Decants

First and Last Hugs

“Stop. Are you guys done talking?” the voice that sounded so firm and full of anger made the two girls who were fighting on the stairs turn their heads until now they could see Dhisi who was crying. Also Carol who had been staring intently at the two children.

“Why did you guys become hateful to each other like this?” dhisi asked so weakly to the two children who were now even fighting with each other.

“Queen went into the room,” firmly Carol on her son but Queena instead remained in his place without wanting to move even a little from there.

“Queena,” firmly Carol once again. Queena clucked then immediately went up to her room. His gaze now looks so sharp. Very different from Queena who usually looks always gentle.

“Papa did not expect that speech to come out of your mouth, Goddess, Dewi,” said Carol with her flat face to Dewi who now only smiles cynically at Carol regardless of Dhisi who has now looked at Dewi with her own eyes as if she does not recognize her son.

Or because there has been too much sadness as well as the burden that the Goddess has felt until now the girl even showed all her. The embankment will break if it holds too much water, right?

“What did papa expect? A gentle greeting from me?” asked the Goddess so cynically to her father.

“Goddess,” rebukes Dhisi to his son while shaking his head, Hoping that his son can be polite to his father and not cross the line.

“Alright, it seems that setting you up is the right decision. The meeting will be held tomorrow. So get ready,” Carol said firmly and then leave immediately. The goddess who heard her father's words was now sitting limp while Dhisi who was no less surprised was now immediately after her husband.

“Mas you can't do this. Do you know what our wedding is? You want our son like me?” tany Dhisi pulls Carol's hand and stops her husband from leaving.

“She won't be like you because I asked about that man before. He has no lover and he also agreed to be betrothed to the child of this family,” stressed Carol who after that immediately released the hand of Dhisi who is now frozen to hear Carol's words.

“I'm not as selfish as your father who keeps forcing just for the sake of treasure,” firmly Carol who sounds so piercing to Dhisi.

“I hate Mama. I shouldn't have been born the wrong way Ma. I'm just an out-of-wedlock kid that wasn't even expected by his own father. Even before I was born I had already destroyed someone. And now look at me who was the victim of the selfish actions of mama,” said Dewi so angry at Dhisi. Dhisi is now increasingly silent as he feels guilty. His heart and soul now seemed to be pierced from various directions. And he hates this so much.

Carol now chooses to walk to her room. It opened the black door that soared so high. As he opened the door of his room it was a typical female fragrance piercing his sense of smell.

Fragrance of lavender with a blend of cinnamon that is so soothing. The fragrance Erlinda likes the most. For her room fragrance Carol did choose the same fragrance as the perfume that the woman used.

Carol closed her eyes until her gaze was now so focused on the wall of her room that showed a wedding photo that looked so happy. Wedding photo with Erlinda. So many pictures on that wall. Her photos were with Erlinda from the time they were little until Erlinda asked for a photo for her pregnancy eternity.

“I miss you wife,” Carol said with her weak gaze on the photo.

“What's the matter dear?” ask Carol to Queena who is now exhaling and then immediately go into Carol's room. He liked it when he entered the room because the aroma was so soothing and there were also many photos of mothers who looked so beautiful.

“Daddy can cancel matchmaking for Dewi?” fanya Queena with a look begging her to her father.

Although he was so hurt by the words of the Goddess earlier but still he wanted to keep his words in Dhisi to help Dewi talk to his father.

“No, daddy's decision is already months. So Daddy does not want to talk about this anymore,” stressed Carol who made Queena exhale rough.

If it's like this his father will be difficult to persuade. It seems like he will persuade her slowly. And let her sister see her candidate first. If it is not good or her brother does not like it then Queena will come back to help him.

“Want to see photos that Daddy has saved himself?” carol asked her son, who was looking at her mother's pictures. Hearing Carol's question, Queen immediately turned her head towards her father out while raising her next to his eyebrows.

Carol grabs Queena's shoulder and leads Queena to the reading room in her room. Afterwards Carol pulled one of the books that were there. Until the bookcase moves and opens. Clearly visible a large photo there shows a mother who closed her eyes hugging her newborn child with her husband who also closed his eyes hugging the child and his wife while kissing the forehead his wife.

“This is the last photo that Daddy took with your Mommy, and it is you,” Carol said, which made Queena surprised to hear her father's words.

Queena looked closer in disbelief at the photo. His heart was now even racing erratically.

“Your last hug is you, Queen,”, Carol said with her tears now unknowingly dripping. The photo has always been hidden and he always looks at when he feels tired.

“I've been hugged Mommy?” queena asked in disbelief at her father who now answered her with a nod.

“Yes, even when hugging you. Your mommy's crying. But he did not want to open his eyes,” said Carol who now lowered her head. Seeing this, Queena immediately walked towards her father and went into his father's arms.

“The evil father hid this photo from Queena,” Queena said with his cry that made Carol chuckle while stroking the top of her son's head dearly.

“Sorry Daddy,” said Carol, who is now increasingly hugging her son.

Photos that he had saved for himself now he wanted to share for his son. A memory that only he can capture without being able to repeat.

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