Meliflorine

still alive

a year has passed

on the beach there are seen some people who came down from the ship carrying baskets and some were carrying nets, they just came home from the sea when the sun began to set.

seen a girl, sitting alone looking at the waves that continue to hit the reef.

her hair was waving in the blowing beach breeze.

his face was glowing in the afternoon sunlight.

"what's miss?"

"no, just enjoy the afternoon sun, and I've been told to call me flo" he replied smiling.

"yes, do you miss your home?"

"strangely yes, I don't miss him, I miss someone instead." he smiled and lowered his head, feeling weird with himself.

"you miss nico?"

melis looked at the person who asked her.

"can that be?" ask her back.

"why not?" he said with his hands and shoulders up

"i don't know, I don't think it's worth missing someone who has a wife" he said lowered his head

"how do you know they're getting married, or do you ever think that it's not her son and she's being framed?"

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melif was pensive to remember what the baby said this afternoon, maybe it happened, and what was he afraid of first?he was afraid that it would be even more hurt if the truth was revealed and it was indeed nico's son, but what did he feel now?not changing anything, even the pain he felt was not as painful as knowing about the truth, he felt longed and kept curious.

"do I have to go home?"

"if I go home, what should I do?"

"do they remember me?"

"has anything changed?"

there are a lot of questions he is thinking about right now.

"what do you think, son?"

"just saw you keep pensive?"

"what do you think of buk, just sit here?"

"where's father?" ask her mother yanti who met her on her husband's ship when she wanted to take fish.

"do you miss your family, son?" buk yanti asked to divert the melif conversation.

"don't open, I'm happy to live here.

" mm do you mind if I stay here?"ask her heart scared mother offended.

"why do you mind, I'm glad you live here.

" but son, kasian your family, they must be very sad you disappeared like this.buk can really feel it kalu it happened with my mother.

"yes, son, I don't mean to tell you to leave here either, but we can't see you're often pensive." they are now on the terrace of their house enjoying the night breeze with three cups of tea and bread accompanying the mother brought out.

"yes, sir, I'll think about it again" he replied with a smile.

they continued their conversation while enjoying food and drinks.

buk yanti and pak tatang are villagers b, the outer area of jakarta.they have no children, he said, so they are very happy if the melif stay in their place.what's more good melif help them to sea.but it's true that the tatang sir said earlier, they feel guilty can not persuade the melif to go home,his parents must have felt very sad that his son had suddenly disappeared.

three days passed as they again had dinner with the melif saying something to his adoptive parents.

"buk, pak, mengelif plan tomorrow will return to Jakarta.

" same mother come along?"

"don't kid, we'll catch up with you there if you've met your family.you enjoy it with your family first."

"ehm buk... I plan not to go home yet?"

he said honestly, he was not ready to see the reaction of his family.he also planned to open a business first there.

"yes, how good it is for you, but often see their condition.

" yeah buk.tank you already want to thank me here, love me like my own son, I feel like your son than they are.

"hust, you can't say that, they will work for you too, son, and such arranged marriages are like that for rich families.

" where did you know?"said the father who had heard them talk

"watch TV is sir, also father knows no son of a jaya sir.he said his son was also betrothed the same son of a rich man next door.

" yeee ibuk.

"definitely collected the same buk desi know the news.

" what you know...

"who else in our place has a mouth like a radio...

melif just laughed at the couple, even though they lived alone and had no children.