Substitute Mother

Chapter 52's. Betrayer

“Nah is done, let's burn corn\~”

Jeanno stopped to look at Judith. “You came out with such clothes?”

Judith followed Jeanno's view. “What's wrong?”

“Replace, or at least wear a jacket. Outside cooler”

“Oh, okay. Aera has a jacket? If not I get you a”

Jeanno nodded. “Already, my jacket and Aera Jacket are in the front seat”

“Then I go up first to pick up the jacket. You guys go first”

Jeanno nodded, again. Then carry Aera towards the front yard. While Judith, a little grumbled as to why she was placed in the top floor room. Making her new satiety to eat to be hungry again because she had to climb many stairs. When he arrived, he only realized how vast this room was. Like the main room. But wait, if he occupies the main room, then where will Jeanno sleep later?

Ah, yes, the question of who carried her was still unanswered. But let Judith not know who did it. Sometimes it is better not to know than later will bring other impacts that he does not want.

**

Tyona repeatedly checked her phone, just to see if there was a reply message from Jeffrey or not. Her husband said he would be home together around four in the afternoon. After she finished her vigil and told her husband that Tyona was ready to go home, Jeffrey still did not return her message or call. Actually, he could have gone to psychiatric poly, but his legs were sore. I can't wait to get to the apartment to straighten my legs.

“Where are you Jeff.”

The clock is at half-eight. It's been half an hour Tyona's waiting on the bench near IGD where they used to make arrangements to meet if Jeffrey didn't have time to pick her up at the poly kids. While waiting, Tyona returned the greeting of the medical personnel who passed by.

“Anna? What are you doing here?”

The woman lifted her face from the phone she was staring at earlier. “Oh, hi Darren. I'm waiting for Jeff. Is he still busy?”

One eyebrow the man raised. “Jeffrey? He's been home since an hour ago, Anna. I thought I'd come home with you”

“Really? he took me home this afternoon at 4. But since then I have not been contacted in reply”

The bespectacled man took his place beside Tyona. “Did he forget his promise? Very nasty, let his wife wait like this”

Tyona smiled faintly. “Maybe she was exhausted to the point of forgetting that we were going home together. It's okay, Darren. I go home first ya”

“What are you going home?”

“Entah, maybe an online taxi. There are many options, I just choose” Tyona answer it still with a smile. But Darren could see the disappointment of his bamboo eyes.

“Come home with me”

“Eh, no need. Your house is opposite to my apartment”

“I force. You haven't had dinner yet, have you? We all seek food. Let me buy it. We haven't talked in a long time like we used to. Want, right?”

Tyona was silent for a moment before nodding. There is nothing wrong, after all, he had not talked casually with Darren who was his colleague. “Good. But I'm a permit to Jeffrey first”

“No problem. If he wanted to catch up even by chance, it became more and more crowded. Ayok”

Tyona got up following Darren's footsteps towards her car.

**

Divorcing Tyona, is impossible. The woman had been with him for a long time. He loved her, with her they became a couple who were flattered by one hospital for their compatibility with each other. But with Renatta, Jeffrey is able to be himself without being required to be perfect. Renatta could make him open up to be the figure of Jeffrey that he missed, the figure of Jeffrey that existed before entering the medical school. The figure of Jeffrey who he had long lived deep in his personal figure as a psychiatric specialist.

He loves Tyona, but he also loves Renatta. He doesn't want to divorce Tyona, but he doesn't want to let Renatta and their baby go. Jeffrey's Selfishness?

“You're evil. I get sick every morning, can't eat, can't smell my own perfume. When I'm in trouble, you still eat voraciously, sleep well with your wife. You don't even bother asking simple questions like I'm doing. You're so petty, Jeff”

Jeffrey looked at Renatta who was shed with tears. As long as she knew this little girl, Renatta never cried. Even when he was honest that he had a wife, he did not cry. Just hit his chest many times and tell him how tough Jeffrey is.

“I'm sorry.”

“I need certainty, Jeff. If you haven't been able to give it, that's fine. But please, nothing has changed between us. I'm fine being the shadow of your marriage like I used to be, which I know I still have you”

Jeffrey grabbed Renatta's fingers, rubbing the back of his hand gently. “But you certainly know that things will change gradually. Especially if our child is born. You want him to be born without a father?”

“That we can still think about six months ahead. If you had to be born that way, how else? I don't care about anyone else talking about me getting pregnant out of wedlock. I don't care at all. The important thing is that I still have you, as I said”

The man nodded, carrying Renatta his embrace. He could feel the tiny body trembling. Renatta stumbled in his arms. Either because it was carried away by hormones, or the crying was the culmination of their thorny problem. Renatta wanted to be in Jeffrey's arms for as long as he could. Inhaling the man's distinctive scent was able to calm him down.

When it was felt calm, Jeffrey rubbed Renatta's stomach which began to take shape. There was a strange sensation running through it. Something he never experienced and never felt when he was with Tyona. His hands touched the belly of the woman in which the seeds were growing, who would later be born a baby who carried his blood. The thought made his stomach filled with butterflies and his chest twitch. Jeffrey couldn't help but smile. There's a sense to realize he's soon to be a father.

“Doctor says growth is normal. The morning sickness I experienced was common for the first trimester. I just hope my appetite returns. You know I like to eat. Can't eat my favorite food that includes tormenting”

Jeffrey chuckled at Renatta's curved lips. The sweet ranum. “Later if your appetite has returned, just say what you want to eat. I'll buy you”

“Really?”

Jeff nodded. “Whatever you want”

“Anything? And anytime?”

“Yes, any and anytime. To my beautiful lover and our baby”

Renatta rewarded Jeffrey with a kiss on the cheek many times. “Thanks, baby. Baby, your dad's so nice. Later we ask a lot, as long as papa pays”

Jeffrey laughed to see Renatta talking to his stomach as if the baby was about to respond. But undeniably, pregnancy brings the aura of her lover increasingly shining. Jeffrey was a little sorry why he ignored Renatta for days and missed this happy moment.

“Jeff, stay the night. I miss you. I want to sleep in your arms like I used to”

The man, without a second thought, nodded. He can tell Tyona to sleep at her parents' house tomorrow. As for clothes, Jeffrey kept a few pieces of clothing and snelli in Renatta's closet.

“Yei, papa will sleep with us tonight dear”

After monologuing with the fetus, Renatta hugged Jeffrey tightly. “I love you, Jeff”

“I also love you” Jeffrey's reply brought enough relief in Renatta's heart. At least he has half Jeffrey's heart. It was only a matter of waiting for the time he had the heart of the man completely.

**