BET GIRL
Desire

"Mom, busy?" Elnara was visiting Linol's house. He came to his mother who was watching four of his workers who were busy picking duck eggs from his cage. 

"No. I was just checking the work of the men. I have to be vigilant. Yesterday's production of duck eggs declined, fearing that some rogue employee would steal the mother's duck eggs." Linol moved away from the cage, then towards the back porch of the house, he sat down to the chair while fanning out using a hand fan. His eyes watched his men in the distance.

"Don't suudzon, ma'am." Elnara sat down on the Linol side chair. 

"Mother is not a bad prejudiced, just watch out."

"Oh yeah, which Afsa?" 

"He was away, he said he wanted to eat fried rice in a normal place. The boy doesn't want to help the mother work, but the job is just spending the mother's money." 

"Menafkahi Afsa as a child is the responsibility of parents. But if you feel unable to educate Afsa, you can stop her studies. Don't force yourself. And if you feel that Afsa's living expenses are swelling because of unnecessary things, you can ban her or stop anything that's a bad habit for her."

Linol sighed. "Here you go, you don't have to take care of this. Let this be mom's business."

"Mother is my mother, Afsa is my twin brother, then the affairs of mother and Afsa can be my business too, what else if there is anything, mother nagged him to me. It's natural to give input. Why do you not want to stop the behavior of Afsa who often do not do right?"

Linol took a breath. "Mother is afraid of Afsa? You dare not crack down on Afsa? Mother lost the same Afsa clash?" keep Elnara.

"El, what do you mean talk like this?"

"I just want you to be fair. Mother firmly with Afsa. But all this time mom always lost a lot every time Afsa was angry with mom, and mom chose to bestow bad things on me because I looked more obedient to mom." Elnara started showing fangs.

"You don't add to the burden of your mind by talking like this. I'm getting dizzy."

"So, if Afsa's behavior becomes more so, will you continue to be silent and give in?" connect Elnara with a fixed look. 

Linol.  Think of Elnara's words. 

"Do you know how far Afsa's acting?  When Afsa finds out that the Emir is the one who has run over the father, Afsa does a lot to ruin the Emir's life out of spite.  And I must know about Emir who was the cause of father's death from the beginning right?” Elnara held her mother's arm, hoping that her mother would understand her position.  “I don't want Afsa to show up in my household and randomize everything.  He came to the Emir and claimed to be me.  He even gave up his chastity for the Emir.  Although this did not happen because it was discovered, but Afsa's behavior was outrageous.  The initial intention of Afsa who wants revenge changes direction, he wants to get the Emir, what else the Emir is no longer disabled.”

Linol frowned in wonder.  He did not expect Afsa to be that strong.  “So, Emir is not disabled anymore?”

Linol frowned, thinking.

“I was willing to sacrifice my life for the life of my mother and Afsa.  I want to have a marriage without love.  Even I have struggled to organize my household despite having to fight with my own feelings.  I gave up for the good of everyone.  I even gave up on being forced to marry a man I didn't love.  So please, help me so that Afsa does not destroy what I have built,” said Elnara asked her mother for help.

“Afsa does just that for a reason.  He probably wants your life right now.  Shouldn't it be Afsa in your position?  You have to understand why Afsa can do that.”

“If that is so, why didn't he marry the Emir from the beginning?  After I sacrificed everything, Afsa showed up and wanted to take everything she thought was good.”

“It's only natural that Afsa envied you, originally the Emir was seen as a handicapped widower, anyone and now he's cured.

“Yeah God, mom still defends Afsa too?  Or are you afraid of facing Afsa?  Always mom lost by Afsa.”  Elnara stood up, rubbing her frustrated hair.  

“Afsa is your twin, you can't be sadistic to him just because he made a mistake to you.”

“Here who made that mistake?  Afsa is sadistic to me.  He who diverts all the bad things to me and wants to take all the good from me.  Then why is Afsa still being defended as well?  I should have cracked down on Afsa, not protected for fear of her.”

“Already!  Stop cornering mom!”  Linol stood up.

“Until here, I understand why Afsa can't be a good child, even defiant, resisting and rude to mom.  That's the result of mother's education.”

“Stop, El!  You guys are twin but why is it like hostile!”

“I should have told Afsa that.  I never considered Afsa an enemy, what else considered her a rival.  I saw a mother who was afraid of Afsa.”

“Better you go home!”  Linol pointed at the door.

Elnara looked disappointed.  Until when was he put aside this way by his mother just because the mother was afraid of Afsa?  So that all bad things are always bestowed on obedient children.  

“I'm disappointed in mom.  Don't blame me for never coming back here again, no matter what.  It was my mother who closed the door to me.”  Elnara walked away.

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