The Tarnished Honor

Chapter 24

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"If you may know, who is that man? Do you know him?" hanan asked in his shock.

"Mas probably doesn't know him. But Mas had met her once." replied Aulia who made Hanan's forehead wrinkle.

"I've met him? Where's?"

"Does Mas still remember the man who was the husband of one of my customers named Sarah?"

"Trainer?"

"Yes Mas, the man is Aliya's biological father who once refused to acknowledge Aliya's presence," replied Aulia sad because it must be reminded of the dark story in the past.

Hearing Aulia's reply, Hanan was really shocked, so the man was silent for a while before continuing the conversation with Aulia.

"I have to how Mas? I was confused," asked Aulia again after the two had been silent for a while.

"Mas knows that right now it is still too difficult for you to forgive Fatih and accept his presence. But you should know, if the one who has the problem is between you and Fatih. Not Aliya and Fatih, it would be very sinful if you deliberately cut the cord between father and son. Now all you have to do is ask Aliya directly. Let him decide whether he wants to meet his father or not. Let Aliya alone decide whether she will accept her father's presence or not. Because right now, the one with the right to determine is Aliya herself, not you or Fatih." It was clearly Hanan who was quite understood by Aulia.

Hanan was right, the problem here was Aulia with Fatih. Not Aliya with Fatih, inevitably, accept not accept, Aulia had to be breastfed to let Aliya know about her father and bring them together if the two wanted to meet each other.

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"Is Dad really back?" little Aliya asked when Aulia told her daughter that her father, who had never known her whereabouts, had come and wanted to meet her.

"Yes, and I want to meet Aliya. Is Aliya ready?" aulia asked with great care.

"Sure Mother, Aliya would love to meet with Dad. When's? When did you come to see me?" her question was full of spirit.

"Tomorrow, at Aliya's favorite restaurant. Mother told me to come there,"

"Hore, meet Dad. Well, then Aliya wants to prepare the best clothes Aliya. Aliya doesn't want to see Dad, Aliya looks ugly,"

The little boy immediately ran to his room and chose the clothes he would wear when he met his father.

Seeing Aliya's response, Aulia's awakening will be crucial to her father's presence for a child. As bad and as bad as any father of our child, of course it is an obligation for a mother to introduce the figure of a father to her child.

*(this is in the case of Aulia and Fatih yes. Please do not confuse it with other household cases. Because everyone has a different story even though it is in the same theme.)

Off Flashback.

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"Is this really the place, son?" ask Fatih when his car is parked in front of a fairly large house building and there is a banner that says '*Alifa Reading House**h*' right in front of the house.

"Yes Dad, this is the place I was referring to. Come on, we're going there to meet with Ummi Alifa to give us the book we bought," replied Aliya eagerly descending from the father's luxury car.

Seeing how the spirit of Aliya, Fatih finally came down and helped bring a book that was too heavy if the child like Aliya brought it.

With a fairly large dus in his hands. Fatih walked right behind her daughter towards the reading house.

"Assalamu'alaikum," cried Aliya when he arrived at the door that was already open.

"Waalikumsalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, uh neng Aliya. Come on in, neng," replied a middle-aged woman wearing shar'i approaching Aliya and Fatih who were standing at the door.

"Who's Neng Aliya? Which mother, don't come?" ask the middle-aged woman who is usually called Ummi by her foster children.

"Mother is there but not coming. Introduce Ummi, this is Aliya's father who just came home from a distant job," replied Aliya introduced the father to the woman who is estimated to be the same age as his mother.

"Oh Aliya's father, greetings yes sir," replied Ummi Alifa as she clenched her hands in front of her chest.

"Yes, greetings too. Oh yeah, there's a little book Aliya wants to contribute here. Please accept," replied Fatih while keeping a cardboard box containing the new book near Ummi Alifa.

"Well, thank you, Nak Aliya. May the blessings be on my son and his provision be renewed,"

"Aamiin Ummi,"

The three talked for quite a long time, Ummi Alifa was also made shocked by the contents of the cardboard carried by Fatih. The reason is, the books brought are all new books that are still sealed.

Ummi Alifa felt touched and very grateful because Fatih did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy the book and was given only to Ummi Alifa.

Where there accommodate dozens of children who have not had the opportunity to go to school because of constrained by the flat family economy is only a pocket porters and garbage collectors.

By late afternoon, Fatih and Aliya resigned to Ummi Alifa because it was time for Aliya to go home to the Mother.

"Weekend, Aliya is on holiday. Would you like to stay at Daddy's house? Oma same Opa wants to meet with Aliya too, how? Want to stay and spend the holidays at Daddy's?" fatih asked as the two were on their way home to Aulia to deliver the little gadia back to her mother. After almost all day Aliya spent time with her father.

"Later Aliya permission same Mother first yes, Father. If Mommy allows of course Aliya wants to meet Oma with Opa," replied little Aliya who has now started to get along with the father. The two had just met and spent a day together.

"Alright, later tell Dad if you have permission from Mother, yes. Let me pick you up,"

"Yes Dad,"