Playing With Fire
The Part 23

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"Daddy, what's Daddy doing" cried Elica standing up from her seat and trying to keep her father away from her mother.

Elica's father's eyes glared at Hilda, his ex-wife. And the woman cried holding her cheek which felt sore because of the slap given by her ex-husband.

Not much different from her mother, Elica also cried to see what her father had done earlier. He was confused as to who to defend.

"YOU. WHERE'S YOUR BRAIN HILDA, YOU MIGHT LET YOUR SON BE TOUCHED BY THAT SON OF A BITCH"

Said Elica's father by pointing in front of Hilda's face.

"I'm sorry." said Elica's mother.

"I'm sorry you said? Do you think that with an apology, my daughter will come back the way she was, huh..."

"Daddy is, enough"

Elica's father seemed to ignore what Elica said at this time.

He was still staring at Hilda with fiery eyes.

"You asked my son to stay with you, Hilda, I'll give you permission. You must still remember, when you promised to grant Elica's dream after living with the man. And you took Elica away to settle there, because I knew if she was with me, I couldn't make her happy. So I let go of my daughter Elica with you. But. You really pissed me off Hilda. You ruined my little daughter's life, and took away all her happiness"

Said Elica's father who was so angry to know about it.

He regretted letting Elica be with Hilda. If he knew it would all end this way, maybe he would forbid Elica to live with her mother even without the luxuries that the man gave her.

Hilda who felt very guilty finally dropped herself to her knees under the feet of her ex-husband. And the two questions kept begging hoping that the child and her ex-husband could forgive her.

"I know. Please forgive me, you can be mad at me. And Elica you can hit Mommy too. Hit Mommy as much as you're happy, baby, but please both of you forgive me. I'm so sorry" the woman continued to cry as she closed her eyes.

However, Elica's father turned his face to see Hilda kneeling under his feet. Sad, angry, and disappointed to be one now in his heart. It was as if no words could express the feelings of the father now. The only daughter of his puppet, which he always loved, he cared for since childhood, hoping that later he would get happiness like a girl in general, it turns out he was devastated by his own mother's actions.

Albert, Elica's real father who now also shed his tears. Today his world is destroyed. Because he failed to keep his daughter who is now crying also saw the state of both parents. When his wife chose him and left him, she did not cry in the slightest like a man. But now seeing her daughter's future shattered, all despair came enveloping her heart.

"Mom don't do this, stand up" Elica tried to approach her mother and told her to stand up.

"No Elica, Mom won't stand until you and your Daddy forgive Mommy dear"

Hilda, who was still crying, lowered her head under Albert's feet.

"Don't touch her Elica. She's not your mother anymore. And you, go Hilda. From now on don't see my son anymore, because now Elica will live with me" said Elica's father firmly. And made Hilda look up at Albert immediately because she was surprised to hear that.

Elica's father has decided that Elica will now return to live with him. The man was seen wiping the rest of his tears that came out earlier, then he pulled Elica to his side.

"You can't do that Albert, Elica my son" Hilda said.

"After what you've done to him, you can still say he's your son. You sold your daughter to that bastard. Isn't that the kind of life you want. Come back with that man, you can enjoy his treasures without the need to bring Elica. Because after all Elica is still my responsibility. And I was able to give you a better life than living with you. Go Hilda, this house has not received you anymore"

Elica's father kicked Hilda out with a very painful word. Regardless of what he did first, he realized it all started with his mistakes. If only she had been patient and could have kept Alex's sweet promise to leave her husband. It's definitely not going to happen, and Elica isn't going to do that stupid thing either. In reality Elica does all that, hoping that her father and mother get back together. Even though he was willing to give up his honor.

If you ask who is the most guilty, the answer is the three people who came. Alex, Hida and Elica. And that regret cannot be corrected at all.

"I'm willing to die Albert, as long as you're willing to forgive me" Elica's mother said in a soft voice.

"Elica, get in your room, baby. And you go. Don't let me use violence to drive you out Hilda"

"If it makes you better, I'm ready to accept Albert."

Unexpectedly, Elica's father pulled Hilda up to his feet and led the woman violently out of the house. He drove out the woman who used to be his wife by force. After Hilda exited the house, Albert closed the door and locked it so that Hilda could no longer enter.

Elica looked at the scene with a broken heart. Especially when the mother was treated like that, making her want to help Hilda. But the father will definitely ban it.

He could see his father staring at him with eyes full of sadness.

"Daddy..." Said Elica softly as the two faced each other. Her father quickly hugged Elica.

"I'm sorry dear Daddy, Daddy failed to be a good parent"

Elica heard him crying in her father's warm embrace.

Albert stroked his daughter's hair with gentleness, letting her cry out to vapourize everything in his heart.

She knew that Elica was harboring all her own difficulties. I don't know what really happened when her daughter was living with her mother and Alex there. What is clear now is only regret that exists in both.

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The night felt very cold for Hilda who was walking along the edge of the road. Her tears kept flowing remembering the incident this afternoon when her ex-husband treated her, and took Elica. The wound on the corner of his lips also looked blue, signifying the severity of the slap he got.

But Hilda did not feel the pain of the wound, because what she now felt was the pain in her heart. He didn't even realize how many hours he had been walking aimlessly. He was confused where to go now, because it was impossible if he went home to Leo. Her shame could not be hidden anymore if she remembered Elica also no longer living there. Although Alex gave the house and his other possessions to Hilda's allowance, when they divorced. But Hilda was no longer willing to use the man's treasure.

This is how it feels to be abandoned by loved ones. Perhaps the law of karma is coming to Hilda today, after she betrayed her husband and son. He was the one who was eventually thrown out by everyone.

Unknowingly there is a car that almost hit him, but fortunately the car can stop its speed in time.

Citt...

The light of the car shone towards Hilda, and the woman was shocked to squat in front of the car.

Not long the person in the car was out to see the condition of the person who almost hit him.

"Aunty.." said one woman as she looked at Hilda's face. Hilda looked at the voice. It turned out to be Mia, the son of her younger sister.

"Mia.."

"Aunty, are you okay? Oh, my God, I almost hit you. What's Aunty doing here?" Mia tried to lead Hilda to her feet.

"All right, Aunty just get in my car. Let me take aunt home"

Hilda nodded her head saying Mia. They both got into the car, but Mia did not know where to take her aunt.

Mia is the son of Hilda's sister, they live abroad. But since Mia's husband works here, then Mia also goes with her husband here.

"Aunty... Where's Aunty's house, now?"

"Aunty doesn't have Mia's house"

"What's? What does Aunty mean, isn't Aunty already married to another man?"

"We're divorced" Hilda said, staring blankly ahead.

Mia was very distrustful of what she heard, let alone Hilda finally recounting all the events that had happened at this time. About her and also about the pregnancy of Elica, making Mia was shocked when she found out Elica was pregnant with her stepfather's fetus.

Mia also invited Hilda to stay at her house, considering her husband was also out of town for two days. And Hilda also agreed to the invitation of her nephew.

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Alex was sitting in his study at home. Tonight he was accompanied only by a glass of wine and also a cigarette in his hand. He looked out the window that looked like it was going to rain.

After Elica left earlier this morning, she told her subordinates to look for Elica's whereabouts. It turned out that the woman went to the hospital with her mother to see Leo, and went back to her home first.

But his man, only seeing Hilda who went out of the house, it means that Elica's father already knew everything and detained Elica to live there. And now Alex can't do anything, only to let Elica stay with her biological father for a while.

And for Hilda herself, Alex doesn't care anymore. The woman's shadow was no longer there. Even his love for the woman was gone. Maybe Elica was right, if she thought of Hilda as just a surrogate mother figure who was never present in her life. And Alex was wrong to give the woman the status of wife, and now Alex just threw Hilda away.

He was indeed a jerk, having hurt mother and son at the same time. But it had already happened, it was highly unlikely that he would have to dodge with fate. Because right now what Alex has in mind is about Elica and their two children.

In fact, Elica did not give him the opportunity to account for his actions. If only Elica would do it, give Alex a fix then everything would be done. But it was only in Alex's mind and could not be easily done.

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"Daddy hasn't slept?" Elica asked when she saw her father sitting at the dining table in the kitchen. With a can of soda in front of him.

Earlier, Elica wanted to take a drink to overcome her thirst, it turns out that on a rainy night outside, her father also had not slept. Even though the clock has shown at 1 am.

"Not yet darling. Why aren't you sleeping?"

Elica sat herself beside her father and took a glass to hold the water she poured. Then he immediately drank the water.

"I'm thirsty Dad, so I'm here."

"Outside it's raining, don't forget to sleep on your warm blanket, Elica"

"Yes. But I remember Mommy, Dad. Where he is now, it's impossible if he goes home to Leo"

"Who's Leo?"

"He's the guy who helped me Dad, he also intends to marry me to help my son in the future. But he was in the hospital, yesterday he had an accident"

"So you guys stayed the house?"

"Yes Dad."

Her father looked at Elica with a serious look. She stroked Elica's hair gently. She realized that now Elica had grown up, and became a very beautiful girl. No wonder Alex falls for Elica, and her biggest mistake is letting her daughter stay with a young man even when Alex and Hilda are not married.

"You're Elica's mature body, and unfortunately Daddy can't give you happiness"

"No Daddy. I'd be happy with you Daddy, and I'd always be Daddy's little daughter. Daddy don't say that.

His smiling father nodded with a face that hid his sadness. He was always tough even though they were in big trouble. Long ago her father looked at Elica with his wistful gaze.

"Later.. Daddy will take you away from this place. We will live in a new place, with new people, and a new atmosphere as well. You want a baby?" Said the father.

"really?"

"Yes dear. Your cooking is so good, what if we open a little restaurant or Elica can make bread?"

"Yes, I can Dad. Even if I can't, I'll learn to make it"

Unknowingly they spoke with teary eyes because they were carried away.

"Daddy will make you a beautiful bakery and we will make bread together every day" the father told Elica, who could not hold back his tears.

"Daddy has to promise, will be with me until whenever" said Elica with a whim

"Yes my son"

"Daddy must also promise to love my child later also yes"

"Of course it's dear"

"Daddy promise?" Said Elica to her father by raising her little finger like a child asking for an appointment.

"Yes Elica, Daddy promised" they were clinging to each other's little fingers, and without being able to stem the sadness again they hugged while crying.

"Thank Daddy. I love you so much"

Elica had foolishly left her excellent father to choose with her mother. But after all this happened, it turned out that his father was still willing to extend his hand to receive him back. Although at the moment everything has changed. But Elica is grateful, because now she has a place to return.

Because of her father, Elica wants to reorganize her life. Leaving this place, leaving behind his mother, Alex and Leo.

For Elica now her happiness is more important, especially for the next few months she will become a mother. And he will try to raise his son with everything he has, and of course with the father who always supports him. Elica is convinced that in the next life she will have a better life.

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