
..."You have to take care of the baby yourself! I don't want to take care of my husband's child!" - Mommy Lucy...
Twenty years ago.
It was a time when Markus, Lucy and Darren lived happily. They are a happy family that is quite envious of people. Although not rich, but the three of them live without lack.
Unfortunately, that happiness did not last long. Mark started coming home late and always slept outside. The reason, so many jobs and services outside the city.
“Last month, Why do you often come home late?” lucy asked, putting Mark's coat in the dirty basket.
Markus breathed his breath out violently. He seems lazy to listen to Lucy's questions that make his brain hurt. He was tired because he had just come home from work.
“You why the hell? Today ‘make me home fast,” ketus Markus while unbuttoning his work shirt one by one.
“Tapi—”
“I'm looking for money!” cut Markus upset.
“Already. Staying at home instead of making me rest, it makes my brain dizzy!”
Markus walked out of the room while re-installing his shirt buttons. His face was crumpled and very wry. It makes Lucy sad because she asks nicely, but Mark answers her in annoyance.
Lucy fell silent and pecked at Markus' strange nature. Where did the man who used to adore you and love you go? Where did the warm man go? He sighed trying to expel the sadness and uneasiness of his heart.
Lucy tries to accept Mark's oddity. Not wanting to be an ungodly wife, she chose silence and obedience without rebellion.
A month, two months, three months passed. Mark's nature is becoming more and more. Lucy gets a little frustrated and doesn't know who to tell her. Eventually, he decided to meet his best friend Julia.
Geck! Geck! Geck!
“Iya, bentar,” voice from inside the house.
Chequek!
“Lu-Lucy?”
Julia Anderson's. A beautiful Indonesian woman with long black hair was shocked to see the guests who were present to her house at that time. The guest is Lucy, her best friend since they were in High School. It's just that, in the last few months they have rarely met the reason Julia is busy with her work.
“Julia? Y-you pregnant?” asked Lucy who was shocked to see Julia's distended stomach. Lucy's eyes stared in focus at the distended stomach.
“Kok didn't say anything if you married?” continued curious.
Julia's face turned pale. Cold sweat washed over his body. Her hand was somehow cold. In fact, it was summer and the sun was so hot.
“Come.” Julia forced her stiff-impressed smile. He invites Lucy in and sits in the living room.
“Before I make a drink,” said Julia.
“Ih! You are the same as anyone!” chirped Lucy. Lucy pulls Julia by the hand and invites her best friend to sit next to her on the sofa. “Normally also ‘kan I take myself to the kitchen.”
Lucy's eyes couldn't stand to wander around the house. Occasionally his head turned to the left and to the right looking for a figure who is the husband of his best friend.
Satisfied her eyes went around, Lucy looked back at Julia who was beside her. “Where is your husband?”
Julia shook her head slowly. This made Lucy frown with both eyebrows fused together.
“Cy ... I .. not married,” said Julia nervously.
Lucy was suddenly shocked to hear Julia say. What exactly is going on? In fact, all this time there were so many men chasing after him. He is also notoriously difficult to accept the presence of other men in his life because of such a fragile trust in the creature called man. Then, now ... how did she get pregnant?
“You raped?!” lucy growled with sharp eyes staring at Julia.
Lucy stood up from her seat. He held Julia's hand to take her friend away. "Let's go to the police station!"
"Not. I-I wasn't raped" Julia denied.
Lucy sat back down while positioning her body towards Julia. He sat down cross-legged in front of Julia. He looked at his friend with compassion. What the hell is going on?
"I ... I'm pregnant with the child of a married man" Julia stammered.
Lucy's body was shocked. His eyes were wide with his mouth half open. His hand reflexively covered that gaped mouth.
"Ju-Julia ...," murmured Lucy softly, "do you think? Usually, don't you like to be choosy about being close to someone?"
Julia suddenly sniffled. The tears are falling non-stop. His face bowed while squeezing the fingers that had felt so cold since.
"I don't know. But ...all of that happened so fast. A week after I had decided, I was pregnant," Julia explained with an ever-increasing cry.
"What should I do, Lucy? I don't want to ruin their homes. But .. but I can't kill this kid either."
"You love that guy?" ask Lucy carefully.
Julia looked at Lucy with a guilty feeling. But he did not dare to tell the truth. Because the man who had impregnated her was Markus, the husband of her own best friend. How could he say such a crazy thing to his best friend?
"Lia?" call Lucy to break Julia's daydream.
"I want to forget the man and raise this child myself" Julia said with confidence.
Being a 'single parent' was not a problem for him. As long as he could feed his son without begging anyone, he was in trouble. He still works strong anyway. It doesn't matter if you have to work. Importantly, he no longer wanted to ruin Lucy's life which he had secretly betrayed.
"I'm going to help you raise this child" Lucy said, smiling and holding Julia's shoulders.
"But .. lest anyone know about this. Even Markus. Don't let him know" Julia pleaded.
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Three months have passed.
Oekkkp... Oekkkp...
The crying of the baby filled the delivery room. Just then, Lucy stood in front of the delivery room while sighing in relief.
"Finally ...," murmured Lucy.
Lucy walked back and forth in front of the delivery room waiting for the doctor to come out. His heart was so happy and happy. The birth of the child of his best friend, it was like the birth of his own child!
Chequek!
After a long wait, the doctor finally came out of the delivery room. Lucy sees Julia lying on a hospital bed hugging a baby. The bed that Julia was in was being pushed by several nurses.
Julia was taken to an inpatient room to rest. After the nurse made sure everything was safe, the nurse left the room.
"Ciara ..," Julia said as she watched Lucy stare at her baby.
Lucy's eyes were so sparkling staring at the baby in Julia's arms. The red baby is sleeping.
"So, this baby's name is Ciara?" mumbling Lucy while smiling. His hand gently touched Ciara's cheeks with warmth.
Julia smile. Although at that time Julia was being shrouded in happiness, but her face was pale and weak. Her lips were dry and chipped. Sweat drenched his forehead.
"Lucy," called Julia in a weak voice. He held onto Lucy's arm which was touching Ciara.
"Why is it so cold?!" Lucy looked at Julia worriedly. "I'll call the nurse soon."
Not yet Lucy turned around, Julia held Lucy's hand so as not to leave her.
"Sorry Lucy," Julia shrieked with teary eyes. Slowly tears filled his eyes.
"Sorry why? You are my best friend! So I should have been by your side when it was hard and happy" Lucy said unsettled. He wanted to call the nurse immediately because Julia's situation at that time was really worrying.
"This child ...," Julia sobbed, "this child is Mark's flesh and blood, hyks...."
Bak was struck by lightning in broad daylight, when Lucy's body suddenly shook violently. All of a sudden Lucy's body broke into cold sweat. It felt as if all his blood was frozen while listening to Julia, his best friend.
"really. As you think, the married man is Markus" Julia explained in a hoarse voice.
"When High School ... I secretly idolized it. But, while listening to Mark approach you, I decided to forget about it."
"But .. I was wrong. When you're married, when I always come to your house to tell stories and play with Darren, somehow, me and Markus get closer."
"Then, one day, I was calming down at a nightclub. I met with Markus and .. we did the forbidden thing."
"Since that time Mark and I have met often and continue to struggle in forbidden madness."
"One night, Mark complained about you because he was bored. At that very moment I decided to put an end to all that madness."
"But I'm pregnant."
"I ... I-I ...." Julia could not continue her words. He sobbed with regret. He was so ashamed of the sins he committed. Moreover, he felt so guilty for betraying his own best friend.
At that time, without feeling the tears had fallen soaked Lucy's cheeks. He was confused what to respond. But, clearly his heart was so sick like it was sliced open.
"Ciara means holy," said Julia, "he was born of the sin of both parents."
"But he's still an innocent baby and knows nothing."
"Please .. please take care of my baby if something happens to me."
Lucy snarled with a hand that she clenched tightly. He looked upset and disappointed at Julia.
"You left this baby to me?!" ask Lucy in a voice full of emphasis.
"After what did you do with my husband?!"
"I'm sorry, Lucy. I ... I ...," again Julia sobbed. Choked throat. Her chest feels so tight. Right, at that time he was too selfish because he left the baby the result of his affair with his best friend's husband. But, he also did not know if he could survive the pain caused by the bloodthirsty after childbirth?
"You have to take care of the baby yourself! I don't want to keep a child out of my husband's affair!" cursing Lucy while rushing out of the room. Lucy was so upset and angry. His emotions were overflowing inexplicable. "Calm down, I'm not gonna let you die fast. I'll call the doctor soon."
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...SERIATE......