Substitute Mother

Jeanno & Nayara

after mom and dad came home, me and alisya waited for mas bram to come pick us up. Sure enough, a while later mas bram came.

"papa". said alisya when he saw mas bram.

"honey, sorry papa has made alisya wait". mas bram approached alisya.

"it's all done, we'll just go home".

"iya pa, let's go home". alisya pulled the hand of mas bram.

"yes yes baby, let's go home. Here papa gendong". mas bram raised his eyebrows.

"just go first, I'll bring this stuff".I show you the bag containing the alisya equipment.

"here, let me help you get it". Mas bram's hand picked up a bag.

"thank you". answered me.

alisya looks happy carried by her papa, I walk following the steps of mas bram behind her.

mas bram is so responsible for anything related to alisya, no wonder if mas bram always take his busy time to pick up alisya.

"we have arrived at the car, alisya enter first yes. papa want to put the goods into the trunk first". mas bram put alisya in the back seat.

I was busy putting the bag in the trunk of the car, suddenly Mas Bram came to help me.

"were heavy". said mas bram while lifting the bag I was holding.

"ohhh no, I answered".

"you get in the car, let me take care of the bag".

"well mas". I followed mas bram's instructions.

after finishing packing the goods into the trunk of the car, mas bram got into the car and saw me sitting in the back with his alisya.

"karin, why are you sitting in the back? you sit in front". said mas bram.

"well mas". I moved to sit next to Mas bram.

somehow I obeyed the baram mas speech and immediately moved to the front.

"alisya, it's nothing to sit alone". I glanced at the alisya behind me.

"iya mother". replied alisya while eating a snack given by the mother.

along the way, me and bram did not chat much.we just glanced at each other.

sometimes I talk and we laugh together.

"honey, it looks so happy huh".asked mas bram on his alisya.

"alisya was happy to get a lot of new food and toys". Alisya showed off the doll on the bram mas.

"wah, very good doll.who bought it?". said mas bram.

"grandfather and grandmother bought it.

"mama and papa came yes". mas bram asked me.

"ohh no mas, the father and mother came to visit his eyebrows".

"why not tell me". mas bram's face looks surprised.

"sorry mas, sorry if I didn't tell mas.

"no, that's not what I mean. Why don't you let me know if mom and dad come, I can meet them ". replied mas bram panicked to see me scared.

"father and mother just for a moment mas, they only visit alisya. once again sorry mas".

"no, it's okay.it's only natural that mom and dad visit alisya. oh yeah, what are your hands?  is that fine". mas bram's eyes glanced at my injured hand.

"well, I'm fine".I answered, hiding my hand.

arriving at our home, I saw alisya had slept soundly. I wanted to intend to hold alisya but mas bram forbid me.

"no, let me just carry his eyebrows.he is big, heavy if you carry him.

"well, let me carry the bag".

"don't, you just go inside. let everything be wrong". mas bram took my hand into the house.

"why the same bram?  why can't I". My eyes keep staring at Mas bram.

upon entering the house, aunt Nina welcomed our return.

"non karin" said bi nina when she saw me.

"iyaa bi". answered me with a smile.

"bi, come with me to alisya's room". said mas bram.

"good sir". immediately aunt nina followed the bram mas.

I looked at the clock in my hand, it was time for lunch.

"ah, do I have to make lunch, while mas bram is still at home.

I saw the dining table was full of cooking, it turned out that aunt Nina had prepared everything.

"non, please eat". said aunt nina who saw me staring at the side dishes on the table.

"that's a lot of cooking aunts".

"yes non, it's been 2 days non in the hospital, so aunt cook specially for non".

"thank you bi nina".

mas Bram was seen descending from the stairs, he was seen busy checking the phone in his hand.

"mas wants to go straight back to the office.

"yes, there are some unfinished business.

"lunch first mas, bi nina is tired of cooking for us".

bram was seen thinking and checking the watch in his hand.

"alright". mas bram walked towards the dining table.

like a wife, I serve mas bram when eating. I take rice and side dishes into a dish mas bram.

"later in the night don't wait for me, I'll be home late at night.

"yes, I". answered me.

"wasn't he always coming home late at night.why did he just tell me?  does he know every night I always wait for him. I don't know, mas bram's attitude is always changing towards me."

"i'm done, I'm off to the office first". mas bram left the dining table.

"yes, be careful on the road.

I just stay alone sitting at the dining table while staring at the food that is still left a lot.

"even mas bram did not stare at me as I spoke. Like something strange?  last night she was so kind and gentle with me but now her cold attitude is back again.

"non, have you finished eating". said bi nina who surprised me.

"oh yes bi, sorry bi the food is still a lot left".

"it's okay non, this is also the first time you have lunch at home non, since non Gracia died". replied bi nina while cleaning the dining table.

"bi, can I ask you something? ".

"yes, don't just ask".

"Gracia's what the hell bi guy is.

"it is possible that by knowing the character of gracia, I can understand the desire of mas bram".

"non Gracia good woman non, she is very friendly to anyone, never angry, which surely the master is very loving non Gracia".

"oohh so ya bi". I nodded my head.

"ma. maf non, I don't mean.. ".

"it's okay bi, I understand kok. ya already bi, I go to the room first yes, want to rest".

"good non".

I immediately set foot into the room, after hearing aunt nina's words, I thought that I shouldn't be someone else to get the attention of bram.

here I am, forever will remain karin will not be anyone. For now, I can only live the life that has been destined for me.

"two days in the hospital, I was so tired.

"at least I'm happy to be part of this family.

"huufftt.. take a break, so that your heart and body are refreshed.

feeling tired, I continued to fall asleep on one occasion, so that I could relax my body.

without me noticing, I fell asleep long enough and I gasped awake.

"jeez, what time is it?".

I hurried to see the clock on the wall of the room that showed it was already 6pm.

"karin..why don't you remember the time".I went from the bed to the alisya room.

when I went into the room alisya, alisya not in his room. I became confused myself to find the room bisya empty.

I ran down to the kitchen to ask aunt Nina.

"bi.. aunty..". I called aunt nina.

"iyaa non, what is it?". bi nina immediately approached me.

"alisya where's bi?  I'm looking into his room there's nothing".

"ohh. non alisya is playing non in the back garden". replied bi nina.

"ahh. yes bi". I immediately ran towards the park.

I saw alisya sitting on the swing hugging her pandas.

"lady baby". call me.

"mother". replied alisya with a cheerful smile.

"alisya has a bath?".

"mother, same aunt nina.

"sorry mother yes dear, mother is too deep sleep to forget to help her bath alisya.

"iyaa mother".

for a moment I accompanied alisya to play in the garden, alisya looked much happier than when I first met her.

"alisya Happy.

"happy mother, because alisya can play the same mother.

"really, children the age of alisya more need the attention and affection of parents and their families. Seeing alisya happy like this, makes me more excited again".

shortly thereafter, aunt nina approached us in the back garden.

"non, dinner is over". said bi nina.

"oh yes bi, thank you.

soon I called out to Alisya who was playing with her dolls.

"honey, let's hope we play it. We have dinner first".

"iyaa mother". alisya ran towards me.

"before we eat, we wash our hands first yes.wasnya alisya out to play so many germs attached to the hand alisya".

"iya mother".

I led his alisya to the bathroom to clean his hands, his alisya smart child, he can do hand washing well and properly.

"alisya smart, already able to wash his own hands". I praised his alisya ability.

"alisya can be mother". asked alisya.

"yes baby, smart daughter".

finished washing his hands, we had dinner together, only the two of us because of the bram mas came home late at night.

"why where's mom?".

"how much more work, dear, so tonight don't eat with us.

"mother, alisya tomorrow can play at grandma's house?" ask alisya.

"grandmother?  grandma who's a darling".

"grandmother who came to the hospital, who bought her a doll.

"oohh certainly may be dear, but we have to permission first yes equally papa".

"iyaa mother, hurrah...tomorrow alisya play to granny's house".

"alisya eat first yes". I smiled to see her happy alisya.

finished eating, alisya and I sat in the family room while watching her favorite cartoon.

seeing alisya who was always happy when I was with her, made me think to really stop working.

"alisya happy not, if always mother accompany at home.

"delight mom". replied alisya while snacking on biscuit.

"what if you work again?".

alisya looked me straight in the eye

"don't mommy".

I smiled at her and said

"my dear, mother will always accompany alisya at home".

maybe people will think that a surrogate mother or a stepmother is a bad person, but not for me, I will change people's view of a surrogate mother like me.

who says we can not love a child that we are not born with, if we accept it with the heart then the affection will arise by itself.

that's how I'm going now, I love alisya so much and think of her as my own biological child, even though her papa can't accept me in her heart yet.

"mother, alisya sleepy". her eyebrows look rubbed both eyes.

I swiftly took his hand to enter the room.

"let's sleep, mother accompany alisya sleep yes".

arriving in the room, I taught alisya the habit before going to bed that is to brush your teeth, wash your face and hands and feet.

I laid her tiny brow on her bed and I held her brow in my arms.

"good night baby, good sleep.

"alisya dear mother". said alisya.

those words had become the routine of his alisya every time he hugged me, I could feel his true affection for me.

"hmm mother also love alisya".I replied as I continued to hug her.

after alisya fell asleep, I slowly let go of my hug so as not to wake her up.

I took my foot out of the brow room and went back to my room.

I saw a clock on the wall of my room showing 9pm but Mas Bram never came home either.

"when Mas Bram always says don't wait, but every night I do wait for him.

"i never felt the name Love at all but the first time I saw mas bram, I immediately fell in love with him.

"mas, I wish we could be a happy family huh. I'll try my best to be a wife and mother in this house.

my eyes feel tired as time goes on showing midnight.I fell asleep while waiting for the bram mas to come home.

but I felt a strange thing while asleep, I felt the presence of someone beside me and made me rush to open my eyes.

"ahh my goodness... ". i was surprised to see the face of mas bram right in front of me.

"when will I go home.

"just now, why sleep on the couch?  waiting for me". replied bram.

"i. yes mas".I woke up helping mas bram open his tie.

"sleep in bed while waiting for me, not on the sofa anymore.

"yes mas".

although his attitude was cold to me, but actually bram was attentive to me, only he could not express it directly.