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MASKED ANGEL

A few sheets of paper flew so hard against my body that they were scattered on the floor, right under my feet. I crouched down to pick up the papers one by one. How surprised I was, when I saw that there were some portraits of my relationship with Daffin.

"Tante, this isn't like"

"Shut up! No need to lie anymore!" hardik aunt Ratih, don't let me defend. "Did we educate you to be such a cheap woman, Ayasya? Huh!"

Highlight the eyes of Aunt Ratih were so sharp and so intimidating to me. I want to deny all the evidence in my hands, but I can't do it because it's true.

My body felt so riveted that it made me unable to move. I didn't even notice when Ersya took the papers out of my hand.

"Where did you get this?" ask Ersya to Aunt Ratih.

Ratih's eyeballs immediately turned to where Ersya was standing and waited for her answer. "A woman came here and told Auntie all the truth. She said that Ayasya had taken her husband."

'A lady? Seize her husband? Reena!'

My gaze collided with Ersya when my mind suddenly went there. As if understanding my heart, Ersya helped me explain to aunt Ratih and also to Rama.

"It's not what you'd imagine. I know everything!" Ersya looked at me before continuing her sentence. "Ayasya was just a victim of the Stevano couple's greed. They wanted a child in the womb, but the children were already called by God first. And it wasn't Ayasya's fault!" Ersya.

My tears accompanied Ersya's explanation, the shadow about my two sons who had caught up with her father made me again feel regret for still breathing until this moment.

Without me expecting it, suddenly Aunt Ratih hugged me. "I'm sorry Auntie, Aca! Aunty is consumed by the utterances of strangers whom even Auntie doesn't know her name."

My hands curled back to Aunt Ratih's embrace. I didn't know what to say, until I just cried in the arms of Aunt Ratih.

***

After I told him all the pain I had over the capture of Daffin and Reena, Aunt Ratih kept crying and blaming herself.

"If only, Aunt agreed when you wanted to come back here. This is not going to happen!" lirih aunt Ratih, a feeling of guilt invaded her heart.

"No, Auntie, all this is God's destiny." A faint smile adorned my face. "If Aca was back with Aunt at that time, Aca would not have met Ersya's sister" I said.

Our view rests on the figure of Ersya who was talking to Rama in the backyard.

Right now, I am enjoying my time with my aunt Ratih in the living room of my grandmother's house. This room we used to gather and spend time with the children of the home.

"So, when are you getting married?" asked Aunt Ratih, making my pupils instantly enlarged.

"Who do you mean, Auntie?" I asked my aunt Ratih to confirm the question.

Aunt Ratih smiled and stroked my hair. "You and Ersya of course! Who else?"

Ah, I felt my life instantly drift by then. I do not know what to answer to Aunt Ratih, because I myself still do not know the clarity about my marriage with Daffin.

"Tante .. can we talk about this later? Because there's something important that I want to ask Auntie, "my dear, trying to shift the conversation.

Although it looks disappointed, but Aunt Ratih still smiled and nodded her head. And without wasting any time, I went to grab my bag in the car then took out a portrait sheet that I took from the LILY book.

Before I show you the portrait, I want to make sure something to Aunt Ratih. "Tante used to say that the woman who left Aca here is very similar to the face of Aca now." Aunt Ratih nodded. "Does Auntie still remember that woman's face?" many doubt.

The eyeballs move upwards, like trying to remember something. "Tante isn't sure, but if Aunt sees it ...."

"Is he Tan?" I showed you a portrait of Maya holding a little Lily.

I saw Aunt Ratih's forehead shriveling deep enough that her eyebrows were almost fused together. A second later, Aunt Ratih blinked and surprised me.

Instantly, my hand went limp and dropped the portrait from my hand. I felt as if the wind was flying my body until it was tossed in the air.

I don't know, what am I supposed to feel right now? Sad, happy, angry or disappointed. All of it mixed into one and it just made me numb.

Flashback...

"Sister, what does a mother look like?" I asked Erlan's sister who was tying my hair.

Brother Erlan finished my hair ties and tidied up the unattached mane. "Already! I am beautiful."

I looked over and saw Erlan's face filled with smiles. "really?"

"Sure! Look into my eyes and you will find yourself so beautiful." replied Erlan, all the words that come out of her lips can always please my heart.

"Sister hasn't answered Aca's question," my hardened brother, when he realized Erlan was seducing me.

"Which question is, my dear Acaku?" ask brother Erlan softly.

"What does a mother look like? Is good?" many enthusiast.

It's not without reason that I asked, because I just visited my sick friend at his house and I saw his mother my friend was so considerate and so kind.

"of course! Mother is like an angel. Very beautiful, gentle and attentive. His gaze keeps us from evil influences and his embrace will always warm our bodies. A mother is even willing to sacrifice her life for the sake of the child she loves." explained Erlan while tidying up my school bag.

"Does every mother in the world love her child, sister?" ask again.

"Really! All the mothers in the world love their children." Brother Erlan draped the bag on my shoulder. "Especially if the child is being kind and not naughty" said brother Erlan while pinching my nose.

"Sister!" I rubbed my painful nose, and Erlan's sister just chuckled in response to my anger.

"Listen, Aca! Every mother in the world loves her child. So, we also have to respect and love our mother." said Erlan softly.

"But Aca has no mother, sister,"

Brother Erlan smiled. "You have a mother, Aca, it's just that right now your mother is playing hide-and-seek. He wants you to grow up and be smart to look for him."

Flashback...

"Aca? Aca!" Aunt Ratih shook my body.

I blinked, aware of Aunt Ratih's movements. "Ah, yes, Tan,"

"What's wrong? Are you all right?" ask aunt Ratih worried.

"There's nothing, Tan, Aca's fine." my dear with a smile on my lips.

How am I gonna be okay? Now I realize, not all mothers are like angels.

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