stuck in this same situation as he
is.
Without bothering to lift himself up,
he reached for the cordless phone on his side table. He dialed the
number written on the piece of paper, he heard a dial tone. It rang
for several minutes before he heard a woman’s voice
answering.
“Hello….”She said it was
Paramita
He hesitated for a minute and couldn’t
bring himself to speak.
“Hello….” She said again
“Mita. Hi, it’s me...”
“Bang Ali? Hello, what’s wrong with
your voice? Are you okay?”
“Um, I got back from talking to
Dewi.”
“Oh, and how did she take
it?”
“Not well, I’m afraid. She was
heartbroken, sad, and angry.”
“I can imagine. What woman wouldn’t be
after hearing that her boyfriend is going to marry someone else?
You need to give her some space to calm down and
re-capacitate.”
“It hurts me so much to see her like
that. I spent the last three years dedicating my life to make her
happy, and today I had to give her this news, and see her break
down in front of me. I couldn’t even hold her and comfort her
because, I know that I’m the person who’s causing this. And how can
I ask her to forgive me, if I’m going to leave her
anyway.”
“Abang, why didn’t you tell her that
we’re not going to really get married, tell her that it's a sham,
so you and her can get back together afterward? Didn’t you say it
yourself the other day that the two of you couldn’t plan marriage
because of her career? Just tell her that it’s only a few months
delay if any at all. If you are willing to wait for her to resolve
her career, I don’t see why she can’t wait for you to resolve your
personal problem.”
“It’s not that simple, if I tell her,
it might lessen her pain, but we won’t know if everything will go
the way we want it to go, what happens if in the future something
comes up that won’t allow us to divorce? Also I don’t want to keep
her hoping for me to come back, maybe it’s better for her to forget
me, and move on with her life.”
“Ah…the perils of love. You see that’s
why I decided long ago, that I’m never going to fall in love. Nope,
love is not for me. I actually want to be happy.”
“Ah, so your bitter unrequited love has
left you traumatized, hah?”
“Well, not only that, look what
happened to my parents, I mean they had their level of suffering. I
suffered and cried a lot, when I loved in the past. And don’t tell
me, that now is the only time you felt miserable because of your
relationship.”
“I have, I won’t deny that, but never
at this magnitude.”
“Let me tell you, Bang. And this is
something I learned all by myself with the things I’ve been through
in life. No matter how painful, hurt or depressed you feel right
now, tomorrow is going to be another day. Happiness, sadness, pain,
and pleasure, they are all a passing phase. Rather than feel
burdened by the unfortunate events that happened today, why not
look forward to the opportunities that will come tomorrow.
Especially when you’re in a situation that’s out of your hands like
this. It won’t do you any good to feel depressed.”
“You know, you’re quite mature and deep
for a kid.” He said his voice sounded more upbeat than
before.
“Well, thank you.”
“So the press release is tomorrow,
which means that we will be officially be engaged to each
other.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“Then there’s all the preparation for
the wedding.”
“On my part, I have to leave it to
Permaisuri Farida, whatever she wants, it’s not really my wedding
per say.”
“You should show some interest,
otherwise people will think it’s strange that you’re not happy or
excited.”
“Oh yeah, I can do happy and excited, I
could even go so far as thanking Ayahnda for making me marry you,
the most handsome and fantastic man in Jothar.”
“Ha…ha…ha…Hearing it from you it
doesn’t feel like a compliment.”
“You’re right, the lucky one is you.
Because, I’m
is.
Without bothering to lift himself up,
he reached for the cordless phone on his side table. He dialed the
number written on the piece of paper, he heard a dial tone. It rang
for several minutes before he heard a woman’s voice
answering.
“Hello….”She said it was
Paramita
He hesitated for a minute and couldn’t
bring himself to speak.
“Hello….” She said again
“Mita. Hi, it’s me...”
“Bang Ali? Hello, what’s wrong with
your voice? Are you okay?”
“Um, I got back from talking to
Dewi.”
“Oh, and how did she take
it?”
“Not well, I’m afraid. She was
heartbroken, sad, and angry.”
“I can imagine. What woman wouldn’t be
after hearing that her boyfriend is going to marry someone else?
You need to give her some space to calm down and
re-capacitate.”
“It hurts me so much to see her like
that. I spent the last three years dedicating my life to make her
happy, and today I had to give her this news, and see her break
down in front of me. I couldn’t even hold her and comfort her
because, I know that I’m the person who’s causing this. And how can
I ask her to forgive me, if I’m going to leave her
anyway.”
“Abang, why didn’t you tell her that
we’re not going to really get married, tell her that it's a sham,
so you and her can get back together afterward? Didn’t you say it
yourself the other day that the two of you couldn’t plan marriage
because of her career? Just tell her that it’s only a few months
delay if any at all. If you are willing to wait for her to resolve
her career, I don’t see why she can’t wait for you to resolve your
personal problem.”
“It’s not that simple, if I tell her,
it might lessen her pain, but we won’t know if everything will go
the way we want it to go, what happens if in the future something
comes up that won’t allow us to divorce? Also I don’t want to keep
her hoping for me to come back, maybe it’s better for her to forget
me, and move on with her life.”
“Ah…the perils of love. You see that’s
why I decided long ago, that I’m never going to fall in love. Nope,
love is not for me. I actually want to be happy.”
“Ah, so your bitter unrequited love has
left you traumatized, hah?”
“Well, not only that, look what
happened to my parents, I mean they had their level of suffering. I
suffered and cried a lot, when I loved in the past. And don’t tell
me, that now is the only time you felt miserable because of your
relationship.”
“I have, I won’t deny that, but never
at this magnitude.”
“Let me tell you, Bang. And this is
something I learned all by myself with the things I’ve been through
in life. No matter how painful, hurt or depressed you feel right
now, tomorrow is going to be another day. Happiness, sadness, pain,
and pleasure, they are all a passing phase. Rather than feel
burdened by the unfortunate events that happened today, why not
look forward to the opportunities that will come tomorrow.
Especially when you’re in a situation that’s out of your hands like
this. It won’t do you any good to feel depressed.”
“You know, you’re quite mature and deep
for a kid.” He said his voice sounded more upbeat than
before.
“Well, thank you.”
“So the press release is tomorrow,
which means that we will be officially be engaged to each
other.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“Then there’s all the preparation for
the wedding.”
“On my part, I have to leave it to
Permaisuri Farida, whatever she wants, it’s not really my wedding
per say.”
“You should show some interest,
otherwise people will think it’s strange that you’re not happy or
excited.”
“Oh yeah, I can do happy and excited, I
could even go so far as thanking Ayahnda for making me marry you,
the most handsome and fantastic man in Jothar.”
“Ha…ha…ha…Hearing it from you it
doesn’t feel like a compliment.”
“You’re right, the lucky one is you.
Because, I’m
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