
Back to Ahreum's room, “it looks like your sister won't be here tonight,” chirps Hanna who is lying in bed with Ahreum, while glancing at the wall clock attached to the television.
“hmm, maybe there are things that can not be left, it's okay, here also there are you and Jeno, too,” Ahreum said while playing Rihanna's phone and glanced for a moment at Jeno who had fallen asleep in the other bed.
“Who is this?” ahreum asked when he found a photo of Rihanna and a middle-aged woman he had never seen before.
“mother Anna, the mother of Cameron orphanage, where Abi grew up before being adopted by the Aerospace family,” Rihanna replied while taking care of the figure of the woman she had met a few days ago.
“waaahh, Brother Abi seems to want to be serious with you,” comments Ahreum.
“what do you think?” rihanna asked as she got up from her sleep and looked at Ahreum fixedly, waiting for a response from her sidekick who still wanted to pay close attention to the middle-aged woman.
“hmm,” Ahreum wake up, “are you happy?” Ahreum instead asked another question instead of responding to Rihanna's question, as if wanting to confirm something first before giving her opinion.
“GGgggrrrrrrrr!!” jeno's snoring voice suddenly destroyed the mellow atmosphere that was happening between Ahreum and Rihanna, making the two immediately stare at the cynical Jeno who was already in his dream.
“aiiisssh!!” grunting Rihanna.
“we talk on the roof, ayoo!” take Rihanna down from the bed and pull Ahreum's column.
“wait, are you sure it's okay for us to come out? It's midnight too, I think the nurses will ban it,” hold Ahreum which makes Hanna turn back and look at the worried look of her carib.
“ya, yes. don't get caught dong, hihihi! This is your coat first,” Rihanna said accompanied by her naughty laughter while putting a coat on Ahreum's body.
“already ayooo, you've never seen a hospital roof have you?
The view is so beautiful! You can see the crowded capital of Jakarta from above,” persuaded Hanna as she tightly grabbed Ahreum's hand and pulled him to start walking out of the room.
“I've seen it before, when Ansell forced my hand, due to a misunderstanding,” Ahreum sat in the middle of his journey.
“wait...,” held Rihanna down while stopping her steps and pulled over to the wall for a glimpse of some nurses walking towards her, rihanna hastily pulled Ahreum's arm and the infusion pole to hide beside the automatic drink machine.
“when we are not malingering, but why feel..,”.
“ssssttt.. already they are gone, let's hurry!” hanna exclaimed as she pulled Ahreum's hand back and began to sneak through the quiet passageway as nurses seemed to be walking around monitoring the patients.
After passing through the tense moments finally they both arrived on the floor that connects to the roof door, Rihanna just opened the door before Ahreum entered while still holding her carib arm tightly.
“See! Beautiful isn't?
Wuaaahh, it just so happens that there are many stars scattered in the sky hahaaa, ayoo we go to the edge of the barrier,” asked Rihanna after looking for a moment towards Ahreum she also accelerated her steps back towards the edge of the roof barrier wall.
Ahreum just smiled broadly at the happiness that was emanating from Rihanna's face.
“So, does all Abi's family like you?” asked Ahreum who tried to connect the previous discussion once the two of them had leaned against the wall.
“You know, I'm not the kind of person who easily socializes, I've always been suspicious of anyone who tries to get close to me, I never assumed they really wanted to be friends with me.
To me humans are the creepiest thing besides zombies, they can pretend to be good in front of us, praise us, even look like they really sincerely want to be friends without expecting anything.
But in reality life is not so simple, those who approach me always want something from me, whether my belongings, or use me to pay for all the expenses while we are playing together.
And when I was at the bottom, they all turned to mock me, away from me, and even ignored me, because I had nothing I could be proud of.
It shaped my personality into this, rough, arrogan and wild girl. They looked at me one eye because of my appearance that always appeared open.
They pity my parents for having a wild daughter like me, they can only judge and blame me, without knowing what hard things I've been through to get to this point.
But.., that gaze, the gaze that Anna's mother gave me, really warmed my heart, I never even saw such a warm gaze from my own mother.
As soon as I arrived, Anna smiled and hugged me lovingly, something I never imagined at all.
After we had dinner together, Anna's mother invited me to a chat in the front yard of the orphanage,”
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Flashback a few days ago, in the grounds of Cameron's orphanage, Rihanna sat on the same bench as Anna's mother while enjoying the warm sweet tea made by Anna's mother before.
“mother, don't hate me?” Rihanna murmured softly as she stared at the surface of the tea filled with puffs of smoke.
“why should mom hate you?” mother Anna even asked back while rubbing Rihanna's thigh gently with a shady smile of a mother in general.
“with Abi's personality, it looks like Abi's sister can get a better woman than me, doesn't my appearance now look like a girl full of freedom mother, I don't look like a good girl, I don't look like a good girl,” Lirihnya who then tried to dare to look at the face of Anna's mother who looks so calm with a thin smile.
“who said you weren't a good girl Hanna?
Mother believes strongly in the choice of your son, if he has invited you here to meet his family, it means you are very special to him, Hanna.
You.., was the first girl he brought here to meet all of us, don't get discouraged and look down on yourself just because of the few people who don't like you.
For mother you are just a sweet girl who is very loved by the mother's son, (the speaker is soft while caressing Rihanna's long hair)
Every night before going to bed, Abi always called her mother. Before he gets to know you, he'll only tell you about his job or about Ansell. But after you came into Abi's life, the story was just filled with Rihanna's name, including the state of your family,”
Rihanna gasped and began to get emotional when Anna offended her family, making both her eyes redden for trying to hold back her tears of sadness.
“you don't have to pretend to be strong if you're with your mother, just think of your mother as your second mother, you'll hear all your complaints, your pain, whatever your mother will hear, Hanna.
You are the strongest girl you have ever met, you've been through it well, now you hope there will only be happiness that will continue with you,”
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Seriate...