Stitches
Adopted

"I'm here to deliver the sad news for you both" Kevin said to the children in front of him that morning.

Ruben and Rose were each confused. Their expressions showed fear as well as sadness. They wait said the officer continued with a rapid and irregular heartbeat.

What's all about mom? Their minds wondered, anxious about the news from the woman, cold sweat began to flow from her temple, only one they could do while waiting for an explanation from the police chief, pray the prayers in your heart.

I-I can't, I can't afford to take care of my own sister.I'm just a teenager who's only seventeen years old twenty days away. I love you, what's wrong with both of us? I guess, you'll always be by our side after you've spoiled me all this time, but why did you leave us for ever? Leave a bitter memory for me to remember. Ruben monologued, he tried to cover everything, crying and fear, but all he could no longer bear, he could no longer hold back his crying. Crying in front of the officer.

I know I haven't been able to be the girl you want me to be. I can understand everything from your behavior that is often rude to me, indeed, the way it has never been taught or advocated by others, the way you have never been in all the fairy tale books I have ever read,  but to me it was different. Your love for me you show with a variety of decisiveness and discipline. I love you mom. But why did you leave? Inner Rose spoke, crying beside her brother as if she was strong against everything including the words she had just heard from the officer's mouth, "Your mother is gone, your mother is gone, I'm sorry."

"Your mother was found lifelessly falling from the petrovskiy bridge, exactly where the tragedy of Daniella's death was." Kevin said once again, making clear his words just now. He was also very sorry to see the two children in front of him crying, he felt there was something different from both.

Lord...is this my inner word true? I don't think I want to tell them everything, the doubts I feel, and the question marks about Maria Vasily. I think the two of them are just kids who don't understand anything, they still look very innocent. Mumbled Kevin who did not want to constantly see the child in front of him crying. He began to squat while looking at their two faces in turn, and rubbed the tears on their cheeks, "already, don't cry anymore, your mother will definitely not like to see this there," kevin said to the two of them in a soft voice.

Oh my God.. Is my choice right? The path I took was right? I want to adopt both of them, for a long time Clarissa and I wanted the presence of the sound of laughter and the cry of the child in our family, Lord I beg to strengthen my heart. Kevin again muttered to make sure what he just thought was right or wrong.

His heart is still experiencing various upheavals, after what happened two years ago to his family, his son died in the womb, because of chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus Clarissa and make him unable to develop optimally. This made Clarissa too traumatized to relate to him. He prefers to be alone now. Kevin hopes the two of them can be a reason for his wife to smile again.

"You two calm down, that's enough, I can't afford to see you both grieve" Kevin whispered to the two of them. What Kevin did was seen by the other cops who came along, they also showed compassion for the two children who had just been left behind by a woman who an hour ago they submitted to the forensic team for analysis.

The policemen bowed, aiming to give a moral spirit to Ruben Ronald and Rosie Rose.

Kevin stood up, hugging the two of them warmly, he also shed tears, wetting the back of Ruben's clothes. But in the midst of his arms he said to the two, "will you live with me? Stay with me, my wife will definitely love you very much" Kevin explained as he let go of his embrace, his eyes looking at the eyes of the two children alternately looking for reassurance.

What did I just ask was a mistake? I just can't afford to see the two of them crying, I don't want to see them always sad, I just want to be someone who is able to put a smile back on their face, she said, like the first time I met them. Kevin's inner monologue anxiously awaits an answer from the two of them.

"I just want to help smile back on your faces, please be ready" asked Kevin with a clear face.

Ruben and Rose are seen having a dialogue, asking each other about what they should decide at the time. With a sad face and puffy eyes, they decided to answer, "Yes."

I don't have someone who deserves to be called mom and dad, we've both been orphans, maybe trying to give her a chance is the best way. Ruben murmured inwardly as he answered the question of Kevin wanting to adopt her and his sister.

I am a ten-year-old girl, I have not been able to overcome the obstacles and twists and turns of life. Brother who just entered high school needs someone who can pay for his school allowance, I also need someone who can support me. Maybe it's good to forget this tragedy even though it's hard I'll do it slowly, pray for mother wholeheartedly, and open the opportunity for her to adopt me, as well as brother. After confirming the officer's words, Rose monologued, thinking about this all once more deeply, but he was only a ten-year-old boy.

"Really!?" Kevin looks happy to hear the answer from the two, Kevin's face changed, he smiles, "Here come with me." Kevin's hand was raised as if waiting for Ruben's hand.

"But what about our house, the clothes, and all the memories?" ask Ruben who is confused.

"This house is temporarily detained by the government, and if this house is sold by the government I will buy it" Kevin said briefly.

"Where are we going, Kevin?" rose asked after reading the name tag worn by the officer.

"I'll take you straight to my house, introduce you to my wife, I hope you can like the atmosphere of our house, our house is quiet with the laughter of children, I want to listen to the voices." said Kevin who looked at the two of them with a sad face.

Kevin takes Ruben and Rose away from the house in a police car.

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Maria's house was fitted with a police line, the sign of the house had been confiscated and was again under intense police surveillance.