Forced to Marry an Old Man
TMPT - 27

"Lana." Raul's voice rang out in the girl's ear as the door of her room opened. "Lana, I've come home" he said as if talking to a child.

He is always welcome when he comes home, like his dog running to stick his tongue to Raul's feet.

But Lana doesn't care. He covered himself with a blanket and cried sobbing. Her hair is so ugly. Lana even hates looking at herself in the mirror.

Though her hair is one of the things that Lana takes care of the most. It was as easy as the Goddess cut him off as if Lana's wish meant nothing.

"Lana," call Raul again. "Lana, I miss Lana. Why even bump? Lana playing again?"

Raul pulls the blanket open only to be surprised to see Lana crying. Raul is surprised because he just came home, hasn't said anything that could make Lana sob, but he's already done it here.

"Lana." Raul pulls his hand to sit down, but is again surprised to see Lana's hair.

Cut's messy. It was so messy that it was not worth mentioning the piece.

"Lana's hair." Raul trembled reaching for that supposedly long and beautiful hair. "Where's Lana's hair?"

Lana's getting sobbing. His breathing was so tight from the crying that did not stop.

"Who?" raul's mumbling coldly. "Who's hurting Lana? Tell me the same. Who?"

"Hiks hyks."

"Lana, let's say. I don't want to cry with Lana."

"Mama, hiks." Lana covered her face as she struggled to speak between tears. "M-mama you."

"Did?" Raul freezes. "Mama? Mama like this Lana? Wh why? How did Mama get Lana?"

The word why instantly aroused Lana's anger.

"Why?!" he repeated Raul's question. "You ask why?! Everything because of you! Your mother is like this because of you! It's all your fault, but I'm the one that needs to be!"

But a moment later Lana was sorry.

"Raul, I—"

"Mama, huh?" Raul muttered blankly. "So Mama."

He got out of Lana's bed, suddenly leaving. Lana doesn't understand why but she realizes she must apologize or Raul can wake the man up.

So without thinking Lana chased after him, following Raul who turned out to go to see the Goddess.

Lana is silent, not expecting Raul to actually go see his mother for Lana's sake. It's impossible, right?

"Why what?" asked Raul with the same face as when he was Black Raul.

"You mean?" reply Goddess while glancing at Lana.

"Mom knows what I mean. Answer me, Mama what?"

The goddess silently clenched her hands.

Look, this kid's changed. He had never looked at a goddess like this. And just for Lana, she did it?

"You don't know?" The goddess replied calmly, different from her anger. "So he met a man at the gate. Yuda, you're your friend."

"Continue?"

"Keep you think Mama should be in her? She wants to be wherever Papa's wife is. Not bad he even hunker men here, cheating, but he's nobody."

"Continue?"

The goddess frowned. "You mean keep on what? Raul, you may not care because you are busy in college, but people talk about cheating situations can not be controlled. If you are until person—"

"Continue?" Raul glared angrily at the Goddess. "Keep it because of the bullshit, Mama broke Lana's hair?!"

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