My Son's Dad

THIRTY-FOUR

“Tomorrow Mama and Papa Markus home! Yeay!” Cherryl is delighted to hear that Adara and Markus are returning home tomorrow from their honeymoon in Japan.

Cherryl recalled earlier when he ushered in the departure of his parents at the airport he was crying. Even just a day in residence Cherryl already wanted to video call his parents was the same as the night where his parents' marriage was completed.

But Cherryl was prevented by his grandmother, his grandmother said if he wanted to have a sister then better he did not bother his parents first. They'll definitely be home, all Cherryl has to do is wait.

Cherryl obeyed his grandmother's words and did not bother his parents but instead Adara and Markus who video call Cherryl every day, they said they miss and are not used to being far from Cherryl.

And tomorrow they'll be home!

Cherryl can't wait to ask for his gift, which is your new sister!!

Cherryl steps cheerfully towards the dining table, she is going to dinner with her family. But Cherryl's eyebrows furrowed when she did not find Aaron at the dinner table. There was only his grandparents.

“Papa Aaron where?” ask Cherryl while sitting on the dining table chair.

“Papa Aaron goes because there is business for a while, later also go home. Tonight eating her without Papa Aaron is okay, baby?”

Cherryl shook his head, he grabbed the plate in front of him. Eating the food after praying with his grandparents.

***

Call it Aaron stupid for not being able to control his feelings.

But that's the truth, Aaron's feelings for Adara are still thick. It's not easy to just forget, let alone see how Adara and Markus videotaped calls with Cherryl during their honeymoon. They look happy.

But that's not what makes Aaron desperate, and feeling angry. The thing that made him upset was everyone's attitude towards him.

Everyone looked at him with a guilty look and as if they wanted to keep his feelings, even Adara and Markus would fall into a awkward silence if Aaron suddenly appeared on the screen while they were on a video call with Cherryl.

Aaron does not want to be a burden to them, Aaron does not want to be a barrier to their happiness. That's what bothered Aaron until he decided to come here.

But he instead meets a strange woman, a woman who is supposed to serve him but does not want Aaron to touch.

Aaron is confused himself, should women in a place like this shrewd seduce men right. Not scared when touched?

“Actually you are why?” ask Aaron to the woman, “You are virgin?”

Aaron saw the woman nodding her head. Aaron breathed a rough sigh.

“Then get out, call a la—” woman

“I can't.” The woman shook her head, “If I go out then I won't get money, I need money.”

“Ahh. money.” Aaron watched the woman carefully, “You look like a good woman, what makes you so need money to work here when you are afraid to be touched.”

The woman was silent for a moment, before finally her shoulders began to tremble along with her cries.

“I have no other choice, I need money.I need money for my sister's medical expenses. My sister is very ill which requires her regular dialysis, not to mention she has to undergo surgery at a cost that is far from a word. I have no other choice.”

Aaron listened to the woman's explanation, Aaron regretted asking. He felt sorry for the woman.

But suddenly a crazy idea flashed in Aaron's head. “Who is your name?”

“C-claudia.”

“You need money, right? I'll give you money, you just have to pretend to be my lover. I'll pay you as much as you want, you just have to pretend to be my lover in front of my family.”

Perhaps this was the way, the way that the Leonard family would no longer look at him with a look of pity or guilt, and also so that Mark and Adara could express their feelings more freely.

Maybe this is the best way for all of them. And Aaron can help Claudia with her needs, Claudia does not need to sell herself for money.