
"Hello Father.." Anggi said after deciding to receive an incoming call from his father, Hendra Wibrata.
"Where is it? I'm gonna see you".
The man without making small talk immediately said to his main goal. Anggi was silent for a moment.
"Then I'll come to Dad's house.." Anggi said while biting his lips. Honestly, he was not at ease to come to his Father's house because there was certainly He never felt warmly received.
"Don't go home. My wife and daughter are at home. If you're home, I'll come there"
Anggi's heart is very melos. Am I not her daughter until I am not allowed to meet Mama Linda and her half-sister? Anggi's mind wandered everywhere.
"Hello? Did you hear me?"
Anggi blinked and sighed softly.
"My door is always open. I'll wait for Dad to come".
Click!
The phone connection was cut off without any further words from the father. Anggi stared at the screen of his phone. He was just so happy when Reynald called, but at about the same time he was saddened again by the attitude of the Father.
Anggi then put his phone back on the nightstand and immediately cleaned himself. He was grateful at least his house had just been cleaned so that the Father would feel comfortable.
Two hours later
Geck.. Geck.. Geck..
There was a knock on the door of the terrace. Anggi immediately ran from the kitchen to open the door. He was sure that the one who came was the father.
Anggi put on a joyful face and a wide smile was engraved on her sweet face.
"Let's go in, Dad..." Invite Anggi while opening the door wide to let the father go inside.
Hendra circulated his gaze with a look of surprise and confusion into one while He saw the appearance of Anggi's house so different far when He came last time.
The man stepped into the kitchen and opened the back door, which contained an empty plot of land to dry. The land became a small garden planted with Japanese grass and rows of beautiful flower pots.
Hendra recalled that the last time the land behind it was just soil that if it rains it would be slippery to stand on. He walked back outside and saw so many contrasting differences. He observed all the materials used on the porch of the house and He understood very well that everything is the best material.
Hendra turned around and stepped back in.
"Please drink the tea first, Dad". Said Anggi while putting a cup of warm tea on the table.
"I also made Dad's favorite chocolate pudding. Wait a minute I'll take it".Anggi then stepped back into the kitchen.
"no need. I didn't come here for that. You sit down". Hendra said in a cold tone and looked at Anggi sharply.
Anggi then sat awkwardly next to Hendra. He looked down not daring to return the gaze of the father who seemed able to stab his pupils.
"Who renovated your house like this?". Ask Hendra.
"That's.... I. mmmm" Anggi was trying to compose word for word in his brain.
"Did you follow in your mother's footsteps? Become someone's mistress? Answer it!". Accuse Hendra.
Anggi shook his head repeatedly. "No.. I'm not like that..." Anggi Resist.
"Then how can you renovate every corner of this house if not become a mistress of rich men? I never gave you pocket money. You work only as waitress. Where'd you get money from, huh?".Hendra Cecar.
Anggi kept silent. He could not explain anything to his father. He remembered Reynald's words not to tell anyone about their relationship. After all, Anggi thought the father would not believe it if told.
"This is what I mean, why I exiled you from my wife and daughter. Because you can embarrass me!".
"I thought you were different from your mother, but you weren't. This house is indeed bought for you, I sent you to higher education, all of it as a form of my responsibility as a father".
"But I hope that after you finish college, we don't have to be in touch anymore. Live in your own way. I wouldn't care even if you followed in your mother's footsteps".
Hendra spoke at length. Every sentence that came out of the father's mouth completely crushed his heart to pieces. I don't know what he was wrong to make the father look so hate him.
Anggi rubbed the tears that just fell on the cheeks. He held his cry so strong. Anggi does not want if Hendra sees it fragile.
Anggi exhaled slowly trying to regain control of himself. He looked at Hendra and noticed a sweet smile.
"Dad doesn't have to worry. I never intended to follow in Mom's footsteps. I'll live well". Anggi.
"Oh yeah wait a minute...." Anggi stood up from the sofa to his bedroom.
Soon he came out with a gift in hand. He sat down next to Hendra and handed the parcel to his father.
Hendra of course frowned.
"It's a birthday present for dad. I remember that two more days are your birthday, so I bought that".
"Dad just calm down.. I bought it with halal money". Anggi smiled as he looked at Hendra.
"Please accept the gift from me.. I'm not asking anything from you. Just take this gift..."
Hendra then received the gift from the hands of Anggi. Before long the man immediately got up and immediately passed without saying a word to say goodbye.
Anggi could only stand glued to look at his father who left just like that.
Anggi stared at the cup of tea he had made for his father but was not touched at all. Anggi took the cup and stepped into the kitchen.
He was even more pensive when he saw a chocolate pudding with a beautiful shape on the kitchen table. Anggi deliberately made the pudding quickly specifically for the father. But apparently a spoonful never entered his father's mouth.
Anggi's self-defense that had been held was destroyed just like that. He crouched down while hugging himself tightly. Drown his head in the thigh and cry. At this moment when He was weeping and devastated by his father, for the first time He expected someone's embrace to calm him down. For the first time also his brain ran thinking of someone. For the first time, he had hope in someone. Anggi thought of Reynald. Yep. Just that guy.
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