The Substitute Woman on the First Night
Apologies

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Upon arrival in Keisha's room, I saw that Mas Denis had tried to calm his daughter so that she would not cry anymore. However, it seemed like she was in so much trouble because Keisha kept crying and was even sobbing.

"Mas, let me be the fat one." When I just said that, Keisha immediately turned her head. She looked at me with a crying voice that was beginning to subside. Maybe he thinks I'm his mother because my face with Almira is very similar.

"Darling, don't cry!" I started carrying him. Take it slow and try to calm Keisha in my arms.

In an instant the sound of Keisha's crying subsided. He even started to smile and chatter while touching my face. It instantly touched my heart. "Is this what it's like to be a mother?" my mind felt like there was a vibration that was hard for me to understand. Could there be an inner bond between me and Keisha? Moreover, he is my nephew, the son of Almira.

"Thank you, Lissa." Denis said that. The look on her face started to look calm because I was able to handle Keisha well.

"No need to thank you, Mom. After all, he is also my nephew," I said, still holding on to Keisha who began to close her eyes.

Until finally, I remembered someone who was in prison as long as I missed. But I haven't seen him in this house since.

"Where's my mom, by the way? He still lives here, right?" I asked because I wanted to sit down in front of him. I want to apologize for all my mistakes to my mother for letting her down.

"Mom's back at her house, Lissa. I've rebuilt a house that used to burn."

I'm not too surprised by what Mas Denis says because I already have a feeling that mom's not in this house. Even if there must have been since I've seen it.

"Would you take me to my mother's house, Mom?"

"But what about Keisha? If she suddenly woke up again and cried like that, surely Inah would not be able to calm her down."

"Then let's take Keisha with us." I also gave a proposal to Mas Denis which he immediately agreed.

"All right."

Without waiting for long, Mas Denis immediately prepare all the equipment Keisha into a baby bag. While I was still holding onto Keisha who had fallen asleep in my arms.

Along the way, Keisha was still asleep. Even when we got to my mom's house. Looks like this kid really thinks of me as his mother so he can feel so comfortable in my arms.

For some reason, when he got out of the car, his heart beat. Honestly I was afraid that mom wouldn't accept my apology or that she would just throw me out as soon as I saw her.

"Lissa, what's wrong with you? Come on!" Denis called me when he saw me just sitting next to his car without moving a bit.

To be honest, in addition to suddenly feeling afraid of meeting mom, I was also impressed because the house I was looking at was very much different from the previous one. Mas Denis really conjured the mother's house into a luxurious minimalist home.

"Mas, thank you for building my mother's house." Those words just came out of my mouth. I am so grateful, at least my father's house can be rebuilt and I can occupy it again.

"You don't need to thank me because it's my job. Your mother is also my mother. So, it's appropriate that I make her happy."

I'm not surprised to hear Mas Denis say, that's how he is. He is a man who loves my family very much. I can even say that she is the dream daughter-in-law of every mother who has a virgin child to marry.

When I was still pensive without moving from my place, the door of this house was open and the figure of a middle-aged woman who had been since 4 years always I missed seemed to see me with both her sad eyes. I could also see that in his hand he was holding a piece of mail that he might have just finished reading. Is it possible that Almira just left mom's house?

"Lisa ...."

I started to step slowly after Mas Denis took over Keisha from my arms. "Mother, Lissa's sorry." Without delaying any longer, I immediately rested right at my mother's feet. Clutching her so tightly and mother immediately lifted my body so that I could stand up again.

"Mom has forgiven you, Lissa." My mother held my body tightly. I was crying so much too. Let go of the long-buried longing within me.

"Lissa, I still have to apologize, ma'am. Sorry for disappointing, Mother."

"Mom's sorry, too, Lissa. Sorry I just found out from Mira about everything. I'm sorry I never visited you in prison."

Although I felt disappointed, but I still understood that it was natural. I realized that I had really let her down. Starting from hiding my former job as a mistress of a striped-nose man until when I forced Almira to replace me on the first night and up to abort her womb. I don't think any parent would be so angry if his daughter did that and I don't blame her for hating me for not visiting me in prison at all.

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