Dusk And Suffering

84. Meeting Brings Change

Clara had arrived at the restaurant where she and Dusk had agreed to meet. Just a few minutes he was sitting on one of the chairs there, already seen Dusk that came with his legs limped.

"Good morning, Auntie. Sorry, baby, I'm late. Has Aunt been waiting a long time?" said Dusk thrust his hand to shake hands.

Without a sense of hesitation or fear, Dusk steadily kissed the back of the woman's hand. Clara was a little surprised and bristled as Dusk performed the tribute.

"I just came too. Why your feet?"

"Oh this sprain yesterday. It's okay, it's light." He sat in front of Clara. They were faced with a table that separated them.

"This drinking. Hopefully you like, I don't want our chat to be delayed because you ordered drinks. You're okay, right, spending time with me all day? You have no promise you've forgotten?"

"Yes, I'm free today. We are free to talk. What's up, Auntie? What made Auntie take me to meet and ask for all day?"

"I've heard your life story from my husband. You were born without the affection of your mother, never met your father, but now you have managed to meet him. What are you gonna do? Are you going to demand a right that's been lost?"

Dusk smiled gently. "If I wanted to do that, I should have done it a long time ago. Aunty seems to know that I've been seeing Dad since I was twenty. And now I'm twenty-nine years old. In those nine years, it never seemed to be in my head to demand anything from Dad. I knew Dad was married, there would be problems when I asked him for something. Because I realized, I am a child born of coercion, not the desire of both. I'm also sure Dad definitely didn't mean to impregnate Mom that time. I always try to put myself in my position. I will not impose my will on others. Don't worry, I won't ask you to stay with me twenty-four hours, my whole life, I won't ask for that."

"Why didn't you ask? Okay, regardless of whether you're the child you were born with, or not, you and my husband have a blood relationship. But father and son. Why don't you ask your father for your rights? Why don't you seem to need that?"

"No need, Aunt. Now I try to ask Aunt, if I insist on asking for my rights to Dad and aunt also does not want to lose rights. Will it improve the atmosphere or maybe even the relationship between aunt and father will improve? No, right? With me not demanding my rights, your relationship has often been contentious. What if I demand my rights too? I don't think it's a good idea, it'll make the mood worse. I don't want that, I don't want to because I have a relationship that has to be sacrificed. I better sacrifice. I have experienced many things in this world, including loss. I don't want anyone else to feel lost, especially because of me. Right now I'm so happy Auntie is with my son and also my mother. What else am I gonna sue for?"

Clara touched her heart, since it started from the twilight came earlier, she already felt that this woman was really kind and noble heart. He was willing to limp in and come to fulfill his promise when his legs were not fine. Though he could say that he was not well, and asked Clara to come to his house, so roughly thought Clara.

Dusk's hand braved itself to hold Clara's hand. His thumb rubbed the back of the woman's hand. Feels delicate and gentle, surely this woman is a loving, inner woman of Dusk.

"Auntie doesn't have to worry, I'm fine. I can see you I'm happy."

It turns out that Akmal said, Clara's mind about Dusk changed right then and there was no need to wait for a day. In just a few hours, Clara had already felt how noble the heart of Dusk was.

Clara knew, no matter how twilight towards what she was living now, must be a desire in her heart. It would be unnatural if he didn't ask for anything more. But back again, for the sake of others, he sacrificed his will. Is this fair to him?

"Oh, your heart is glorious." Finally the word of praise came out of the mouth of a woman who believed she would never see the existence of Dusk.

"Ah, Aunt can. Not that glorious. I thought it was just a gini, anyway. Yes, the city lives once, for what, the hell must hate each other, rivals in everything, our lives are not even enjoyed. Even more to how we are superior to other humans and that's a burden really not, anyway? Aye, kan. We're not happy because we focus on the same as everyone else."

"Yes, you're right. Aunty has felt it, Aunt is busy making your father so you can love Auntie, let's just focus and prioritize Aunt and our child, but even Aunt is depressed and sickly."

Hearing Clara mention our son's name made Dusk remember the Coral.

"Oh, yes Auntie, the son of the same aunt father is called Karang, right? What is the new company leader? Who attended the seminar yesterday?"

"Have you met? Hold on, auntie show me the picture." Clara reached into her bag to pick up her phone and open her gallery.

After successfully finding a photo of the Coral, he showed it at Dusk.

"This?"

"Ah, yes. Is this your kid's reef? I've met him if it's not wrong three times. Aunt's son really knows not." Fashion ghibah and julis Dusk already on. He moved his chair closer to Clara's.

"That time he was the same his friends who took the road with his motorcycle. I was not given the same path as him, even though I, at that time was in a hurry to pick up my son. As soon as I came down, I asked why they were like that, Coral even answered fiercely, even he who was angry with me, he said he was wrong. He even abstained me from bumping into his bike." Dusk chattered like he thought Clara was his friend. It made Clara hold back laughter with the difficulty of Dusk.

"How serious? You hit?"

"No, anyway. I went down the street, I went back to the office because the kids were picked up by the driver. But really Auntie, if I knew that Coral was my sister, maybe I was her jewel, I told her to go home."

Eventually the chatter of those who were supposed to talk seriously turned into a chat filled with laughter and a self-approach of each. Clara seemed to be made to forget the problem and with the aim of meeting Dusk.