Bara's Innate Girl
Unbecoming

Rara was completely frightened by the gazes of those people. His head lowered, while his hands tightly hugged Bara's arms in trembling. Bara clearly felt his nervousness, making him only able to rub his hands to calm him down.

Bara shook his head faintly towards those people, as a gesture to end their intimidating gaze.

"What's your name?" ask the oldest woman in the room.

Rara who just lowered her head looked up, then looked towards Bara. Bara nodded.

"My name is Rara Madam." replied Rara nervously.

"Good name." whether it's a compliment or something.

"Alright, then let's start dinner tonight" said the woman. The woman refused to introduce herself.

Only Rara realized, the young girl who had been swaying to the husband, it turned out to be the same woman he had met at the Bara office and also the woman in the photo that Dena had sent him.

Who exactly are these people? Rara was curious.

Dinner starts. Rara sits between Bara and a young man she doesn't know. Dinner goes on in silence. It seems like this family has a high ethics in eating.

Not forgetting that their gazes still intimidated her, making Rara not enjoy dinner so much.

***

"Darling, that woman is really your wife?" the middle-aged woman Bara called Mommy.

Yes, Beatrice, the woman who turned out to be the birth mother of Bara. A woman who lost her eldest son twenty-five years ago. It was Bara, a one-year-old baby who went missing somewhere when Beatrice and her husband were in the supermarket. Just a matter of seconds they took their eyes off their baby, when the baby disappeared somewhere.

For twenty-five years they searched for Bara, until finally met a few months ago. Somehow they found him, but this is fate.

Bara has a younger sister who is one year older than Rara. The girl Rara had met a while ago.

"Truly Mommy. She is my wife." Bara replied firmly.

"But he's young. Mommy's not sure she can be a good wife to you, baby. Mommy's so worried." Beatrice's worried.

"Mommy..." I don't know why Beatrice thinks that.

"True Mommy Sis..." Catherine, the younger sister who was also inside the room. "He's even younger than Cathy. How could he serve you well. At such an age, Cathy was convinced, she still often played around with her friends." Catherine argued.

"Mommy... Cathy... Rara's not that kind of girl." Bara argued.

"Son...."

"That's Beatrice... The girl has become our son's choice, much less what you're concerned about." a heavy, weak voice echoed the three men's conversation.

The middle-aged man was lying weakly on the bed in the room.

"But baby..." Beatrice has not yet taken her husband's advice.

"Darling, you don't understand how I feel. I have lost my son for decades. I don't know what his life has been like all this time. And after I found her, how could I entrust the little boy to her side." Beatrice said. It turned out that this made the woman become cynical towards Rara.

"Mommy..." Bara grabbed the mother's hand. "Try to know my wife more deeply. Then Mommy will know what she is like. She was the most perfect woman for me Mom. And I'm happy with him. Wouldn't Mommy be happy if I was happy too?" clearly Bara convinced his mother.

"Bara's right, baby. Get to know our daughter-in-law better. After all, isn't that girl Derry's youngest child as well? Remember dear, Derry has been taking care of Bara since her adoptive parents died. Shouldn't we be indebted to them?" obviously that man named Bernard.

Beatrice is silent, unable to answer Bara and her husband's words. Because their words are true. He was too quick to judge his daughter-in-law.

"Son.please call your wife here. Daddy wants to see him." Bernard asked Bara.

Bernard has not yet met Rara. Diseases that gnawed his body for the past year made it difficult for him to walk. Until finally he can only do activities in the room.

"Good Daddy."

***

Bara walked down the big, luxurious house. Looking for the whereabouts of the wife he left with his male cousin. But Bara did not find him there, not even his cousin was there.

Bara traced the entire room on the second floor. I was afraid something would happen to my wife.

Until finally Bara saw the silhouette of a very familiar shadow on the balcony. Bara immediately panicked and ran as fast as he reached the girl.

"Rara.." cried Bara, hugging the tiny body from behind. "What are you doing? Don't act stupid!" cecar Bara was accompanied by a roar of breath full of anxiety.

"Sister.." Rara's voice shook, the girl cried.

She turned her body to face him. Seeing Rara's tears coming back, Bara undoes her intention to scold her.

Bara immediately pulled Rara into his arms. "Don't act this stupid anymore Rara. I understand how you feel, but don't act foolishly to endanger your life." she whispered. Inhaling the scent of Rara's body which was very intoxicating to him.

"What did Brother say?" Rara pushed Bara, "Do you think I tried to kill myself?"

"Isn't that true?"

Rara hit Bara's shoulder irritated. "I'm not that stupid."

"So you didn't...?"

"Of course not! I'm just enjoying the view here." annoyed Bara.

"But you're crying?" rubbing the cheeks that are still wet with tears.

"I. i...."

Pulling back the tiny body in his arms "Sorry... My family didn't mean anything to you..."

TBC ⁇ ️️️