
"Ka .. you .. " Maya's throat felt choked, with the crown of the head felt watered by hot water.
The man stood upright with sharp eyes drawing out Maya's gaze. But Maya's not the name, if the woman trembles. A woman who has been bitterly tempered with the inferno of life, will not be intimidated with just that man's gaze.
"As far as you go, you still have to accept the slightest consequence of your desire" Nevan said, haughtily and arrogantly.
Maya's shock grew as she stared at the woman who was walking towards Nevan. It was Jovita, looking at Maya with a look full of ridicule. If there were no Gavin at the moment, Maya might be happy to kick Jovita out right now.
Butno. Maya doesn't want her son to see her acting disrespectfully towards guests.
"I'm sorry, I don't accept guests at night" Maya said later.
'Dangerous. Why are they following me? How foolish I was not to anticipate this.
"I did not come to see you, Maya, but to meet your mother" said Jovita slowly. The man casually walked in, pushing Maya's shoulder back. Even now, Maya could not guess what Jovita would say.
From the direction of the middle room, Fatma appeared with a faint smile. Inevitably, he frowned when he found his daughter's superior coming, even when new eyes arrived. Is Madam Jovita going to pick up Maya again? How thought.
"Madam, please sit down," Fatma asked later. The woman's eyes look puffy.
"alright. But I'm sorry, Ms. Fatma. I came here for a purpose" Jovita hinted at Nevan to sit down with him, "It won't be long. I'm sorry if I've disturbed the peace of your little family. But know, there's something I want to tell you, and also Maya's son."
Maya's heart pounded unsteadily, when she heard a Jovita sentence. Allegedly for conjecture now flashed in Maya's mind for a moment. There are many possibilities, which Maya feared, and made Maya want to expel her former pimp.
But what power? Maya can't do it, I don't know what.
"What is that, Madam?" fatma asked curiously, "did Maya make a mistake?"
A cruel smile rose on Jovita's lips that were covered in red lipstick. The woman said, "Take it and look at this, if you don't believe my words. Her daughter, was a whore all along!" The woman cried without feeling.
Maya paled in place, with many fears that she had always pressed and buried. As it turned out, Jovita was that brave in taking that step. If there was no Gavin, Maya might have dragged her former employer out of her house.
"Ap, what are you saying, ma'am? You're kidding me?" ask Fatma then. His man looked at his daughter.
No different from Maya, Fatma also paled her face. Porcelain tubs are expensive, tears can spill at any time, if only once he blinked his eyes.
Jovita did not reply, but took something out of his dark green bag. It is certain, the price of the bag reaches tens, or maybe hundreds of millions.
"Gavin, get in the room, son. Later Mother will catch up with Gavin," Maya orders half-whispers to her son, who is sitting not far from her.
"Take this, I won't say much, and conclude what I'm saying, whether you're joking or not" said Jovita, before she walked away.
Maya did not dwell, because what Jovita said, was the truth. Why did Maya avoid it? Has he finally been found out? Sooner or later, his mother will know the truth. It's just, there's Gavin.
There's a spotlight on the wounded who Maya tried to throw at the departure of Jovita and Nevan. Another case with Fatma, who as if he was short of breath burdened with news that managed to shake his soul.
Since long ago, Fatma is a woman who upholds dignity, dignity and honor as a woman. Knowing that his daughter was a comfort woman, made Fatma very eager to wade her body into the sea.
Fatma could not take it anymore.
With trembling hands, Fatma grabbed and looked at Maya's photo sheets one by one. The sheet shows how revealing Maya's clothes are, with many men surrounding her. Not only that, the atmosphere also seemed very crowded, as Fatma knew, that it was a disco place.
"So, you've been feeding your mother and son all this time, from selling yourself, Maya? Tell Mom, I'd you educate me all this time?" Drop by drop the source of the water in the eyes of Fatma, flowing to the river.
"Bu ..." Maya's throat choked, as if she couldn't figure out the word. Network after circuit sorry, as if only stopped on Maya's chest only. The woman's tongue felt stiff, and unable to speak.
"Oh my God, Maya .... Your late father must have roared in heaven there every night. You know the consequences of your job, Mom and Gavin eating dirty food. God, why are you doing this, Maya? Is there no other way to scavenge a mouthful of rice?" Fatma still asked a lot of questions and also bad accusations to Maya.
All this time, Maya did hide her work, from Fatma. As Fatma knows, Maya works in an office with a sizable salary. Look after Fatma found out the fact, even Fatma hated Maya half-dead.
"Mom knew all along that Mother and Gavin had troubled you a lot, demanding that you provide for all our needs. If you had known from the beginning, it probably wouldn't have been like this. I hate that lie about you, Maya. I hate!" Hardik Fatma with a loud voice. Luckily, Maya's house doesn't have many neighbors.
"I'm sorry Maya, Mom. Sorry," Maya said with a bated cry. Until Gavin arrives, Maya is unable to continue her sentence.
"Mom go, Maya. I'm gonna find a job to support Gavin. You don't know, that I would never accept money from working as a comfort woman!" Hardik Fatma again.
There's nothing Maya does. His son was silent, and helpless due to the anger of his mother. Really, it feels really painful.
Sick again about Maya holding it alone, locking it in a corner of the cave in her heart. If Maya may ask, she will still work, as long as Mom does not know about her work.
How wicked is Jovita. The woman should not have said and kept this secret meeting from the fatma until at any time.
"Be angry with Maya, Mom. Maya won't demand Mother back. If only Maya had other options, Maya would not have done the dirty work. The only reason is, Gavin. Had it not been for Gavin's life at stake, I would have preferred to beg and scavenge for leftovers in the trash. I can say that, because I don't feel, how to be in Maya's position. Living alone, away from Mother, and starving and sick children, what less ordeal did Maya face? Aditya is now back to interrupting my life. Just sue him, the culprit of the tragedy of the life of the daughter of a despicable mother who was dirty full of the mud of sin," Maya said in a trembling cry.
This is the danger of honesty. The effect, able to destroy a belief, and also able to tear down despair.
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