The Man Full of Wounds
Chapter 85

Zack fixed his sitting position. "They questioned it but I had to lie saying you didn't approve of our marriage." Zack admitted, telling Mom the truth.

"And they agreed to your marriage ?"

"Yes, I forced them."

"To two of your parents must be thinking nothing of Alanna." Mom said worried.

"No, Mom, they love me." Alanna denied, interrupting Mom and Zack's conversation.

"Thulkah ?" Mother asked unsure.

"Mother, I'm not lying." Alanna.

Mother let out a long sigh, massaging her forehead which started to hurt from hearing the news from Zack and Alanna.

"Mother to the room first to rest, I need time to understand this situation." Mother said with a sad face and looked disappointed while standing up from her seat.

Zack and Alanna were silent to see Mom walking towards her room.

Alanna looked at Zack. "Mas it okay ?" Alanna asked worriedly.

"Mas is fine, dear, the current situation is not as much as the situation that you are worried about."

"I mean Zack ? I don't understand."

Zack smiled knot. "Mas imagined Mom would get angry and yell at me, driving me away by throwing a kitchen knife at me." Zack joked to tease Alanna.

Alanna reflexively laughs amusedly hitting Zack's arm. "Mas Zack could have, I can't imagine how Mom got angry while throwing a kitchen knife at Zack's mas." Alanna said in between her laughter.

Zack extended his hand to gently caress Alanna's cheek. "Mas glad you laughed, do not have to think too much about this problem gradually Mother will certainly not be angry and accept the reality of our marriage."

"Why didn't I tell you about the incident that night ?" Alanna asked because Zack's plan was to tell Mom.

"Mas actually wanted to tell just earlier while talking to Mom there was no chance of any more Mother seemed not so healthy if I forced her to tell a story fearing it wasn't good for Mom's health." Zack said worried.

"That's what I'm saying, I'm also worried about Mom's health if we tell her everything." Alanna said she agreed.

"Let's tell him after things get a little better."

Alanna agreed. "Yes, um."

Zack lifted his coffee cup from the table, sipping his coffee which was starting to cool.

"Mas Zack, I'm sleeping here tonight with Mom." Alanna. "Mas Zack wants to go back to the hotel ?"

Zack nodded. "Yes, I'm back at the hotel first, tomorrow morning I'll be back. We have to make room for you to receive this news."

"Yes, I understand."

Zack put his coffee cup back on the table. "You and Mom don't have to cook for dinner, I'll have the hotel kitchen make you dinner and they'll drop you off."

"Good on."

Zack stood up after Alanna. "Mas go first, be fine at home if there's anything call mas." Zack's Message.

"Yes, I know."

Alanna escorted Zack to the front door of the house, closing the door after Zack left.

Waiting for her feelings to improve, Alanna decided to take a break in her room.

Time showed at half-seven in the evening when a knock came from someone at the front door of the house.

"Maybe the guy that Mas Zack told me to drop off for dinner." Alanna muttered out from inside her room towards the front door.

Alanna's guess was right, the one who knocked on the door was the hotel clerk. Alanna found out through her hotel uniform.

"This is the food Mr. Zack ordered to bring back here." Said the hotel employee who brought some large paper bags.

"Yes, thank you." Alanna reached out to take the paper bag out of the hotel employee's hand.

"I'm sorry then, Mrs Alanna." Pamit hotel staff.

The hotel employee turned around, Alanna closed the door and entered the house with a paper bag containing food.

The sound of the door opening, Mother came out of her room walking closer to the dining table.

"Where's Zack's son ?" mother, who did not see Zack, pulled up the chair to sit down.

"Have gone back to the hotel, ma'am Zack stayed there." Alanna replied while arranging the food on the dining table.

"Why is he staying at a hotel ? he's not comfortable staying at our house ?" Mother asked in an offended tone.

Alanna's hand stopped hearing Mom's words. "Mom, listen to me." Alanna pulled up the chair beside her mother, looking seriously at Mom.

"Mas Zack never compared the social status between our family and his family as well as all members of the Zack family. They're good people, Mom, I'm grateful to have married Zack.

"Why mas Zack didn't stay here because he wanted to give Mom the space and time to accept the fact that we were married. Mas Zack is coming back here tomorrow morning and this meal is in between from the hotel on orders from Mas Zack."

Mom was silent to Alanna's explanation.

"Mothers are disappointed by your actions to marry without Mother's blessing and keep your marriage a secret. Mother's only child you're Alanna, I can't even see your happy day." Mother said sadly.

Hugging Mom tightly, Alanna tried to hold back the tears that were about to come out of her eye patch.

"I'm sorry, Alanna Ma." Alanna's voice raspy.

Mother let go of her embrace, looking seriously at Alanna's face.

"Mom wants to be angry was useless son because it has already happened. Are they really treating you well ?"

Alanna nodded in convincing Mom. "Yes ma'am, I didn't lie this time. They're all very nice to me. Zack loves me very much."

But she doesn't want to love me Alanna said in her heart.

"Thank God, I'm glad to hear that."

"Mama Mas Zack left a greeting for Mom before we got here." Alanna smiled.

"Thulkah ?" Mom's not sure.

"Yes, if you want you can come with us to Jakarta and meet with the Zack mas family."

"Later if there's a chance you'll consider." Mom smiled back and began to accept the reality of Alanna and Zack's marriage.

"Then we have dinner first, it doesn't taste good when it's cold." Alanna re-arranged the food that had stopped.

They eat dinner while telling stories about the daily life and life of Alanna in the Zack family makes Alanna very relieved because her mother who has received the presence of Zack.

Alanna was getting ready for bed, exhausted after washing dishes and tidying up the kitchen after dinner, he who never touched the kitchen work after marriage to Zack was rather exhausted after working a little embarrassed him with himself who started to be spoiled.

The ringing of incoming calls from his cell phone distracts Alanna, looking at the phone screen written Zack's name.

"Hallo mas Zack." Alanna said when the phone line was connected.

"What is it ?" ask Zack directly.

"I'm getting ready for bed, a little tired." Answer Alanna.

"Have you eaten ?"

"Well, I ate with Mom."

"The food is good ? you like the menu ?"

Alanna smiled at Zack's barrage of questions that sounded very curious.

"Don't I like it, I spent my dinner last night. I like it too."

"It's good that you like it, how's Mom doing ? he asked me ?"

"He asked Zack, so I told him that Mas Zack was staying at the hotel and would be here tomorrow morning."

"Mas wishes you weren't angry anymore."