Al2aints
Section 13
"So you're my Papah?" Alena asked with sparkling eyes. Seeing his interlocutor nod, he immediately embraced the figure who was sitting on the bench his older brother was sitting tightly.
"So you're Papah?" Ask again in disbelief. Jonathan, Papah Alisha and Alena just hugged Alena tightly and rubbed her head slowly.
He saw Alisha who was standing not far from him still throw his face did not want to see him. He then extended his hand to his first child. Alisha who saw him looking at him was confused by the flat face of his mainstay. Jonathan hints to hold his hand and is obeyed by Alisha. He pulls his hand with Alisha making the girl attracted towards him and immediately hugs her tightly.
"Don't know, you miss Papah, baby." His words stroked Alisha's head in anxiety. Alisha simply hugged her tightly back and cried on the man's chest.
"Well, you can leave me!" His words tightened his embrace at the man he called 'Father. Meanwhile, Jonathan just hugged Alisha back slowly while muttering an apology many times. Alena had already let go of her embrace as the father pulled her sister into his embrace. He was excited to see the interaction between the two.
The grandmother who saw Alena looking at the father and son pair just stroked Alena's arm slowly. Alena who felt a touch on her arm immediately turned around and saw her smiling grandmother stretching out both her hands. He then with a big smile poured into his grandmother's embrace while seeing the interaction of the brother with his Papah.
"I'm sorry Papah, baby. Papah was really frustrated because of your Mom's departure." Jonathan stroked Alisha's hair softly in his arms.
"Then, why did Papah marry that woman?!" The sung did not accept. Jonathan who heard it only smiled sadly.
"Papah only helped a friend who Papah had considered as his own sister, Alisha. He had a child out of wedlock, and the father of the child he contained would not be held responsible. It made my best friend depressed for years. Papah's busyness in work and the problems of his father's friends, make your mother participate in depression and eventually cheating from Papah." he explained at length. Alena who heard if her father remarried was immediately shocked. He let go of his embrace to his grandmother and looked at his father not like it.
"So, Papah is married again?" Diabolically.
"Yes, Alena," Jonathan said, looking at Alena's dislike on her face.
"Where is Mamah? Alena doesn't want to have a stepmother. The stepmother is evil, like sister Rain's parents," she declined given Rain's step-parent's treatment of her brother's best friend. Alena did know the two friends of Alisha since the beginning of the friendship of the brother. He is also often invited to go hangout with the three. Therefore, he knew a little story of his two brother's friends.
Alisha who heard the innocent words of her sister laughed. He let go of his embrace to his father and approached the sister who was sitting in the gurney with her grandmother. He shook the head of the older sister made Alena scream in annoyance. It did not go unnoticed by Jonathan and his grandmother. They smiled when they saw the warmth they had long longed for.
"Look, yeah. Not all step parents are evil, stupid. Papah's wife is a good man. I've met him." Alisha's remark made Jonathan frown in confusion.
"You ever see my wife?" Ask curiously. Alisha who heard it shifted her attention to her father figure with a puzzled expression.
"Why did Papah ask me? Didn't Papah tell Papah's wife to talk to me? Asking me to make up with you?" Ask back. Now, he is confused by the attitude of his father who seems to know nothing about his meeting with his father's wife.
"Never. Did he really meet you? Are you sure she's my wife?" Jonathan asked. Alisha scrunched her forehead to hear the words of her father.
"of course! I saw her with Sheila at a parent's meeting. It was then, after school, that he came to see me and asked me to speak." explained Alisha. He recalled the incident half a year ago during his class's acceptance report.
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*at that time, Ara, Rain, and Alisha who were still in the tenth grade of High School, were running around in the school field doing nothing. They spend time together before the class holidays arrive. Yes, although later during the holidays they will often spend time together, but for them spending time together at school there is no harm is not it?
Ara and Rain run after Alisha who is carrying the ball. They are scrambling to get the ball to be put into the basketball ring. Wasn't it! They are not playing basketball, because all they do is run around the court with one of them holding a basketball trying not to be caught by the other two women who do not hold the ball.
Many students and teachers who passed by looked at them with different views. Some were staring at them strangely, some were staring at them amusedly with their childlike behavior. However, the three women seemed to ignore the opinions of the surrounding people because they were busy with their unclear games. After being satisfied to play the ball, they took pictures in the middle of the field. They sat on the field, again disregarding the sight of others staring at them strangely.
While taking pictures, a middle-aged woman who still looks beautiful approached them. Rain who noticed the presence of the woman immediately gave the code to the two who were still cool to see the results of their selfies. Ara and Alisha turn their heads at Rain, hinting them to look at the woman. Suddenly the three immediately stood up which made the woman in front of them smile at how bad the situation of the three teenagers was.
"Hey.. You must be Alisha, right?" She looked at Alisha who was now looking at her confusedly.
"Eum.. Yep. I'm Alisha. Do you know Me?" Confused ask.
"Ah.. You don't know me. I am Sheila's mother. First-year-old sister above you." obviously the woman introduced herself.
"Can we talk in private, Alisha? I want to talk about your father." asked Sheila's mother who made Alisha clench her jaw hard. However, his gaze showed if he was confused. He agreed to the invitation and followed the woman to the cafe in front of his school*.
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"*So, you're the woman who took Papah from my Mamah?" Alisha asked coldly. Alisha and the woman she just found out was the wife of her father who had been sitting at one of the tables in the cafe in front of Alisha's school.
The mother of Sheila who heard Alisha's cold question only smiled sadly presenting an upset voice from Alisha. The woman looked at Alisha. He tries to grab Alisha's hand which is located on the table. However, Alisha quickly lowered her hand from the table avoiding the woman's hand. The woman just returned smiling.
"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry for what happened to your parents. I forbade your father to take care of my problems, but your father insisted on being responsible for Sheila's father." Sheila's mother said. Alisha just listened with her mainstay face. The woman in front of him resumed her story after she felt Alisha listening.
"Although Sheila was 7 years old, your father insisted on marrying me. It made her even more depressed because she was confused about wanting to tell your mother the truth about my problem. He was afraid that your mother would be disappointed with the abuse. However, one time, your mother caught us together and misunderstood us by accusing us of cheating. Plus, your father's company was almost bankrupt because one of his employees betrayed his trust and ran away the company's money." the woman took a breath before continuing.
"Your father was so frustrated that he vented it by being rude to your mother and to me. However, his attitude grew rougher on your mother after finding out that your mother was having an affair with an employee who betrayed him. That's why they had a big fight one day that led to their divorce" she said. He felt guilty because he was the one who caused the cracking of Alisha's family.
'And made me hurt on my birthday.' Alisha said in her heart. He didn't expect it to happen that way. There is no one to blame because everything has a clear reason. But, he regretted the attitude of his mother who cheated on him from his father when his father actually loved him very much.
"So, it happened like that? But, why would Mamah do that?" Alisha asked unexpectedly. Her tears had fallen one by one from her sharp eyes. Sheila's mother who saw her immediately moved to be next to Alisha and hugged the girl. He let the little girl cry on his chest. At least, she was relieved to be able to tell the true events to her husband's biological child.
"I don't know, Al. Don't ever hate your mother because she's a victim here. It's just, the way is wrong." Sheila's mother said softly. Alisha pulled her body from the woman's arms and stared fixedly at the woman. There was one question that made him curious from the beginning of their meeting.
"Ah, yes. How do you know me?" Ask curiously. Sheila's mother who heard Alisha's question became misbehaved.
"W-why.. That's.. L'm.. Your father told me to meet you. Please, just go see her, she misses you." Sheila's mom was nervous. The reason for coming to see Alisha was because she felt guilty about hiding the truth about this for ten years.
"really?" Alisha asked with a probing glance.
"Hmmm.... Yep. Yes of course. I'm not lying. You can meet her and ask her yourself." replied Sheila's mother with a nervous and full look of doubt.
"no need. This is enough. All right, is there something you want to talk about again?" Alisha asked as she stared at the clock that was coiled around her left wrist.
"none. I am so grateful to you for listening to my story. I hope your relationship with your father improves soon." Sheila's mother patted Alisha's shoulder gently with concern. Sheila just nodded her head short.
"Well then I go home first. See you, sweetie." Sheila's mother moved out of her seat and left Alisha still pensive in her place. Staring ahead with an empty*view.
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