Father's Status On My Son's Deed
59. Explanation

Asha and Aji were still quietly sitting on the terrace. After the debate, the woman felt guilty for raising her voice in front of her. Though all this time he had been very trying to be kind to his son, but somehow today the woman can get out of control. It was also because of Aji's presence in his life when all this time he was fine.

"Why silence? Didn't you want to talk?" tanya Aji made Asha roll her eyes lazily.

She was not in the mood to say her wish, but in her heart she was still very curious about what her husband had said earlier. Finally, Asha opened her voice. "What did you say, Mom? Didn't we separate from five years ago. Why are you talking to them like that? Do you want to lie to them?"

"I'm not lying, what I'm saying is true. Why am I lying, too," Aji replied making the woman stare at the man beside her.

It was impossible if she was still a wife. Recalling their separation for a very long time, also left a bad impression. Aji also looked at Asha, looking very confused on the woman's face.

"Maybe what I said sounds absurd, but this is the reality. I never registered our divorce with the religious office. You are still legally my wife and automatically Khairi is also my son."

Asha shook her head slowly, it felt very hard to believe. "No! That's impossible, we've been separated long enough. You don't lie to me, Mom."

"I told you I'm not lying. Do I look like I'm joking? You know for yourself that I'm not the one who jokes."

Asha fell silent, looking at the man's face. It's true, Aji looks very serious this time and it makes him confused as to how. Honest in the heart Asha felt happy because until now it turns out she is still Aji's wife. However, the woman did not want to be too hopeful, afraid that everything was just in vain, but the man just wanted to wait for her to divorce.

"What about your wife and children? Isn't your wife angry that you haven't divorced me?"

"Which wife and child?" asked Aji with a confused face.

"Naura," replied Asha quietly because she believed that Aji had married the woman.

"Where did you get that news if I married Naura?"

Asha was silent, confused as to what to answer. It was also impossible for him to say if he heard the news from Bik Ika. Indeed, before the woman returned to the village had heard the story of Mama Nisa, that Aji had been proposed by the Naura family. The news was heard from his fellow artists.

Aji grabbed Asha's hand and grasped it tightly. The woman tried to pull him. However, the stubborn husband was certainly not willing to let go. The man wants everything to be clear today, does not want to drag on that there will be a prolonged misunderstanding.

"Listen to me! To this day I never remarry, my wife is only you. Even though we are no longer husband and wife religiously, you are still my wife and I never intended to divorce you. In my heart there is only your name. How could I marry someone else when this heart is completely filled with you."

Asha closed her mouth in disbelief, it felt very unlikely to hear the confession of love from the man. Even when they used to be husband and wife, Aji never said it. It feels like a dream.

"Mas, what are you talking about? You can't be, right? I'm ...."

Asha was unable to continue his sentence, too afraid of the reality that would later be different.

"Why is it impossible? Am I not worthy to love you? I do love you, Asha. Ever since you left home, everything has been empty. I'm beginning to realize that I've fallen in love with you. Your kindness and care have melted my heart. Without me realizing I was already too comfortable with your being by my side. Even I already love Khairi when I was only with him for a few days, but he was able to distract all my attention. The departure of both of you changed everything about you. I've been trying to find you both, but I've never met. Even the detectives I hired couldn't find you guys, it turns out you're in a village. It's hard to find."

Tears flowed down both of Asha's cheeks, it felt so happy. The sentence he had been waiting for finally came out of the husband's mouth. Just like Aji, that woman had also harbored that love in her heart all along. When love is together, it is very happy.

Asha lowered her head and cried sobbing. "Why new now, Mom? When all the pain I felt. Every day I always wait for you to come pick me up and take me out of this pain, but you don't come. Every day I must always hear questions from people, where my husband is going, where Khairi's father is at the moment, why not come and pick him up. I was indeed bod*h for telling them that my husband had gone out of town, when it was obvious you kicked me out of the house."

Seeing Asha who was so hit made Aji also cry and hug the woman. He also felt how painful the journey of the life of the wife. It is certain that there are many tears that Asha has shed in order to raise the baby. How shameless Aji is who just came in their lives, but the man doesn't care.

Right now the most important thing is as long as it can be together with Asha and Khairi, whatever Aji will do. The man would pierce through all the time that was snatched and would return them to where they should be.

"I'm sorry for finding you too late" he whispered right in Asha's ear. Aji broke down a hug and looked at the wife's face. "It's not that I want to defend myself, but every month I'm going to go looking for you just armed with information from my man. They said they saw people who looked a lot like you, but they were wrong. I'm sorry."

"You're not wrong. Maybe this is the destiny we have to live."

"Do you want to come back with me?"