
Holly was sitting quietly in front of the father. Finally he came to the house of Herlina, where his father had lived all this time. There are three rooms in the house, all of which are used by Herlina and her children. Papa Dol slept in the dining room, in the corner there was a one-man cot there and just partitioned off with a stretched curtain attached to a plastic rope.
"What's healthy?"
"You know papa used to get sick a lot..."
Papa's face looks clear. Holly did not realize that Papa Dol likes to act sick, but walking with a lot of experience facing people, Holly began to be able to judge her father. Physically, papa Dol actually looks ordinary, Holly had arrived here to coincide with her papa was having lunch and she could see the portion of her papa meal that was still normal, eat directly by hand without a spoon, so delicious.
"Why is there any need to see Holly?"
"Can't you meet your own son? You're the youngest, papa must be missing..."
Papa sat up and raised his feet on the chair, one hand hugging his leg. Papa looks just talk original, very smooth without expression that he said kangen, look in the eyes does not show that.
"Now is papa kangen?"
Holly tried to talk as quietly as possible even though the heart began to turbulent, the memory in the past slowly approached how she was like not considered the father, once asked papa to be aborted when mama pregnant herself. The flash of memories that came were all bitter things. He doesn't remember if he ever did anything for himself.
"Since you've been married, you've been arrogant about not meeting papa..."
Holly was silent, inwardly not wanting to linger or mince words because her heart caught that this meeting was not in order to miss each other, for some reason from the first minute here he could not grow his trust in the papa.
"What is there to do? Straight away, Holly has a lot of work to do..."
Papa's face momentarily changed again, now back to the same as the initial expression, as well as his speech intonation.
"Papa wants to ask for the house that Tenry promised, you told your husband that papa hasn't forgotten his promise."
Deg. papa brought up something that was the reason for her absence at Holly's wedding.
"That's what papa meant to ask me here?"
Holly asked riled up and grabbed her bag from the chair next to her preparing to go home.
"You see for yourself papa sleeps where here, Helny's house is also the same, papa has no place. That's why you should give the house to papa now, don't you live well alone."
"Why are you waiting, why not go back with your mom? Papa wants a referral with mama, right?"
"Mom should come back here, papa won't go to your opa place."
Holly stood up, she knew it was free to talk to the father with such papa attitude, still the same. The family is not just a blood relationship, not just passing on the genes in their children, but there is a relationship of belonging, giving to each other instead of demanding each other. Holly did not find it from her papa, then and now it almost never existed.
"The house was part Ko Tenry, papa don't ask Holly... Holly is a wife who listens to her husband. Holly pamit, pa.. noon."
"Papa is not finished Holly, you do not be impudent, just until you want to go, do you not have a heart?"
Holly looked at the papa, who had no heart here, someone often accused others of something he himself did not have.
"Holly a lot of work... Holly also has a little child, sorry if left for long..."
"Reason. Tell your husband papa to ask for it now."
Without answering Holly out of the house.
"Holly..."
Holly finally stopped at her car door because she felt her father was chasing her.
"Give papa money, you've never given papa any money..."
"Pa.. every month for six more years this papa received money from Ko Tenry, that's Holly's money too..."
"That's a lot of pa, if only for papa's own needs. If Holly knew from the beginning Ko Tenry gave money, Holly would stop it. Papa was shameless, papa himself never gave money to Holly first... do you think Holly's a daddy's son first? My marriage alone papa is not present, now papa demands Holly and Ko Tenry to meet all the needs of papa? Who has no heart?"
Holly had never been like this, faced the father head on and said something she felt.
"You ungodly children, you and Hanie are the same!"
"What's this, why fight outside the house, get inside Holly, don't embarrass me in this neighborhood, you come and make a fuss, shame if the neighbor knows a child is against his papa. Let's go inside Holly..."
Herlina came and immediately pulled Holly. Holly who was not ready also with her small body finally can only follow Herlina. Once inside Holly pulls her hand, and away from Lina.
"Why didn't you come here to tell me anyway. If my son doesn't call me, I don't know you're here. I got my leave early..."
Holly looked at her and saw Herlina's dislike. Herlina's gaze was always the same.
"I've seen papa at your request... I want to go home now, I have a lot of work..."
"Holly?? Why be like everyone else? You're our family, you're my brother, papa's son, why don't you have any intention of getting in touch with us? Is it because you're rich so you don't acknowledge our relationship?"
Holly felt her heart ache, tears welling up her eyes. He wanted this as well, but somehow he did not see the sincerity of their intention to establish a real relationship as a family. There is no energy, there is no desire to bind each other again tenuous relationship so far.
"I'm still the same, I've never denied our relationship, but it's not that since our relationship was ordinary, not familiar, you guys didn't care about me..."
"That's over, you turned vindictive..."
Holly exhaled her breath, letting out a huff from her heart.
"I also want our relationship to be good, like the relationship with opa oma, with ii Yun and ii Lely..."
"Hehe.. talk is not appropriate, the proof is that you do not answer my phone, come at the time people should work, you do not work your money much. You should care about our situation is always lacking, where do you know that? If you feel our family, you should help us.. help papa... not not care like all this time, since you married you have not done anything for us even though you have a lot of money..."
Herlina's long expression lets Holly know what Lina's motivation is to call her.
"During this time papa every month get rations from Ko Tenry..."
"Huhh?? Bener pa? So you lie to me, always asking for money when I pay? Papa's outrageous..."
Herlina stared angrily at the papa who only glanced briefly from the TV screen, since entering the house papa directly turned on the object.
"How many each month?"
"Two million..."
"Gosh, that's more than half my salary. Papa is outrageous, papa ate free still asking for cigarette money..."
Papa sat back and acted unconcerned. Holly came out the door of the house, and she walked quickly to her car.
"Holly! You take care of papa now! I don't want any more! You're the one who's better off taking care of papa!"
Holly did not answer Lina's scream. She regretted now coming here alone when her husband was willing to accompany her.
Hoping for their family relationships to improve, it might just be an illusion now.
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