Aster Veren
Episode 49's

- Ansel

After finishing taking care of Aster's school transfer papers and taking his report. I rushed out of the school building that had been colonized by the parents of students and their children who had also just finished taking the report.

"Where's Aster?" Victor's voice surprised me who was looking for my daughter while walking down the hallway of the school towards the car park.

Though I asked her to wait outside her classroom, my inner being along with the sudden presence of Kalea embracing my right hand spoiled, made my steps stop instantly.

"Calea." I muttered along with her sweet smile that she had shown me.

It seems he has forgotten what happened yesterday. I continued in my heart while remembering the incident when Kalea cried in my arms because she did not want to stay with Victor.

"It looks like your relationship has improved?" I asked as I glanced towards Victor standing up.

"Ya–so that's .. a long struggle." He replied after sighing heavily while watching Kalea with the look of his warm eyes while his left hand was busy scratching his nape.

"How's your grade?" I asked Kalea who was still looking up to look at my face with her sparkling eyes.

"... luckily." His reply after snorting in annoyance, even the look in his eyes instantly changed instantly.

"He's in second place again." Definitely Victor while grabbing the top of his daughter's head and re-stretching his legs together with me.

Ah, true. Stage one is occupied by Aster. My mind was proud of my daughter's intelligence, unconsciously my lips had been raised because I couldn't help my pride.

"Why is my dad smiling like that? I got a rank two instead of one." Kalea asked looking annoyed while puffing her right cheek furiously.

"Ah must be happy because rank one is obtained by Aster huh?" Continue while releasing his embrace.

"I'm glad my daughters are so smart." Obviously I don't want to side with any of them.

"What did you say? Your daughters? Then I can think of Aster as my daughter too dong?" Victor asked enthusiastically to stop my footsteps.

"Who said?" I don't like that conclusion.

"Me! You didn't hear?" He answered with a big smile.

"Why would you like to take Aster as your daughter too?" Kalea's question surprised Victor.

"Why? Can't it? You're still considered his daughter, right?" Victor replied while pointing at my face in annoyance.

"So you're jealous?" I could not help but mock her with a sarcastic smile that I hadn't shown to the people around me in a long time.

"Ti–no!" His speech looks wrong before Kalea.

"Haha... My dad is so funny, isn't he?" Kalea's laughter looks happy.

"You're teasing your own father?" Victor asked with a red hue on his face made Kalea even more chuckled with Victor's unexpected reaction which was easily colonized.

Thank goodness they are better and look good now. My mind with a warm smile watched Kalea's expression that I hadn't seen in a long time.

"Oh this man, my hair is getting tangled!" The voice of Aster caught my attention.

I saw him talking to the school security guard who was scrambling my daughter's hair with his anxiety.

"I'm first." My words immediately left Kalea and Victor who were still arguing in his place.

"Once you're nervous, it feels like you want to bring it home." Clearly the security guard sounded faintly followed by the sound of his laughter.

"Wouldn't! Go to work, lots of cars coming out, open the gates!" Aster managed to remove the security guard's hand from his head.

"Hee. whereas you have a handsome son, want to be a father-in-law." His god again in his laughter.

"Ma–mantu?" Ask Aster look confused with the joke of the security guard in front of him, I quickly reach his tiny body for me to carry in my lap.

"I mean she wants to marry you to her son." Clearly I was at the same time with the surprised expression Aster showed me.

"Son Aster is very funny sir, beautiful like his late mother. If I may do it, sir." Said the security guard while smiling kindly at me, but I could not respond to his jokes, because my focus was on Aster now. Somehow I wanted to linger seeing his expression that I had never seen before.

So adorable!

"I don't want it!" He should have made the security guard again chuckle.

I think I found something interesting now. My mind with a faint smile looking at Aster's behavior.

"Yes, don't you want to? Too bad, even though you want to have a funny child like Aster ...." He said after being satisfied with a laugh and immediately put on his gloomy expression.

"Lu–funny?" Aster murmured blushed upon hearing the guard's speech.

"I'll excuse you then." I began to speak up as I watched the rows of cars that were preparing to exit the gate to leave the school.

Besides, I don't want people to see my daughter's sweet-looking expression while blushing like that.

"Why does he never get tired of teasing me every day?" His gerrymandering looks upset.

"Did he always tease you like that?" I was curious and immediately got a quick nod from Aster along with his heavy breath.

"It seems my daughter is well liked by many people huh ...." I muttered while smiling faintly at him still walking towards the car park area where I parked my car.

"Liked by many?" Ask looks confused.

"Bu Estelle and the other teachers talk about you a lot, even the principal likes you." I opened the front door when we got to my side of the car.

"really?" He immediately got a quick nod from me.

"It looks like you can talk to me again huh?" I smiled back at him when I saw him blush. I don't know why I feel relieved by her change of heart. And since yesterday I couldn't talk to him much because he kept quieting me.

I don't know what my fault is?

"Tomorrow we'll go to Singapore, I've taken care of all your school transfer papers." I continued while holding her in the car seat and immediately attached her seat belt.

"Emh ... Can Aster ask for anything?" The question stopped me from moving and almost closed the door of the car.

For the first time she asked me for something, can I grant her? My mind wondered what she wanted to ask of me.

"certain." I answered later, making him happy.

"Can we go visit the graves of mothers and grandmothers?" The question shocked me half to death, "I want to say goodbye to my mother and grandmother before I leave with my father tomorrow." Continue to shrink his tone.

Helen .... My mind felt a great longing for my wife.

"All right, we're leaving now. You showed me the way." I said before closing the Aster car door and walking quickly towards my car door.

"After that I want to go see bi Siti too, can we go together?" I got in the car and put my seat belt on.

"certain." I tried to smile as best I could to hide my feelings.

Bi Siti is the person who has been taking care of Aster after mom died huh? I guess I should thank him too. My mind thinks of the figure of bi Siti referred to by Aster.

But rather than that .. I did not expect his first request was to drive him away to visit Helen's tomb and mother's. I was still in my heart, feeling a pain in my heart that I could not explain.

This pain ... might be a regret I can't erase.

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