The Regrets of My Children's Father
Chapter 7

"Hello, good morning Miss. Are you feeling better?" the nurse asked while examining the intravenous fluid hanging beside Karina's bed.

"I feel better now, Sus. Can I go home?" asked Karina in a soft voice.

"You may go home after your infusion has run out." replied the nurse kindly.

While Karina did not know yet, what kind of trouble awaited her after that. Because a lot of reporters were lined up in front of the hospital lobby.

Not long after, a young policeman came into Karina's room.

"How are you doing?" the short question distracted Karina from the nurse.

"Pauls. My situation is better. Thank you for helping me" Karina said sincerely.

"No problem, Miss. I should have helped the people who needed my help." replied the young policeman named Paul.

"May I interrogate you right now?" ask Paul McCartney politely.

"Please" said Karina. He felt his body condition was good enough to answer some questions that would be asked by Paul. He knew Paul just wanted to do his job as a cop.

"Your little fighting video has spread across cyberspace. Many public assumptions that make this case more viral and asked to be investigated to completion. They think you've harmed Miss Gloria. So, I want to dig deeper into the real events in your version" Paul said with a calm face. He did not want to change his expression to flat and full of intimidation. Because the woman is pregnant.

Paul also wondered why the woman wanted to hide her pregnancy. Karina is not a single woman who is out of wedlock. However, Paul is not too willing to bother with the personal affairs of others.

Karina explained everything honestly without anything covered up. To make Paul speechless and seemed to be thinking about something.

"You mean this was a pure accident? and you're not involved in it?"

"I'm very sure. If you don't believe my testimony. You can check my departure CCTV from the Gultom residence to the clinic.

"alright. You will be named as a witness in the case of Gloria's death. I'll also clear your good name if you're innocent." Paul concluded. He kept a recording of the conversation between Karina and himself.

"Then. You can continue to rest until your infusion runs out. Excuse me." said Paul out of Karina's nursery.

Shortly after Paul's departure. Ocean went into Karina's nursery.

"You better get out of the country before the case gets worse. I'll take care of everything." said Ocean staring at Karina's face flatly.

"Don't mind me. We're divorced. You don't have the right to rule my life." Karina replies to Ocean's whereabouts.

"Don't argue! I'll have Charles prepare a bodyguard to escort you out of the country."

Ocean looked at Karina's face with an intimidating look.

"I won't be leaving this country anytime!" resolutely Karina was not afraid of Ocean's bullying gaze.

"Karina, a lot of people are cursing at you! Why are you so stubborn and always refuting my words!" he snapped Ocean unconsciously.

"Is that why you can't love me for two years?" asked Karina with teary eyes.

"Ocean, why is my life so sad after marrying a guy like you!" yelling Karina let out a sigh that had been stored in her heart.

"I stayed in this country only because I wanted to be with you! and I want to age with you!"

"Blame me expecting so much from you?" lirih Karina shed tears. He then stared intently at the flat face of Ocean.

"Ocean, let's end it all. Don't mind me. I have no problem with false accusations out there. I'm tired of my life's fate filled with suffering. Two years ago when I met you again. I wish you'd be my last home. However, my expectations are too high."

"A shabby-clothed boy sat pensively by the red light. He stared blankly at the passing car in front of him. Until a little girl with two braided curls came up to him and gave him a box of cookies."

"Don't be sad. The world is cruel. Don't despair. Because you deserve to be happy."

The words were ringing in the Ocean's head. Instantly his memory flashbacks to a few years ago. When the man was 7 years old.

Ocean was 7 years old

His mother suddenly disappeared and was never found until now. When her mother disappeared, her father remarried a woman who had been the reason why her mother disappeared without Ocean's knowledge.

Ocean fled the house without bringing anything. For days he lived on the streets looking for his mother. However, the result is nil. Until the moment the red light stopped he sat near the red light and stared blankly at all the passing vehicles in front of him.

Ocean is desperate after days of searching for her mother. Ocean hopes that one of the drivers of the car is his mother. He could also hear his stomach start to rumble because some days have not eaten. He only relies on money from selling his clothes. Which happens to be the clothes worn by the child is the clothes of a famous brand.

A child is seen descending from a black car right next to the road. He ran around carrying a box of cookies that he and his nanny had just bought.

"Hey! Are you hungry?" ask the boy in a cute voice.

Ocean smiled faintly looking at the cute face of the girl. However, that smile was not visible on his flat face.

The girl gave him a box that Ocean did not know what it contained.

"Don't be sad. The world is cruel. Don't despair. Because you deserve to be happy."

The girl ran towards the black car a few steps from where Ocean was standing.

"See you later, brother."

The girl waved her hand from behind the passenger door.

Wordlessly Ocean only noticed the car that was increasingly disappearing from his sight.

Ocean smiled warmly as he opened the box. It turned out that in the box there was a cake with three flavors.

For one week in a row, Ocean was reunited with the girl. Again the boy gave the same cake to Ocean.

"What's your name?" tanya Ocean intends to approach the car that the girl is riding.

"Princess, come on. We are too late." a beautiful woman in her 30s told the girl. The woman's face was slightly blurry from the dark glass of the car. However, the woman's face was very beautiful. She doesn't look like a 30-year-old woman.

The girl got into the car and left Ocean.

"Princess..."

"A name as beautiful as the person."

Ocean smiled warmly looking at the car that was getting away. Ocean enjoyed his life on the streets. Until his father's men found his whereabouts. They instantly drugged him and brought him back to the mansion of the Gultom family.

"Princess, why is your face pouting so much?" ask the mother gently.

"I don't see the big brother sitting at the red light anymore, Mom. Though I want to share our three-flavored cake today." replied the girl with teary eyes.

"Maybe the brother is with his family. Don't be sad. You must be reunited if fate wills it." wise advice the mother stroked the child's head gently.

It was the girl's last day in the country. Because the next day, his father took him away from his mother's family. After a woman confessed to seeing her mother having an affair with another man. His jealous blind father finally darkens his eyes divorcing his mother and leaves the country of his birth.

"Indonesian Bye. I'll definitely be back once I understand all adult affairs."