My daughter's Beloved Beautiful Neighbor

Last House

The day continues, it feels like just yesterday Arin vacation has now entered Friday alone, so it does not feel to forget what he did a few days back.

On Friday morning, Arin and Meimei just drove Noval to school, Arin's car was parked neatly in his garage.

He and Meimei got down from the car, Meimei's voice was loud as the girl made a sound.

“Tante is not papah car, is it still at home?” Cetus Meimei pointed to Sonny's car, which was still in front of the man's house.

Arin looks at his watch which has shown at eight, Sonny should have left for the office.

“Yes, how come you haven't left yet huh?” Mumbled Arin astonished.

Before long the person they were talking about also appeared in formal clothes but there seemed to be a little different, Sonny was seen wearing black pants and shirts unlike people who would work.

“Papahhhhh.....” Meimei immediately shouted from a distance, making Sonny immediately turn to them.

Meimei and Arin approach the man. Meimei immediately hugged his father's legs until it made Sonny slightly upturned.

“Eh papah boy, just returned from Noval high school huh?” Sonny Scream.

“Yes, papah have not yet left?” Tanya Meimei looked up.

“Iya mas, it's eight o'clock when Sonny is still here? And again...why are the clothes all black?” Arin continued to say.

“This morning I will not go directly to Rin's office, I…. Go to my late wife's grave today…. His birthday” Sonny explained.

When Arin was stunned when he heard this, he did not know that Sonny would go to the grave of his late first wife, Sonny had not told Arin anything.

“Why didn't Sonny say? Though I really want to visit there” said Arin.

“I wasn't going there right now, I was planning to invite you to visit on Sunday. But somehow my feelings were not good, so I changed my mind” explained Sonny straightened out his goal.

“Then I want to join mas, what can?” Arin asked for permission.

“Sure, Meimei will also join”, said Sonny staring at his biological daughter.

“Where are we going?” Meimei's great-grandson heard his name called.

“We want to go to Mami's house, Meimei want to come?” Sonny.

“Mami? We want to go to the tomb, huh pah?”

And was nodded by the father.

“Wait a minute, mas, I will change clothes first will not be long” Arin then ran into the house in a hurry not to make Sonny wait let alone to leave him even though it will not be possible to do.

***

The inscription "Cemetery" on the wall made Arin realize that he had arrived at the last house of Sonny's late first wife.

In their black clothes they went deeper.

The wet green grass seemed to welcome the three people in its own way.

While carrying a basket of fresh sow flowers Arin looked right-left guessing which tombstone they were going to look at.

Apparently Sonny and Meimei stopped at one of the vortexes adjacent to a shady tree that covered the tombstone from the heat of the sun.

The three crouched there, facing a name that read NITA VARISYA.

Sonny holds the new headstone while keeping a bucket of flowers that he bought, he keeps it right on the ground.

"Happy birthday Nit... I hope you're always happy there" said Sonny, full of sincerity, not forgetting to kiss the tombstone with longing.

Next Sonny guided Meimei closer to his mother's tombstone, telling Meimei to give her a word.

Meimei complied, even hugging the object with his tiny body.

"Happy birthday Mami, Meimei kangen Mami" he said, although Meimei had never met his mother since birth.

Meimei took off his hug and crouched back down as before, now Sonny is back talking.

"Let's.... We're not just two of us here.

L'm.... Bring a woman I haven't introduced to you yet" Sonny said.

"Name Arin...

She's the woman I love as well as the mother of our son" he continued.

"We're married Nit, she's a very beautiful woman... I love him so much, Meimei did too... She loves Arin as much as her own mother, I'm sure you're happy to hear that. He also wants to wish you a happy birthday... "

A few seconds Arin felt the blue day heard a sentence that was thrown from her husband's lips, how proud a Sonny called if the man loved Arin so much. Makes Arin speechless.

And now it was Arin's turn to speak.

Arin's right hand began to gently stroke the tombstone, looking amazed at the woman who was willing to die for the sake of her baby.

"Mr Nita....

Introduce me Arin...

Sorry mbak, I just came to visit mbak" said Arin with a trembling voice, unable to close the turmoil in the chest.

"Mbak Nita is a good woman even though we have never met, thank you mbak.... Thank you for bringing Meimei into this world, I love him so much... " It shed tears.

"Allow me to be the mother and wife of Sonny and Meimei... Please bless our relationship... I promise to love them with all my heart... Hiks" Crying was inevitable, Arin cried in front of the late Nita's vortex.

But as Arin quickly wiped away her tears, Arin tried to keep smiling.

"May Nita always be happy there, we always pray mbak. Thanks again... "

And the session of the visit was closed with prayers and a sprinkling of flowers, the three said goodbye and went from there.