Tainted My Stepbrother

Gathering

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Heavy rain still flushed every inch of the road that passed. After struggling with the density of the Capital, Rina finally arrived home. Without lingering, the woman got out of the car and paid the price. Not to forget, Rina also gave tips and thanked the driver.

Now before entering the house, as usual Rina began to put on her camouflage face. He did not want Vara or Bi Imah to worry by seeing his sadness.

"I have to look tough, I can't be weak" Rina murmured as she wiped the remaining tears on both cheeks.

Bi Imah seemed to open the door. Rina's return was warmly welcomed by Bi Imah who was waiting for her.

"Bi, Vara hasn't eaten yet?" asked Rina as soon as she entered the house.

"Alhamdulillah Mba, Neng Vara had eaten after Mba Rina's phone, now he slept Mba," said Bi Imah gave an answer.

"Thank God, Bi. Thanks, Bi. Aunty has taken good care of my sister," said Rina expressing her gratitude to Bi Imah.

"Yes Mba, Bibi already considers you like your own family Mba. So this is Bibi's duty," said Bi Imah with sincerity.

"Yes, Bi, thank you very much. The aunt was like a substitute for Mama for me Bi," said Rina full of haru while hugging Bi Imah.

Bi Imah was very happy to get a hug from Rina. At the look of her suddenly sad eyes, there was implied a memory from the past that the middle-aged woman could not tell Rina. Currently, BI Imah is only able to hold it. At least until the right time. Even if he does not know, whether it will happen or not.

"Yes Bi, I went to the room first."

Bi Imah looked anxiously at the sight of Rina's face which was like carrying such a heavy burden of mind.

"Mba, Auntie make you some warm tea?" tawar Bi Imah who can already understand the sad feelings of Rina at this time.

"Yes Bi, thank you, yes" said Rina as she headed to her room.

Finished changing clothes and tidying up, Rina went straight to Vara's room. There Rina saw Vara was fast asleep. Slowly the woman began to step up and chose to sit on the edge of the bed, right next to Vara.

"Dear sister, Vara," Rina murmured as she rubbed Vara's hair and kissed her sister's forehead.

As Rina rushed to leave Vara's room, her eyes stopped towards the study table. Lina saw a picture there. He approached her, then slowly picked her up.

"This picture," Inner Rina.

Rina's heart trembled looking at the image Vara made.

"This is Mamah," said Rina slowly while holding the picture.

His heart is so tight. Imagine the longing so great that Vara felt towards her mother at this time. An impossible longing can be lost with the meeting because Sarah has been gone for all eternity.

Slowly, Lina started taking pictures of it.

"Rina darling, Mama. Maafin Rina, Mah," muttered Rina softly while looking at her Mama's face in the picture.

Lina again put the picture on the study table and wrote something there.

When she was done with it, Rina left Vara's room to return to her room. It turned out that in his room there was already a cup of warm tea made by Bi Imah. Rina also sat in silence while sipping warm tea with all the thoughts that were upset at the thought of her sister's sadness.

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Time keeps moving. Now the sun is shining down on the universe. Warming up whatever it shines. Currently, Bi Imah and Rina were busy preparing breakfast.

"Bi, today I want to take Vara to Mama's grave and after that, I will also take Vara for a swim at Waterboom. I want to cheer Vara up, Auntie wants to come?" tanya Rina offered.

"Mba, Aunt is not well anymore, Aunt is at home, Mba," replied Bi Imah with a slightly pale face.

"Bi is sick? Let's go to the hospital for Bi's treatment?" pinta Rina looks worried about Bi Imah.

"That's okay, Mba. Maybe Auntie's just smitten. Later rest for a while is also healed, Mba do not need to think about Auntie yes!" pinta Bi Imah tried to calm Rina down.

"Well, that's it, Bi. Anyway Aunt just take a break. No need to do anything!" tell Rina to be attentive.

"Yes well, Mba," said Bi Imah while arranging breakfast results of his cooking at the dinner table.

After that, Bi Imah rushed to her room to rest.

Meanwhile, in Vara's room, sunlight began to barge in from the cracks of the room's window vents. Moments of time had greeted Vara through his alarm that was pounding. However, Vara also began to wake up to welcome the morning and start the day.

Vara moved from the bed to her desk chair. Vara sat looking at the picture she made last night, a sketch of her mother's face. But at that time, he saw a sentence on the picture that read, "Bad brother Vara, Vara still has a big brother."

Seeing that, Vara's eyes started to glaze over. His heart trembled when he remembered all the sacrifices of Rina to take care of him. Especially when two months after his mother died Vara had entered the hospital and during treatment Rina was always there to look after and accompany Vara.

"Sister I also love Brother, thank you, sister," said Vara expressing her feelings.

"Sister is also dear Vara," said Rina who turned out to have been behind Vara without him knowing.

"Sister." Vara was completely shocked and immediately scattered her embrace. He did not expect that Rina had noticed him since then.

"Yes, Brother was going to wake you up, uh it turns out that when Brother went into the room, you were awake. Now don't be sad again yes, today Brother wants to take you to the grave Mama continues us swimming in Waterboom," said Rina with a smile.

"Yes already, Brother. I get ready first yes," added Vara with the look of her face that has changed back cheerful.

"Son't wait downstairs, yeah, we've had breakfast before we left." Rina left, leaving Vara, who began to rush to prepare to leave.

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After making a pilgrimage to Sarah's grave, Vara is now much calmer than before. There, he broke his longing by crying and talking to his mother at her grave. The only thing he can do to treat Vara's longing for her mother.

Now the two are on their way to a Waterboom not too far from Sarah's grave. It only took 30 minutes, the car carrying the two stopped right at the Waterboom courtyard.

Rina rushed by directly lined up in a queue in front of the counter to buy a ticket. However, Vara steps behind from Rina as she continues to look around Waterboom. A place he frequented with his mother. Vara's unfocused gaze made his body crash into a man. A handsome 30-year-old man with a neat haircut, well-built, and has a proportional body.

"Oh," complained Vara in pain.

"Aren't you a little girl?" ask a man named Angga Wijaya.

"Yes, I'm nothing, Mom. I'm sorry I didn't see" Vara said apologizing.

"Yes, it's nothing. Next time don't be so reckless!"

"One more time I'm sorry, yes yes yes I want to go to my brother there." Vara ended her meeting with Angga while stepping towards the direction Rina was in.

"Yes be careful, little girl."

Upon arrival near Rina who had finished buying the entrance ticket to Waterboom, they rushed in and got ready to swim.

After changing clothes, the two went straight to the tire rental place. But when he got there, it was seen a long queue that snaked to make both feel very saturated. Amidst the saturation they began to feel, there was a voice calling from the front queue. Vara who heard it immediately turned her head and looked towards the source of the voice.

"Hey, little girl," Angga greeted with a voice that almost made everyone in the queue turn towards him.

As soon as Vara knew he had permission for Rina to come forward to approach him. "Yes, why?" ask Vara.

"You want to rent tires too?"

"Yes, but the queue is long." With a sullen face, Vara said that.

"Yes, I've hired you guys, so you don't have to queue anymore."

"This is a very nice man, is he not a kidnapper? Well, I have to be careful," Vara's inner self suspected with a sharp look in her eyes.

"You calm down, little girl, I'm not a kidnapper. If I wanted to kidnap you, I did it when you hit me," Rangga said as if he could read Vara's mind.

"Yes, no. Who would have thought it was a kidnapper." Vara became embarrassed and misbehaved.

"Good then, now that you're there tell your brother yes!" angga's Order.

"Okay mas, I'll tell my brother first yes."

"The man is weird like a witch, knows all my thoughts, even he can tell that I'm with my sister" Vara muttered in surprise as she stepped towards Rina.

After arriving beside Rina, Vara whispered something.

"No longer need to wait. Now let's go ahead!" whispered Vara so as not to sound to others.

"Lho why?" asked Rina in wonder.

Vara pulls Rina's hand out of the queue, and Vara invites Rina to the man who is willing to help her. Arriving there, it appears the man has rented a tire for Vara.

"Hi little girl, here's the tires for two."

"Yes, thank you very much. This knows my sister, Rina and I Vara."

"Hello, Rina, I'm Angga."

Lina who saw the man for some reason started to be amazed by his good looks.

"That's so handsome this man, it's so good again," murmured Rina still continued to stare in admiration at Angga's face.

For a moment, Rina was silent. However, her daydream finally broke after Vara nudged her arm until Rina realized.

"Yes, thank you." Rina said it stammeringly after escaping from her daydream.

"It's not that important. So just relax."

Rina and Vara continue their excitement at Waterboom. While Angga was still silent staring at Rina who was moving away from him.

"I will definitely meet her again," Angga muttered as he thought of a way that her current meeting with Rina would not be their last.

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