Athena
Vania's anger

While down there, on the ground floor of the hospital, Vania and Baskara were on their way to the elevator. But I don't know what could have caused Vania's gaze to turn to a queue she so memorized. Her son was sitting in one of the queue chairs with a woman but not her son-in-law. Moreover, the woman was a person he knew.

"Ma, come on, the elevator's open" call Baskara.

Vania.

"Just a second, pa." Vania let go of her husband's hand that wrapped around her arm.

Slowly walking towards his son, Baskara who saw him quickly followed his wife.

"What are you doing here?" hiss Vania beside Raga's ears, his position was now behind Raga. He tried to hold back his anger.

Petrifying raga. He slowly turned his head to the side and found his mother's face holding back his anger.

"Tante" said Clara kindly.

"Raga, come with me" said Vania, ignoring Clara's greeting.

"Vania is not finished yet" said Raga slowly.

"Come now or you'll be sorry for the rest of your life" Vania said as softly as Raga.

Baskara let out a rough sigh, not knowing what was going through her mind.

Slowly Raga stood up from her seat and followed her mother's steps towards the hospital garden which was quiet, because it was already late at night.

"Oh..."

THE PLAQUE!

Raga had not yet finished her speech, a slap first landed on her cheek.

"Ma" Baskara tries to back up his wife.

"Shut up, Pa. Let your mother educate your children in her own way. Let mama punish mama's son who somehow became a loser today" said Vania firmly.

Raga rubbed her cheek, this was the first slap she had gotten during her life in the world, and even more painful since Vania was the culprit. That means his mistake was fatal.

"You know what your fault is, Argantara?" cerca Vania's.

"Ma, this is not what you think" said Raga quickly.

"Do you know what Mom thinks?" ask Vania.

"Ma, Raga only accompanies Clara to control the content. It wasn't Raga who was pregnant with Clara ma" Raga tried to explain the situation.

Vania clapped her hands. Very quickly he slapped his son's cheek again.

"Ma" Baskara holds his wife's shoulder.

"Papa's son is so great now, helping his pregnant friend, as if he had full responsibility for the woman. Unless this papa's son is indeed the father of the baby he's carrying" Vania is so limp. It was as if his power was exhausted to slap his son.

"No, ma. Clara just got us here, her parents are far away. Om Devanka also left Clara to us. Clara is in a difficult time, she is pregnant without the knowledge of her parents, and the man who impregnated her is lost somewhere" Raga tells.

"One more time you say the woman's name, your own mother will block your way to meet your wife" Vania's anger reappeared.

"Raga, Clara this is someone else, isn't your priority. Now you have a responsibility, which you need to prioritize more than anything, including us your parents. And the person you were supposed to prioritize is now lying weakly on top of the hospital gurney" Baskara said.

Hearing her papa's words, Raga's body tensed up again.

"Pa?" Raga seemed to ask the certainty of the information her father conveyed earlier.

"It feels shame to meet Athena. Mama's daughter-in-law is lying sick, while the mother's child is even engrossed in sitting together with another pregnant woman in front of the poly. Somehow mama's way to show her face in front of Athena and her family" Vania certainly felt disappointed and very embarrassed.

Baskara hugged his wife.

"Already have. Mama take a breath, exhale. Calm your mind. Mama wants to see your mom's son, right?"

Vania nodded.

"Come, let's see it together. The must be waiting for us" Baskara said.

Before leaving his son, Baskara said,

"Tidy up your appearance, papa will tell you that you're on your way here."

Raga nodded in understanding. His eyes followed the steps of his mother and father.

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The door to Athena's treatment room opened, and Vania and Baskara entered the room. Baskara, of course, greeted Athena's family first, while Vania quickly hugged her son-in-law, who was sitting leaning over the gurney.

Athena rubbed the head of the part of Vania that was hugging her while crying.

"Mama why?" ask Athena gently.

Vania shook her head, reluctant to answer. He only satisfied himself hugging his son-in-law while apologizing in his heart.

With her eyes, Vania smiled. He stroked both cheeks of his son-in-law with great affection. Then he wiped his own tears.

"Are you okay, ma?" ask Athena gently.

"Mama's fine, baby." she replied. He sat in the gurney with his son-in-law.

"Not now many dear ones" Ayra chanted that made the people there chuckle.

"Yes dong. Later if Ayra is old, married, her mother will increase again" Alda rubbed her child's hair very gently.

"Mommy see Raga?" ask Athena.

"So along with the departure, it may still be stuck in traffic. The streets are so crowded" Vania replied.

"Raga staying at my mom's house?"

Vania nodded.

"So The Telephone Raga, but not raised, continued The phone oma deh, the house is closer" Athena's story.

"Bandel's right mama's boy. Sorry mommy's son?"

Athena smiled.

Raga comes along with a dinner ordered by Mika. As before, they ate together in the Athena treatment room. The difference is now, Athena remains sitting in the patient bed with Raga who bribed her.

More silence this time. He greeted everyone and apologized to his wife.

"Aren't you getting enough rest?" guess Raga.

Athena just grimaced feeling guilty.

"I'm with the kids on picnics, all holidays" replied Athena.

"Don't worry me, The" said Raga.

"What are you worried about me for?"

"Where is a husband not worried about his wife?" ask Raga back.

"There are times, lest you be heheh again"

Raga pinched slowly on his wife's cheek.

"You can still laugh" he said.

After dinner, Aina and Lathief leave first, with Mika and Ivana.

"Hurry to heal well her grandson oma" Aina kissed Athena's forehead.

Athena nodded with a smile. The same thing Lathief, Mika and Ivana did to Athena.

"Be careful on the road. Oma and opa immediately rest, since waiting for The wake up first"

"Yes, baffles" Lathief ruffled his grandson's hair.

They certainly did not forget to say goodbye to the besan.

Late at night, Alda, Renal, Ayra and Baskara also returned home. Vania wants to keep Athena.

"When there is a Raga you know jeng who take care" said Alda.

"I also want to take care, jeng" said Vania.

Alda nodded in understanding.

"Darling, mom's coming home." Alda smelled the surface of his son's face.

"Sister, Daddy's coming home. Isn't daddy okay?" ask Renal.

"It's okay, dad."

"OK deh her love daddy" Renal kisses the top of her son's head with love and affection.

"His daddy daughter drama is skipped first, the patient needs that rest" said Alda.

Athena and Renal chuckled, the others laughed.

"Papa's coming home. Ma, his son should not be wooed" Baskara recalled.

"Kayak dough aja duyel-uyel" cibir Vania.

After her relatives returned home, Vania slept in the bed with Athena. While Raga sleeps in another bed that is in the treatment room.