
Calista fell silent, unable to answer Tio's words. He did not expect that Tio would say that.
"Why silence? Can you accept your feelings?"
"Om liking me?" ask Calista with a cengo face.
"Why? You said there's nothing wrong with a grown man loving a young girl like you."
"Not wrong!" calista.
"Can Om get closer and get to know you?"
"I don't know what to answer. It's too fast for me."
"Love is not about how many days, weeks, or months you have been together. It's all about how much we love her every time."
"Why can Om have more feelings for me. Aren't there a lot of women out there who are more than me, and I'm sure there must be a lot of women who like it, Om."
"Love is felt not thought, it needs a recompense rather than a reason. If you don't have a reason to love someone, then you won't have a reason to stop loving them" Tio said.
Papa of Elvan, his ex-girlfriend, approaches Calista. He pulled the girl's waist to get closer.
"If there are many women out there who are more perfect than you, but can't make me fall in love. Because love will not demand perfection, it will understand, accept and be willing to sacrifice. Love should make you happy not hurt." Tio took his breath, before continuing his words.
"Love is formless, but love can be felt by the heart. Love does not need a reason because in reality love is present without logic, still persists even though he actually knows if the person he loves does not reciprocate."
"That Om feeling must not exist, it is better to be forgotten."
"Why? Don't you have any feelings for, um?"
"To be frank I'm comfortable being together, Om. But all is not possible, because Om still has a wife," Calista murmured but his voice can still be heard Tio.
"Yes, what difference would it make to me and Meidi if I was in a relationship with Om."
"Of course it's different. You don't interfere with Om's relationship with the wife, because before your presence our relationship was already problematic and on the edge."
"However, people won't understand that. All they know is I'm the third person in the household. Worse still, I will be labeled as the ACTOR" said Calista.
"Don't listen to people. Remember, anyone has the right to give input, comment, talk about you. But you also have the right to accept it or not to accept it, Do not all enter your mind and heart. Because in the end what God sees is what you do, not what they say" Tio said. He held Calista's hand.
"We have only two hands, we can't shut up the thousands of mouths out there that tell us about us, whether it's right or wrong. Just use those two hands to cover our own two ears," said Tio next.
"I'm not ready to mentally accept blasphemy from people around me if I know I'm in a relationship with, um. What would Elvan and Meidi say if I knew I was in a relationship with, um." Calista stopped her speech and stared intensely at Om Tio.
"Surely they will insult me, for I have eaten my own words."
"We'll keep this a secret until Om and Mama Elvan go our separate ways."
"She's saying Om's gonna be suing Mama Elvan for divorce?"
"Yes, but Om asked you to give Om and Mama Elvan a word. There's no way Om's suddenly suing for divorce."
"What would Om do if Om's divorce and Elvan's mama's were granted."
"We're getting married."
"Married?" ask Calista with a cengo face.
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