Love In The Throne
Indemnify

Alvin enters the house when Nanda is busy cooking in the kitchen. Their eyes clashed with each other for a moment, without saying hello and without uttering a word or two. Alvin climbed the stairs to the room. Wets his head with cold water. He let cold water wash over his head and his whole body. Alvin tried to relax his body under the shower.

That night Alvin only used shorts with a thin t-shirt colored moss green. Her hair is still wet. The smell of masculine soap and mint and lemon scented shampoos still smells clear and feels fresh in the nose. Alvin's coming down to the dining table. There was already Nanda who was busy preparing food for the two of them to eat.

Nanda thrust an empty plate at Alvin still without speaking. It still feels reluctant and upset about the incident last afternoon. Alvin received the dish and immediately took rice complete with vegetables and side dishes. After Alvin finished taking the food he liked, now it was Nanda's turn to take it. They ate quietly still without a sound. Alvin occasionally stole a glance towards Nanda who was enjoying her food with her head lowered. Nanda's face still looked sad and moody. And it seems that tonight Nanda also did not look excited to enjoy the food. Although the dinner the night before they passed by without sound, but tonight feels different. Cooler and gray.

Nanda wiped her lips with a tissue ending her dinner. His body felt tired and tired. Especially his heart and mind.

"I'm done eating. I'm first, Mas, sleepy" Nanda's voice sounded sniffy. And it was intentional. Nanda intends to get up from sitting but stops when Alvin's voice stops him to get up from his seat.

"Wait" Alvin put an ATM card in front of Nanda's desk. Nanda's eyes followed the direction of Alvin's hand, which placed a black signature card right on the table where he sat.

"What's this?" said plain Nanda.

"Just consider it as compensation for the incident earlier this afternoon. The pin number is behind the card"

"What do you mean? And what does this have to do with what happened last afternoon?"

"I know you lost your job today. The contents of the ATM are enough to meet your needs for one year" Alvin replied casually as he continued his feeding.

"Mas Alvin doesn't need to bother being responsible. After all, it wasn't my fault either. And about my job, maybe it's not my time to work there anymore" Nanda smiled sourly when recalling the decision of Ms. Silviana who terminated her employment contract last afternoon.

"Then, let's just say it's the living money I'm supposed to give you"

"I'm not your real wife. So I guess, you don't have to feel burdened to give me a living money"

"If you don't want to, throw it away. It's hard for me to take back what I've given others" Alvin's voice rose. Sounds sniffy and haughty. Alvin got up from his seat and left Nanda, still at the dinner table. Alvin climbed back up the stairs and went into the room. Nanda simply fell silent as he looked at Alvin's back moving away from him.

The long breath. He thought of a shiny black ATM card with a luxurious design bearing the name 'Alviano Hadinata'. Look at it carefully with the ATM card.

"198891, a strange number. Hmm.." said Nanda softly when reading a row of numbers as a pin number behind an ATM card.

Nanda put the ATM in her pants pocket, and then cleaned up the rest of their dinner before going to bed.

***

This morning Nanda only prepared a toast complete with various jams as their breakfast menu. Nanda had also prepared a cup of black coffee is not so sweet Alvin's favorite.

Alvin sipped coffee made by Nanda calmly. His feet were still the same as ordinary days. Cold and expressionless.

"Thank you" Nanda opened the conversation. Alvin looked at Nanda with a questionable look slightly startled by Nanda's sudden words of gratitude to him.

"For what?"

"For the living you have given me" Alvin paused for a moment to digest Nanda's words. A smile on her back at the corner of her lips and looked back at Nanda with a look that was difficult for Nanda to understand.

"Have fun" Nanda was flabbergasted by Alvin's words. Alvin himself finished saying immediately went to leave Nanda who was still confused with the purpose and meaning of Alvin's speech just now.

"Happy? What's that supposed?" nanda said to parroted Alvin's words. His brain continued to think hard to interpret the meaning of Alvin's words.

"Actually he's sincere or not really love me ATM? How does rancu gini say? What does it mean try? What does it mean to have fun? Does he think I'm satisfied because I've managed to get some of his property? The insolent.... Alviii... Elo and brengseeeekkkk...." Nanda squeezed tightly into his fingers and tightened his row of teeth restraining his emotions. Alvin's words this morning have really poked his feelings.

"Wait.." suddenly a silly thought flashed a little crazy on Nanda's mind.

"Alvin said, have fun. Hmmmm.... Why don't I just realise his words. I'll spend money on Alvin. Let you know, I'm an expensive woman who is not paid enough with only a portion of the contents of the ATM loe, huft..." Nanda immediately changed clothes and prepared to go to the nearest ATM machine to see the contents of the ATM that Alvin gave for him last night.

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Nanda was stunned in disbelief when his eyes clearly saw on the screen of the ATM machine a row of very many zeros. Nanda's finger calculated the number of zeros on the monitor screen.

"Two Billion?" nanda lirih. His feet felt weak. Intentions that initially wanted to have fun spending money Alvin, now run aground already. Instantly Nanda felt confused to be flirted with that much money. What kind of fun should he do? At the moment there is no mature plan for him to have fun with Alvin's money that feels foreign to him. After all, Nanda had been used to living a simple life with enough salary for her to survive for one month. But now he is faced with abundant amounts of money that actually makes himself agitated. Plus the look of Alvin's face was on the dining table that seemed to underestimate, making him reluctant to touch the money given the husband status.

Nanda took a long breath. Reissue the ATM card from the machine and put it back in the wallet. Today Nanda was confused about where to go. The broadcast schedule is late afternoon. But now, it is still morning.

"Hm... I don't work anymore now. I have time for mother nengokin. Yeah, I'd better go home mom. Mother must be very happy if I come" without a second thought, Nanda rushed to her childhood home where she was happy to live with her parents who loved and loved her whole heart. Before going to the mother's house, Nanda took the time to stop by the cake shop to buy some pieces of her mother and father's favorite cake.

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