Different Faiths But the Same Amen

29. Meeting Candidates-in-Law For The First Time

When he came home from school, Varen was surprised to see his father who was laying his body on the living room sofa of his house. Varen could see fatigue on his papa's face. Varen did not want to disturb his papa's rest. He went to his room, changed his clothes and then went back to the living room.

And when she took a drink in the kitchen. Bi Suti said that his papa was waiting for him. Varen scrunched his forehead. "Tumben papa waiting for me?" he murmured before drinking the water in his hand.

Varen returned to the living room. When he returned, his father was awake. With a smile her papa patted the soft sofa beside her. I mean, ask her son to sit next to her.

"Papa's tumben coming home?" varen asked as he walked and sat down next to his papa.

"Papa misses you Gi," his papa's reply made Varen turn his head immediately. He felt strange about his unusual answer.

"Why did you take the wrong medicine or what?" Varen did not believe his father's words. Because it was so strange, it had been two years that her father had never said such a thing.

Hearing Varen's question, his papa became smiling. He realized that maybe his son felt strange about his words. For two years he did not accompany his son even no longer give his son attention.

"No, papa consciously wear really. Oh, Gi, have you eaten yet? What if papa masakin's your favorite food?" his father said enthusiastically.

"Gio ate the same food earlier, pa,"

"Temen or girlfriend?" tease her papa with a small smile.

"If so yuk Gi swimming race! Was it a long time ago swimming race? If you can lose papa, papa will buy you the basketball shoes you want," said the father with a smile.

"Come," Varen replied. But not yet he said again, his father had run first to the pool beside his house.

"Ish, papa cheated.." exclaimed Varen then ran after his father who had first reached the pool.

Something Varen was considering was not the shoes his father had promised him. But a moment of togetherness that has long been lost. Before everything changed as it is now. Varen and his papa often very swimming competitions, joking together to create closeness.

At that time, Varen was 13 years old. Varen, who is swimming with her papa, is a little prank on her papa. Varen pretended to drown because his legs were cramping. His face panicked instantly. His father, who was almost to the end, had to come back to help his son.

Once his father was close to him. Varen immediately preceded his papa with a satisfied laugh because he managed to beat his papa for the first time.

Since then Varen knew that his papa loved him very much.

Byurr....

Varen jumped the pool first while his papa was undressing his office. "Cheat.." he cried while in a hurry to take off his office shirt and leave his shorts.

Byurr...

His father Varen jumped after his son who was almost at the end.

"Yeyyy Gio won." exclaimed Varen feeling very happy. Soon his father arrived at the end.

"Where's pa? Don't forget papa's promise!" varen said with pride because he could beat his papa.

"You're cheating.. Basic.." said his father with a smile while splashing his son with a little water.

"Gi, you remember when you were a kid, you used to pretend you were drowning?" Varen smiled remembering that time.

"Sorry papa ya Gi, if papa is often rude to you now, papa rarely comes home because of a lot of work." said his father sadly.

"Nothing pa, Gio just wanted to ask, mama where the hell is pa? Why did you suddenly leave?" ask Varen.

His father was silent at Varen's question. To be honest, he also did not know where his wife was going. For the reason why his wife left, he did not want to tell Varen the truth. The reason he wanted to make Varen hate his mother, if he knew his mother was a traitor.

"Papa doesn't know where your mother went, either" she replied sadly.

"Oh yeah, a game of changing clothes! We go to the mall and buy shoes for you, and we'll have dinner together!" unwilling to continue to grieve, Gio's papa switched the conversation.

"Okay, can Gio hire Gio's girlfriend?"

"Well, I can" he answered smiling. Finally he understood that the woman in Varen's profile picture is not a picture of his wife but a photo of her lover.

"Your boyfriend..similar to your mom?" tanyanya stopped Varen's steps.

Varen squinted his eyes. Varen suspects that her papa found out from her profile picture. It was not just him who thought that way. "Yes, both beautiful and kind, the most important thing is to love Gio" Varen replied with a smile.

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Varen and his father pick up Ticia at his house. Ticia was shocked when she saw Varen with her papa. Varen didn't say they were going with his dad.

"Om," Ticia greeted Varen's father.

After that they left for the Mall with Varen driving his car. Ticia sat in front, next to Varen. He felt that Varen's papa kept staring at him. It made him wonder if his father Varen didn't like him.

While Varen's papa was still staring at Ticia sharply. Not because he didn't like the girl. But because it was too surprised to see Ticia who looks a lot like her mother Varen when she was young. It reminded him of his first meeting.

"Said Gio you just moved to this city half a year, where did you live before?" ask Varen's dad.

"Em. I lived in the city of M om before." Varen's father was surprised to hear Ticia's answer.

"Have you been dating Gio?"

"It's only been two months anyway, um,"

"You're patient with Gio, he's a spoiled and possessive son." said his father with a small smile.

"The same as papa," said Varen quickly.

"It's both pretty, right?" he said with a big smile this time.

"Hais, papa is narcissistic." - Grumbled Varen.

"Just like lo dong, you're also narcissistic." Ticia laughed with a smile as well.

"But really if I am handsome," said Varen proudly.

"Yain aja Cia, let her smile.." said her papa who made Ticia smile. It turned out that Varen's papa wasn't as cool as he thought. Ticia was feeling relaxed now.

"Papa is ah," whined Varen funny.

"Yes, papa's son is the most handsome. Who used to dong papaanya.." The three people who were in the car then laughed together. The atmosphere became more familiar.

The three men then walked around the Mall. His father Varen was happy to see his son who could laugh freely with his girlfriend. Varen has a papa-like attitude. When she falls in love, she will try to make the woman happy.

When Varen was joking with Ticia when choosing shoes. Varen's father kept watching them both. He accidentally smiled to see Varen who looked so very happy.

"You haven't seen you laugh so much like that Gi in a long time" he muttered alone with a small smile.

"Udah?" ask when Varen approaches.

"Udah pa,"

"Aren't you buying Cia? Let's buy it all,"

"No, Leticia still has shoes, thanks for the offer.."

"He will not want pa, boughtin Gio just do not want, let alone papa." said Gio a little snort.

"..." Varen's father scrunched his forehead with a small smile, then headed to the cashier to pay for his son's shoes.