After the Word Talak

CHAPTER 29. Father, Mother, Dikta Comes

Go without saying goodbye and no words of regret and repentance in the moments of picking up destiny.

God has given us a chance but sometimes we forget that tomorrow we are still breathing.

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Sean and Dikta stood with a state of embracing each other in front of Glenca's grave that had just been in the dirt pile.

The figure of Glenca is now gone, the figure who became part of all the pages of Dikta life that Dikta recently knew was his sister.

The ground that was still red and wet pooled behind Sean and Dikta's glassy eyes.

At the end there is Robby who stands with regret, Robby lost two people he loved, Dikta who chose to open a new page and Glenca who chose to meet God.

Fate is cruel, inner Robby walks back into his car which is located on the outskirts of the cemetery.

Robby took his phone and opened his Whatsapp chat application, a lot of condolences and a row of mourning stories for Glenca to Robby.

Robby chose to uninstall the application and then throw his phone into the passenger seat in the driver's seat.

While returning to Sean and Dikta's place, Sean is now crouching before Glenca's grave, clasping Glenca's gravestone and gazing sadly.

"Sister?" Dikta grabbed Sean's back and rubbed it.

The tail of Sean's eyes glanced at Dikta who was trying to give him some spirit. "Not really bad."

"There is still me" replied Dikta who made Sean immediately hold his face on Dikta's shoulder.

Broken tears Sean fell in the arms of his sister who he had to guard at this time, Sean did not want to lose Dikta again after he managed to find her especially after Glenca's departure.

A short conversation between Sean and Dikta was only short-pitched and even saved a word but between their inner selves they could understand each other.

Aurel, Mama Reni, and Adam who were there just kept silent to see and feel the sadness of these sisters.

Sean nodded then stood with Dikta, the two of them then walked towards the tomb of their parents who were not far from there.

Mama Reni, Aurel, and Adam follow the two of them until Sean and Dikta arrive at the tomb.

Two adjoining gravestones belonging to their parents make Sean and Dikta rest there, Sean's tears fall again.

Sean grabbed and rubbed his father's headstone and poured out all his heart, this thirty-seven-year-old man could not stem his grief.

"Dad? Sorry Sean well, Sean failed to be a brother, Sean failed to fulfill Sean's promise to Dad, if Dad and Mother's tone must be chaotic," said Sean held back his tears. "The wrong one."

"It's not Sean's brother who's wrong" Dikta told Sean.

Dikta stared at the graves of his two biological parents that he had been looking for all this time, a clear drop of tears flowing from the corner of his eyes.

"Dikta's coming, Daddy and Mommy how are you? Happy now, right? Dikta had met Dikta's sister, Dikta's biological family, but Dikta regretted, why Dikta could not remember the same face of Father and Mother, did Father and Mother not love again the same Dikta? Do not forget to come to Dikta's dream well, just answer the greetings that Dikta said," continued Dikta. "Dikta does not ask much just ask that Father and Mother be present in the dream of Dikta and answer the greetings that Dikta described at this time, Assalamu'alaikum Father, Assalamu'alaikum Mother, Dikta longs."

Sean could no longer hold back his tears, he grabbed Dikta's head and hugged her in his arms.

"Glenca has caught up with Daddy and Mommy, and Sean and Dikta are left here? Sean promised Sean will take care of Dikta for the rest of Sean's life, hopefully Daddy and Mommy are calm well, we say goodbye," said Sean invites Dikta to stand.

Sean and Dikta wiped their tears and stroked their feet to leave the place.

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