REVENGE (CHILD) WASTED WIFE
Chapter 36. If Time Could Return

After feeding Gerald. Call it back to silence. Don't know what to say. Looks stiff. He used to be able to tell Gerald anything before he knew he was his real father.

Gerald finally took over the conversation. Open your voice to eliminate silence.

"Look, Papa wants you to meet Papa's lawyer. Bring the Mothers. Something to talk about."

"What to do to see Papa's lawyer. I have no business."

"Papa and the lawyer you have business with. Soon after meeting, you will understand."

Gilang took a breath. Eliminates awkwardness. Gerald held his son's hand.

"Thank you for visiting Papa here. Your arrival is more than the medicine given by the doctor. Papa's happy to see you're healthy. I can't wait to finish this sentence so I can see you from a distance."

"Why see it from a distance?" ask Gilang.

Gerald smiled bitterly. Before answering Gilang's question, he tried to find the right word to say it. Gerald was afraid Gilang was angry and disappointed with him.

"Of course Papa can only see you from a distance. Papa does not want to disturb your happiness with Bima's mother and father. By looking at you from a distance, Papa is happy."

"Don't Papa want to be close to me?" ask Gilang again.

"Of course it's Papa's wish, son! But Papa is aware that it is not possible and Papa is also not entitled. You want to say hello and rebuke Papa, that's more than enough."

Gerald felt his chest tight because he held back the crying.Gerald realized if he could not possibly demand more on Gilang. From inside the womb the man had abandoned his son.

"Papa is currently also atoning for the guilt of ever taking wrong actions and decisions. If only time could be turned back, Papa would make your mother happy while you're pregnant."

"Unfortunately time will never come back. For that we have to think in doing something. Don't get carried away by emotions" Gilang said.

Everyone does have a sad moment, but not a few people who want to restore the moment to improve it to become a beautiful thing. So everyone will run into the past if given the opportunity to return.

"You're right, son. I wish I could turn back time, but once a mistake is made, it's too late to go back and fix it. I wish I could turn back time, but history is already written, so I cannot change what has happened. I had only one choice: to move forward with courage and hope. I wish I could turn back the clock and undo what happened. However, I cannot, and I will not be able to. The best thing is to accept what happened and move forward with confidence in the future" Gerald said.

He was silent, not responding to Papa Gerald's words. Because it is conscious that everything is impossible to return.

Bima who felt it was time Gilang came back to pick up his stepson. He did not want Gilang too long to be in the detention house because it was not good for a child his age.

Seeing the arrival of Bima, Gilang directly came down from the bed and approached Bima. Hugged the man's arm.

"Have you had enough to talk to him?" ask Bima with a smile.

"Already, Dad. We're going home again. I want to hold Mom's stomach. Didn't you say that in my mother's stomach was my sister?" ask Gilang innocently.

Gerald again felt his chest tight. Agatha, the woman he had wasted at this time was back in pregnancy her second son. If only he had not been consumed by Merlin's seduction and had not been blinded by love, he and Agatha would have been happy with their son and daughter.

There are times when we regret what happened. To have wasted a sincere person is my regret. To have done such a stupid thing for you is my regret. My regret is to have been in your life and destroyed your perfection. I can hide from my mistakes, but not from my regrets. And maybe I can play with my drama, but not with my karma.

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