NAYNA OCEAN

CHAPTER 43 Fireflies

“But I wonder Uncle, how can a woman behave in such a heinous manner? Sorry, but to me this doesn't make sense,” said Sam.

“After Diska's death, Mr. Adam begins to look into his past life, all this time he only finds out that Diska is a former night woman, but in reality, he has a psychiatric illness. He once injured his schoolmate to the point of almost death but he was not in criminal law but was taken to the Mental Hospital, he was treated for a year.”

“What about his family tree?” ask Sam again.

“Information we got, he grew up in foster care, his parents are not known. According to the caretaker, Diska is a quiet and easy-to-smile child but she rarely gets together with her friends. After graduating High School she left the parlor and chose to live alone.”

“Did as long as you knew him, never seen his real personality?” ask Sam again, like a reporter with a curious syndrome.

Aunt Ana who answered Sam's question, “Never seen any oddity, she's just sometimes aloof in the back garden, I've caught her once, she just said she wanted to see a firefly. I just laughed in response, I thought he was joking, where there are fireflies here.”

Anton looks at Nima and Nay. “I hope Miss Nayna and Miss Nima can understand what Lady Sinta is doing, she has suffered enough. And the Great Lord purposely covered this from you solely so that you do not bear the burden.”

Anton looked at Nay who was still in Sam's arms, “Nona Nay, Mr. Adam does not want you to have hatred for your mother, however she is your mother, the one who gave birth to you. He wants in your memory, you have a harmonious family. Mr. Adam is eager to hold you, but every time he sees you, he will see the figure of Diska in you, the one who ruined the lives of his two children. Therefore, he avoids you. The great master would rather be hated by you than you know the truth, which would disappoint you.

Once the Great Lord doubted whether you were really Mr. Bima's son, Grandpa Adam, to do a DNA test on you to make sure, although he was very sure that you were indeed the son of Mr. Bima, indeed, your eyes are very similar to her, the rest of you are very similar to your mother.

Adam educated and raised his two children on his own after the death of his wife. He chose to be a single parent rather than remarry, he loved his late wife very much. Although without a wife who accompanied him, he managed to educate his two children well, Mr. Bima and Mrs Sinta grew up happily, they never saw anyone else of his status, but their kindness is used by others.”

“Mr Adam has also suffered enough, he can not hug you Miss Nay, because it always reminds me of Miss Diska, and for Miss Nima, please love Madam Sinta, she already considers you as her biological child. Grandpa Adam is the same, he loves you too, but he can't hold you, because he can't hug Miss Nay,” either.

Nay's mixed feelings, shame, hate all so one, which they do not know is not only physical similar to his mother, but there is a part of his mother's soul on him. He now understood why he could act to the extreme, he understood why while burning all of Nima's paintings, he had neither guilt nor remorse. Does she have the same disease as her mother?

Nay detaches himself from Sam's arms, stands up from his seat with puffy eyes, turns to Anton and Ana, “Thank you for the information, Uncle Anton, Aunt Ana!” he started walking out of the room.

“Where are you going?” ask Sam.

“I want to meet grandpa.”

“I accompany.”

Nay and Sam head for the ICU room, only one person can enter, Grandpa Adam has regained consciousness, seeing Nay coming in.

“Nay!” call Grandpa Adam.

“Grandpa! I already know everything, Uncle Anton and Aunt Ana have told everything, about our exit—ga ..” Nay can not continue the story so his sobs make it difficult to talk.

Adam's grandfather sees Nay sobbing in front of him, which he never sees from Diska. Diska never cries.

“I'm sorry, Nay! All this time I educated you very strictly, I do not want you to be a weak person, do not want to be used by others.”

“Why not tell me, Cake?”

“When he fell into a coma, he regained consciousness, that time I came to see him, he looked at me with a face that was difficult to interpret, and said, ‘I will always be there, he said, because I'm in Nayna!’ those were the last words he said. I deliberately educated you strictly, I don't want you to have the wild soul of your mother, I want you to be an ethical woman. But I can't educate you in the same way that I educate Bima and Sinta, they're too weak, they're too easy to get along with others.

I'm sorry, Grandpa Nay, I was the one who made my grandchildren fight. When you burn all Nima's paintings, where grandfather began to worry, Nima came to Grandpa and complained all of them but grandfather could not do anything until he finally slandered you with an abortion case. At that time, I knew that Nima did that to you, but I purposely covered it up, not that I justify what he did but I fear for your reaction if I know Nima slandered you.” Grandpa Adam couldn't bear to shed his tears. She worries that her mother's illness is declining on Nay.

“Should Grandpa be honest with us, we face this together, don't take Grandpa alone!” nay said still with tears dripping down.

They cried together, it turned out that after all was revealed there was a relief in Grandpa Adam's heart. Sam saw it all through the glass slit that was in the door, although they were teary-eyed but very warm to see.

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Epilogues

Diska came out of her room while her husband and all the family members were asleep, she just wore her white nightgown, headed towards the back garden and stood a bit away facing the sapodilla tree that was not too tall. Aunt Ana who woke up thirsty saw him and followed him.

“Nona Diska, what are you doing?” ask Ana.

“Sed waiting for fireflies.” Staring at one immature sapodilla.

“He .. he.. . , Miss there-anya, where there are fireflies here,” said Ana with a little laugh.

“Not yet, but soon they come, you want to wait with me?” ask Diska with a smile on her face.

“Nona, can make jokes! Night wind is not good for health, do not take too long outside Non.” Diska just gave Ana a smile.

After Ana's departure, Diska began to step step step by step closer to the sapodilla tree. “Finally you came.” Only Diska can see it.

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