LOVE THE RECEPTIONIST

53. Speech That Injures

"Right according to Mama's judgment all along, your lover was a bad woman Leon. How can you get pregnant outside of marriage?" said Leon's mother.

"Ma-," Leon looked at his mother with a look of disbelief, while Monaliza said nothing beside him, only able to endure the pain of hearing the condescending speech of Gamsonrich's mistress.

"Ma, please take care of Mama's words, appreciate Monaliza's feelings." scolded Mr. Gamsonrich to his wife, he could see the look of dislike from his wife's sight, but he did not know why.

"Papa and Leon don't have to defend him" Gamsonrich said, "Tell me honestly, whose son are you carrying? That's not Leon's kid, is it?" his frown looked at Monaliza who was still looking down beside Leon.

"Ma-," again, Mr. Gamsonrich interrupted his wife not to overstep her limits in treating her guests in their home, but her speech was immediately cut off by his wife.

"Pa, this is Mama doing for Leon's good, lest our son take responsibility for what he didn't do" Gamsonrich told her husband.

"Tell Monaliza, who's the baby's father you bear? Tell me honestly," Gamsonrich continued to Monaliza with great emphasis.

Monaliza straightened her face a little with fear, stared for a while then looked down again, "This-, this-," her voice trembled with the cry, trying to gain the strength to explain as requested.

"I was wrong with Monaliza Ma, I caused her to get pregnant, that's why I'm responsible for her" Leon said.

"Mama's not talking to you Leon, Mama's asking Monaliza," said Gamsonrich.

"Tell Monaliza, I know you're an honest man. Or do you want us to take you on a DNA test? And if it is proven that it is not Leon's son, I will imprison you for trying to deceive us" Gamsonrich wrote.

Monaliza shakes her head violently, between sad, angry, cornered, for being accused of cheating, "no honourable lady, I am not so low as to deceive this family," he said he held his head up with tears that had shone, but the sound of crying he pressed so as not to come out of his mouth.

"Monaliza's right Ma, she's not tricking me," Leon quickly spoke up to defend Monaliza in front of her mother who cornered her lover.

"Monaliza victim! He was screwed by another man because he drank a drink at Papa and Mama's wedding anniversary party!" obviously Leon was honest with overflowing emotions.

"If, I hadn't forced her into the party that night, Monaliza wouldn't have suffered this unfortunate fate!" said Leon again with a flushed face. Leon's father, Mr. Gamsonrich, was stunned to hear his son's words.

"That, Leon's own fault, why can't take good care of himself," said Leon's mother did not care.

"Mama!" shouted Leon and his father along with a face of disbelief if Madame Gamsonrich was able to behave as if he did not have such a heart.

"I'm sorry" Monaliza suddenly stood up, then left the place carrying her heartache over Gamsonrich's words to her. He was no longer able to survive in his seat and heard the slurs that continue to be directed at him by the nyonha of the house.

"Mona! Wait!" leon shouted as he ran after his lover.

"Leon! Let the woman go, you don't have to chase!" ban Gamsonrich's mistress to Leon who has already been away.

"Ma, let Leon chase after him. I think Mama was so outrageous tonight, you shouldn't talk like that" said Mr. Gamsonrich with a disappointed face as he passed away leaving his wife in the living room.

"So Papa blames Mama?!" mrs Gamsonrich snorted dejectedly at her husband's demeanor, then folded her arms around his chest and leaned her back against the couch behind him.

"Mona," called Keny and Nadine by the side of the door, both of them unintentionally listening to all the conversations between Leon, Monaliza, and their parents.

Monaliza paused for a moment, staring with her tearful eyes and was immediately grabbed by Nadine in her arms.

"I, I want to go home, sister," Monaliza stretched Nadine's arms around her tightly.

"Mona, I'll take you home" Leon, who had been chasing Monaliza, held her boyfriend's wrist tight.

"No need for Leon, I can go home, alone," Mona brusquely brushed Leon's hand away. Leon was stunned, never did his lover do that to him.

"Mona, Leon better take you home, isn't he the one who brought you here. So he had to get her back home" Keny said.

"But sister" Monaliza tried to resist.

"There's no but-buttona Mona, you can't go home alone in your condition like this," Keny said, not to be denied because he was worried.

"Well," Monaliza was forced to agree, all this time Keny and Nadya his wife was always good and cared for him, including Leon.

"Leon?! You're here, I'm so happy," Nadya who suddenly appeared at the door was so excited to see Leon, she walked up to the man and grabbed his arm.

"Sorry, I have to go Nadya," Leon took Nadya's hand off her arm.

"You can't go, especially with this cheap woman" said Nadya, looking up at Monaliza who was looking at her.

"I don't like to hear you say that to Monaliza, she's my lover." jolted Leon angrily.

"Come on Mona, come with me" Leon pulled on her lover's arm to leave the room.

"Leon! Wait Leon! You can't go with that wild woman! That obscure nightclub working woman!" nadya yelled, Don't take Leon for granted, and left with Monaliza..

Leon cuddled his ears as if he had not heard Nadya's scream. He stopped his steps when he passed Nadya's parents in his home, he bowed respectfully followed by Monaliza next to him.

"Good night, ladies and gentlemen of the Wirelles, excuse me, please come in, in there are Papa and Mama as well as Mr. Keny and Mrs Nadya," Leon said still be respectful.

"All right Leon" said Mr. Wirelles, smiling with his wife. Actually, he wanted to ask a lot of questions when he saw Leon holding a girl's hand in front of their eyes. But he abandoned his intention because he felt something was wrong.

...***...

Leon pulled his car over near the door of a narrow alley in the area of Monaliza's house.

"You don't have to get down Leon, just get here" stop Monaliza, when Leon turns off his car engine and is about to unbuckle his seatbelt.

"I have to make sure you get home safely Mona, I don't want misfortune to come back to you," Leon said, keeping his seatbelt open and intending to open the car door next to him.

Monaliza smiled bitterly at Leon's words to her. "In fact, the misfortune has befallen me, and now I must dare to face it alone," Monaliza looked at the car in front of her that had been there before they arrived. Monaliza was like knowing the car, but her mind did not want to bother thinking about it.

Leon stopped his movement that would open the door next to him, he turned to look at Monaliza's face who was staring straight ahead with a blank look.