Bia, the Substitute Mother
He Has Been Gone!

Not always will a happy ending be together. Sometimes the happy end is when the circumstances between the two make peace with the problems that occur and choose to live in their own way is the ending that is so happy for all parties.

~Bia Quinsa Altafunisha's

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"Bia's leaving, Bi. Take care of this house for Bia and Bia's child" Bia said, kissing the back of Aunt Mar's hand as they were on the porch.

Today Bia will leave Indonesia. Today he will be gone from all the lives that made him understand that love is not always a must have.

Love does not end together forever. Sometimes love also has to get its own justice and end up giving away what is not hers.

"Yes, Non. Aunty will guard this house," Aunt Mar said with a nod. "Non also take care of health. Wherever Non is, Bibi just pray that Non is healthy and gives birth safely."

Bia nodded. He shed tears hearing the heartfelt prayers of someone who had been taking care of him all this time. Bia hugged Aunt Mar slowly. Hugged her warmly as she really felt heavy to go and leave.

"Thank you very much, Bi," Bia said with tears in her eyes. "Bia said Mas Shaka. Don't let him eat late and rest."

She whispered in Aunt Mar's ear. However, Bia knows very well how the man she loves is if it has gone crazy work.

Aunt Mar nodded as she wiped her tears away after the hug came off. Bia quickly got into the car and waved her hand at Aunt Mar.

"I'm going first, Bi. Assalamu'alaikum" Bia said before the window closed and the vehicle slowly left Bia's house.

***

If Bia is driving to the airport. Not with Shaka. The man was really driving fast. Repeatedly he cursed because the streets were really densely crawling.

Even the man to sound the horn repeatedly to get to the house Bia. Yeah, that guy's going to be there. He was sure to meet his ex-wife.

Ahhh ex-wife?

A rashly beaten ex-wife. An ex-wife left without thinking.

He's completely insane. He really did it all without a second thought. And now, he could only shed tears. Regret and regret everything.

Finally after almost an hour more he fought the traffic jam. Now Shaka has made it to the front of Bia's house. A house that looks lonely, quiet and uninhabited.

A house that is completely invisible to life. Of course it makes Shaka quickly get out of his car. Running towards the closed door and before a while, the door opened by itself.

"Auntie!"

"Master!" Greet Aunt Mar with a face that still contains sadness.

"Where are you, Bi? Bia where?" Tanya Shaka's distraught.

He went into the house and looked for the figure he was looking for. He went in and out of Bia's room but there was no one.

That certainly makes him frustrated. That certainly makes Shaka really crazy.

"Bia tell me. Where's Bia, Bi? Bia where?" Shaka said with a completely frustrated face.

The man looked at Aunt Mar pleading. Aunt Mar really doesn't know what to do. He doesn't even know where Bia is going.

"Bi. Please! Where's Bia?"

"Non Bia is gone, sir. Non Bia is gone!" Lirih Aunty Mar who was like lightning struck the heart of Shaka which made the man look on in disbelief.

"No, that's impossible, isn't it, Bi?" Shaka asked while shaking Aunt Mar's arm.

"Bi, tell me that isn't it?"

Aunt Mar shook her head. He could really see how this master of his was destroyed.

"Non Bia is really gone, son," Lirih Aunty Mar while wiping away the tears of the man she had been nurturing since childhood. "Non Bia said goodbye to Auntie. That he's gonna go and leave this country."

~Connected