Forced to Marry a Rich Widow
Go home

The next day Clara and Ferdi return home. Just when the kids came home from school.

Without wasting a lot of time Clara immediately invited her three children to eat together. Coincidentally, he and Ferdi bought ready-made food.

"What do you eat when you're not home?" ask Clara to her three children on the sidelines of the meal that has now been running.

The three teenagers were talking to each other.

"Yes, eat regular ma." Axel told the mother.

"Don't lie to mom, you guys must have eaten instant noodles right?" clara said as she stared at them one by one.

"No koq." said Axel again.

"Mom knows you're lying. I don't like the son of a liar. And mama has reminded you, do not often eat instant noodles. Not good for health. Don't even take a chance if your mom's not home anymore."

Arvel, Anzel, and Axel just looked down. Then they continued eating with an already unpleasant atmosphere.

***

"You shouldn't be angry with the kids at the dinner table."

Ferdi said as he and Clara had climbed to the second floor and entered the room. At that time Arvel happened to be passing in front of the room, because it was about to go to his room. He stopped there and heard the conversation between his mother and stepfather.

"Yes, I don't like kids eating instant noodles. They like it behind me."

"But the dinner table is not a place to judge someone's mistakes, Clara. The dining table is a place to eat, where people need a sense of comfort to be able to swallow food."

Ferdi looked at Clara closely. Clara herself did not expect that this would be a serious matter.

"If you make me uncomfortable, keep us at one table and eat. Will your food taste good?. Can you still swallow that food well?"

Ferdi went back on with the words. Clara was silent, while outside Arvel was still listening with her body riveted.

"You are a company leader, you must know the ethics of how to reprimand your employees or subordinates. So too with the child. Do not mind us parents, then we can just be angry do not see the situation and place. Especially if it was me, I was new to them. How do they feel, you're mad in front of me?"

Clara was completely unable to say anything more this time. He began to realize and regret what he had done.

"They are indeed your biological children, but educating children also has ethics. How they want to learn ethics, if you just do not exemplify it well."

"I'm sorry." said Clara regretfully.

"This wasn't supposed to happen when we were just married" he continued.

"I have no problem. You apologize to them, and don't repeat."

The woman was silent again, but then she nodded.

"It's up to you to get angry with them, if they're really wrong. But one thing, not at the dinner table. Except when we don't eat anymore. Because when we eat, we are receiving God's gift. Do we deserve it while being angry?"

Clara looked down and again nodded. Ferdi sighed while looking at his wife deeply. Then he approached, hugged, and kissed Clara's forehead gently.

While outside Arvel remained silent, while fighting against his own heart. His heart told Ferdi that he was a good person, but he insisted that he would not rush to a conclusion.

And so he went and passed, by chance Ferdi and Clara had stopped talking.

***

Tomorrow, Ferdi was about to leave for the office. Arvel, Anzel, and Axel also want to go to school. After breakfast Clara talks to her children.

"Today the driver's permission was with mom, she didn't go in. You are with Ferdi" said the woman.

"OK." Axel answered enthusiastically. It just so happened that Ferdi was nearby, and was wearing shoes.

"Axel you forgot that we made a deal today" Anzel told her sister, coding.

"Agreement?" Axel gawked at the two, while Anzel was still trying to code.

"What's the bang deal?" ask her again.

"Oh, yes ma. Adek has promised brother." said Axel later. He's just back home if his two brothers don't want to go with Ferdi.

"What agreement?" ask Clara suspiciously.

"We want to walk, ma." said Anzel.

"Why don't you get in the car, if Ferdi's going to pounce on you?"

Ferdi chuckled while tidying up his suit. The three teenagers slightly lowered their heads, in a quite awkward atmosphere.

"Aaa, Anzel makes a pact with Tiara ma. Same brother Cindy. That's why we want to go together to school, their home is not far from here." Anzel reasoned.

Clara smiled, thinking it was true.

"Yes, that's it." he said later.

The three children said goodbye, they kissed Clara's hand. But after that they realized that now there is Ferdi who also inhabit their homes.

Once trapped in a chaotic brain atmosphere, due to thinking what they should do to their stepfather. Finally, they kissed Ferdi's hand, because they were afraid and unpleasant for Clara.

If they don't do that, it will be a new problem. Clara will definitely reprimand them either later in the afternoon or later at dinner.

Clara will obviously tell her children to respect Ferdi, even though Ferdi was not too demanding.

"Yes, be careful on the road" said Clara as the children began to move on.

"Yes" they answered simultaneously.

"Eh, my dear."

Suddenly Clara called Axel and stopped their steps. Because Arvel and Anzel could not leave their sister behind.

"Yes ma?" ask Axel while turning around.

"Again girls all the same, who are you the same?"

"Deng, deng."

Like there's a soap opera backsound behind them all.

"Yes, same with them" Axel said, then grinned.

"Mending you're the same as Ferdi rather than in peacocks along the way."

"Mmmm..."

Axel really wants to be with Ferdi. But no way, considering the afternoon or evening he will definitely be hostile by his two brothers.

"Come, if you want the same. Om already want to go." said Ferdi.

"Aaa, thanks om. Axel is the same as them."

Axel said while slightly grinning, then his expression split into regulars again. Clara was just about to talk, but Axel had already opened his mouth.

"Rather than them dropping out of school and dating, ma. Mending adek follow." he said to the mother.

"Oh yes." murmured Clara.

"Yes be careful" said CLara once again.

"Buh."

Axel waved his hand and walked back with his two brothers. When the three of them were far away, Clara thought. Arvel and Anzel were further away than Axel. They could have strayed, because Axel was not watching.

"Ah, never mind." thought Clara.

He just wanted to believe in his three children. Before long Ferdi also said goodbye and left for the office. While Clara herself will only enter the next day. Because of his marriage leave schedule from the office, still until tomorrow.