MARRIED BRONDONG
The Rejection I've suspected

That night Laila looked so nervous. He could not hide his nervousness even though he was trying to hide it.

"Are you tense?" ask Thunder when seeing Laila seen *************** his fingers

Laila nodded her words.

"It's not your first experience, so why be nervous?"

"Although I am nervous, especially now that my status is not a virgin anymore, so still I feel anxious, let alone you are a well-respected, handsome and have a position, so I still feel anxious, surely your parents have their own criteria when accepting a daughter-in-law for you," replied L

"Don't think too far, hopefully my mother's father can accept you for who you are,"

"Amijin,"

Guntur then pulled over his car in front of a luxury house with a typical classic Javanese house building.

He then invited L and his two children to come down.

*Tok, tock, tock!

A middle-aged woman came out and opened the door for them. The woman was very surprised to see her son coming along with a woman with two children.

"Assalamualaikum ma'am," said Guntur then kissed the back of the woman's hand

"Waalaikum greetings, who is that woman?" ask the mother of thunder

"Include her Laila, Gun Bu's future wife," the man replies introducing L

Laila immediately greeted the woman.

The woman then let them in.

"Wait a minute let me call your Father" the woman replied hurriedly leaving them

"Father, father," said the woman anxiously

"What's the matter mom, how panicked is it when you meet who?" ask the Thunder father

"Thunder Sir, Thunder!" it was so panicked

"Why thunder??, let's see for yourself, I can't tell you, I can't!" retno Muninggar

Out of curiosity the man immediately came out to see what was happening.

He furrowed his brows when he saw Thunder being seen chatting with a small child.

"Oh there are guests apparently, who are they Gun?" soedibyo then sat down in front of them

"Previously Gun apologized if my arrival this time made Father and Mother surprised. She is Laila the woman I love and they are her children, I purposely brought her here to introduce them to Father and Mother as well as ask for our blessing for our relationship" said Guntur

Instantly Soedibyo's facial expression was instantly cold upon hearing the explanation from Thunder.

How not, of course as a parent he hopes if Thunder will get the soul mate of a woman who is still single not a widow let alone already have two children. So it was only natural that he was so surprised especially during this time Thunder had never told him anything.

"As a parent you are very happy when you come to bring a wife, especially considering your age is very mature. Even so, I also really hope that you still follow our family rules in choosing a life partner is not careless like this. You must still pay attention to the seeds, bebet, and weight of course the status is also no less important especially considering you are a member of the police," replied Soedibyo

"I'm sorry sir if this time Thunder doesn't follow the family rules. I'm old enough to make up my own life, so again sorry. Besides all this time I was always wrong in the eyes of the Father, even though I brought a single wife, you still do not approve of our relationship by reason of seed, bebet, weight or whatever. You know the reason I'm still single at this mature age right?, I'd rather live alone than marry a woman I don't love." replied Thunder

He then clasped Laila's fingers tightly and smiled at her.

"As for my Mother, if you do not agree with Thunder's choice, I will remain married without your blessing. If for the institution where I work does not prohibit me from marrying a widow so it does not matter, the problem is only Father and Mother who are too conservative in choosing a daughter-in-law. Never judge someone just because of his status, because you don't know how special Laila is,"

"Even the best according to the Father does not mean good for me, because the one who will undergo this marriage is I am not the Father" said Guntur

"It seems useless that I introduce Laila to you, but still you will reject it, then I should say goodbye,"

Thunder then carried Bagas and took Laila away from the house.

As the man was about to get in his car, Retno held him back and asked him to talk for a while.

"Can't you hear your father this time?"

"The thunder has always listened to you, but you don't even listen to me. You know why I chose to be single at this age, I'm tired Mom because you always refuse every wife I introduce to her. I know she really wanted to match me up with her friend's daughter but I can't ma'am. You know better what it's like to be married to a man you don't love, don't you, you should understand better how sick it is to be betrothed??" asked Thunder

"But son, this time you are also outrageous, how can we allow our proud son to marry a widow with two children, you can get the better of him. Mother and Father will not forbid you to marry anyone else as long as the widow has children,"

"What's wrong with marrying a widow who already has children, if you think of seeds, bebet and weights then you should know if L was born from a good family, bebet although she was a widow she had a well-established life working in the ministry, she was a well-mannered and compassionate woman who never discriminated people based on their social status. He is a Bachelor of education with cumlaude predicate, so let alone less than him," said Thunder

"But still marrying a widow will lower the dignity of our family in the eyes of the people. They're gonna think if you don't sell so you're forced to marry a widow, you know what our society looks like. Our family is an honorable family so don't spoil our family's good name with your selfishness to marry her. I'm sure you can get the better of that woman,"

Thunder smiled cynically at the words of his mother.

"Alright, well according to mother is not necessarily good for me. I'm sorry, ma'am, this time I can't keep up with your requests, I'm tired. Now it's time for me to determine my own future" replied Thunder then leaving his mother.

He then got into the car and darted away from the place.

"Pardon my parents if they have hurt your heart" Guntur said upon arrival at the hotel

"It's okay, I understand what they're worried about, if I were them maybe I would do the same. You're their only son, it's only natural that they wish you the best of life,"

"But the best for me is you" replied Thunder

"Truly I know. Marriage not only unites two hearts but also unites two families So still we need their blessing in order to make our home life happy, because the blessing of parents is God's blessing as well so do not just think about our feelings. Maybe you think I'm too naive to think like that, but since I've had a marriage, I understand this. You better listen to your parents, persuade them slowly instead of denying it" explained L

"But I'm only happy if I marry you,"

"You're right but maybe it won't last long, because marriage isn't just love. Gradually love can also fade with time, so love alone is not enough to live happily,"

"Well, L, I will try to persuade my father and mother first, but if they still insist on banning our relationship, I will still marry you without their blessing" replied Thunder

"I pray that everything goes well, yes,"

"Aamiin, what time are you going home tomorrow?" asked Thunder

"You better not have to drive us home, finish your business with your parents first, don't worry I can go home alone safely and safely" said L

"Alright if that's what you want, once again forgive me yes L," said Thunder muffled

L smiled a wry knot waving his hand towards the young man.

He immediately went into the hotel room and put his two children to sleep. After they slept L then sat leaning behind the door of his room and began to spill his grief.

He was so sad when he found out that the two Thunder parents did not approve of his relationship. Her crying voice grew even more broken as she recalled the words of Thunder's father who so looked down on her status as a two-child widow.

Although he knew it must have happened but still L could not hide his sadness, let alone his two children heard the words of Thunder's father who blatantly rejected him.

He grew even more sad when he realized the fact that if it was true he and Thunder would not be able to unite just because of his status.

Meanwhile, Gandrung, who had not returned to Jakarta, heard the sobbing of L from the front door of Laila's room.