Look at me, my man!
Good night

"Your grandchild?” lirih Darren when Anderson called Theresia as his granddaughter. He frowned, looking at Anderson in confusion.

"What do you mean, Mr Anderson?" Darren instantly pulled Theresia's arm to have Theresia hide behind his body, he couldn't possibly let just anyone approach his daughter.

Anderson. He looked at Angela, at this time Anderson had not realized that actually Angela already knew everything. He hesitates to say, but if he doesn't say it in front of Darren, he doesn't have a chance to say it again and he hopes Darren will help him to mend his relationship with Shelby.

"It's a long story, but Shelby is my daughter" Anderson said.

Darren sighed then exhaled, then his face suddenly changed looking at Anderson with a look of dislike.

Shelby tells Darren the outline of his past life. Although Shelby was only telling a brief story, Darren understood what had happened and it turned out that the person who had injured his wife was in front of him.

"Then, we'll excuse you." In the end, Dareen would rather decide to leave."Come on Theresia," Darren said.

As Theresia turned around, Theresia turned her head again towards her grandfather. Somehow he suddenly disliked the old man who he thought was very strange.

"Daddy, who is he?" tanya Theresia made Darren turn her head

"Nobody, just a freak" Darren replied, not daring to tell Theresia about Anderson, because that would be Shelby's part. Luckily, Theresa did not hear back when Anderson admitted that she was Shelby's father, and now they intend to follow Shelby to the toilet.

***

Shelby sits down on the toilet. The woman leaned her body back. I don't know it's been years, but when I saw Anderson, it felt like the pain was coming up again. Plus just now she saw how warm her sister's relationship with her father was, whereas she after the death of her stepfather, desperately struggled to live alone working to and fro for her living expenses and living Theresia. However, his father lived comfortably with his family.

"Shelby's." Suddenly, Darren's voice came from outside. Apparently, Darren was forced into the girls' bathroom because he was afraid something might happen to Shelby.

Shelby. No, he must not show his sad side to Darren or Theresia. This is how Shelby is, even if he's broken, he never shows it to anyone.

Shelby opened the door and then smiled.

"Darren, you can be yelled at for going into the ladies' room. Let's get out." Selby involuntarily pulls Darren's hand and upon seeing Shelby like this, Darren feels an overwhelming sense of tightness, recalling a past where he had let Shelby struggle to raise Theresia alone.

"Shelby, are you okay?" darren asked when they got out of the toilet.

"I'm fine" he answered. But his eyes said differently. He was feeling down and when someone asked him about his condition, Shelby's reaction would be like this

"Where's Theresia?" ask Shelby.

"There's ahead" said Darren until Shelby nodded.

Darren continued his steps. He walked behind Shelby's body.

"Mommy, are you okay?" teresa asked when she saw her mother's face that looked chaotic.

"Theresa," call Shelby.

"Did Mommy want a break in the car?" ask Theresia again. Earlier, Dareen gave Theresia an understanding so that Theresia told Shelby to rest in the car until Shelby nodded.

"Do you mind waiting in the car?" ask Darren.

Shelby nodded her head, then turned towards Theresia. “Theresia forgive Mommy, it seems Mommy can not accompany you.”

"Hmm, is Mommy okay?" answer Theresia.

"It's okay Shelby, get in the car." Darren hands Shelby the car keys until Shelby receives them, then Shelby turns around and when Shelby turns around, there is a sense of tightness that Darren feels when he sees Shelby like this. His admiration for Shelby grows because it remembers the past, where Shelby went through someone.

"Daddy," call Theresia, until Dareen wakes up.

“Hmm?”

"Is Daddy not interested in Mommy?" tannya

Uhuk!

Suddenly, Darren chokes when he hears the princess. "What do you mean?" ask Darren again who pretends not to know his daughter's intentions.

"Mommy's a great girl, Mommy's a super woman. There's no woman better than Mommy, isn't Daddy interested in Mommy?" Theresia asked her father again like that, until Darren immediately stroked Theresia's hair.

"You won't understand the affairs of adults" he replied in evasion.

"I'm an adult" said Theresia, she instantly removed Darren's hand from her head.

"Indeed, if Daddy loves Mommy, are you happy?" ask Darren again.

"I'm happy" he replied.

"Yes already then, Daddy does love Mommy" Darren replied. Unfortunately, Theresia thought it was a joke when Dareen told her the truth.

"Ekhem." Suddenly, someone cleared his throat to make Darren and Theresia turn, and it turned out that Angela was beating.

"That aunt again" said Theresia. I don't know why he doesn't like this woman in front of him.

"What's wrong?" darren asked, he immediately asked out of fear that Theresia would let out an unpleasant remark.

"Can we talk?" ask Angela. It felt, she was so interested in this man that none other than her brother's husband. He now had a reason to talk to Darren. The woman will use Shelby to talk to Darren.

"Yes, we might be able to talk another time" Angela said.

"Can't." Again, Theresia answered.

"Take a look if your Aunt sees my father" Theresia threatened.

Darren held back a laugh when he heard Theresa say, it turned out that his daughter was so possessive and it made Darren happy, especially if Shelby was possessive, maybe Darren would float.

"Then, we'll excuse you." Darren decides to leave Angela, making Angela growl.

"It looks like I should ask Daddy for help" Angela said.

***

Finally, the shopping was over. One bag and two paper bags were carried by Darren, while Theresia was carrying a small bag containing tabs that her father had just bought. Right now, they decided to go straight home. Darren felt unsettled as he kept thinking about Shelby. However, he also could not take his daughter to hurry.

While in front of the car, Darren knocked on the door. Apparently, Shelby slept involuntarily after crying, and when she woke up, Shelby wiped her face, making sure there was no trace of tears.

"You're done?" tanyakanya.

"We're done" Darren replied.

***

Time shows at twelve o'clock.

Darren heard a noise coming from the kitchen, and it turned out to be Shelby's voice. The woman was sitting in the pantry seat. In front of him was alcohol, it seemed like the woman was drunk.

Apparently, his meeting with the father after three years passed, causing a wound in Shelby's heart, until after returning from the mall, Shelby was really hit and in the end he vented it on alcohol.

Darren shook his head when he saw Shelby like this. He knew Shelby was depressed.

"Shelby," called Darren, and he sat down across Shelby, making Shelby turn his head.

"Darren do you want?” shelby asked as Dareen sat in front of her

"No, I don't want to. I don't drink that anymore" Darren replied. Since he repented, he completely stayed away from all the negative things, even he did not drink alcohol anymore.

"You okay?" ask Dareen.

"Where might I be okay? Is my face okay?" Shelby nagging.

Darren keeps the glass away when Shelby is about to drink alcohol.

"Stop Shelby, you're too drunk" Darren said.

"Remove, glass!" Shelby yelled, he forcefully took the glass from Darren's hand, after which another gulp of alcohol he had just poured into the glass.

"Is Anderson your father?" ask Daren who started the conversation about Anderson.

"He's a jerk, isn't he? Why is life so unfair when I have never had any mistakes in the past. I went to college for a scholarship. I want to be the best graduate, get a decent job, I want to be successful. But when I was in college, you were haunting me. I thought my life would be prosperous and there was no need to think about anything else because I married you, but it turned out I was wrong." Shelby paused for a moment. He held his head in pain. The woman spoke while shaking her head like a drunk.

Darren became curious about what Shelby was feeling, until he asked again"Then after we got married, what did you feel?" ask Dareen.

"Dumb question! of course I just get the pain. I'm not a materialistic woman, but I think if I marry into a rich family, my life will be assured and I don't have to think about anything else. But it turned out I was wrong" Shelby replied, she chuckled softly as she said that.

Darren shook his head as Shelby complained, as he also remembered his mistake with his wife.

"After Tristan and Teresa were born, I thought you'd change, but you didn't. You hated Theresia so much that I had to bone down to support us. Not to mention I have to pay the hospital fees. Oh, why is life so unfair?!" Shelby shouted at the end of his sentence.

"Is there a man who is sincere to me?" asked Shelby again who suddenly asked like that.

"She, i. I truly love you" said Dareen.

Instantly, Shelby laughed. "Omong empty," Shelby replied, she raised her hand and pointed at Dareen's face

"Well, there's no point in talking to you." Shelby got off the chair, but when she was about to walk, she felt her head twirling. Darren quickly grabbed onto Shelby's body, then carried her and walked towards her room.

Tristan apparently stayed at his friend's house, until now in the room there was no one. She couldn't possibly let Shelby fall asleep with Theresia, because she didn't want Theresia to inhale alcohol.

While in the room, Darren walks straight to the bed and the handsome man lays Shelby on his bed and as Darren is about to straighten up, Shelby pulls Darren by the neck.

"Darren, do you love me?" asked Theresia again who remembered Darren's words just now.

"Hmm, I love you," Dareen replied, she looked at Shelby with sincerity.

"If you love me, let's make love. I want to be like other women, who are spoiled, blessed and treated special." Being heavily drunk, Shelby said such a thing to Darren.

Shelby's a normal woman. She's an adult woman who needs warmth, but all this time she's just spent working, working and working.

"Darren, don't you want to fuck with me? You don't want to because I'm not pretty, I'm not sexy, and I'm not ...." Suddenly, Shelby stopped her words when Darren kissed her lips.