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Sofia's Story

"Oma. This is Ashafa Oma." Call Ashafa soft, still at Oma's feet, with happy tears, and sad to be one. Happy to see Omanya again after a long time, and sad to see the state of Oma who is sick.

"Oma... Why can Oma be like this? Ashafa could not bear to see Oma like this, Aunty Sofia." Ask Ashafa to Oma, and complain to Aunty Sofia.

Oma only fell silent, not a single word came out of her lips. Only tears could be seen from the corner of her eyeball, then flowed slowly. As if unable to see it, Ashafa immediately wiped the tears of Oma softly, with his own hands.

"Wake up, Aunty will tell me why Oma could be like this." Said Sofia, touching her nephew's shoulder slowly.

Asyafa finally woke up, then stood beside her husband and hugged Rayhan so tightly, as if there was a heavy weight she held in her chest. Pain, tightness, that's what it would be if it could be described.

"Already.. love, do not be sad continue, pity Oma Merry so more sad, if you see you cry like this." Whisper the advice of Rayhan sage, to calm his wife so as not to drag on in grief.

Ashafa nodded slowly, heard her husband's whisper, and then broke his embrace.

"Suster Bella, please continue eating Oma well." Pinta Sofia is polite and friendly.

"Okay, Madam." Bella said politely, smiling kindly.

"Yes, Rayhan, come with Aunty for a second." Take Sofia, while walking towards the large sofa not far from where Oma is.

Asyafa and Rayhan followed Aunty Sofia, then sat together facing each other.

"Well, how come you two just came here? Then how's your mom and dad doing, honey?" Sofia asked open their chat.

"We just got married, then honeymooned here. News Mom, and Dad, Thank God healthy, and good. Ooh.yeah, this is a letter from Mom, and Dad, to Oma." Clearly Ashafa is honest as he is, taking a letter to Oma from inside his sling bag.

Sofia took the letter from Ashafa's hand, then read the writing from outside to Oma Merry, from Nurlaila and Bernad. Seeing the writing, Sofia immediately glazed over.

"Aunty.. Sofia Aunty?" Call Ashafa while waving his hand in front of Sofia's face.

"I. yes, dear" replied Sofia nervously, as she found herself pensive.

"What is Aunty thinking?" Ask Ashafa curiously.

"T. no, it's nothing." Sofia said doubtfully.

"Ooh. that's so." Short Asyafa speech.

"S. actually.. Aunty feels guilty to your Mom and Dad, yes. Hikk. hikk.." Said Aunty softly, crying bitterly.

"I mean Aunty? Ashafa doesn't understand?" Ask Ashafa for an explanation.

"Aunty can't forbid you from staying here, because of Aunty's already evil and hostile attitude towards you. Aunty's husband got the payoff, baby. Now he's in a mental hospital, because of defression and psychiatric disorders. Hikk.. " Obviously Sofia was still with her cries.

"What caused Uncle to defress to a mental institution, Aunty?" Ask Ashafa curiously.

"The story is this dear, ever since you left this country, our lives have changed. Uncle Charles often had nightmares, he said he met with Alm. Thomas OPA. Every time he dreamed he always felt scared, and shouted hysterically in his dream. He always said I wasn't a killer, I wasn't a killer, until Aunty was confused about it." Obviously Sofia while wiping her tears with a tissue.

Asyafa, and Rayhan, were still listening to Aunty Sofia's story quietly.

"Then, the dream was carried away in real life, your Uncle was suffering more and more with his fear. Every time he met someone else, he always saw the face of Opa Thomas who was talking to him. Until every time that happened, your uncle was screaming hysterically, and crying saying I'm not a killer. Those are the words he always said. Hik. hik..." Sofia's words paused for a moment, as she cried remembering that.

"Aunty could not bear to see your Uncle like that, Aunty finally decided to take him to the Hospital. After being examined by a Doctor, Unclemu apparently suffered from excessive defression disorder and psychiatric psychics. Then we took him to the Mental Hospital, and your Uncle is still there." He said softly, occasionally wiping his tears.

"Why is it like that? what did Uncle have wrong, Aunty?" Ask Ashafa was astonished by what happened to his uncle.

"Uncle Charles is in the shadow of guilt, for he caused the death of your Opa, Shay. Hik. hik.." Sofia answered honestly without covering up the truth in the slightest.

"What's? You mean, Uncle Charles killed Opa?" Ask Ashafa, flabbergasted.

"Yes, indirectly, with his words that made Opa a sudden heart attack, Opa died instantly." It explains the true events.

"It is with great pity that Uncle Charles should receive such a reward. After all the wrongs he's done in the past, maybe this is a reward worth paying for Uncle Charles' sins." Asyafa lamented Charles' fate.

"Dear, forgive all of your Uncle's mistakes well, for Uncle's bad attitude towards you, until you leave this country." Sofia sincerely regrets her husband's actions.

"Yes Aunty, we'll forgive uncle Charles' mistake." Say Asyafa sincerely to forgive.

"Thank you, dear Ashafa Aunty's nephew." Sofia said happily as she clasped Ashafa's hand tightly. Then Ashafa nodded slowly.

"Aunty, then how did Oma get a stroke like that?" Ask Ashafa curiously.

"Since Oma knew, that your Uncle went to the Mental Hospital, Oma's health began to decline, and she cried almost all the time, if we went to the Hospital to see him." His words paused for a moment, then reconnected.

"One day, we heard Oma's screams, and we went up to her, and it turned out that Oma had fallen in the bathroom unconscious. Since then Oma has suffered a stroke, the condition as you see it today." Said Sofia, telling the chronology of Oma can experience a stroke.

"Ooh.so that's the story of Aunty, it all happens because there is a cause and a consequence. May Oma recover quickly from her paralysis, and Uncle Charles can return to normalcy. Aamiin..." Asyafa prayed for goodness, which was then amilinkan by Sofia and Rayhan.

Sofia looked at the letter given by her sister-in-law with sadness. Then he approached Oma Merry and wanted to convey the contents of the letter from his sister-in-law.

"Mom. This is a letter from Nurlaila and Bernad Mom's son, Sofia will read it, please Mom listen to me." Pinta Sofia.

Hearing Sofia's words, Oma Merry just blinked the sign she understood.

Sofia opened the letter slowly.

"To my beloved and dearest Mom. Mom, forgive your sinful and filthy son, forgive your son who has gone far from your side, forgive your ungodly son, forgive your son who has never visited you and seems to forget your existence. For many years we have longed, one day we will meet you. Sorry only this letter reached your hands, Please forgive your son. From the one who always loved you, Bernad and Nurlaila."

Oma Merry, Sofia, Ashafa, and Rayhan, wept blue as the letter read.

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