Bitter Tongue In-Law
38. Time Games

That afternoon Arga came home with nothing. A smile that he had pinned a moment ago seemed to stay a memory and whether someday he smiled as sweet as it was for the same reason or not.

And who would have thought that the emptiness and emptiness of Arga he brought up to five years later. Surviving the same thing honestly bored him. Without children, without happiness, and living under the care of the woman who gave birth to her.

Has Arga been sitting quietly for five years without trying to meet Nuna and her child? Of course not. Various ways he has taken secretly to get what he wants. Even he was desperate to visit the house of Nuna who was in the village.

It took Arga years to get Nuna's address. The sudden romance and marriage, and the short age of marriage, make Arga do not know where his ex-wife's house.

It was the first day he stepped foot in his ex-wife's hometown. He managed to get Nuna's house with a non-playful effort.

But I don't know, what happened after his divorce with Nuna did not walk at all with his expedition. Already far come to the house to just greet the child, but again only futility that he got. Just like a while ago. And for the second time, Arga went home with empty hopes.

"Nuna and her family have long moved from here, since her two-year-old son Nuna worked abroad. After five years they moved and the house is for sale."

The explanation was still noisy in his ears. He has tried so far and still has not produced any results. Just the tiredness and disappointment he always felt after his breakup with Nuna. Regret also felt not to leave his life even though he knew, there was no point drowning in the taste that he now wade.

And apparently, the emptiness that Arga felt did not only happen to Nuna's ex-husband. There are other male figures who also feel the same as Arga, but different reasons.

Yeah, that figure is Bian. Don't ask me how he is now. The fate of his current economy, not as lucky as his love life. Who does not know the Daiyal Abian now? Owners of fine restaurants and branches everywhere, yet still live in solitude even when the younger brother already has one child.

Five years ago was the second ruin of his life regarding romance. Feelings that can not be far away and a kind of dependence with Nuna makes Bian think want to marry Nuna. Although he did not know whether the feeling he felt was love or just because he was used to being together. But Bian doesn't care about that. All he cared about was that he could not linger far from Nuna and her son. Until one night while making a video call as usual, he expressed what he felt.

"Nuna, can we stay together like this without any distance? We have been standing for a long time. Is there no desire to reduce the distance between us?"

"What do you mean, Bian? You want me to go there?"

"Yes, I want you and Cashel here, but not as regular friends. I want you and Cashel to be my life partners. Are you ready?"

Nuna immediately changed her face, "Why? Why should I?"

"I don't know. Doesn't everything need a reason? Even if I do something for a reason, shouldn't everyone know why I'm doing something?"

"And I was one of those people? I can't know why you're doing this? I can't figure out why you made me a friend? You know my background."

"I don't want to, Bian. But I still have a dream to make my parents happy. I promised myself I would make them happy. Because as long as I live this far, I only let them down and trouble them. So I wanted to do something before I decided to marry someone."

"May I know what your dream is? I mean in what way do you make them happy?"

"I want to spoil them in old age. I want to see them just sit back and enjoy their old age at home without doing any work. And to make that happen, I have to be a rich man, right? And next month I'm going abroad to make my dream come true." From the screen of Bian's phone, the woman's eyes began to glaze over.

While Bian was glued to the spot. It was like stringing word for word that Nuna put out. He was silent as if his brain capacity was limited to digesting Nuna's sentences.

"What do you mean, Nuna? You want to leave me, sorry that means Cashel? You can go abroad must be the result of forcing both your parents, right?"

Nuna laughed a little. He confirmed Bian's words with that laugh. How else would you like? Actually he also did not want to leave his baby, but if he continued to be at home, he was sure he would not be able to develop and could make happy people around him. He does not want the future of his son is not guaranteed, he does not want the life of his son is lacking, no parent wants to leave his child with a long duration of time, he said, but if indeed it was his only choice and for the sake of his son's future. Why not do it? That was what Nuna had in mind at the time.

"Where to go?" Bian still forced his curiosity despite his sudden heart ache.

"Hongkong. I won't be there long anyway, I'll focus on working there and I'll go home."

"How long?"

"Five years. It won't feel like we're living happily, will it?"

From the conversation, Nuna said she would leave her phone at home so that Bian could still see Cashel freely as usual. Had become a question and rejection from Bian, why should his phone be left behind? Though he can give the number of his sister or father in order to keep in touch with Cashel.

"If wearing this is good, you can talk as much. Later Cashel can already playin hp, it can be made to connect you to satisfaction without having to wait for Nizar or Dad at home."

Although Bian was hesitant and felt bad about Nuna's reasons, the man still agreed with her wishes.

"Well, if that's what do you want me to do? Promise me to call me if you have HP back there. I'm going to your house, can you? Just once Nuna."

"Next time I'll bring you here."

Bian's feelings are not calm and thought on the grounds of Nuna in fact proven after five years later.