Mastenges

168. I'm sorry

The sound of several footsteps echoed in the hallway of the special cell occupied by Pongki. Pongki, who was filling his third request with a cramped face, lifted his face and stared at his cell door, as the footsteps stopped right in front of his cell door.

"What else is it? The feeling I just got called to the office, "his inner being.

Cklekk!

The door of the cell was open, Pongki had felt there was an oddity, because usually the warden would ask himself to face the wall first before opening the door of the cell. But not this time.

As footsteps entered the cell, Pongki looked surprised to see who had come to visit his cell.

"Surgery!" He was shocked, standing up from his seat.

"Sir" the Typhoon approached Pongki and greeted the middle-aged man, then kissed Pongki on the back of his hand.

"What brought you here? How did you get into my cell?" Pongki asked with a look that looked astonished.

"Me and my commander made a special permit on the Lapas' head," Typhoon said, staring at Pongki with a restless look.

"Ah, yes, congratulations on the birth of your first son" said Pongki who looked very happy. The man hugged the Typhoon tightly while smiling happily.

"Thank you sir" said the Typhoon. Then he returned Pongki's embrace hesitantly.

"Are you here to tell me when my son was born? I already knew it from your father,"

"Not sir" said the Typhoon.

"Then?" Pongki let go of his embrace, he stared at Typhoon with a serious-looking face.

The typhoon let out a long sigh and led Pongki to sit on the edge of the bed. After Pongki sat on the edge of the bed, Typhoon squatted in front of Pongki while looking at Pongki with tears that rose in his eyes.

"Why did you do this?" Ask the Typhoon, without making any pleasantries before.

Pongki was stunned, he stared into the bead of the Typhoon's eyes that was staring at him. Now Pongki has realized that Typhoon already knows his first request. That is asking Typhoon to be one of the executors when he carries out his sentence.

Pongki let out a long sigh and threw his gaze towards that dark cell wall.

"Why sir?" The typhoon could not hold back its cries. Until the Typhoon dropped its head on Pongki's lap.

Pongki was speechless, he stared at the crying Typhoon on his lap.

"The father wants you to do your job to completion."

"But this is not how sir!" The storm is starting to go crazy. He looks very stressed when faced with a situation full of dilemmas like this.

"Topan, I'm so proud of you. It is not the intention of the father to stress you or reciprocate what you have done to the father. However, you will feel comfortable if you are among the executors."

"Why is that, sir?" The typhoon raised its face and looked at Pongki closely.

"Bod just wants you to be with him. You finish your job until the end. You beg me." Pongki looked at the Typhoon with a hopeful look.

"I will accompany you, but it is not possible if I become one of the executors. This is crazy sir!" The typhoon sat on the floor and folded its hands between its two hoes. Then, he drowned his face above the folds of his hands.

"Signon, I beg you. Take my life. I just want you to remember that you are a great person. You finish the task until the end, until it is done. I'm very grateful to you, because you, you can be better at the end of your life."

"Can't you just cancel it. My mentality is not that strong!"

Pongki looked at the Typhoon closely. Then he came down and sat on the floor with the Typhoon.

"Son, you started something, and now you end it. You are the same, you start, and you end. I would love to die in your hands. In the past, there was actually your chance to kill father. But you didn't do it. You're really professional at work, and I'm very proud of you. Please fulfill my last request. You just want you to be one of them. I want you to really dare to face reality. That whatever it is, you are capable of doing for your duty, and also you want to accompany me on the execution ground. Only with you knowing if one of them is you will you be at ease." Pongki Bright.

"Don't tell me this is revenge."

"No, this is filial. Please, if you die in your hands, you'll feel better."

The crying of the Typhoon is becoming. Pongki hugged her tightly.

"It's crazy sir!"

"Don't avoid it, please, sir,"

"It's crazy!" Typhoon returned Pongki's embrace. The middle-aged man he loved very much. The father-in-law whom he considered to be his own father.

"Father please, you just want to die like that. Mr. please..." Pongki cried along with Typhoon.

...

"Where's the gas? How lethargic is that?" Bella asked when Typhoon returned to the hospital to accompany Bella on the first night Bella was hospitalized.

The cyclone just shook his head and tried to smile.

"Oeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" The sound of crying Jagat began to roll out filled the room.

The typhoon moved closer to the baby box where Jagat was. Then he held his heart.

"Congrat, papa's son.. Thirsty huh?" Said the Typhoon while looking at the red baby. Then he handed over Jagat to Bella to be given ASI.

The Typhoon's eyes continued to stare at his son and wife. It feels like he is crying and talking about the last request of Pongki who asked him to be one of the executors on the day of the execution. But it's all a secret. Whatever task the son of the State carries, is a secret. No one should know, even if it is a wife, parents, children or relatives. Duty is a secret that only self, superiors and God can know.

"Kok staring like that anyway?" Bella smiled and looked at the Typhoon who was staring at her pensively.

Again Typhoon smiled and went to sit on the edge of the bed occupied by Bella.

"I'm happy, I'm proud of my great wife. You have conceived and borne a handsome and wonderful son. I love you. I admire you so much."

Bella smiled and gently rubbed Typhoon's cheeks.

"I'll do anything for our family. Just like you would do anything for the sake of the duty of the State. I'm proud of you. You're great.."

Bella's words made Typhoon even more sad. Bella does not realize that the task that will await Typhoon is to execute her own daddy. Yes, Pongki. I don't know what happens if Bella knows if the Typhoon will be one of the executors on the day of the execution.

"I'm sorry Bella, papa's sorry about Jagat.." The typhoon could not hold back its cries.

"Mas, how come you're crying? What was? Did I make you cry?" Bella asked who was surprised when she saw Typhoon crying bitterly in front of her.

"There's nothing. I just want to cry,"

"Lantas, why apologize? You didn't do anything wrong" Bella said.

"Whatever it is, I just want to apologize to you two. What you need to know, I love you and the people you love. I'm sorry if I'm lacking a lot, I'm sorry if I'm not as good as you think. I'm sorry if I..."

"Yes..." Bella put her index finger on Typhoon's lip.

"You're great, we're proud of you. Not only us, my mom and daddy are so proud of you. They told me that themselves."

Hearing Bella's words, Typhoon's cry returned. Until he put his head in Bella's lap.

"I'm sorry..." His inner.