
"Did Ammar ever miss his father?" asked Husain, who managed to make Aulia look up and then looked at Husain.
"Why did Mas Husain ask like that?" cecar Aulia, answered Husain's question with a question.
"Because of my daughter, Yasmin, she never asked me where her mother was ...." Husain stopped his words for a moment. The sweet-faced man's gaze, now turned into a wist.
"What might be the impact of our separation and also because her mother never paid attention to Yasmin, which made her never ask or miss her mother?" Husain asked, without needing an answer.
"I'm afraid that what Yasmin is going through right now will be imprinted in her memory and will affect her psychologically" Husain continued.
Aulia was still silent, she did not know what to say. To be honest, he could understand what Yasmin was feeling. A child who must miss the figure of a mother. Just like Ammar, who missed the figure of a father, although Ammar never said it.
Aulia could see the happy twinkle of Ammar's gaze when Pak Haji asked her to play out, or when Mas Dul took her on a motorcycle just to walk around the shophouse.
Moments that Ammar never got with his father, even Handoyo did not have time to just joke with Ammar in the house, let alone invite the boy to go out for a walk like other children.
"It was hard to get married again and hope Yasmin gets a replacement for a mother who can love her sincerely, but that wish was immediately clear to me" Husain continued.
"Why?" sahut Aulia, asked.
"Because I was worried that if it turned out that the woman I married later, I could not accept and love Yasmin sincerely. Wouldn't that only add to my daughter's wounds?" Husain gazed in the netra of Aulia.
Aulia nodded, understanding.
Silence, greet the room again.
"Ammar never asked his father, but if you miss the father figure, yes. I know Ammar misses him, misses the adult male figure he calls dad." Aulia's soft voice, unraveling the silence.
"What, Dik Lia doesn't want to find a replacement for Ammar?" ask Husain, expectantly.
Aulia shook her head. "Come, Mum."
The beautiful woman then closed her eyes, memories after bad memories when she was still with Handoyo came back and it made Aulia's tears drip without her being able to prevent.
"I'm sorry, for my question if it hurt your feelings, Dik Lia," Husain regretted, when he saw tears falling down Aulia's cheeks.
Husain wanted to wipe the tears, but it was impossible for him to do because they were both nobody.
Husain then took some tissue from the table and gave it to Aulia.
"No problem, Mas," replied Aulia while wiping her tears with a tissue given by Husain.
"Lia was more afraid of Mas Husain's fear of remarrying. Not only thinking about Ammar's feelings if it turns out that Lia's husband will not be able to accept and love her, but Lia is also afraid that what Lia used to experience during her marriage to Mas Han, will be repeated," continue while looking down.
Husain let out a long sigh, his forehead wrinkled deeply. 'Is that your pain of being betrayed by your husband, Dik Lia?' bawah Husain asked.
Husain's heart also ached when he first heard Cynthia's confession, which blatantly said that he had a relationship with Handoyo, his own close neighbor. However, the pain only lasted for a short while as the rest, Husain felt that this was the best for himself as well as the princess.
Husayn did not know that what Aulia was going through was more painful than just betrayal.
Getting unfair treatment during marriage with Handoyo, and the attitude of her ex-husband who never treated Aulia like a wife and queen in his house, but Handoyo actually treated Aulia like a babu.
The silence greeted me.
"Not all men are like your ex-husband, Nak Lia. Throw away your fears and try to open your heart to other men, men who clearly love your son, like Mas Husain." Mr. Haji's voice, unraveled the silence and shocked the two of them.
I don't know since when Pak Haji eavesdropped on the conversation of the two of them, which was clearly the middle-aged man as if he was impatient, hearing the talk of Husain and Aulia who have not also lead in the direction desired by Pak Haji and his wife.
Mr. Haji then sat back down on the sofa, next to Husain.
"And not all women are like the ex-wife of Mas Husain" continued Pak Haji while patting Husain's thigh.
"Lia, for example, she loves your daughter Mas Husain very much." Pak Haji looked at Husain and then looked at Aulia.
Husain and Aulia could only be silent, listening carefully to Pak Hajj's words.
"Can't you see happy twinkle in your children's eyes when they see each other?" Mr. Haji looked back at the two in turn.
"Or, when Ammar saw you, Mas Husain?"
"And Yasmin saw you, son Lia?"
Husain and Aulia nodded, together.
"Why don't you guys try to open up to each other, for the sake of the two of them?" pak Haji's real cecar already knew that Husain had special feelings for Aulia. So did Aulia, who seemed to have begun to have a taste for Husain.
It's just that they both need someone who can be a bridge and Pak Haji tried to take on the role, of course for the happiness of his adopted son and granddaughter. Including for the happiness of Husain, whom he had known for a long time.
"If Dik Lia is willing to be my wife, of course I will be very grateful, Mr. Haji, because I believe Dik Lia is the type of woman my dream, he said, sholehah women who will always create coolness in our homes later" said Husain who did not want to delay longer.
Enough for four months he lost track of Aulia and enough for her during that time, became a single parent who had to work and care for the baby alone.
She needs someone to share with and Aulia, her former neighbor, whom Husain feels is fit to be Yasmin's mother.
Husain was still looking at Aulia with a deep gaze, hoping that the woman who had once caught his attention at a glance because Husain was hurriedly aware of each other's status, willing to accept his proposal.
Mr. Haji was relieved, after hearing Husain's confession about the man's feelings directly, towards his adopted daughter. The middle-aged man smiled broadly as he looked at Aulia.
While Aulia looked nervous and continued to lower her gaze. The beautiful woman did not expect, so soon Husain would tell the truth about the man's feelings towards her.
"What about Mas Husain's proposal, son Lia?" ask Pak Haji, adding to Aulia's nervousness. "
"I promise, Dik Lia. If you want to be my wife, the mother of our children, I will keep my loyalty" Husain said, thinking that Aulia was still hurt by being betrayed by her ex-husband.
Feeling urged by her adoptive father and also by Husain, Aulia ventured to look at Cynthia's ex-husband. For a moment, their two neutrals linked to each other.
'Do I have to accept Mas Husain, for Ammar? Is it possible, I will also be able to get happiness, if with him?'
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