Mom For Alleta
Chapter 48: Regret of Mr. William.

Allan still hugged Raina tightly, Carter in between the push of Moko's pack towards the front door, Valencia stood sculpting right in front of the door, until some time he had not realized that the man who was now in front of him was Carter, the man he had been crying over.

"honey". Carter said as he spread his arms to welcome Valencia into his arms.

There was no movement, Valencia did not believe that Carter had returned. Perhaps for him, his vision this time was a hallucination because he was expecting too much for Carter to return.

"didn't you miss me?"

Silent.

Valencia continued to closely watch Carter's face, ensuring that the man was truly her husband.

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One slap landed on Carter's cheek, the man grimacing in pain.

"right, vent your anger on me, I deserve it". Carter rubbed his own cheek, Valencia stared at his reddened palm.

"the-you? you home?" Valencia squirms in front of Carter's wheelchair, then cries out, the study mothers who were originally in the house slowly scattering out. Whispering to each other.

"yes, I'm coming home baby, how are you? is James okay?"

"James?" Valencia frowned, hearing the foreign name being mentioned by Carter.

"James, our son". Carter replied to Valencia's curiosity.

"my son, not your son". Valencia stood up, then left Carter, the man immediately got up and chased after him with a limp because his leg was still there with an injury.

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Carter fell near Allan and Raina, Allan immediately helped him up, while Valencia who had wanted to leave Carter now turned and hugged him.

"what should I say to our son if you don't go home. huuu...huuuu...huuuu". Valencia's cry broke, Carter stroked his hair with regret.

Allan hugged Raina again, her longing never ended, all this time she had withstood a longing that felt increasingly deadly.

"mama, who is that?" ask Aleta who saw Raina being hugged by a stranger.

"sayang, ini papa". Allan berjongkok,hendak memeluk Aleta, tapi gadis kecil itu mundur beberapa langkah.

"honey, this is papa, papa just hasn't cut her hair". Raina assured Aleta.

Gadis kecil itu diam, Allan mendekat lagi, perlahan merengkuh Aleta dalam pelukannya, kali ini tidak ada penolakan. Aleta menangis, terisak-isak.

"a.. Aleta. kangen papa". with her eyes closed, Aleta cried a mouthful, Allan felt very guilty, her tears came.

"forgive me dear papa". Aleta nodded.

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After the blue drama of the family, everyone gathers in the dining room to prepare for dinner.

"father, in the morning, papa haircut yes, Aleta does not like papa rich that.

"tomorrow morning, baby, not morning". Raina used her son's words while pouring water on Aleta's bottle.

"yes, tomorrow morning".a bright smile rises on Aleta's lips, Carter and Valencia decide to go home sometime after their return.

"Al, after dinner papa will talk to you, in the workspace". said Mr. William, from earlier only Mr. William who looks ordinary with the return of Allan.

"yes pa".

"tomorrow morning, Allan must be tired"., said Bu Lidya defending his son.

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"what are you doing? not satisfied with making trouble all this time? shameful". snapping sir William.

"Allan's sorry, Allan's done it.

"finished? you think this is all over with you coming home? no Al, it's not going to be over, Aleta and Raina's mental burden will carry them to death".

"pa, sorry Allan".

"papa educated you well, raised you in a good environment, gave you all the best, but what? what's your reply? humiliating papa, mama, disappointing us so many times". Allan took a stand, asking for forgiveness from Mr. William.

"sorry".that's all that can come out of his mouth.

"fuck dad married Raina to baj*Don't like you, if she hadn't been pregnant, papa would have asked her to file for divorce".pak William's fists are getting tighter, tighter and tighter, making his knuckle that has been wrinkled whitening.

"pregnant?" Allan raised his face that had lowered earlier.

"papa felt guilty every time he saw his frail body had to bear such a heavy burden, papa thought bringing him here would make it a little better, but the opposite happened". a clear circle flows down the cheek of Mr. William.

"pa... papa said what? Raina's pregnant?" Allan stood up, holding the shoulder of Mr. William curiously.

"yes, she was pregnant, she had to endure it alone all this time".pak William sighed, reducing the slight tightness in his chest.

"why didn't papa say? Allan doesn't know Raina's pregnant". Allan passed by, sir William still pegged in the workspace.

Her footsteps were so light, she jumped two steps at once to get to her room immediately, the news of Raina's pregnancy was a hard slap for her even though it could not be denied that her heart was very happy.

"raini". Said Allan while opening the door, but no one, Allan opened the bathroom, and it turned out to be empty.

With complete confidence, Allan turned to Aleta's room, there was only a sleeping Bu Lidya hugging her grandson.

Her heart aches when it doesn't find Raina, she feels abandoned, she's afraid Raina is leaving in disappointment.

Not wanting to linger, Allan immediately went back down, looking for Raina in the kitchen, deserted, there was no one there. Allan ran out, coming to the place Raina used to visit.

Allan's steps stopped, a woman was sitting by the pool, she spoke to herself while fondling her stomach

"Rain?" said Allan softly.

"mas, have you talked to me?"

"yes rain". Allan approached, then hugged Raina. "why didn't you say you were pregnant?"

"there's no chance of that".

"how old is he?"

"16 weeks, it was the afternoon of the 4th monthly event for me and Cia". Allan crouched down, kissed his wife's stomach, apologized to his future son.

"sorry papa, baby, you don't know you're here".

"had it gone, don't keep apologizing, she doesn't hate you, I never hate you". Raina said, she invited Allan to sit in a lounge chair by the pool.

"why didn't you tell me you were pregnant before I went rain?"

"i only found out about a week ago mas, I was too busy thinking about you, until I didn't realize he was here".

"forgive me rain, I'm a bad father to children, I wouldn't envy them if they loved their mother more than their father". Allan kissed the back of Raina's hand.

"of course, they'll love me more, look more like me, you're just a nitip". Raina tried to melt the atmosphere, Allan hugged her lovingly.