LOVE IN LIFE

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Oma Mira was silent for a moment after trying to read in her room. He could not concentrate because of Saga's arrival. She is happy that all her family is gathered at the end of her age. On the other hand he was afraid that the arrival of Saga would make the other members do something that destroyed the tranquility of this house.

"Mrs this is the tea you asked for" Amelia said after knocking.

"Come in! " cry Oma.

Oma watched Amelia who put her tea on the table.

"Saga, what is she doing? " ask Oma.

"He was in the room, he said preparing himself for... "

Amelia hesitated to say it.

"To work in the office? " Oma continued.

Amelia's down.

"I think she's really determined to make you the mistress of this house" Oma sounded annoyed.

"Yes, I'm just as upset as the madam, she should have worked hard in Montreuil, why come back here, I should be like this... "

Amelia bit her lips, she slipped, complaining about all the orders Oma always asked to make something so she went back and forth to the kitchen.

Oma Mira raised her eyebrows, she realized what Amelia was complaining about.

"I'm sorry ma'am" Amelia said.

Amelia left, Oma laughed at Amelia's attitude with a grin.

"He's honest" Oma muttered as she raised her tea glass.

"Everything he makes is always delicious" he muttered after drinking his tea.

***

Maria was still in the room she didn't even have breakfast and was lazy to go down to prepare lunch.

"You didn't come down to prepare lunch? " ask Harris who turned around in her bed.

"No, I'm lazy" answered Maria.

"I'm hungry, ask Minah to make something" Harris asked.

"Minah is playing with Dama in the garden, you can see it from here" said Maria.

"Then who takes care of the kitchen" Harris wriggled.

"Mother, have Amelia cook from morning. Maybe lunch will be the same, and I don't want to eat it" Maria said.

"You're so tired, you're gonna be sick yourself for not eating" Harris stood up and walked out.

He walked into the kitchen and saw Amelia preparing food.

"Mother told you to cook? " ask Harris.

Amelia was surprised, she turned around after washing her hands.

"Yes Sir! " answer Amelia.

"Oh yeah, he said Saga came, where is he? " ask Harris.

"Here Pah! " answered Saga who had been sitting in a chair that Minah used to eat.

Harris turned around, he smiled and walked over and sat there.

"You're back? " ask Harris while picking up the snack she ate.

Saga stared.

"Why not go to the office? " ask Saga.

"Hmm? " Harris rubbed his eyes.

"No, maybe tomorrow" Harris replied.

There's an awkward atmosphere there. Amelia looked at him and compared him to herself with family.

'The lucky step is that I have a father like my father, a family like mine' Amelia said.

"Please sir! "

Amelia serves her favorite cuisine.

"Well, you know my favorite food" Harris said.

"From now on, you call me papa, not sir" Pinta Saga said.

"You're really going to marry Amelia?" ask Harris.

"Oh, of course, can't you? " Saga asked back.

"Although she ever gave birth to Davin's child? " Harris asked again.

"Well, you asked in front of the person we were talking about" said Saga, who looked at Amelia.

"Why really? It's better if I say it in front of him"

Harris turned to face the direction where Amelia was standing.

"You, is there really not a single feeling in your heart for Davin? "

"Boy....! " Saga protests with Harris's question to Amelia.

Harris restrained Saga by putting her palm in front of her face.

Amelia fell silent, then looked at Saga. He once told her that the night they were together had never gone out of her mind. It also hinders them from doing more than holding hands.

Saga was worried about Amelia's answer, she also understood what she was feeling. But he never wanted to lose himself.

"Aku..... " Amelia hesitates.

"You see? He's a doubt about Saga" Harris said.

"I have no doubt about my feelings for Davin. We never had any relationship. I only had doubts about Saga" explained Amelia.

"The saga? " Harris turned to Saga in surprise.

Saga looked down, not daring to look at Amelia who knew her purpose in coming back to this house.

"What is less than my firstborn? He's the best guy who chose to budge by going for the tranquility of this house... "

"Then now he's back to ruin it? " Amelia interrupted Harris's words.

Harris was astonished by Amelia's courage to cut her talk and called Saga wrong.

'He's a critical boy' Harris said.

"I want to get married with the goal of building a happy family, that's all" Amelia replied.

He returned to prepare lunch for the others. While Harris looked at Saga who was silent just heard all Amelia's words.

Maria heard all Amelia said, she was happy to focus Amelia only on Saga. He didn't want Davin to feel any hope for him.

Maria leaves the kitchen door, Amelia sees it but is silent.

***

Oma Mira was satisfied with Amelia's breakfast and lunch.

"What have you taught Dama? " ask Oma Mira to Amelia who was standing waiting for Oma to eat.

"I don't put too much weight on toddlers like Dama to learn what I want. It's just, I'm exemplifying good and subtle language in him. So a few times I avoided fighting in this house, deliberately so that Dama did not hear it" explained Amelia.

"You have to teach him the manners of the upper middle class, not the lower middle, that's my point" Oma said arrogantly.

"Sometimes we have to show the simplicity of the lower middle class to teach the children humility mistress" Amelia against Oma's words.

"I want her to teach her, should I replace you with my nanny of choice? " Oma looked at her as if giving Amelia a choice she could not choose.

"Why should anyone else? " saga coming from the kitchen.

Oma Mira looked over.

"Amelia will be my wife Oma, she will be one of the young mistresses in this house. She was also the woman who knew the most about actual manners"

Saga hugged Amelia's waist, trying to be a companion figure to her.

Amelia swallowed the saliva and turned her eyes away from feeling awkward.

"I don't want my great-grandson to be the one to go against my talk like your lover. She was disrespectful" Oma pointed at Amelia.

"A person will always oppose something that he considers untrue or too excessive. And, in my opinion, Oma's request is too excessive. Which child would be insolent if nurtured and cared for by his own biological mother?" Saga pointed at his own chest.

Oma Mira knows the direction of Saga's conversation, she will bring up the matter of him being separated from the Ayuningtyas since childhood.

"You're not insolent, but lost your way. Oma wants to go back to Oma's room. Where's Minah? have him take Oma upstairs"

Oma stood up and stepped slowly. Amelia immediately ran to call Minah and replaced her guarding Dama.

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