The Murder of the Beloved
Chapter 1

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What should a child do if he is sure that his mother has made a foolish mistake?

The question has haunted Dinda's mind since the church service and continued during her mother Lilis Kurniati's wedding reception with Bram Prayoga. When the bride and groom make sacred promises of marriage, and the two sit together, Dinda's eyes constantly watch the faces of the two, alternating from one to the other. She saw her mother's radiant face, beautiful dazzled by the thick makeup.

The white skin of Lilis appears to be getting whiter, in contrast to the milking of her cheeks. At the age of 37, Lilis is still beautiful even though her body is fatter so her cheeks are slightly chubby. Because the body is a bit short, the posture looks disproportionate. Meanwhile, her partner, Bram is large height, with a slightly bloated stomach. The man's face was square and the jawbone protruded near the ear. Bram's mouth is large with a thin whisker over a thick lip. The skin is mature.

In Dinda's eyes, the two people were completely mismatched. Although Lilis was already wearing high heels, but still looked midget when side by side with Bram. Lilis' head didn't even reach Bram's shoulders. The longer he looked at them, Dinda became annoyed and amused. They look like clowns. He wanted to laugh at them. Honey can't. Later considered insane. And look at the face of his mother who showed exorbitant happiness. Did Lilis think she had managed to get a great person? While the big man beside Lilis was constantly glancing at her with a look of love. Huh, dreadlocks! Surely his mother has been crammed with dreadful seduction and expressions of love. So moronic!

As a third-grader of Junior High, Dinda knows a lot about love, sincere and sombre, from the dozens of romance drama novels she has devoured. He likes to read, especially drama stories that tell about realistic life with conflicts and problems following the solution. Of course there is love. Life would be bland without love. From those stories he also learned new things, which were possible and could happen. Because he is experienced in choosing the book he wants to buy, he knows which stories offer dreams and which stories are convoluted absurd to be difficult to understand. Both kinds of stories will not be chosen.

So Dinda learned a lot about life from novels. His mother likes to laugh at his theories. His mother also harassed his novel collection and refused to read. For her mother, reading was a waste of time. But not with sleep! It is not surprising that his mother became fat. Lilis used to be slim, to look tiny. Yeah, just keep stretching like that, then ten more years his mother's body piece will be like a ball. Bram is also likely to be a gembrot. Now the fat talent is in sight. One becomes a small ball, the other a large ball.

Dinda smiled to herself imagining her delusion coming true. But then his smile vanished when it occurred to him, that it was likely that something terrible was going on before the two men became balls. His face became gloomy. When he lifted his head, he happened to look at Bram's eyes which were directed at him. He saw something in those eyes. Something that harasses, seduces and invites! He stared back with hatred. He declared it blatantly, without the slightest fear of the big man. But Yogi, his stepfather now (uh, how much he hates that term), smiled at him. What does a smile mean? Other people would certainly consider it a fatherly friendly smile. Uh, what the hell is that fatherhood? To him, it was a threatening smile. Watch you! At some point I will come to you and ....

His shoulder was patted by someone. Dinda screamed in shock. People look at him. His face became reddened. "What are you doing, Dinda?" Della, her aunt or her mother's sister, grabbed her shoulders and sat down next to her.

"Tante's kok is here? Not in front, Tan?" Dinda feels better in solitude. He did not want to blend in with people he knew because he felt different. When others are happy, they feel sad.

"In front there are many relatives. Auntie is no longer needed there. You're alone here, you should join your friends and cousins. They were looking for you."

"Don't do it, Dinda. You're too sensitive."

"The insensitive man has a rhinoceros skin, Auntie!"

Della smiles. Dinda's cruelty doesn't offend her. He liked his nephew. Something in Dinda is not in her two children, whose age is not far from Dinda. Arni and Beni are cute teenagers who do not want to think too critically. Such a thing is the responsibility of the parents. Therefore, Dinda who likes to be serious seems to be older than her age. Della feels appreciated because Dinda often makes it a place to complain and share flavors. Especially after Bram was present in Lilis's life.

Della realized that it wasn't supposed to be. The child should be more familiar with the parents than with others even though it is his own relatives. But such a thing cannot be forced. He regretted the attitude of Lilis who did not want to try to get closer to Dinda. Dinda is his only child. Although intimacy cannot be forced, but at least it can be cultivated. For Lilis, a person whose bus depends is more valuable than someone who depends on it. It seems that Lilis forgot, that children and husbands cannot be compared like that. There are still factors to be taken into account, namely the quality of both. A child, regardless of age, can be far more valuable and meaningful than a husband of inferior quality. The child is not only the foundation of hope in the future, but he can be used as a friend in joy and sorrow. A bastard husband only hurts. Lilis must have had some experience with Johan, Dinda's real father.

Della reminded Lilis. But Lilis assumed, Dinda's attitude away from him was caused by jealousy. "Dinda doesn't agree that I'm married to Bram, because she's afraid that she's not dear anymore. I told him that would not happen. I will still love him. He will also receive additional love from a father. Shouldn't he be happy?" Lilis.

"But he's not sure, brother. His instincts say something else."

"What instincts? Who wants to marry me, right? Not him."

"But you three live later. It's not just you and him. What if there's no conformity?"

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