
"Jeez, Ayu .. Why did you become a Zombie?" tiara's eyes widened to see the condition of her daughter which was indeed very messy. Random hair and swollen eyes.
"It's all because of papa and mama!" Ayu pursed her lips. "Where's the food, Ma?" he returned looking into the empty hands of his mother.
"That's the same as your Papa," Tiara pointed towards the parcel Adrian had in hand. "But before you eat, you should take a shower!" coined.
"No ah, I'll take a shower, Ma. I'm hungry!" Ayu then turned towards the papa who was seen holding back a laugh while looking at his phone. I don't know what made the middle-aged man behave that way.
"Pa, can I have some food now? I'm really hungry!"
"Well, no one said, 'let me be sick, if I don't die! why change your mind now?" Adrian is still insinuating.
"Pa, don't joke! I'm really hungry!" Ayu Whine.
With laughter breaking, Adrian finally gave the package of food into the hands of Ayunda.
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"Ma, Pa, Ayu want to ask .. This food is from Bima. Does this mean that you're not angry with him anymore?" ayu asked, after swallowing the food she had just chewed.
"Oh, it's because he came here and said he married you,"
Ayunda suddenly spouted food in her mouth so shocked.
"Pa, please don't joke! this is not funny at all!"
"Well, you're not kidding anymore! Bima did come and say she would marry you. Because he had intended to be responsible, yes Papa received him well," said Adrian relaxed.
"I don't want to!" chirp Ayunda suddenly.
"No what?" Adrian scrunched his forehead.
"I don't want to marry Bima!" ayu's tone sounded firm.
"Why not, my dear?" this time it was Tiara who opened the sound.
"Pity of Bima, Ma. He did absolutely nothing to me. The time he should be sentenced to marry me?"
Adrian and Tiara cross-eyed, confused by Ayunda's reaction which was completely out of the ordinary. At first, they thought that their daughter would jump up and down in joy when they heard she was going to marry the man she loved.
Adrian looked back at Ayunda who was still busy chewing his food. Then, he took a deep breath and exhaled it back into the air.
"But the decision has been agreed and it's been unanimous, Ayu! you must still be married to Bima!"
"Why is that so? I told you what happened last night was just a misunderstanding. I was kidnapped by people, and Bima was just trying to help me, Pa. Why did his good intentions backfire on him? mom and Dad should thank her, not the night he asked her to marry me" Ayunda's voice began to rise.
"Oh, I know .. Papa must have forced her to marry me right?" hatch Ayunda with red eyes.
"Papa didn't force him at all! he himself came here. So, don't accuse papa of a no-no! the point is you two are still getting married!" adrian, there is no doubt.
"Ihh, bad papa!" the returning Ayunda began to cry.
Not wanting to see Ayu's crying drama, Adrian decides to pass away leaving Ayu in the arms of his wife Tiara.
"Well, you don't think no! what your father said was true. Papa never forced Bima, but Bima who came alone," Tiara stroked her daughter's head gently.
"But he did it for sure because of the coercion of Om Bara and Aunt Clara, Ma" Ayunda was more and more eager. Really, he really feels guilty now on Bima.
"But, Ma, Bima doesn't love me! I'm sure that he said he wanted to marry me just because he didn't want papa's friendship and Om Bara destroyed. I'm tired of loving myself, Ma .. It feels really bad!"
Tiara re-published a smile. He wanted to reveal the truth to his daughter. But he tried to restrain himself from remembering the message of the husband who asked him to keep it a secret first, so that Bima herself who expressed her feelings for the princess. Because his happiness must be different if we listen to the confession of love directly from the person we love rather than we hear from others.
"You don't think too far first. Maybe after you become his wife, Bima will turn to love you, right? still optimistic, right?"
Ayunda finally nodded her head in between her sobs.
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Meanwhile, at Bara's residence, Tristan was sitting quietly by the pool with his legs dangling into the water. I don't know what's in that man's mind right now, until he daydreams that long. So he didn't realize that Clara was standing behind him.
"What are you doing here, son?" Clara started to open her voice.
Tristan gasped in shock, as Clara's hand touched her shoulder. Then the man looked back and saw Clara smiling towards him.
"Eh, Mama! why is Mama suddenly here?" tristan asked pleasantries and of course returned the smile of the woman he already considered his real mama.
"Turn back, Mama anyway? mama asked what are you doing here? you mama saw long enough daydreaming. You have something to think about, right? let's tell Mama!" Clara crouches beside Tristan.
"Emm, nothing at all, Ma," Tristan got up and helped Clara to stand up as well. Then the young man invited his mother to sit in a chair.
"Tristan, you don't lie to mama! mama can see from the look on your face, if you're thinking about something. Don't you want to share this with your mama, honey?" Clara looked at Tristan softly but demandingly.
"Ma, I'm right there's nothing. I just feel grateful that my life is so happy to have a mom and two sisters who love me so much. Though if you remember, I used to always do evil to Bimo, but all of you are happy to forgive me and even raise me as a child. I can't imagine what my life would have been like had you all hated me back then, considering that I was Mama Tania and Om Dito's son" Tristan said.
" Mama has never shown the difference of affection to me, Bima and Bimo. Everything mama treated was the same, so it made me feel no different from them," Tristan's eyes seemed to start to glaze over, saying his words.
"Son, you were not born from my womb, but all this time my mother still thought you were a child born from my womb. It makes no difference between you and your two sisters. So, I hope you don't think of all the things your mom, dad and two sisters do, just out of pity. Everything is pure because we love you, baby!" clara's smile never faded as she said sentence after sentence.
"Ma, I never doubted that! but sometimes I feel that it is my father who does not love me completely. I feel that Papa still holds a grudge against the late mother Tania. I also felt that Papa was kind to me All this time because of the request of Mama, Bima and Bimo," for this time the tears that Tristan had tried to hold back, could no longer be contained. The being liquid had already managed to come out wetting the handsome man's cheeks.
"You're wrong! your father loves you very much and even so unfortunately he does not want you to leave us one day,"
Tristan clenched his forehead, not understanding the meaning of his mother's words.
"You may find it hard to believe what Mom said. But, this video might let you know that your father really loves you very much" Clara showed a video on her phone.
In the video, Bara's voice comes to meet Satya and Arumi to beg the two men to give Salena to be Tristan's wife. "I'm so asking for help, Sat. I know that my request is excessive and unreasonable considering that Salena is still in High School and her future is still long, but my mind has completely stuck thinking of ways to keep Tristan from leaving our family. I feel that if Tristan marries Salena, Tristan will remain among us, considering that Arumi is Clara's cousin. I don't want to lose that kid. Although he's not my biological son, I consider him my own flesh and blood, because it was this hand that raised him,"
Tristan's tears were getting louder out hearing all the words of Bara who turned out to love him all this time. All this time, he thought that the man did not love him very much.
"Your father really loves you, son. It was just that he was difficult to express in words. Wh why? because he feels it is you who do not feel comfortable with him," continued Clara while stopping the video playback.
"Yes, Ma. Now I believe! it turns out that all this time I was too far thinking. Thank you, Ma! But, regarding Papa's request to Om Satya earlier ...." Tristan hung his words while scratching his head that did not itch at all, confused how to respond to the wishes of Bara Papa..
"For that matter, we do not insist, because it is only a desire. If you do not want to, it is also okay, because it is your right to choose to marry the woman you love. It also happens that Satya has not agreed. Not because you're not Papa Bara's biological child, but because Salena's still in high school. Although he graduated soon, he was still too young. Unless you want to wait another 3 or 4 years," Clara rolled her eyes at Tristan
Meanwhile, in a room, a man laughed loosely while staring at the screen of his phone. Who else would that man be if not Bima.
On the screen of his phone he saw two photos sent from Adrian which showed Ayunda with a very chaotic appearance when out of the room and another how greedy the woman ate with a good appearance same.
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