(Family) Bound
The Truth that Hurt

"Geeehm.." Deheman Ratna's voice stopped their conversation.

"Mother." Call Luna while hugging Ratna who is already sitting next to her.

Ratna kept stroking Luna's back to make her daughter feel comfortable.

"Ed, can I talk to Luna for a second..??" Ratna Pinta. Edo looked towards Luna and looked doubtful.

"Mom will take care of Luna, Ed. You don't have to worry." Said Ratna who could read Edo's mind.

"Alright, mom. Please pick Luna up, ma'am." Sahut Edo before leaving the two women of different generations.

"Mom heard everything..??" Ask Luna. Ratna smiled and nodded.

"Mom must understand why I refused Edo's proposal." Asked Luna with teary eyes.

"Mom can see Edo loves you so much, son. When Edo and his family rescue you, he runs with your body to the IGD. Edo kept shouting like an evil person calling out to anyone to help you immediately. And up to this point Edo never once left you. You love each other and you deserve to be happy. You should be happy, son." Ratna said as she stroked the head of her daughter who was in her arms.

"Mom won't understand my feelings. I don't feel right for her, Mom. I feel dirty and dirty. The man did not really**cose me. But he touched my whole body. And the memory of that incident really tormented me. I almost feel crazy and always scared." Said Luna starting to sob.

"Mom understands how you feel, son." Ratna lirih.

"No..!! You will never understand how I feel..??!!" Excited Luna while releasing her embrace.

Ratna looked calm and smiled warmly at Luna.There was not the slightest emotion on her shady face. Slowly Ratna unbuttoned her shirt one by one, leaving Luna shocked by her mother's actions.

"Mother..!! What are you doing..??!! Stop it, ma'am." Luna said while trying to stop Ratna.

"Mom will show you something. It's time you found out the truth." Ratna said with a smile and gently stroked Luna's face.

"See this." Ratna said as she revealed part of her shirt.

Luna's eyes widened in surprise. Although it was not entirely visible, but he could see many scars on Ratna's back and chest.

"ii.. Ibuu... What is this..?? How can it happen .?? Who did this to mom..??" Luna with tears.

"Your father." Ratna answered briefly.

"Well.. dad..??" Luna said surprised. Ratna nodded.

"As you know. Your father and I married for a match. Actually the matchmaking was forced by Arseno's family, your father." Ratna said it started the story.

"Your father was angry that my mother still rejected him and my parents supported my relationship with Ardi. They don't care even though Ardi is just an ordinary person while your father is rich and respected. Seno continued to harass the mother's family but we stayed. Until the peak when he slandered your grandfather to be thrown into prison. Seno just got your grandfather out after mom broke off with Ardi and married him." Ratna said with a glaring look.

"On our first night your father was angry to learn that mother was no longer holy. He realized that the mother had given the heart and body of the mother completely to Ardi mas. Since then the torture began. Every time you have sex with Seno's wife will torture me. He always**me even though he can actually ask for it carefully. Your father also used to curse mom with dirty words when he hooked me. Our soundproofed bedroom made not a single person hear mother's screams of pain. During our marriage Seno always suspected that mother was still in a relationship with mas Ardi behind her. Even after the mother married, mas Ardi chose a job that made him far from the city where we live. And even though I didn't love your father, even though I didn't think of betraying him. Your father continued to torture me both physically and psychically. But upon realizing he would whine to ask mom to forgive him. When you were two years old he almost hurt you. That's when she asked for a divorce, but she refused because she still loved me. He almost killed you when I insisted on divorce. Finally, I gave up on saving you. Since then I have been conscious. Seno, who sees you as loving you, makes you a weapon to hold you back. Fearing that she would hurt you to see her tormented mother, she eventually chose to stay away and ignore you. I'm sorry, son. Sorry for making you feel unloved." Ratna said beginning to sob.

"Mom.m I'm sorry, ma'am. I'm sorry I kept thinking badly about you." Luna said while crying and hugging her mother.

"Because of that, did you finally decide to leave..??" Luna asked which was answered by Ratna.

"When you were seven years old, I met Ardi again. We accidentally met when mom was shopping for household needs. Since then we have resumed communication. But for God's sake, son. Even though I still love Ardi, I'm loyal to your father and Ardi is also keeping his limits." Ratna tried to convince Luna.

"Farida, who was chasing Seno, used it to incite your father. One day your father was angry when he received photos of his mother meeting with Mas Ardi. He left his job and went home. Without asking or saying anything, Seno dragged her into our room. He was like a doormat who kept beating and whipping the mother's body, then**mother's rape brutally. Your father doesn't care about your mother's scarred body. He doesn't even care about your mother who's pregnant with your sister. At that time your father immediately doubted the child in my womb was his flesh blood." Ratna said beginning to sob.

"After your father finished I thought it was the end of the torment for the day. But it turns out that mom was wrong. Your father opened the door and asked two of his best friends to come in. He tells the two men that they can use the mother's body as they please. Your father sitting on the floor of that room kept staring at us with a horrible look. The two people ignored the cries of the mother who begged them to stop. Your father also cuddled her ears as she kept screaming for his name, hoping he would help her. He was there, watching the two men take away my pride. Sometimes she laughs, sometimes she cries. Your father laughed at the woman he hated being tormented. But he also cried seeing the woman he loved get hurt. It was as if her love and hatred for mother kept taking turns to take over her heart. I don't know how long the torment happened because the mother was finally unconscious. When I woke up, I was in the hospital and later I found out that I was in a coma for three weeks. Because of that incident mom also lost your sister who was in my womb." Ratna said with an increasingly violent sobbing.

"When I realized the first thing I saw was your father sitting beside my mother's bed holding my hand tightly, not realizing that I was conscious. Seno cried sobbing asking me to open my eyes and continue apologizing. Mother who remembered the incident immediately shouted hysterically when she saw your father. Mom was really scared. Your father kept crying and tried to come closer to calm mom. But it makes the mother more frightened and continues to scream hysterically. Seno is so selfish. He did not care even though the doctor said that his presence made the mother's condition worse. Your father does not care about the state of the mother who is still experiencing severe trauma due to the incident. She continues to be by her mother's side, hoping that she forgives him and does not leave him. Ignoring mom's terrified scream because of her whereabouts." Ratna said while wiping away her tears.

"Seno parents who finally know what their children are doing to their mothers have been furious. They helped Grandpa and Mas Ardi to free mother from your father. But begging that the matter not be brought to the police because after all Seno is their son." Ratna.

"After successfully taking my mother away from your father, they did everything they could to help with our divorce. Father and mother eventually get divorced, but mother fails to get your custody because your father used the unstable psychic condition of mother as a weapon to get you. Seno hopes mom will come back to her if she gets your custody. But neither the mother's parents, the father's parents, nor Ardi's oom let that happen. I always come back to look for you. Ignoring the fear that kept haunting me whenever I was near your father. But your father never let us meet. If I want to see you, I have to go back to her. The desperate mother finally agreed to go back to your father. But our divorce happened with triple talaq. It means you won't be able to go back to your father unless we're both married and divorced to our respective spouses. By not knowing the shame of mother begged mas Ardi to marry mother. Mas Ardi refused because he knew, even though I still love him but I did that so I could go back to Seno to meet you. He's afraid your father will come back to torture you. As for your father, he married Farida who was certainly happy because he finally got the man he loved. Ignoring the fact that Seno married her in order to get back with mom." Ratna continued to speak with a glaring look.

"After believing the mother would not use marriage to return to Seno, Ardi married the mother. Both Ardi and Farida were equally firm in their decision not to let go of their loved ones. The difference is that Ardi lavishes the mother's life with love and affection. Do anything for the good and happiness of your mother. Mas Ardi continues to accompany the mother in every therapy session. He even invited mothers to join a community where members are women who are victims of**saan, to realize that the mother is not alone. Mas Ardi accepted mother as she was. Continuously encourage your life, reassure that your mother is precious and that she deserves to be with you for the rest of her life." Ratna said with a faint smile.

"While Farida, she was tormented because Seno never considered her as a wife. Even when Farida was pregnant with your father's child, Seno forced Farida to abort her womb. In your father's eyes his wife is a mother, and only I can be the mother of his children. That's why Farida hates you so much and your father also realizes that. But she never thought that it turned out to be Farida who dared to hurt you. He's your father and he loves you. Seno ignores you because every time she sees you she keeps thinking of the mother who chose to separate from her. Mom and Mas Ardi keep trying to seize your custody but always fail. And our strength weakened even more when Seno's parents were killed in an accident. No one else can help us. And after the death of his parents, Seno took you away because she realized that she still wouldn't go back to him." Ratna said still interrupted her sobs.

"I'm sorry for the mother who couldn't protect you. Forgive the mother who chose her own happiness. If only I had survived and not divorced your father, you would not have suffered Farida's torment." Ratna said as she hugged Luna and continued to kiss the top of her daughter's head.

"No, mother.. Don't say that. It's my fault for hating my mother without knowing the truth. Even if you hold on, I'm sure sooner or later you'll end up hurting me anyway. Mom did the right thing by leaving dad and living happily with Oom Ardi." Luna said as she tightened her arms and cried regretfully for so long harboring hatred for her mother without knowing the true events.

"Son, listen to me. I know this must be hard. But Edo loves you very much. Do not let because of the incident you finally let go of the opportunity to live happily. You deserve to be happy. Trust in mom. Although it is difficult, Edo will definitely accompany you through all this. I know you trust Edo, Luna. But on the contrary, you can't trust yourself right..??" Ratna asked her daughter. Luna lowered her head and went back sobbing.

"Give confidence in yourself, son. Give yourself a chance to be happy." Ratna said as she gently cupped her daughter's face.

Luna hugged her mother's body and cried loudly. Ratna returned Luna's embrace tightly and continued to gently rub her daughter's back to provide comfort.

Edo, who was waiting not far from Ratna and Luna, tried to calm himself down. She was shocked to hear of Ratna's suffering caused by her first husband. And greater suffering was caused by Farida.

"I will continue to love you. Watch you. And make your life full of happiness. Oom Ardi does anything for the happiness of the woman he loves. I'll do more to make you happy. I promise, Al." Edo murmured in the heart.