Parenting My Ex-husband's Child
CHAPTER 23. Still Loving You, Maybe?

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Darion is now at his house, riding in a Taxi, he's holding Reza inside, the house is bright, he thinks Aida has turned on the lights before he leaves.

"Assalamualaikum" said Darion opened the door of the house, although there was no one there, he wanted to say hello.

Darion stared at the whole house, right, nobody here, Darion was tired, he left the hospital all of a sudden, plus his health condition had not completely improved.

"Sorry Papa Ion yah Reza, it looks like Papa will be Papa and Mama for you" said Darion sitting on the sofa.

Beside the sofa was Reza's baby box, probably forgetting to put it in the room, Darion put Reza there and sat down on the sofa.

"I'm sorry, sister, Aida," Darion whispered to her own heart.

Now his fate has become a widower son one without a wife, already two women who he disappointed, and the regret of a husband that he feels now feels useless.

Darion glanced at a book on the table, it was Agnes' diary that Aida had read earlier, and Aida had forgotten to return it.

Darion opened the book, read what Aida read, how hurt her heart was, it turned out that Agnes was equally tormented, essentially the three of them were victims of the scenario.

Darion put the book back, his tears fell, as the word wound was meaningless and the pain had already happened, there was nothing more we could do.

Slowly Darion fell asleep there, for some reason he was so tired of all this, if not think Reza, he would rather just die.

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Aida is now in front of Darion's house, not Darion who brought her here but Reza, for some reason she has a bad feeling and when she gets there, Aida immediately peeks out of the window.

Reza was crying and Darion was sleeping on the couch, maybe Reza was hungry and Darion didn't hear it, Aida tried to open the door that turned out to be unlocked.

Ten o'clock in the night, Aida went in there and carried Reza, right, Reza was starving.

"I'm sorry Auntie, Aunt is late," whispered Aida breastfeeding Reza.

Reza then suckled Aida while occasionally Aida frowned, there was a lightning sound out there that was a sign that it would rain.

Indeed, when Aida came here, the night sky was so dense, there were no moons and stars because of the black clouds.

After a long period of breastfeeding, Reza then calmed down, Aida put Reza in the baby box and was about to leave from there, Aida would think to break through the rain because the house Darion longer was not an option.

Aida turned her body and Darion was awake, Aida then ran out, she thought of nothing more, the rainy conditions.

Aida was now in Darion's courtyard, wet with rain, her steps halted as Darion held her hand.

"I just need one answer to all this, why are you covering this up?" ask Darion.

Aida turned her body, she looked at Darion, now both of them are as wet, even the rain is getting heavier as if accompanying the incident of the second meeting.

"I've answered him, brother, I think I want to escape all these events, our relationships, our past, I want to forget," Aida answered rubbing her face.

Darion looked at Aida inside, Aida took off Darion's hand to him, while Darion was still standing in front of him. "You may forget, you may deliberately forget it, please, Brother will not be able to force you to continue to endure, Aida."

"I don't know brother Ion, it feels like I want to cry, I just cry again, I want to forget everything and live a new life better, he said, why am I in the dimension between the past and the present, and to return to Brother Ion, I haven't had a good reason." It felt like the rain had already camouflaged Aida's tears.

"FORGET AIDA! FORGET EVERYTHING, BUT BROTHER ASKS, Don't forget brother."

The two beads of eyes met each other, once again and for the umpteenth time, Aida's reason was only one. "Sorry brother, to remember our brother and our story, I have no clear reason."

Aida turned her body and stepped away from there, Darion just stood looking at her deeply, and Aida, she could only walk away from Darion in the rain.

"You remember the doll that you were given to you after the word Talak came out."

Aida stopped her steps, Aida clearly remembered it was a puppet adaptation of Winnie's character The Pooh.

Aida still turned her back to Darion but her steps still stopped.

"You still remember that phrase from the puppet character right?"

Clearly, Aida remembered everything, the puppet's sentence was. "If one day comes that we can't be together anymore, keep me in your heart. I will be there forever." Well, if a day comes that keeps us from being together again, keep me in your heart. I'll be there forever.

Aida was silent, Darion was still there, Darion was also silent for a moment before saying again. "And you said right, Brother Ion will always be in your heart, and your word love is not spelled but felt."

"I hope there's still a big brother in your heart."

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