Pursuing Love Om Duda
Aiden and Chaca

Mey was silent on the edge of the bed, still thinking about Nindy's pregnancy. What if the child is the flesh and blood of her husband? Is David going to marry her? Just imagine that Mey's heart is very sick.

"May." David sat next to Mey. Gently grasped his wife's hand. Mey looked up, looking at David so deeply.

"Will Mas leave Mey if the boy is really your son, Mas?" Mey asked with teary eyes. At this moment fear was enveloping his heart. He had just felt happy with David, but again the obstacles came back. Even the problem this time is more complicated.

"I'm not leaving you no matter what, Mey. I love you, really." David answered while pulling Mey in his arms. Mey's cry broke instantly. The tiny hand clutched tightly onto David's sleeve.

"But what about the kid? What if he's your son, Mas? Are you going to marry Aunt Nindy?"

David was silent for a moment. "We'll take care of the boy." Mey pulled away from her husband's arms.

"Then Aunt Nindy?" Mey looked at David so deeply.

"I think she'll understand, if I can't marry her. My family doesn't accept her, and I'm yours, Mey." David answered framing his wife's face with both hands. "I love you." David put his lips together. Stipulate it with full softness. Mey closed her eyes, trying to calm her troubled heart. The sound of knocking on the door surprised the two.

"Who is that? Wait a minute, honey." Pinta David kissed Mey's lips briefly before moving to open the door.

David opened the door slowly and found Bik Nina with a pale face. "Sir, what's wrong?" David asked curiously.

"That's. That's Sir. Mr. Mudi fell in the bathroom." Answer Bik Nina.

"What's falling, Bik?" Mey asked who was now standing behind David. David paved the way for his wife.

"Darling, we'd better take a look at Mr." David pulled his wife's hand. Bik Nina closed the door to her master's room, then followed behind.

David and Mey entered Mr. Mudi's room on the ground floor in a hurry. There it looks Unang has held the unconscious Mr. Mudi. Mey pulled Mr. Mudi in her lap, patting his father's pale cheek.

"Father no longer exists, Him." Unang who managed to make everyone surprised.

"No way." Pekik Mey continues to pat Mr. Mudi's cheek slowly. "Sir, wake. Don't scare Mey. You're kidding me, right? Mey sure you just want to play Mey, right? Wake up, sir."

David crouched down and grabbed his father-in-law's hand. Checking his pulse. And Unang was right, no more throbbing there. "May...."

"No, you can't possibly miss Mey. You just fainted, take you to the hospital, Mas." Cut Mey refuses to accept reality. David who saw that immediately hugged his wife. "You must be sincere."

"No, you can't possibly miss Mey like this. I didn't say anything to Mey. Mister...."

"Honey, we have to take care of the body immediately. You have to accept the truth." Whisper David was also hurt to see the sadness felt by his wife. "Purname, take care of everything. Tell Mr. Rt and the others."

"Good, Sir." Unang immediately ran out of the room.

"We're going to put you in bed." David broke his embrace. Staring at the netra sayu owned by the wife. "You must be strong, dear. I'm here with you."

Mey nodded slowly. David rushed to lift Pak Mudi's thin body and put it on the mattress. While Mey woke up from her position assisted by Bik Nina.

"Patience is yes, Non. Everyone will return to the Almighty." Bik Nina embraces Mey. Then take her to bed.

Mey sat by her Father who was stiffened. Looked at that pale face carefully. Mr. Mudi looked like a sleeping person, his face exuding calmness. Mey kissed her father's forehead gently. "Mey sincerely, sir. I can sleep well in heaven. You don't need to be sick anymore."

David rubbed Mey's hair gently. Trying to calm his wife. Mey hugged her husband tightly. "Now Mey doesn't have anyone else, Mas. I'm following Mom."

David breathed heavily. "You still have me, Tasya, Mommy and Daddy, honey."

Mey nodded slowly, tightening her embrace at David. Right now he needs a backrest. Mey who is usually tough, now looks so fragile.

Mey continued to stare at the red earth mound where the last maelstrom of the Father was filled with sadness. Lady Grace crouched right beside Mey. Pulling his daughter-in-law in a hug. "Don't cry, your father must be sad to see it. You must be strong."

Mey was sobbing in the arms of Mrs Grace. It is not easy to let go of a loved one. Although the mouth says sincerely, but the heart is still heavy to accept the bitter reality.

"Darling, we go home yuk? Magrib in a minute. You should also rest." Invite David to touch his wife's head, then gently rub it.

"Dev, let us come with you. Mey's gonna need Mommy." Pinta Mrs Grace.

"Yes, Mom." Answer David. He helps Mey get up from her position. David wiped the tears that soaked his wife's cheeks. "It is hard to let go of our loved ones forever. But we also have to be sincere, so that they are calm there. Don't forget, there's still us here. I'm not going to stop you from crying, either, but now we're going home?" Mey nodded slowly. His mouth was frozen and hard to move. Then they went home.

David put his wife on the bed because Mey was asleep on the way. It seemed like the girl was too tired physically as well as internally. David rubbed Mey's smooth cheeks gently, then kissed her forehead full of warmth. "If it's like this, you look like everyone else, Mey. Usually you are always upbeat and cheerful, today I see your weak side." David lay beside Mey, holding her affectionately.

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"Mey's saying goodbye to the room first." Mey got up from her position and headed for the room. David breathed deeply, staring at the plate of the wife who still left a lot of food. It's used to seeing Mey eat a lot, but this time everything is inversely proportional.

"Dev, your wife is devastated. Since the baby he grew up with his father. Naturally, if he falls like this, you must be more patient with him. You marry a young girl, her emotions are still unstable. Here you have much to understand." Mrs Grace looked at her son.

"Yes, Mom. I will always understand it. Maybe he needs some alone time." David continued to eat. If she was sad, who would be her daughter's support?

"Cobak talk to him at certain times, but don't remind him of his late father again. Distract his mind from sorrow." Advice from Mr. Adam. David who heard that nodded slowly.

After breakfast, David returned to his room with a jam loaf and a glass of milk. Put that on the nightstand. David looked at Mey who was still curled up on the bed with a position behind him. Then he sat down beside her. "Dear."

Mey moved slowly, changing her position to supine. David could see the clear flowing circles in his wife's eyes. He lay down and watched the movement of his wife.

"You want to take a walk? We can go around town." Invite David to get rid of the hair blocking his wife's face. "You need fresh air and a new atmosphere. Or how do we get to the top? We could spend some time at the villa."

Mey shook her head, then tilted her body towards David. He buried his face in the husband's chest. His crying broke instantly.

"Mey hasn't had time to be happyin' Mr. Mas. You left so fast, Mey wasn't satisfied taking care of him. Lately Mey's been too busy on her own. Mey forgot about the sick father. What kind of kid is Mey, Mas? Mey doesn't pantes happy." Mey's regret interrupted her sobbing.

David's heart was filled with heartache in the tone of his wife's speech. "Darling, no one can hold back a person's departure. I see you are happy, I always pay attention to you when I see you laugh. He smiled so wide. That means you'll be happy when your daughter's happy." David is honest. During this time David often noticed his father-in-law who always smiled when he saw Mey laughing.

Mey looked up. "Mas see that often?"

"Yes, what else fits us in the guarantee. He continued to smile and greet the guests with a great radiance of happiness. I can see that clearly. He is happy if you are happy. I didn't lie. What does your version of happiness look like? Not all happiness can be measured by matter, dear."

Mey was silent for a long time. "Mas's right. You also often say, if you are happy to see Mey happy. You always knew Mey's heart, and now Mey has that happiness. Is that why you left? You feel calm because Mey already has a protector."

David smiled broadly. "I'm glad you're aware of that, honey. So do not be sad continue, kasian Father also follow sad. I'm sure you're in heaven and now look at you like this."

"Mey does not want to be sad again, Mey apologized for making Mas and others follow sad. Mey's just not ready to lose you. The father who took care of Mey from the baby, the father sacrificed all his happiness for Mey."

"I know, Honey. We've all been in that position."

Mey rubbed her husband's jaw. "Is Mas also this sad when Tasya's Mommy died? Tasya must have been very sad, right?" Mey asked recalling about the late Lady Lander earlier.

"Yes, everyone was hit that day because Anna left all of a sudden. The crash took his life on the spot. What else was that ten-year-old Tasya. Since then Tasya has become quiet and difficult to understand his heart. Lucky she met you, Mey. His true nature is back to what it used to be. Since childhood Tasya was chatty, just like you. I myself am confused, where is that trait derived from? And Anna and I aren't that cool."

Mey smiled hearing that. It seems that he has forgotten his problem a little at the moment. David smiled at that. "But you are also chatty when certain times."

"But not as big as you. Even this house will feel quiet when you're not around."

Mey laughed crisply. "Had I told you I don't like pussy girls, huh?"

"That was then, now I realize that your stubbornness is what warms the coldness in my heart. You managed to snatch my heart in such a short time, that's the advantage you have. Ye know? Anna and I were betrothed, and it took me a year to bring that love. I loved her when Tasya was born into this world." David is at length. He knew his wife was getting interested in the discussion this time. He intended to divert Mey's mind so that she would no longer focus on her late father.

Mey changed her position to a stomach. David is still in the same position. "Can I be fooled by Aunt Anna? Didn't do it?"

David looked up when he heard that silly question. "Abviously, when I was younger, I was the most popular guy. Almost every day I can bring a beautiful woman home."

"What do you do to bring home?" Mey asked innocently.

"Ck, what else if it's not sleep."

"Huh? Did you sleep with that girl before marriage? So Mas is playboy dong? Pantes aja Mas no shame fit sleepurin Aunt Nindy. Ih. How could Mey marry a playboy like you, Mas?" Upset Mey hit her husband's chest.

"So you're married to me huh?"

"No, because Mey already love you first. Pantes aja you pinter play in bed, it turns out it is an expert. Ngeselin know not?"

David chuckles. "But you still love, don't you? What else I always keep you in bed."

"Ih... is starting to get perverted? Ah, Mey's hungry. What did you bring?" Rengek Mey woke up from her position. So did David who also woke up from his position.

"Bread jam chocolate equal milk, cepet in the meal. I don't want you to be skinny." David took the jam bread and gave it to Mey.

Mey nodded enthusiastically. Without hesitation he immediately devoured it. David smiled happily because Mey was cheerful again.