(NON) A SURROGATE UTERUS

Chapter Twenty-Eight (Not) Substitute Womb.

The divorce lawsuit that Rendra presented to his wife Anggun has begun with the first agenda. Rendra just represented everything with his lawyer. The man was just waiting for the court's decision to declare himself free.

Rendra has also given orders to Dicky to search for the whereabouts of Raffa, her husband Dita. He wants to talk about Raffa and Dita's divorce. Rendra asks Dicky to take the man home.

"Tomorrow Raffa will be brought. There's something you want to say" asked Rendra by stroking the baby's stomach.

"I just want to be free as soon as possible from Mas Raffa. I don't want to be his wife."

"After divorce, what do you want?" ask Rendra. The man wanted to test what Dita wanted. Rendra wants to know if Dita still wants to be with him.

"If later I have given birth, and I have to go .. I just want to go far to the village. Quiet life without any distractions. Just I want to ask you one request with Mas."

Rendra looked at Dita's face full of question marks. What does this woman want? Rendra could not read his mind.

"What do you want? Money?" ask Rendra.

"I don't want your money, Mom. I'm just asking permission to see my son . Even if only from a distance. I would never say I was his mother. Just seeing him do fine and growing healthy for me was more than enough."

Dita looks sad. Remembering she was about to give birth and leave the baby. Dita does not want more, because she has felt quite happy because Rendra has been willing to take care of her divorce later.

"Do you not want to take care of your child until he grows up?" ask Rendra again.

Hearing Rendra's question, Dita wakes up. Looking at Rendra's face. Seeking seriousness over the man's words.

"Mas just wants to test me? Anyone would want to live forever with and take care of their children. But if destiny says otherwise. A mother can what? Although to give birth to her child, a mother bet her life but for the good of her son she was willing to separate. Even though his heart was so sad."

"If my divorce process is in order, and your divorce process is in order, we'll get married."

Dita shocked. I can't believe what he heard. Tears seemed to run down the river in his eyes ready to spill over his cheeks.

"Mas, are you trying to test me? You just want to make me dream. Do not give false hope. I've been expecting too much with my husband Raffa. He took me flying high, but after that he dropped me. This heart hurts."

He took a deep breath before continuing his words. Taken by her slipping her tears

"Whether we are, as loving as we are, as much as our sacrifices, all will never have a price in the eyes of those who are never grateful to have us. If I knew I would eventually scratch the wound, maybe I would ask that I not be given the chance to feel love. If time could be turned, I wouldn't want to know Mas Raffa."

Rendra hugged Dita and wiped away her tears. Rendra peeped at the woman's forehead.

"If someone really loves you, they won't tell you a love story, they will make a love story with you. True love is not how you forgive, but how you forget, not what you see but what you feel, not how you listen but how you understand, and not how you let go but how you survive."

Rendra took a deep breath. Maybe at this time Dita can not believe in love speech and unfortunately. Rendra realized that none of this was the woman's fault.

His attitude at the beginning of the meeting recognized Rendra was very cruel. Any woman would definitely think of living with a man like him.

"I don't know where I stand with you. And I don't know what I mean to you. All I know is that whenever I think of you, I want to be with you" whispered Rendra.

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