The Married With Ketos

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Zella stared at the glasses that had been cracked due to her Papa's behavior towards her. The glasses were her mother's only last gift before she took her last breath. Zella was sad to see the gift of her mother who was no longer intact. This thing looks cracked, although not too severe, but this can no longer be used.

"La?" Call Lucas while entering the room Zella occupied without knocking. Making Zella immediately wipe her tears, trying to cover up if she was crying.

Lucas smiled faintly. "No need to cover up. I have often seen lo cry" he said while sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Emang, really I'm not Papa's real son?" zella asked, raising her eyes. It can be seen from his two teary eyes, that Zella is sad. But, this is not the first time for Lucas to see a weak Zella side.

"Who said?"

"Pope.."

Lucas sat up, to get closer to Zella and spread his arms as a sign for Zella to get into her arms. "Here, hug first." Zella unhesitatingly enters Lucas' warm embrace of anything.

"Don't think about La.'s macems." said Lucas, calming, his hands patting Zella's back. "Even though he's not your birth papa, that doesn't mean it can make a nice piece of memories of your time together, gone, does it?"

"Gue inget right, how happy you used to be when with Papa lo.." Lucas still faithfully hugged Zella while patting Zella on the back. His chin is on Zella's head.

"But how could Luc? why did you get to betray Papa? I can't believe it, I'm sure Mama's not that kind of person.."

Lucas nodded his head at Zella's words. "Sometimes adult things, we can't understand.."

"But the point is, I believe, surely Mama Lo did it not of her will." Lucas then breaks a hug between himself and Zella, rubbing tears that scatter over the girl's cheeks, then speaks. "You don't have to cry. Mending we eat malem first huh? it must be lo laper, right?"

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Nathan's movement that was feeding Camella was forced to be restrained because Nathan's doorbell suddenly rang. Nathan and Camella were thinking, who's staying this late?

Nathan and Camella had a look at each other before Nathan, who as a man, took the initiative first, after giving a plate of food into the hands of Camella, then got up to check on the person. "Ntar." he said before leaving.

When Nathan opened the main door of his house, he was a little surprised by the arrival of Mama and Brother Camella there.

"T-aunty?"

"Where is camella?" ask Melti. For a few weeks Camella had never set foot in the house. Of course Melti who as Mother felt so anxious. Melti thought, Camella would not take for granted the words of Vendra who was being ignited by emotion at that time.

Believe it or not, Vendra is also no less worried about how his daughter is, but it was lost by his ego, so he did not come to see Camella at this time.

"Mella in dalem aunty. come in first." Take Nathan into his house. Nathan, Melti and then followed by Darren, they went in.

"Mama? Brother Darren? what's the fuck in here?" asked Camella who was astonished to see the arrival of Melti and Darren here. He put his old dinner plate on the table.

Camella did not get an answer, instead she was greeted by a hug from her mother who was definitely immediately replied by Camella. "Where are you Mell?" melti asked in the middle of the embrace. Darren was taking Nathan out of the front yard, I don't know what they were doing there.

"Well, as you can see, Mella is fine." Camella told Melti. The middle-aged lung woman then broke the embrace first.

Staring at his daughter in the shade. He held Camella's hands together "Go home with Mama well, son." he persuaded. Greeted by the trunks of Camella. "Don't want Mah..Mella is scared of Papa." she said in a soft voice.

"Not to be afraid of Mell.. Papa is also worried about your condition.Even Papa had fallen ill just can not sleep because of your anxiety.."

Camella is a little stunned to hear Melti's statement about Vendra falling ill due to worries about her condition. "But--"

"When's Mell home? get better first with Papa, just thinking about your marriage and Nathan. After all, you can't get married without a guardian, right?" tanyakanya. Camella only realized, if her mother's words had a point. Why didn't Camella even think about it?

After thinking long enough to weigh in, Camella finally nodded. Making a pregnant middle-aged woman also exhales in relief.

In between their reunion event it was suddenly disturbed by the noise from the front of the house there.

"What's going on there Ma?" ask Camella who does not know if Darren and Nathan are there. Melti who knows only the head bobbles. "Basic.. Your brother must have beaten up Nathan again." he said. It made Camella's eyes grow.

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Flashback a few minutes ago while Melti and Camella were still in a hugging show.

There was a slight vague commotion from the courtyard where it became the place, Darren attacked Nathan brutally mercilessly. According to Darren who was going to beat up Nathan at that time, Darren really made it happen for now. Nathan himself just resigned as he did when Vendra beat him. All of this, he deserves.

"Uhhukk.." Nathan was coughing up blood. This was no less painful than Vendra's attack at the time. The wound from Papa Camella has not healed completely, it has been added again with Darren's punch.

"SISTER DARREN STOPP!!"

If not the sound of Camella's scream, surely Darren hasn't stopped his incline against Nathan, Darren took off his rough grip on the crust of Nathan's shirt and looked at Nathan who had fallen under it while rubbing his nose with his thumb.

"That's a reward to you for daring to get pregnant!!" then he sings cynically. Darren stands up, ending his attack on Nathan. Camella instantly helps Nathan to wake up in his pain.

"Lo don't papa Nath??" Take it again.

Nathan chuckled softly not forgetting to cough up his blood also accompanied. Even just to talk, he was barely able to. "Lo..I thought Mell. de..ngan my face.yang bonyok gini, what... I look fine..?" weak answer.

Camella scratched her unscratchy head. "Yes, too."

***

The consecutive blows that were hit by Darren did not fool around. Even more pain than Nathan got from Vendra. His face was covered with many bruises. Because of this, Camella has been treating Nathan's wounds. Now the two are in Nathan's room, still trying to talk about Camella going home.

"Mell's.. You really going home?" nathan asked to confirm, Camella nodded in response.

"Your family won't separate us, will they?" Nathan asked again. She was afraid, the Camella family would plan to separate them. Camella shook her head. "No Nath, I go home-free to get better with Papa."

"Really?" Nathan kind of minded letting Camella come home. Given how Vendra opposes their relationship, even with the heart to throw Camella from home.

Camella nodded again.

"Well, you're not gonna do anything, is he?" nathan asked again to make sure, his hand had stopped in Camella's stomach. Camella takes Nathan's hand off his stomach and turns to hold it. They both look at each other.

"Believe in my family Nath, they won't macemin me. They will also love, the same child in my stomach, because it also includes their family members. Including Papa, he won't do anything. His words that day were only because he was emotional." Camella said to convince Nathan who looks doubtful.

Nathan seemed to take a deep breath, he should not have to worry this much, because Camella would not go home to other people, but go home to her own family.

Nathan nodded in the end. "So like Papa Lo acts out of bounds, call me as soon as Mell, I don't want that innocent kid, why."

There was no other response that Camella responded to than nodding her head.

"Yaudah, hug before you go." Nathan had already stretched out his hand to access Camella into his arms. Camella also goes straight into Nathan's warm embrace without thinking any longer.

"Don't eat late.." Nathan advised. The two of them both hugged each other tightly as if they were going to part with a long distance.

"Yes.."

"You need to eat that much so that your baby is healthy all the time."

"Yes." Yeah."

"Keep, if cravings, do not hesitate my relationship, even though the thunderstorms of thunderstorms will I lunge it for the sake of lo the same child who is again lo bladder.." The statement made Camella rebuked while taking off their arms unilaterally.

"Sukah deh Nath, when I have certainly the same messages lo it, but when horrified what was it? rainstorm thunderstorms, make me reflect laughing."

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