Forgetting the Ex
Chapter 62

"Michael's not in town anymore, Ma!" karin.

"So it's true that your ex-husband is broke?" ask Miss.

"No idea, Ma. The house we used to live in is already for sale" replied Karin.

"Yes, already. You just look for another rich man," said Miss.

"Ma, I'm a widow. No one wants to be with me" said Karin.

"You live like a married man" chirped Miss.

"Want if Papa was taken by another woman?" tanya Karin made Miss silent. "I want to apologize to Michael, I miss Kara" he said.

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"What do you think Nora is?" ask Tissa to her son.

"I don't know, Ma."

"You don't know, though," said Tissa.

"Mama who knows the woman well, must know how her nature," said Michael.

"Nora is the woman we want to marry you to" Tissa said.

"Ma, I'm not ready to remarry yet" Michael declined.

"Why? You still hope Karin comes back" he said.

"Ma, I just split up a few months ago."

"Mama didn't tell you to get married, you can get to know first" Tissa said.

"Michael, come with Mama." He also left the dining table. "Titip Kara, Ma. I'm probably three more days back here" he continued.

"Yes, you calm down."

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In the afternoon, after work Nora accidentally went to Michael's family home. She wants to meet Kara, for some reason she misses the little girl.

"Dora!" greet Tissa.

"Why else, Auntie?"

"Oh, play again. You want to meet him?"

"Yes, Aunt. Nora misses him a lot, "he replied.

"Yes, already. Come on, let's go there!" take Tissa.

They walked to the family room where they used to gather and play Kara.

"Hey, pretty!" greet Nora.

Kara smiled and crawled towards Nora when she saw him.

"Tante, wash your hands first 'yes!" nora.

Kara continues to follow Nora's steps, until her nanny has to chase after her.

Finished washing her hands, Nora held Kara. The toddler looked carefree and showed his teeth.

"You're exactly like mother and son" said Tissa, bringing a drink to Nora.

"So funny, Auntie. You can take it home," he joked.

"Tante's fine but his papa gave his permission or not" Tissa smiled.

"Where should Nora ask permission?" ask Nora.

"Michael's out of town again" replied Tissa.

"Our father is out of town again, Auntie can't bring Kara home" Nora told the toddler.

"Tante will come here often to see you" he continued.

Tissa saw the closeness of the two smiling. "Dora!" call gently.

"Yes, Auntie."

"You want to be Kara's mother?"

"Huh."

"Tante wishes you were the son-in-law of this house" said Tissa.

"Heemm, how 'yes?" Nora scratched her non-itchy nape.

"You can get to know first," said Tissa to relieve Nora's misbehavior. "You don't have a boyfriend or a close friend, do you?" tanyakanya.

Nora shook her head.

"Thank God" said Tissa.

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"Ma, where's Kara?" ask Michael who just got back from out of town.

"Oh, this morning Mama told Kara's nanny to drive her to Nora's house." Answer Tissa.

"Why is he there?"

"Kara likes Nora, she comes here often to see him" he replied. "Go to his house, take your son!" her word.

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After the shower, Michael prepares for Nora's house. "Kara's nanny is there too?" ask Mama Tissa.

"No, she told me to take a day off" he replied.

"So, who holds Kara?"

"Take Nora here, take her off today."

Michael breathed his breath. "Yes, it's already."

Eventually, Michael picks up his daughter at Nora's house. She was convinced that this was all Mama Tissa's plan to bring her closer to the woman.

Although Michael was confused to find Nora's address, he finally arrived.

"Excuse me" said Michael knocking on Nora's door. He was forced to park his car in front of the alley because the road to be traversed was narrow.

Nora opened the door. "You?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Where else to sleep, where's the nanny?" Nora went wild looking for the woman who drove her home this morning.

"He's off" replied Michael.

"Oh, yeah. Please enter!"

Michael came in and sat in the living room.

"Where is your mother?"

"He's out for a while" replied Nora. The woman went to the kitchen to make a drink.

Before long he came out and served a glass of water. "I don't know, your favorite drink so it doesn't matter 'I'll serve water, '" he said.

"No problem, you don't give me that drink, it doesn't matter to me, either" said Michael, who was busy with his phone.

"It looks like we've met before" said Nora.

"A few days ago, we met" said Michael.

"Not that, if it's not wrong. I accidentally bumped into your car, just at night in front of a Japanese restaurant," Nora said.

Michael tried to remember. "Oh, yeah. So you're the woman I want to betrothed to!"

Nora tried to smile.

"It looks like the matchmaking will continue" Michael said.

"Why don't you want to?" ask Nora to investigate.

"Actually, lazy to get married again. But Kara needs a mother" replied Michael.

"You looking for a wife or a babysitter?" Nora did not like the answer from the man.

"Hey, why are you angry?" tanyakanya. "Oh, don't-don't you want this wedding" he said again.

"I don't want to marry you either" Nora said.

"Then we talk to my parents about refusing this match" Michael said.

The sound of Kara's cry was heard from Nora's room. The woman ran over to the toddler. Michael followed her too.

"Why are you following me?"

"That's my daughter so I want to know how she is" she replied.

"You just wait in the living room!" nora's orders.

"All right!"

Nora opened the door and smiled at the toddler who could already sit down. "You're up, thirsty 'yeah?" He took a bottle of water. Then he took her and was taken to see his father.

"Hey, why are you giving him water?" michael's Protest.

"So what should I give you, ASI?"

Michael fell silent.

"So he's been eating ASI's replacement porridge, you as his father do not know his daughter's food" complained Nora.

"I'm busy!" ketus answer.

"If you don't know anything, don't protest!"

"You're not married!" ceplos Michael's.

"Although not married but the affairs of the children I know and understand" said Nora proudly.

"Oh, so I've been a babysitter 'yes!"

"Not really, I once took care of a baby whose mother was sick and unconscious for weeks" Nora said sadly.

"Oh, so. Just come back later, come with me now!"

"Where?"

"Go get Kara."

"You can be alone" said Nora.

"I'm driving, who is he with. I'll take you home later" said Michael.

"Let's wait a minute, I'll call mom," Nora calls Nisa and says she'll take Kara home.