The Voice of the Husband
The Extra Part 1
The body that usually looks tough is now sitting limp beside a mound of soil studded with roses and jasmine. A clear thread dripped over the surface of the cream-colored pants he wore. A flash of ten years of memory flashed as he stared at the tombstone that read twenty-five years old filling every niche in his heart.
She was crying so much. Shedding all the feelings that she craved after her loved ones left for good. The agonizing pain felt more real when the reality made him realize that he was no longer able to meet the idol of the heart, especially to live together.
Naren, the man with two kids is as happy as he is. No longer able to speak. Here comes. He is weak. Not a company leader who is known to be tough like a coral in the ocean. He was just a weak person who was trying to smile among the grief that had been seeping into his mind all this time.
Until, a gentle swipe on his shoulders which at that time up and down made Naren fixated. Plus a soft voice that had just greeted his sense of hearing. Then slowly Naren turned his head to make sure that he did not hear wrong.
"Princess?" when he saw who the owner of the hand that managed to make himself shake.
Naren was stunned when a warm hug he got from a beautiful girl with a sweet smile in front of him. Again he cried, shedding all the yearning that enveloped him for years.
"Daddy, I love you, just like you love mommy" Yumna said sincerely. Making Naren feel like the person he now hugs is Nara. Although it is not.
"Daddy loves you too, princess. Daddy loves you both up to the minute." Naren kissed the top of Yumna's head in love.
After that, the hug slowly slipped away. Yumna tilted her body facing the gravestone sprinkled with fresh flowers. She smiled as she gently rubbed the headstone that grandmother said, becoming a place where her daddy comforted herself. "Mommy, Una is big now. Mommy know? Soon I'll get married and be a mommy-like mother. Pray for me, mommy." Yumna kissed a headstone bearing her mommy's name.
Then he looked at the face of his father. Yumna grabbed Naren's hand. He held that hand with love. "Daddy, your little daughter's grown up. And today your daughter's gonna introduce you to daddy, someone who's gonna daddy trust to take care of me completely." Yumna looked up, looking at someone who was standing not far from her place. And Naren followed the direction of the eyeball.
A man in a black shirt stepped slowly. Her smile never subsided when Naren's wet eyeballs stared at her. Then, he crouched down to be able to align his height with the father of the woman he had long fought desperately for.
"He's a man who's been fighting desperately to get me, dad. His love is so sincere. In fact he was willing to pick me up in Brunei from Kazakhstan and take me to Indonesia to ask daddy for permission to make me someone who would accompany him to old age. Can daddy trust his transparency?" Yumna clasped Naren's broad hand. Trying to make his first love believe, that the love given by the man beside him was truly sincere.
Naren was flirting in his place. Still digesting every word he heard from his daughter. Until the heavy voice of the man in front of him made him return to shed tears.
Naren did not expect that soon he had to take off his beloved daughter. It feels like a dozen years have not passed quickly. And now, a man with all his courage asks permission to make his daughter part of his life. Aging together, walking side by side in joy and sorrow, also enjoying happiness with the fruit of their love.
He looked at the man named Sarsen seriously. With a heavy heart Naren said, "Thank you for coming up with all the courage that proves that my daughter is indeed you fighting with all your soul and body. My first love just wanted to tell you, Sarsen. Take good care of my daughter, take care of all your words today, if you do not want to be with my daughter if you have ever been rude to her, come before me and leave my daughter to me, never hurt and betray him again. That's your door to you. I'll let you make her your life companion." Not long after, the warm embrace she got from her daughter. Even now her daughter was crying happily.
"I love you, dad." said Yumna in tears of joy.
"Daddy too, princess." Naren kissed the top of his daughter's head who would soon become a wife.
After the hug was over, now it was Sarsen's turn to hug the body of his future father-in-law. I don't know how many thanks Sarsen has to say. Because his dream of marrying Yumna will finally be realized with the blessing of the man he now hugs.
"Thank you, Mr. Naren. I'm happy to see you." said Sarsen sincerely.
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Extra part this time not much" ges. Wait for yaa. Thanks to all of you my loyal readers.
