
"New Mom? Are we gonna buy mama at the mall that she means, Pa?"
The question posed by Elza managed to make Benny laugh freely. He also showered Elza with a kiss several times to the son of his puppet, because of the anxiety of the innocent thought.
"No, Honey. Elza can have a new mom if Papa remarries a woman" Benny explained after stopping his laughter. He looked at Elza meaningfully, "Elza knows how people get married?" ask Benny.
"Know, Pa. Like the people who used to sit on that lap, right? What do I usually see when I come with Papa?" asked the little boy after remembering the moment when he invited Benny to the wedding brother.
"Well, that's right. Let Elza look at the album that's black. These are the pictures of Papa and Mama Nurmala's wedding first" Benny said as he opened his wedding album.
Elza looked at every photo on the album sheet. She was amazed to see the beautiful face of her mother that she had never seen in person. Elza looked at the photo until the last sheet and after it was finished she closed the album.
"Pa, why when Papa married Mama I was not invited to take photos? Why don't you hold me like on the album?" asked Elza while looking at Benny fixedly.
Instantly the expression on the face of the one-child widower changed, after listening to the question. He was confused to answer how, because if it was wrong just a little, then he himself would be confused. Remember Elza is a smart kid. He will keep asking until he understands.
"There's no way if I answer—you haven't made it when papa and mama get married—can mess up this affair," Benny thought as he thought of the right answer to the question.
"Why, Pa? Are Papa and Mama ashamed to take me to sit on a lap?" ask Elza again.
"No, Honey. Not like that, "attacked Benny with the eyeball moving left and right after, "emmm .. at that time Elza was a child, so should not sit in the lap. Has Elza ever seen a bride take a baby? They're busy shaking hands with guests, aren't they?" ask Benny.
"Yes, too, Pa. Hmmm .. means if Papa wants to marry again, take me yes, Pa. I'm a big boy now, so I won't bother Papa" Elza said, making Benny smile again.
"Sure dong! Papa will take Elza." Benny took this to his son.
Elza looked happy despite just hearing that. He reopened the photo sheet, where he was there. The little boy was endlessly smiling as he looked at Nurmala's beautiful face.
"Beautiful mom, Pa," he muttered with his hands unceasingly wiping the picture.
"Sure dong. Uh but pretty where's Mama the same as Fina?" ask the widower of one child out of curiosity. Maybe this is the beginning of the conversation about the wedding later.
"Tough question!" said the little boy.
Elza did not immediately answer her father's question. He pensively stared at the photo of Nurmala. Really, his facial expression looks very funny if he is thinking like this. Benny smiled at his son's response, like someone faced with a heavy life choice.
"Both are beautiful, Pa," muttered Elza in a soft voice. The little boy could not choose between the two women in his life.
"According to Elza, what if Papa is married to Fina? Elza doesn't want to have a mama like Fina's mom?" Finally this question escaped also from the lips of the widower of one child.
"You! Want to! Want to!" elza shouted in a loud voice. He was very excited after hearing the statement.
"But Pa, does Fina want to be with Papa?" asked Elza innocently.
"Well, that's what Papa doesn't know, El." Benny breathed heavily, "hence Papa needs Elza's help" Benny said, looking at Elza meaningfully.
"How should I help Papa? Do I need to cry in front of Fina?" elza asked with a look that could not be separated from his son's face.
Benny smiled triumphantly after hearing his son's question. Brilliant ideas instantly appeared in his head. Getting Fina through the insider track seems younger, considering Elza is quite clever when invited to work together. Moreover, he also wanted the same goal as her.
"Elza agrees, right if Papa is married to Fina's mother? Later Elza will call Mbak Fina with the name Mama. If Papa is married to Fina, Elza will have a sister, so there are friends playing," explained Benny before giving his son the task to get Fina.
"Seriously, Pa?" Elza looked at Benny with a look of disbelief, a happy twinkle clearly visible in the little boy's eyes.
"Yes, seriously. Then help Papa, okay?" Benny developed a smile with a meaningful look.
"If Papa is married to Fina, is Nurma's mother not angry? Papa's time has two wives?" elza asked after being silent for a few seconds.
Benny returned to smile after hearing his son's question. Elza has a very smart mind. Only by listening to every explanation of his father could he know where the conversation was headed. Benny is proud of that. The child who used to always make him emotional, now turned into a child who makes himself feel calm and calm.
"Mama won't be angry, El. It's just that Nurma's mother is happy if Papa is married to Fina," explained Benny while rubbing his son's hair gently.
Benny also explained what Elza had to do to help launch the action. He did not care even though he did not know the answer of his girl.
"Elza knows what Papa means?" Benny made sure if his son understood his explanation.
"OK, Papa! I'll take care of Fina from Aris' kang" Elza said.
"Tos first!" Benny pointed his palm at Elza.
"Tos, Papa!" Elza patted her father's palm with her palm.
The mission of getting Fina has been perfectly designed. Either that will be done or God wills another. One thing's for sure, Benny's got the green light from his son. The road is getting smoother to get flowers that are blooming beautifully. The hope of having a happy household with Fina is getting bigger and certainly easier because there are supporters behind it.
"Don't forget, Elza has to keep our mission a secret from Fina. Don't let her future mother Elza know if we're in cahoots, because Papa's afraid that Fina might run away" Benny said when reminding his son not to divulge his secret.
"Ready, Papa!" elza said with a firm attitude, as if he was receiving a task from his superiors.
Benny gives a warm hug to his son because he is willing to help to get Fina. The closeness of the two of them is getting stronger because of the mission of getting a new mama. If this mission is successful, then Fina's task is increasing. Not only will she be Elza's governess, but she will also be the governess of the handsome widower's dreams.
"How about we go to Mama Nurma's grave later in the afternoon? Does Elza want to?" ask Benny while looking at Elza fixedly.
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