The Five Step affair
Close to You But Far from It

Time passed, finally Febri asked Sumi to account for his actions because it had damaged the Nurul and Bagus household. Febri married Nurul a few months after she divorced Bagus. After marriage Febri took Nurul to live in his boarding house so that it was far from the village that had been his residence since childhood. In addition, Nurul was forced to leave the workplace because it has become a company regulation that if there is a husband and wife who work in that place then one must leave the workplace.

Nurul really lived her life being a housewife. And not long married to Febri, Nurul immediately became pregnant because Febri did not want to delay having children with Nurul.

But what makes Nurul sad after divorcing Bagus is because Bagus does not allow Nurul even if or briefly to meet with his son Shasha. Bagus actually forbade Nurul to approach his son on the grounds that Bagus did not want his son to be affected back by his mother who was not good according to Bagus.

Febri, who had just returned home from work, saw Nurul watching television. But Nurul's eyes were blank, indeed he was staring at the television screen but Nurul was not focused at all on what he was seeing. Moreover, the arrival of Febri Nurul did not know it.

"Watch what Ma?" febri asked while holding Nurul's shoulder slowly, because Febri was afraid that Nurul was too surprised and endangered her pregnancy, especially Febri knew that Nurul was daydreaming.

"Eh Pa, are you home? Kog Mama doesn't know?" Nurul who got a touch on her shoulder was surprised by the arrival of her husband who she did not know.

Febri smiled and sat down next to Nurul.

"Still thinking about Shasha?" ask Febri who does know what Nurul daydreams about.

Nurul just fell silent, actually he did not want to disappoint Febri. While she was married to Febri, Nurul still thinks of Shasha, the son of her previous marriage. But it has all become a law of nature, a mother can not just forget her child even though separated by distance and time.

"Trus what should I do?" ask Febri because honestly Febri married Nurul because in addition to loving him Febri also wanted to make Nurul happy.

"Son Pa, you've done your best for me. I'm sorry." Nurul answered while hugging Febri for feeling guilty about Febri.

Febri returned the embrace of his wife tightly. Because Febri loves Nurul sincerely and wishes Nurul to be first and last for him as well as Nurul, Febri becomes the last for him.

"I'm grateful to have you, I'm grateful to be close to you all day but I have to let go to be away from my own child." Nurul said.

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Shasha, who is now an adult, understands where and how her birth mother is now. Because indeed after the divorce with Nurul, Bagus did not intend to re-build the household because of the trauma he experienced. Good just wants to focus on keeping Shasha, but it turns out that a child who grows up with incomplete affection from parents will feel his life is falling apart so he is likely to do things that are deviant.

Although Bagus always forbade him to meet with Nurul but Shasha was reckless to meet with Nurul secretly. Even Shasha often skipped school just to meet with Nurul. Nurul actually forbids him to do so and has advised Shasha constantly but because Shasha is an unruly child so she becomes all she wants to be. Nurul already has a daughter with a small age.

Like this afternoon, Shasha had just come home from school when in fact she was ditching away with her friends but as far as Good knows, Shasha deliberately ditched to meet Nurul. Good to know because he got a report from the school to tell him that Shasha was back out of school.

"What do you really want to be? You wanna be like your mom?" good Tanya with anger.

Shasha looked at her father in dislike. Because Shasha didn't want her mother to be called Nice like that. Somehow his old mother but to Shasha, Nurul remains his good mother.

"Why don't you like Papa talking like that? You need to know the reality is like that." insists Good.

"Bad papa! Shasha thinks Papa can be a good example for Shasha, but it turns out the same!" shasha replied angrily then immediately passed away going to her room leaving Bagus alone.

Good just to be silent, he tried to ponder whether his upbringing to Shasha had been wrong since Shasha had grown into an unruly child. Is it difficult to take care of children as a single parent?.

While in the room, Shasha could only cry. He blames God for making his life so difficult. In fact, Nurul had told Shasha that if Shasha wanted to stay with Nurul and Febri, both of them accepted Shasha with pleasure and open arms. And Shasha had already spoken directly to Bagus but firmly and loudly Good rejected him and forbade him because Bagus still could and could afford to take care of Shasha alone.

"Did I have to go quietly from home? Do I have to come with Mama? But I don't want Mama to be blamed for what I did." muttered Shasha amid sobs in the room.

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