Marrying the Father of My Foster Son

Lulu's Disappointment at Miss Fatimah

After the return of Juragan Tatang from his parents' house, Lulu immediately got angry with her mother. How not. Fatimah made herself a guarantee of debt repayment. It is only fitting that all this time the mother insisted on asking herself to return to the village because it was intent on marrying her to a loan shark who was looking for young leaves.

"Mother outrageous! Why would you make me guarantee his mother's debt to Juragan Tatang? His money so far my delivery money and the salary of the Father and Mother so laborers in the garden of Pak Haji Kasman not enough to meet the needs in the kitchen until borrowed to loan sharks land crocodile model Juragan Tatang." Lulu stared at the figure of Bu Fatimah. His mother, whom he has always considered a role model and he respects the heart to make it a guarantee of debt repayment.

With trembling lips, holding the guilt in the chest, Ms. Fatimah said, "Lu, sorry, mother. At that time I didn't know what to do other than make you bail. I'm sorry to have thrust you into an old man like Juragan Tatang."

Ms. Fatimah never thought that due to her stupidity her relationship with Lulu would be more tenuous. The child she had been with for 9 months hated herself.

Clenched her hands next to her and replied, "Sorry, Mommy said? Mom said sorry to me after what happened today. Let me imagine what it would be like for me if Mas Leon were not here. I am forced to marry a man I never loved. Can you watch me live a lifetime of suffering?" Lulu could no longer resist scolding her mother. This time her mother's attitude has crossed the line and Lulu can no longer tolerate it.

"Lulu was disappointed with Mom. It could plunge Lulu into the abyss of suffering. What in Mom's eyes, Lulu doesn't mean anything until she puts me in a striped-nose guy? Lulu tried to be a good child to make Mom and Dad happy, but what I got. I even sold my own children. Lulu hate it, Mommy!" Without tears Lulu just slid. The girl's chest felt tight as if a large slab was squeezing her chest.

Like getting a loud slap hearing the princess' speech. "Lu, sorry mom. Mother admitted wrong. Please forgive me, son." Fatimah ma'am grabbed Lulu's hand, but was knocked away by the child.

Melt tears continue to fall, making Ms. Fatimah feel how sad Lulu's heart is.

"So this is the reason why Mother every time she calls Lulu to come home quickly, it turns out that Mom wants to marry me to a striped male. Oh, my God, I'm the same with Lulu." Lulu scooped her face using her palms. He was very frustrated with the reality that was in sight.

"Lu—"

Haven't had time to finish the sentence, Lulu had already ambushed first. "Lulu hate it, Mom! Hates Mom so much!" Lulu looks disappointed, leaving her mother's room after venting all her frustration on her mother.

Fatimah's mother who saw her daughter leave was overcome with guilt. Really, he regretted for foolishly giving up his love fruit with his beloved husband.

Leon overhears the quarrel as soon as his lover heads towards the porch of the house. Near him Lulu is sitting crying alone.

"Neko-chan," call Leon a favorite. He stroked his girlfriend's shoulder so she could calm down again.

"Mas, I really don't understand why Mom would be afraid to admit it was the same as me. You must know how I struggled all this time for the sake of both my parents. I was willing to work overtime and even received a double shift in order to get extra money to send to my hometown. However, what I got. You're treating me unfairly."

"Without my knowledge, Mom even minjem money to loan sharks and make me collateral. Why, Mas?" Lulu sobs on the chest of the lover's field. He poured all grief in front of the man he loved so much.

Leon held the frail body in his arms. "Sst, don't cry anymore."

However, it seems that Lulu still wants to cry because she is really disappointed in her mother's treatment of him. "What was I wrong, all this time? Why make me a guarantee. If there were no you, what would be my fate, Mom? I will be the fifth wife of Juragan Tatang. Not imagined, how unlucky I married an old man like him," said Lulu. Just imagining it has made Lulu afraid especially until it happens.

Leon touched Lulu's shoulder. Then he looked at the pair of round eyes that were shedding tears. "Come if it makes you calm." Then Lulu cried back without feeling the slightest shame

A few minutes later, Lulu calmed down a bit, and Leon started advising his future wife. "Lu I know you're angry. But, you shouldn't be as angry at your mother as you were. It's not good to scold and say bad things to your own mother."

"I'm very disappointed in you, Mom. So it's natural to be angry with him." Lulu breaks away from Leon's embrace. Leon could have defended his mother when Fatimah was guilty.

"Yes, I get it. But after all she is your mother, the one who has eyed you with the stakes of her life. Later, when you are already a mother, will understand how it feels to be hated by your own biological children. It hurts so bad, Lu."

"Here, hug first!" Leon carried Lulu's body again in an embrace. "I know you won't do that to our children. You're a good mother-to-be for our children."

"The matter of your mother, you should not try to forgive her and forget what happened between you. I'm sure he regretted what he did. Lu, your paradise is still on mom's soles. As long as you have not married me, you are devoted to your mother. Even if he does something wrong, you still respect him. Don't be a bad boy!"

Slowly, all of Leon's words seeped into the deepest recesses of his heart. He began to realize his mistake.

Shrinking tear granules at the corners of the lips. "Thank you for being my loyal listener. You are not only a girlfriend, but also a good confiding friend. I'm lucky to know you, Mom."

Leon pinched both of Lulu's cheeks in a fit of anxiety. "Return of love. That's what a boyfriend is for, always there in times of joy and sorrow. Now you try to apologize to your mother and start making peace with her. Your life must have been quieter after making up with your mother."

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On the other hand, the same thing Idris did. Although disappointed by the attitude of the wife who unbeknownst to him owes Juragan Tatang and makes Lulu as a guarantee, he is obliged to advise his wife if she makes a mistake.

  

"Mothers. Why make Lulu a guarantee for your debts? The father as the head of the family did not know that Mother borrowed money from Juragan Tatang. I'll know what Juragan Tatang is like. A leech that takes a lot of profits from the people who owe it" said Mr. Idris. There was a look of disappointment from the radiance of his eyes. Fatimah was no longer the woman she knew. That woman has changed a lot as time goes on.

"Yes, I'm sorry, sir. At that time, I did not think that I had received the money given by Juragan Tatang so long," said Bu Fatimah. Her head was still lowered, not daring to stare at her husband's brown iris.

"Our daughter was the only one, but I hurt her. What is the real Mother, so that our favorite child as the fifth wife of Juragan Tatang? If the father is ogah. Mending Lulu is single for life rather than being the fifth bini of the leech." So arrogant to have a daughter-in-law like Juragan Tatang, Mr. Idris to say no-no.

"Sorry, Sir. At that time the mother was actually dark-eyed, unable to think long. I think by marrying Lulu to a rich man, her life is guaranteed, but it's not. Lulu is even more tormented by marriage to a man she doesn't love."

Mr. Idris shakes his head. "Mom, treasures won't guarantee Lulu's happiness, instead it could make her suffer. Do you think being the fifth wife of a married man like Juragan Tatang, is good? No, Madam. Tuh the Sekar, he even wanted to separate from Juragan Tatang because it could not stand being combined. Lah I even nyodorin own son into the mouth of a crocodile. Istighfar, Ma'am."

Fatimah fell silent. True said her husband, if property is not a guarantee of a happy life. There were many rich people in his village, but most of them did not enjoy all his wealth.

"Sir, suppose I apologize to Lulu, about forgiven no, huh? I'm sorry to have made the distance between us so wide."

Mr. Idris changed his clothes with cocoa clothes because soon azan zuhur reverberated and that means he had to go to the mosque, carrying out his duties as a Muslim.

"Father doesn't know, Mom, because your mistake is fatal. But, if you want to apologize, just apologize. Who knows if Lulu's willing to apologize to you." Mr. Idris closed the wardrobe after his clothes wrapped his body and gloves wrapped his legs level. "We never know if we don't try. Even if Lulu doesn't forgive you, keep trying until she forgives you."

"Father go to the mosque first. Mother please prepare lunch, pity Lulu and Nak Leon have not eaten anything since they came. I have prepared tilapia in the refrigerator, I can fry for our side dishes. Make Lulu's favorite sauce too, let her heart calm down. A already, you stay first. You're fine at home, don't make trouble with Lulu anymore. Assalamu a'laikum" said Mr. Idris before stepping out of the house.

"Wa'alaikum salam" replied Ms. Fatimah.

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