Don Gabriel Emerson lantern
Eps 213 - Second Mother Michael
After the Khitan show was over and all the guests had gone home, Mickey opened up some gifts given by people to him.
There are various kinds of gifts, from money, toys, cocoa clothes, sarongs, pants and so on.
"It's good." said Micheal, opening a glove box and containing a blue sheath inside.
"Sheath?" angeline asked who had been watching Micheal open all kinds of gifts.
"He'em" said Michael "Enak if he wears a sarong, the bird is free. Not afraid of being pinched" continued her which made Angeline immediately laugh. Then Angeline's hands are outstretched and then the glove box is one more but Micheal instantly prevents her and even pulls her roughly.
"Why, Mickey? I want to see." said Angeline.
"No, Mommy. This is for Lora's sister" Micheal replied, leaving Angeline speechless, but then she smiled a faint smile.
"Micheal too bad for Lora's sister?" ask Angeline lirih.
"It's a pity, Mommy" Micheal replied enthusiastically.
"You happy to stay here, son?" ask her again.
"Yes" Micheal answered again with sparkling eyes. .
Angeline was silent and could only look at her son who was still busy with various gifts.
"Sister Angel.." Firda's voice sounded along with Angeline's room door that opened "Sister Angel from earlier had not eaten, same Firda yuk" asked Firda and without thinking long Angeline immediately nodded.
"Mommy eats first, son" said Angeline and Michael just nodding his head.
"His same Daddy" Firda replied with a smile.
"Hem, is it true that Gabriel can look after the baby?" ask Angeline again.
"She even bathed her" Firda replied as she chuckled.
"Gabriel and Micheal have changed a lot since there was you, Firda" said Angeline Lirih who immediately made Firda stop her steps and turned to Angeline.
"What do you mean?" firda asked softly and he could not deny he was afraid that Angeline felt Micheal or Gabriel changed in a negative way.
"I mean, they're more alive" said Angeline who made Firda breathe a sigh of relief and the two stepped back into the kitchen "First, Gabriel's a man of ashes. But now, he really looks different. So did Micheal, he used to be an ordinary kid. And although I always said Frank was his father so he didn't feel different from his friend's friend who had a father, but it turned out that it didn't really make Michael think Frank was his father. There is always something lacking in him. "now they have reached the kitchen and there is already a lot of food on the dining table. All of Firda's family had eaten earlier with the invited guests, while Angeline had not eaten because she accompanied Micheal and Firda had also eaten but she was hungry again.
"And since I've lived here, I've seen Micheal always happy and like he's had a perfect life. Perfect family and complete parents..." Angeline said softly at the end of her sentence while Firda was still faithfully listening to the outpouring of hearts of this one child's mother.
"So I asked him if Micheal was happy to stay here and he said he was very happy" Angeline said, "I would love to give him whatever makes him happy, but I can't let him stay here as hard as he is. I want him to come with me, live with me, grow up under my care. And seeing that Michel was close to you, somehow I felt jealous sometimes" Angeline said in a trembling voice and she seemed to want to cry, Firda still listened in silence.
"Do you think I'm selfish, Firda?" angeline asked later and Firda shook her head slowly.
"Not at all, Angel. All mothers want the same thing, and so do I. And about Michael, I'm glad he's happy. And I'm sure she'll always be happy whether it's with her birth or her second mother"
"And that Michael was no closer to me than Sister Angel, because we were both the same Mother. How close he is to you, that's how he is to me. And with whoever she lives with, it won't diminish her affection for Mother who doesn't stay with her"
Angeline smiled faintly at Firda's reply, an answer she never expected from a stepmother