Inventing Artinya

“Anak ibu sudah tidak gadis lagi. Dan itu bukan dengan saya. Pia berselingkuh dengan laki-laki lain. Karena itu saya tidak sudi menikahinya.” Hidup Pia berubah seratus delapan derajat setelah mengetahui pria yang dicintainya menikah dengan wanita lain. Padahal jiwa dan raga telah diserahkannya sebelum pernikahan. Di saat yang sama, hidup yang seakan tak ada artinya lagi itu harus dipertemukan dengan pria bernama Raja, orang yang tak sengaja ditabraknya dan meminta ganti rugi dengan syarat pernikahan. Belum selesai dengan penderitaannya, Pia tidak menyangka jika ternyata Raja terikat perjodohan sejak kecil. Bagaimana Pia menghadapi polemik tersebut? Apakah akan bertahan ataukah lari dari pernikahan yang membuatnya sulit bernapas itu?

Three days after my daughter was born, my husband was killed by a car while running to the store for some groceries. I was so devastated I passed out. When I came to, his funeral was already over, and a stranger was standing in my living room. "I'm your husband's twin brother. I'll be around to help take care of you and the baby." Later, I locked myself in the bathroom with his urn, sobbing uncontrollably, when I overheard his buddies talking through the open window. "Dude, you’re so cool blooded. Inventing a twin brother just to dodge diaper duty? What's next—triplets and quadruplets coming out of the woodwork too?"

Avan Allen is a teenage inventor who creates a one of a kind invention that can transport people and objects from one universe to the other. Elated by how well it works, he's certain he'll win the prestigious annual teen inventing contest but accidentally brings a teenage boy called Travis from a parallel universe to his universe. When his invention gets mysteriously stolen, he and Travis, with the reluctant help of his twin sister, Aimee, must find it before the contest and in order to take Travis back to his universe. Will they be able to find the invention in time for the award?

On the evening of May 17, 20XX, I died. I decided to tell you this story because I thought it was a thing of beauty, albeit filled with agony and grief. No, this is not my story. This is the story of the husband of my best friend, Mary, and how he tried to play God by inventing a time machine to try and save her from death. Listen carefully for this will be the last one I will tell.