Him, my Daughter's Father
Chapter 6

" Mama? Tumben Mama's coming so early?." Mahesa who was enjoying her breakfast asked in wonder, seeing Santi coming to her house. An unusual thing.

" What's wrong Mama came to Mama's own son's house?." Santi sat facing his son.

" That's not what I mean by Ma..."

" That's it. Where's Tania?." Ask Santi who did not see his future daughter-in-law and granddaughter at the table to eat.

" Tania's still sleeping, and Salsa's out for a walk with her nanny." Mahesa replied, continuing her breakfast.

" How can he not serve you?." Santi who just knew Tania was not serving her son well was upset.

" It's common." Mahesa replied. Grab his briefcase and stand up.

" Mama's here and you're in a hurry to leave?."

" It's too late, Ma."

" Sit down, Mama wants to talk."

" But Ma..."

" Sit!." Although upset, Mahesa chose to comply. Although his relationship with Santi has not been so close since 5 years ago. But he was trying to respect his mother.

" What's up?."

" It's about Tania."

" Tania? Why is he?."

" Mahesa, Tania has given birth to Salsa, your son. Salsa is 4 years old. And look! You haven't even married her."

Mahesa was silent, she really had no intention of saying anything.

" Are you sorry for Salsa?."

" I'm responsible for them." Answer's flat.

" If what you mean is matter, then it's Mahesa's fault. Wrong big!. What they need is not that, but status."

" That's not necessary at all."

" Not necessary? You said you didn't need to?." Santi really felt emotional.

" Yes, even they can live happily without statuses?."

" Salsa is your daughter Mahesa. At least let someone else know she's your daughter!."

Mahesa did not answer, she just left. It makes Santi more emotional.

While Tania who just woke up, did not realize the existence of Santi. The woman took a bottle of wine from the refrigerator.

Santi who saw it immediately approached the woman.

" You drink alcohol?." Angry asked.

The surprised Tania immediately dropped the bottle in her hand until it broke.

" M-mama?."

" Answer Mama! You drink alcohol?."

" Ma-Ne is not..."

" What is this then?." Santi pointed at the scattered bottle fragments.

" Geez!!!." Tania pretended to be surprised to see him.

" I think because I'm sleepy I didn't realize I was drinking it, Ma." The denial.

" Not to mention, anyone who has never drank alcohol can be unconscious when drinking it."

" That's Ma..." Tania pretended to ditch the broken bottle.

" It's not Ma's alcohol, it's an ordinary cold drink."

" What is "ordinary cold drink? It was clearly a bottle of alcohol!."

" The bottle is the same Ma, the contents are different."

" really?."

" Yes." Yeah." Tania nodded quickly. Relieved because Santi believed.

" Yes already. But why didn't you eat with Mahesa. He said it's normal, is it true?."

" Ma Eng-not. I was a little dizzy again, so I woke up bad luck. Maybe Mas Mahesa is still angry with me, so say that."

" Why is it angry?."

" Because I asked to get married." Tania put on a face that made Santi feel pity.

" So Mama asked him to marry you. But he just doesn't want to." Santi.

But that's not what Tania thinks, he actually feels relieved, because Santi no longer bothers about alcohol and wakes up during the day.

" Oh yes, today you invited Mahesa to lunch at home..."

" What's wrong, Ma?."

" There are boutique people who come to make measurements of clothes. I'm telling you I'm gonna make Nia's engagement uniform." Santi Obviously.

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" Is Dinda still sleeping?." Puspita asked as she entered her daughter's room. Revan, that guy was all night watching Dinda get mad at him.

" yes. He just slept late." Revan answered getting up from the bed, letting Puspita approach her daughter.

" I'm sorry to bother you." Puspita sat next to her sleeping daughter.

" Dinda's not the thing that's bothering me."

Puspita stroked her little girl's hair. He really felt guilty for yelling at his baby.

" Hope Dinda isn't mad at me." Mumbled.

" He won't be angry for a long time. But Dinda is just a kid, and she really wants a father. And what he did was perfectly natural." Said Revan seeing Puspita peeping his daughter's forehead.

" Skeletons." Call Revan, the woman turned.

" Go back with Mahesh, so that there is someone you can call your father. Your problems shouldn't make him feel his sadness."

" No, I'm not going back to that guy." Answer Puspita steady.

" Don't be stubborn! Look Dinda, she's only 4 years old. He won't understand if you explain your problems. Don't you want to see her happy when you meet her father."

" He's been happy enough with me."

" As hard as you try, you're just a mother to her. Until you can't be his father."

Revan's words seemed to be a hard slap for him. That's what he had always wanted to do, to be a mother and father to his daughter. Revan's right, until whenever it never happens.

" A few more months, until my last order is complete. I'll take Dinda back to Singapore."

" You won't do it."

" I'll do it."

" You can't do it."

" I can do it!!!." Puspita stood up and looked at Revan with her already wet netra. He really can't handle all these problems.

" I'm going to expose Tania's rot, and you can get back together. What trouble?." Revan was inexhaustible. Puspita prefers the hard road when she can get through the easy road.

" It's not that easy, Revan." Lirih Puspita began to sob. He sat down on the floor, covering his face with both hands.

" What's not easy? I've been holding his US card?." Revan sat down on his knees, holding Puspita's hands.

" You can't go on like this. The road is still long, and you haven't even forgotten the past." Further.

" It's not that easy, Revan, it's not that easy..." Lirih Puspita interrupted his sobbing.

" Say! What's hard, I'll help you."

" I still love Mahesa. But I never wanted to go back to him either. The man who never put his trust in me, how could I possibly go back to him?." Puspita's answer made Revan unable to say.

Now he understood, not only the love that Puspita had for Mahesa, but also hatred.

" He trusted Tania and her family who hated me in the first place. How can I go back to a guy like that. Even if I go back to her, it's not impossible that she'll repeat the same mistake."

" But every human being is wrong, Mahesa can change. You just have to give it a chance once again." Despite his illness, he persuades the woman he loves to be with another man. But Revan doesn't want to be selfish. However, Puspita's heart was still for Mahesa Adinata, not her.

" no. Please don't force me Revan. Please." Please." Puspita cupped both hands in front of Revan with tears in her eyes, making the man feel guilty.

" Mother."

The small voice stopped Puspita's cry, Revan quickly approached the awakened Dinda.

" Sin..." Revan had not yet finished his sentence, the little boy spoke.

" Sorry Dinda yes Mother, Dinda already made Mommy angry..." The little girl got off her bed, hugged the mother who was still sitting on the floor.

" Don't love, don't apologize. The wrong Mother, the one who apologized to Dinda." Puspita returned the hug of her daughter tightly. Guilt binds him when he hears his daughter apologizing for something that wasn't his fault.

" Why did Mommy cry? Mommy's mad at Dinda?."

Puspita shook her head quickly, wiping away the tears on her cheeks.

" Mother does not cry, Mother is not angry with Dinda."

" really?." Dinda looked at Puspita with her innocent face, making a faint smile rise in Puspita's lips.

" Yes." Yeah." Think fast.

" okay. Dinda promised, Dinda won't make me call Uncle, 'Dad' again. Dinda doesn't need a dad, because Dinda already has a Mom and Uncle."

The plain statement made Puspita unable to hold back her tears. She was crying in front of her daughter.

" Loh why Mother crying, Mother angry because Dinda said so?." Her tiny fingers wiped her mother's tears.

" No, Mommy's just moved."

" Hottest?."

Puspita hugged her daughter tightly, she cried again without a sound, so that the adorable daughter did not know it.

" My mother is very similar to Dinda."

" Dinda loves Mother too."

Seriate.