Not A Perfect Marriage
Chapter 61 The little family

Before night Rio brought Angel home.

Amanda Riko's House.

Sena approached Amanda with a sad face and made Amanda feel worried about Sena's condition.

"Why you?"

"Ma, Rio's.. Him"

"Why? just tell me Mama won't be mad."

Amanda felt Sena hesitant to express her feelings especially Sena seemed hesitant and afraid. Sena was silent for a moment and spoke with fear.

"Rio cheated on me, I just saw him with Angel and they look very familiar."

Sena begins to draw sympathy from Amanda and makes Amanda sympathize with him also believe in what he said.

"You're this, maybe you misunderstood, you know Angel's husband asked Rio to take care of Angel right?"

Amanda smiled so that her daughter-in-law did not feel bad about Rio. Amanda knows very well the nature of her son and also how much love Rio felt for Sena.

"Yes, but Angel is divorced from her husband so why are they still meeting? I'm afraid Rio left me, I used to be okay if Rio left me but now there's Kevin. I don't want Kevin to lose Dad."

Hearing Sena's words made Amanda worried. Sena wiped her tears.

"I shouldn't have said this to you, I should have known you would definitely defend your son" Sena said. Sena immediately got up from her seat and wanted to leave. Amanda who felt her daughter-in-law was disappointed in him immediately said, stopping Sena from leaving.

"Sena, that's not what mama meant, mama also didn't want Rio to do the thing that mama didn't want. My mom will always support you"

"Thank you, ma."

...

Dinner event.

Rey continues to tease Kevin who is being carried by Amanda. Kevin's smile is very similar to Angel's.

"Sorry Auntie, Kevin doesn't look like Sena?"

rey's question made Amanda smile thinly.

"Kevin looks like Rio" Amanda said, but Rey's heart disagrees with Amanda's words.

"Oh, it's funny. Tan, can I videotape her funny abis, Kevin?"

"Can."

Sena approached Rio who looked agitated. Rio was still surprised by everything Riko said and Rio did not know since when Riko knew all this.

"Why you?"

Rio looked towards Sena. Sena frowned looking at Rio's "creepy" face". Rio sighed harshly.

"Don't do anything stupid that you later regret" said Rio who immediately left Sena. Sena herself did not understand what Rio said.

.... flash back end...

Rey Car

Rey keeps asking her parents but neither Ariana nor Rafa want to answer her question.

"Your marriage and Angel's gonna be annulled."

"Who? why?" Rey feels her world is destroyed by Ariana's words, even though Ariana wanted Angel to be her son-in-law.

"He doesn't deserve you" Ariana said. Rey is confused. Is the wedding day so close but canceled like this? Rey remembered with Angel, surely now Angel felt very sad.

"Do you want to marry another man's mistress?"

"What?" Rey is surprised by Rafa's words. Rey feels that both her parents already know about the truth of Angel that Rey had been covering from both parents.

"Angel is not like that" said Rey, but Ariana who sat next to Rey could clearly hear Rey's words.

"You know you love her so much, but it's for your own good, you really, really deserve a better woman than Angel."

"Nobody's better than Angel."

"Are you sure Rey? She's married to another man and it's because of the money." Rafa's words make Rey not accept, both her parents don't know what really happened.

"Yes, El got married because of the money he desperately needed for his father's heart surgery."

"What?" both were shocked to hear Rey's statement.

"You don't know anything and at once you immediately think Angel is bad."

"You know everything?" ariana asked in a disappointed tone.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Then why didn't you tell me Mama! you let mommy down."

"Loved? I'm the one who's getting married to Angel and I accept her for who she is then why do you object to that and do you know who's the one who married Angel?"

Both Rey's parents just shook their heads slowly. Rey smiled cynically, if the two of them knew it would be very embarrassed especially the two of them wanted their son as much as that person.

"Rio, Mario Stevano. That's the guy you all admire, ck." at the end of Rey's line sniffed cynically.

"Him? you don't joke! there's no way she is!"

"Papa only knows at a glance but Papa has judged him to be perfect but have you ever thought what is the reason Angel did it all? you know how rude that guy was to Angel? Ma, if Mama were Angel, you would feel what Angel feels, separated from the child you gave birth to by betting your life was taken from you."

"What happened to Angel? tell me all!" force Ariana.

"All right."

Rey told all of her parents and Angel who rejected this marriage. Ariana and Rafa are shocked to hear everything Rey has to say. Rafa felt disappointed in Rio who he considered to be very charismatic and also full of responsibility but it turns out that he is very different from what Rio imaged in front of everyone. For some reason Ariana's tears flowed so hard, her chest hurt so much and now she knows what Angel is feeling right now.

"It's Rey, Mama can't hear it anymore, Mama... Mama..sorry Rey, we should not have been emotional and disappointed without hearing it directly from Angel."

"Who came to Angel's house? is that Rio?"

"Not Rey, we heard a woman's voice" said Rafa and Rey thought Rio was telling people to thwart his marriage to Angel.

"Pa, are we going back to Angel's house?" pinta Ariana to Rafa who drives towards home.

"Tomorrow, it's night anyway and they must also solve their own family problems."

"All right."

....

The bridges.

Angel who prepares to jump immediately pulled back by someone else Angel's body will fall and drift carried away by the swift flow of the river.

"Deliver!" revolted Angel but the more he rebelled the person who saved him the more tightened his hold. The man then turned Angel's body to look at him.

"You!" Angel immediately looked at her wrathful gaze when she found out the person who prevented her just now was Rio.

"WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT!" angel shouted at Rio. Angel was very disappointed with Rio who so many times lied to him.

"You're not sane? you want you to jump?"rio said coldly. Angel looked at Rio.

"Yes, you made me like this! you said it was over but why did you do it! what else do you want from me? you want my life?"

"You why? what am I lakin? I don't understand what you mean!"

Angel was fed up with the person in front of her. Rio looked at Angel with questions, Rio himself did not feel like doing anything to Angel and he had let Angel marry someone else.

"Don't pretend you don't know! you said it was over but why did you tell all of it to my parents and Rey's parents? rey and I kept this a secret but it's over, my marriage is off and I'm kicked out of my house. Now you're satisfied?"

"El?"

Rio was surprised to hear Angel's words and Rio also knew who did this all that Sena. Yesterday Sena tried to hit Angel and this time it must be him who did this all the more Sena knows Angel will get married and Sena's hatred towards Angel is big enough to make trouble in Angel's life.

"Don't pretend to be surprised like that, just kill me, it'll be better for me."

"Ck, I don't know any of this and I'm not the one who made you like this."

"Who if not you? Rey?"

"Sena, he did all this."

"Don't blame anyone else, be honest! I'm used to this pain."

Angel still does not believe his words but Rio will not leave Angel with this condition.

"It wasn't me, I swear to God I didn't do it. I just want you to be happy, I can't make you happy because that's why I'm willing you to belong to someone else who can definitely make your life happy. Come with me."

"No, just go! I can take care of myself."

"Where are you going? come with me, everything will be fine!"

"No! my life is ruined and it's because of you!"

"Please give me one more chance for Kevin."

"Don't lie! I'm sick of all your lies!"

"No, I just want Kevin to be happy, I don't want Kevin to get the bad qualities of Sena, I don't want Kevin to grow up like the people the world thinks are his mother, you're his real mother and you'll take care of him."

"But."

"You believe me, don't you?"

"Yes but don't let me down, I'm with you just for Kevin's sake that's all!"

"I get it, I'll fix everything."

....

Riko Amanda's House

Riko takes the fainted Amanda into the room. Sena clenched both her hands, all her plans were muddled.

"Are you satisfied now?" arfan said with a cynical tone. Sena stared intently at Arfan's collar.

"It's none of your business, just take care of your business!"

Sena went straight to her room. Arfan really can't believe this is all happening, he thought everything would be fine when Rio let Angel marry someone else.

"Rio and Angel, I hope they're okay, I'd better see mom."

..

Rm. Erik Jihan

Angel knocks on the door of the house in the hope that her parents will accept her and her small family. Rio felt doubtful that these two in-laws would accept it but for the sake of his son and wife, Rio willing even though he would be cursed or treated harshly anyway all the fruit of his stupidity so far.

There was no reaction from inside the house, maybe Erik and Jihan were asleep but strangely the living room lights were still on.

"Dad, please open the door, Angel please." Angel looked down lethargic, it seemed like the anger was still in the hearts of his parents. Angel turned towards Rio who was carrying Kevin who was asleep.

"El, shall we go? Poor Kevin, he must be cold."

Angel looked at Kevin, his heart hurting. Kevin should be sleeping on his soft bed right now.

"Where are we going? It's so late and there's no vehicles driving us."

"You should've listened to me, we've reached the apartment."

"You're blaming me?"

Angel stared at Rio. Angel's feelings say that now Rio blames her for everything that has happened but Rio must be self-aware that it was he who forced Angel to come with him.

Rio knew at this moment Angel felt himself blaming everything that had happened to him.

"Not that, I'm just worried about Kevin and about you. I'm completely useless right now, what should I do, El? L'm... I'm ashamed to look you in the eye even I'm ashamed to say that I'm Kevin's father."

"Ssssstttt what did you say? Don't be like this, right now me and our son need you, don't think you're useless, you're everything to me and Kevin."

"Thank you. eh?"

At that moment Kevin woke up and cried with his firmness, as if to say that he was uncomfortable with the air of this very cold night, what else Kevin was still a baby who was very vulnerable with the disease.

"Darling?"

Angel immediately replaced Rio with Kevin. Angel and Rio were unaware of Kevin's change of lips which turned blue from the cold. Tonight was cold with the night wind blowing through the night void without any sound just the moonlight shining brightly.

"Ri, Kevin why?"

...

Inside home.

Jihan kept begging her husband to bring Angel home.

"No! Let him outside!"

"Well! You have no heart! That's our daughter! The daughter we raised with our lives!"

"I don't care!"

Erik immediately stepped out of Jihan. Jihan knows exactly what Angel is feeling right now. Jihan who gave birth to Angel and has an inner bond with Angel is very sad especially she also feels the same pain, the same anger, the same hatred and also the unapproved love.

"Do you know what it's like to be kicked out by your own father for the one you love?"

Hearing Jihan's words, Erik immediately stopped his steps. Erik knows Jihan is bringing up a dark time and making Jihan's life turn 180 degrees from her previous life.

"You must have forgotten? But I still remember it clearly, as if it was just yesterday."

Jihan raised her head so her tears wouldn't fall. The incident did not want him to regret because his heart felt happy and felt deep peace.

"What do you want to say? Don't make me the worst person in the world." Pinta Erik without looking at Jihan. Erik's tears had drenched both of his cheeks but his voice was not affected at all.

"This is the karma God gave us, God wants us to feel what my parents experienced. We didn't get my parents' blessing but we got married and now our daughter is married without our blessing. Huh.. Life is so funny, right? Now we're also throwing Angel out of the house and it's the same way I've been and your attitude is the same as my father's." Jihan wiped away her tears, in her heart Jehan asked the ruler of this destiny "why should his daughter take all the sins from the wrongs she made". Eric clenched his hands together, he could still hear what his father-in-law had to say as well as the fact that he was unable to please his daughter and wife. Because of her, her little daughter had to go through these various problems and heavy burdens of life

"My father has one more daughter who can be a longing cure but me? I only have one daughter who's alone out there, somehow in her present condition." Continue Jihan again and coincide with the knock on the door and also the Voice of Angel.

"Well that's Angel, can Angel come in?"

"No!"

Erik remained stubborn to make Jihan feel disappointed, if you know it will be like this at that time Jihan must have taken Angel away from this house.

"Well! Why are you so stubborn! What did we give him? We just gave him a wound, all this time Angel suffered a life with us! Even he was willing to sell himself just to save you but you don't seem to care!" Said Jihan with emotion.

As Erik wanted to answer Jihan, the sound of the baby crying sounded from outside.

"That?" Jihan thought Angel was coming with the baby.

"You told them to come in!" Said Erik who went straight to the room. Without a second thought Jihan went straight to the door.

Jihan instantly opened the door and found Angel with the baby in both her hands as well as Rio.

"Mother?"

"You guys come in! Poor tuh nangis."

"Yes"

Angel immediately brought Kevin into the house but Rio just fell silent. The only ones we got in were Angel and Kevin.

"Well, how come you're even dumb? Come inside!"

"I.iii."

With doubt Rio entered the house. They went to the middle room and there was already a mattress placed on the floor. Jihan now knew why Erik did not come to the front, she moved the foam mattress to the middle room so as not to crumble when in a small room.

"Your child may be hungry, try nursing."

Angel laid Kevin to the bed and strangely Kevin's cry eased a little, maybe he was tired of being carried away from earlier.

Rio felt bad to trouble the Angel family especially himself was the source of trouble in this family.

Jihan smiled so broadly at her adorable granddaughter. Kevin is calmer now and it looks like he is comfortable in this house.

"The feet are so cold, I'll take eucalyptus oil in the room for your baby. Ri, you better lie down next to Kevin, let Kevin feel warm." Tell Jihan before heading to the room. Rio obeyed what Jihan told him.

Rio was lying next to Kevin who was breastfeeding. The position of Rio's body tilted facing Angel and the little one between them. Rio stroked gently Kevin's head.

"She looks a lot like you." Said Rio who was now staring towards Angel.

"You just realized it?"

"No, I just said it to you."

"As far as you are, you little bitch!"

Rio smiled faintly, his wife is very easy to swallow. Angel took the pillow that was on top of her head for Rio.

"Now wear it."

Rio just cleared his throat then put on the pillow Angel gave him. Rio continues to pay attention to Kevin who is sucking ASI, this baby seems to not care about what his parents do. Looks like Kevin also inherited Rio's indifferent attitude.

"Ri don't!" Angel's annoyance as Rio suddenly kissed Kevin's stomach.

"Ri, she'll be flirting."

Rio snorted annoyedly but what Angel feared did not happen, Kevin was still cool to suck the nutrients he needed.

Rio felt that his eyelids were very heavy as well as this drowsiness made him not realize his eyelids were starting to close. Now Rio was completely asleep with his peace of mind.

"Papa, you sleep and you also have to sleep fast." As if understanding this tiny baby began to close his eyelids and the suction from his small mouth began to weaken and stop. Kevin is asleep like Rio. Angel smiled as she looked at Rio and Kevin's faces turned out to be very similar while asleep.

..

Jihan Erik's Room.

Erik was counting the money he had been collecting and the sudden presence of Jihan beside him made him shocked.

"Rio's also coming with Angel."

"I didn't ask you about it, I'll be out for a minute." Erik walked right away from Jihan.

"Where are you going? You still mad?"

"There's no baby clothes, you want our grandchildren abandoned?" Erik walked back. Jihan smiled with sweetness.

"This is what I want, Rik. Please stay like this."

...

Erik walked past Angel without even looking. Angel immediately catches up with Erik, Angel does not want his father to hate him.

"Where is Dad going?" Prevent Angel directly when Erik will reach for the doorknob. Erik looked at Angel.

"You better take care of your husband and baby."

Angel shook her head, She did not want Erik to be cold to her.

"Dad, I'm sorry."

"Everything happened and what did it have to be? Just take care of your baby and I'll take care of my own business." Erik went straight out of the house leaving Angel with her eyes glazed over.

Jihan approaches Angel and Jihan also sees Erik leaving.

"El, you should also rest." Said Jihan who was now beside Angel.

"Dad, where is he going?"

"Dad you just came out for a while, no need to worry, dad?" Jihan fondly stroked the top of Angel's head.

1 hour passed

Angel is waiting for Erik to come home. His eyes kept looking outwards. Angel breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the angkot entering the courtyard.

Angel frowned when she saw Erik carrying two large plastic bags.

"Dad." Call Angel directly when Erik enters the house. Erik was surprised to see his little daughter who was now a wife and also a mother still waiting for him to come home.

"You haven't slept? You are, don't be like this! What if you are sick? Who will take care of your baby!" Omel Erik to Angel.

"I.... L'm... Does Dad hate me?" The words came out clearly from Angel's mouth.

"Hating you? Will things go back to the way they used to if I hate you? No, things are not going to be the same as they used to be and I have to learn to accept this reality. It's best that from now on you learn not to make your own decisions and you already know what the consequences are?"

"Yes, I know well, even I know it very, very well."

"Here you go, I don't want to talk about this you'd better sleep." Tell Erik with his cold tone. Angel felt her chest getting claustrophobic, Angel wanted Erik as usual again not to be cold like this.

"Dad still angry with me? Well I'm sorry, I don't want to lose Dad. I was also depressed all this time with that situation, I was not happy even I regretted my decision, every day I can only imagine you guys near me even thinking about disappearing from this world, I can no longer live this life, Dad."

Erik looked at Angel with a strange look. Angel lowered her head, it felt like her life would be over if her father did not forgive her. Yes, this is his own fault but this is all just to save the person who means a lot to him, Erik, the father who is very dear Angel.

"El was tired Well, all this time El was alone and had no one to share his wounds. The burden on this shoulder is already quite heavy Well and it's getting me less excited to live, El tired."

Erik immediately pulled his daughter into his embrace. Erik's embrace made Angel feel comfortable and somehow the tightness in his chest began to disappear.

"Have it, you don't be like this. You've become a mother and you have to be an adult"

Erik raised Angel's chin so Angel could see his collar. A faint smile on Erik's lips gave "cold wind" to Angel.

"You are this." Erik said slowly and gently wiped away Angel's tears. This treatment even made Angel's tears flow rapidly.

"Dad sorry!" Angel hugged Erik tightly.

"Sorry El let Dad down, El don't know what else to do! El was just thinking how to save Father, El didn't think what the consequences would be. I'm sorry about Angel." Pinta Angel who is very tired of this game of God.

"You're still a crybaby, lest my grandson inherit your nature." The words made the small smile dent in Angel's lips.

"Have not much thought, you have to change diapers.. umm what's his name?" Erik doesn't know his first grandchild's name.

"Kevin, his name's Kevin." Said Angel while taking off her embrace.

"I thought she was a girl" Erik said in disbelief, as he went to see only a glimpse of his granddaughter's face, which resembled Angel's.

"Dad, don't joke."

"That's it. Now change Kevin's diaper, sorry he must be uncomfortable." Erik said as he picked up a plastic bag lying on the floor and gave it to Angel.

"Dad? You went to buy this?"

"Yes, Dad is disappointed with you and Rio, you know Rio's been helping me, I think he's good but it turns out he took you from Dad."

"Well?"

Angel did not want Erik to hate the father of his son, however Rio had already helped this family and had also saved Erik's life. Erik can see the anxiety in Angel's eyes, Erik feels Angel is afraid he will hate Rio.

"Did you hate Rio? Well, I know Dad must be angry but Rio, he was willing to leave all the luxuries he had just to be with me and my son, He even left his parents alone."

"What's? you....if Rio leaves you how?"

The atmosphere that had begun to improve was now again tense and crowded. The feeling of tightness is now back on Angel's chest.

"Rio could leave his parents for sure he would be very easy to leave you."

"A...Daddy?"

"Open your eyes! does he really love you or is he just playing you?"

Angel clenched both of her hands. The feeling of fear now began to spread to his heart and head. Angel is afraid Rio will abandon himself and also Kevin. Rio has everything and surely Rio will not be able to survive in the same life as the all-simple Angel.

"Do you believe in people who play with your life? are you still unable to accept the fact that you are just a mistress?"

"....."

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