EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 187's

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“Aahhhh that, Bayu often bring candy or jelly every time he came home from work and divided into small children. So every time Bayu comes home, they call.” Answer Mother as if she were glancing out the window.

“Kanya children nahan Bayu because he did not bring candy and Jelly. But the child if it's cool to play with children like to forget time. Look, he must have made something.” Add Mommy while shaking and clucking.

I smiled slightly nodding, the reason I have never found a side of Bayu like this. It was never imagined that the man could play with the children.

“Normally at home Mother likes to be alone, but if Bayu go home directly tuh so rame many small children.”

“If Alisya, bun?”

“That kid when he goes home likes his diem in the room. Main HP.” I nodded again understanding.

“Icha also if at home alone, bun. Especially if it's a normal day, leave for work in the morning and go to college at night.”

“Often-often here, Cha. Temenin Mommy.” I smiled and nodded at my mother's offer.

“Oh yes bun, Icha all want to chat something to mother.” I remember about my real family. However, I do have to talk about it with the Bayu family considering that the man has received Jeremy's grandfather's approval.

“What's the matter, baby? What can you help.” Mother looked at me, giving me her full attention.

I slightly justify my sitting position to be more facing the mother, then everything just flows.

I told her about my mother and Daniel, then my aunt Rose, who had been in a relationship with my father, Evano Kavin Danendra. Then I was suddenly called a hidden princess.

During the story, the mother did not say much, just listened attentively without turning her gaze to me.

“So bun, so Icha wants to invite the Bayu family to meet the family of Icha's biological father and Icha will invite mother and Daniel.” I said end my story.

For a moment she was silent, like thinking of something. I also fell silent, never imagining my life changing to another part in the past few months alone.

It never occurred to me to face any danger out there, poisoning and getting hurt. My normal life with my mother and Daniel is my family changing with the fact that they don't share blood with me.

And what I did not expect was the presence of Bayu. He appeared again in front of me without warning, as if God had sent him straight to me without anyone else involved.

Now, I'm sitting in front of you, talking about my marriage to her. It's also a thing that just comes without a plan. I am very happy because Bayu loves me and wants to marry me, to make me his life companion.

But sometimes I'm afraid, all this happiness comes suddenly, like a dream. Lulled into his senses until I didn't want to get up again.

“Mother, what do you think?” I break the silence.

Mother was a little surprised and looked at me. Her gentle smile was seen when I replied to her with a confused and worried look.

“Of course mom is looking forward to our family meeting as soon as possible.”

“But it looks like mom is thinking of another.” Guess me.

Mother smiled widely and stood up and said. “Wait a minute, mommy want to grab something.”

After saying that, Mother stood up and walked out of this room, leaving me alone with a big question mark on my mind.

The man is still there, though, but now he was now teaching one of the children with the remote in his hand with the other kids screaming around him for seeing a small car speeding up and circling around them.

Did he assemble that toy car?

“Icha as in destined for Bayu.” I glanced at Mother who came with a happy expression while carrying a large moss-green thick book cover in her hand.

Mother Kirana sat in her place earlier while handing the thing she carried to me. I immediately accepted it and opened the thick book cover.

“Photo album, bun?”

“Iya. Take a look, does anyone Icha know?” My mother's question made me even more curious.

I immediately noticed the photos in this album, thinking it was a photo of Bayu's growth from the baby until now, but it wasn't.

It's like a holiday travel photo album with friends Rasha's father and Kirana's mother since they were young.

Most of the faces in the photos I don't know. Mother did not interrupt or tell me her point, she just silently watched me until I found a photo with a formal photo style.

There were eight people standing upright facing the camera with two rows.4 women standing behind were taller than the 4 men in front of him. They all smiled broadly as these women placed their hands on the shoulders of the man affectionately.

I recognized these faces.2 The couple who looked older than the others were Jeremy's grandfather and my real grandfather whom I met this morning. I can guess the two women behind them must be my biological grandmother and Bayu's grandmother.

Then the other two couples are Kirana's mother and Rasha's father as well as Evano's father and Rose's aunt. Seeing how Aunt Rose's wide and happy smile suddenly made me miss her. After my aunt's death, I rarely paid attention to pictures of my aunt Rose smiling like this.

“Mother knows my real father and aunt Rose?!” I don't believe it while looking up at my mother.

Mother Kirana nodded and replied. “Our family is old friends. It was a photo we took the first time we got together. At first the father and mother of your husband's family were your grandfather's childhood friends. Because of our parents' good relationship, it continues on Rose and Evano. We were also old friends even before the four of us got married. But because of Rasha's father's busy military, Evano's busy work with his company, we haven't been together for a long time. Last I heard that Rose died in an accident, Resha's mother and father could not attend during the meal. For more than twenty-five years we have never been together again. Only occasionally do we accidentally meet or meet to talk about important affairs.”

“I never thought you knew Aunt Rose.” I said still inside

surprised mode.

“Mother remember first, Bayu always pouted because we had to move around because of Rasha's father's job seven years early in our marriage. The child must often adapt to the new environment. But when she returned to the city, she met Rose, after chatting, and said she was looking for a suitable tutoring place for her niece. Because you know Rose's niece is the same age as Bayu, then mother recommends the tutoring place that Bayu follow. That's where you met and became friends, ‘kan?” I nodded quickly.

“Iya bun, in the place of tutoring we first met.” My answer was a big smile.

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