Shadow From the Past
Chapter 21

“Dad, Mother, I've made up my mind,”

In the middle of dinner, Elvina suddenly made both her parents confused because they heard her words.

After Elvina thought about it, she should try to open her heart to other men, perhaps that way she could quickly recover from the wounds in the past. And he wanted to give that opportunity to his own lecturer who had said in front of his parents that he wanted to take Elvina to a more serious level, he said, and she doesn't care if Elvina has to learn to love her first.

“What decision, Nak?”

“I want to be serious with Mr. Vano, but I learned to accept him first yes, I do not want to marry directly in the near future. I want to be comfortable with him first, maybe that love comes,”

Early Smile and Arman immediately rose to hear the words of their daughter who unexpectedly had begun to think clearly. May it not change its mind, and settle back to the old love, which has hurt him so deeply.

“Good then. Indeed, you should open your heart, the person you think is already happy with the other, then why should you stop at him mulu, son? It's good that you're starting to realize. Mommy is happy to hear it. Mommy is sure, Vano is also happy to hear it. He ‘kan indeed does not mean you to marry in the near future, but he wants you to learn to accept him, if you want, he also hopes you can learn to reciprocate his feelings. He gave me a chance to do that, he understood that you really need time,”

*****

“Abang, why alone on the terrace? Brother is upset again huh?”

Davina approached Vano who was aloof on the porch of their house while enjoying a cup of coffee and smoking.

“Your brother smoking? My morning is really good, huh?”

“Ssttt don't be so tight by the way, Dek. Later heard by Papa Mama, Abang diomelin smoking,”

“Yes anyways hold a cigarette, when to buy it? And buy where?”

“Udah a few days ago, just opened now. No more worrying, again to me, Dek. What are you doing here? Back there in,”

Vano told his sister to go inside the house so as not to disturb him who was alone again, enjoying the night breeze while sipping tobacco.

Davina very rarely sees Vano smoking because actually Vano is not a person who is addicted to tobacco. All he knows is that if Vano is thinking about something, or not okay, then Vano touches that smoky little thing.

Instead of obeying her brother's order to enter the house, Davina actually sat opposite her brother.

“Not there, already there in. What the hell is here? Ntar being a passive smoker, the danger is more than active smokers, you know,”

“Ya ‘kan only occasionally doang. Although I actually do not like to smell cigarette smoke, but I wonder why? I think I was daydreaming,”

“Yes, tired again. He wants to calm his mind, yes, this is it. Alone on the terrace at night, drinking coffee, smoking,”

“Again problems on campus?”

“No, so far safe-safe,”

“What's the same problem El?”

“Ngak. Brother wants to be alone, Dek. I can't sleep either so I'm here,”

“Capek is an adult, Bang? Tired of work, tired of thinking about the future, tired of thinking of a mate, yes I understand, so I am not ready to be an adult like a brother,”

“Hahahaha sok know you ah,”

“Lho why do you know? I know, so grown-ups are exhausting. Later if you already have a wife, more tired again you know, add more burden, Brother is ready?”

“Anyway, ‘kan already thought before dare to talk. This Brother is tired again because this week is quite solid, and again wants to be alone,”

“Not because of galauin El ‘kan?”

“No, why should I be upset because of El?”

“Yes because he does not want to be serialized with Brother,”