LET ME CHOOSE MY OWN PATH
chapter 18
"What is your pastry doing here?" Ask Amar.
Lastri was shocked when he saw Amar who was behind him, his sharp eyes looked like hatred was still there.
"What are you doing here, Mom?"
"So I'm shopping again," replied Amar nervously.
"Lastri." Greet Mom Lastri.
"Yes ma'am" replied Pastri Ketus.
"Who are you with here, where is your son Las?" Ask Mom.
"Why do you ask my son not that you don't care about me let alone my son."
"It's Las, it should always be forgotten, what to keep, let your child know who the father is and we don't need to find out," said Mother made Lastri think hard.
As Mom and Lastri chatted suddenly Tegar appeared.
"Grandma, what's Dad here? Is this a kids' game?" Tanya Tegar who came with Mila and Lani.
"Fresh, grandma wants to shop all the toys for you."
Seeing the arrival of Tegar and Lani, Lastri looked dumbfounded while covering his mouth.
"You're Lani?" Ask Lastri.
"Kok aunty knows that he is named Lani, aunty knows Lani," said Tegar innocently.
"Are you right, Lani?" Lastri asked again while crying and hugging Lani.
Makes Amar and Mila confused, why when she saw Lani she cried and hugged him.
"Mother why hug people's children, this is Hani Bu," said a child who called Lastri.
We were flabbergasted when we saw the daughter calling Mother Lastri, her face was very similar to Lani.
"Hani and Lani, why are your faces so similar."
"Lastri can you explain this Las?" Ask Amar to Lastri who still hugs Lani.
Lastri releases her hug on Lani and wipes her tears even though she still sounds stuffy.
"We better talk at home, not good to talk here, embarrassed to hear people," said Mother interceded.
"Alright" Pastri replied.
We went to Mother-in-law's house, all the way I still couldn't believe that Lani and Lastri's daughter were so similar.
Many questions in my mind, no confidence was haunting, as if the problems in the past were unceasingly haunting.
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We have arrived and gathered at my former mother-in-law's house.
All still locked their mouths were just the sounds of children being heard joking with each other. They're very familiar.
"Alright, I'll tell you the truth" said Lastri.
"Actually Lani and Hani are brothers, they are twin brothers to be exact. At that time I was expecting twins because I did not have the money I accidentally put one of them into an orphanage. Later if I have the money I'll take back my son."
"But when I wanted to return it turned out that he had left the orphanage I was trying to find him and at that time I knew that Lani was in the right person, Mila. From then on I no longer looked for him because he was near his brother who would always look after him."
"I used to watch Lani from a distance, I knew that Mila and her son loved Lani so much" Lastri said at length. It makes me more helpless.
What's that gotta do? Why is it that when I love Lani so much I have to know this truth.
Innocent child victim of both parents, what a bad fate.
"It's all because of you, Mas, because you three children none of them feel the love of a father."
Instantly Mas Amar was drowned to hear everything that Lastri said, whether he really regretted or pretended.
"I'm really sorry to you, please forgive me" said Amar as he pulled his hair.
"I have tried to forgive you even though the wounds you inflicted were so deep, I said.
Tight in the chest knowing all this, why he when I tried to get out of my past all came back again and Lani who I had considered my own sister was my ex-husband's son. I'm gonna have to give Lani back to Lastri.
Tears broke uncompromisingly, with a hoarse voice I said that Lani would return because I could not take care of her anymore.
I took a deep breath while wiping away the trail of tears.
"This pastry Lani I give it back to you guys, please take good care of him, I sobbed as I pulled Lani's hand and gave it to Lastri.
"Lani, she is Lani's real mother who Lani has been looking for and now Lani has found her, I said without being able to hold back the tears.
"Now Lani can come with them, instead of aunty has fulfilled the promise of aunty to find both parents Lani right."
Lani just nodded her head in understanding everything I said, innocently hugging Lastri and her twin sister.
The happiness on Lani's face was enough to make me a little relieved. Let it all finish here.
May you be happy and I will find happiness.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry and you guys can solve your problems because my job here is done" I said.
"Let's get our asses home" asked Tegar, who was still confused by what he saw.
"Lani let's go home," Tegar calls Lani to take her home.
"Not Hardcore, now this is my mother and I will come with Mother now, da. da Tegar," Lani said innocently.
"Bun, why don't Lani come with us home, then Hardcore with whom to play," said my only way child.
"Lani has found her mother and you are brothers because Tegar's father is also Lani and Hani's father" I said. I hope they all understand.
"What! Mother said what earlier, father Tegar, Lani and Hani the same."
"Yes dear."
"Why is our father the same Mother?"
"Why Bun …
How do I explain this again, it's best that Mas Amar should explain all his son's questions.
"Mas, try to explain everything to Tegar" I said.
"Why should I Mil, what should I say …."
"As for you, give a wise answer."
"Son, you're all father's children, you're all brothers but different mothers."
"But why Dad?"
