
"Who are they, Mum?" asked Cherin looking at Hanes who was still fixated on seeing the figure of the couple who was still standing on the side of the door of her ward. Instead of answering, Hanes actually approached the stranger with footsteps that looked so heavy.
Erlan and Diandra could only silently stare at each other and shrug both shoulders a sign of not knowing them at all. Erlan and Diandra eventually retreated away to make room for Hanes.
Hanes continued to step closer to the middle-aged man with after the black-colored batik. But the man also stepped closer to Hanes. "Dad!" said Hanes lirih. Unfortunately just a few steps Hanes stepped up, a slap landed perfectly on his cheek.
"Brazed kid!" shouted the middle-aged man who was none other than Hanes' father named Mr. Hendrawan Gautama. "How dare you divorce Sandra who is clearly loyal to you for the sake of the seductress, huh!" Again, no one could hold Mr. Hendra's high voice in the room except his wife, Mrs Linda.
"Patience, Dad. We have to listen to our son's explanation first" said Madam Linda, stroking her husband's chest.
"You want your mom to have another stroke, huh! Why are you keeping all this a secret? You think you're great at making the media uproar with your news?" Still in the same tone, Mr. Hendra again raised his hand. This time, however, Erlan was arrested.
"Sorry, Sir! Can we sit down and talk! This is a hospital, do not make a fuss if you do not want to be dragged by security," said Erlan while slowly releasing Mr. Hendra's wrist
"Who are you daring to interfere?" Mr. Hanes really looked wrathful to the point of not being able to lower his tone.
"Well, sit down! Let's talk about this slowly!" edict Hanes and forced Mr. Hendra to comply because Mrs Linda pulled her hand to sit down.
"Hanes ... tell me, son! Why is it like this? Why did you divorce Sandra who obviously loved you for the woman who tricked you?" madam Linda asked of course in a gentle tone, but unfortunately the glance of her eyes at Cherin exuded an aura of dislike.
The atmosphere of the room was really tense. Diandra again sat down on Cherin's side of the gurney to immediately hold her hand. Diandra knew that Cherin must be very scared right now. Love without blessing is hard.
"Mister, don't be afraid! I'm sure everything will be fine" whispered Diandra and Cherin just nodding softly despite the tears she's been crying about to get out.
Erlan sat down by Hanes' side and rubbed his shoulder gently to calm down and spoke slowly without a sense of controlling anger. "Talk well," Erlan said softly and Hanes only nodded.
"Dad, Mom .. she's Cherin, the woman Hanes married a few months ago. She had just given birth to Hanes' child and that child was a boy," Hanes said instantly getting a sharp look from the father.
"Impossible! You are clearly barren. How could you be fooled by that beard lady, huh!" yelled Mr. Hendra again.
"Well, relax! Don't scream. This is a hospital, not a forest!" hanes' growls held back his anger.
"Son, how can you have a child if all your medical reports say you're barren. Even you and Sandra have gone to three hospitals. Same result!" ms. Linda also did not believe what her son said.
"Oh, Sandra's lying. Hanes is not barren! We can do a DNA test if that kid's really Hanes' kid. Sandra had falsified all the medical reports because Hanes had also checked Hanes' health. Everything is normal and fine," Elak Hanes, but the response of both Hanes parents is still in disbelief.
"That's right if you slept with that woman while she was Sandra's husband? You cheated on Sandra, didn't you? You ... You betrayed Sandra's love! What kind of man are you, huh!" screeched Mr. Hendra still with his anger.
The two Hanes parents looked thoughtful and looked at each other. It's true that if Hanes doesn't try to sleep with another woman, then forever Hanes will only be fooled by Sandra. Hanes would only know if he was an imperfect man. He will also continue to blame himself and be blamed by both Hanes parents for the passing of the Grandmother.
Several times Hanes tried to catch his breath. Hopefully this time the explanation can relieve the anger of the father also opened his mind. Not only that, he hopes his father and mother can accept Cherin as a daughter-in-law. It will make Cherin get the affection of the parents she had always wanted.
"Dad can do his own DNA test if you don't believe it. Cherin's child is really your granddaughter. You should even have two grandchildren, but unfortunately our first child miscarried and this second one we could hardly raise because of Sandra's actions."
Hanes is still trying to open the hearts and minds of his parents. Sandra was really good at brainwashing them. But of course it is natural that Sandra is great because Sandra is considered a good daughter-in-law who always takes care of her mother-in-law who had a stroke until her condition recovered and can stand as it is today.
"Are you sure this was all Sandra?" madam Linda asked still looks doubtful. Only the look in the eyes of the mother began to weaken indicating that Madam Linda began to accept the reality.
"Yes, Buk. If you look at the news, surely you know how Sandra pushed a heavily pregnant Cherin wheelchair in the supermarket" Hanes replied calmly.
"We didn't see the news in its entirety. We went to see Sandra at the police station. We're here to ask you to retract the report on Sandra's behalf, " said the mother clearly made Hanes go back to blood.
Erlan knew that Hanes was looking to get angry again and Erlan again could only rub Hanes' shoulders to calm down.
"Look! How could Hanes have retracted his report. He almost killed Hanes' son, Buk! Your future granddaughter" Hanes growled as he clenched his hands together.
"That was our original goal, but now maybe Dad has changed his mind too" said Madam Linda glancing at her husband who was staring at Cherin.
Hanes let out a long sigh and reached into his pants pocket to pick up the phone. He was looking for news that was indeed very viral in the virtual world. Hanes eventually gives a cctv recording that shows Sandra deliberately passing through him then pushing Cherin's wheelchair until Cherin bleeds.
Of course Dad and his mother were surprised to see the tape. Both of them do not believe that Sandra is actually two-faced. Sandra was the real cause of the Gautama family's chaos.
"This ... absolutely ...." Madam Linda did not think how any woman who was that hard hurt a fellow woman. Cherin is pregnant.
"So we've fooled Sandra, Buk!" mr. Hendra said now pitched full of regret.
"Yes, Dad. All this time we believed that Sandra really loved our only child. But it turns out that .. we fools are eating the serpent woman's charade." Hanes again exhaled. The look on his face began to calm down because the heart and mind of Father and Mother also began to open.
Hanes glanced at Cherin, who was also seen sighing in relief. He smiled at Diandra who was also smiling at him. "So .. do you want to see your grandson Cakrana Putra Gautama?" hanes asked instantly getting a serious look from his parents. "That's the name of your granddaughter" Hanes continued, instantly getting a sweet smile. At once Hanes moved from his seat to hug his parents. It also felt like for a very long time Hanes did not get the warmth of the hug.
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