Only Substitute Women
Maya Story

"What are you talking about, Auntie?" ask Carnations to the point, once they both have sat in an iron chair that you in the park.

Maya, don't talk right away. The middle-aged woman took a deep breath first and exhaled it out. Meanwhile, Carnation patiently waited for the middle-aged woman to open her mouth, even though she had started to second-guess what the woman was going to talk about.

"Sir Anyelir, I think you already know how Arjuna and Shakila were. They had been in a relationship for a long time, and had even planned a wedding. However, since her illness made Shakila go far away and you know what the reason is,"

"No need to be convoluted, Auntie! is Aunt going to ask me to step down and unite Arjuna and Auntie's daughter?" look at Carnations, with sharp eyes.

"It looks like you can guess it without needing me to explain. Yeah, that's what aunt wants to ask you. Because I'm sure if you ask Juna for yourself, he'll obey. I beg of you, Son of Carnation, that is all that can make Shakila happy and eager to undergo treatment. I can't imagine that Shakila would be discouraged by Arjuna's decision to be with you" Maya's facial features look very clear.

"Sorry, Tan I can't! Because I also need to be happy," refused Carnation, firmly.

"Son Carnation, you are healthy, and you can get happiness from other men, while Shakila? he can be happy just by living with Arjuna. So, I beg your kindness, to ask Arjuna to leave you and return to Shakila. You see, there was a mother pleading for her child" Maya cupped her hands together, pleading with Carnation. Even from the eyes of the half-stem woman had also flowed tears.

"Tante, you are a Mother who wants to make a Aunt's daughter happy, but do you realize that I am also the daughter of a woman who also expects my happiness? How can I make the woman who gave birth to me cry, grieve to make other people's mothers happy?" anyelir said, making Maya stunned could not reply to the words of his wife Arjuna.

"My mother raised me alone without a father, and fought alone, doing anything for me. The only hope is to see me happy with the household I built with Arjuna, do you think I will be able to break my own mother's hopes? I made you happy, but I made my own mama cry. Do you think this is fair to him?" Carnations had begun to shed tears, making Maya's mouth more silenced.

"I am a living witness, my mother's struggle, Auntie. If I chose to retreat and let Arjuna go with Shakila, it would be the same as killing my own mother slowly. It's up to Auntie to think I'm selfish, I don't care. Because actually the selfish one is the aunt herself. Remember, Tan, I never took Arjuna from Shakila at all, it was fate that brought us together" Carnation stood up from her seat, and was about to leave Maya.

"Wait, don't go yet!" prevent Maya while gripping the wrists of Carnations.

"What's up, Auntie? is everything not clear?" Carnations cringed his forehead.

"You'll sit down for a little while, Carnation boy!"

Carnations exhaled heavily, sitting back down.

"If you don't want to back off? are you willing to fulfill my other request?" ask Maya, ambiguous.

"Another request? meaning?" again Carnation's eyebrows are sharply linked, probing.

Carnations clucked and shook his head. "Are you still sane? why don't you donate your own heart to your own daughter?"

"If my heart fits, I've donated it. But my heart and it doesn't match Shakila at all. There have been many donors who want to donate their hearts to Shakila, but absolutely nothing fits," Maya looks desperate.

"So on what basis are you sure my heart matches Shakila's?"

"Because .. because you and him ...." Maya hung up her words, as if it was hard to say the sentence that had now reached her throat.

"Because of me and him what? is it because you two look alike, so Auntie is sure that our hearts match? not necessarily, Aunt. So forget it!" Carnations stood up and left.

"Because Shakila is your twin sister!" chirp Maya, before the Carnations really go.

Carnations, gasps in shock and turns back to look at Maya with bulging eyes.

"My twin sister? wh-what do you mean, Auntie? don't make jokes that aren't funny at all!" Carnations seem to be getting upset.

"But what Auntie said is not a joke, but reality. Shakila is not Aunt's daughter, you and Shakila are twins. He's your older brother who was born from the womb of a woman named Mirna and your father is both Aunt's husband,"

Carnations are increasingly shocked and confused by Maya's words that are truly ambiguous to him.

"Sorry, Aunt. I don't understand it at all and it's very hard to believe because my mama never told me anything about me having a twin sister" Anyelir shook his head, in disbelief.

"I'm not bragging, Carnation. You two and I were married because we loved each other. But, our marriage that has been long enough does not also get offspring. Your father and I have done everything, but always failed, until I was diagnosed as having no children. But we have always been urged by my in-laws, or your grandmother, to give you offspring that will one day inherit the family company. My mother-in-law threatened to ask your father to divorce me, if I could not also give offspring to your father's family. Finally out of desperation, I finally proposed to find a woman, to be able to give your father a child. We met your mother who was in trouble and needed a lot of money for her mother's treatment. We offered a lot of money, and inevitably, you agreed, " Maya paused to take a break. While Carnation, it was silent waiting for the middle-aged woman to finish her speech.

"Your mother was willing, but she asked for the condition to stay married to your father first. Because according to him, however, if she is pregnant, the child will still be an out-of-wedlock child and remain the result of adultery. Since I had no other choice, I finally agreed, on the condition that once the child was born, they would both divorce." Maya again exhaled her breath and closed her eyes briefly.

"Right, after your father and your mother got married, there was no need to wait for your mother to get pregnant, but I pretended to be pregnant in front of my in-laws. You know, my pretended pregnancy was happily welcomed by your papa's extended family. However, as time went on, for whatever reason, your father secretly fell in love with your mother and so did your mother. I really feel hurt. However, your mother said she would keep her promise to go and divorce your father, after the fetus she was born with. But on condition, he could take the children with him. Because at that time your mother was pregnant with twins. Of course I disagree, because I want a child anyway. I threatened him to go to jail, for breaking the agreement and returning all his mother's medical bills. Finally, after a long time, it was finally agreed that he would get one child and another one handed over to me. As soon as you two were born, your mama took you and Shakila was given to me."

Tbc