Reaching the Miss (Daddy)

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Nara stared wistfully at the figure sitting languidly on the balcony floor of the room that led to the street. His back rested on a thick glass wall, while his legs were stretched out with both hands clinging to each other on the lap. Carefully Nara sat down beside him.

"Mas" call her slow so as not to surprise her.

The man nodded in silence. The focus is still directed to the crowd and the passing of vehicles that pass the front road of Ramdan's house. Since leaving her parents' house, Tama has started to talk a little.

Even at dinner time, he did not join Ramdan, Dafa, Nara and Amara. The rice that Nara brought to her room was only eaten a little.

According to Nara, Tama is a strong man. But he also has weaknesses. In addition to Nara, his current weakness is also in Amara.

All the bad memories of her separation long ago, and how bitterly living the days without Nara again led her to sink into her grief.

Rania has dark eyes to do everything possible for Tama to part with a poor woman like Nara.

Nara thinks it may be because of a mother's affection that is so great, that Rania is willing to do whatever she thinks is good for Tama. But in fact, the best choice according to Rania is a mistake. With cruelty he just made the life of the son shattered into pieces. Though true affection, he should never have hurt his son like this.

"Rest yuk" Invite Nara while rubbing her arms. "Ara's been sleeping since then, won't come?"

There was no answer from Tama. Nara took the initiative to hug him from the side. Simultaneously, Tama took a deep breath as she closed her eyes.

"Mas who always wanted me to ignore the mother's indifference, and the mother's hateful gaze, right?"

"But all your actions hurt me" he said in a heavy voice. Nara looked at her grim facial expression. There is no ignorant flirting let alone the soft smile that he often shows to the wife. "So stupidly I was immediately controlled by anger because of jealous fire when I saw the engineered video"

"Everyone has their way"

"But if I'm not affected by your slander, maybe the road isn't like this"

"But this is our destiny. God is all-good, our separation is His decision, and His decision is the best for His people" Nara tried to comfort Tama, at least hoping to help reduce the guilt that was pressing on her. "With us parting ways, mother learned a very valuable lesson. His poverty, his life in prison, and his paralysis. That is God's reprimand for mother so that mother can change herself for the better"

"But mother hasn't changed Na, should she be honest when we decide to remarry. You should know that the secret is already creating distance between us" Tama said with a blank look. "You remember just after we got remarried yesterday? our time to talk is no longer much, What is disturbing our hearts we can not express, you only serve my needs without daring to ask, I just remain silent without daring to say what disturbs my mind. I know you were so offended when I broke my intention to give you an inner living, maybe you were annoyed at how quiet I was when we met. And such conditions last for a week"

"I'm also wrong why not look for you first, I'm wrong to believe all the words of my mother who says you go with another man, you're pregnant with another man, you're pregnant with another man, you will have to replace a couple who in fact turned out to be Emir, Aksa and Setya. All of that is the influence of the mother who made me become like a fool and even hate you" Tama continued without pause.

"Ssttt" Cut Nara with her chin resting on one of Tama's shoulders. "Don't blame yourself. Now is the time to forgive yourself, forgive your mother, and forget the past, all mas do not only for mas, but also for Amara, We must also continue to live without the shadows of the past, so Amara quickly has a grandpa"

There was a sense of worry when Nara said that, fearing if her words were wrong. But his guess was wrong because Tama suddenly turned to him, his head slightly moving until the tip of their nose almost touched.

"I'm sorry" he said, leaning his head on his shoulder and wrapping his hands around Nara's stomach.

"Give your mother a chance to show her affection for me, in addition, you also need to lead your mother to be a better person" said Nara after a moment of silence.

"We're one family, and our fellow families can't stay away even if we try to leave. For example, I tried to leave the Nalendra family, but now I'm going back to the Nalendra family"

"That's what you're doing because of Amara" Tama said, keeping Nara's head off her shoulder and taking off the hand that had been wrapped around Nara's belly. "If Amara wasn't sick, would you look for me?"

"Sure" said Nara while inserting his head in the niche of Tama's neck. "If Amara gets married, doesn't she need a guardian?" Now it was Nara's turn to put her hand on her stomach.

"But it will definitely wait for Ara to be twenty years old or even more, won't it?"

"Tau ah" Nara answered tightening her embrace. And that makes Tama's smile rise slowly. "I don't want to talk about the past, don't want to hear you blame yourself, I also don't want to remember your bad deeds to me. Let's forget our past, understand!"

"Come on trying"

"It must be tried and must be able to" Nara's chimpanzee this time with an affirming tone.

"Don't stay in the mas"

"I think quite the opposite" said Nara voicing what was inside her head. "Mas don't leave me and Amara"

"Obbed it"

Tama nodded her head.

"What happened to us first, will not then change with guilt. Turning back time alone we can't, let alone hope to change the past"

"Thank you" said Tama this time his heart is much reduced, his smile was already stretched on his lips.

"Thank you for what?"

"I've forgiven you and me"

Hearing Tama's words, Nara unravels her embrace.

"Whether how much and how deep the wounds have been inflicted on your heart, you sincerely forgive us"

Somehow, know Nara is already in the lap of Tama with a tilted sitting position. Nara's hands landed on both of Tama's shoulders, while her gaze was slightly downcast due to the difference in Nara's higher eye level.

"Mas your love"

"I know, I've said it a lot"

Tama's gaze now looked more alive.

"Boss?" tanya Tama looked up to return Nara's gaze.

Nara shook her head after hearing her question. "But can not, talking about the sugar so that it is even sweeter?"

"Can't do it"

"Ish mas" Sulkan Nara while throbbing, making Tama's smile more clearly visible.

"Why?" tama asked as Nara buried her head in the recess of her neck.

"Smiling sweet, I like to see it"

There was no reply from Tama, but both of her hands tightened a hug in Nara's stomach.

"We should be happy, looking to the future and not looking back"

"Hmm" Tama kissed Nara's shoulder.

"When do we go home, Dad?"

"Give me time, I want to stay with papa in the meantime"

"All right"

They stared at each other before kissing.

"Sleep yuk!" Take Nara after taking off her kiss.

"Come"

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