Shadow From the Past
Chapter 142

"Mas, Delila came back to your office?"

"Huh? no, Honey. Why emang? you miss him too much, right? I asked about him,"

Vano kissed the shoulder of Elvina who was lying on her back. Elvina immediately moved uncomfortably because her husband had now kissed her neck.

"I'm not kangen, but I'm curious if he still comes to your office or not. You said no, didn't you? you sure?"

"Be assured, he's the same as me. There's no more business, sweetie. So why did he come to my office again try?"

"Maybe he misses you, too,"

"Eh carelessly when you say. Yes, no, where is the story he misses me or vice versa? my business is the same he's the only thing you've ever had to do, honey. There's more than that, no,"

"Cie lied,"

"Well? really me, what's a lie?"

"Is it true that you blocked his phone number? let me see, I can't believe there's no evidence,"

"Okay, look at yourself, honey,"

Vano was forced to move from his lying position in order to find his smartphone that was not on the nightstand.

"Well, didn't you see my phone, honey?"

"No, I didn't see it at all. Where did you put it?"

"It's usually on the nightstand, honey. You're not holding?"

"No, I don't really believe it,"

"Not believe it, my dear. But I'm confused where my phone is, just the time you hold it,"

"Not at all, that's very chatty. Just say you can,"

Vano immediately searched on the sofa, on the dresser, under the sleeping pillow and sofa cushion also did not escape his search but somehow he did not manage to find it.

"Where the hell? there's no yes, honey,"

"You forgot the narration times, Mas,"

"Yes, I forgot. If you remember, you wouldn't be like this,"

"Where did you end up?"

Vano scratched his non-itchy head. He completely forgot where he put his phone before it disappeared now.

"But it's not far, El. I remember being on the nightstand next to my bed, as usual,"

"Yes, why isn't there now? missed in your office time,"

"No ah, I've brought it home, El. Missed time at the office?"

"Yes can do it. You're busy so you don't realize where your phone is,"

"But I've brought it home,"

"But there is none. Go home where it used to be. To this house or to another house?" elvina asked while holding back her gelatinous smile. Vano immediately frowned staring at him.

"What other house does that mean, honey?"

"The other house is not this house,"

"Quick don't muter-muter talk about it, El,"

"The other house is someone else's house,"

"Oh Delila's house you mean?"

"She probably missed there,"

Vano laughed at his wife's clumsiness. Elvina at once quipped. Elvina wanted to know her husband's reaction. If he panics as soon as he is insinuated, it means that there is something covered but so far Vano seems safe.

"I'm not going to anyone's house. You don't make it up,"

"Oh yeah?"

"Yes really. After work, go straight home. And to this house yes, not to the house of a neighbor or an enemy. I'm being honest, really,"

"It's good that you're honest,"

"Don't accuse dong, honey,"

"No recrimination, I'm just the origin of chirping away,"

"The only place I came home was you,"

"Just be happy, instead of focusing on finding a cell phone,"

"I'm also confused where is my phone? is it really missing?

"Try to find out more thoroughly. Maybe nyelip?"

"Not anywhere like that,"

"How serious? you want to give up?"

"I'm confused where to look?

"Take it next time in this room with a cctv,"

"Yes, don't, honey. It's called no privacy at all dong,"

"Yes, how did your phone slip? in the office, you said you didn't have to go straight home, so where's your phone?"

"You're not a prank, are you, El?"

"How's yoo?"

"Yes, you've been snooping,"

Elvina laughed and as she sat staring at her husband, who was standing with a waistline, Vano almost gave up looking for her phone.

"You're accusing me?"

"Feeling me again you want to work for me. Really no?"

"Not wrong to say? who do I often do that? you're not?"

"Yourselves are like, El,"

"Whenever I know myself,"

"If you don't meet, just buy it,"

"Yes, I bought a cell phone. I don't want ah, a waste of tau, El,"

"Yes, but you have the money. Count on pleasing yourself, Mas,"

"It's a pity to buy a new phone because that one does not know where. Well, even though I want to give a show to you, I want proof that I really have blocked the number Delila, Honey,”

“Means I'm sympathetic, you lied yes,”

“Lying how? That's right, El. That's why I want to show because I'm honest, but unfortunately there's no evidence,”

“No evidence means lying. That's the point,”

Vano clucked not accept said lie. Though he actually honestly revealed that he blocked Delila's number. When I was going to prove it, the phone was lost somewhere.

“Ya have slept for you, do not need to think about mobile phone again, tomorrow aja,”

“How not to think, dear. That phone is still new. People buy it when you snack because Delila, eh now the time is gone?”

“Ya how exhausted? Let's finish the phone mending sleep. Tomorrow again sought, Mas,”

When Vano will agree, tomorrow morning he will return to look for the sophisticated and smart object, Vano was surprised by the clinking sound of his cellphone which is located very close to his current position. As soon as he was careful again it turned out that his phone was under Elvina's pillow.

Elvina laughed seeing Vano's fierce gaze pointing at her. Just now who said without evidence means lying is Elvina, it turns out she who makes Vano so difficult to provide evidence.

“Lah turned out to be the same you yes. Very bad, I've been looking everywhere, I'm asking you. He said he didn't see, uh don't know it was even quipped. Great intention to know her husband yes,”

“Where? Panic is not?”

“Panik anyway, it's just that I'm upset with myself because I would not be able to prove to you if I didn't lie,”

“Ya where have you tried to see. Said you blocked Delila's number,”

“Cie still jealous,”

“No one would be jealous if there was no reason. If jealousy for no reason means I do not trust myself dong, I admit that he is more than me dong,”

“No, my wife is all the more,”

“Udah protest where he's proof, I'm not sure ah,”

Vano immediately tapped on his smartphone to tell him that he had indeed blocked Delila's phone number.

“Tuh ‘kan, really ‘ right? I never lied, honey,” he said after He could provide evidence that what he said was true.

“Oh yes tuh, tumben,”

“Cock tumbents,”

“Means really synchronous mouth tumbent same fact,”

“Eh hasn't been all this time? If I say love means the fact is not love so?”

“Joking, don't insist so answer. It's been a night, rather than a lot of mending sleep,”

“Goodnight, bestie,”

“Hmm night,”

“Ham hem ham hem you. Romantic reply dong,”

“Ngak jago,” straightforward Elvina while pulling a blanket to cover the entire body. Vano chuckles to feel Elvina is even asking him to joke, even though he was told to sleep by Elvina before.

Vano also pulled the blanket so that they met in the blanket. Vano laughed at Elvina's confusion.

“Eh you never played this anyway? The story in this blanket house so, continue to share later there is a monster,”

“Iya, I remember,”

Vano laughed and quickly closed his mouth so as not to bother too much. Because of Elvina's sharp plot, too, she quickly closed her mouth.

“Do not be noisy! Last night tau,”

“Iya sorry, I accidentally, Honey,”

“You habit if laughter like can not be brake. It's ‘kan night, aren't you afraid of what?”

“No, fear. I have God,”

“But still don't be noisy about this already at night, time to sleep is not chat let alone laugh,”

“Ready, Mrs boss, I do,”

Vano closed his eyes to sleep, and so did Elvina. When they were almost closed, the alarm from Vano's phone instead rang to make Elvina cluck annoyed while rubbing her ears because it was too noisy.

“Sorry-sorry, Honey, I forgot also when to set the alarm,”

“What does an alarm do? It's the middle of the night, what do you want? How to request builtin alarm?”

Vano immediately quickly turned off the alarm that rang enough to make the ears continue even though they were about to fall asleep.

Vano himself also did not know since when he set the alarm so that the sound at eleven o'clock at night. Who was supposed to sleep out watching alone with Elvina finally even chatted and disturbed the alarm.

“Why turn on the alarm?”

“I just don't know if the alarm will sound,”

“To whom does his alarm go?”

“Yes maybe I just accidentally, sweetheart,”

“I thought you used an alarm so you would wake up to confess to the midnight ritual,”

“Yeah, what ritual?”

“Suggestion,”

“Astaghfirullah, Elvina likes to talk her mouth. Where is the bugle,”

Elvina chuckled while covering her mouth with her hands so that her laughter would not explode.

Vano was surprised that he suspected that he would perform the ritual of the sacrifice.

“Alhamdulillah I am a safe person, do not want to use dirty ways to get what you want, whether it's a treasure, or whatever it is,”

“Keren-cool, nice it,”

“It is, who used to dong,”

“Person,”

“Ya is a person, but who am I?”

“Vano,”

“Iya know if name. I mean I'm who are you?”

“That's what I wanted to hear from earlier. Long time no understand,”

Elvina closed her eyes not wanting to talk to Vano anymore. He suddenly felt his forehead rubbed gently. He opened his eyes slightly and saw Vano looking at him seriously as his thumb moved rubbing Elvina's forehead precisely in the middle of his eyebrows.

“You why not sleep anyway?”

“I want to bed you first,”

“Hah?”

“I mean, I want to make you sleep first. That's the point,”

“No need, you just sleep. Tomorrow ‘kan want to work,”

“Nothing really, I'm fad while waiting sleepy,”

“You were sleepy from earlier, mending sleeping deh,”

Elvina threw out her husband's hand so that he would no longer wipe his forehead. Vano will be working tomorrow morning, should be sleeping by now. This isn't even. He kept talking, and then he acted. Though he did not ask Vano to wipe his forehead.

*****

“Del, how are you Vano? Still all right?”

Delila turned to look at the door of her room that was opened by her mother. Delila immediately sat down, before lying face down while finishing her work.

“Why, Mom?”

“Your relationship with Vano is still good ‘kan? You ‘kan never close story with Vano,”

“Iya I ‘kan the story is only close, there is no relationship, Mom,”

“Lho, no relationship? How can? Not her—“

“Can't, Mom. He already has a wife. His wife who ever came to this house, and if not wrong meet also the mother at that time,”

“So why are you guys near dong then? He ‘kan already have a wife, does he cheat on you?”

“Now cocoon,”

“Ya keep why did you say that you two were close? But just now you said again that Ken actually already has a wife,”

“Iya has a wife. So the story goes, Elvina or Vano's wife is not in love with Vano. She never appreciated her husband, the point is, Mom. Well this Vano wants to test him. Coincidentally I was with this Vano ‘kan was indeed friends so he told me, so that I was the same he was closer, more familiar. Because he wants to know his wife's reaction. He is jealous or not. At first I did not want to, yes I was used as a tool for him. But because he really wants to know his wife's reaction, he's kind of desperate, Mom. Finally yes already, I participated in his request, so it was all on the scenario of Vano,”

“Partially you exist anyway. Why would he want her? Huh huh? I knew he had a wife, still aja—“

“But ‘kan I do not feel good, Mother. So yeah, I'll do it,”

Delila gets a scolding from her mother after hearing a story about her being close to Vano due to a screenplay created by Vano.

“Mom didn't think of you, son. Shouldn't want to. You're the same as ruining their household,”

“But it's not, Mom. Even Elvina with Vano is now in harmony, Elvina has admitted that she is in love with Vano, she is jealous of the closeness of me and Vano, Mom. She's afraid of losing Vano,”

“Sure Elvina very upset with you yes,”

Delila chuckled and He nodded confirming. Indeed Elvina was upset once or even arguably hate. Because he is considered the third person in his marriage relationship with Vano.

“Yes, he how many times did not say good to me,”

“Yes, obviously, he's talking bad to you. Because he thinks you're a bully, an actor. Anyway, I think there is no work on the Vano it makes a plan like that. Finally sacrifice you ‘kan,”

“Mother, Vano is not wrong. I want to help her,”

“What has Elvina ever talked to you?”

“Mortgage. Yes natural, because he wants to vent his anger he ‘kan. I was told to stay away from Vano because Vano was married, I said I had no self-esteem, should be able to find more than Vano but I even want to be Vano's mistress. The point is that, Mom,”

“Yes Allah, Del...Del...Why are you so stupid? Elvina should say that. Because you were wrong, and her husband was even more wrong,”

“Sorry yes, Mom, I made you sprain me,”

“What is your relationship with Elvina? Is she still mad at you?“

“Say Vano, it's not really, Mom,”

“Why do you want to help Vano? Besides because of friends there must be another reason ‘kan, Del?”

“Not there, Mom,”

“You don't lie to Mom,”

Delila was shocked as soon as her shoulder was touched by her mother and then she looked at her with a sharp and serious look.

“Mother, I'm serious. I didn't lie to Mom,”

“You want to help Vano. You want to get close to Vano actually because you like Vano too? Not only want to help her?”

Delila shook her head quickly. “Ngak, Mom. I do not like Vano, I do not put any feelings on Vano really, really want to help him alone, Mom,”

“You don't lie to Mom, Del. This mother knows from the look of your nervous eyes, and your gesture also can not be lied to,”

“Bu—“

“Listen to mom's message yes, you can't ruin other people's happiness. You are a woman, try to borrow the feelings of Elvina if if your husband is taken by another woman, cruelly deprived, how do you feel? Heartache and disappointment that's for sure,”

Delila lowered her head. He was made silent by the advice given by the mother who gave birth to him.

“But I really don't like Vano, I don't want to take Vano,”

“Yes good if that's the case. But what I see, you like Vano. Your eyes on him can't lie. Mother ‘kan several times saw Vano come here, you guys chat, and I can know through your gaze if you have more taste for Vano. And I want to ask you, did Vano come here, Elvina tau?”

“Vano was deliberately luring Elvina to follow him. So all this time if Elvina's been following him, Vano knows it, ma'am. Vano deliberately lured Elvina to see the togetherness of me and Vano,”

“Jeez, Vano evil also yes,”

“He's not evil, Mom. What's wrong he wants to know Elvina's true heart. If there is no such thing, maybe Elvina will not feel the name jealous. Vano will stick with her feelings while Elvina stays also with her hardness of heart,”

“But still yes, I do not like the way you two Vano actually. This mother is also a wife. I know exactly how Elvina feels. Thank goodness she wasn't stressed out about her husband who she thought had an affair. Even if he does not love, does not appreciate and all sorts of things, but still the name of the husband has a special place in the heart of him that is as hard as a rock though. Vano it's got him. Even though he is not in love, but there is already a sense of belonging to each other, so according to Mom, Vano should not be,”

“Yes, Mom, it's all gone. Elvina is wrong anyway, if only she could love Vano and not ignore Vano, she also would not admit it, moreover, he was in love with Elvina and what she did hurt her heart Elvina, just yeah how? Maybe Vano is confused. Instead of fussing on, eat the heart continues because Elvina stuck with her past, mending so thought Vano,”

“Elvina stuck in the past? What do you mean?”

“Yes, if what I heard from Vano's story was a glimpse of Elvina, she had an ex. She still loves her ex,”

“Keep why marry Vano?”

“Yes because Vano likes him, eventually a mistake is formed. What is that mistake? They were married when Elvina had not forgotten her past, but Vano was in love with Elvina was a mistake they made. So married, Elvina had to ninggalin. After the wedding Elvina still can not move on from her ex who was married too. Ribet is their story. If not wrong Vano the story is so,”

“So apparently. Vano is tired maybe yes, he has to keep competing with his ex Elvina,”

“Iya about so, Mom,”

His mother Delila exhaled violently. Then his hand moved gently rubbing Delila's cheek.

“Yes already, whatever it is, you still can not turn into a bad person huh. Once again I say, don't be a bad person, don't be a bully of people's happiness. Understand ‘kan?”

Delila nodded her head and smiled. His mother was about to come out of his room but Delila called out which finally made the woman who was no longer young look at her son.

“Means that if I really had the same feeling as Vano, I would have to lose it huh, Mom?”

“Iya dong, Son. It should, because he's not yours, don't make things complicated. Many other men you can have and of course he also does not belong to anyone. Do not continue your feelings that, because it's wrong,”

“Iya, Mother,”

*****

Elvina remembered that soon her husband had a birthday. And she had not prepared any gift for her husband.

Finally today he decided to go to the mall all together to invite Amih as well. So that they both look for another atmosphere. At home I am bored.

“I'm really confused about what gift to give, Mih,”

“Yang again needed the same Mr Vano what, Bu?”

“Hmm, just yeah, I don't remember,”

Elvina stepped forward thinking what gift her husband might need. Perhaps Vano had said that he was in need of something.

“My eyes hurt. I guess the glasses don't fit anymore. Usually it does not hurt easily. Where now often hurts also my eyes if you look at the old gadget,”

“You are old age, Mas,”

Elvina immediately remembered the moment. When he accidentally crosses an optical. “Mih, jerk. We bought glasses, like,”

“What glasses, Bu?”

“Soalnya Vano it already feels not suitable as his usual glasses. Said it hurt just as hard,”

“But I remember Mr Vano minus how much?”

Elvina patted his forehead softly. She certainly does not remember the minus eyes of her husband, especially now it seems to be increasing.

“I don't know how much now, Mih,”

“Emang if the glasses, Mom, must invite the person so that all checked his eyes. Can't just buy without minus year how much,”

“Iya anyway, Amih is right. How to dong?”

Elvina continued her previous steps stopping right in front of the optics. He followed her again.

“Gini aja, ma'am, just buy an item that does not have to Mr. Ken know. Well the glasses follow, so there are two gifts Mom, what is my advice? Do you agree?”

“Iya may, but the problem is the first item is what? Ken has it all. So I was confused what to buy him,” said Elvina as her eyes looked to the right and left side.

Many boutiques, shoe stores, and others, but somehow Elvina was not interested in getting into it.

“Game ps that, Bu,”

“No, no use to him,”

“Beneficial, Mom. ‘Kan make husband's heart happy. You see lately Mr Vano again likes to play PS ‘ right? I don't understand it like that, but I bought the best one, I mean the newest one. Surely Mr. Vani likes it, so he has entertainment at home,”

Elvina stayed quiet for a moment to think. He refused to buy such toys. Vano is an adult, after all he is more often busy outside the house. But come to think of it what Amih said was true as well. Vano has been playing it lately. He said he borrowed Ajun's. Elvina didn't think of getting there. Her husband borrowed someone to please her. Why didn't she just provide what made her husband happy? Rather He was also confused looking for something for Vano.

“Iya deh, I want to buy that only time yes. But I don't understand anything about it, I just don't know where to buy it. If a shoe bag is all I know, a shoe bag I mean,”

Amih laughed at Elvina's joke. Of course Elvina knows where to buy bags and shoes for herself. Often shopping, if you do not know even wonder.

“Emang should ask who knows about such a thing, Ma'am,”

“I asked who tried? Dad I do not like to play soan like me, dad wants to play on a mobile phone, a kind of online game so,”

“Ask a family who like to play so, Mom,”

“Who yes? Like nothing, just find out for yourself,”

“Mother, I think very excited to welcome Mr. Ken's birthday,”

“Emang looks like that, Mih?”

“Iya, I see the most excited Mother of the year welcome Mr. Ken's birthday,”

“This is her second birthday so my husband, Mih,”

“Yes, if you were sorry, Mom. Mom tends to be so funny. After Mr. Vano spoke, then I was busy looking for gifts. Like that time Mr Vano who ngingetin ‘kan, Mom? Well if now, Mr. Vano has not said anything, even impressed just like his birthday, but Mother just the opposite,”

“Not really, Mih. If that spirit means I made a gift from two months ago, this is ‘kan nak. From a few days before,”

“Yes, Mom. I can see how different Mom is to welcome Mr. Vano's birthday. Although look for the card a few days before, not from far away the moon, but still looks like his spirit. Part ‘kan birthday gifts are usually sought if you are near, Mom. Rarely like those from far away months, except those who want to be bought really big aka spectacular car and others. That ‘kan need longer preparation,”

“I do not buy Vano car ah, he already has a car, anyways he will be sprained if I abi-bisin money to buy an expensive item but not so necessary,”

“Iya, Mom. Why buy a car? Mr. Vano has a lot of money to buy his own car. Precisely the small ones are more valuable, Mom, let alone from the wife,”

“Iya okay, I bought a toy that again like Vano aja deh, hope he did not worry me because I bought a toy,”

“Lho, why did you get married, Mom? Precisely Mr. Vano will be happy because Mother is very attentive, up to the toy that is again liked by Mr. Vano aja Ibu tau,”

“I want to buy wallet also time yes make him,”

“Woah a lot of Mother's gifts too, so I said Mom was really excited on Pak Vano's birthday this year, if last year the spirit was also but different aja gitu,”

Elvina chuckled softly at Amih's words and in her heart He spoke of what it had to do with the love He had with his spirit He now welcomed Vano who would grow in age in a few days' time any more.

“Soalnya wallet he-it's mulu, if not wrong he only have three deh, yes still good all the hell, but I'm tired of seeing it, time he not anyway? That's why I want to buy it,”

“Males sometimes do, Mom. If he is not bought by his wife, he will not buy. There is money but whether lazy or indeed want to save, essentially they are ogah-ogahan buy goods let alone a small kind of wallet so,”

“It looks like if Vano is lazy yes, he likes to wear existing, do not want to bother,”

“Yes that's how it is most men, ma'am. I don't say everything but mostly so, somehow also yes, maybe because they don't like shopping too, Mom, ‘kan who is famous for this shopping is yes woman. Manish bags on nice, uh already bought again. The reason is because it wants a collection, this color does not exist. Though mah if men one bag can be used in all conditions yes,”

“Ih Amih really true anyway,”

Elvina laughed at herself. He felt shunned but not hurt. Women do not need to talk about other people. Himself is like that.

“My own schedule is like that too, Mom,”

“If I am yes don't ask again yes, so am I,”

Elvina invites Amih to go to the store of bags, purses, shoes, and belts of men who are dominant made of leather.

Elvina immediately chose a wallet that would be suitable for Ken and the man liked. He is also free to look for a suitable but not the taste of Vano who likes dark colors, and the model is simple.

In the store it was not just selling wallets so it made Elvina eyes wildly stare at the others. There was a belt that made her fall in love, there were also formal shoes for men.