Father's Status On My Son's Deed
52. Aji's Arrival

In the Asha residence there is now tension. Tiara had just returned home with bad news, if Khairi had gone along with a man she did not know what his name was. Asha was naturally shocked to hear the news. So far they have never known anyone other than the people in this village.

Moreover, Khairi has also previously been advised not to be close to strangers. If anyone approaches Khairi better stay away, but why now the child just wants to be invited to leave. Something must have happened to her son.

"How can Khairi go, Tiara? No teachers forbid it or what? They could have let my son go away with a stranger" Asha cried.

He was very afraid that the person was his family and wanted to separate himself and the son. I don't know why the woman keeps thinking, afraid of the past that haunts her.

"I don't know either, Auntie. When I came, they told me Khairi went with a man of his own accord. They also could not ban Khairi because he kept insistent and would not listen to his teacher's words.

Asha was getting more worried, at this time the son had already left and did not know where. I also want to search and don't know where to go. Bik Ika also tried to win Asha so that the woman could calm down.

"How can I calm down when my son doesn't know where he is, Mom. I'm worried about her" Asha said in a frustrated tone.

"Khairi is a smart child, he must know if the person who is with him is a good person. There was no way he could just leave without consideration. I'm sure that right now Khairi must be fine with good people."

"But, Mum. We don't know at a time like this, who Khairi is, who could be the bad guy."

"Already, don't be so bad. Now you pray a lot, we wait until tomorrow, if Khairi has not come home yet we report to the police. If it can't now because it happened just this afternoon."

Finally Asha relented, wanting to find out where she also did not know where to look. Tiara had also walked from school to home and there was no sign of her nephew. Asha could not calm down all day, she kept waiting on the porch, hoping that the person who brought Khairi would bring her home immediately. Until the afternoon there were no signs of Khairi's return, of course the woman was increasingly worried. Asha decides to go to school, who knows Khairi has been returned by the man who took her to school.

"Where are you going, son?" bik Ika asked when she saw Asha enter the room and come out with a small bag.

"You go to school, Mom. Who knows, Khairi has been taken there. I'll just wait at home, and then when Khairi comes home, let me know."

Asha immediately walked to the front of the house, the worried Bik Ika immediately chased after. He would not calm down if he had to let the son be in the shadow of the man.

"Asha, you should be accompanied by Amira, if you go alone, I'm getting less calm."

"No pa-pa, ma'am. Khairi's school grounds aren't too far away either."

Ika immediately called Amira to escort Asha. However, when it was about to go it was seen a car stopped in front of the house. A little boy came down and ran towards his mother, who else if not Khairi.

"Geez, kid! Where have you been?" asha exclaimed who immediately crouched down and hugged her son.

He felt relieved, finally being able to meet his son as well. The woman's tears just hatched, the tightness inside her chest now gradually improved. The burden that was felt now began to disappear. Asha was grateful that her son could return safely. He was afraid that someone might do evil to his son.

"Mama, why are you crying? Is there a bad person with Mama?" asked Khairi with her innocent face, instantly making Asha smile while shaking her head.

Right now the most important thing is that Khairi is fine, it does not matter what his situation is. After the woman was able to control herself and things had improved, she asked, "Where did you come from? Why go without telling Mama or Kak Tiara?"

"I saw papa, Ma. Papa took me for a walk. I also bought a car" replied Khairi while showing the bag of crackles he was carrying.

Big enough for the size of the car that had been owned by Khairi, while Asha's body stiffened. Who is the father that the child meant, it seems impossible if Aji comes to see him. His family or anything from his past no one knew of his whereabouts. Is it possible that my son has been lied to by someone.

This is also his fault for not telling the truth, so that the son continues to fantasize about having a father. Maybe now it's better that he says it.

"Honey, Mama wants to tell you the truth, if you really are ...."

"I know, Ma. Papa told me everything, if Mama is angry with you, so Mama went from home and lived here with grandma," Khairi cut before she continued her sentence.

Again Asha was surprised, from where the son found out if he had gone home and chose to stay with Bik Ika. Until the sound of a greeting from a man made the woman raise her head. In that instant Asha widened his eyes because he knew who the man in front of his house was now. Time stopped turning.

Aji, the man whom Asha had always called in her prayers, was always present in her dreams and daydreams, now in front of her. He did not expect that this day would come too, indeed the woman was not ready to meet the man who once filled her heart or rather always filled her heart. It is true that up to this moment Asha never forgot the man, who had said a farewell sentence to her.

Given that it makes Asha think for sure now Aji already has a wife or maybe already has children, but how could that man be here. Even more puzzling, how did Khairi know that the man was his father? No, more precisely how Aji knew that Khairi was the child she gave birth to, which her family never wanted.

What if Aji's arrival is just to separate them. Asha did not want that to happen.