Not Just a Status

63. Not Recognize

Mandala and Kahyang had just finished breakfast when Mandala's phone rang. Mandala immediately received the call after finding out who was contacting her.

"Hello, Om!"greet Mandala after picking up the phone.

"Why still call me Om? Call me papa, like Kahyang called me, "the protest caller who turned out to be Prasetyo.

"Ah, yes. Sorry, I'm not used to it yet" said Mandala, scratching her non-itchy nape.

"You gotta get used to it, man. Oh, yes, papa asked. Where are you guys now?"ask Prasetyo.

"We're in my apartment, pa," Mandala answered honestly.

"D your apartment? Why don't you live in the house you gave me? Don't you like it? If you do not like the house you gave you, you can choose the house you like. Or maybe you can renovate the house that papa gave according to your taste. Papa wants you to stay in a comfortable place and to your taste. Just tell me what you want, papa will definitely give you!"prasetyo sounds serious.

"It's not so, pa. We love the house you gave us. Only, the distance of the apartment we live in is closer to Kahyang University. So we want to stay in this apartment until Kahyang graduates from college" Mandala explained.

Actually, it is not only the reason Mandala chose to live in her apartment that has been almost a year with Kahyang. Another reason is, Mandala felt not ready to explain about her relationship with Kahyang so far. Somehow the Kahyang family would react if they found out that Mandala was the one who had raped their daughter about a year ago.

"Oh.. That's it, huh? Yes already, it's okay. If you decide like that. Papa can understand. But if you don't like the house you gave me, just say it, don't hesitate! Well, then, papa hang up on me, okay? Papa doesn't want to disturb the newlyweds" Prasetyo chuckled, then hung up. The mandala can only breathe a long breath.

"Papa Pras called?"tanya Kahyang looked at Mandala.

"hum. Which is! What papa Anggoro and papa Prasetyo would be mad at me if I said.. "Mandala paused her words to sigh,"That I was the one who had impregnated you?"tanya Mandala with a huffed face.

There is fear in Mandala's heart if the Kahyang family is angry with him because of the incident that happened almost a year ago. Mandala was afraid, if the Kahyang family forced her to separate from Kahyang.

"Then, are we going to hide Rayno forever from them?"instead of answering Mandala's question, Kahyang instead asked Mandala.

Mandala clasped Kahyang's hand and stared fixedly at the face of the woman she loved, "Which, you know, right? I love you so much and Rayno too. You two are more valuable than anything. We have just become a full-fledged couple, not just a status. And this makes me feel like the happiest person in the world. I can't afford to be separated from you, Yang" Mandala said at length. Staring at the bead of the eyes of the woman he loved, the woman who is now completely his.

Kahyang bowed, sighing deeply. Honestly, Kahyang also felt afraid if his family was angry when they found out that Mandala had been impregnating him at that time. Especially considering the harsh nature of his papa. When Kahyang was pregnant with Rayno, Anggoro forced him to abort his womb. Though the baby in the womb Kahyang is the grandson of Anggoro himself. Then how does Anggoro react if you know, Mandala is the one who has impregnated him? Kahyang was also afraid that his papa was furious and separated them.

"What if we talk about this with my parents first? It seems they don't recognize you anymore. They don't know if you're the Kahyang I married nine months ago" Mandala said after they fell silent for a while.

On her wedding day yesterday, Mandala can see if her parents don't recognize Kahyang anymore. Because if they recognize Kahyang, they will definitely feel awkward or misbehavior when meeting with Kahyang. But yesterday any reaction from both his parents. Only happiness is visible on their faces.

"Well," said Kahyang who finally agreed to the Mandala proposal. Kahyang also had no other way to solve their problem.

Later that night, Mandala takes Kahyang and Rayno home to her parents. After their car stopped in front of the house, Mandala opened the car door for Kahyang who was holding Rayno.

"Let me carry Rayno," Mandala said, taking Rayno from Kahyang's lap.

"Man!"call Kahyang. The woman hesitated to get out of the car.

"Sister!"call Andini with a big smile when she sees Mandala entering the house. But the focus was diverted when he saw Mandala holding a baby, "Sister, whose child is it?"ask Andini approaching Mandala,"Oh.This kid is so funny! How handsome!"andini said while poking Rayno's cheeks are still awake.

"Man!"call Prameswari looks surprised to see Mandala holding a baby, coming with Kahyang. There was a confused look on the middle-aged woman's face.

"Ma, look at this! Brother brought a cute and handsome baby. Gemsin really, ma," said Andini who looks excited because he feels happy.

"What's this?"tanya Agung suddenly appeared. Agung's face turned grim when he saw Mandala holding a baby, "Papa wants to talk to you" said Agung in a heavy voice.

"We also want to talk to mama and papa," said Mandala to make them all silent for a moment. Andini seemed confused by the atmosphere that turned gripping.

"Din, you help auntie prepare dinner first, yeah! Mama and papa want to talk to your brother and sister-in-law," Prameswari said breaking the atmosphere that suddenly felt gripping.

"Yes, ma,"sahut Andini did as her mother had instructed. Even in his head there are a lot of questions. Who is the baby in the baby's brother? Why did the facial expressions of his parents change when he saw his brother's presence with his sister-in-law? Why did they not want him to hear their talk? All those questions were so heartbreaking to Andini. But Andini must be patient to ask all that to his mother later when the atmosphere is conducive to ask.

"What do you want to talk about?"tanya Agung with a difficult expression to interpret.

"Does mom and dad still recognize her?"tanya Mandala turned to look at Kahyang sitting beside her, then embraced Kahyang.

"of course. She's your wife you married two days ago. Papa is not senile to forget his own son-in-law, "sahut Agung smiled faintly at Kahyang.

"Why are you asking like that?"prameswari asked, apparently not understanding the direction of his son's conversation.

"Papa and Mama really forgot about Kahyang?"mandala asked, looking at her parents in turn.

Agung and Prameswari were stunned to hear Mandala's question. When Prasetyo mentioned his daughter's name yesterday, Agung and Prameswari did indeed become reminded of their daughter-in-law whom they did not admit, they never even met. But aren't many names the same but different people in this world? That's what Agung and Prameswari thought at the time of Mandala's wedding.

Mandala let out a heavy sigh looking at her two parents who were still stunned, "Let me remind you. This is Kahyang. Puspa Kahyang's. The woman I legally married nine months ago. A woman who is not a father accepted as a daughter-in-law in this house. The woman who conceived and gave birth to my son. The woman who two days ago I married again, because of the matchmaking of papa and Om Pras"ujar Mandala made Agung and Prameswari round his eyes.

...🌟"Not always honest is good, and not always lying is bad. Therefore, we must know, when to tell the truth, and when to lie."🌟...

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

...🌸❤️🌸...

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To be continued