Daddy My Son's
23. The Hospital

"Joe, are we going to your apartment first?" virranda asked, when Joe's taxi order had darted carrying them at medium speed.

"No. We go straight to the hospital. Later the driver will bring our goods to the apartment and leave it to security. I've also called the apartment manager to clean the apartment before we get there" Joe said.

"Daddy, why does Verrel's chest feel like it's pounding when you want to meet Grandpa and Grandma later?"the boy told his father who was sitting on his right.

"Thumping? Eum, of course. Maybe because this is the first time Verrel has met Grandpa and Grandma, so don't worry" Joe said with a smile, the man gently rubbed the hair of the boy and kissed him with affection as usual.

"Verrel was very happy. Thank you Daddy and Mommy for taking Verrel to meet Grandpa and Grandma" the boy said cheerfully to his parents.

"Beloved one another" said Virranda and Joe. The two involuntarily both hugged Verrel's small body.

As a result of the accidental touch, Virranda immediately released his embrace from his son's body, his gaze collided with Joe's netra, a sudden sense of awkwardness and nervousness over the two who looked wrong to each other.

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"Virranda, is this really you?" Lirasa touched the pair of shoulders of her daughter who had just appeared after a long time of disappearance.

The middle-aged woman took a peek at Virranda's face, from the tip of her hair to the tip of her foot, to convince herself that the moment standing before her was her daughter's right, and it wasn't a dream.

"This is Virranda Mami, the daughter of Papi and Mami" Virranda assured her mother with teary eyes.

"Finally you're back too dear," Lirasa then grabbed Virranda's body into her arms, her cries already unstoppable.

Sedu sedan instantly sounded boisterous. The two clenched each other tightly, releasing a deep sense of longing in each other's sobs. For a long time, the mother and daughter were dissolved in the atmosphere of haru, forgetting the situation around them.

"You came here by yourself, baby?" lirasa asked as her cries and Virranda had already eased each other. He loosened his arms and stared fixedly at the face of his beloved daughter.

Virranda shook her head, "I'm with them Mi" he said pointing with his face towards the back of his mother's shoulders.

Lirasa. His gaze rested on the neat-looking adult man and a handsome boy with adorable cheeks. Compactly, the two men of different generations bowed respectfully to him.

"Greetings Madam," said Joe politely, as Lirasa approached herself and Verrel.

"Greetings Madam" said Verrel later, in a slurred voice, imitating Joe's words and his father's gestures that held his tiny hands together in front of his chest.

Yeah, that's how they do it. Sometimes Joe imitates the behavior of Verrel, sometimes on the contrary, Verrel imitates his father, which he feels is always true to the thoughts of his children.

"Are you your mother's son Virranda?" ask Lirasa. Verrel's existence instantly shifted his focus on every move of the boy who seized his attention.

"Yes Madam" said Verrel again.

Joe tried to code the boy not to call the middle-aged woman in front of them as Madam but Grandma. Verrel actually did not comply even though he saw the code given by his father. Not disobedient, but he failed to understand when he saw the movement of Joe's body that looks stiff, and nervous because it is being noticed by Lirasa.

Hearing the call of the Madam pinned by the boy to him, there was a slight stabbing pain in Lirasa's heart, she recalled how she and her husband were too harsh on their daughter who married without their permission and kicked her out of the house. Perhaps this was the reply he had to receive.

"What's your name, baby?" ask Lirasa. Now he crouched down, to align with the boy while looking at him longingly.

"Verrel Dirgantara," said Verrel his full name. The boy looked at the face of the woman before him, who was smiling sweetly at him.

"grandmother?" the boy's parrot, imitating the word he had to pin on the middle-aged woman before him.

"Yes, Grandma. I am your Grandmother Verrel Dirgantara" said Lirasa pointing at herself and pointing at the boy.

"May Grandma hold you, handsome boy?" Lirasa developed both hands on Verrel who was still standing by Joe's side. The boy turned to his father who was still holding his tiny hand, as if asking for approval.

Joe who understood Verrel's intentions immediately moved his head, nodding in agreement with his smile.

With a carefree smile, Verrel took his hand off Joe's arm and burst into Larisa's arms.

"It turns out Daddy and Mommy were right. Grandma is a good person" the boy said, hugging Larisa's neck tightly. Unknowingly, Verrel's speech made him deeply moved, his tears dripping down the innocence of the granddaughter he had kept with his mother from his family.

Virranda and Joe who witnessed it all, also feel the need, grateful that their beloved Verrel can be accepted by his grandmother.

Lirasa's memory drifted back five years ago, when Arin's aunt told her that her daughter was calling and missing her, but she always refused to pick up the phone from her daughter, either the umpteenth time.

After disappearing for so long, his daughter finally came back with a sweet, handsome, and very adorable boy.

"Thank you dear, already willing to call me Grandma," Lirasa loosened her arms, looked at her grandson's handsome face and kissed his lips many times.

Receiving the treatment of the grandmother, Verrel laughed happily and helped kiss the grandmother back.

After being satisfied with his grandson, Lirasa stood up again. He looked at Joe who was standing a few steps behind his grandson. The man immediately lowered his head when he realized he was being looked at by the mother-in-law. Yes, it can be said like that, because the status of his marriage with Virranda is legal in the eyes of the law.

"Thank you Joe. You've been looking after my beloved daughter, my granddaughter all this time. And today, you have also brought them here safely" Lirasa said in a low voice.

Although she had disliked the man, and her husband had hit her face mercilessly, but Joe's respectful attitude that he showed at two of their meetings, this was, it could already make him give a good assessment to his daughter's chosen daughter-in-law.

"Sama-sama Mistress. Actually the Madam does not need to thank you, because this is my duty," Joe said with his face still down. It felt, he was eager to jump for joy when he heard his mother-in-law was willing to say his name. Sounds ordinary, but to Joe, it means a lot.

Hearing Joe's words, Lirasa is more convinced, if Joe is a good man.

"It's ten o'clock in the night, your Papi has also been sleeping since an hour ago. And the doctor also recommended that your Papuans should rest more than usual," said Lirasa turned to her daughter.

"Are you three going to stay here with us? But pity Verrel, his age is not recommended there is a hospital, because here is a nest of germs," said Lirasa rubbing the shoots of her grandson's hair gently.

"Joe, I'll accompany Mami here to look after Papi. I'm asking you for help, take Verrel home with me. She must be tired from our journey" Virranda told her husband.

In her heart, Virranda had planned to tell her mother about herself and her small family. However, his mother must know the true story of the great decision he had chosen a few years ago. Maybe it's time he unlocked the secret he's been keeping tight all this time.

"All right, I'll take this prince home. Tomorrow we'll be back again" Joe said. This time he had to refrain from joking with his wife, considering the mother-in-law who might not be familiar with the humorous style of their little family.

Virranda and her mother stared at the passing of Joe and Verrel who had said goodbye before. The two occasionally throw smiles at each other when they see Verrel who always mimics what his father did. The boy forced his tiny footsteps as wide as possible, so that his footsteps could be as long as his father's.

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