Masked
Section 46
“How's Grandpa doing?” ask Arsy.
Now he along with the chairman is standing on the edge of the lake in the residence of the grandfather.
“Good grandfather. How are you and Catty?”
“I'm good, Cake so is Catty. Now he is in the hotel with the others and maybe later tonight will visit grandfather's house.” The old man rubbed Arsy's hand on his shoulder. The chairman really loves Arsy and Catty even though he knows the two are not the biological children of Margaret who incidentally is the biological child of the chairman.
“What young man that came with you guys is Axelle? Stepson Margaret.” Arsy nodded in response. “He's very handsome, and grandpa thinks he fits you.”
“Arsy still loves Juan, Cake. And Arsy has no intention to replace Juan in the heart of Arsy.”
“Don't Margaret have rejected it? Why don't you try to be in a relationship with someone else?”
“Kek, instead of Arsy do not want to try to love someone other than him. But every time Arsy tries to shift his name from Arsy's heart, it hurts a lot. Please don't force Arsy to forget Juan, let alone ask Arsy to find his successor.”
The chairman just smiled. The old man was eager to tell Arsy the truth but he could not resist the disappointment of the girl until he knew the truth. They are not ready if Arsy should hate them until the girl knows why Margaret did not accept her relationship with Juan.
The girl sat down in front of the grandfather, which made the old man smile warmly. “What do you want now, Sweet boy?” ask the chairman while poking Arsy's nose. The old man understood very well that if his granddaughter was already sitting in front of him, it meant that there was something that the girl wanted.
“Kek, can Arsy ask you something?”
“What is it?”
“Where is Mama's biological child?”
The old man did not answer. He stared intently at one of the young men standing behind him.
“Why do you suddenly want to know about Margaret's son?”
Margaret was the son of the current chief official on the island. However, due to mistakes he made in the past, the woman was banished from her family. Even so the old man had always been kind to Arsy and Catty, the man had even considered Margaret's two adopted children as his own grandchildren and gave everything that was best for both.
Arsy knew that Margaret had a child from her relationship with her lover, but Margaret never wanted to tell him who and where her son was. The woman always had a thousand and one reasons to divert the conversation if they were talking about Margaret's biological child.
“Nothing. Arsy just wants to meet and know him,” said Arsy. The old man did not answer or react to Arsy's words, and the girl understood enough that her grandfather did not want to discuss this.
Arsy decides to drive his grandfather home because the air is getting colder.
“Later at 21:00 pm go to this lake, and you will get an answer to the question you asked earlier,” said the chairman. “Before that, promise me you'll receive everything with a big heart.”
“Iya, Cake. Arsy promises whoever Arsy will meet here, Arsy will accept him as Mama's son and Arsy's brother. Thank you, Cake. Thank you for your grandfather for granting Arsy.” wishes
Arsy hugged the frail body of the old man he loved so much. The girl was really happy because she was finally able to meet the child of Margaret. The figure that had long made him curious because it had never been exposed.
***
“Pilihin nice clothes to meet people dong,” pinta Arsy on Catty who is busy doing some schoolwork that must be collected tomorrow when he returns to school.
“Emang you want to go where the hell? Very ribet feeling.”
“Later malem I want to meet his biological son Mama,” said Arsy without stopping his activities rummaging through the contents of the closet to find the right clothes.
“For the sake of thin abs Jimin teasing. Ntar malem I want to meet Mama's son, and that's thanks to Grandpa.”
“So ntar malem you can not nemenin I met grandfather, dong?”
“Sorry baby, but I'm busy tonight. You meet your own grandfather,” said Arsy while poking Catty's chin. “The plan later I want to invite him to dinner, the same streets bentar itung-itung approach.”
Arsy took the closet back. His vision met with a white mini dress with a floral pattern. “Me!” exciting Arsy. The girl immediately took the dress and showed it to Catty. “Not good?” ask Arsy.
“Good. Same suit you,”
“Ok, ntar malem I want to wear this.”
“Terlarah. The important thing is you take care of yourself because tonight I want to nginep at grandfather's house, so make sure you stay away from problems.”
***
Since seven o'clock Arsy has been ready. The girl even deliberately wears thin makeup but still looks beautiful so as not to look strange in front of Margaret's child later.
Arsy glanced at the clock on the wall of his room and was shocked when the clockwork showed twenty-four and five minutes.
The beautiful girl took her bag and car keys which were located at the table near her bed. A beautiful smile continued to be etched on her thin lips, even the girl was seen humming a little to cover the sudden nervousness of the attack.
Arsy walked down the grass wet from the rain this afternoon. When he arrived at the edge of the lake, his steps suddenly came to a halt when he saw a young man standing in front of him with a face facing the lake.
Arsy first neutralized his crazy heartbeat. In a moment, only a few more steps will he be able to find out who the son of Margaret was.
Arsy's steps were stopped when he saw Margaret coming to the young man.
“What are you doing here?” margareth asked the young man who was still faithful staring at the expanse of lake water.
“Grandfather asked me to come to this place because there is someone who wants to meet.”
“Meet? Who wants to meet you?” margareth asked which the young man answered.
“Where do I know. After all since when do you care about what I do?” the young man asked as he looked at Margaret who had been questioning him with unimportant questions.
“Why didn't you ask? And again, I'm still your birth mother so I deserve to know what and who you met.”
The girl's tears flowed profusely upon hearing Margaret's words. The beautiful girl fell down on the wet grass.
Hearing the sound of a stifled sobbing, Margaret and the young man turned their heads together and were shocked to see Arsy crying on the grass.
“Arsy/Princess.”
“Princess wait!” the scream was not even ignored anymore by Arsy. All the girl wanted to do at this moment was just go far away and forget everything.
The girl kept running away. He never thought that Margaret's son was the closest to him.
