
"You worried?" Agam threw a question at Carnations. Right now the two of them were in the car heading back to Agam's house.
"How am I not worried that you're not okay?" sahut Carnation.
"Do you want to see it soon?"
"Now?" Carnations look fast.
"But I'm not ready to meet them yet" he said, looking down.
"When are you ready? If you wait for your readiness, there is a grudge you will never be reciprocated until anytime," said Agam without turning to Carnation.
He could hear the breath of the woman beside him.
"You have to fight yourself. Fight your fear and fight the bad taste in your heart. You'll never be appreciated if you keep giving up, Anye."
"So, you think I should start now?"
"Yes. If you really want to get everything done right away."
"Well, if you think so. We're going there now" said Carnations. He looked out the window. Where the sky has turned orange.
"There, just focus on your father. No need to care about your mother or stepbrother" Agam said. "It'll make you all the tougher."
"yeah."
Agam deflects the steering wheel towards a fairly elite housing. The houses are neatly lined with unique and different buildings.
"You know my house?" ask Anyelir when Agam turns his car into the housing where he lives.
"That's how."
Carnations of mangosteen. la already consider Agam a friend. Especially when he will marry that man. Surely his overly respectful attitude towards Agam would make the awkwardness between them remain.
"This is your house. Right, right?" ask Agam after stopping his car in front of the white-painted level house.
"really. You are great, Agam," said Carnations full of stuttering.
Agam just grimaced. "Come, comein! I'll follow behind you!" abugn.
Carnations took a deep breath before passing through the door of the house. Before entering, he looked back where Agam was still in the car. The man is calling someone.
With full intention and conviction, Carnations opened the door, stepping gracefully into her father's room. The atmosphere of the house is quiet, making him sure that Dewi and Ulayya are also in the room of the father.
"But I want to know how they reacted when they found out I came here" murmured Anyelir.
In front of his father's room door, Anyelir squinted at the sound of Elajar saying his name.
"Mas, Carnations are dead. His body was not found! It was possible that he had already been eaten by a wild beast in the forest!"
"No. Carnations are not dead. He's still alive. I'm sure that he'll come to see me" said Elajar.
"No way! The carnation's dead, ma'am. You must be able to accept this reality. Learn to accept this fact though it hurts, Mas. Forget Carnations, there is still Ulayya. He's your son too, Mom." The voice of the Goddess began to weaken.
Carnation's heart throbbed with pain upon hearing the father still expecting him to return. He knew his father missed him so much. However, Dewi still continues to try to influence her father to forget her.
Chequek!
Carnations smiled sinisterly as they saw the shocked expressions of her stepmother and stepbrother coming. The two women had their mouths even gaping wide when they saw him walking over.
"A-Anyelir?!" said Dewi and Ulayya simultaneously. They were shocked to see the person they were about to harm was still in good health and there was not the slightest injury. In fact, Carnations look so beautiful and charming.
Carnations just smile thinly. He remembered Agam's message that he should only focus on his father and not care about the Goddess and Ulayya. Let them be shocked and fight with their own thoughts.
Carnations sit on the edge of Elajar's bed. He took his father's hand and kissed him. "I'm back, dad. Sorry, because I had to wait a long time until I had to be sick like this because I bear the longing for your daughter," he deliberately pressed the last two words to insinuate Ulayya.
Elajar who was initially shocked also slowly shed tears he straightened his back and rubbed the head of the Carnation with affection.
"Where have you been all this time, son? Why don't you go home once to see Dad? I'm sorry I slapped you. I know that you will never do such a lowly thing" Elajar said with tears in his eyes.
Both of Carnations eyes glazed. la touched by the speech of Elajar. Her first love finally came back like she always believed in him. However, it is useless if Dewi and Ulayya still continue to revolve in the life of Elajar. They both continue to poison their father's mind.
"Are you still mad at me, son? That's why you don't want to see Dad?" ask Elajar, again.
Carnation shakes. "I'm sorry, dad. It's not me who won't look at you. But, there are people who don't like it if I come here again" he said. Slowly yet able to make the two people behind him tremble in fear.
"Who, son?"
"There was. If the time comes, I'll know everything. By the time it comes, you'll feel like you've made the wrong decision." Carnations throw rough breaths. "Dad, I'm here to tell you something. I hope you will accept my decision."
"What's wrong? Is there anything you want?" Elajar smile. Seeing Carnations, he was like seeing the reflection of his late wife. Carnations do inherit the beautiful face of Alena—the late Wife and mother of Carnations.
"I want to get married."
Elajar's face could not hide the shock.
"Married? Same who?" tanyakanya.
Elajar was not only surprised. Carnations this time like making himself shocked heavily. Her daughter hasn't been home for a long time. But once home, he gave the wedding news.
"With Agam. He's in front. Will soon follow me here," replied Anyelir.
"Anye Honey...." The goddess who had mastered herself from the shock of seeing the Carnation had started to speak. The woman approached and was about to touch the shoulder of the Carnation.
However, Carnations dodge by slightly shifting their sitting position. It made the Goddess feel a little upset.
"What's wrong? There's no need to touch me if you want to talk" said Carnations so coldly.
"Anye, you!" Ulayya who did not accept with Carnation's attitude shouted. However, the Goddess immediately stopped him.
"I'm sorry mama, Carnations. But why so suddenly? Do you really know that guy?" asked the Goddess with a fake smile engraved on her lips.
"of course. After all, knowing each other doesn't mean anything, does it? People who have been known for a long time are not necessarily we can know the nature of the original," replied Carnations which again makes the heart of the Goddess warm.
"Anyelir .. you change a lot. Don't talk disrespectfully to your mama" Elajar said when he saw his wife's sour face.
"So did dad. I can't see a fact hidden because it's covered in a beautiful face and intoxicating seduction."
Didn't they?