Dispute of the Heart (CALYA)

The Father's Oath

As the sky collapsed overhead, the two middle-aged humans felt shattered into pieces. Various tingles of feeling rumbled in the chest. It's like a nightmare they don't fully understand.

"Then ... Where's our daughter?" the voice of Mr. Darmawan asked Haira.

"Yes, I don't know" Haira said.

Slowly, Mr. Darmawan looked towards Haira's enlarged stomach. From the woman's gestational age, he could conclude that Dirga's marriage with other women had been done for a long time. And during that time, Calya closed the reality of that meeting from them.

"Can we meet Dirga?" ask Mr. Darmawan again.

"Dirga's hour is working" replied Haira. "Already, yeah. You better just go. I also want to rest first" he said again.

Mr. Darmawan and Ms. Darmawan looked at each other, then both nodded.

"Alright, we will go" said Mr. Darmawan while holding his wife's hand.

However, as they were about to turn around and walk away, their steps were stopped by the arrival of a motor that stopped in front of the house. Dirga came and saw the second arrival of his former father-in-law.

"Mr? Mommy?" dirga muttered as he got off his bike.

"Darling ... Come on in!" haira shouted from the front door.

"You go in" Dirga told Haira.

Meanwhile, Mr. Darmawan and his wife again stepped forward, about to leave.

However, Dirga quickly stepped closer and held them back.

"Sir, Mom!" yells.

Which then stopped the steps of the couple.

"Where are you going?" ask again.

Mr. Darmawan and his wife just looked at each other without a word.

"Dirga .. apologize, sir," he said again.

"Why?" ask Mr. Darmawan.

"This separation is inevitable. Dirga san Calya is destined to be like this" said Dirga.

"What's our daughter's fault?" asked Bu Darmawan with a trembling voice.

"Our divorce was only a few weeks ago" Dirga replied.

"It's only been a few weeks, and your new wife's content has been that big?" sahut Bu Darmawan's.

Dirga was silent for a moment. "Dirga was married to Haira before this divorce. But the marriage was on Calya's consent."

"Why could that be? What's our son's fault?" This time, Mr. Darmawan's voice shook even more.

"Initially, to help Haira who was very sick. She wanted to marry me, and her family begged me to help her. But ...."

"However?" ask Mr. Darmawan.

"Haira became pregnant" answered Dirga.

"Lantas ... Why divorce Calya?" ask Mr. Darmawan again.

"Calya tried to hurt Haira, and she also .. was in a relationship with another man."

Plaque!

Right at the end of his sentence, a slap landed on Dirga's cheek. Mr. Darmawan did it. Dirga's face looked stiff. His hand is now stroking the cheek that feels sore.

Meanwhile, Ms. Darmawan is now unable to hold back her tears from spilling.

"Didn't you, when you married Calya, you once said, if one day, Nak Dirga did not want Calya, then return her well to Father. Never hurt her heart, let alone her physicality. Now Dirga's son has divorced her, for reasons we know for sure if that's not possible for our daughter. Moreover, now he was going nowhere. If the Father is still strong as before, at this time also maybe your legs have been broken," said Mr. Darmawan growled.

"What's? She didn't go home to Mom and Dad?" ask Dirga.

"That's our daughter. His heart was too soft to hurt. He definitely doesn't want to make us sad about what happened to him. Surely, as a husband, you already know him well," said Mr. Darmawan again.

Hearing that, Dirga was stunned. His mind dived deep, reminiscing about his ex-wife.

"Listen to this, Dirga boy. We love our children so much, we will not accept them if they are hurt. Calya, our first daughter, is a manifestation of our prayer waiting and answers. Two years, we waited to have it in our household. Now, a man we thought would give him love all his life, did just the opposite. Listen, karma will never remain silent. What Nak Dirga has done to us and our daughter will surely reap the consequences in the future." Mr. Darmawan then turned to his wife.

"Mom, let's go" he said to his wife.

They also walked back. This time completely gone, leaving Dirga who stood listlessly on his footing.

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