
Rahayu stepped into Rafael's panthouse in a hurry. After hearing Rafael's story last night, Rahayu immediately couldn't wait to meet Kanaya and El. Two human children who are almost similar to his life story.
"Welcome, madam." Greet one of the servants.
"Where's my son-in-law's candidate?" Rahayu asked impatiently.
The servant looked astonished at the mother of his master, not yet understood the intention of the future son-in-law.
"Kanaya's. The woman that Rafael brought here." Rahayu continued.
"Ah...She's in the mistress' room."
"Alright I'll go inside then."
Rahayu breezed deeper into her son's residence. Making the busy-looking floats immediately bow politely towards him.
Kanaya is busy watching El who is studying in front of her. So serious.
But, the knock on the door of his room made Kanaya's gaze split. Stepping towards the door, his forehead grew more and more as mama Rafael stood in front of him with a smile more adorning his lips.
"During Kanaya's morning." Rahayu cried a little spirit.
"Good morning, ma." Kanaya replied softly and slightly smiled awkwardly.
"What are you doing?" Rahayu asked a little peek inside Kanaya's room, making Kanaya shift her body slightly.
"Want to come in?" Tawar Kanaya who directly approved Rahayu with spirit.
"Hi El." Sapa Rahayu who saw El was sitting on the sofa while holding a book.
El looked up and looked at Rahayu. And Langung smiled widely as his pitch-brown eyes looked at the middle-aged woman he had met yesterday.
"El again what, baby?" Rahayu sat down next to El. Although Rahayu knows El is learning somehow she wants El to explain her current activities.
"Again read...El read it again." El pointed to the book in front of him.
"Emang El did you read?" Tanya Rahayu warmly.
With El's spirit nodded. "Ih...Pinter New.." Seru Rahayu spirit.
"Who taught El?" Follow Rahayu again.
"Son Naya." Answer El steady.
"El like to read?"
"He'eh.." El replied while nodding.
"Besides reading.... What else does El like?"
"Write... I like nulis too... I love ice cream with cake." Rahayu laughed at the small boy in front of her.
"When does El want to go to school?"
"School?"
"Yes school." Rahayu said as Kanaya called out to her.
"Yes... Why?" Rahayu asked looking at Kanaya.
"Can we talk for a minute."
"For a moment El." Rahayu said slowly and got up from her seat.
"Why?" Rahayu asked as she stood a bit away from El.
"I asked for help with my mom. Please don't discuss school with El."
"Well, why Kanaya? It's not good at such a small age that El started his education."
"I can't afford to send him ma yet. So, I don't want to make him sad when remembering school..... I asked for help with my mom... Please don't talk about school for now..."
Rahayu silently heard every word that came out of her pretty lips. "Why didn't you tell Rafael? Rafael is unlikely to let his sister-in-law's future not go to school.... Mama sure.... He'll find the school as soon as he hears you say something like this."
"But I don't want to trouble Rafael ma... El my sister.... My responsibility. Let me take care of matters like this for him..."
"El will soon be Rafael's younger brother... And you will be his wife... Whatever belongs to Rafael will be yours, Kanaya... Mama's sure Rafael won't be bothered about it all.."
Kanaya just silently listened to every word that came out of the mouth of her future in-laws. Do not know what to mengutakan, because the marriage is clear because Kanaya must pay off her father's debt, plus save her brother to be free from Rafael.
"Thank you ma... But, I'm still not used to involving others in my life..."
"Other people? Kanaya listen..... I don't know how your life has been all this time.... But, just so you know.... If a woman is married to a man... And they became a couple... They are no longer strangers or strangers... They are two hearts that must protect each other. And they become family, friends, friends and people closest to us... And that family will never stay silent for other family matters... There's no one else's term in Kanaya's husband and wife matters..." Said Rahayu softly. Kanaya grew quieter hearing every word that came out from the middle-aged woman in front of her. All the words that felt like coming out of his mouth seemed to stop at the end of his tongue. It was as if Kanaya could only quietly go back to swallowing those words bitterly.
"From now on, Mama's asking you for help, son... Don't consider anyone else to your family... To mama's son... What else mama.... Think of your mother as your mother, even if she didn't give birth to you... But I want you to think of me as your real mother... Because soon you will be married to your mother's son... You will also be my daughter..."
Kanaya gasped at all Rahayu's words. Even his eyes were now glazed over looking at Rahayu. Looked regretfully. How will Rahayu feel if she finds out what she has done to him. Hate Rahayu later to him, because it has played the feelings of Rahayu and family.
Mammy? Can Kanaya think of Rahayu as her mother. Can it?
Rahayu who saw Kanaya's teary eyes walked over. The slim body of the young woman in front of him. With an uncertain feeling.
Kanaya's cry instantly broke as Rahayu began to hug her tightly. The feelings of guilt and hurt that he had been trying to cover up all this time, were now gaped back.
Kanaya was like a child crying in her mother's arms now. Complaining about every feeling she felt through her cries. Through Rahayu's embrace, Kanaya can no longer pretend to be tough. Cuddled by Rahayu, Kanaya can no longer stem the pain, wounds, suffering and disappointment that is stored so far.
Hearing Kanaya's heartbreaking cry in her arms, Rahayu also cried. Not knowing how much hurt his prospective daughter-in-law felt, do not know how heavy the life of his prospective daughter-in-law before meeting him. With son.
"It's okay, kid... Crying out.... Take out all the flavors that are in your heart right now.... Cry as hard as you.... Get everything out...." Rahayu hugged Kanaya tighter and tighter. He rubbed Kanaya's back slowly.
Hearing Rahayu Kanaya's words crying grew stronger. Her tears sounded so heartbreaking and heartbreaking to anyone who heard them. Make anyone who hears it feel pity and sympathy.
El, who was sitting on the sofa and did not know anything, ran straight towards Kanaya who was crying loudly in Rahayu's arms. His small body immediately hit two women of different ages who were now hugging while manic.
And in the end, Kanaya lost just in the arms of a middle-aged woman she had just met. Just because of a hug, Kanaya's cold untouchable feeling seemed to be unable to fortify her to keep pretending to be firm and fine.
Just because mom said. Embedded in every word Rahayu, able to tear down Kanaya's cold heart. In just over twenty-four hours, Rahayu was able to dive into Kanaya's cold feelings. And made the beautiful woman cry like a child who wanted to complain to her mother.
Crying, complaining how heavy the pain he had been holding alone. The feeling of disappointment that he had felt all alone.
And also, the hurt feelings when a child should have a family, especially a mother who can give a hug to him instead ruthlessly abandon him, throw him away.