Don't Take My Son
Time to Fight
"Honey let's say hello to Oma and Opa." Said Rafael while bending his body to be parallel to Rakha.
"Omm...The opa?" Rakha frowned in astonishment, staring at the waitress of the two people sitting in the chair in front of him just now.
"Yes this is Oma and Opa, Dady's mother and father." Rafael assures his son. Rakha nodded his head. "Oma's Sepelti Momy's mother?" Tanyanya. Rafael answered him with a nod of his head and a smile on his lips.
While Rafael's father looked stunned to see the figure of a child similar to his son, in his heart admitted, no doubt, no need for DNA tests, it was certain that the little boy was his grandson. His eyes twitched, his tongue felt like he wanted to say something but did not come out a single word. This was the first time he had seen his grandson. The grandson he never wanted, when he was still in the form of a fetus he asked to be aborted, but it turns out that now the fetus was transformed into a creature that amazed him when he saw it. He stretched out his hand as the little boy extended his hand first. It felt warm as the little hand touched his palm and the back of his hand got a kiss from the adorable little mouth. He also realized when the small hand turned to reach the hand of the woman beside him, so he also had the strength to ask the little boy who is now struggling spoiled to his youngest son.
"Whose name are you, son?"
"Laka Athaillah Plasetya." replied the grandson, still spoiled on his dady.
"Oh....Laka?" Papi Rafael rubbed his grandson's head.
"Not Laka Opa." Refute the grandson, because his lisp always makes others misperception when he mentions his name.
"Oh yeah..Raka," said Papi Rafael smiling, it turns out that Rafael's mother smiled faintly at the behavior of her grandson who had long ignored her. Regardless of what he was feeling right now, his expression was too flat to guess whether he was happy to see his granddaughter or was actually not expecting to meet her granddaughter.
Rafael invites Rakha to sit in a chair next to him.
"I'm sorry I didn't go to work because there were activities at Rakha's school." Rafael feels guilty for ignoring his parents.
"Until the phone is not picked up? Mami, Vania called you many times not lifted." Mama's protest.
"Yes sorry Mih, my HP is silent and I did not have time to check until the activity is finished." Said Rafael lying, even though he knew many calls to his Hapnya, the chatter was interrupted along with the arrival of food orders delivered by several maids. It turns out that Andre who has ordered his food, he already knows the taste of Om and his aunt because they often eat together like this.
"We eat first, and then papi wants to talk to you." Papi Rafael.
They also enjoy lunch with delicious dishes. Papi, Mami Rafael and Andre while feeding their food they pay attention to how Rakha eats himself calmly, from asking for his side dish, praying before eating, to cutting fish, and so on, feeding food into his mouth, can not be separated from the attention of the three of them.
"Dady, I want the fish again." said Rakha when the fish on her plate ran out while the rice was still a little more. He would rather eat fish than chicken or meat, just like Faisal. Moreover, grilled carp eaten today feels spoil his tongue until he feeds more fish than his rice. Rafael took the gurame toast almost half of the fish's body onto Rakha's plate.
"You like fish, huh? Good to be smart to eat a lot of fish." Said Rafael, he began to know Rakha's favorite food.
"If at the house of Aki the same Enin I eat fish, Om Isal fishing fish in the pond, there can be a lot, there are big, there are small." Celoteh Rakha with her cheerful face. Rafael looks unhappy when Rakha mentions the name of a man who has been close to Kharisa and his son.
"If this fish is directly eaten, do not need to be fished first. Let's spend, if less is still there, then spend the same Rakha well.
Rakha also finished the food on his plate until there was nothing left.
"You want more?" Ask Rafael. Rakha shook her head. "Suffer up." she replied.
"Dady, I haven't prayed dhuhul." Rakha half-whispered, leaning her body towards her dady. Rafael was stunned for a moment, Oh my God his four-year-old son still remembers prayer, while he did not even a little remember to carry out his duties.The three people in front of him were stunned to hear the words of the little boy they had just seen the first time, although a little whisper but clearly heard in their ears.
"Dady used to eat Dady first well we finished praying." Rafael sped up his meal, he added his portion because he was hungry and the food did taste good in his mouth.
"Mih, Mih, I'll go back for a second." Rafael said after finishing his meal, he took Rakha to the mosque.
"After that we should talk El." Her mother reminded. Rafael nodded his head then passed towards the mushola.
Fifteen minutes later Rafael and Rakha returned to the dining room, at the table was no longer visible food and dirty dishes, there was only a glass of warm tea water, he said, fruit juice and a small bowl of chocolate and strawberry flavored ice cream with strawberry sauce topping and two chocolate crepe rolls.
"Om Andre has ordered ice cream for Rakha, we eat there yuk, on the swing, dadynya want to talk first with oma same opa." Persuade Andre, the Rafael papi asked Andre to help accompany Rakha first outdoors, so that their conversation was not interrupted, so that their conversation was not interrupted, in addition, of course, what will be discussed is about Rakha and her parents. Rakha was easily willing to follow Andre with his ice cream.
"Mih, my son looks a lot like me, right? I finally found him after five years I had no idea of their news at all, and now I'm paying for everything, even though what I did later was not worth the struggle and sacrifice of Kharisa." Rafael opens the conversation directly to the core, he believes his parents want to talk about his relationship with Kharisa as well as his engagement to Vania.
"El..papi has talked everything with your mother, papi apologizes for indeed papi who asked Kharisa to abort his fetus because papi thought at that time you were very young, you were very young, papi does not want your ideals destroyed in the middle of the road, Kharisa also still have to finish his high school, but during that time Papi also does not know papi's grandson, Papi, mami you never told papi that it turns out that Kharisa is defending his fetus, papi thought he did not come to the hospital, maybe to another place to abort his womb." There was a regretful expression on Papi Rafael's face.
"It's Pi, it's over, whatever the reason papi or mami, I'm really disappointed with papi and mami. But I've forgiven Papi and Mami. Now I just ask Papi and Mami to approve the annulment of my engagement to Vania and my blessing to marry Kharisa, let us be happy with our son." Rafael's intention to break off his engagement to Vania seems to have been unanimous and he shows it in earnest, saying directly in front of his parents for the second time."
"El listen to papi first. We.papi your mother accepted that Rakha is your son, our grandson, because we had long expected the presence of a grandson, and it was you who gave us a grandson first. But that doesn't mean you're willingly canceling your engagement to Vania. You should also think about her feelings, her family as well as our family's self-esteem." Papi's voice sounded firm.
"Papi wants you now to take responsibility, to your son, at your decision to get engaged to Vania." Papi was not to be blamed by his son.
"I was forced to get engaged to Vania, because Mami forced it."
"But you agreed to it El." Finally my mom made a sound too.
"Because back then I had no reason to reject it, now I have a reason to cancel it."
"Can't be so El, you don't embarrass Mami in front of the Vania family."
"Mami made me make this decision, Mami made me feel guilty, why did Mami hide Kharisa's pregnancy from me? Why didn't Mami tell me about my son, instead Mami slandered Kharisa betraying me and having another son, why Mih? Because Mami wants to keep me away from Kharisa right? Then I got engaged to Vania, didn't I? " I don't know why Rafael is so emotional, his eyes are so sharp looking at his mama, clearly looks anger on his face. While his mother became misbehaved because what her son said was true, but he just kept silent did not intend to answer.
"L take care of your attitude to your mom." Snapped papa. The atmosphere in the Vip room of the restaurant was hot even though it was installed AC. Outside Andre seemed to listen to the babbling of his new nephew, occasionally Andre noticed the state of the Vip room where his cousin and Om tantenya were located, the door and the glass wall that was not covered anything clearly showed the tension there. He could only sigh, not his business to interfere, he could only pray that he was given a way out for his cousin.
"White, Mih, all this time I have great respect for Papi, Mami, even Papi's wishes I always follow, Papi wants me to be a doctor, I follow, when in fact I like other fields. But for this time I'm sorry if I can't keep your wish, I'll stick to my stance, will break the engagement with Vania and marry Kharisa....."
"El listen to papi first, you can remain responsible to Rakha without having to marry Kharisa. You can depend on their living costs, if you need to buy a house, a decent vehicle, Papi can help buy it, you can also take care of and educate it, if Rakha does not have status, Papi can help buy it, can we put in our family card or after you marry Vania all you take custody of Rakha, Vania would not mind Rakha being taken care of by kal........"
"It never occurred to Papi to separate Rakha from her mother." Not yet finished his papa speaking, Rafael immediately cut it off.
"I married Kharisa open solely because of a sense of responsibility because of Rakha, but because I love him, since I was in the second grade of High School, I love Kharisa, I love Kharisa, and to this day I still love him very much. And I will fight for it even if Papi Mami doesn't approve of me." Rafael said firmly.
"El.. listen to Mami du....."
"I think our conversation is enough Mi, Pih, later I will tell you the right time to meet the Vania family, if Papi, Mami does not want to accompany me, no problem, no problem, I can talk to them myself very well." Rafael stood up.
"I'm sorry I said goodbye, I'm sorry Rakha waited so long outside." Rafael also left his mother's papi who just kept silent staring at the departure of his son.
Rafael approached Rakha who was playing a swing accompanied by Andre.
"When I go home first, let's get Rakha home." Rakha immediately got off the swing hearing her dady taking her home.
"Have you finished your business?" Andre asked hesitantly, looking at his sour cousin's face, seemingly still harboring anger and disappointment.
"I thought it was over, there was nothing more to talk about. I say thank you Bang, thank you for accompanying Papi and Mami."
"Let's Rakha..." Rafael reached out his right hand greeted by his son's small hand, the anger in his heart instantly eased seeing his adorable handsome face and the clear gaze of his son's eyes.
"I haven't salim same oma same opa." Rakha stopped her steps as she passed through the room where her opa oma was. But Rafael continued to step regardless of his son's words until their handrails were released.
"Dady, I want to salim first with Oma the same Opa." Rakha came in to Oma and Opanya.
" Opa, Oma I'm home first yeah." Rakha extended her hand to greet her eyes, greeted with a helping hand, just as the back of her opanya hand was kissed by Rakha. With his opaque awareness pulled the small body into his arms with teary eyes and a face full of regret. He kissed Rakha's cheeks and forehead. Rakha turns to kissing her oma's hand, but she doesn't hug him just kissing his granddaughter's head. Rafael watched the scene from behind a glass wall, one side he is grateful his parents are now willing to accept Rakha as his grandson. Who would not be devastated to see a handsome face that is plain but looks smart and adorable belonging to his son, plus his kindness. He always misses his son's face, if he can be with his son every day, and that's what he will fight for. Yes, it is time to fight.
"Dady, let's go home, momy must have been waiting for me, Momy must have gone home, right?" Rakha pulled the finger of his dady hand and stepped out of the restaurant which certainly gave an impression to him because this is where he first met Oma Opanya.
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