Rainy Aroma
Morning sickness
Before leaving Galen had intended to clean up the mess in the apartment first but Hani forbade it.
"The one who makes a mess is the one who has to clean it up" Hani said unequivocally without wanting to be denied.
"But Mina's situation is still very chaotic, ma'am." Galen pleaded.
"Trust me! Mina is not that weak. The only thing you need to worry about right now is your baby-to-be. Your responsibility for the baby you asked to abort. Aren't you afraid of karma?" hani asked in disbelief that Galen could be so cruel.
Galen just fell silent not answering.
"Do you think your life can calm down after this? Don't you feel the fear of being haunted by nightmares about the fatal mistake you've made?" hani asked still with overflowing emotions.
"Mother rest easy.The baby is still there." Galen replied half-whispering, afraid that Mina would hear it.
"You mean it?" Hani tried to be sure, she was just afraid of mishearing.
Galen nodded immediately. Not long after that he was able to find the look on Hani's face that began to soften.
"I talked to Aurora about the plan to abort the baby. And he refused."
"of course. It is the instinct of a mother who always tries to protect her child. Even if their lives are at stake."
"I only lied to Mina if we agreed to abort her. Mina was always upset with the baby, so I had to lie."
"You've done the right thing. I know you're actually a good man, you can't possibly do such a cruel thing" Hani said.
Galen was silent again. Hani's words aren't true, good man? No, Galen's not that good.
"You know what makes me mad when you say you're gonna abort the baby? Even though my position here is the mother of Mina, being a woman who also feels hurt because of your actions that have impregnated other girls when your marriage is in sight."
"I deserve to be hated." Galen murmured regretfully.
Unwanted actions that night had made many parties hurt, no matter what would happen after both parents knew about this, he said, perhaps the regret that Galen felt would increase to many times after seeing the disappointed look of his mother and father.
"No. Everything has already happened. Hating you to death is useless." Hani replied.
Galen finds Hani who now looks teary.
"The girl reminded me of myself when I was young. You tau? Mina's father didn't die, she just left her responsibilities. The man asked me to abort my womb, at that moment my world seemed to have collapsed."
Hani's tears fell down.
"I chose to keep him, fighting alone to raise him. As soon as she grew up she became a very selfish girl! How could he do that to that poor girl?! Galen, I'm begging you! Whatever happens, protect your baby. Be the responsible man. Because after all the baby should have earned the right to have a whole family."
They did not know, if Mina had listened to the conversation behind the door.
The girl's body slowly melted down.
Her own mother had even given Galen the blessing to leave her, annulling their marriage in a cruel way.
"Why would you talk to Galen like that?! Brutal mother!!"
Can't take it anymore, Mina immediately came out of hiding.
"Mina.." muttered Galen not expecting Mina to be there, hearing everything.
"Are you going to obey my mother's request? Go leave me to marry that girl?!" tanya Mina demanded with explosive emotions.
"Listen to me first." Galen approached Mina there, hugging the girl's soaking wet body.
Still in Galen's arms, Mina wept wailing, while Hani chose to leave them both there.
***
The day Aurora came to eat fried rice at Galen's house was the last day they met.
It's been a week, maybe the girl is already abroad as she said at that time.
After Aurora claims to be pregnant with Sarah, it seems Galen is really upset. Along the way to take Aurora home, the man just kept silent without asking to say a word, until only silence struck between them.
From that day on Sarah grew curious about the figure of a man who had the heart to leave Aurora after impregnating her.
Sarah had even intended to hire a reliable detective to investigate. Of course it was forbidden by Juniar and Galen.
Though Sarah meant she did this as a form of gratitude to Aurora.
Who knows after Sarah tries to talk to the man, the man will change his mind and then be willing to take responsibility for marrying Aurora.
But Juniar said it was included in the privacy breach.
"Jeez, what are you doing?" briella asked worriedly into Aurora's room after hearing the girl vomit there.
Aurora looked at Briella with a helpless look. "Brie, it looks like I'm going to die soon."
"What are you talking about?!" briella's jolt was angry but also increasingly worried. "Come, I'll take you to bed."
Aurora only complies when Briella holds her arm to get out of the bathroom.
"Your morning sickness is getting worse and you can't eat anything. Even if it feels excruciating, try to force-eat something! You're not kasian to your baby?"
Briella finds Aurora already glazed over there, shortly after which the girl's cries completely break.
Briella could only roll her eyes lazily. "Pregnant really makes you turn into someone else. Where did the Aurora Alexandra I've known all along? Strong, firm and fearless of anything!"
"Go! Leave me alone!" evict Aurora still crying.
"Stop chatting and grab your food! What do you want to eat? I'll try to obey whatever you want as long as you want to eat!"
Aurora then thought for a moment. "Fried rice." he muttered.
"Fried rice?" repeated Briella.
"What fried rice? A seafood? A chicken? Meat? Or what?"
"Chicken fried rice." answered Aurora.
"Ah, chicken fried rice turns out. That's so easy. Why didn't you just tell me you wanted to eat that? I can spare"
"Made by an aunt who works at Galen's house." Aurora said.
Aurora's departure abroad was forced to be postponed, at least temporarily. He did not get a flight permit from the doctor because his womb was declared weak.
If forced, it can be fatal. According to the advice of Briella, Aurora just stay here until giving birth, after the baby is at the age of ready to be taken to travel far, they can only go abroad to settle there.
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