Don Gabriel Emerson lantern
Eps 256 - (Not) The End of the Struggle

Micheal arrived at the village in the afternoon, instead of playing with the boy during the trip. He also continued to babble at his sisters, telling various things from the facts to his fantasies that he told so seriously as if it really happened. The sisters followed where Micheal was telling the story, as if he believed in Micheal so long as Micheal was still at his limit.

And when he arrived at Firda's house, Micheal immediately jumped down from the car and then he ran in because his door was wide open

"Assalamualaikum.." cried Micheal while her nun was currently taking out her luggage.

"Waalaikum salam.." The Oma's answer was heard and when his Oma appeared, Micheal immediately ran and ran into the arms of the Oma.

"Oma, Mickey misses Oma" Micheal said.

"Oma's also longing once again with Micheal, Micheal how are you, son?" ask her Oma.

"Mickey's good, Oma. Where's Lora's sister?" ask Michael again.

"Lora's sister is again the same Mommy, in..." Not finished Grandma replied, Micheal had already run into Firda's room but he frowned when he saw that there was no one there.

While outside, Grandma was welcoming Sister Micheal what else Sister Micheal had first come to their home.

"Assalamualaikum, ma'am.." greeted Sister Micheal kindly.

"Greetings waalaikum, Sus. Don't call Madam, just call Grandma" Grandma said with a friendly smile "Don't hesitate while you're here, just think of it as your own home. What else you're gonna be here for a long time, Sus"

"Hehe, yes, Madam. Mrs Angeline told me" the nurse said.

"Oma.." cried Micheal loudly "Oma, where Lora's sister, Mommy, Daddy, Nenda, Kenda and the others. Why a deserted house? Why doesn't anyone welcome Mickey?" the consecutive questions Micheal spoke in one breath that made his Oma laugh.

"They're in the hospital, Mickey. Let's go there now" take her Oma.

"At that new hospital? Why are they there?" ask Micheal Curious.

"Today the villagers were having a big thanksgiving in the hospital, so everyone gathered there"

"Oh, it was fitting that we passed there, there was crowded" said Micheal then while patting his own eel.

"Oma why don't you tell Mickey? Know that Mickey just went down there right away" said his protest that made his Oma laugh again, she really misses Micheal who is fussy what else it reminds Grandma of her youngest daughter's childhood and of Firda's childhood.

"Oma forgot, yes let's go there now" asked her Oma "But before that put your stuff first into the room ya"

"Oma, look at Mickey carrying two suitcases" Micheal exclaimed later, pointing at two suitcases that were quite large.

"A lot of it, will it be shared, Micheal?" ask her Oma.

"No, I'd love Lora's sister. Kan soon Lora's sister will be big, can play with Mickey" answered again that makes her Oma start to feel dizzy

He also told the Sisters to bring their goods to the guest room, but when the nurse asked Micheal backpack, Micheal was reluctant to give her.

"There's a gift in this backpack for Mommy, it's gone" she said, which made Grandma laugh again, then Grandma took Sister and Michael to the hospital.

When they arrived there, they saw the residents who were working together to clean the hospital yard after the celebration.

"Is the show over?" ask Michael then.

"Here you go, son" replied Grandma.

"Well, why don't you wait for Mickey? It's not exciting.." his grumble.

"Yes Michael came to the afternoon" replied the Grandmother.

"It's not Mickey's fault, Oma. One of his slow plane drivers, should be speeding. Let's get there soon..."

"The driver of the plane yaaa.." said his Oma while giggling amusedly.

Now they reached Firda's ward, when they saw Micheal, Firda immediately smiled widely and reached out to his stepson.

"Mommy.." cried Micheal who ran towards the ward of Firda and he also reached out his hand, Gabriel who was there saw the scene with a shrunken forehead.

"Why are you guys doing scenes in Indian movies? That slow motion." said Gabriel while Firda was hugging Micheal. Firda also heard what Gabriel said, making her smile amusedly.

"Uf, Mommy's son. Mommy kangen dehh." said Firda was anxious while holding Micheal, and because Firda was on top of the ward, he said, he also had to lean his body in order to embrace with Micheal but Firda moved very carefully because of his wounds that were still sick. After hugging for a long time, Firda also broke their embrace and it was then that Micheal only realized his Mommy condition. Micheal was very surprised, his two large eyeballs were perfectly rounded even he also covered his mouth with his palm.

"Ah, what's Mommy's face?" the screech then.

"Oh, here, emm it's okay, Mickey" Firda replied with a whimper. Micheal crawled up onto the chair beside the ward Firda then he stood on top of her so that now his face was parallel to Firda's face. Michael brought his face closer to Firda's face as if he were examining the bruised wound on her stepmother's pretty face.

"It's okay how? Just look at Mommy's face, blue blue, puffy. Hiii, it hurts?" asked Micheal and he was about to touch the bruise on Firda's cheek but Gabriel immediately blocked Micheal's wrist which made Micheal immediately turn to his father who he did not even realize was in the room aslo.

And Michael was again surprised to see his father's face in the same state as his Mommy face.

"Don't touch it, Micheal. Mommy will be sick later" Gabriel warned sternly.

"Ah, Daddy's face is also why?" Michael again screamed in shock.

"Don't Daddy fight with Mommy?" recriminating then while staring at his father, Micheal even ruffled his waist in front of Gabriel and he put on his fierce face which actually looks very adorable.

"Daddy no...."

"Daddy must have made Mommy like this?" accuse Michael of cutting off his father's conversation.

"No, Micheal. Listen to Daddy's explanation first." furious Gabriel but like his Micheal is not in a mode that will listen.

"Micheal, it's not Daddy's fault" Firda said and Michael looked back at Mommy.

"Whose fault is it?" ask Micheal.

"It's the wrong bad guy, Daddy was with Mommy yesterday against the bad guys" Firda replied "But now that the bad guys have been caught by the police, Daddy and Mommy are fine" Firda said.

"Well okay how? Mommy was like her sick, because wearing a hospital gown, kept her hands on the infusion, her face blue blue" Micheal sadly, she stared at her mother's sad.

"Mommy is sick a little, later also healed" Firda replied to calm his stepson.

"Your Daddy is sick, too, Micheal.." Gabriel said, and then "You don't feel sorry for Daddy? Hm?"

"Daddy is a man, a little pain is okay. Don't cry Daddy" said Micheal who made Firda, Oma da Sister laughs amusedly. While Gabriel immediately snorted at his son.

"As much as you are, son" said Gabriel then resigned.

"Oh yeah, Lora's sister where's Mommy?" asked Micheal who was just reminded of his sister.

"So it was brought out with Nenda, there is Om Gio and Aunt Mini also you know here" said Firda later.

"really? Fun, crowded again in the village" he said girang "Tuh Cus, Mickey said also what? In the village it's exciting.." he exclaimed.

"What a riot?" muttered Gabriel.

And soon Ummi Aisyah came with Lora Jibril.

"Lora's sister.." cried Micheal who echoed in the room, even making Firda grimace so loud Micheal's voice.

"Daddy, alunin.." whining Micheal reached out to Gabriel, Gabriel slipped his hand into Micheal's armpit and lowered Michael from his chair.

"It's also the same father" Gabriel grumbled that made Firda again chuckle. While Micheal must have been a fool with his father's mutterings, he runs up to Ummi Aisyah who also looks happy because the end can see Micheal again after a long time did not see Micheal except from a mobile phone.

"Lora's sister's getting bigger huh." said Micheal.

"Yes dong, it can crawl as well" said Ummi Aisyah. He sat on the sofa and took Micheal there, Micheal of course with glee following his Nenda.

Ummi Aisyah sat Micheal and Lora Jibril on the sofa and suddenly the boy giggled when he saw Micheal, making Micheal giggle too.

"Why are they laughing so?" ask Gabriel to Firda.

"I don't know either, Bang. Maybe because the same is still small, so it feels suitable" replied Firda

He noticed that Michael was playing with Jibril, both of whom looked happy and laughed freely. No one knows and no one understands what makes them laugh. One thing is for sure, they are happy. And as a mother, their greatest happiness is the happiness of their child. Likewise for a father, Gabriel felt very happy actually because he could again see Micheal, his eldest son who is handsome, intelligent.

"Hopefully you can look after your brother, Michael. You're Daddy's pride"

..........

A month later...

Finally Edward's death case was really brought to the trial, the state of Firda and Gabriel much better. During this one month, they did a lot of positive things, what else with his Micheal in their home. Which brings happiness every day, although again Gabriel must be the victim of his own son in various ways.

The trial of Edward's case has also gone ahead twice but the court has yet to find a bright spot on whether Gabriel and Firda were guilty of the deaths of Edward and his two other men.

And today, is their last trial.

The entire Firda family prayed for Firda and Gabriel endlessly, they were very hopeful that Firda and Gabriel were found not guilty because of what they did purely to save themselves. But the public prosecutor blamed what Firda and Gabriel had done, and said Firda and Gabriel had committed the murder in a sadistic and inhumane manner. The public prosecutor also said Firda and Gabriel should not have killed Edward that way.

But lawyers Firda and Gabriel provide a strong defense for their clients.

"If Firda and Gabriel don't finish Edward off, Edward will be the one who brutally and inhumanely finish them off. The reason Edward planned the murder was out of revenge, and it was planned so thoroughly for so far away. While what Mr. Emerson and his wife did was purely to protect themselves. There are very strong witnesses and evidence for that, even my two clients are treated like binat@ng. Where the two of them were wounded, tied up, told to run among the bush, on a cliff, then hunted by a strong, healthy and fully armed person. Which fool won't fight back and just give up?"

But unfortunately the public prosecutor did not accept the statement, and what they always revealed was how Firda hurt Edward and how many injuries it was.

"One prick should be enough if it is only to paralyze" he said, but Firda did not run out of sense.

"Your Majesty, I did not attack my late father-in-law to cripple her what else she intended to kill. All I did was because spontaneously, I was a woman, who was seriously injured and my late father-in-law thrust his knife very deliberately even kept pressing her deeper and deeper into my chest, I felt like I was going to die soon. But I remember my 7-month-old son. I got my spirit back to life, I was looking for a way to save myself until I got the chance and I spontaneously stuck the knife in somehow because I don't remember, there was no intention whatsoever except for one thing, I had to survive the monster in front of me. From the monster who with her heart wanted to kill her own flesh blood" Firda said with a trembling voice and tears flowing so profusely on her cheeks.

"That was the last plea from both of my clients, Which Began. What they do is nothing else to protect themselves"

Everyone present at the trial was silent and shuddered in horror at what Firda was experiencing. A woman with a shady and graceful face, gets into a fight with a Mafia and betrays her life.

While they didn't go into too much detail about what Gabriel was doing, the doctors said that even if Gabriel didn't hurt Edward one bit, Edward was made sure to take his life just a few seconds later after Firda gave three stabs in his neck. So did the other two men, and new facts were also discovered. Where there's a bullet from another gun in the body of the man Firda shot.

The atmosphere at the trial became so quiet and gripping, everyone waited expectantly for the judge's decision.

Until the judge announced his decision.

"With all the evidence and witnesses available, with the best consideration. On the grounds that there is not a single record of the crimes that Taun and Mrs Emerson committed before her, and also by considering the crimes - the carvings of Edward's brother before her. With this, Mr. Gabriel Emerson and Zeda Firdaus are declared innocent and acquitted of all charges with respect"

Gratitude rang out in the courtroom, Firda and Gabriel were all harmed. The two of them hugged each other very tightly, as well as the entire Firda family. Gratitude continues to come from their lips, happy tears will not stop flowing on their cheeks.

Gio who also attended the hearing was without feeling his tears. Didn't expect Firda and Gabriel's struggle to produce a very sweet result.

"It turns out Firda was right, the law must be!"