The Tears of Ayanda

chapter 13. Childhood

At Home

"When's your father coming back?" ask Sasa.

"It's not afternoon at night," replied Echa relaxed while engrossed in nyemil kuaci.

"Enak ya so you Cha," said Mima.

"How's son?"

"Lu lives a one-stop life, your parents are rich. Lu only child must be what you want directly given to your father's mother. Plus your father's mother is very romantic and very dear to you," said Mima. Mima is a broken home child whose parents divorced due to infidelity.

"Lu squirms only from one side, but you don't squirm from the other. What you find delicious and happy isn't necessarily the reality" Echa's serious reply and her memories of the past suddenly pop into her head.

#flashback on

Nine years ago

Tomorrow is father's day, all students have to take their father to school.

"Echa no father, who's smooth Echa?" Say small Echa.

Even at home, Echa was just silent thinking about the task for tomorrow at school. The mama realized the strangeness of Echa.

"Why are you, Dek?" ask Ayanda.

"No Mah" replied the little Echa with a smile.

Although still a child, Echa understood the situation. Living alone with the mama who makes little Echa do not want to add to the burden of the mama. Burying deeply in all his desires, because he knew the mother had worked hard for him so he should not trouble the mother.

The next day at school.

All the students took their father to school, only Echalah was not accompanied by anyone. The mother had to work and the father was out of nowhere. Many bully-an, taunts from his friends but Echa remains silent.

One of the parents students asked.

"Echa, where's your dad? You didn't get your mom, your dad didn't exist either. Are you a bastard?" said the mother.

Little Echa did not answer but her heart felt sliced. With a shaky step he left class and was about to leave school. He hit a man.

"Sorry," looked down while crying.

The man squatted.

"Why deck?" ask the man.

"I'm fine Om, I'm just sad that I can't take my father," she replied, still looking down and crying.

The man tried to hold up the head of the small Echa who looked down, and he was surprised,

"Gucha!!" he called out to her and immediately hugged her little body.

Echa who was shocked because he was suddenly hugged could only be silent.

The man let go of his embrace.

"This is my son's father" he said.

"D-dad?" ask little Echa

"Hey, baby, it's Dad."

When he saw the face of the father's memory, little Echa went straight to the photo that the mama always showed him. The face he always mamah show him and introduce the face in the photo as his father. And now he saw firsthand the face of the father before his eyes. Little Echa immediately hugged him while crying.

"Echa has a father" he said innocently in his arms.

"Dear, Echa has aya. It's dad."

Echa was crying happily in her father's warm embrace.

And that's where Echa feels the father is the hero of her life. Rescued him from bully-an school friends and other student parents.

Although little Echa is hated by the father, but the mama always calls the father a good person. Always talk about her father's kindness so that Echa can love him and not hate him. Because no matter how bad a father is, if a daughter is going to get married, she will definitely find her real father to be her guardian.

#flashback off

"Why are you dumb?" ask Sasa.

"That's okay" he answered and tried to smile at his two best friends.

"Kok you look sad really fitting nanya cave?" said Mima.

"Who is sad, baperan lu mah. Nih ya cave ingetin Iroh, what you see delicious and happy is not necessarily also so. So be grateful for what you have now. Never be jealous of the lives of others. There are still many out there whose lives are far from decent and happy. And many people also want your rich. Many are grateful that makes us happy" advises Echa.

"Kok grotto felt in the lecture of Mamah Dedeh yes," replied Mima and responded with a laugh Sasa.

"Damn you! The science is even menggeledek."

"Curhat donk mah," Mima and Sasa answered compactly while laughing.

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Echa was in the back garden holding her favorite guitar. His gaze blankly glared forward, Mima's words still ringing in his mind

Lu's a nice only child, got a whole parent who loves you the same plus your parents are very romantic.

Echa just let out a long breath, though,

What you guys think about the good of being me is wrong. Before I was like this many tears that I let out, many feelings that I ponder deeply, I can only be silent with the game of God's destiny. My childhood was not what you would have thought a happy life in the middle of two complete parents. Nope,

His inner and unfeeling crystal circles fell down on his white cheeks.

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The sound of cars was heard in front of the house. Rion and Ayanda had just arrived and were warmly welcomed by her domestic assistant.

"Mom's home yet?" ask Ms. Ina.

"Yes Ma'am, where's Echa?"

"In the garden behind Mom."

"Oh yeah, I'll be there I change clothes first."

"Good Mom."

After Rion put his car into the garage he rushed inside.

"Echa where's mbak?"

"In the back garden sir."

Rion rushed to the back garden and faintly heard the sound of guitar passages. And before long he heard his daughter's sweet voice.

Where I'm looking

I cried

Single-handedly

My heart,, my,,

Slalu wants to meet

For you I sing, for you,,

With a slow step Rion walked over to Echa.

To my beloved father

I want to sing

Though tears on my cheeks

Daddy listen up

I want to meet

Even if only in a dream

Echa's tears fell and she didn't realize her father was behind her.

"Dad here deck," said Rion.

Echa was startled and turned to the direction of the voice and immediately hugged Rion while continuing to cry.

"Now I'm here with you, with Mom, I promise I'll always be with you."

"Dear Echa, Echa don't want me to go again to Echa and mamah" Pintanys quivered with a trembling voice and hugged her.

Ayanda looked at watching everything clearly from a distance. He could not hold back the day and tears witnessed the sincerity of his son's love for his father.

This is why I accepted you back with me and Echa. Echa's love is huge for you so never let Echa down.

Ayanda wiped away her tears and approached her son and husband.

"Why this? Something you miss like that." Pura pura did not know and commented on her smile.

Echa took off her arms from her father and pulled the hand of her mother telling her to sit on the chair. Echa sat down before the mama and looked at the mama. He hummed, too,,, and,,

You're my mother

My love

Your sacrifice

It will never be replaced

You are like the sun

Which is shining

Sinar liv

With your warmth

Ayanda's tears also flowed profusely wet his cheeks because of the treatment of his only puppet that made him touched.

"Thank you Mamah for everything, the sacrifice of Mamah, the struggle of Mamah in our difficult times, dear Echa Mamah" he said with tears that soaked his cheeks, and hugged the body of the mother who also cried haru.

Rion hugged his two angels and kissed him in turn.

"Thank you for accepting Dad back with you, thank you" he said. He also had no power to stop his crying.

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