Daddy My Son's
24. Familiarity

Drrtts. Drrtts. Drrt.

Ferdinand glanced at his cell phone, Jeremias' name on it.

"Mom, I'll pick up my phone for a while, Mommy will eat first when lunch is over" Ferdinand said.

"Don't long Kwang, Mommy won't eat alone" his mother reminded. Ferdinand simply nodded then rushed over.

Mrs Toshigawa stared at the passing of her proud son, there was a sense of sadness in his heart, thinking of Ferdiand's age of thirty-five but not yet having a companion alive.

"Good afternoon Madam, your order is ready," said a restaurant waiter with a friendly smile. After getting the nod of his guest, the waiter and a friend immediately presented the lunch menus they brought to the table.

Meanwhile, Ferdinand got into his car, then called back Jeremias, his confidant.

📞"What news?" ferdinand asked flatly.

📞"Miss Virranda Laura is already in Indonesia Tuan," Jeremias said from the other end of the phone.

📞"What? Y-you're serious?"Ferdinand was suddenly nervous.

📞"True sir, Miss Virranda Laura is now in the hospital, looking at her father, Mr. Loenhard who is ill.

📞"Good. Keep an eye on the woman, and tell her where she is going," said Ferdinand trying to calm his palpitating heart unclear once he got news about the woman he had been looking for.

📞"Good Sir. One more piece of information you need to know. Miss Virranda is coming home with her five-year-old son and husband Joe Dirgantara" Jeremias said.

📞"The cafe kere singer? Who is the satisfaction of na*su the aunt girang?" ferdinand suddenly nodded.

📞"True sir," said Jeremias swallowed, almost laughing if he did not remember himself working and dealing with his boss. It turned out that the boss's rival - known for his charismatic, wealthy, and acclaimed good looks - was just a cafe kere singer, also from the lower social strata, completely out of balance.

📞"Do as I commanded earlier. Remember to give me the next information" said Ferdinand, breaking Jeremias' daydreams.

📞"Good sir," said Jeremias sprightly.

After hanging up his phone, Ferdinand stared at his phone for a moment, as if he was thinking of something. A few seconds later, he got out of his car and went back into the restaurant.

Ferdinand's move came to a halt as his gaze did not catch the figure of his mother at their table before. With a feeling of slight worry, Ferdinand circulated his gaze, sweeping across the dining table of the diners in the room.

Ferdinand was finally relieved, when he saw his mother talking familiarly to a boy in the right corner not far from their table.

Ferdinand occupied himself in his seat, staring at the lunch menu that had been presented on the table. He saw his mother's plate that had been touched and was still a few more spoons.

He looked back at his mother who was still cool chatting with a boy who was very familiar with his face in his memory, but who? Ferdinand tried hard to remember, where he had met the boy.

For a few seconds, he had not been able to remember anything.

Ferdinand took his cell phone, then took a few shots with his mother and the boy who was eating his ice cream.

He smiled to himself looking at the results of his shots. "The son that Virranda was born with was probably as big as this boy," his inner self.

"Wang, haven't you eaten yet?" madam Toshigawa asked, staring at her son's empty plate.

"Mommy is back? Where's the kid that was with Mommy?" ferdinand asked in shock at the sudden presence of his mother nearby. He spreads his view.

"That's, she's coming home with her Daddy," pointed Toshigawa's mistress at a boy who was with her before, holding a grown man's hand.

"Does this mean the boy was Virranda's son Jeremias said on the phone?" inner Ferdinand again.

"Kwang, kok bengong. Come, quickly eat," the mother scolded, she looked at her son's face with an indecipherable look.

"wangs... You heard Mommy, right?" mrs Toshigawa watched her son's pensive face look at the boy and his father, who disappeared behind the restaurant's exit.

"Wang?!" Toshigawa's birthday again slightly raise the volume of his voice so that it reaches his son's eardrum as if only his body was nearby.

"Byeah, I-yes Mommy. What's up?" Ferdinand stuttered, he came to his senses, shocked to hear his mother's somewhat shrill voice.

"What do you see and you daydream Kwang? Mommy talked to you earlier but you didn't listen to Mommy" the woman scolded.

"Sorry Mom. I was just wondering how Mommy got along with that boy. Who exactly was that boy, did Mommy know him?" todong Ferdinand was trying to dig up information from his curiosity.

"Oh so. The handsome boy's name is Verrel, his Daddy went to the toilet left him alone to enjoy his ice cream." said Toshigawa, while feeding his mouth food, spending what was still left before.

"Mommy just knew him. He looks a lot like you, Kwang, when you were five years old just like that boy" Toshigawa continued.

"M-similar??" ferdinand asked with a thumping feeling.

"Yes, Verrel was a lot like you Kwang, when you entered Kindergarten at the age of five. You can look at our photo album if you forget your face as a child" Toshigawa said without seeing Ferdinand's facial features change.

"Maybe that's what made me so familiar when I saw that boy's face earlier," Ferdinand said.

"Open your mouth, Kwang" said Toshigawa, he thrust a spoon in his hand into his daughter's mouth.

"Mom, remember. It's a public place, don't do this here. I'm a director, what if any of my employees see this. They must have labeled me as Mommy's son. I can lose my reputation as a grown man" Ferdinand refused.

"Mommy doesn't care. From now on Mommy notice, until Mommy's food runs out on the plate, you haven't eaten your lunch at all. Come on, open your mouth," said Toshigawa again.

"But Mom, I can eat by myself" Ferdinand protested.

"That's it, it doesn't take much drama. Open your mouth now Kwang," force the woman again. Ferdinand finally opened his mouth, though he had to. Yes, that's Miss Toshigawa, she's very worried that her only son is starving.

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📞"Joe, where are you and Verrel?" ask Virranda from across the line.

📞"We just finished lunch. Will be heading to the hospital soon. What do you want to order? We'll bring it for you" said Joe, smiling at Verrel, who also attached his earlobe to his cell phone. Verrel is always kepo when his mother and father talk to each other over the phone.

📞"No need Joe, thank you. I also just finished lunch with Mami at the hospital. Papi can go home today, we have taken care of his administration. So, you and Verrel went straight to Papi and Mami's house, Joe?" virranda. Joe was stunned for a moment, he recalled that when he came to the house of Viranda's parents, it was the first and last visit for him at that time.

📞"Joe? Don't you forget the way to my parents' house?" virranda's voice was heard again.

📞"I-iya, I remember," said Joe stammered.

📞"Thank God, then. See you there Joe, bye-bye," said Virranda excitedly.

📞"Bye.."sohut Joe barely heard. His memory drifted back to his past.

Seriate...👉