Night Destiny

Night Destiny
Visit the Replaces


The next day, as promised yesterday, today Azka and Salsa will leave for City B to visit the Orphanage where Salsa lives.


"Are you ready?."


"Yes" said Salsa smiling


Azka immediately drove her car, splitting the crowded road to the destination.


"Children will be happy to get new toys. Thank you for buying them so much."


Azka turned to his wife and smiled, "Together, may they like the toys we bring."


Travelling along with a warm chat from both. Sometimes the two smiled happily. Until it is not felt now they have arrived in the city of B and soon will reach the Orphanage.


When Azka's car entered the courtyard, Maria and several children stood on the terrace to welcome them.


"Mother, children!," Salsa hugged Mary.


"How are you, son. You're healthy, aren't you?" asked Maria


"I'm healthy, Bun!."


"Good morning, Mother. How are you?" said Azka who just got off the car.


"Alhamdulillah, Mother healthy Nak Azka. How are you doing yourself?."


"I'm healthy too, Bun!."


"Thank God you are both healthy. Uh, I'm talking here, let's go in!."


Salsa took the hand of a boy named Gabriel. The boy's gaze looked so happy, but occasionally he glanced at Azka with a look of dislike.


"Mother will prepare lunch for you first huh. Maybe Nak Azka wants to see - look at the state of the parlour, can ask Salsa to accompany!."


"I helped you cook!."


"No, just accompany your husband."


Salsa nodded, taking Azka to the living room, where children would usually learn and play. But in school hours like this, most of them are still in school. And toddlers, usually sleep at this hour.


Azka watched the little boy who kept buying his wife, "Honey, what is he?" asked Salsa


"His name is Gabriel. Gab, greetings are the same as Azka."


The 4-year-old was silent, again he kite his unhappy look at Azka.


"Hey, brother sister why hm? Usually you want to go straight away when you say hello to someone!."


"Gab, don't like him," he replied spontaneously.


Azka chuckled, she looked at the boy named Gab then squatted to equalize their height. "Boy, why don't you like me?."


"Why?" asked Azka curiously.


"Ok has taken sister Caca away. I don't like. Caca used to read me stories, play together, teach me to read and write. But now sister Caca doesn't live here anymore."


Azka grabbed the child, she initially refused, her hand still tightly holding Salsa's leg. But finally he wanted to be carried by Azka after the man smiled gently at her.


"Sir Caca does not live here anymore. But Caca's sister will always visit you," Gab's cute twitching eyes make Azka even more anxious at the puffer boy.


"Om got a toy, Gab want to play the same?."


Gab nodded, "Alright, let's get the toys in the car."


Salsa stared at her husband's familiarity with Gab. The little boy who did not like the new guy was apparently able to get familiar with Azka immediately. Salsa rubbed her stomach. It would be very happy if the baby was still there. Even Azka did not need to learn to be a good father figure because the man so easily merry the hearts of children.


"Sal, are you okay?."


Salsa looked at her mother who had been behind her since when. He rubbed the corner of his eyes and then shook his head. "I'm fine, Bun."


Maria approached her daughter, she rubbed Salsa's arm gently. As the man who raised her, Maria knew Salsa was not okay.


"You want to talk in Mother's room?."


Salsa nodded, she indeed needed to talk alone with her mother. Moreover, he came here also to ask about his biological parents.


"You're not okay. Mother knows very well how you behave. So, don't lie to Mommy."


Salsa hugged Maria, the young woman longed for her disturbing emotions in recent days.


"You haven't forgotten your baby yet?" guess Maria


Salsa stared fixedly at her Mother, "What's wrong if I haven't been able to forget her, Bun?."


Mary nodded, "Not wrong. No mother can forget her child even if she has not been born. What you feel is human. But you can't stay trapped in the sadness. You should be able to let go of him. He's happy there."


"I've been sincere Bun, it's just that I haven't been able to forget it."


Mary looked at her daughter's face, "Mother knows, it's hard to forget someone meaningful in our lives. But you have to remember, life will go on, everything that has happened will not be able to come back again. If you are sincere, you must promise yourself to keep moving forward. All you have to do is pray for it."


Salsa nodded, she rubbed her tears back. Mary kept looking at her daughter's face. She felt that not only was she losing the child Salsa was thinking about, there must be something else bothering her daughter.


"You want to talk to Mother about something?."


Salsa looked at her mother, Mary was always sensitive to her. Even the look on Salsa's face could easily be read by Mary.


"Mother remember Salwa's parents?."


"Your husband's ex-in-law?" Salsa nodded her head in agreement, "What's wrong with them? Are they bothering you?."


Salsa took a deep breath and exhaled, "They're my biological parents."