Friend Bed

The Old Man Kembang

Abimana nodded her head in tears, wanting to hug Sharen who was standing before her, but she hesitated if there was any rejection from Sharen. Finally she could only silently peek, Inara who saw Abimana could only hold her hand while nodding her head at Sharen. Seeing the nods of Inara and Abimana, Sharen came closer to him and slammed into Abimana's body. Abimana who got a sudden hug from Sharen was a little surprised, she then hugged him back while stroking her hair.

"Where, Sharen should you sit down first, we'll talk here" Inara said as she patted the sofa on which she was sitting. Abimana and Sharen then sat on the sofa.

"Sharen, would you accept me as your real parent?"

Sharen nodded his head. "Of course, after all you are my real father, Mama Amanda and Papa Rayhan are very kind to me but I also don't want to forget you as my biological parents, Pa."

"You can talk like that because you don't know my past, son. Papa is not a good man, you must be ashamed to have parents like papa."

"What past time? What does papa mean as a former prisoner?"

Abimana then nodded her head.

"Sharen, I'm not a good person. I don't mind if you won't admit me as your parent."

"Where did you know your father was a former prisoner, Sharen?"

Sharen then smiled. "I've known everything since Aunt Inara, I've known about it for a long time, since three years ago when you asked for pictures of me and Kenzo."

"Gosh," said Inara as she covered her mouth with her hands.

"So you've known all that for a long time, Sharen?"

"Yes, I've known for a long time."

Sharen turned his eyes to Abimana. "Father Abimana, now you know that I've known for a long time about your status, but I still want to find out about you, even I got here to find out about you, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, but I still want to find out about you, then can you still assume that I don't recognize you as my parents? Didn't I tell you that after all you are my biological parents, and will be like that forever. I'll never throw you in my life."

Abimana then clasped Sharen's hand. "Thank you very much, Sharen. Thank you for accepting Papa."

"Of course, Pa."

"Do you know what sins you have committed?"

"Yes, I know. I once found out about the crime you ever did, I read it in an online news, digital traces are difficult to remove. News of the crime you once committed is still on some online news sites."

"And you're still willing to accept papa after knowing the truth about papa?"

"Thank you very much, son. I really didn't expect that if you were a wise woman looking at life, I'm sure Amanda would have educated you so well that you grew up to be an amazing person, son."

Sharen nodded his head."Yeah, Mama Amanda and Papa Rayhan are really good parents. He didn't even differentiate me from Kenzo and Clarissa even though I was the only child who was never born from Mama Amanda's womb."

"So you also know you're not Amanda's real son?"

"Yes, of course. My face alone is very different from Mama Amanda and Papa Rayhan, unlike Kenzo. Kenzo has many similarities to Mama Amanda."

"Yes, you're not Amanda's real son. When papa married Amanda, he had an affair behind him with an accursed woman named Ghea."

"Well, you don't say that, there's Sharen here" Inara said, shaking her head.

"Just let Sharen know that her birth mother is not a good woman, because Ghea I'm so mean to Amanda and papa, even he and his family did not want to take care of Sharen as his biological child and let mama raise Sharen, fortunately there is Amanda who wants to help raise Sharen."

"But Abimana..."

"It's okay, Aunt Inara. I already knew my real mama was definitely not a good mother. If she was a good mother, she would definitely not let me be nurtured by someone else who was not part of her family. If he is a good woman and wife, he will be faithful to be a papa wife until he has finished his prison term. But in fact, Aunt Inara is the one who has been so good to accompany papa and always give encouragement to papa during his detention. Isn't it Pa?"

Abimana nodded his head. "You're right Sharen, Inara is such an amazing woman, no woman like her would accept a prisoner even waiting for her twenty years so patiently."

"Thank you very much Aunt Inara" Sharen said, hugging Inara.

"Yes dear."

"May I call you Mama?"

"Of course, Auntie even feels very happy if you want to call me that."

"Thank you Mama Inara."

But without them knowing it, a woman now appears to be standing in front of the gate of the house.

"A few days ago, when Abimana and his wife ate at the restaurant where I worked, I managed to follow them back to this house, but it was dark so I didn't see the house very clearly, now I can see clearly Abimana's house. This house is indeed very luxurious, I must be able to take advantage of this situation so that I can have a lot of money back, let alone I am the birth mother of Sharen. Sharen will definitely not have the heart to see my condition which is squeezed by poverty like this," said Ghea with a wry smile.