
"Mommy sure loves Daddy a lot." Kiandra stared softly.
The mother laughed as she rubbed the end of her watery eyes. "Of course." His voice turned cheerful. "But for the rest of your life, your Daddy has always said that he loves you more." He puffed out the chest.
"Mother is indeed very beautiful, it's natural that Daddy loves Mom more." Kiandra confirmed, while chuckling at the mother's sudden childish attitude.
"Your Daddy has caught up with mom to Deli Serdang and is willing to wait for years." The woman added with great enthusiasm.
"Waahh.wonderful Daddy." Kiandra showed a lot of admiration.
"Your Daddy is amazing." Mom laughed."Though mother is just a big selling snobs." Whisper later.
Kiandra.
"Because of the truth..." He intentionally slowed down his words. "Mother who's been in love with your Daddy since she first met." The two cheeks of the woman who was no longer young were blushing. Just like someone who is a kasmaran.
For the Marthadinata family, parents are like friends who we are free to tell anything.
Especially to their mothers who can always position themselves as anything, and never judge every story that their children tell.
Therefore, either Kiandra or her older sister can be so close to the parents. Especially Kiandra with her mother, while the brother was closer to their Daddy.
A proper relationship can also be owned by any family. But unfortunately, not all parents can be that wise and not all children are able to think mature.
"Mom, do you want me to get married?" kiandra asked after they had intermezzo.
From the look on his mother's face that was stunned and did not immediately answer, Kiandra could already guess what would be said. But the smile that then spread on the lips, as well as the steady hand, made Kiandra's troubled heart become a little peaceful.
"If you ask me that, I'd really like to see you get married." He looked at the only son he conceived and gave birth to with great difficulty, and has now transformed into a beautiful figure that is so perfect physically and heart. "But if by getting married you feel a burden, then you don't have to do that, son." His old face smiled again.
"But Daddy was expecting..." Kiandra did not continue her sentence, then looked down worried.
"All parents expect their children to be married." Kiandra's mother patted her son's shoulder. "For with a family there will be one who will take care of you and look after you when we are gone." The worry in the mother's eyes cannot be covered.
Worry about the age that continues to gnaw, and whether death will pick up. But his son has not found a companion.
Kiandra's forehead was sad, knowing her parents' intentions were good and her mother never wanted her to feel guilty.
"You are no longer a child or a teenager, but a grown man." The mother said back. "Even you are now a disinclined leader. Hundreds of people depend on your life for every decision you make, and all this time the terms you choose are always right." He flatters.
The mother and son looked at each other.
"So I'm sure, son. If you must have a good reason why you didn't want to get married."
Kiandra's heart is broken. In this world, her mother is the one who understands best. Even he does not need to talk and explain, because the woman who has given birth to herself will understand by herself.
"Have, you don't have to think about it anymore." The mother patted Kiandra's arm slowly, because she was silent. "How about you just stay here and surprise your Daddy in the morning?" the twilight-aged woman, but having black hair and a bit of gray hair was trying to dilute the stiff atmosphere.
"Mother." Kiandra called out slowly.
My mother focused on him.
"Mother, why Brother Dave..." Kiandra did not continue her words. He looked hard to his head and shook his head slowly.
Kiandra looks to find the most appropriate sentence. But he also seemed to regret why he discussed it.
"Kians..." The mother rubbed her son's back. "You're not ready, son?" tanyanya bitter.
"So, we've explained it to you many times, haven't we?" my mother asked for understanding.
"I know, Mom. I'll take it easy, I get it." Kiandra reconciles her mother's restless feelings. "As you said, I'm not a child or a teenager anymore. But men are grown and I get it."
"Is that why you don't want to get married, son?" his mother's guess was on target.
Of course not, ma'am." Kiandra lied.
The eyes of the mother could not believe.
Kiandra looked away, in order to avoid the gaze of the mother who would know, if she was lying.
"Sister Dave is my sister, just like Kirana." Kiandra spoke without seeing the other person. "I was a kid and that's all I know." Kiandra's face turned bitter. He closed his eyes for a moment, as if he were permeating every memory so strong, stifling and beautiful.
"Son, I know you admire Dave so much, and I'm disappointed to learn that he's not your brother." Kiandra's mother tried to remain wise, even though her heart was equally restless. "You're also very shocked by Kirana and Dave's wedding. But, son. There are things that are beyond our power. Especially if it's about soul mate and feelings."
The late Kiandra Raut looked at the mother.
"As a mouth can lie. But your heart, your feelings won't be able to lie." The woman who had eaten a lot of the salt acid of life gave advice.
"I don't understand, ma'am." Kiandra says. "All I know is that married people love each other. People are together because they feel comfortable with each other. Like Mom and Daddy."
"Son, everyone has their own test." Ms. Kiandra asserts. "If now you see mom and daddy loving each other and barely fighting, it's because we've been through a lot of trials."
"Then why did Brother Dave not try through the trials in his household? Why did you choose to get divorced and then marry Kirana?" Kiandra demands clarity.
The frown on his mother's forehead increased. His old eyes stared hard.
"I don't understand what Kirana means by being happy." Kiandra's eyes began to glaze over.
"I'm happy, really."
The memory of a woman in white, with a simple bun and smiling at her looms over.
"Kian, thank you. Thank you, my sister." The woman hugged him with tears.
"He was scorned and slandered to the point of losing everything and living estranged far from us." Kiandra was claustrophobic by the emotions she always held until it filled the chest cavity.
"Kians..." Netra her mother brushed.
"Seeing a loved one is married to another woman, then she herself is married to a man she doesn't love." Kiandra's face was red. "I was deceived, thinking his smile was sincere. Turns out it was just a mask to cover her heart."
The mother's tears flowed.
"I can't tell you how she's lived her household for years in a foreign country." Kiandra rubbed her wet eyes. "Kirana was stupid, until her husband died she did not want to go home, just because she did not want to disturb the integrity of the household brother Dave." He looked at his mother bitterly. "When Brother Dave himself had been divorced for a long time, and he kept it a secret from Kirana. So what?" Kiandra asked. "So that Kirana's household with the man she doesn't love remains intact. Ridiculous, right?" The man smiled bitterly.
"Kian." His mother tried to find Kiandra who carried the sentiments of the heart.
"Mom see for yourself how Kirana's life is now with Brother Dave. Don't you feel sorry for your children and grandchildren?" Kiandra overflowed her dissatisfaction and disappointment.
"Time cannot be repeated. But Kirana always gets hurt. Even when he finally could be happy at an age that was no longer young, his happiness was only a fingernail."
"Kian, not everything you can understand." His mother is still trying to give advice.
"Yes, I don't understand you..." Kiandra's fiery tone, now decreased. "I don't understand, because I'm not as dumb as Kirana, and not as bad as Brother Dave!" Kiandra immediately got up from her seat and left just like that.