
"Lho, did your tumben come on a weekday like this, Cal? and why are you rame-rames coming? has your house been riled up?" asked Aby who was cheered a little, saw Calvin who came along with Cantika and his two sons, plus a young woman who was none other than Sapphira who had always lowered her head.
"Damn it! we came here because there was something very important that we wanted to convey" said Calvin, who made Aby and Celyn's eyebrows wrinkled.
"Something that matters? why do I feel so bad like this?" said Aby. Especially when he saw Sarni who appeared suddenly while holding a baby that was very similar to Ivan.
"Sarni, why is baby Ivan the same, Ma'am? since when did Mama come?" asked Celyn who thought that Sarni had come from earlier and brought baby Ivan to play outside.
Sarni did not reply, he just stared at Calvin, asking the man to explain.
"By, this time I don't want to talk anymore, we're just here to say __"
"Ivannn!" Calvin stopped talking, because suddenly Sapphira shouted while running towards Alena who happened to appear while holding baby Ivan.
Alena who was shocked retreated while trying to avoid Safira.
Aby and Celyn were no less shocked either.
"If it's Baby Ivan, who's Sarni carrying?" cellyn muttered which Aby could still hear. The same question arose in Aby's heart.
"Sir, please let me hold my son! he's my son, Ma'am," Safira's tears are no longer contained, because of his longing for baby Ivan whom he never held since birth.
"This is my son, not your son. Don't confess me!" Alena dodged while turning her body back to Sapphira. This makes Aby and Celyn even more confused.
"That's really my son, Ma'am. My son was missing all along. Please let me hold her," asked Safira with a clear face. Meanwhile, Cantika approached Sapphira and tried to calm the woman down.
"No! my kid. You don't take my son! Ever since I decided to take care of her, this child has truly been my son. You threw it away on purpose, right? so don't confess to me that this child, your child!" Alena hugged baby Ivan even more, as if afraid that the child would be taken from her.
"What is this really?! how could you bring a woman who claims to be Ivan's birth mother?" Aby opened her voice in a very cold tone.
"Ivan is my son and that woman, Om," Cakra immediately made a sound, making Aby and Celyn gasp in shock. Not only the couple, Alena also looked shocked.
"No! I can't believe it. Where's proof? indeed many people say that Ivan looks like you, but that can not be used as a guarantee, right if you papaanya?" Alena.
"But, that's right Alena," suddenly Arend's voice came down from above, chiming in on his wife's words.
"Do you know?" Cellyn stared intently at Arend.
"I just found out yesterday, Ma. But I haven't been straightforward because I haven't dared to conclude,"
"Wait, wait! I'm really confused right now. How can Cakra have children while you are not married?" Aby scrunched her forehead.
The chakras do not answer. Dian took a breath first then threw it back into the air with a single blow. After, he felt he was ready, finally Cakra explained everything that happened without adding and reducing in the slightest. She also recounted how Safira could have lost baby Ivan, when he had just been born.
Aby was silent and instantly a shadow about the story of her late mother, flashed in her mind. She remembers her mother's struggle to raise her with Anin alone, before meeting her late father. He suddenly felt empathy for what Safira was going through. But he also could not directly ask Alena son-in-law to give the child to the woman named Sapphira. Alena loved the child, like her own.
"Safira, I know how you feel. But it's really a very sudden and very surprising thing for us, especially Alena. So, please don't you urge my son-in-law to give Ivan to you!" aby said wisely.
"But, Om. I really miss him. I just want to carry it. Can't I hold my own son?" Sapphira spoke on the sidelines of her sobs.
Aby was speechless, unable to say anything. Because she knows how a mother feels being separated from her child.
"Sir, please give me a chance to hold my son" said Safira, who again begged Alena.
Alena nodded, saying nothing. But his hand still hugged baby Ivan tightly.
" Alena, everything she says is true, son. Sapphira never threw Ivan away, she was a mother who lost her child due to the selfishness of her stepmom," Sarni opened her voice.
"No! he's my son. I'm his mother, not him! don't take my son!" Alena ran upstairs. I swear by anything, he could not imagine if the child he cared for from the baby, was suddenly taken from him.
"Mom!" Sapphira fell to the floor and Cakra immediately rushed to help Sapphira.
"Safira, forgive my wife! he still needed some time to understand all of this, because honestly, this was too sudden. Later, I will try to persuade her and give her understanding" said Arend.
"That's right, son. Not only Alena, Auntie also felt this was very sudden, "Cellyn opened her voice, chimed in her son's words.
"I will also help give understanding to him," this time Aby also chimed in on the words of his son and wife.
"Thank you, Om! speak Cakra sincerely. Meanwhile, Sapphira was still crying with her eyes staring up at him to remove Alena's body.
"Come, I'll help you stand up!" Cakra touched Sapphira's shoulder gently.
"Don't touch me!" Sapphira brushed aside Cakra's hand.
Cakra moved his hand away from Sapphira's shoulder as he sighed with a single shock, for Sapphira had not been touched by him at all from yesterday, even though last night, he was staying at his house, he said, because at the insistence of her Mother Cantika.
"Sob, isn't she willing yet, to accept your responsibility to marry him?" arend's whisper is right in Cakra's ear.
"As you can see. He doesn't want to at all. Looks like she really hates me, man." Cakra whispered again, answering Arend's question.
"Prophey! stay energized. As a real man, you have to take responsibility for what you've done." Aren patted Cakra's shoulder, to give it some spirit.
Tbc
Sorry, I just got up at this hour. I had the vaccine and my hands were sore and my head was a little dizzy. This was his plan to take a holiday up first. But, finally decided to write even if only one chapter.
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