Mother is Not a Night Woman
She's a Good Woman

The hero stepped into his room with an erratic feeling. He dropped his body on the bed. Recollecting Lyla's happy face when she found the doll, she turned sad when she found out who bought the doll. It was like being pierced by a sharp thorn while looking at Lyla's suddenly disappointed face. He realized, what he did yesterday made Lyla hurt.

What the hell happened to me? Why am I being like this? Inner Hero.

The man tried his best to dispel his strange feelings, but could not. Lyla's innocent face remained popping up in her memory. Even until late at night, Wira still flips her body on the bed, but her eyes are reluctant to be closed.

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That morning, with a lethargic look on his face, Wira came out of the room, heading downstairs. It's been two nights since he's been able to sleep well because of guilt feelings for Lyla. The man set foot into the kitchen, where Via was making breakfast.

The hero fell silent while watching Via from toe to toe, a young woman who was forced to marry him in order to get her son's hospital fees. Truly, Via is a very perfect mother to the Hero, despite her past work - which made the Hero hate her half to death.

Her long beautiful hair, her shady innocent face, and her meek demeanor did not reflect at all that she was a seductive woman. Via who every day made breakfast and dinner, although all of that was never touched by the Hero, but the woman still did it.

I just finished cooking. When he was about to bring his homemade breakfast menu to the dining table, he looked surprised to realize Wira was there. Instantly his head lowered.

"I want to get some water in the fridge" Wira said as she stepped into the freezer. That added to Via's shock. For the first time Wira did not speak in a taut tone to him. Via also ventured to look at the sturdy back of the man who has the status of her husband.

"Ma-mas, I want to thank you, because Mas Wira has given a doll to Lyla," he said timidly.

"Hm ..." The hero responded with a slow deheman, before finally stepping past the dining table. He just glanced at the breakfast menu that Via made, then left it just like that.

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That afternoon, Wira and Ivan were having lunch together at a restaurant near the office. The hero seemed uninspired to eat these few days, especially while thinking about Lyla and Via.

"Van, what do you think Via is?" ask Wira while eating his lunch lazily.

The hero took a deep breath, then sipped a glass of water. He looked at Ivan seriously afterwards. "You'll know him before me. What was he like before?"

Wira's question made Ivan chuckle softly while shaking his head. "I don't know him very well. The one who knew him well was my mother. Via it's mom's favorite employee. He continued to praise the woman. Even my mother had asked me to approach Via several times. He wants to set me up with him."

Ivan's answer made Vira craved food. He coughed until he felt tight. Ivan immediately offered a glass of water to his best friend.

"So you ever come near Via?" ask Wira. Highlight his sharp eyes made Ivan goosebumps at once amused.

Ivan looked suspiciously at Wira. "Do you want me to answer honestly or lie?"

"Whatever! Honest or lying is the same for me" he grumbled as if he didn't care.

Quietly for a while, Ivan still looked at Wira seriously. "I honestly tried it. But Via is not an approachable woman. He didn't give me the slightest crack."

The tension on the face of the Virus disappeared instantly. However, he still berated Ivan inwardly - who had once attempted to approach Via.

"Then what are you doing?" ask the hero with an annoyed look.

Ivan who was guessing the contents of his best friend's heart just showed his typical annoying smile. "Of course I tried. Via was a beautiful woman, she was kind, and her manners were calm. Moreover, my mother is very ..."

"Stop it!" The hero quickly cut off Ivan's conversation. Then returned to spooning the food into his mouth in annoyance. Without feeling the food on the plate is finished.

"I don't think you're having a taste for food. But your food is gone" he grinned. "Wira, are you okay? looks like we should talk about Via often. I see your appetite getting back to normal when you talk about it."

"Who would want to talk about this woman? You don't accuse me!"

"It's up to you Wir ..." Ivan shook his head slowly. "For sure as long as I know Via, he's not as bad as you say. She's a very nice woman. Do you know, my mother was very disappointed when she heard about your marriage to him. He wishes I had married Via."

Whether the Hero is conscious or not, his hands are clenched under the table. Ivan seemed to deliberately water the salt water on the wound of his best friend. "You can shut up, no!"

"Yes, I'm good, I'm quiet." Ivan sipped his mineral water. Then he said, "If only someone else had said Via wasn't a good woman, I wouldn't have believed it."

Wira's face looks increasingly upset, because since then Ivan continues to praise Via in front of him.

If Via is as good as Ivan says, why did she choose to be a night woman? What made him choose this job?