THE LIFE OF A MAN
PART 307'S
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Happy reading ....
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“If Papa die, then I want to die too (If Papa dies, then I want to die also )-“ said Anthony to Putra, when the two are connected to each other on the phone line.
“Oh Anth.”
The son was sad, and his heart now felt a dilemma.
“Please don’t talk like that, Anth. It’s hurting for me to hear that (Please don't talk like that, Anth. Painful for me to hear it )”
The Son's voice was heard softly, responding to Anthony's words. Plus Anthony was sobbing again across the phone.
But the Son's hearing captures if there are some people who are with Anthony, because he vaguely heard Anthony is being soothed.
The son was silent for a moment.
“I’m afraid, Papa. I’m afraid if I lose you (I'm afraid, Papa. I'm afraid of losing you )-“
Anthony answered the son's words shortly afterwards. The son smiled thinly in his place, always haru.
“If I remember, you ever told me that you brave guy? Then why feel afraid now (As I recall, you once said you were a brave man? Then why fear now )?”
“I am Papa's. I’m a brave guy .... I’m just afraid if I losing you just like I lost Daddy and Mommy (Yes Papa. I am a brave man .... I'm just afraid if I lose you like I lost Daddy and Mommy ) ...”
Anthony replied innocently and sincerely to the smiling Son across the phone.
“You won’t Anth, you won’t lose me (Will not Anth, you will not lose me )” said Putra. “Not me, not all of your parents you have now (No me, not all parents you have now )” he added. “Okay?”
Anthony mangosteen – mangosteen in place.
“Anth, do you hear me (Anth, did you hear me )? –“ said Putra while asking.
“Yes Papa, I heard (Yes Papa, I heard ) ....”
Anthony.
“Now please don’t cry anymore, would you? ...... I’m okay here (Now you don't cry anymore, huh? ...... I'm good – fine here )”
“But I heard Padre, Madre and Opa said that you got shot (But I heard Padre, Madre and Opa said that Papa got shot )”.
“Don’t worry, the bullet just scratching my skin. I don’t feel anything ...... Your Papa is a crackerjack, remember (Don't worry, the bullet just scratched my skin. I don't feel anything ...... Your father is a hotshot, remember )? .....”
The son spoke in a calm tone so that Anthony could become calm and not worry anymore to grieve. “Yes Papa,” says Anthony.
“That’s why you don’t need to feel sorry about me, okay (No longer worry about me, Okay )?..”
“Yes Papa.”
“Good, then ....”.
“But would you comehome soon, Papa (But can Papa go home as soon as )?” anthony Pinta.
The son smiled faintly in his place. “Right after I finished everything here, I promise I’ll go straight backhome (Just after I finish all here, I promise you I will go straight home )”
“....”
“I wish you understand my boy ...... What me, Daddy Dami and Daddy Garret do here, is for you, for all of us too. so we can live in peace (I hope you understand this is my son ...... What Daddy Dami and Daddy Garret are doing here, that's for you, for all of us. So that we can live peacefully )”
“....”
“I have to punish that bad guy. For Daddy Rery and Mommy Madelaine, also for all of your uncles that he killed, and also because he ever tried to harm you (I have to punish the bad guy. For Daddy Rery and Mommy Madelaine, also for your uncles he killed, and also because he tried to harm you )”
“....”
“And I can’t feel peace if I haven’t punish that bad guy (And I don't feel calm if I haven't punished that bad guy )”
The son paused for a moment to sigh.
“Can you understand it (Can you understand it )?-“
“Yes Papa, I can get it (i can understand it )“ replied Anthony.
The son smiled again at his place. “That’s my boy –“
“But you are really okay right, Papa (But Papa is really good – is fine, right? ) .....” ask Anthony later.
“I’m talking to you right now, am I (I'm talking to you right now, not )?”
“Yes, Papa ....”.
Anthony was calm.
“Then trust me ( Then trust me )”
“....”
“I’ll be home as soon as possible (I'll be home as soon as )-“
Anthony mangosteen – mangosteen, as if the Son was in front of him.
“Can’t promise you that me, Daddy Dami, Daddy Garret also Uncle Dev will be home right at Christmas ...... But we’ll be home (No promise if me, Daddy Dami, Daddy Garret also Uncle Dev will go home right at Christmas ...... But we definitely go home )” promise Son.
“Yes Papa, I trust you (i believe you )-“
Anthony said obediently, and it made the Son now feel relieved.
“Now tell me, why still wake up at this time and eavesdropping to Padre, Madre and Opa conversation? ...... I thought that you guarding Mama (Now tell me, why are you still awake at this hour and eavesdropping on Padre, Madre and Opa? ...... I thought you were looking after Mama )?”
“I didn’t mean to eavesdropping Padre, Madre and Opa conversation (I don't mean to eavesdrop on Padre, Madre and Opa talks ), Papa.”
“Then?” tukas Putra asked.
“I was heard they’re talking when me and Mama want to go the kitchen because I’m a little bit hungry after Mama (I heard them talking while Mama and I were about to go to the kitchen because I'm a little hungry after Mama )-“
“....”
“What (What ), Mama?”
“Anth?-“
“Yes ( Yes ), Papa?..”
“What is it?”
“Is Mama Girl with you now?”
“(Is Mama Girl with you now? )”
“Yes, Papa.” replied Anthony while nodding.
“I bet she is as worry as you.”
“(I'm sure he's as worried as you are )”
The son smiled at his place. He guessed it that way, because he understood the nature of the Girl completely.
If Anthony was so worried that his beloved adopted son was crying like that, surely the Girl would think all kinds of things about him that the Girl had heard had been shot.
Ah girl, Son misses her so much.
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“She is, Papa. Mama is even more sorry and sad than me (Yes, Papa. Mama is even more worried and sad than I am ).” replied Anthony to the previous Son's question.
The son smiled again at his place.
It was very desirable for the Son to talk to the Girl, but he did not have the heart to ask Anthony to stop talking to her while the boy seemed enthusiastic about talking to her on the phone.
But it's okay, the Son is willing to hold back his longing for the Girl as long as Anthony is not worried and sad anymore.
So the Son will let Anthony talk to him until his beloved adopted son himself makes it easy to talk on the phone.
“Too worry and sad, untill Mama was screaming at her sleep ( Too worried and sad, to the point that Mama yelled in her sleep )----”
“She what (He what )?-“
“Mama was screaming on her sleep and cry a river until she snapped up. That’s why I woke up shockly then I feel that I’m a little bit hungry. Then I ask Mama to get me a glass of milk and cookies. And when me and Mama wants to go to the kitchen, we hear voice of people talking in the work office. That’s how I know that you were been shot, Papa.”
“(Mama yelled and cried so much in her sleep, until she jolted awake. That's why I woke up in shock and felt that I was a little hungry. Then I asked Mama to give me a glass of milk and some biscuits. Then as Mama and I were about to go to the kitchen, we heard the sound of people talking in the study. That's how I heard if Papa has been shot )”
Anthony spoke at length, and the Son listened carefully. While those who were with Anthony just smiled to see Anthony who was enthusiastic to tell Putra, although there was still a gloom on Anthony's face.
‘I should have told Anthony not to tell me what happened to me so that the Son would not be worried.’ Inner Girl.
Girls are a little relieved now, knowing that the Son is fine after having nightmares about the Son that make the girl's heart feel stopped instantly. And now, although there is still a little worry other than his longing for the Son, at least the Girl thinks that his dream is his inner connection when the Son was shot, not because the Son of ‘ went to’ for ever.
‘I'll die if it happens!’ The girl sat down again, imagining that the thing she feared the most would happen to the Son became real.
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“*I was heard they’re talking when me and Mama want to go the kitchen because I’m a little bit hungry after Mama*(I heard them talking while Mama and I were about to go to the kitchen because I was a little hungry after Mama )-“
Just as Anthony said that, The girl who had received a glass of milk and a biscuit for Anthony realized that Anthony would tell her about what happened to his beloved Papa.
“No Anth, No.”
So the girl immediately made a gesture to Anthony so as not to say anything about what happened to him.
“What (What ), Mama?”
But it seems Anthony doesn't understand the code of the girl.
But when the Girl was about to tell Anthony not to tell the Son about what happened to him with gestures and mouth without a sound, Anthony's attention was shifted from him because it seemed like the Son asked Anthony again to speak.
“Yes (Yes ), Papa?.” said Anthony who then shifted his eyes from Girl because of the focus on the Son who spoke to him. “Yes, Papa.”
Anthony looked mangosteen in his place, and the four people who accompanied Anthony let Anthony was engrossed in the phone with Son, because now Anthony's facial expression no longer looked sad.
The faces of Bruna, Girl, Ramone and Addison also seemed relieved after believing that Anthony was indeed talking to Son on the phone.
Which means, the condition of the Son is fine after being shot.
“She is, Papa. Mama is even more sorry and sad than me (Yes, Papa. Mama is even more worried and sad than I am ).”.
The girl smiled at Anthony as the handsome boy looked at her again.
“Too worry and sad, untill Mama was screaming at her sleep ( Too worried and sad, to the point that Mama yelled in her sleep )..”.
But then the girl bit her lower lip, a little panicked.
He was relieved because Anthony, Girl thought he would not discuss it again with Son.
And indeed the Girl also does not want it to get to the Son, simply does not want the Son to be unfocused and worried about him.
Indeed, the Girl actually did not expect Putra to go for his revenge on the man who killed Anthony's parents and his brothers in Italy.
Even the girl was upset because the Son who said he loved her, did not heed her request not to take revenge.
But after hearing the Son's explanation with sorrow and wounds other than anger, also hearing the story from the mouths of the brothers and one sister of the Son, the Girl is aware not to be selfish with the Son.
For the revenge of the Son is concerned not only with the Son himself, but all those whom the Son loves.
Including the Girl.
What the Girl believes, after the Son is done with his affairs, they will start a new life that is more peaceful and happy of course.
And the paranoid girl when she woke up screaming loudly from her sleep, Girl does not want it to reach the Son's ears, because Girl is afraid of Son huffed, then unfocused, and could've been shot again because of his guilt at the girl.
‘Why the hell do I have to be a person who worries easily and panics????!!! –‘ grumbled Girl in her heart. And then the girl's attention turned again to Anthony who was talking to the Son, but it seemed Anthony did not understand the code of the Girl.
Because Anthony still continues his words to the Son, even at length now.
"Mama screamed and cried in her sleep until she woke up. Blah .... Blah ...."
The girl can only grimace quietly in her place, and think between the Son will think about her condition and lose concentration until it will again make the Son in danger later, and then the Son will be lost, or the Son will lecture him because of the girl's excessive worry attitude.
‘Ah Anthony why be honest anyway???...’
“Oh by the way Papa, I’m going to have little sister and brother ( Oh by the way Papa, I will have a little sister )!...”
‘Ah, jeez!’
Girl is in her heart.
'That's not sure either, Anthony .....'
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To be continue....