THE ESCAPED BRIDE ESCAPED
2. Gayatri Oath

During the day, the sound of a lock on the door, was heard. An irritated and tired Gayatri went berserk, raising her head towards the door. He came down from the bed whose bed was already tangled. Walk quickly behind the door and wait there.

Slowly the door of his room was opened from the outside with a slight creaking sound, the hinge marks needed to be oiled.

"Well, how come Aya doesn't exist?" That's his brother's voice.

Gayatri waited for her sister to cross the doorway to look for her. Then he'll run out as fast as a wild antelope jumps. That's the plan in his head.

"Maybe it's in the bathroom" her mom said.

The girl immediately drowned behind the door. If mom comes in, then like when delivering breakfast this morning, mom will bring two home security with her guarding the door.

Bruk!

His sister Radit and mami, instantly looking for the sound of falling behind the door leaf. Then the two looked in wonder at the girl sitting on the floor.

"Do you want to be there? Comeup! Cold ... later you catch a cold," mami's nag.

"Radit, aided tho .... Your mother fell so when only seen doang," said mami.

Radit put the boxes he was carrying, onto the table. Only then did he help Aya stand up and guide her to the bed again.

Aya looked at the nanar and desperately to the door leaf that had been tightly closed again. He could hear the key from out there.

"Mbak Aya is not falling, Mi," Radit argued.

"Hla ... will you see for yourself and hear also the sound of a loud fall so." My mom gave evidence.

"Mad Aya must have tried to escape again earlier."

Radit was a little unsympathetic to Gayatri who he thought was too spoiled and careless, without thinking about family. Radit feels aggrieved as Gayatri flees from her second marriage plans. The family had to give up hundreds of millions of money due to paying demands from her future husband who felt cheated. Not to mention because it was the second time. So, the man had a compelling reason for his accusation.

"Don't be like this, Ma'am. Ora poke!" reprimand Radit sharp.

"Come, mami feed," persuaded the sad mami to see her daughter tangled and swollen-eyed due to long crying.

"Mommy, Ma'am Aya is old! Don't be treated like a baby!" Radit is an emotion.

"Mommy's not treating her like a baby, Dit. Mama just wanted to cheer him up. He's sad right now. Mami also became sad ...." Mommy shrinks the corner of her eye that pooled water droplets.

Radit took a breath. Then look back at Gayatri. "What else would I want to do? Last year because of Mbak, the money for my wedding plan was taken by papi to pay for the compensation of your ex-boyfriend. Then it was me and Love who had to give up and marry simply. Imagine that!"

Radit let out the grunts that he had expressed hundreds of times, if irritated to see his brother's attitude. But that woman is like a rock. He doesn't feel guilty at all.

"Already, don't mention it again. Later even free, our sincere feeling so lost if revealed continues." Mami persuaded Radit.

"Even when papi finally got sick and was treated for the heavy stress it caused, Mbak Aya also did not care much. She enjoyed a free vacation in New Zealand, with a money-losing drive sent by her future husband three days before the wedding!"

Radit reopens an old story that has hurt the hearts of many. He felt he could no longer give the girl the chance to play around like before. All of his extended family had given up on facing his completely incomprehensible attitude.

"Mbak Aya just came home after three months and the money he fled was exhausted. That too, after my mother had no other choice but to refuse to pay for her living expenses."

Mami cries hearing Radit recount her bitter journey as a mother. It is required for the family to choose to take care of her husband who is sick, or to finance his only daughter.

The rebellious girl was forced to go home by circumstances. Or he could choose to be a tramp in a land of people. The family is upset with papi's pain. So no one wants to serve his senseless indulgence.

Mami turned to Radit while wiping her tears. "Let's get out. Papi lunch is not yet ready," said mami with a cloudy face.

Radit hugged mommy. At the door, he turned around and said to Gayatri. "Consider everything Mbak Aya has done so far. What is the lack of attention of mami and Papi? Why would you hurt your own parents? Grown up a little!" woe.

The door to the room was closed again. Gayatri was silent on the bed. Flat expression. He did not react at all to the nagging of his sister. He was also untouched by the sight of tears streaming down his cheeks.

After the sound of the door locks and footsteps of the people disappeared, that stiff face turned moody. The box that Radit delivered to the room. Plastic coated gold color box and gold ribbons.

Aya could see her clothes and necessities neatly folded inside. It's not a wedding dress. So it may have to be worn in other activities. He's whining. His heart strongly rejected this match.

The photo of the man that Mami showed was indeed handsome. But marriage does not just need good looks. They also have to love and appreciate each other, then they can be happy.

Tears were dripping again on her cheeks. He remembered his second wedding plan. The man is his own choice. She was very happy then, about to get married to the person she loved.

Two days before the wedding, she received a message on her mobile phone from a woman claiming to be the man's wife.

She confirmed it to her future husband. And the man can no longer dodge. He's confessing. But they don't want their wedding plans cancelled. Because he's been out a lot of money for all the wedding expenses as Gayatri dreamed. And also do not want to bear the shame if Gayatri divulge the secrets he kept from the family.

"I'm stupid to not be able to think clearly and played with him until papi all-out pay the compensation money," he said himself.

Though the man then had fun and went on vacation with his extended family after draining the savings of the Sangaji family. He could see all their happiness on the man's sosmed page.

"They accused my family of being a fraud syndicate. On their own it is the syndicate of marriage impersonation scams!" The family worked together to deceive me and my extended family!" grim with red eyes.

"I've sworn in my heart, I won't get married until I watch you swallow karma. Karma for hurting good people like mami, papi, Adit and Eyang!"

The phone screen is on. A message came in. "What are you doing? Do you like the clothes I sent you? Wear it for the show tonight."

It was clearly a message from the man who had proposed to her through Bude Menik and her husband. A man named Dewananda, a distant cousin who is not only far in lineage, but also far away in the Netherlands.

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