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Episodes. 5. Anuska Request.

Anuska's request was still ringing on Mom's head. The middle-aged woman never thought if her daughter made a request that was very difficult to accept her heart and mind.

"Why do I have to get out of the house, son? can't you give Mom another choice? I'll persuade Dad to postpone your marriage until you're ready" she said.

"Was for the umpteenth time Mother going to disappoint Anuska? is Anuska's request very heavy for Mommy to fulfill,?" ask Anuska lirih.

"That's not the case, son."

"Then what is Mom? can't you give me a logical reason to accept all that?" this time the tone of Anuska's voice began to rise. He could not resist anymore to soak the feeling that was struggling in there.

"The outside world is dangerous, son. You don't know what you'll face later. It could be that the bad guys are gonna hurt you," said the real mom.

"Did Mom ever get married to Dad? did you not know the outside world so the meeting of Father and Mother is planned until you finally get married? did you not have any friends at all? then where do I know Aunt Meli, Aunt Dina, Aunt Aska, and Aunt Dania? did they accidentally come to this house,?" asked Anuska in a row, and successfully silenced his mother. The middle-aged woman confirmed all the questions from her daughter.

"Darling," said Mother.

"Okay, ma'am, we can't be friends. A friend will support each other. Isn't that what Mom and Dad used to teach me.?" The question this time successfully made Mother's heart pinched many times. He was stuck with his own rules and teachings all along.

"If you're done, you can go. Anuska wanted to rest first" Anuska said without seeing her mother's face. Mother's heart is getting stifled and worried. Between wanting to be a mother and a best friend, or being someone who looks evil in the eyes of his own daughter.

Mother left Anuska's room with mixed feelings. Sad, disappointed, worried, and doubtful. All of those flavors appear simultaneously.

Along the way to her room, Mom kept thinking. All of Anuska's sentences seemed to be playing around on top of her head.

"Anuska's dying ma'am, there's a big wound in here. Please be Anuska's friend once. Save Anuska, Mom." All of those sentences continued to revolve above the middle-aged woman's head. Until he arrived in his private room.

Mother landed her body on the edge of the bed, then switched to open a nightstand drawer that for 23 years had never been touched. However, this time his heart seemed to lead him to open a bitter story in the past through the request of his own daughter.

Mom took a black and white photo that was worn out. The photo is of a beautiful teenage girl smiling and being embraced by a swampy beak woman. Both seem very happy.

Mother rubbed the photo while shedding tears. The clear liquid was flowing like an endless stream. Soon the door opened.

Chequek, czech,

"What are you doing?."

"Dad.?"

I hurriedly kept the photo and wiped away her tears. She turned her body to face her husband.

"Kok Daddy hasn't left for the office yet,?" ask mother. Instead of answering the question from the wife, Dad just stared at Mother's face full of search. I could see the eyes of the woman he married for 25 years.

"Are you crying? did something happen that I didn't know about,?" ask Dad.

"Nothing dear, my eyes were in the dust. It's going to be a blow" replied the mother looking for an excuse.

"Really,?" sangsi.

"It's really dear."

Finally, Dad believed his wife's words without any suspicion at all. Seeing the look on Mom's serious face made Dad have no reason to doubt his wife.

**

While in Anuska's room, she was crying sobbing as if lamenting the fate that was not on her side. Will it all end like this? can't he be given a chance once in his life.?

"Mom, just side with me this time. I'm lonely, Mom. Hix...Hicks..."

That cry sounded so sad. Anuska fell asleep with tears on her cheeks.

**

The next day, I found Mom crying on the bed. There was something buried in the middle-aged woman's heart. But he chose to be quiet.

I approached Mother who was still sobbing. He's holding Mom's shoulder. The middle-aged woman was quite astonished when at the taste of her skin being touched by someone.

"Dad?"

"Why are you crying, baby?" ask me, calm down. Mom wiped her tears. She lowered her head, unable to look her husband in the eye. Dad lifted Mom's chin.

"What's up, baby? tell me," said Dad.

"Anuska refused to marry," replied the mother in a stammering voice.

"really? what was the reason until Anuska refused to marry,?" ask Dad still with a calm face.

"He wants to know the outside world."

Deg, man,

Mother's statement made Father's heart throb. His heart was racing, his eyes were wide.

"Anuska wants to know the outside world? how can it be,?" ask me I don't believe it.

"He suffered, baby, all this time he suffered. Anuska harbors all her feelings without us knowing there is a wound in her that is very big. He even asked me to be his friend leaning on." Father's eyes began to tear when he heard heartbreaking words from his wife. It is unexpected if all this time his submissive daughter, apparently harbored something big in his heart.

"He wants me to be his place again. He even stretched out his hand to ask for affection from me. What kind of mother am I who never knew the pain of her own son. I even created a distance between the child and the mother. Hix...Hicks..." Mother's cries began to break, she cried sobbing in her husband's chest. I hugged Mom's trembling body. Honestly, Dad's soul was also shaken when he heard such a heartbreaking fact.

"What's your decision then,?" ask the father finally after a moment of silence to hear Mom's words.

"I'm not ready if he has to know the outside world. It's still very clear what happened 23 years ago. The wound isn't even dry in here. The wound still feels fresh." Mother held her chest that felt tight to breathe. The events of 23 years ago seemed to be playing around on his head.

"All right, we'll talk about it again. I have to do something first" said Dad, staring ahead.

"Where are you going? didn't you go to the office today,?" ask Mother.

"I'd like to talk to Anuska about her marriage" Dad replied.

"But she doesn't want to marry dear" Mother said solemnly.

"You take it easy, this time I will speak as a father to Anuska. Not as a decision maker." Mother was silent for a moment to digest each verse of her husband's sentence. Shortly after that, I confirmed my words.

I went to leave my mother who was still silent in the room. The middle-aged man walked towards the princess's room.

Along the way to Anuska's room, Father thought of the exact reason why Anuska had not been allowed to know the outside world other than her parents, as well as her Grandpa and Grandma. He had to make a wise decision this time, without having to hurt his daughter again. He had to be a father and a friend to his own daughter as Anuska wanted.

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