Behind The Lies
Return it to Orphanage

“Asa, out Mama want to talk!” Ashilla continued banging on Asa's bedroom door. “Asa, what's wrong with you?”

Asa remained hidden in the room. He knew his mother would be angry.

“Why should I trust gini. Quickly go out and explain everything the same Mama or Mama send again you New York?”

Slowly the door opened and Asa looked pouted and bowed.

“You know what you did was wrong? You've made Mama.” ashamed

Asa is still down.

“Not polite. Mama forgave you when this happened two years ago. But now you are big. You should know, which ones can and which ones cannot be done!”

Iyash is not alone because this has also happened in Space. It is not easy to approach Asa and Angkasa itself takes up to two years to approach the child.

“As you know, Om Iyash wants to snatch Mama from Asa!” yelled the boy.

“No need to scream the same old man.”

Asa's breath hunting. His shoulders are up and down. Slowly Ashilla lowered her knees in front of Asa. Then she held her two shoulders.

“Again, who wants to snatch Mama from you, nothing. Om Iyash's good intentions want to teach you to learn, but you're being rude.” Just this time Ashilla said harshly to Asa. And that made Asa sad.

“Mama defending Om Iyash? If Om Angkasa knows, he must also be angry.”

“Om Space say what is the same to you?”

“Ngak. Don't say anything.”

“Terus why you should take him. This is your business, Mama and Om Iyash. Anyway tomorrow you have to meet him and apologize.”

“Asa don't want to,” the boy said as he walked into the room and slammed the door.

Ashilla gasps. Slowly he got up and was really angry.

“Why? What's up the fuss?” tanya Ganjar who just returned from the mosque after performing Isya prayers.

Ashilla stared and answered nothing. Ever since there was any problem about Asa, Miranti would solve it, now maybe not. Ashilla should have solved the problem herself.

“Not there, Opa. Asa is only fussy again, do not want to learn.”

“Yes do not need to be forced. Learning should be happy, not depressed,” Ganjar said.

Ashilla nodded. “Shilla excuse me, Opa.” The woman then went to the room. What should he do now? He was completely embarrassed by Asa's behavior.

“Jeez, Asa!” Ashilla hit her own forehead. He finally realized that all this time he had spoiled Asa, even though Miranti had been applying discipline to the child.

[Today Asa made trouble.] Ashilla wants to send the message to her mother. However, stop him from doing so because Miranti must be firm and will bring Asa back to New York.

Finally, he copied the message and sent it to Space.

[What problem, dear?] reply Space that day to do a photoshoot.

[You may work again, we'll talk later.]

[Yes, if you're done here, I'll call you.]

Ashilla did not reply to the message and she only let out a long sigh. “Asa may indeed need a father figure,” he thought.

The woman threw her body into the bed. He remembered all of Asa's closeness to Space. Yes, so far only on Space, Asa according to.

***

In the afternoon after picking up Asa, Ashilla took the time to come to Lily's place. It's been almost a week that he hasn't come and it feels like something's wrong to claim to be a foster parent, but never to take care of him.

There he hopes to meet Iyash because Asa has to apologize in person.

“Yesterday Mr. Iyash just bought, Bu.”

“Oh. What is less? Let me add.”

“No, Mom, everything is equipped by Mr. Iyash,” said the short-haired woman.

“Oh.” Ashilla looked fun to hold while humming. Lily was calm in her lap.

“Bu Shilla, I can ask?” ask Sister Rika. Just this time he intended to ask Ashilla a question, usually he just kept quiet and asked for nothing.

“Bby.”

“Is Lily going to be here forever?” ask Sister Rika.

Ashilla frowned. “And there is Iyash who has set, why ask that?”

“Pak Iyash says ask Mom.”

“I don't know.” It seems that Ashilla is upset to hear Sister Rika's question.

“Why are Bu Ashilla and Mr Iyash not married?”

Ashilla sighed while still swinging Lily in her arms. “Marriage is not an easy matter.” Ashilla is not evasive with other sentences such as, ‘he is not my girlfriend’, or other things, the sentence he said actually led to the assumption of Sister Rika if she and Iyash had a relationship.

 “Then why be a parent?”

This time Ashilla stopped swinging Lily and focused on directing her gaze at Sister Rica. “Having a child does not have to be in the scope of marriage, if he is able why not?”

“I mean shouldn't the child be given a whole family?”

“Ngot all. I said if he is capable why not? Iyash wants to have children, but does not want to get married, which is why he raised Lily as his son.”

“Oh. I'm sorry if my question offended mom.” Because Sister Rika realized Ashilla's anger, although it did not raise the tone of her speech.

“Oke.” Ashilla then sat down. “If you are not at home, you say, do not be forced because taking care of the child must be sincere.”

“I'm sincere, Mom. But why do I think this small child should be a tool to build your closeness?”

Sister Rika has really provoked Ashilla's anger. “What do you mean?”

“Sorry, Mom, but I've been patient enough not to ask this. I was just asked to take care of this baby. Mom said she'd find her family, ‘kan? But so far I don't think so. I know the law in Indonesia is slow, but probably not in this case.”

Ashilla.

“You should ask directly, or at least you realize something strange about this.”

“What do you mean?” Ashilla put the baby on her bed.

“Pak Iyash did not actually handle the case or report it to the police because the real baby was dead and had been returned to his family.”

Ashilla's heart slipped and she could only be flabbergasted.

“I'm sorry for being involved in this. I need you to know that this baby is our baby at the Baitul Wahid orphanage and Mr. Iyash did not really adopt it.”

“You are not lying to me, ‘kan?”

“For what? I only asked for this baby to be returned to the orphanage so that there were many who took care of him, but Mr. Iyash continued to hold back. I hope with me to talk to Ms. Ashilla about this, I can persuade Mr. Iyash, because no matter how sorry this baby is, Ms.”

Ashilla sighed, she then looked at Lily, then looked at Asa who was engrossed in playing games on her phone. Even though he knew the truth Asa heard everything, regardless of whether she understood it or not.

“Why does Iyash do this?”

Sister Rika shook her head.