The Desired Substitute

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"Raya, I'm the same Mamah back first huh. Lu flips back let me put him at home. I sleep on the sofa, although the width is not comfortable. The body on all the pegels," Jani cerocos as she wants to say goodbye to Raya.

"Who is sleeping here" said Juna.

"And I'm loyal to sodara Mas" he replied, confirming his front bangs.

"You, same brother-in-law himself is not polite. Call Mommy or Brother. Masa la lo la lo," protested Risma to her daughter.

"And we are the same age as Mah, one year different from doang," he said.

"Tetep. There must be some manners."

"Yes yes. Pamit then Mas Juna, Mbak Raya."

Raya nodded and smiled. "Thank you Jan, be careful."

"Go home! It's noisy here too" said Juna, glancing at her sister.

"There's no Jani not very lonely, isn't there Ray?"

"Mom!" Risma tried to remind her daughter.

"Yes, Mama Raya means that."

Jani comes out first. It was followed by Juna. Looks like Juna gave his wife a chance to talk to her mother together.

"Mah." Mah." Raya's sad look. The condition of the amount of curiosity in his mind.

Risma hugged her son-in-law. He soon broke the embrace. "Well first yes. Later if you are healthy and go home, Mamah will tell all. You can ask anything you want to ask."

The middle-aged woman, kissed Raya's forehead then rubbed her head gently.

Juna came in after taking her mom and her sister in a taxi. He saw the breakfast menu provided by the hospital is still intact. Yes, indeed Raya stay is not because of typhus pain or what requires special care and is not good to eat. So he understood that his wife was not n@fsu against hospital food that he thought there was no taste.

"Want to eat bread?" Juna gave his wife the sweet chocolate stuffing bread he bought in the hospital cafeteria.

Raya shook. "Please take me to Mother Mas's nursery."

"Okay, but will you eat? Mas has told Mbak Nina to bring home cooking here and bring a change of clothes."

Raya nodded quickly. It looked adorable in Juna's eyes. So that he immediately landed a small pinch on Raya's cheek.

***

"Assalamu'alaikum." Raya gives her greetings when the door of Mira's nursery is opened by Juna. Raya's legs were still sore to take the long way, so she used a wheelchair to get to the room where Mira was being treated.

"Wa'alaikumsalam."

"Wa'alaikumsalam, Raya."

Juna pushed her wheelchair closer to the bed. Stand up and sit on the edge of the bed. Mira immediately greeted him with a warm embrace.

They sniffled together. They both cry and feel relieved because the person they love is still healthy and not lacking anything.

"I'm sorry Mother Nak. This is all the fault of Mother," he said on the sidelines Isak his tears.

"Neither Mother. Mother is not wrong, and there is no one to blame in this disaster. All is the destiny of the Divine" said Raya wisely.

"I'm sorry your brother, honey. His mind is in turmoil, but Mother believes April has no intention of harming you."

Raya nodded as she continued to rub the middle-aged woman's back.

"What about the content?" tanya Raya while releasing her embrace.

"Alhamdulillah, the content is good and healthy. However, April still could not accept the reality. He was constantly beating his stomach. But the doctor gave me a sedative . There was Bima who was always beside him."

"Raya wants to see Mbak April" he said.

"Father for now do not you do not meet him. Wait for it to be stable."

"Yes right. I could only see it through the window. Only Mother and Bima did not make it rebel when approaching him," Mira explained.

"Oh Allah, how cute is April. Hopefully as soon as possible back to how it was," said Raya in her heart.

Mira turned to look at Juna. "Juna, you were meeting Mother. We've talked a lot. Mother wants to apologize on behalf of Mother and April of course." Mira paused by sighing slowly. "I'm sorry, because Mommy hated you when April said she was pregnant with your child."

"It's okay, Mother. Everything is clear. And Mommy already knows who the father of April's birth child is?"

"Yes" answered Mira and Budi in unison.

Raya and Juna return to the Raya's hospital room after she delivers the food that Mbak Nina brought.

Mira is now heading to April's nursery. When Mira entered, Bima who had been beside April, then moved out. Now there are both mother and son.

Mira sat in the chair of the former Bima sitting earlier. He took his hand to touch his son's black hair. Gently move his hands, thus creating comfort for the owner of the hair.

April who had not slept, turned her head towards Mira. His eyes began to glaze over and then condensed. Before long glide a clear circle at the corner of the round eye.

Mira immediately swept away the tears of her daughter who had fallen profusely.

"Ssttt," he said, shaking his hand.

April is sobbing. Mira immediately hugged her baby. As if reminding me that he is not alone. Her daughter must be strong, and Mira hopes that her daughter will not act to harm her and increase the sins that have been committed.

"Eject Nak. Cry, if it can make you relieved and calm. But you need to remember, Mother and Father are always beside you. Mother believes you are a good child, you are strong through all this. Explain what is not yours."

"So Mother has also met your sister. He is neither angry nor hateful to you. So Mother also asks you, so as not to hate your sister."

This made April cry even more. He hates the most because Mother and Father are never angry, especially to Raya. Whatever Raya does must always be considered right and supported by her parents.

Once when they were in school. It was the day of the rapport reception. It is required that the guardian of the student take their report. Because they are different schools, then Mira proposed to raport Raya Mira who took while Budi took a report belonging to April.

However, April insists that her school requires both parents to come. April hopes Raya will sulk and join in insisting on asking Mira to come to her school.

However, unexpectedly, Raya actually relented and he asked his driver for help to get his report. That makes Mira always praise Raya and compare herself with the illegitimate child who has been fed and cared for by her parents.

"Why do you always win Raya?!" inner April while clenching both of her palms until her knuckles turned white.

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