the room Vano. She also sat in her husband's desk facing his laptop and documents on the desk.

No work finally chose to tear apart Vano's desk drawer. There were only papers about the work he had met.

“Buset, nothing else what? The grandiose work I saw,”

“Turnal Vano save this,”

Elvina looked at the photos she found in Vano's third desk drawer. Apparently Vano likes to keep portraits of them.

Elvina was shocked to hear the door open. Ken walked into the room with a frowning forehead. He did not understand why Elvina came to his office. He was surprised to hear from his secretary that his wife had come to the office.

“Why did you come here?”

“Can't be?”

“Any aja, earlier abis ngomel-ngomel in chat, continue now come here,”

“I'm a guest here,”

“Back there, no importance here,”

Elvina looked at Vano in disbelief. Did her husband just throw out? Oh, my God, it was like being hit on his heart when he heard Vano ask him to leave because there was no interest in his office.

“You kicked me, Mas?”

“Iya,”

“Why the hell? How come you're like that badmood of mine? What am I wrong?”

“Still ask what is wrong? Geez, no more memories are you? Huh?”

“You are strange, if indeed I do not like to go with Jona, yes already do not you give permission,”

“Ya you should think dong, why do you keep going? I give you permission. I know her husband doesn't like, uh still goes, you don't have a heart, El. Can't understand my feelings either?”

“That's it, don't worry. I'm not here because I want to diomelin, but because I'm—-“

“I said go home! Why come here? Even make a fuss. Go home! Mending is also at home. Surprised me, love to keep on wearing,”

Vano did not like his wife coming with the intention of looking noisily. Should have talked about Jona not here.

“You are so evil that I, Mas,”

“Not drama, than we fuss here because of Jona and you even seem to blame me, you better go home aja,”

“Yes you are wrong. Don't let me be,”

“You can't think! I already know no husband who likes a wife the same way other men, you even keep going. Even if I give you permission, you should think dong. Appreciate how I feel, this is not, feel bodo very aja,”

Elvina moves out of her husband's desk. Vano clucked to see Elvina take out the photos she had saved.

“What are you doing with my drawer? Must be a mess now that you're out in these photos,”

Vano grabbed the photo in his wife's hand violently and then he returned it to his place.

“Indeed why? Can't I see?”

“You don't have to find out,”

“I was bored so look around and see me meet that same. Turns out you still save,”

“Still, I appreciate every moment. You are not necessarily ‘kan,”

“Start sindir again, later it's my turn to ladenin, you don't accept,”

Elvina will come out of Vano's room but Vano calls out to her. “You home?” Ask the man to her.

“Iya! ‘And you exiled me just now. What else do I have to do besides go home?”

“Ya already, be careful,”

“There is no intention to take me home? Geez, Ken really changed. She's getting hotter!”

Elvina rushed out of Vano's room and closed the door violently. Vano who saw it was shocked and angry, he accidentally snapped at Elvina who was still in front of the door of his room.

“ELVINA!”

Luckily Vano only issued names, not sentences that could make Him feel guilty later after He hurled at Elvina.