Foto Dalam Bus

On my birthday, my husband, Adrian Grant, suddenly showed up with my adoptive younger sister, Bella Reed, and her child, Tia Reed. When it was time to head out, he naturally arranged for Bella to sit in the front passenger seat. Then he turned to me and said calmly, "Tia gets carsick easily. The back seat is full of stuff. Since you're healthy, just take the bus." Our friends immediately chimed in, one after another, "You're the older sister. Taking care of your niece is only right." Four cars were heading out, yet not one seat was left for me, the supposed main character of the day. I sat on the bus, swallowing my grievance, and saw Adrian and Bella interacting ambiguously in the group chat. They were even talking about topics I knew nothing about. When I opened the newly sent video, nothing except leftovers remained on the table prepared for me. Adrian even treated the birthday cake I had carefully prepared as dessert, spoon-feeding it to Bella and her daughter. Someone finally couldn’t stand it anymore and asked whether this was appropriate. Adrian, who was carefully wiping Bella’s mouth, didn’t even look up. "We’re all family. Julia won’t be angry." At that point, our seven-year marriage came to its end.

Samudera Gemintang Adnan, duda, 32 tahun, sudah berikrar untuk mencintai mendiang istrinya, serta bayi mungil yang hanya bisa ia lihat lewat foto usg. Tak akan ada yang lain seumur hidupnya selain keduanya. Dia cukupkan dirinya untuk mencintai dan merawat anak Kakaknya. Namun berbeda dengannya, keluarganya tentu tak mau Samudera melewati harinya sendirian hingga tua. Mungkin saat muda ia akan bisa melewati kesendirian itu, tapi sepi karena kesendirian sangatlah menakutkan bagi kedua orang tuanya. Di Tempat lain, Diani Abhimaya, single, 29 tahun, kehidupan membuatnya berikrar untuk menyukai siapapun. Ayahnya yang berselingkuh, suami kakaknya yang melarikan diri setelah kakaknya divonis tak lagi bisa hidup normal laki-laki beristri yang mendekatinya dan menganggapnya wanita murahan. Bagi Diani semua laki-laki tak bisa dipercaya. Keduanya bertemu karena dipaksa oleh keadaan. Memaksakan hidup yang tak pernah mereka bayangkan. Bisakah keduanya bertahan?

Mary Ann “Maan” Perez resigned from her work as an office secretary in their province to apply as a Customer Service Representative (call center agent) in Manila. After receiving a message from her prospective employer for a scheduled interview, she decided to contact her cousin to tell her to fetch her at the bus terminal in Manila for she will be staying with them for a week. Unfortunately while on her way to Manila, her cousin Joan, had an emergency to attend to and would not be able to fetch her. Instead Joan’s cousin from her mother's side of the family came to fetch Maan. Virgil ‘Gil” Velasco (Joan’s cousin) who lives in his own apartment brought Maan to his house with an agreement that Joan will be fetching Maan that day. Later that day, Joan called to inform them that she could not fetch Maan because her mother is suspected to have contracted COVID-19 and needs to be under observation for at least 14 days and if it wasn’t bad news enough, an announcement was made that night that the government decided to put National Capital Region (NCR) and the entire Luzon under lock down. Going in and out of the area is prohibited for 1 month!Locked in together for a month, will they catch the virus called love and start a romance or will it end when the lock down ends?

Welcome to Vedrah! A world where no one leaves alive... unless she does. --- Natzy Ziam was born with a dark mind and violent urges. Her mother tried to change her, but a lifetime of betrayal, loss, and heartbreak pushed her into the person she feared the most. She embraced the darkness and became the Psychopathic Executioner, killing cheaters and carving her mark on their foreheads. 'You deserve it.' But everything ends the night a driverless bus appears and drags her into Vedrah Prison, a world where the most guilty souls are sent to suffer forever. Vedrah has one rule. Every five days, a test begins. Survive or perish. And to escape, Natzy must find relics hidden across five deadly regions and earn the Mark of the Guardian, the being who created Vedrah. The world is filled with giant beasts, flesh-eating trees, bloodthirsty insects, and horrors that roam day and night. Along the way, she meets Naro, a quiet boy who reminds her of her brother, and Kyle, a man who keeps risking his life to protect her. Natzy hates kindness, but his presence slowly shakes the walls she built around her heart. In a place where love is a weakness and death waits at every step, Natzy must choose what she truly wants. Survival, redemption, or the small hope of peace beyond hell.

Grace Summers had always been the ‘Mrs. Goody Two Shoes’ always doing what’s right or what’s expected of her by her family and high maintenance friends. She’s now 21 and had just graduated yet another special school her father had sent her to, she’s fed up with her ‘angel’ persona. She hops on a bus, rides to the furthest stop available and lands a job at the most popular place in the city of Bakersfield, California: Dale’s Ladies, a gentlemen's club, or at least that’s just the front it uses, people from all over come to use this club for their addictions or to take care of unfinished business. You can do anything in this club: murder, sex, drugs, you name it you can do it. With only one rule, you have to do it within the walls of the club. Jett Lynch is the oldest of the twins, his younger twin Dale Lynch, owns a club and helps bring in some heavy cash from the ladies he has, the drugs he sells and the gruesome murders that he’s allowed to happen and not say a word about to ANYONE. Jett is popular in a bad way with the media, and the police; he’s the head of the mafia in the city of Bakersfield. He does things to people the police won’t when it’s deserved. What happens when someone who wants to overthrow Jett, gets wind of his new prize? Will Grace be caught in the crossfire or will she be taking the heat of it?

Kyaria considered herself a normal girl, that was until her cousin/best friend talked her into staring in a music video for the band Crazy. There she was introduced to the lead guitarist Jaidyn Matthews. Since then her life has turned upside down. Jaidyn showed up at her work asking for her to come on tour with him as his "personal assistant". A job which she knows nothing about. Luckily the band's manager Brady finds out about her being a professional photographer and artist. He offers her a contract to work for them on the tour. She accepts but is not sure how she is going to deal with her attraction to Jaidyn. Jaidyn chose her for the video after seeing her in the model agency soaking wet from the rain. He knew he wanted her on tour with him and panicked and offered her a job as his "personal assistant". Brady the band's manager quickly fixes his screw-up. Now she is on tour with him and is staying on his bus. Now he isn't sure what to do. Stuff happens and feelings are misunderstood. Now Jaidyn has to fix two problems. One Kyaria thinks Jaidyn isn't attracted and tries to move to stay on the bus with the assistant manager Gabby. Two Jaidyn's ex-girlfriend shows up trying to rekindle their relationship, which he isn't interested in. Kyaria walks in on something and mistakes the situation. How is Jaidyn going to fix this mess?

Pernikahan yang di pikir akan membuat bahagia, kenyataannya itu membuat hati tertekan dan terluka. Kalea Revere Theresa sudah menjalani pernikahannya dengan seorang pria yang sangat ia cintai, yaitu Kay Garvin Shadrach yang sudah berjalan selama empat tahun ini. Namun mereka belum di karuniai buah hati, dan yang selalu di salahkan adalah Kalea oleh mertuanya terutama oleh Ibu mertua yang sudah menginginkan cucu dari putra satu-satunya. Karena lama tak memiliki keturunan akhirnya mereka harus bercerai, Kay suami Kalea sudah berubah drastis yang tak suka lagi membela istrinya di hadapan orang tua dan keluarganya. Kalea bercerai, tak lama setelah itu mantan suaminya menikah dengan wanita yang ternyata tengah mengandung anaknya. Tak ada penyesalan bagi Kalea berpisah dengan suaminya, kini ia fokus untuk bekerja kembali membahagiakan diri sendiri juga membiayai perawatan sang Ayah yang sudah koma di rumah sakit sejak satu tahun lalu. Perjalanan yang tak mudah, ia harus kembali ke apartemen milik orang tuanya yang sudah lama kosong. Dia bekerja secara online, tak bertemu banyak orang kecuali harus datang ke perusahannya langsung. Pertemuan tak sengaja dengan seorang CEO perusahaan tempat ia bekerja menumbuhkan benih-benih cinta, namun bukan Kalea yang jatuh cinta melainkan CEO bernama Rigel Daviandra Antares yang berusia tiga puluh tahun lebih tua dua tahun dari Kalea. Umur Kalea kini dua puluh delapan tahun, pria itu jatuh cinta pada Kalea namun gengsi untuk mengungkapkannya. Tapi ia berjuang untuk mendapatkan hati Kalea, dan ingin menjadikan istrinya. Masa lalu Kalea diterima oleh Rigel, pria itu malah ingin menunjukkan pada mantan suami Kalea jika sangat salah menyia-nyiakan wanita bukan parasnya saja yang begitu cantik, tapi hatinya juga penuh ketulusan. Walaupun hubungan mereka butuh banyak waktu, tapi Rigel bukanlah pria yang mudah menyerah untuk mendapatkan suatu hal yang dia inginkan. Rigel akan meratukan wanita yang menjadi pasangannya. foto by: Pinterst [free] edit foto by: canva

Saat perusahaan sang ayah berada di ambang kebangkrutan, Anisa Kintara dinikahkan oleh ibu tirinya kepada Theo Pratama, seorang pria penguasa yang koma karena penyakit serius. Semua orang hanya menunggu waktu sampai Theo meninggal dan Anisa diusir dari Keluarga Pratama. Namun, tak disangka Theo terbangun dari koma.Menemukan dirinya telah memiliki seorang istri, Theo berkata dengan keji. "Anisa, bahkan jika kamu mengandung anakku, aku akan mencekiknya sampai mati dengan tanganku sendiri!"Ucapan itu membuat Anisa kabur. Sampai empat tahun kemudian, dia kembali dengan sepasang kembar genius menggemaskan.Sembari menunjuk ke foto Theo, Anisa mengultimatum kedua bocah mungilnya. "Kalau kalian bertemu pria ini, langsung lari! Kalau tidak, dia akan mencekik kalian sampai mati!"Di malam hari, bocah kecil Anisa pun meretas komputer Theo dan meninggalkan tantangan untuk pria itu. "Kalau kamu berani, sini cekik aku!"

Ketika aku mengetahui bahwa Navish lebih memilih untuk mengantar obat flu untuk asistennya, sementara aku terjebak di lift dengan klaustrofobia, aku memutuskan untuk mengajukan cerai. Navish dengan cepat menandatangani dokumen itu. Dia bahkan tertawa santai kepada temannya dan berkata, "Dia cuma ngambek. Lagian, orang tuanya sudah meninggal, dia nggak mungkin benar-benar menceraikan aku." "Selain itu, bukankah ada masa tunggu 30 hari untuk perceraian? Kalau dia menyesal, aku bisa bermurah hati memaafkannya dan dia pasti akan kembali padaku," tambahnya sambil tersenyum percaya diri. Keesokan harinya, dia memposting foto pasangan dengan asistennya di media sosial, lengkap dengan caption. [ Merekam setiap momen malumu yang manis. ] Aku menghitung hari-hari dengan tenang. Setelah memastikan semuanya sesuai rencana, aku mulai membereskan barang-barangku dan menelepon seseorang. "Paman, tolong belikan aku tiket pesawat ke Nu York," kataku dengan suara tegas.

Hari ketika aku keguguran dan mengalami pendarahan hebat, suamiku justru memamerkan foto telapak kaki bayi yang baru lahir di media sosialnya. Teks yang dia tulis berbunyi, "Selamat datang malaikat kecil, Ayah akan selalu menjagamu." Dengan tangan bergetar, aku menelponnya. "Anak kita sudah nggak ada, kamu bisa datang ke rumah sakit nggak?" Dari seberang terdengar tangisan bayi. Suaranya terdengar malas. "Kalau sudah begitu, kamu jaga kesehatanmu baik-baik. Yessy baru saja melahirkan, dia butuh aku. Aku nggak bisa pergi." "Dan yang sudah mati jangan rebut kasih sayang dengan yang masih hidup, ngerti nggak?" Dia langsung menutup telepon. Aku hancur di ranjang rumah sakit, akhirnya menghapus air mata, lalu menekan nomor musuh bebuyutannya, Lukas. "Nikahi aku, seluruh Grup Largi aku bawa jadi mas kawin. Aku cuma mau kamu jatuhin Fandi, kamu mau nggak?"