The Steel-Cared Rose
The House's

Dylan prepared the house before deciding on the date of his wedding. Locate search. Choosing a home and designing and renovating it.

“You're not looking for a reason to stall our wedding right?” Ask Haliza.

“Gosh! Sure didn't. I've decided to marry you. What am I stalling for?”

“Where do I know? Maybe you want to rethink? Regretted? May...”

“Stop thinking the no-no. My apartment and your house don't hold us all enough. You want us to live apart after marriage. Or crammed?”

“I was traumatized by my ex-husband. I thought you'd be the same. I know, I'm not as attractive as your ex-wife. I'm not a smart woman like your ex-wife. Not as beautiful as Sinta and Hana. Not as good as Hana. Me...”

Dylan placed his index finger on Haliza's lips.

“Sst...What are you talking about? I'm looking for a life partner. Life companion. I love your simplicity and sincerity. You love and care for us all.”

“It is precisely because of that that I am often underestimated and denigrated.”

“What matters is that you never demean and underestimate others. Some people are fooled by the advantages they have. Do what is strong if often arrogant and persecuted. Don't compare yourself to Hana. If your ex-husband likes that kind of woman. Not all men are the same. I want comfort for my family and myself. I don't want a woman for myself. But to all my children.”

“My ex-husband just used me. I'm afraid you're using me too.”

“How else can I convince you? Sinta and I are over forever. There is no going back and forth together. Just like your ex-husband. Will you and I be stuck in the past?”

“Entaih! Maybe we should think again about everything.”

“What do you mean? You said yes.”

“I think everything is too rushed. I don't want heartache anymore.”

“I've been looking for a home for our family. Sinta has also approved the house and land that I have found for her. He has designed his house. Why did you change your mind?”

“I think everything is too rushed. I opened myself up to get hurt again. I don't want to experience it again. I think we better as usual. You're with your kids. I'm with my kids. I'll help you be their mother. We don't have to get married.” Haliza sighed.

“This is your ring. I Restore.” Haliza removed the circular ring on her ring finger. Put it on the peninsula table where they talked while enjoying the sweets and coffee that Dylan made for the two of them.

“I bought the house. I hope we all fill it up without exception. I didn't propose to you with love and I didn't want to lie to you. My heart belongs to Sinta. But I also want to be happy without him. Love does not always have. The basis of marriage is loyalty and commitment, not love. We build a family not just to satisfy our desires. Wreak taste." Dylan.

“You and your children need that house. And if we all get together. The apartment doesn't hold us all. To be honest, I don't know what love is. I love by believing. I chose Ahkam because I believed he would love and protect me and my children. I chose you for the same reason. I realized that the only one who can love and protect us is ourselves. Not besides us.”

Dylan fell silent. Sipping his coffee and continuing his words, “ You enjoy life alone. Without a partner?”

“You yourself are actually like that right? If only help and support each other. What are we getting married for? We might just hurt each other. Different than this moment. We understand each other's limits. If only me and Ahkam had never married. Then he'll never hurt me. Nor will I feel taken advantage of and demeaned like this. I am most responsible for everything that befalls me.”

“Don't be too hard on yourself.” Dylan clasped Haliza's hand. Haliza brushed smooth.

“Your true love is Sinta. Ahkam's true love is Hana. My true love is my children and your children.”

“My kids really hope you want to be their mother.”

“I'll always be there for them. Being a mother doesn't have to marry her father, does it? Mom just hook up and lift up what's the difference? Precisely marriage is prone to lead to divorce and injury.”

“But you like me first. I never thought you would refuse me.”Said Dylan.

“I could have lied to you saying that I had forgotten Sinta. I don't want to do it. Because I want our relationship to start with honesty. We will build something from nothing.” Dylan tried to convince Haliza.

“I could also lie to you assuring you that I don't doubt our relationship. But the truth is not so. I was afraid of the same trauma. The same wound. It became a kind of pattern in my life. Love cannot be forced into its presence. Can't force his departure. Love is a taste. You could have said salty to the food you didn't sprinkle salt in it. Love is not a word but a taste. You do not need to say favors on food that you feel for yourself delicacy.”

“I can't feel anything at all for you. But I believe love is not only a matter of taste but also of the ordinary. Love does not always speak the tempest of taste. Love can be simple too. Rice has no taste. Not delicious either. But who can live without rice?” Connect Dylan.

“Cinta has a variety of perspectives. Taste and ordinary problems. Delicious food and rice. Everything has to be seen in context. Rice can be simple and consumed as usual. But if we talk diabetes and other complications?"

“What complications are our lives? Our marriage will fix everything. Giving hope to everyone. Building new family relationships. New hope."

“I and Ahkam. Maybe it's just me. Ever dreamed like that. Expect it like that. Ahkam had known from the beginning that for him, taste was taste. Will not get used to it. I didn’t want going through again. Everything seem familiar for me.”

“What can I do to convince you?”Dylan said in despair.

“Nothing. Time will tell. Faith will govern's. Just let everything stay the way they are. Happiness when you try to give your best without strings attached. Not force things that will be hurt. Nor something you never can be promise or give.” Sahut Haliza's.

“I just want to be simple. I didn’t expecting love in my life. I just expecting mate. Accompany and colour my life. No one can define or spell love properly. Sometimes you can't describe. But when you found someone that you are really can count. Maybe part of them define is as an opportunity to manipulate. But some of them see that they have a second chance to start their life with the right beginning.” Closing conversations.

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