LOVE Trail

43. Shrimp Soup

The light of today's morning sun pierced through the hospital window. Thalita blinked her eyes as her sense of smell caught the scent of cooking, like her mother's cooking.

"Mother..." Thalita called out to her mother with her eyes still closed and then slowly opened her eyes.

When his eyes opened he saw the figure of a handsome man who was smiling looking at him.

"Dear morning." said Kenan with a sweet smile.

What a beautiful sight for Thalita.

"Emmm..morning" Thalita replied as she squirmed a bit.

"You dreamt of Mom yes, I heard you call Mom" asked Kenan.

"Gga, I just smell the smell of Mom's cooking, not intentionally so call Mom" Thalita's face looks sad

"Oh you mean this smell" said Kenan as he offered a bowl of soup.

"Well...Shrimp Soup..." Thalita's eyes lit up her radiant face as she watched her favorite Shrimp Soup.

Thalita really likes Shrimp Soup from small to now. His mother used to cook him shrimp soup. But after the mother died, Thalita rarely ate shrimp soup. Because the shrimp soup made by Bi Een is not as good as made by his mother. He remembered Vina, because Vina's shrimp soup was exactly the same as his mother's shrimp soup.

"Such a stage to eat it. Laper ya" ledek Kenan who saw Thalita eat so delicious as not to eat for a month.

"Great son of Ken, similar to Mother's cooking gw" so focused he devoured his soup until he forgot to say "gw"

"Hemm.by the way, what was that?" said Kenan with eye-opening glare.

"Ups..sorry Ken keceplosan, so you diem dong don't bother me to eat" protested Thalita with a mouth full of food.

"All right, I'm not gonna bother you. But after eating be prepared to take punishment from me"

Thalita simply listened without responding to Kenan's threat. He really enjoyed the shrimp soup so greedily that it did not feel the soup was gone.

"Wahh...evil, I don't have a design? daritadi I wait for you..."

"Lohh...do you want to?? Why didn't you say that"

"Why would you say you eat rich people in possession"

"Yahh.maaf. abis the soup is really good. Where's this soup from? No way Bi Een, because it feels different"

"So there's a beautiful lady here giving me this soup, she said it's special for you"

"Beautiful woman? Who yeah?" Thalita scrunched her forehead while thinking who the beautiful lady Kenan meant.

Instead of answering, Kenan instead went to take the wheelchair that was in the room.

"Emm.we yuk..That woman is waiting for you at the park"

After being nudged by Thalita, Kenan lifted Thalita's body and sat her in a wheelchair.

Kenan pushed the wheelchair through the hospital hallway into the Park. Occasionally Kenan kissed the head of Thalita giving comfort to his lover.

After arriving at the park, it was true that a woman was sitting in the chair of the park waiting for him. Thalita was surprised as the woman turned her head and smiled at him. His face was no stranger to Thalita. Her face is still as beautiful as before even though she has now entered her 40s the same age as her mother.

"Ta-tante Vina"

"So this soup...." Thalita glanced at Kenan

"Yes, the soup you ate like a possessed person was Aunt Vina's cooking"

"Oh..." Thalita was ashamed of Kenan's words.

"Beloved together" Vina replied with a smile expanding from her lips. He was happy because it turned out Thalita ate ravenously his shrimp soup.

"Well, Auntie. I live first yes" Kenan said to Vina. And answered a nod by Vina while throwing a smile.

"Eh..mo where?" thalita asked while holding Kenan's hand that was about to leave

"I'm hungry, you feel good. I'll get the bag up first okay?" obviously Kenan, Kenan deliberately left the two of them in order to talk to each other.

Actually Thalita did not want to go, he wanted to be accompanied by Kenan. But Thalita also pity because Kenan has not eaten.

Kenanpun left them both after getting a nod from Thalita omen "ok" but previously Kenan kissed the head of Thalita.

"Emm.." replied Thalita cuek.

Vina was aware of Thalita's cold demeanor. Even he saw Thalita who was unwilling to look at him.

"Sorry that Auntie's here disturbing your comfort"

Thalita heard but did not respond. They kept quiet until Vina continued her words again.

"Auntie's sorry, for what happened between you and your father. It's all aunt's fault. Your father has nothing wrong" said Vina with a face full of regret.

"He suffered so much when you said you didn't want to see him again. Since then your father never dared to meet you because I did not want to see you cry with a hateful gaze" explained Vina.

Thalita listened and digested Vina's explanation. Vina's voice that started to mellow made Thalita slightly melt.

"That's why Auntie's here, Auntie please don't hate your father. If there's anything you should hate, Auntie, not Dad. Aunty who has entered my life after your mother." continued Vina. This time her voice was more and more sad, sounding sad because Vina tried to hold back her crying. But eventually Vina's hard-earned tears resisted falling as well.

"I'm sorry Aunt....Sorry.." at once Vina's cry broke and it made Thalita shed her tears as well but still reluctant to look at Vina's face.

Vina sighed, and wiped her tears before resuming her words.

"This is the first and last time Aunt has seen you in 13 years. After this Aunty will stay away from your lives, Aunty promises to never contact your father again. Aunty's going to Japan and settle there"

Vina's voice was getting heavier. Vina clasped Thalita's hand and then grabbed Thalita's hair covering her face, she held her ear.

"Please see yourself as your father. Auntie hopes you will always live happily. Auntie doesn't want to separate you"

Hearing that, Thalita's tears grew louder. Inexplicably Thalita felt pain upon hearing Vina was about to leave to stay away.

Slowly Vina let go of her hand which was holding Thalita's hand then took her bag and hung it on her wrist. With Vina's heavy heart rising from her seat preparing to leave, Vina stepped her feet slowly leaving Thalita. After a few steps, her steps were restrained as Thalita opened her voice.

"Don't go.."

Vina was surprised and looked back at Thalita. Thalita who could not turn her head was also feeling the existence of Vina who was not far from his place earlier.

"Don't go...Auntie" said Thalita again. This time her eyes were sad and shed tears.

Vina who heard that immediately turned around and approached Thalita. He crouched right in front of Thalita's wheelchair. He looked Thalita in the eye looking for certainty there.

"Lita beg aunt.don't go. Happy Father, Lita realized all this time Dad was lonely. Lita's sure only aunty can make Dad happy after Mom.." Thalita bowed Her tears were getting louder.

Vina raised her face with both of her palms, looking at her with sparkling eyes until shedding tears. I can't believe what he just heard.

Thalita's right hand grabbed Vina's back. He lowered Vina's hand from her face and grabbed it.

"Aunty wants to stay here and be happy, Dad?" thalita's wistful gaze and tears showed that she was truly sincere in saying that.

Vina also developed her smile and shed tears of happiness. Spontaneous Vina directly hugged Thalita after nodding her head.

"Thank you dear. Aunty promises to always make you and your father happy. Aunty promise" said Vina then let go of her embrace, they smile at each other and laugh because they are happy.

Kenan who had seen the two women's show was also moved.

Yes Kenan lied to Thalita, he did not go to kantin but to a place a little away from Thalita, he did not dare to leave Thalita because he was worried that Thalita was angry and something happened to him.

Thalita could have been angry and tried to leave the park to avoid Vina considering Thalita was a reckless girl.

"Wahhh..there's a smile on the smile.emmm definitely talking good looks of a man named Kenan yaa.." ledek Kenan.

"Ishhh. Very pede" said Thalita while pinching Kenan's stomach to pain.

"Aww. but I'm handsome right"

"Hahaha." they laughed together.

What a beautiful sight for Kenan to see Thalita who laughed so loosely. One by one the load was gone already. One more step, he will feel his happiness again.

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