
After the three of them finished eating, Rico suddenly stood up. She gently brushed Karen's hair.
"I went to the toilet for a second. You don't do I live with Papi?" ask Rico.
Hearing Rico's words, Arion immediately looked at Karen. He was waiting for the answer from the woman. Arion hopes Karen will be left alone with him.
Karen was silently staring at Arion. Trying to catch your breath. Actually there is still fear if alone with the man. However, Karen also could not possibly dispel her fear and trauma if she still continued to avoid Arion.
Finally Karen nodded her head in agreement. Arion immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She hoped that Karen would soon be able to forget her trauma.
After Rico left and disappeared from their sight, Arion immediately gave a smile. He took the pudding in front of him.
"Try this. So yummy. This is also good for your content. Made of foam" said Papi Arion, starting a conversation between them.
Karen just smiled in response to all the words from Arion. Without the middle-aged man knowing, Karen tried to relieve her pain and fear. Fingers clutched under the table, squeezing each other. He tried his best to eliminate fear.
Karen took the pudding that Arion was thrusting and bribed into her mouth slowly. The middle-aged man continued to smile.
"Do you love your father very much?" ask Arion.
Karen stopped her mouthful. He then looked at Arion's face intensely.
"Why did Papi ask that? As a child, of course I loved my father very much" Karen replied.
"Yes, of course it's true. A child loves his father!" arion.
Arion hopes Karen will have the same feelings. Loving himself like he loved Rusdi.
"What if one day you find out that your father is not your real father, will you still love him?" ask Arion again.
Karen looked back at Arion. In his heart asked, why did the middle-aged man ask this.
"I think Rico still loves Papi, even though he already knows the truth if he's not Papi's real son. If there's a little bit of disappointment for me it's natural that she feels she's been lied to all this time" Karen replied.
Karen thought the question Arion asked was about her relationship with Rico. During this time Karen also saw her lover who never said her disappointment to Arion.
Karen had even heard from the man's mouth if he was so grateful that Arion had raised him as a child.
"But not talking about Rico but you. If you were to experience the same. Turns out Rusdi's father wasn't your real father, what did you do?" ask Arion again.
"I will still love Rusdi's father. Because he raised me."
"What about your real father? Will you accept and forgive his mistakes?" ask Arion again.
"I can't answer it. I'll see first his mistake. Why did he leave me and never see me" Karen said.
Arion took his breath. He knew all that was going to happen. There was no way Karen would accept herself directly.
Rico who had finished from the toilet appeared, so the throat between Arion and Karen stopped. The man sat down next to his girlfriend.
The three of them ate dessert before finally coming home.
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Today Rusdi is coming from the village to attend his daughter Karen's wedding. While in the city Rusdi will live in Rico's apartment with Karen.
While Rico will occupy his other apartment. She couldn't have been one roof with her future father-in-law. Afraid of feeling awkward.
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