Forced to Be a Comforter Woman

DADDY POV

My name is Abdul, the job is as a motorcycle rickshawman. I have six children from three wives.

From the first wife, I was gifted a daughter named Indah. From the second wife there were three children. And the third wife or the last two children.

Beautiful is my first child who is currently the foundation of my life.

Only she was the one who always helped our needs (me and my mother) or her grandmother Beautiful. My second wife's children never cared for me all this time.

Don't help me with my living expenses, just ask me how I never did. The three of them were like they were lost in the swallow of the earth.

Right now, I live in a rented house with my two children from my third wife. Her names are Anisa and Ridwan.

Since my breakup with their mother, Anisa and Ridwan decided to stay with her mother.

But after their mother remarried, they both decided to stay with me.

At that time, Anisa was still in high school (SMA), while Ridwan was in junior high school (SMP).

As a father, I must continue to accept them both with open arms to live with me.

Yes, even though I feel a bit heavy to finance school and their daily needs, but I still accept them with a spacious chest.

At first, I was still able to bear all the costs of the two of them myself.

But after Anisa began to enter college, and Ridwan in high school. It was there that I began to feel the weight growing heavier.

While my income is only as a pedicab, not enough for their school fees.

Lovely always gives me money to pay for her rent and other expenses. Including my daily meal expenses.

Before her, the money given Indah was more than enough to finance my living needs so far.

But because I also had to pay for school, Anisa and Ridwan, since then the gift of Indah has always been lacking for me.

Actually, I can't keep asking for money to Indah. But yes what can be done, circumstances that force me to do it to Indah.

He's the only one I can hope for now.

Sometimes I feel sad thinking about my daughter's fate. Only he helped me with my needs from then until now.

He went to a city of people just to help my finances, to meet all my needs and also my mother's needs.

I also don't want to know what his fate is there. Is he sick? Does he have a place to stay? Does he have money or not?

What's important to me now is, I should be able to pay for my children's school, Anisa and Ridwan.

They both had to graduate, and there was no shortage of anything. Yes even though I had to sacrifice my first child Beautiful.

Sometimes I think, my first child Indah who just graduated from SD alone, can finance my life.

Once upon a time, I asked Indah for money with the excuse to pay the debt. Though the money was actually for Anisa's tuition fees needed at that time.

But it turns out that Beautiful answer made me very disappointed, because he was not having money at the time.

Yes indeed I admit, just two weeks ago Beautiful sent her salary to me amounting to one million five hundred thousand.

But the money was up to pay for the rent, electricity, water, the cost of eating the three of us. And also for the tuition of Anisa and Ridwan of course her.

Since Beautiful can not give me money, therefore I was forced to borrow to the next neighbor for five hundred thousand, for the tuition fee Anisa needed at that time.

I promise I will return the money, after receiving the remittance from Indah next month.

Once upon a time Beautiful was furious at me, because I always forced her to send money to me.

I targeted Indah, had to send money of two million rupiah every month. Not to mention the cost of electricity and rent.

After hearing my request, Indah immediately got angry. He also revealed his secret all this time to me, which is about the work he was in during his time in the city of Batam.

I was immediately stunned to hear the honesty of my daughter. It turns out he lied to me all along.

He used to say that he worked as a waitress for the Padang restaurant, and I believed his words.

But it turns out that he had the heart to lie to me, in order to earn money to meet all the needs of my life.

She is willing to be a comfort woman in a karaoke place. He was willing to sacrifice his self-esteem and his future, just to help me.

At first, I was very disappointed to hear the harsh reality. But what you want to say, all of it has already happened.

Inevitably, I had to be resigned and sincere with her decision to work as a comfort woman. Because I'm sure, Indah can definitely take care of herself on the overseas land.

I admit that I am selfish. I only thought about money and money, without thinking about the fate of my first child, who was struggling in the city of people just for my sake, and my two children Anisa and Ridwan.

In fact, it wasn't just the three of us who depended on Beautiful. But also my mother, her grandmother is beautiful.

The fee sent was Beautiful per month for my mother was eight hundred thousand rupiah. Sometimes it can be more than that.

I honestly admit, I'm actually very proud of my first child named Beautiful.

She loved both of us so much, me and my mom. To the extent that, he was willing to sacrifice himself just for the sake of the two of us.

I often muse, somehow the fate of my life if there is no Beautiful. There will be no one else who can give me money. There is no place I depend on anymore, and no one to finance my life anymore.

Ah, I don't know. Hopefully Beautiful is fine there. That is the only prayer I can give my daughter.

Because he is my only hope. He's the only one I can trust. And only he is the focus of my life who understands me. That is my hope for Beautiful, my oldest daughter.