Ninth Month
Gather together again
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“You just wait at home, no need to pick up at the airport. Just get everything ready at home. Later there will be Ema come to help,” said Rayan on Intan during their last video call.
Intan's face immediately changed, who did not want to welcome his lover and his children at the airport. “Let me talk to the kids,” pinta Intan, he will seduce the kids to let him pick them up. Soon the twins were sitting in front of him. Ruby looked enthusiastic while Rudy was busy looking the other way.
“Let Mama pick you up, huh?” intan pinta.
Ruby did not immediately answer and turned to look at her father. He did not know the exact reason his father forbade his mother to pick them up, but as a devoted child he had to obey what his father said. Not knowing what to say Ruby could only shake her head. While Rudy had run away before Intan asked for his son's opinion. Finally, Intan could only sigh.
Rayan saw the disappointed face of Intan but pretended not to see it, when in fact he himself was also disappointed, in his heart he really wanted to be picked up by Intan. He wants to satisfy all his desires as quickly as possible. But, all this for their good, their enemy this time was not a compassionate person, he was afraid that if the twins were exposed, it would be their weakness against Anton.
“I miss you, wait for me yes, dear,” said Rayan shyly.
“I too, make sure you arrive safely. Take care of the twins for me,” pinta Intan.
Rayan nodded and brought her lips closer to the camera, giving a kiss of affection to Intan.
Intan brought her cheek closer to receiving the kiss. How could he bear to wait if Rayan's treatment was as sweet as it was to him. Rayan said the journey is about 4 hours but the time needed can be more than that. He would be very tired of waiting for them, fortunately he was not so bored, because not only Ema who came, he also invited Mas Eka and Kak Tia along with his two nephews, Adam and Vienna. Fortunately, Adam and Vienna also quickly familiar with Samuel, the only son of Ema puppet.
Adam was 12 years old, he was already sitting on the bench of Junior High School, while the twins were 2 months older than Vienna, and 4 months older than Samuel. Vienna, and Samuel have 1st grade each, if the twins were here they would be in the same class, of course in a different school, he said, because Rayan wants the twins to go to school in the closest place to home.
Intan just kept putting on a worried face and looked at the courtyard. Ema who saw him of course felt sorry, he tried to calm Intan, “they will be fine,”
“I want them to come as soon as possible, I'm really impatient. I miss him too much,” said Intan. The atmosphere was already quiet as the children had moved to the pond in the side yard, Mas Eka and Edi went there leaving Intan and the mothers who calmed him down.
Brother Tia holds his hand up, “what is the meaning of waiting a few hours, you have waited a few years, here let me tidy up your appearance,” suggested Kak Tia.
Ema agrees, because she is too worried that Intan will ignore her appearance. Actually Ema also knows, her brother will ignore her appearance as well, but of course this meeting is the first meeting after so many years, so let this beautiful memory be imprinted for things that are indeed beautiful.
They then moved upstairs and made Intan more beautiful. Brother Tia is ready with her makeup equipment, she is ready to polish her sister-in-law to be as beautiful as an angel without causing excessive menor impression. Intan even just found out that Kak Tia is good at decorating. While Ema helped him choose a sweet shirt to wear Intan.
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The day was near noon when the sound of cars sounded from the yard, they rushed out. The children who had finished swimming came running out, especially Vienna and Adam, they were very enthusiastic to meet their cousins for the first time.
Intan was also no less enthusiastic, he stood in front of the door welcoming them, his beautiful face wrapped in thin makeup that made his fresh appearance, his short hair decorated by white flower-shaped hairpins. Ema has chosen a white knee-length short dress, which fortunately is her favorite. If coupled with a bunch of bouquets of flowers, he must look like a bride-to-be waiting for his bride.
Intan sees someone coming out of the car, his face looks like Jonathan, could it be Johan that Rayan often talks about. Johan exited the steering wheel and the next second Rayan exited the other door. He was glued to the spot when he saw Rayan. The man he had seen in the past few days on video calls was now standing not far from him with a warm smile on his face. Rayan looks handsome as usual, the man still retains a thin mustache and sideburn but this time plus a neat haircut, his skin looks browner than seen in the video, looks very exotic. Moreover, plus Rayan's gaze filled with love and longing was staring at him. He could not help but run towards Rayan and hug the man. But one thing that prevents Intan from doing it is because there is someone who first did it.
“Hey, you miss me, don't you miss the twins too,” exclaimed Rayan while lowering Samuel.
Rayan immediately stepped aside to the side, giving her two children a way to meet a family she rarely saw, even one she had never seen, like Mas Eka and her family.
When he saw his baby coming out from behind Rayan, Intan could not help but run to embrace them, his longing was broken by this meeting, he cried loudly while hugging them.
“This dear Mama, this is Mama,” crying Intan while hugging them both. Ruby hugged Mama with longing and affection while Rudy who was more shy just silently received hugs and kisses from Mama.
Intan looked at her two children, they look very similar to each other unlike in the video call that looks there is a difference between the two, Ruby is very beautiful with hair in a tie and funny bangs. Intan kissed her repeatedly, “Mama misses you, baby, Mama loves you,” muttered Intan in between her sobs.
“We love you, Mom” said to the twins while kissing the cheek of Mama, Ruby on the right cheek and Rudy on the left. Intan felt as if she was in heaven surrounded by her little angel.
The reticent Rudy only looked at his mother meaningfully, his dimples clearly visible as Rudy smiled at the family standing around him, he was already told that there would be a cousin of his adoptive sister, Mama, and he saw it now, a tall and handsome boy, with a sharp eye and looking very cool at his age, he immediately admired it. Also girls their age, with height is not much different from Ruby only they really look different, both face, and hair, she said, maybe because they're not really cousins in the real sense. Rudy greeted them one by one, his grandmother said that in Indonesia it was natural for them to get acquainted with each other. Turn with Samuel, Rudy immediately hugged him, finally they can often play without having to wait for a vacation. With a quick pace he took Adam and Samuel to play.
“This is my mother, Maria,” said Rayan while introducing someone again.
Intan momentarily forgot about the existence of Ibu Rayan because of the meeting with her sons and daughters. But when he saw Ibu Rayan, Intan was astonished by what he saw. Intan had seen this woman, wasn't this the mother who had attacked her long ago in a mental hospital? . He had tried to meet this mother last time but could not meet, it was indeed a fate if the mother he had met was Rayan's mother. But Intan chose to ignore the fact that he had met Miss Maria and chose to ask Rayan later.
After Ema took Miss Maria away, Ruby who familiarized herself with Vienna, Johan who talked with Eka, Sister Tia who followed the girls to play, stayed two lovebirds who were drunk miss this.
“Intan, I miss you,” said Rayan without further ado directly hugging Intan.
“I also miss you, Mas Rayan, do not go again,” Intan said while hugging tightly Rayan as if afraid of losing. Her tears soaked her white cheeks, if to be honest, she missed Rayan more than the twins, how not, since they were married there was never a love without tears that accompanied their story, now let their story be a happy ending. Lord, let this love story end happily, her prayer in heart.
Rayan wiped the tears that soaked Intan's cheeks, “don't cry, my dear,” he was very sick to see those tears, all these bad stories started from him, all because of it, Intan suffered from it, because of it, the children have to be separated because of it, he deserves to be punished for this mistake. But of course we already know that Rayan has got karma from his actions.
Love filled the recesses of Rayan's heart, she looked at Intan with a longing gaze and she sincerely landed a kiss full of love, far from the bottom of her heart only love was left for this woman.
Intan receives Rayan's kiss with her eyes closed, trying to permeate and record this memory. Especially when Rayan knelt at her feet while removing the ring with a heart-red box, her heart seemed to grow large and her stomach was filled with butterflies, she said, today she is truly the happiest woman on earth.
“Intan, marry me. Make me the only place you lean,” Rayan proposed to Intan once again.
Intan could not answer it, he could only nod, how could they marry again even though their wedding ring was still faithful embedded in his ring finger, but of course Intan did not care, but of course Intan did not care, for him the most important thing right now was that there would be no one to separate them, Intan hugged this man even tighter in response to his earnestness.
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