Mary the Concealed Soul
POV Father Maria.
...Mary ...
...(.(.The Caged Soul)...
...#15...
...*****...
I finally got out of the biggest hospital in town, a heart attack that hit me a few days ago.
Whether it's just my feelings or it's real, I feel like I'm with Maria, my only child from my previous marriage.
Almost 6 years Maria left home, went with men. That's what my wife told me.
"But, why?" ask my second wife, Mega.
"Mi, papi feels Mary accompany papi." Obviously to him.
"How many times have you said, don't keep thinking about Mary. The kid doesn't know himself, does he also think of papi? Because of thinking about him, papi's going to the hospital, right?" cerca.
There's a point in all the words of Mega, my wife. Maria hasn't given me a word since 6 years back, if you remember this heart is back crowded.
'Maria, come home son even if it's just a moment .. no matter how bad your behavior, you're still my only child.' Bathinku again screamed, my tears seemed to fall just like that when I remembered my son.
"So come home today, Om?" ask Rian my stepson.
Rian is the son of Mega, when the beginning brought him into my life and Maria, his stature like a delinquent. Perhaps because Rian grew up in a less-than-viable environment, Rian and Maria were seven years apart.
Maybe all this was my fault, my Mary's happiness was forced into my happiness.
...****...
...(12 years ago)...
"Pi, Mami's going out for a while today." Said Marni my wife, who was none other than her mother Maria.
"Where are you going, Mi?" I ask who is taking care of my company's files that are very piled up.
"Temen Mami, Mega wants to come Pi. All of him we work with to help clean up this house, huh?" Marni has an unbearable soul, just like our daughter.
"Well, we have Mbok Sum?" I actually disagree with his opinion too.
"Pity Pi, the Mega is a widow and brings another child." Evidently.
"Yes, if that's what Mami wants, Papi dauut aja deh same Mami." I also pinched his nose slowly.
Marni is so pretty and soft-hearted, I'm lucky to get her. However, this is the beginning of the catastrophe of my life.
One by one, the women I loved dearly slowly left me alone.
Not long after, Marni went to pick up her friend.
I just reply with a smile, Mega and her son look very seedy.
"Mega and Rian, will your room be one first huh? You see, the other room is still a warehouse, slowly we clean up to be Rian's room." Say Marni with a soft word.
"Yes, it's okay, Mirna. You accept Me and my Son, you are so grateful." Mega's voice sounded so hoarse, maybe he was very moved and held back crying since then.
Every now and then Mega, looked at me and smiled. Instantly, I looked the other way.
"Pi, why bother?" ask Marni to me.
"That's you, why look at a papi like that?" The curious me accidentally asked my wife like that.
"What the hell is Pi?" Marni asked back and laughed, I guess I asked wrongly.
"Yes, Papi wants to take care of the new project first, Mi." I say goodbye to Marni, with friends in this house at least Marni will not be lonely anymore.
Without feeling a year passed, Mega and Rian were familiar with all of us. However, Marni's condition slowly deteriorated for no apparent reason.
Two months from the arrival of Mega and Rian, Marni began to get sick without a definite cause. There have been many doctors who treat my wife, still with the same results. Marni is in good health, has no history of serious illness.
Until finally, Marni breathed her last breath. My heart was broken, completely broken back then. Seeing her growing thinner and more helpless, her last one sentence made me heavy to accept.
"Pi, let Mega stay? Let her be the connecting mother to Maria." His tone grew louder, these were the only last words that came out of his tiny lips, before he closed his eyes.
My heart can't accept it, how can I make Mega a connecting mother for Maria? I never had a taste for him.
...*****...
"Pi, so are we going home today? Or Papi wants to stay another day here?" mega's voice broke my daydream.
"But it's better, let's just go home."
"Oh yeah, Rian. During Om's time in the hospital, did you handle everything?" I asked Rian, I can't even believe it until this second.
"All Okay, Om." Rian answered with a smile.
"But doesn't seem to believe Rian? Try every once in a while Papi gives up entirely responsibility to Rian, surely Rian will not disappoint Papi." Mega Cerocos.
Indeed, for a long time he continued to persuade me to give up completely, all the responsibilities of the company to his son.
Still, I'm still waiting for Maria to come home and give up her rights before my old age runs out.
...*****...
I swept my son's room with these eyes, how long this heart must be for Mary. The room is the same, as before.
'Maria, go home son. Accompany papi, in the remaining age of this papi..." My mind speaks softly.
