My Ribs

Candour

The night is getting late, the wall clock has shown ten o'clock at night. Chintania rushed to the bathroom when her stomach felt very nauseous. Chintania regurgitated the new food a few hours ago and went into her stomach.

"My head is so dizzy" muttered Chintania, closing her eyes and holding on to the wall. His body felt weak, and his head felt dizzy. With the rest of his strength Chintania tried to move his legs up...

"Akkh!"

"Prong"

Chintania slipped and tried to reach for the sink to hold on, but unfortunately, Chintania's head was hit by a mirror above the sink. Chintania grimaced in pain, trying to lean against the wall, her body slowly slumped to the floor while holding her bloody head. Nia felt her head hurt so much that she finally fainted from not being able to endure the pain.

Arjuna drove his car from out of town to his mother-in-law's house. When she reached her mother-in-law's house, Arjuna glanced at the watch on her wrist that had shown at eleven p.m. The security guard who guarded the house immediately opened the gate when he saw Arjuna's car.

Arjuna parked his car and walked towards the main door. Arjuna had not had time to take his phone to contact his mother-in-law, suddenly the main door of the house was open.

"Mama! Is mom waiting for me?" arjuna asked when he saw that the one who opened the door was Mama Nia.

"Yes, my mom is waiting for you. Come, in!"take Mama Nia to Arjuna.

Arjuna follows Mama Nia who walks towards a room that looks like a work space. Arjuna frowned, inwardly wondering, why did Mama Nia take him to her study.

"Sit down!"mama Nia's word to Arjuna pointed at the chair in front of the table opposite the chair that was sat by Mama Nia.

"Jun, before you go to Nia's room, mama wants to make sure of something," said Mama Nia paused her words and stared fixedly at Arjuna's face,"Are you really going to try to make Nia happy, and will never divorce Nia?"mama asked Nia to look seriously at Arjuna.

"Mama can keep my promise" replied Arjuna without hesitation.

"Okay, mommy kept your promise. Then, mama wants to say an honesty to you,"again Mama Nia paused her words then took a deep breath, while Arjuna seemed to put her ears well,"Actually, actually, she took a deep breath, Nia is not your real daughter. About a year and a half ago, Mama was searching for her biological daughter who had gone missing at sea, but rescuers instead found two people. One's mom's daughter, and the other's a woman with burns on her face, neck to her shoulders,"

"Chintania, my biological daughter was found dead. At that time, my mother felt desperate and could not accept the fact that her only daughter had died. On the way back from where she buried Chintania, she overheard some people talking about the broken-faced woman found with Chintania. They said the woman had amnesia. Hearing that, you suddenly get a crazy idea in your brain,"

"Mama kept the death of my biological daughter a secret, then brought the broken-faced woman to the land of ginseng. Mama operated on that woman's face like Chintania's. And until now you don't know who Chintania is now your wife" said Mama Nia at length.

Arjuna was very surprised to hear Mama Nia's confession. With her heart pounding, Arjuna looked at Mama Nia with a serious look, "Did you find that broken-faced woman at the time of the crash of the xx plane that exploded in the xx sea?"tanya Arjuna looked tense.

After learning that the face of the woman who is currently his wife is not his real face, Arjuna hinted that Chintania is Kinara. Not without reason Arjuna thinks like that, the article, Chintania too much has similarities with Kinara. Only one that is not similar, namely his face, which turned out to be the result of plastic surgery. It further strengthens Arjuna's assumption, that Chintania who is now his wife is his Kinara.

"Yes,"so Mama Nia was short but successful in making Arjuna's heart beat faster.

"When you found it, what...did you find the accessories on her body?"asked Arjuna with a face that looked increasingly tense.

"Yes, ada. Waita minute!"mama Nia rushed out of the room.

With a very restless heart and a racing heart, Arjuna waited for Mama Nia to return. Not long after, Mama Nia went back into the room.

"Formerly, Mama had shown Chintania, an accessory that Chintania had worn when she was looking for Chintania," said Mama Nia showing a jewelry box to Arjuna,"But Chintania instead experienced a severe headache for two weeks because he tried to remember his past when he saw these accessories. Therefore, mama never showed it to Nia again. Look at the contents!"said Mama Nia then handed the jewelry box in her hand to Arjuna.

There was a sense of joy and happiness in his heart. Seeing the ring and the bracelet, Arjuna realized that he had married the same woman. The woman he loved so much and could never forget all this time.

Seeing Arjuna's reaction as he stared at the rope ring and bracelet, Nia's mother became curious, "Do you recognize this rope ring and bracelet?"mama asked Nia to look closely at Arjuna's face.

Arjuna took the rope bracelet, and said, "This rope bracelet I gave to the little girl who helped me when I was kidnapped. At that time, I was only thirteen years old. I promised the girl, I'd marry her if I ever saw her again, "Arjuna paused her words and then took the diamond-encrusted ring from inside the jewelry box, "And this ring... this is my wedding ring with the girl who saved me, "said Arjuna who involuntarily shed tears.

Arjuna really did not expect, that his grandfather had twice betrothed himself to the same person, and that person was the one he loved so much.

"Mak.. Chintania is now..." Mama Nia was unable to continue her words, her tongue suddenly felt faint. Why is there such a coincidence?

"If this bracelet and ring is worn by Chintania now, when you find her first, it means she's my wife. But...why doesn't he have a red mark on his shoulder?"asked Arjuna to look at Mama Nia.

"Red mark on the shoulder? He has that mark. But the sign is close to the burn he suffered. So, after the surgery, the mark was gone" explained Mama Nia.

"So right, she's my wife. Thanks, ma! Thank you for saving my wife and taking care of her like your own daughter" Arjuna said sincerely.

"Sorry! Mom turned her face into my daughter's. At that time his face could not be recognized and suffered amnesia. Mama was selfish for never telling him that she was not your biological daughter. But, mama did that because she didn't want anything bad to happen to her,"

"Mama once intended to say that she is not your biological daughter. But when she showed me the bracelet and ring, she fell ill trying to remember the two. Finally, she kept the bracelet and the ring. Mama undoes her intention to tell the truth and lets her remember her past slowly" said Mama Nia.

"It's okay, ma. I am happy to find that he is still alive. Thank you for everything you did for Kinara," Arjuna said with a sincere smile.

"So, her name is Kinara? If she knows who she is, will she consider me her mother?"asked Mama Nia with a sad face. In his heart, there was a fear of losing the woman who turned out to be named Kinara. The woman he had considered his own daughter.

"If one day Kinara remembers her past, I'm sure she'll still love you. Especially after Kinara disappeared for ten months, her birth mother died from an accident.Kinara already has no one else but us. And even though I know now about this truth, I will still think of my mother as my own mother" Arjuna said, making Nia's mother shed tears.

"Thank you! Mama has no one else but you. Mama will feel very happy if you still want to consider this old woman as your mother," said Mama Nia moved, "But, mama asked you not to tell this truth to Nia. If you tell me about this, I'm afraid Nia will force her brain to remember. Mom doesn't want anything bad to happen to her. Moreover, Nia was currently pregnant, "mama Nia's request.

"I understand, ma. I'll let her memories come back on their own" replied Arjuna, making Mama Nia feel relieved.

...🌟"If God wills, sooner or later, a truth will surely be revealed.🌟...

..."Nana October 17th"...

...🌸❤️🌸...

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To be continued