The Substitute

Marry again?

Since living with his family, Rangga has made a lot of progress. If he used to be cold like an iceberg at the south pole, then now He has turned into a cheerful and spoiled Rangga. It seemed like life was paying a debt to him for the injustice he had felt all along. The happiness he never felt, having a complete family.

Thanks to the support of his family Rangga again eager to undergo therapy, slowly he began to be able to move his legs are paralyzed. His body now looks more contained than when he first set foot in the house.

Zarima over-treated her. He even fed her during meals, and accompanied her from waking to sleeping again. The middle-aged woman seemed to want to make up for the 18 years apart from her youngest son.

And that morning, the debate again took place between Rangga and Ameera at the dinner table. Since they lived in the house, they often argue. So there's a new nickname for them, Tom and Jerry.

"Mama... Rangga says I look like a snow doll" said Ameera complaining Rangga.

"But it's true, Mah... Ameera looks like a snow doll?" asked Rangga with a mouth full of food.

"Why? What looks like a snow doll?" Ameera's getting upset.

"That's her fat, short, big belly. What if it wasn't a snow doll?" he said as he continued to chew. "Mama, I'm full..." Rangga began to protest as the mother continued to feed food into her mouth.

"Recover the food, sin knows the waste of food," said Zarima, then return to feed the food to Rangga's mouth.

Ameera smiled in satisfaction, moving her lips without a sound, "Thankurain !!"

"I pray your son will be born like me." said Rangga.

"Just be it."

Zarima shook his head while smiling amusedly. His eyes moved alternately staring at Rangga and Ameera who had been arguing with each other since.

It seems I understand why fate chose to make them friends. They are like cats and rats, Zarima

Not long after, Hasan and Ozan joined them.

"Good morning everyone...!" greet Hasan while sitting on a chair.

"Good morning, Papa." they answered simultaneously.

"It looks like Papa missed the Tom and Jerry drama this morning." said Hasan who was just about to start his breakfast. "Oh, yeah... Ameera isn't next week your scheduled surgery??" tanyanya.

"Operation?" Suddenly Ameera's face turned pale, cold sweat began to wet her forehead, she was so afraid of what was called surgery. Moreover, he often watched videos of the caesarean section on the internet which he said was very terrible.

"It's okay, Yank... C-section is not as scary as you think. Mama's also been in a caesarean section, kok... right, Mah...?"

"Yes, when Mama gave birth to Deniz, mama's in surgery... Not feeling, really." Zarima tried to dispel the fear in Ameera's heart. But his fear still overcame everything.

he then stopped the breakfast, "I'm done with the breakfast, I'll go first, yeah..." Ameera immediately left the dining table and sped up the steps towards her room.

They then looked at each other, astonished that Ameera Ameera had left immediately after discussing the matter of her operation.

"I saw Ameera first, yes." said Ozan as he stood up from his seat and soon followed Ameera into the room.

"Ameera why?" asked Zarima who was astonished because Ameera's face immediately turned pale and left after they talked about the operation.

"Ameera was afraid of surgery, Mah.." said Rangga,

"fear?" ask Zarima.

"Just like a syringe he's scared, Mah... Especially operation. There's scissors, knives..."

"That's natural, her name is also a first pregnancy. Especially his age is still young." said Zarima.

**

Ozan goes into the room and finds Ameera contemplating there. He's getting close, "Honey... You're still scared of surgery, aren't you?" tanyanya while embracing Ameera.

"I don't want an operation, Mom... If I die after the operation how?"

"Astagfirulah... Don't talk like that, Yank. You'll be fine." Ozan hugged Ameera, peeked at her forehead.

"I'm scared, Mom...!"

"Yank... If a terrible operation is on your mind, why are there so many women who want to be operated on up to three times?"

"If I die, don't you marry again?"

"Yes remarried, Yank. I'll be alone for life."

"Bad you, Mas!!" ameera said, hitting Ozan hard on the chest.

"Auuwwhh sick..."

"Belgium!!"

"Rather than me lying, Yank. Mending I'm honest, not a sin."

"You're gonna get married again?"

Ozan chuckled, then cupped Ameera's face with both hands, "You don't want me to get married again, do you?" ask Ozan.

Ameera quickly shook her head, "No way, you can't marry again."

"There are conditions." said Ozan casually.

"What?"

"You have to live longer than I do. Because as long as I have you, I will never marry again. Are the conditions easy?"

Ameera pecked, as if trapped by her own question.

***

If Zarima is feeling like the happiest mother in the world, then somewhere else there is a mother who is sad. Since Rangga's departure, Aliyah was devastated. However, he realized that he was guilty of covering up the truth that had been there all along.

That afternoon, Aliyah visited her husband in the detention house and told him everything. About Rangga who has returned to his real life.

Hendri did not seem surprised to hear what his wife said. He just looked down, ashamed of what he had done.

"I'm sorry, Al... I have ruined the lives of many people." said Hendri regretfully.

"It's too late, Mom... Everything has happened. Rangga is gone. I just hope one day Rangga will forgive me." Aliyah cried again remembering Rangga. "Even so, I still thank you, Mas already brought Rangga to me at that time, even in the wrong way."

Hendri clasped Aliyah's hand for the first time. Since marriage, she has never seen Aliyah as a wife. Their marriage was just a status.

"May I beg you for something, Al.." pinta Hendri.

"What, Mas?"

"Please accept Naura to stay with you if one day she recovers... He's a good boy, I'm the one who instilled hatred in his heart. I used Maya's death to smooth my ambitions, and I ended up sacrificing my own son."

Aliyah was silent, her anger over Naura's actions that made Rangga wretched still stuck in her heart.

"I know, you're very disappointed by Naura's actions. But, it's not his fault, Al... I'm guilty."

The woman took a deep breath, throwing it away violently. He tried as much as you could to hold back his tears that would spill back.

"Alright Mas, I promise." said Aliyah.

"Naura and Rangga did not forgive me for this."

And, the middle-aged man finally realized that revenge only gave him pseudo satisfaction, closing the door to his happiness. Not a second did his life find peace even though his revenge had been achieved. And in the end, he was imprisoned in deep regret.

Hendri recalled some time ago Hasan visited him. And without warning, the man who had been friendly with her beat her mercilessly.

If there had been no officer at the time, Hasan would have killed him. Hasan was so enraged by what Hendri had done to his family.

"Go home, Al... You need rest." said Hendri who saw the face of Aliyah.

***

To be Continue

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