The Love of a Mr. Nauder
Stev the Stunned

"Geo, Geo," call Steve to Geo who has a fever.

Steve got up from his bed and took a thermometer and measured Geo's body temperature. Sure enough, the boy had a high fever.

As fast as lightning, Steve went straight outside. He circulated his gaze looking for Alya who was nowhere to be found. He saw the clock on the wall, it turned out to show three o'clock in the morning and his wife was not in the apartment, whereas yesterday when he came home from the restaurant, Alya was sleeping on the sofa.

Steve quickly took the water to compress Geo's forehead and also took a fever medicine.

***

Half an hour passed, and Geo's heat began to drop as Steve compressed his forehead and forced him to take medicine.

"Daddy, Mommy Maudy" Geo said with soft eyes. In his dream he saw Maudy who made Steve now close his eyes.

"Mommy Maudy will be here in a few months" replied Steve, who was forced to lie, "but if you want to quickly meet Mommy Maudy, you have to get well, you understand?" Stev spoke in a reassuring tone, his eyes looking as if to say that Maudy was really coming. Though of course not

Geo nodded then closed his eyes again. While Steve was awake and could not fall asleep again, chose to sit down and look at his son.

Steve sighed as he recalled Geo discussing Maudy. If you think about it, this might be the first time the child asks the mother. Maybe in Steve's eyes this was the first time Geo asked. But actually no, he often asked Maudy to his grandparents and aunt.

Elsa forbids Geo from asking Steve about Maudy, because she is afraid Stev is back to incite Geo, which is why Geo never asked when he was.

Steve shook his head to expel the thought of Maudy. He was sure that Maudy would never approach Geo again, nor would Geo ever meet Maudy.

***

Time shows at half six in the morning. He sat in the living room and waited for Alya who had gone somewhere.

While on the other hand, there was Alya staring blankly ahead. He felt very lazy to go home, plus the pain always overshadowed him when he had to face again with Steve or with Geo.

Last night, after Steve came home from the restaurant, he pretended to be asleep then after safe conditions, he chose to go to his private apartment which was Alya's place of escape.

All this time, Alya has tried to survive as much as possible to not change on Geo and Steve even though they treat him badly. She still tries to be a good mother and wife even if she is not a perfect woman.

But last night, after she had cooked and her cooking was not appreciated, she felt tired. Somehow he has to face Steve later, which surely Alya needs time to be alone.

Just now she decided to go home, but when remembering the attitude of her son and husband, Alya decided to leave for a few days to calm herself down.

The phone next to Alya rang, one incoming call from Steve. Apparently, since then the man has been waiting for him who did not come. Alya sighed, inevitably she had to talk to Steve.

"Where are you?" steve asked Alya to keep the phone away from his ear because the man was screaming a little.

"Steve," called Alya, "give me fifteen minutes to talk. In all the years I have been your wife, I have never demanded anything from you. Lately you and Geo have changed. I have a heart and to be honest, your attitude hurt me so much. I don't really care just that I'm a little tired, so can I rest for a while to calm down?" ask Alya.

Steve was silent across the street, the man seemed to be thinking. Right, it looks like he's gone too far with his wife.

"Yes it's up to you" replied Steve and then turned off the call.

Alya bent her legs then hugged her knees. The woman's shoulder trembled, she sobbed when she remembered the bitterness of life. He feels completely alone.

It is not easy to be Alya who wants to have a whole family when he himself is not perfect. She wanted to have a family that loved her, but her in-laws never thought she existed. Right now, he was at his tipping point where he felt unappreciated by anyone.

***

Steve rubbed a rough face when he heard Alya's words. He threw the phone in any direction and sat himself in the chair.

Time showed at six in the morning and Geo was still not awake. Today, he plans to take the boy to the hospital.

After a long silence, Steve got up from his seat and walked to the room to see the son. Then when he entered, he saw Geo who had already opened his eyes.

Steve sped up his steps towards the princess. "Geo," call Steve to the pale-looking Geo.

"Geo," called Steve again to Geo who had just sat down and was feeling dizzy, and now turned to him.

"Are you using?" tanya Steva looked at the silent Geo.

"My head hurts."

Steve started to worry, because not only now Geo felt pain. Many times this child has a fever and in the morning, he will wake up with his head in pain making him sure to take his son to the hospital.

At first, Steve thought that maybe this was an ordinary fever, but somehow now his feeling said that something happened, because the symptoms are always the same plus Geo's tongue is often blue.

"Well, let's go to the hospital, see the doctor."

"Daddy, I want to see Mommy Maudy."

Steve who had just got up, sat back down. "You want to see Mommy Maudy?"

Steve and Alya rarely talk about Maudy. Similarly, Geo himself never asked, but somehow now this child suddenly looks very eager to meet the mother.

"But why do you want to meet Mommy Maudy? Isn't there Mommy Alya here as well as Daddy? There were even grandmothers, grandfathers, Aunt Gina as well" Steve said.

Geo looked at Steve with his eyes. "I just miss Mommy Maudy, is that wrong?" tanyakanya.

"Not wrong, but ...."

"No, I want to see Mommy Maudy. If not, I won't go to the hospital!" said the boy who grew up giving a threat to Steve.

"Daddy think about it later, now we go to the hospital." Steve didn't want to talk about Maudy until he decided to go out and change his clothes.

After a long journey, finally the car driven by Steve arrived at the hospital. Steve got down and got Geo out of there.

Steve was silent in front of his son's room. Currently, Geo is being examined by a doctor. He was so anxious and not only about Geo's condition, but also anxious about the blood test results that would soon be out.

Before long, the sound of very loud footsteps made him turn his head and it turned out to be Elsa.

"Steve, where's Geo?" ask Elsa.

"Geo is still being checked, Mom," said Steve, "have Geo ever had a fever while staying at the Mansion?"

Elsa nodded. Many times Geo had a fever, but he thought it was a normal fever because after eating the medicine, the boy returned to his normal state.

"I'm waiting for the blood test results to come out any minute, hopefully nothing happens with Geo."

Elsa sat herself down next to Steve. "Where's your wife?" ask Elsa.

"He was calming down" replied Steve.

"Sobbed? Didn't he desperately want to defend Geo, and now your son is sick he's not around."

"Mom, enough. Please don't keep cornering Alya."

"Mommy doesn't corner. Mommy doesn't like it."

Steve looked over and over, it seemed like the right time for him to ask his mother. "Why did Mommy and Daddy never like Alya? Why do you always do bad things to him when he never does anything wrong? He's always been obedient to me and never messed around, so why can't Mommy take it?"

Elsa nodded her head.

"Is it because Alya isn't the son of a rich man like us?" steve asked Elsa. It seemed, there was no more benefit for him to hide everything.

"If Alya wasn't the son of your mother-in-law, Mommy would accept it and there's no reason for us to dislike people just because of their economy."

"I mean Mommy? Why did Mommy bring my in-laws?”

"You know why up to this point Mommy couldn't accept Alya? It's because of your mother-in-law's behavior."

In the end, Elsa explains everything that happened, including the beginning of Sandra and Nauder's relationship, as well as the madness of the woman who almost took their lives.

Steve looked at his mother without blinking. "Mommy, you're lying, aren't you?" ask Steve who doesn't believe Sandra did that to her parents.

Although until now never met with Sandra, directly because she had breathed her last for a long time, but still Steve was devastated to hear that.

“You know that there was no Maudy's father, who saved us in the car maybe we were already on fire there and it was because of your mother-in-law. You know if Maudy's dad hadn't donated his kidney to Mommy, Mommy wouldn't be here right now. Your mother-in-law tried to eliminate us, then you wish we could accept your wife?” ask Elsa with the sarcasm.

“No Mommy, will never accept your wife even if Aliya is innocent. And you know what kind of lie your wife is lying to you, have you ever asked why until now your wife couldn't get pregnant after you've been married for years?" ask Elsa.

When Maudy comes and tells Elsa and Nauder that Geo is her son, Nauder and Elsa investigate because they do not accept that Aliya is pretending to be Geo's mother, and it turns out they know Alia can't conceive.

“What does Mommy mean?” ask Elsa. Alia does not want to be pregnant because she is a model and she does not want her body stretched," replied Stev who is still trying to defend Alia, because she does not want her mother to corner Aliya.

“Omong blank what is it,” replied Elsa.

“Do you not know super world-class models just want to have children, because they know there is a gym that can restore their bodies there is a diet method so that they get back slim. Then why do you believe your wife just like that?" Elsa makes things clear, so that Steve realizes that he misjudged Alia.

Skunks

Stev was silent, the man lost his soul when he heard Elsa's explanation. If you think it does not make sense when Alya says she does not want to get pregnant, just because she does not want to stretch her body.

“So, Mommy mean?” ask Stev. Please don't be so convoluted to say everything right now" he said in an impatient tone.

“Stev, Elsa's uterus was removed when she gave birth to her child, due to complications,” replied Elsa, because at that time Nauder really investigated her daughter-in-law until details were not missed.

“A-child?” reset Stev.

“Daddy investigates this, Alia was once pregnant with her manager, and during childbirth she had complications, until her child died and her uterus had to be removed.” Stev's body seemed to weaken upon hearing that.

She vividly remembered the first time she knew Alya, when it was obvious that Alia was so close to her manager and she did not expect, Alia had given birth to another son, she said, and that made Stev even more devastated.

Stev's heart was like being pierced by thousands of daggers when he found out, even looking at Elsa like a daze, because what the mother said was really shocking.

Twelve years, he was with Aliya and during that time Alya lied to him. Free all this time she hoped Alia would be pregnant, in fact now she realized her hope was only in vain, and the fact that Alia who had slept and given birth really made her hit, he said, until it feels like the remnants of love for Aliya just disappeared because of deep disappointment.

Elsa stroked the son's shoulder. “Mommy knew Alya might be a good woman, until you chose her. But Mommy was never willing to accept it and would never be willing to accept it as a daughter-in-law. You're also too arrogant Stev, separate the child from his mother try to imagine if you were in Maudy position ”

Everything Elsa said from her in-laws to Maudy just swirled around Stev's brain, until it felt like the man's head was about to explode.

Steve really can't think straight. Steve's empty eyes were all too shocking for him, to the point that he gasped.

Before long the doctor approached them, until Elsa immediately rose from her seat while Steve was still silent on the spot.

“How is my grandson doing, Doc?” ask Elsa

“Madamos, there is something bad I have to say,” said the doctor again, made Stev realize, he immediately got up and stood in front of the doctor.

“What about my Son's condition?”! steve asked with an irregular breath.

“We have to convey this, your son has leukemia.”