Berondong
Chapters 106. Graceful apology

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Winda, the daughter of Bi Imah who is still working there is very surprised and can not believe to see his former young mistress in front of him. Her watery eyes looked at the young woman named Starla who still looked youthful with her tiny body.

"Miss Starla!" the screams of Winda who then dropped his duster accidentally and ran towards Starla. Winda even forgot beside Starla there was Saka and their two children.

"Winda, you still work here?How's Win doing?" starla asked, smiling at the housekeeper who was very close to her, like a friend.

"I'm fine non, non Starla where am I? I'm the same mom as Non. Non why go not say the hell non?" Winda sobbed, his tears flowing down his cheeks.

"Thank God you're okay Win. Sorry yes, just had time to come here again." said Starla Lirih while hugging Winda with full of harrumph. In fact, Starla never expected that she would set foot in this house again. Although he only visited, there was no intention to stay there.

Gracefully standing not far from Winda, she had just descended from the top of the stairs and saw Starla and Axelo near her door. Gracefully stared in disbelief, that Starla was in front of him at this moment. He was also with Axelo, his grandson.

"Geez!" aluna exclaimed as she ran towards Anggun and hugged her grandmother. "Oma, Luna has just come home with Mommy and sister" he told Anggun.

Graceful eyes glazed over, she looked at Aluna then stroked the little girl's hair.

"Thank you princess, you've brought your sister and mom home" Anggun said in a raucous voice. Then, he looked at Starla who was still standing there, his lips suddenly twisted when faced with his former daughter-in-law.

Starla also took the initiative to walk closer to Anggun who is still there. Although he actually still felt afraid that Anggun would throw him out.

"Star, don't!" said Saka who forbade Starla to approach her mother. Saka only fears Starla, if for example her mother still behaves the same way and hates Starla.

Starla did not heed what Saka said because now she was standing right before Anggun. Then he invited Axelo to stand beside him, he intended to introduce Axelo to Anggun.

"How are you, aunt? Aunty take it easy, I am not here to return to Saka or stay in this house. I came back for Aluna's sake and I'm sorry that my presence bothers Auntie. But maybe Auntie wants to know, about Aluna's twin. This is it, Axelo." said Starla sternly and spoke like a stranger to Anggun.

Gracefully speechless for a moment, she looked at Axelo with teary eyes. His tongue is still muddy. But his lips trembled, with attention constantly on Axelo.

"Oma, this is Luna's big sister.Axel's handsome sister Oma." said Aluna to her grandmother. The little girl was so happy when she introduced her sister to her grandmother.

While Axelo was, he was staring Anggun with a flat gaze as usual. But believe me, the child is more sensitive than it seems even though it looks cold from the outside. He is currently looking at his grandmother's face.

'I think the relationship between Oma and Mommy is not good. Why is Mommy talking like a stranger to Oma? What's the matter?' inner Axelo was astonished when he saw the look on the face of Anggun and his mother. Also the atmosphere around it, as if there was a distance between them.

Graceful suddenly hugged Starla, then cried bitterly. With a feeling of regret in him that had been lodged, he overflowed everything. Starla and Saka were astonished by the Graceful actions. Saka thought Anggun would drive Starla out of the house, if that were to happen then Saka would not recognize Anggun as his mother. It was his vow inwardly, but Anggun instead did the unexpected.

"Hiks...Starla, sorry Mama son. Forgive me for your faults all along." Graceful tears seeped down the blazer cloth that Starla was wearing at this time.

Starla's heart was filled with apologies from Anggun and how the middle-aged woman was crying. "Aunty, don't cry. Don't apologize, it's my fault."

The formal word that came from Starla's lips made Graceful's heart pinched and pinched. Apparently Anggun words used to be very imprinted in Starla's heart, so 5 years was able to turn Starla into what it is today. He did not even look to regard Anggun as his mother anymore, it was all because of Anggun who started it. Anggun himself who used to say that he did not want to acknowledge Starla as his son anymore.

"Starla..."

Anggun's body suddenly collapsed in Starla's arms, until everyone panicked to see her. Finally Saka and Starla brought Anggun into her room. Saka immediately called the family doctor to check on Anggun.

The doctor said that Anggun's blood pressure was high, he also experienced stress, which caused Anggun headache and fell unconscious. Ghea, Starla, Saka and the twins are still in the Anggun room. The woman opened her eyes.

"Ma, I'll grab a drink!" bargain Ghea with Anggun as soon as he saw her rumination.

"No need Ghea, Mama wants to talk to Starla. Where's starla?" ask Anggun while getting up to sit from his bed.

"What's up Auntie? I'm here." said Starla who heard Graceful speech.

"Starla darling, here son. Mama wants to talk," Anggun wirred with tears soaking her cheeks. Starla also approached, she could not bear to see Anggun crying, especially Anggun is sick.

Starla sat beside Anggun, on the bed. Anggun then asked Ghea to bring the twins out of the room, he would talk to Starla and Saka. Anggun will expose all his mistakes and his main purpose is to apologize to Starla and Saka.

"Ghe, can you take Axelo and Aluna out first? Invite them to play first, or eat.mama want to talk with Starla and Saka." Anggun's decree on the eldest daughter.

"Yes, it's Ma." Ghea nodded her head in agreement. He looked at his two nephews. "Axel, dear Luna.com Auntie Yuk, we ate the cake that Aunt Ghea made this morning." take Ghea.

"Tante Ghea for kuehh? Brother come, sister Ghea is very good to make her curry. Brother smooth try!" invite Aluna while holding her brother's hand enthusiastically.

"Yes, come on." said Axelo who was not as cold as before. Since Aluna was in the hospital, Axelo's attitude was kind to the girl, but to others it was still cold.

Axelo, Aluna and Ghea went out of the room of Anggun. Not forgetting that Ghea closed the door of the room tightly, because Ghea knew there must be something they wanted to talk about in private.

Shortly after Ghea and the twins left, Anggun got off the bed and knelt at Starla's feet. He sat down in front of the 26-year-old woman.

Saka and Starla were shocked by the actions of this middle-aged woman.

"Tante, what's Aunt doing?" starla asked who was trying to remove Graceful hand from her leg, but the middle-aged woman kept tightening Starla's leg tightly. Starla could feel Graceful hand tremble.

"Ma, what else would you do for drama?" accuse Saka of her mother. He knows Anggun always makes drama when there is something he wants. Or if he wants to apologize but is insincere.

"Your mom's sorry about Starla, I'm sorry I said things that hurt you first. Even your same attitude is very evil. Mama.mama wants to admit everything in front of Saka too, what Mama did first with you Starla. No one is left unturned and without lies because Mama can not hold this hatred anymore, especially from the people who Mama loves."

While crying at will, Anggun apologized to Starla. Then the woman glanced at her son.

"Auntie doesn't need to do that, I've forgotten the past. Now we just have to live our lives aunt. Don't talk about it anymore, please don't do this. Wake up Auntie." Pinta Starla who got the headband from Anggun as a sign of rejection.

"No Star, everything should be finished today. Mama should talk to Saka, everybody. What you've done to you." explained Anggun with a tightness in his chest. Starla started to shed tears when Graceful was like this.

Honestly, Saka was disappointed by this fact he heard. She doesn't know that her mother has other selfish traits, Saka thinks her mother is the best mother in the world stuck with her gentleness. But without Saka knowing, Jeffry had asked for divorce from Anggun because of his nature like this.

"Aunty, I've been sorry Auntie for a long time. Aunty don't think gini, please." pinta Starla while holding back her tears.

"Saka not sorry Mama, Mama can not stand now" he said softly.

"Ka.." call Starla to her ex-husband so that Saka says something that makes Anggun relieved, because Anggun does not want to stand from his seat.

"Overdoes mom! I didn't expect Mama to have much misahin me with Starla and the twins, mending Mama kneeled forever in front of Starla!" snapped Saka emotions.

Starla did not expect that Saka would say such a painful thing Anggun. "So stop, don't make things worse! Respect the parents!" starla.

"Angun's aunt is your mama, don't be Saka's bad boy" he said again.

Graceful moved, because despite being hurt, Starla still defended her. The middle-aged woman was even more regretful for being so bad to Starla all this time.

Saka, who gets a sharp eye from Starla, immediately complies and helps her mother stand up from Starla's feet. She helped her mother get on the bed as before.

"Saka, you want to apologize, right?" ask Anggun with a soft and weak voice. Saka was unmoved and still seemed emotional, but the look on his face changed as Starla looked at him sharply.

"Yes, I'm sorry Mama. Just like Starla sorryin Mama." said Saka lazily.

"Saka, speak the truth" Starla whispered to her ex-husband. Saka clucked, holding back his sense of regret.

This time Saka spoke in a soft tone. "I'm sorry Mama."

Graceful smiled and seemed relieved to hear it, although Saka spoke like this because of Starla. It's okay, for sure Saka will forgive him because Starla and Axelo are back.

'My God, I've been wrong all this time. I made Saka even further away from the woman he loved. Now I have to put the two of them together, so that Axelo and Aluna are happy too'

"Starla darling, thank you so sorry Mama. You're so good, son, you're the best for your son...Saka." lirih Anggun while holding Starla's hands. "Starla, will you marry Saka again?"

The next question, made the pair of ex-wives dumbfounded. Especially Starla, she had just arrived at the homeland after a long time and was immediately poked at by a question like this. Of course he was shocked and he immediately took off Graceful's hand.

"Sorry Ma, it seems like my mother's question was wrong because it couldn't happen. Saka and I are divorced, even though we are the parents of Aluna and Axelo. I can't be with Saka." said Starla subtly rejecting Anggun's question.

Saka is disappointed, he knows it's not easy to chase Starla back. But he did not expect to be rejected directly, even Starla did not think first. Is that so deep in the wound he inflicted on Starla first?

'I think I asked too soon. Take it easy Saka, Mama will definitely help you get Starla again, mama promises to redeem everything' Anggun inner sad to see the look on Saka's face at this time. He knew how bad Saka had been during this 5 years, he had received the most severe punishment, the miss that could kill him.

"Forget the question dear Mama, now Mama is happy because you are willing to forgive mama." Gracefully smiled and tried to divert the conversation.

He embraced Starla as a form of reconciliation between the two of them who had been cut off 5 years ago. Anggun swore, that he would reunite Starla and Saka again even though the path was not easy.

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The kitchen of the Delano house.

Ghea and Imah accompanied the twins who were eating pancakes made by Ghea. Ghea's hobby is baking, aside from her busy running boutiques.

"Where's sis? Nice cake made by aunty?" aluna asked her sister, her face smitten with chocolate.

"Don't do it, but it's still delicious mommy made." This kid is always honest.

"Sorry Auntie, is Aunt angry?" axelo's tinianya to Ghea, fearing that the woman was offended by his words.

'This boy is quite mature at a young age. His attitude is like this, similar to Starla' Ghea said in her heart.

"It's okay baby, you're telling the truth. Auntie can't be angry. But you have to look at people if you want to talk. It could be that the person you are talking to is easily offended" Ghea advised the boy.

"Yes Aunty." Axelo said.

"Tante Ghea is good, she likes my nuts for her food. The cake is delicious, but later I want to try Mommy's cake." Aluna said with a smile.

"Yes, you'll have to make it the same as Mommy." Axelo smiled then helped Aluna rub the stain on her face gently. Axelo looks to love Aluna. "Pelan-pelanannya," said Axelo again.

Ghea looked pleased with the interaction between this sister brother. Honestly, Ghea wanted to have another child soon, but God has not given her after 5 years she has not been pregnant again.

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Elsewhere, a man entering his 30s has just finished with his co-star in bed. The woman looked exhausted, she was still lying on the bed without any thread.

"Darling, don't you want any more?" ask the woman with her flirtatiousness.

"No, I have to go home. I've been here too long. My money's up and you know I'm depending on my father-in-law's company?" aldo said to the woman.

"alright sweetheart. If you want service.stay call me."

"Hem, I have to go home to Ghea." said Aldo while wearing his clothes again.

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