Mother To Cilla

Approaches

Aini calls Sarah, she wants to meet for the last time so she hopes Sarah can take her time. After teaching Sarah to the Cafe where she and Aini made the appointment, Sarah takes Cilla with her because she goes straight to her destination without going home first.

Sarah arrived and went into the cafe and Aini was already there. Sarah and Cilla sat down and ordered a drink from the waiter.

"So in the message you said our last meeting, what do you mean?" sarah asked confusedly.

"Oh, yes, today I'm going back to Florida to settle there again. Maybe I'd rather be there than here. I also want to apologize to you Sarah." Aini replied.

"But you're working with my husband's company, where you might just go. And you're apologizing for what? it doesn't have to be that way." said Sarah.

"Yes, maybe we can't see each other again in a long time. I'm happy to be friends with you while I'm in Indonesia, even though when we were in high school we weren't so close, but after I went abroad, I didn't get in touch with my friends here anymore, it just so happens that I met you and I want to make friends with you. And also tell your husband, I'm very sorry and I apologize sincerely. That's all I want to say. Yaudah Sarah, my flight departure is soon. Sorry to interrupt your time, thank you" explained Aini and left Sarah who looked confused by Aini's words.

"What mean? regretted? apologizing to Mr Hardi? What he said just now, I really don't complain" Sarah's mind was confused by Aini's words.

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Sarah and Cilla got home at 4pm, saw Hardi sitting in the television room watching a football game that felt exciting.

"Dad....." Cilla ran her father's lap and kissed his father's cheek full of thin fur.

"Princess pretty dad, how come you've just come home, baby?" Hardi kissed his daughter's cheek.

"So I met my mother's friend" replied Cilla embracing her father's neck. Hardi looked at Sarah with a questionable gaze, Sarah understood his point.

"Oh that sir, I just met Aini. He wants to go back to Florida and settle there. He also told me to say that if he was very sorry and apologized sincerely, there was indeed a mistake he made to Mr Hardi?" reply Sarah with a confused face.

"Good then" said Hardi flatly, without answering his wife's confusion. He joked with his daughter.

Even so Sarah smiled at the closeness of the father and daughter who as a joke every time they met. Sarah calls Lia to help Cilla take a bath and change clothes, and they will have dinner earlier so they can have more time to rest.

"Cilla, it's playing. Now Cilla take a shower first and get dressed there! it stinks of acem" Sarah covered her nose as if Cilla did.

"He's mother" Cilla came down from Hardi's lap and approached Lia to go to her room.

Hardi who saw it was a little surprised because Cilla was only obedient with Sarah. While with him Cilla always defiant if told not to be able to once said directly nurut. Unknowingly his lips revealed a thin smile with the closeness of Sarah and her daughter.

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The time showed at 10pm, as usual Sarah had been lying in bed and Hardi was lying on the sofa. Tonight Hardi looks very agitated, she turns her body continuously, once she steals a look at Sarah who sleeps behind her. Like there was something Hardi wanted to talk to Sarah but he did not dare to say it.

"Eh... You haven't slept?" hardi said surprised to be caught watching Sarah secretly.

"How can I sleep if Mr. Hardi keeps moving so that it makes the sound of the sofa creaking" Sarah replied.

"I'm sorry, you've continued your sleep" Hardi pulled the blanket over her head trying to fall asleep.

"gm... Sir, Mr. Hardi bi.can sleep in. bed, um. let it be comfortable." said Sarah stammered with hesitation.

Hardi immediately opened the blanket, rose from his sleep straight towards the bed and lay down next to Sarah without saying anything. Sarah laughed at her husband's behavior.

"Actually I was nervous about wanting to talk to you about something, I always thought about the words of my parents about their desire to have a new grandchild. What say?" Hardi began his conversation with Sarah.

Sarah who heard it was really surprised, it is true that they have been married for 5 months but there has been no meaningful physical touch at all. Sarah was also thinking of starting to open up to feel comfortable near Hardi. But sometimes the trauma is still haunting even though now little by little he can control his fear because he has long followed psychological therapy that makes him feel better.

"Then what if we start gradually? no hurry. I beg Mr. Hardi to treat me well and slowly" Sarah still hesitated but tried to advise Hardi.

"Well, tonight.may I hold your hand now? for starters we touch physically." asked Hardi nervously. Sarah just nodded her approval sign.

Slowly Hardi directs his hand to hold Sarah's hand and Sarah accepts it very nervously, her hands tremble and sweat a little but she tries to control it, finally they clasped each other's hands. They slept side by side facing each other, they looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.

"Hows it? are you still afraid of me?" hardi and Sarah just shook their heads.

"If Mr. Hardi is being gentle like this, maybe I can feel comfortable near Mr. Hardi" Sarah replied still clasping each other's hands even tighter.

"Oh, now that we're sleeping late" Hardi asked.

They also closed their eyes to sleep. Their hearts were both pounding with what they were doing. Their eyes were closed and their hands were still clasping each other and felt tighter and tighter. The night was getting late, only the sound of the clinking of the clock and the sound of the heartbeat of the two of them were interconnected, some time in the end they could really fall asleep tonight.

They felt this was a beautiful dream and he hoped that this dream would not disappear at dawn.

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