Mom, Let Me Be Happy

CHAPTER 49. Other Reality

A bright morning. With the light flushed in the east upturn. A sign of the champion of light will appear with his millions of warmth.

"Mom, don't you want to come with us?" mariam asked her mother-in-law. This morning Mariam looks beautiful with her simple makeup. An over-sized white shirt is combined with a long denim skirt complete with a matching colored hijab.

"Yes, Son. Mother at home, enjoy the twilight while embroidery these fabrics. It's been fun enough for Mom .. you guys have fun" replied Mother.

"Alright, Honey. My mom doesn't like to go out into the open. Right, Mom," said Denny while saying hello to his mother.

Mom just smiled. Shaka did not want to stay, he also gave a hug to Grandma. The lustre of a cheerful face was very visible to them.

"Where are we going, Dad ... Mommy?" shaka asked curiously. The boy could not wait to get to his destination. Where Denny had prepared a surprise for them.

A few hours of travel they took. Just in the destination that turns out to be a beach. There were people Shaka knew very well.

"Navy ... Reyhan, are you here?" Shaka ran towards them. The three boys hugged each other and missed because they had not met for a long time. They were there with their father, and their mother.

"Do you feel happy?" denny asked as he ruffled the spoiled hair of the three boys in turn. They seemed to nod and put their smiles on Denny.

"Mariam, you're more beautiful" praised Alisa as she shook Mriam's hand. Likewise with Rani, he seemed to hug Mariam with a fluffy smile.

Denny approached the two fathers, of course, Ali's father, and Reyhan. "Mas Dedi, Mas Sapto, how are you?" Denny hugged them in turns.

"As you can see, Den. We are in good health" Sapto said, laughing. The three of them also chatted aloud, like fathers with a myriad of random discussions.

"Mother, Shaka with friends is going there, can't you?" Shaka seduces Mariam into being allowed to play sand with Ali, and Reyhan.

"All right, but be careful. The waves are on. The play is a bit away from the sea" Mariam and the other mothers told them.

"Good, Mom!" answer them compactly. They also ran cheerfully. Then, start to arrange the sand there with the shape they want.

"Alhamdulillah, Ms. Rani, Ms. Alisa. Mariam, and Shaka are much better now. Thank you for always caring for us" said Mariam warmly.

"Together, that's all we can do. Because we couldn't do anything at that time. If only we were given a little courage to fight Arifin, surely you do not need to suffer for long" said Alisa.

Mariam was confused by what Alisa said. It seems, it is very serious. Mariam was curious and ventured to ask.

"-What do you mean by Ma'am?" mariam stutters hesitantly. Rani who realizes that Mariam does not know the real thing as they know, also pinched Alisa's hand slowly.

Alisa became nervous to answer Mariam's question. However, Mariam continued to urge them. Mariam also promised that she would not be angry if they told her what they really knew.

Mightiness. Finally, the two women recounted what happened a few years ago. At that time when Arifin, scapegoating Santana to be responsible for Asih.

They also learned Santana was innocent. However, when they intend to tell that to Mariam. Arifin threatened to make them lucky.

Arifin who at that time was said to have strong power. Make them not dare to fight. Moreover, the threat given by Arifin, never messing around.

Mariam listened to the story carefully. Again, he remembered about Santana and her sacrifice. Again, there was a sense of pain that felt shackled inside his chest.

The two women who were beside Mariam. Increasingly clarify their stories. How Asih, and Arifin worked together in launching the action. It made Mariam stupefied to imagine how much Santana had suffered more than she knew.

Tears don't feel like they just flow. To experience another reality about something that he has made a memory. The nightmare behind the sacrifice of a Santana, whom he has buried deep.

Mariam's breath suddenly tightened. Lamenting how unfortunate the man was. Like the proverb 'has fallen down the stairs' . How not? In addition to suffering because of the slander done Arifin, and also Asih. Now Santana must accept the fact that Mariam is trying to forget her, and leave her with memories that will never happen again.

Seriate....