LAST GREETINGS
Epoisode 61 - 2
^^^"I was injured. I wasn't okay after you left. My days are empty now. But I realize. My mother was right, life must go on."^^^
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The dusk shahdu. Clad in woven fabric given by Mike's mother, Tania walks alone to Mike's grave. His steps look sure but his memory is always on the face and all the memories about Mike. His little heart wailed. It doesn't feel so good.
Tania's been at Mike's house for three days. After getting permission from his parents, he left alone for his girlfriend's hometown, which would have been his old age with Mike if the man was still around.
The people who passed by him greeted him gently. In their hearts, they felt sorry to see Tania's current condition.
" So much love he had for Mike that he willingly came and visited the grave of his lover. "
Tania was brought back to her hometown by her mother when she helped deliver Mike's body to her village. And today, with a steadfast heart he met again his beloved who could no longer hear his voice.
Tania sits alone on the edge of Mike's navel, lights twelve candles and prays fervently for Mike's safety. Without realizing it, her tears were dripping and wetting her cheeks.
" I've let you go, baby. Be happy in your eternal home and be a great prayer to me, " whispered Tania softly as her hands rubbed Mike's headstone.
Tania's tears fell uninvited. Sobs Tania alone beside her lover's belly button a sign that she is actually not able to accept all this reality. Mike knows that. Lies lover.
After this Tania plans to return to Jakarta alone. He will continue his life in that city, a city filled with all the wonderful memories of him and Mike.
" I'm saying goodbye, baby. Forgive me for not being able to visit you at your grave anymore. But you know, don't you ? You will always live in my heart, " said Tania again; perhaps for a while it was her last greeting to Mike, her lover.
If her mother had not forbade her at that time, Tania might not be a lover but a wife, a young widow who was left by her husband on their wedding day. He had clean hard to keep marrying Mike even though the man was lying stiff in a lifeless state.
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In the airport lounge, his mother, father and sister had been waiting for him. Tania was wearing black clothes and pants. Mother Mike's woven gloves did not forget she was wearing; along the way she looked like a mature woman when wearing a woven sarong.
Mom and Dad hugged her. The sister grabbed the suitcase bag and held it up. They walked to the parking lot. Mom and Dad didn't ask anything. They knew their beloved daughter was still devastated by this event. They let Tania rest in the taxi car.
" Did Mom and Dad think of me ? " tanya Tania started the conversation.
My mom and dad looked at each other. The look of a confused face was clearly visible there. " Is it not wrong for Tania to talk to us ? Hasn't he always been quiet without saying anything since Mike's departure ? " ask Tania's mother in her heart.
" You don't think Mom and Dad should do it ? How can we be calm if you go alone with your heart in a mess ? " Tania's mother asked back and then looked back at her husband's face.
"Mother once told me that life should go on, didn't you ? "
Tania's mother and father were even more confused this time when they heard Tania's question on this one.
"I will return to Jakarta and continue my life alone. "
His father and mother were again confused by his words. But Tania doesn't care what her father and mother feel right now. He leaned his head and closed his eyes. And for the umpteenth time, her tears fell back and soaked her cheeks. Her father and mother just kept quiet and looked at each other.
Tania knew, her father and mother must be very worried about her current situation and condition. But this is an opportunity for him to move on and train himself to be able to live alone without Mike.
" Losing is not something that is easy for us to accept. "
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Tania went into her room and closed the door as if she did not want to be disturbed. He put his suitcase on the floor and walked slowly to the place where the picture frame of himself and Mike was displayed.
He stared at the face of his girlfriend who was smiling happily. Without a word. Mutely.
Tania grabbed back her suitcase, opened it and was about to get her dirty clothes out of the suitcase. His eyes were shocked. His hands trembled as he grabbed the piece of paper he found in his briefcase; among his dirty clothes.
His legs felt weak, unable to stand anymore. He fell down and sat on the floor. He cried as he closed his mouth with one hand. Something unbelievable yet real in front of him. A piece of paper contained two stanzas of poetry that deeply slashed his heart.
" What does this mean, Mike ? "
Tania was crying all the more. Her father and mother ran over immediately and opened Tania's room door.
"What's up, kid ? " asked her mother immediately after sitting next to Tania and hugged her tightly.
Tania said nothing. He leaned his head against his mother's shoulder and let her hug him. The father grabbed the piece of paper quickly and played his eyeball there, reading the entire contents of the paper.
" How could this possibly happen ? "
Tania's mother was curious and took the paper from her husband's hand. The embrace of her daughter was getting stronger. He followed up crying with his daughter after his eyes finished reciting one by one the contents of the writing on the paper.
" Did Mike do this ? " ask his mother in wonder.
...Tania Dear...
...From your eyes I found love......
...From your heart I have found the most comfortable place...
...Eyes that always make me feel valuable...
...A heart that always gives me a place to stay with you...
...If only I could turn back the time...
...I just want to be the luckiest guy...
...If only time did not separate us...
...I just want to stand in front of you right now...
...Then confidently say the word most love ......
...To you the woman who gave me love...
...I want to live and age with you...
...I want to die by your side...
" How can a man who has not left a piece of paper for his living lover ? "
The entire room became silent for a moment. Only Tania's sobs could be heard.
" Mom, Mike's alive. He's still here. He can't leave me. He loves me so much. I know that, Mom. "
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