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Episode 63

The sobbing sound of a thirteen-year-old girl echoed in the day room as the judge tapped his hammer. Cindy was sentenced to 15 (fifteen) years 2 (two) months in prison.

The sound of crying made Aira's heart full, he approached the boy who was sitting alone in the courtroom because Cindy could not afford the legal team.

"Sorry auntie yes" Aira gently stroked the boy's head.

"Wasn't my mommy bumping into aunty and auntie's kid? so it's not the wrong aunt but my mommy hiks.." he said stammering with his sobs.

"I should apologize to my aunt and aunt" he said.

Aira already did not want to discuss the matter anymore, for him Cindy had already gotten a punishment alone had made her feel enough. Aira hugged the boy sincerely while stroking his back.

"What's your name?" ask Aira

"Nathalie" answered.

"Aunty's coming home, where's your house?" Aira took a tissue from inside her bag then she wiped away her tears.

From a distance Raditya was speechless with what his wife was doing, he could only be amazed by the rudeness of the heart that Aira had. Shortly afterwards Aira along with Nathalie approached towards him.

"Darling, we'll take Nathalie for a minute" pinta Aira.

Raditya nodded his head, he did not mind at all to take Nathalie home because for him if his wife had forgiven why he did not either.

Along the way Nathalie just bows her head, she feels guilt and shame towards Aira.

"Where are you at school, Nat?" ask Aira.

"I no longer go to school, because I have to work to meet my own needs" said Nathalie lirih.

"Your other family?"

"What I know is that daddy's family comes from Europe, daddy never took us there at all. While mommy's family comes from Manado, they don't want to know the problems that afflict mommy and daddy because for them this problem is a disgrace huhu...." Nathalie shed her tears again.

"Sorry baby, auntie didn't mean to make you sad" Aira looked back at Nathalie's hand and stroked her.

"Honey, nih" Raditya took tissue to give it to his wife to give it to Nathalie.

Forty minutes later, Raditya pulls his vehicle out in front of a narrow alley pointed at by Nathalie.

"Where's your house, baby?" ask Aira.

"Still in the aunt, thank you, auntie has taken me home" Nathalie said as she removed her seatbelt.

"Wait, can auntie come?"

"What's aunt for? I don't have anything to offer"

"You don't need to serve anything, aunt just wants to know your house so that someday aunt can stop by here"

"Tante don't stop by my house, my house really isn't worth visiting"

"Well, if you don't allow the aunt to end, that's fine. You take care of your health, try to keep learning even though you do not go to school" said Aira, he gave several sheets of one hundred thousand to Nathalie, but Nathalie refused.

"No, thank you aunt, good afternoon" Nathalie got out of Raditya's car to avoid Aira who kept forcing herself to accept the money.

Raditya drove back to his residence, just a few meters away from the alley where Nathalie lived, Raditya saw his wife daydreaming against the road, he pulled his car over on the side of the road.

"I once felt the pain of living alone hyks.." Clear circles began to fall on Aira's cheeks.

"Nathalie's like this because I'm huhu..." Aira was crying in Raditya's arms.

"It's not your fault baby, it's their own work that is destroying the future of their children" Raditya said.

"But I'm the one who threw both of his parents in jail"

"Here" Raditya let go of his wife's embrace, not wanting to argue he turned his vehicle back toward the alley of Nathalie's house.

"You just do what you want to do" Raditya freed his wife to do whatever she wanted.

"Thank you" Aira kissed Raditya's cheek and then he got out of her husband's car, he walked into the alley while wondering to the surrounding residents, how surprised Aira when she got an answer that actually berated Alex and Cindy.

Some residents even advised Aira not to be in touch with the family of a murderer and rapist.

"Astagfirullah" Aira could only stroke her chest hearing the words of Nathalie's neighbors.

From a distance Aira saw Nathali was being angered by two adults, even one of them threw Nathalie's belongings, without a second thought Aira ran and approached him.

"Wait a minute what is this?" alice stood in front of Nathalie protecting her.

"I'm charging compensation for the car Cindy rented to hit people, my car is still confiscated by the police" the man said, yelling at Aira.

"How dare you yell at my wife" Raditya came and gave the man a check, and he immediately kicked the man out of her sight.

"How much is this house rent?" raditya asked, to the middle-aged woman who threw Nathalie's things outside.

"Five million" he said.

Aira immediately took cash from her bag because she was sure that her husband did not carry a lot of cash in his wallet.

"Five million, paid off" Aira gave it to the woman.

"But this house will be rented by others" said the woman.

"Mother need not worry, Nathalie will not stay here anymore" said Aira then he turned to Nathalie "Let's get your things done quickly" Aira and Raditya petrified Nathalie's things into the suitcase, after being neat, Aira and Raditya invited Nathalie to come with them both.

Along the way out of that narrow alley, the Nathalie Agents looked at Nathalie with a cynical look.

"Let's hurry" Aira held Nathalie's hand, asking her to speed up her steps.

Out of the narrow alley, the three of them went straight into Raditya's car, Raditya rushed his vehicle away from the neighborhood of Nathalie's residence.

"Om, aunt. Thank you for all the help, I just got down here om, I promise I will pay all my debts" said Nathalie.

Aira tries to offer Nathalie an offer to work at her house.

"But aunt..."

"Come on, he says you want to pay your debts. If you work outside when will you pay it off?" ask Aira.

There was no other choice but for Nathalie to accept Aira's offer to work at her residence.