I Found Love With You
97. I Miss You

“Why didn't you tell me about them?” kagendra.

“They are who?”

“Aras and Aris. They're my real children, right? I'm their father, right?”

“Who said they were your child?” sadiyah's voice was high.

“I asked once again. Is Aras and Aris my child?”

Sadiyah was silent not answering Kagendra's question.

“Why are you silent? Do you feel guilty for hiding them from me?”

“Why should I feel guilty if I am innocent?”

“Sadiyah! I asked one more time. Aras and Aris, they're my kids right?”

Meanwhile in the room, Faras and Faris grew increasingly curious about the commotion they heard from outside.

“The voice calling Mother's name is like her voice is Om Endra.” Faris said.

Faras nodded his head and walked towards the door. He opened the door slowly so as not to be discovered.

“Aras..Mother said that we we should not get out of the room.”

“Stttt..don't fuss. We just need to hide. You want to see not the person who just shouted calling Mom's name. You said it sounded like Om Endra. Let's see if it's Om Endra or not. You want to come with?”

Faris nodded her head in excitement.

They came out of the room and walked to the living room.

“That's Om Endra.” exclaims Faris with a stifled voice.

“Sttt...don't loudly say, later be found out the same Mother keep us scolded again.”

Faris covered her mouth with her hands.

“My jawab, Sadiyah!” kagendra.

Faras and Faris are shocked to see Kagendra yelling at their mother.

“Why are you silent? Why don't you answer my question. For the last time I asked you. Are Aras and Aris my children? Answer!”

“They are not your children.” replied Sadiyah firmly while turning her face away.

“If I am not their father, where is their father now? Answer me while looking at my eyes. Don't dodge!”

Sadiyah remained silent.

“You can't answer right? Because I am their father. You can't dodge anymore. Aras and Aris told me that their father worked feeding piranha and anaconda in the Amazon jungle. What kind of lies did you tell about their father?”

“They're fathers indeed..”

Kagendra cut off the word Sadiyah. “They're my fathers. You're just making up stories about their father. What else do you want to avoid?”

Sadiyah started************** the lower end of the tunic shirt she was wearing.

“I want to meet them.” said Kagendra firmly.

“Cannot.” Sadiyah immediately stood in Kagendra's way by stretching out her arms.

Kagendra looked around the room looking for a gap to find Faras and Faris.

Before long, Kagendra's gaze met with the gaze of Faras and Faris who was hiding behind the wall. Kagendra started walking towards Faras and Faris.

“Cannot.” Sadiyah pulled Kagendra's hand.

Kagendra brushed off Sadiyah's hand and walked closer to Faras and Faris.

“Do not, A.” Sadiyah hugged Kagendra's hand to keep him from approaching Faras and Faris. He was afraid that Kagendra would take Faras and Faris from his side. Until now Sadiyah did not know if Kagendra had not divorced her. He never found out about Kagendra and also forbade Rostita to tell stories.

Not throwing away the chance of Sadiyah hugging her arms tightly, Kagendra turned around and immediately embraced Sadiyah, the thing Kagendra wanted the most right now.

Sadiyah suffocated in shock not expecting Kagendra to hold her tightly.

“Do not do this. Release!” Sadiyah tried to escape from Kagendra's embrace.

“Just like this. I miss you so much.” Kagendra sniffed the scent of Sadiyah's body which she had been yearning for six years.

“Do not do this, A.” Sadiyah started sobbing, she felt uncomfortable being hugged by Kagendra because she thought that they were no longer husband and wife.

“Why cry?” Kagendra let go of his embrace upon hearing the sobbing from Sadiyah.

Isakan Sadiyah turned into a heart-wrenching cry. Her feelings are very upset because on the one hand she still loves Kagendra but on the other hand she feels uncomfortable with the embrace of a man who she considers is no longer her husband. The 6-year separation was not able to dampen Sadiyah's love for Kagendra.

At first Sadiyah thought that she could forget about Kagendra and did not love him anymore. But when he meets Kagendra and feels his embrace, he believes that there is still love for Kagendra and that love is still firmly embedded in his heart.

Sadiyah sat down and covered her face with both palms so that her sedu sedu was not too audible.

Kagendra knelt before Sadiyah and placed his hand on Sadiyah's shoulder.

“Why cry?”

Sadiyah shook her head with a cry that instead of subsiding was getting louder.

“Mother.....” Faras and Faris hugged Sadiyah.

“Mother...why cry?” ask Faris.

“Mother why fight with Om Endra?” ask Faras.

“Aras...Aris..” call Kagendra.

Faras and Faris took off their arms at Sadiyah and looked towards Kagendra.

“Om...why is Mom crying? Same as Om?” asked Faras while looking at Kagendra sharply.

Kagendra looked at Faras and Faris' faces alternately and hugged them tightly.

“Aras...Aris..from now on don't call Om again.”.

Faras and Faris looked at Kagendra seriously.

“Start now call Ay..”

“Do A...”

Kagendra did not heed Sadiyah's ban.

“Start now call Dad.”

“Why? Aras and Aris' father are working in the Amazon jungle. Mom said Dad came home when we had our 10th birthday. Aras and Aris are now on their fifth birthday. Mom says Dad came home a long time ago.” explained Faras.

“This Is His Father Aras and Aris.” Kagendra pointed at his own chest.

“Absolutely Dad no longer works in the Amazon jungle?” ask Faris plain.

Kagendra nodded his head.

“Daddy has stopped working in the Amazon forest because Dad is already kangen at all with you.” said Kagendra with a choked voice holding back tears.

“Dad won't go again?” ask Faras

Kagendra shook his head.

“Really?” ask Faris.

Kagendra smiled and nodded his head again.

Faras and Faris poured into Kagendra's arms and she kissed Faras and Faris' faces in turn.

Rostita and Mak Isah who saw all these scenes from the kitchen shed tears.

“Now Aris has a Dad. When I go to school, Aris is delivered to me. Hooray..hore...” Faris jumped up and down in excitement.

Kagendra looked at Faras and saw his cold face.

“Aras happy to meet Dad?” ask Kagendra.

Faras nodded and went back into Kagendra's arms crying in Kagendra's arms.

“Why Aras crying?”

“Dad can't go anymore.” said Faras sobbing.

“Not going. Father will never again go far from you.” Kagendra hugged Faras.

Faris, who saw Kagendra and Faras embracing him, jumped around Kagendra and Faras clapping.

“Daddy...” Kagendra approached Sadiyah who had started to calm down.

Sadiyah still covered her face with both palms. Kagendra pulled Sadiyah's wrist and tried to stare at Sadiyah's face.

“Daddy, Aa will take the children to meet Aki, Abah and Mother. Aki must be happy to know that Aki has become uyut. Abah and Mom are also happy to meet their first grandchild. We leave now.”

“Cannot. Iyah will not come.”

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to be continued...