
The girl helps Mama Melati to go down the stairs, but she also inhales the scent of the body of the woman who has given birth to her. The man's perfume and it came from the man who was now standing under the stairs. Mind wandered. A thought of disgust just flashed by. The footsteps stopped, then looked at the mother.
"Is he harassing, Mama?" shena asked like a dagger piercing her mother's heart.
Mama Melati tried to cover everything up, but Shena could see the results of the red marks that were so clearly visible in front of her eyes. Nothing to wait for anymore. The girl guided the mother to sit on the stairs, then she went down while pulling the sweater arm up to the elbow.
Danish who saw the drastic change of Shena's face. Realize it is right, if his wife is angry even more than the anger of a man. A sharp eye with a faint smile, suddenly a flying kick hit the head of the man standing under the stairs.
Shena who jumped over the stairs in a lunge style immediately hit her target. Mama Melati silenced her mouth, withholding a cry ready to leave the esophagus. He wanted to tell the truth, but he was bound by promise.
Shena looked at the man who was the same age as her papa. The face that was complaining in pain, "Son, I ....,"
"Shut up!" Shena put her index finger in front of her lips, then glanced towards the man sitting on the sofa. Strange because the man was silent on the spot. In fact, he had just beaten up the man's men. "Say. What are you doing to my family!"
Papa William wiped his tears, then moved from his place of rest. A man who has no residual honor for failing to protect his beloved wife. He is self-aware, whatever happens is completely his fault.
In front of him, Shena looked at a man who had just been enjoying his wife's body. Everything that happened was wrong and complicated. However, this can no longer be hidden. But is it time to tell Shena the truth?
"Son, let go of the man." Papa William's Pinta, made Shena stare at him. The girl stared unblinkingly, surely the wet cheeks further added to her daughter's wrath. "Papa please. Let go, son."
"I've let go. Can explain. Why did Papa beg like a beggar and why did my mother get this much humiliation. I don't want to be a slave just out of debt. A child has a duty to be the protector of his family, but Papa stopped my duty."
Papa William immediately fell silent because Shena's statement immediately hit so deep. True what his daughter said, but how to explain the already complicated bond. Amidst the dilemma, Danish walked over to his father-in-law and his wife.
The man felt like a coward. Supposedly, Shena did not need to intervene because she had a husband. In fact, it was he who was surprised because of the wrath of the wife. "Pa, let's sit down. SheZa, ask Mama Melati to sit together. Remember, when we are angry. Don't stand, but it'd be better to sit."
I don't know what Danish said. Shena ignored him, the focus of the girl still staring at Papa William, then turned to stare at the gray man who was sitting speechless with sunglasses. There were so many questions, but just swirling around in his head.
Astagfirullahaladzim, patience. Calm down, Shena.~batin Shena breathes deeply, then is blown away in the hope of returning to calm. Even though his heart still vented fire lava.
Everyone is sitting in the living room. Mama Melati sits next to Mama Quinara. Papa William sat down with the Danish. The gray man sat opposite Shena who was still silent, while the other man who kept holding his head because of bleeding. Instead choose to stand next to the gray man.
Fifteen minutes had passed, until the girl's hand could stand it no longer. Once a buzz, making everyone surprised to look at Shena as the center of attention. "You talk or I beat up, man of clothes!with that?"
Is that a threat or a statement? Shena was not bluffing because of this moment. He can't wait anymore. Whatever was imprinted in his memory. Everyone should get an explanation. Mama Melati and Papa William looked at each other. The couple seemed to be in a dilemma.
"Son, actually ….,"