Look at Me, My Husband
S2 Mother of my son 33
The treatment room that had been crowded, deserted back when night fell. Papa and Mama Wira decided to go home in the afternoon. Likewise with Rima, the nanny was asked by Naina to return to her contract on the grounds that there was no bed. Considering they are not hotel stays, can sleep at will. He and Wira just use the potluck place.
Awkwardly greeting the ex-husband wife when left the three of them in the room. Vienna was still sleeping in the gurney after a fussy afternoon and was looking for Dennis constantly.
“Mas, if sleepy .. sleep on the sofa only.” Naina pointed towards the already unfurled sofa bed, in the corner of the treatment room. He could not bear to see the tired face of the Hero, yawning repeatedly.
“It's okay, Nai. What time is it?” ask the Hero in a hoarse voice. He chose to sit next to the gurney with his legs outstretched and his body leaning against the chair. His eyes closed, both hands tightly folded on his chest.
“Jam eight. Would you like to eat?” bargain Naina after noticing Wira not filling her stomach since noon.
“I'm not hungry, Nai. You just eat first,” said Wira, glancing towards Naina at a glance. Then, his gaze returned to his daughter.
Naina stared at the two boxes of mica filled with chicken team rice and pickled cucumbers she ordered through an online motorcycle taxi earlier this afternoon. As if unconcerned by the refusal of the Hero, Naina decided to keep preparing the cold food to her ex-husband.
“Mas, eat first. Let me wait for Vienna,” said Naina while thrusting the box containing food in front of Wira.
Wira was stunned for a moment, then turned her eyes on Naina with a smile. The box fell out with both hands, deliberately touching Naina's hand.
“Nai .. can we talk seriously?” ask the hero, put the mica box on the nightstand.
“What's up, Mas?” naina asked, frozen in place where she stood. That little touch can make it awkward.
The hero holds his sitting position. “Nai ... what ... You didn't think of being together again?” The hero immediately asked the point, without being stale.
Deg—
Naina down. He did not expect to be faced with this question after a long separation.
“Together for Vienna ...” Further Wira again.
Naina's rough breathing, she couldn't answer when faced with such a sudden question.
“Not now we are also together to take care of Vienna,” said Naina slowly. He still did not dare to raise his eyes.
“That's not what I mean, Nai. Together in the sense of ...” The sentence of Wira hanging, the sound of loud cries of Vienna surprised the two. The hero immediately hugged his daughter's weak body and Naina calmed Vienna's trembling back.
Vaguely tiny lips Vienna called for the word ‘daddy’ repeatedly in between his tears. Again Vienna repeated the same thing.
“Ya .. don't cry anymore. There is Dad here. There's Mommy too,” whispered Wira patted her daughter's body slowly.
Almost ten minutes Wira was holding her daughter. Slowly put to sleep Vienna back soundly. There are many questions that need answers. Since yesterday, he has been very eager to know the figure of daddy who often comes out of his daughter's tiny lips.
“Who is the daddy in question Vienna, Nai?” ask Wira. He was still standing on the side of the cage with Vienna leaning over his shoulder. The infusion hose seemed drawn from its mast, connected to the back of the Vienna hand.
Naina's lips were tightly locked. There are doubts about being honest. He was worried when Wira learned the fact that their daughter was so close to the figure of daddy who was none other than a hated person.
"Nai ..." said Wira, impatiently waiting for an answer.
"Since yesterday, Vienna called this figure in her tears. Tell me who is he? Who's so smart to take my daughter's heart?"
Naina is still tight-lipped.
Naina shakes. "No. She ... Dennis, Mas." The woman who was still wearing the work suit was stamped.
Deg-
Like being stabbed by a dagger right in the heart, Wira could not speak anymore. All this time, he knew Dennis was looking after his daughter and Naina. Only, he did not know that Dennis could be so close to his daughter, even like there was something binding and difficult to separate.
"How can you?" ask Wira.
"Even Vienna isn't too close to me, Mas. All this time .. I left it to Rima, Mbok Sumi and Dennis. The three of them are looking after me." Naina was bowed with both hands squeezing each other. He was filled with guilt.
"Yes God ... Naina ...." The eyes of the Hero were misty, black clouds swirling on the overcast face of the handsome man.
"How can you?" wira asked, hardly believing that her daughter was closer to others than her own two biological parents.
"Since I was pregnant ... Dennis was always with me. Even during childbirth, she was always faithful. It has always been in every growth of Vienna over the last two years. He witnessed Vienna first walking, he also saw Vienna teething the first time. Dennis was also the first to be called papa by Vienna." Naina bluntly.
"Why did you hide my son for so long. Until ... someone else takes my place. Tega you, Nai." Two tearful circles dripped down Wira's cheeks without restraint. His feelings are falling apart. He doesn't know who to blame. During this time, he realized that he had missed a lot of things, but Naina's story even more hit him.
The spirit breathed heavily and deeply. His eyes are red and watery. "Call Dennis! Ask him to come to see Vienna." Hero relented. He did not like the man who had ruined his life, but he could not be selfish. Vienna missed Dennis. A fatherly figure in the heart of Vienna.
"Maas ...." Naina was wide-eyed, not expecting an unusual Hero request.
"I'm doing fine. I have no problem sharing my daughter with her even though this hurts." The hero patted Vienna's back gently before laying her daughter back on top of the gurney.
"I'm sorry, Mom." Naina was beaten with guilt when she saw the pitiful glare in the eyes of the Hero.
"Contact him. I don't mind, if it makes Vienna happy. At any time, Vienna remains my daughter and I am her biological father. That's an indisputable fact.
With hesitation, Naina relented. He contacted Dennis after a long time of breaking up.
That connective tone felt gripping. Naina's heart skipped a beat, mixed with nervousness that suddenly struck.
"Yes, Nai. What's up?" There was a familiar voice, greeting across the call.
"Mas, Vienna is sick em ...."
"Well! Where are you guys now? I will fly to Indonesia soon. Send me the address. It's late, tomorrow I'll catch the first plane in the morning and see Vienna." Dennis spoke at length right after Naina informed Vienna of the condition. There was a panicked and worried tone from Dennis' heavy voice.
"Wina's in the hospital, Mas. The body's hot." Naina.
"I'm sorry, for a few days, I didn't call Vienna. I have to go to America, Angie needs me." Dennis explains.
"If you can't, that's okay. I don't want to bother you, Mom."
"Nope-no. I'm still in Singapore. The plan at 02:00 in the morning will just fly. I'll cancel it and go back to Jakarta to see Vienna" Dennis broke up.
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