Him, my Daughter's Father
Chapter 4

" Mother!." The door of the room opened with a familiar voice.

Revan came to take Dinda in his arms.

Puspita greeted the two with a smile, she stood up and grabbed her daughter from Revan.

" Daughter is awake?." Anxious, Puspita turned her daughter's nose slowly.

" He wants nothing but to see his mother." Said Revan who immediately sat in a long sofa in Puspita's work room.

" Thank you for bringing her here." Puspita.

" Come on Puspita, stop saying that. Are these 5 years not enough to make you understand that I'm tired of hearing it?." Revan made the two laugh.

" Mom, I want to play." Said Dinda who knew her mother had prepared a playroom for her.

" All right."

Puspita then called Riska through the boutique phone. Not long after the confidant came.

" Get Dinda play upstairs."

" Good Mom." Riska takes Dinda away.

" It looks like this boutique is doing pretty well." Revan.

" That's how. Risk is really reliable. If it wasn't for some important client here, maybe I'd have given the boutique to him. I really don't intend to go back."

" Don't lie to yourself. I know you've always dreamed of returning to the water." Revan seriously spoke.

Puspita smiled at Revan's words. His only friend really understood him. Sometimes, he always wondered, if his heart prefers Revan than Mahesa, maybe he did not have to compete with Tania who also loves Mahesa. Even until the woman defends him.

But it's all gone, he can't change it. Although sometimes a sense of shyness arises when remembering if Revan keeps the flavor on him.

The man is even still single at the age of 35 years. No hesitation in saying that he was still waiting for Puspita.

" I can't even lie to you." His word.

" Maybe you can't understand me, but 5 years is enough to make me understand you." Reply Revan.

Puspita was silent for a moment, if Mahesa had believed in him as Revan did, maybe Dinda could still live with her father.

" Do you want to marry me?."

The question Revan had just asked made Puspita flinch. Although the man had done so many times, even once using a ring, he still could not open his heart to another man.

" I..."

" No need to answer, I already know." Revan said quickly.

" You still love Mahesa." Not a question, Revan just gave a statement. Puspita knows, she can't deny it. His heart was still attached to his daughter's father.

" If you want to get back with Mahesa..."

" No-no." Puspita shook her head quickly while swinging her hand.

Revan just smiled in response.

" I have proof of Tania's lies."

" That's not necessary. Dinda really doesn't need to know who her father is." Decline Puspita.

" It's not about Dinda."

" And then?." Puspita.

" It's about a little girl Dinda's age you saw this afternoon."

" How do you know me..."

" Bi Ani said it."

Puspita nodded in understanding.

" What happened to the boy?."

" She's not Mahesa's daughter."

" WHAT!!!." Revan's answer made Puspita surprised instead of playing.

" What do you mean? How can you say that?."

" I don't just talk, I even have proof." Revan replied definitely.

" When is he not Mahesa's son? Then whose child?."

Revan picks up his phone, then searches for a photo of someone and shows it to Puspita.

" He's Ben, Tania's boyfriend. They still love until now. They have no doubts about s*x. And that little boy named Salsa was their son."

Puspita closed her mouth in disbelief hearing Revan's explanation. He did not expect that Tania had not only slandered him, she had even betrayed Mahesa.

" When?."

" It's been a long time, even before Mahesa divorced you because of her."

" Then, then why is he?."

" Taking Mahesa from you?." Tanya Revan continued. Puspita.

" He can accuse me and you."

Puspita is unable to say anything, the woman who became his best friend since childhood, can do this evil thing.

" How can you be sure that Salsa is not Mahesa's son?." Tanya Puspita wonder.

Revan was silent, honestly he didn't want to say it. But he also did not want to hide it from Puspita.

" Mahesa never married her."

" What-what?."

" Don't get married, they never even had a relationship." Revan said doubtfully. He knew the consequences of his words. Puspita could have changed her hatred for Mahesa and returned to her ex-husband.

" Tania traps a drunken Mahesa. Saying as if Mahesa had done something indecent to her until she became pregnant. That's why Mahesa thought Salsa was her daughter. I have the CCTV footage, that day Tania slept in the other room, and from the data I got through the receptionist, she was with her boyfriend Ben."

" so... Has Mahesa been deceived all this time?." Tanya Puspita could not believe it. Revan nodded.

Puspita was speechless, too shocked by everything Revan said.

" When did you know this?."

" It's been a while, but I'm just waiting for the right time. So how? Have you changed your mind?."

" You mean?."

" You can be with Mahesa if she knows the truth." Honestly, Revan hopes that Puspita will not return with Mahesa. But on the other hand he knew very well who the man in the heart of the beautiful and meek woman was.

" no. Let Mahesa know for herself. Even if it takes a few more years, you don't have to."

" But you want to...?."

" My soul mate with him was only one month. I can't lie to you, I admit I still have a little love for Mahesa, but that doesn't mean I want to go back with her. Dinda, that's more than enough for me. My love, love and care now, just for Dinda, nothing else."

" Are you sure?."

Puspita nodded, making a glimmer of hope in Revan's heart until the man smiled wryly.

The door opens, Dinda comes with Riska.

" Dinda wants to eat Mother's ice cream, same Uncle." Said Dinda to her mother after Riska came out and the door closed again.

Uncle, the little boy calls Revan, the man who has been accompanying the mother and child for the past 5 years. The boy almost called Revan Daddy, if Puspita didn't ban him.

" But all of Dinda's friends call Daddy's dad, Mommy. Dinda called him Uncle." Rajuk Dinda at that time, when the three of them were in one of the ice cream shops in Singapore.

" Dinda call Om Revan Uncle... If Dinda's older, she'll know why." Persuade Puspita either way how many times, until finally Dinda according.

" Okay, if Om Revan 'Uncle', it means Mother 'Mom' yes."

" Call Mother only." Puspita does not want to be influenced by outside culture. He still remembers exactly where it came from.

" but..."

" Please, baby..."

" Oh yeah, if that makes Mommy happy."

And finally, he was called Mother, and Revan was called Uncle. It was not one two people who looked confused as Dinda called out to them. Of course because they all must have thought Puspita and Revan were a married couple.

But both do not bother, because reality is not always what it looks like. Most importantly, they can live it.

" Dear, you just ate ice cream." Puspita looked at her watch, it was lunch time.

" What are we going to eat for lunch, Dinda?."

" I don't want to, Dinda wants ice cream." Rengek Dinda ran his Uncle's lap.

" Uncle! Say dong to Mommy." Persuade Dinda to whine.

" Dinda is beautiful and kind, eating ice cream can not often, if the stomach hurts how. How about we have some cake?." Bujuk Revan mentions one of Dinda's favorite foods.

" Cakes?." Dinda put her index finger under her chin. It made the two adults even more anxious.

" Brown taste_" Revan did not continue his sentence.

" Same with strawberry juice." Said Dinda quickly cut Revan's words.

" okay. How's Mother?." Revan looked at him innocently.

Puspita is shocked when Revan calls her Mother. But he soon realized they were with his daughter.

" okay. You know a good place for that. But Revan, aren't you a patient today?." Tanya Puspita made sure. Doctors are usually patient.

" I asked for a shift exchange with my partner, no problem. I'll come tonight."

" Oh. All right, let's go."

" You alone?."

" Dinda is the main one." Right after saying that the knock on the door sounded.

" In."

" This is Ma'am..." Riska seemed to intend to give a file, but was immediately cut by Puspita.

" On time. Riska, please handle this for a moment. Call me if there's a problem." Puspita submitted several designs that she chose, as well as the type of fabric that will be used to make orders.

" Good Mom."

Seriate.