Bride Shadow

Inquired

"Pa.." immediately Abi turned his head when the soft voice called out to him. Behind him, his beloved daughter Paramitha walked closer carrying a cup of tea whose smoke was still billowing to break the daydream of Abi who was leaning with a look of laughter staring at the twilight legend.

Too long in his office thinking about the words of his wife made Abi's mood messy. He took a walk to the garden of the house and sat in the gazebo near the fish pond. Seeing colorful fish swimming here and there is already an entertainment for him.

"Drink the tea, pa." Mitha placed the cup near Abi and held her plastic tray, sitting not far from her papa with her legs dangling.

"Papa still thinking about my mother's request?" Abi threw his gaze in the other direction. His heart was again wounded.

"Your mama never thought at all about my feelings." her sigh was loud, releasing the weight that was pressing on her chest.

"That is also what happened between me and Brother Eagle pa. Did your mom or dad think of me? My feelings? Eagle's feeling? no don't you? and now it's on papa."

"What does it mean that my daughter is going to say that karma is running?"

"Papa said it himself." sergeant Mitha quickly. Abi melengos's. What Mitha said was the truth. She and Maria both did not think about their children's feelings when forcing them to marry.

"Mitha.Sometimes what we want is not the reality we run." Abi breathed out his heavy breath, staring at the princess' brownish iris. The child he had considered his own daughter, the child he raised and raised despite the rejection of his biological son, Eagle who chose to participate in his opinion after graduating high school. He and Mary kept a little Paramitha for a promise that could not be aborted.

"Pa..." Mitha hung up her sentence, hesitating to ask. The girl weighed her heart's readiness to ask, also making sure her papa was in a good mood to answer her question.

"Is there anything you want to ask?"

"hmmm..."

"Don't hesitate son, maybe it's time you knew what you should know."

"Pa, who am I really?" a soft question, but unkempt, made Abi stunned in his place. He knew that one day his adult daughter would ask who she really was. Yes, time, time! he no longer wants to be invited to compromise to hide the reality as big and as good as they cover it.

"Why are you asking that?"

"Sister Eagle .. "again Mitha hung up her sentence. Feelings of anxiety returned to her. Now that she is married, she is obliged to protect the marwah husband also keep all her family problems secret there is anyone including their parents.

"What's wrong with the eagle?" abi asked with a serious face. He who actually knows the problem of his daughter's son chooses to pretend not to know. To her knowledge, Mitha was not a girl who liked to complain. She wanted to know what caused her daughter to make a complaint about the sister who was her husband.

"Mitha ..honest to be equal!" pressing it again, made Mitha surprised.

"What???!!! you brat! where's dia? papa will teach him a lesson!" Abi got up from his seat and walked quickly into the house when Mitha's soft hands blocked her arms.

"Papa please don't." with teary eyes.

"But he hurt you, son." - Abi.

"Don't make a fuss. Poor mama. Enough papa tell me who really pa." Mitha again pleaded while starting to sob. Abi's muscles are weakened.

"Follow papa!" take her and hug Mitha's body and bring her into the house. Abi invites Mitha into his study.

Abi's burly hand opened the safe and pulled out some documents. He approached Mitha who was still glued to her place.

"Sit down!"

"It's yours, son." he continued, handing over some documents on the table. Mitha's hand shook as she grabbed it. A birth certificate reads his full name, but with the names of parents who are not Mary and Abhimanyu. The rest is land and stock ownership. Paramitha's eyes glazed over at him.

"Paramitha princess pratama abimana. That's the name your father gave you. Pratama yoga. I added Abimana's name behind your name because I've taken it as my daughter." Abi began the story. His body leaned against the sofa single beside Mitha's seat who was still staring at her face fixedly.

"Yoga pratama was my best friend and your mother when we were in college in London. Me and your dad live in the same contract. He graduated first because he was our level brother and returned to Indonesia. At that time, Maria and I made an unforgivable mistake by our family. Mary conceived the Eagle when we were third semester. Opa was so angry and kicked Maria out of the house and handed her over to me completely. You know son? at that moment, all I thought about in my head was bringing him home. I wish my family could accept us, but the truth is, only the expulsion we got." Abi scooped his face rough. The handsome face that resembled the Eagle became cloudy.

"I who was just a student who was dependent from the parents was so confused by it. Confused how and where to take Mary. We have nowhere to go. I know how hurt my family or Maria's family was at that time because we were both firstborn children who became family pride. I met your father then. He took us to his new home and took us in, gave me a job and took good care of Maria. Your mother Sarah was also very kind and accepted us without complaint until the Eagle was born. You know, Sarah even took care of our son sincerely when Maria helped me work day and night out of town. The point is we leave the Eagle completely to them. Sarah who loves children so much but has not been blessed with children feels that the Eagle is her son, of course we don't mind."

"Then??" mitha asked in a curious cloth. Abi looked at him.

"Son, should you tell me everything?"

"Papa, I need to know everything."

"For you to forget us later? Also the Eagle who's been bad to you." Mitha shook her head strongly and grabbed her papa arm.

"No. That is not true, Pa. You guys are still my parents." Mitha protested loudly. Abi smiled faintly.

"She's still going to be my brother and my husband as I promised her."