Dusk And Suffering

74. An Accidental Meeting

"Senja, aren't you afraid that if you hang out with Leo one day, he'll find out about Alan and Alana's whereabouts?"

Manda expressed his concern over the past few months that hearing the story of Dusk often met the man. Moreover, the twins also told him several times that they also met a male figure similar to them.

"Not to be afraid Mom, Leo has changed, after all I feel Leo is also the time to know. To be denied like whatever Alan and Alana are his biological children. Maybe he'll be angry, but I'm sure he won't do anything. I have faith that the children will not be taken away by him, which has now changed a lot."

"You just believe?"

"All I know is that Leo never denies what he says. So much, Mom, it looks like a change. Anyway, I am calm, I am a woman who is not easily defeated. As long as I can't tell you what, I can trick Leo, right? Especially now that I have new powers, I have a mother."

The woman smiled and gave the child a hug. So many regrets he felt in his heart, yet he did not want to drown in regrets. He is more focused on improving himself and loves his child more with all his heart. It's okay to be late rather than not at all.

"If I hadn't forced you to marry Leo, you might be happy with your little family by now."

"It's me being happy too, Mom. I have a mother, I have children, I have a father, yes even though Dad's time is not entirely for me, but it's okay. Why demand more if what I have now is enough to make me happy."

"By the way about Dad, you don't want to know your sister? In any case, you remain in blood, in your body flows the same blood."

"Actually I want to, Mom. But I saw Dad never tell us about his family, so I thought that maybe his family didn't want to know about us. If indeed his family Daddy accepts me as I am, accept my presence as if at least Dad will not be closed to his family now, right. She must have told me stories about her family, about her son." The story of Akmal's family makes Dusk remember when he asked for a video spread by Leo.

"Mommy knows not if Daddy's family and company had been swayed because of the video that has been spread with Leo, that is, Mom who video confessions Dad about the past and also my status. Maybe that's also why I don't want to tell him about his family to me."

"Maybe too. But there is nothing wrong with trying to ask. Let's not guess."

"I'll ask you later. I happen to have an appointment with Dad for lunch together. Yes, I'm leaving, ma'am. The kids are hunting late."

And when the lunch was really done, Dusk had not had the courage to ask. He was still busy stirring and chewing food with a slow tempo. His mind kept thinking how to start a conversation regarding his father's family.

"Oh, yes, Dusk, I heard you met Leo a lot."

"Who did you hear from, Mom?"

"Yes. Father's message is only one, be careful, yes. I don't think I have to worry about you anymore. You've gone through all the heavy stuff by yourself I'm proud of you."

"You want to know me?" someone walked up to them.

Dusk and Akmal just turned to the source of the voice. How surprised Akmal when he found out Clara was in the same restaurant.

Akmal is not afraid of Clara, only, the man hides his closeness to Dusk only to appreciate Clara as his wife and the woman who spent the rest of his life for him. He does not want to know Clara about this, he feels not considered. And in fact true what the saying goes, as smart as we keep the carcass will still smell too.

"Clara, are you here?"

"Yes, surprised? A fitting coincidence. So this is what you do behind my back? Meet your son? Forgot you made the same promise you made?"

"Clara, sit. We can talk about this calmly without taking the attention of many."

From the conversation that Dusk heard, he already understood who this woman standing in front of his father was. From the look of her face printed, Dusk already understood that the wife of the father did not like if her husband met her. Is this why her father is too closed off with his family? If it is, yes. That means his conjecture has been true all along.

The two women who had met for the first time looked at each other for a moment. Dusk kindly gave his best smile and slightly nodded his head a sign of respect. However, the response Clara gave was very inversely proportional to the greeting of Dusk.

"Clara, I'm sorry if all that time I secretly met Dusk. It would be unfair if I abandoned him. I know this hurts you but try to think from the side of Dusk."

"Why don't you try to think from my side and our son's side? We are the ones who have the impact of your past actions."

"Clara, you're all my responsibility. Well you, Coral, Dusk, you are the ones I should be happy with. All this time I met Dusk does not reduce my time with you guys, right? We still have time for holidays, dinner together outside, celebrating our anniversary, Coral birthday. So far I've been fair to you, haven't I? I met Dusk does not change the time I give you. So I beg Clara, leave it like this. Dusk is enough to live without me." Akmal's grip on Clara's hand tightened.

A reef? My half-sister's name, Karang? His name was the same as that young man. Ah, but there's no way he is, there's no way Daddy's son would be such a brutal child. The name Coral is definitely not just him, right? A rare name, but that doesn't mean he and Dad's son Coral are the same person.

"Forget about the fairness of the time you give! You choose me or him? Think about it carefully. Life is a choice, and you have to choose."

"I can't choose any of you. You're both the people I love, you're my family. You're not an option, Clara. You Coral, Dusk are the people who matter in my life. I would never be able to live without either of you."

Feeling the conversation his father and stepmother had getting hotter, each tried to interject.

"I'm sorry, Auntie if I'm not polite. After all, we are a family, willing or unwilling or not. Whatever we will do in the form of non-acceptance, will never change anything. Aunts and aunts will forever need Dad, I do too, I also need Dad for my life direction, for my marriage guardian. If I am separated from my father, what about my future. Similarly with Auntie, how can you continue to live without a male figure who has been together for decades and share anything with Aunt? Isn't the wedding vows not a game? This is a matter of sincerity, sorry is not what I mean to renew. But it would be nice if we made peace with the past for our future as well. If your aunt is worried about affection and divided time, calm down. I do not ask for a lot of time, my daily life is also working, I will only ask for Aunt husband time at meal times like this. It's not every day either. I grew up without Dad a dozen years, so I hope I can still be with Dad for the rest of my time." Dusk's mouth trembled slightly as he said the last sentence.