
Mr. Ferrry was silent about what Amira had asked him just now because he never thought that his daughter would ask him about it. It seems he has missteps by praising how Bu Diah survived being his wife because it actually made him stuck to a very difficult question.
"Why can't I answer what I'm asking? Is the question I just revealed too difficult that you can't answer at all?" asked Amira who was still very reluctant to call Mr. Ferry as Father even though the man repeatedly called himself a father.
"I invite you to speak to explain what has happened in the past even though I realize that it will not mean anything and I also realize if maybe what you will say later just considered as the wind then by you!"
"If you already know it will be considered like that, then why else invite to talk and explain what has happened in the past? Can this change the current situation?"
"Dad only asked you for one chance to explain everything and after that I promised that I would be the father who had never been in your life!"
Amira was silent about what Mr. Ferry said because even he never thought about how the father figure he wanted and he also never thought about how the attitude and also the nature of a father in the family. Maybe when she was a child, Amira often missed the figure of Dad just because he saw happiness and also laughter in his friends, he said, but as time went on he did not even want that and he could not imagine the father figure he wanted. All the bad experiences that happened in his life made Amira grow into a girl who came from if she did not need a father figure at all so that at this time when the figure appeared in his life it was him did not want it first after knowing the story that happened between his father and his mother first.
Mr. Ferry can only understand the attitude of Amir at this time because after all he cannot blame Amira or Bu Diah because what is happening now is his own fault not the fault of his ex-wife or his daughter. If only he had not done a very big fool, he would not have lost the precious time to see the growth and development of his daughter. But the rice had become porridge and he could not return the porridge to become rice.
"I never knew nor did I ever want a father like you said to me, because all this time I used to live alone with my mother and for me she was the best mother and father I have ever had and I never wanted any other person who is present in my life!" amira said without looking at Mr. Ferry at all and she really did not care what the middle-aged man felt.
There was such a deep pain in Mr. Ferry's heart when he heard what Amira had said to him just now. He has really lost a lot of things and at the moment he is really sorry about that. But Mr. Ferry realized that regret this time is of no use at all because everything has happened and he obviously will not be able to change anything at this time.
After traveling for an hour, the two finally arrived at a villa on the outskirts of the city. Mr. Ferry deliberately invited Amira to the place because he felt that the place was a safe place from the sight of others and they could speak with peace without worrying that something was bothering them. The villa is one of the assets owned by Mr. Ferry without the knowledge of his wife and the villa is a place full of memories between him and Bu Diah.
"This is a place full of memories between me and your mother!" mr. Ferry told his daughter about it.
Amira, who heard this, just smiled cynically and continued walking towards the terrace and then stopped there to see the view from where she was standing. The expanse of tea gardens and mountains makes the atmosphere cooler and very dear if you just miss it.
"Your place is your mother's favorite place and she usually enjoys a cup of tea there" said Mr. Ferry who still remembers well what became the habit of his ex-wife.
"What is the point of all these memories being preserved so well that in the end the relationship that is fostered can not be fostered properly?" ask Amira who according to him, what is done by his father is something that is very futile because in fact the most important thing is to maintain the relationship rather than keep something that has high historical value in a relationship.
Mr. Ferry fell silent again with what Amira had told him. It seemed like she had to be really careful to her daughter because every time she said something, Amira always managed to give her a question she had never imagined before. Mr. Ferry really realized that he did not know anything about his daughter and he regretted it.
"Ten years your father and mother were married, but we have not been given children even though we have done various ways to get offspring, it's just that we haven't done the tube baby program because we still want it normally," said Mr. Ferry who finally started the story that he had always considered as a justification for what he did.
Amira refrains from saying anything and allows her father to tell her what he never knew. It was not because Amira felt that it would change her outlook, it was just that he wanted to give the man that one to give a defense before he did something that the man beside him had never imagined at all.
Mr. Ferry momentarily looked at Amira and waited for her daughter to respond to what she had to say. However, after a while passed it turned out that Amira did not also give a response to what he said so as to make Mr. Ferry sure that Amira really wanted to give him a chance to defend himself for what he had done erst.
"At that time, I knew Indi, your stepmother. She's a widow with two kids and the youngest is Alex's wife, I'm pretty sure you've met her when she came to Alex's office."
"I'm sorry Dad might be wrong for pampering her so much that it made her grow up to be an arrogant woman."
Amira felt a deep sense of heartache when she heard what her father had said. How not to be hurt if someone else's child can be so spoiled, too, while his own biological children seem to be thrown away and do not even try to be sought if at this time they do not meet and he does not know about the story that has happened in the past both of his parents.
"I'm sorry, if that hurt you because I really didn't know about your presence and I just wanted a child, that's all!" said Mr. Ferry who just realized that what he said could hurt Amira's feelings.
"I? Injured? Why should I get hurt with that? I never knew that you existed, so why would you get hurt just because of a little thing like that? It doesn't matter at all!"
"Sorry, I guess ...."
"You think you mean so much in my life? I'm so sorry that I never thought of you as someone meaningful in my life because to me, you've been dead since I was in Mother's womb."
"Dad won't blame you for that, because you're not at all guilty considering you only know from your mother that I'm dead, it should be ...."
"If you want to blame Mom for what she said, it would be much better if you realize in advance the mistakes you have made so that Mom can do it! Which woman would not be hurt if the husband she loved and always accompanied in her joys and sorrows had betrayed her love?"
"Dad only wanted offspring and father married Indi because he thought if Indi could give father offspring, but in fact did not. In addition, I have also offered to your mother to live together alone without having to separate, but it turns out that your mother did not want to do this and chose to separate and even without telling her about her pregnancy to father. Maybe if your mom says it then I won't let her go!"
Amira laughed so loudly when she heard what Mr. Ferry said just now. According to him, what his father said was something very funny and it was natural that he laughed like this.
"What sane woman would still want to hang on with someone who has hurt her so badly? Which woman in her right mind would accept polygamy and let her heart hurt so deeply because of it? If I were to become a Mother, I wouldn't tell a traitor like you about my pregnancy either!"
"You don't understand Dad right now, Ra!"
"can't understand? Yeah, I wasn't born at the time, so I don't understand the circumstances at all. However, I am now an adult and I am 17 years old, so I am very familiar with the situation and very understanding! Cheating just because you don't have children? Hah, that is a far-fetched excuse said by the man who in fact he himself is a criminal kellamin, but disguised with the desire to get offspring!"
"Dad never intended ...."
"No intention of cheating or no intention to become a criminal kellamin? Whether you intend or not, in fact you have made these mistakes and to make mistakes there is no need for intention because all it takes is an opportunity and you get the opportunity!"
"Ra, I only want offspring, is that wrong?"
"His desire is not wrong, but his ways are wrong and will never be forgiven until anytime!"