The Substitute Woman on the First Night
Heart Expressions

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Denis kept looking at me. Somehow I seemed to see there was sadness behind the look of his eyes that slightly reddened.

"Actually I don't want to know, Mom. I'm just wondering, why can you ask me to replace Mira, while in there your wife is battling her illness?" I said it with great emphasis. Honestly speaking, I really assume that the man before me right now is a selfish man and is only selfish.

Hearing my words, Mas Denis sighed as well. I can see if he's holding a deep wound. I don't know how much pain he felt. Right now, I can only guess from the look on his face if the wound in his heart is indeed so painful

"Since I read Mira's letter, from that moment on, I've no longer considered her my wife."

"Why, Mas?"

"Because he has taken away my happiness. He lied to me, Lissa. You must know why I put you in jail, right? At that time all I knew, the child you had thrown out was my son, Lissa. Hence, I was so angry and disappointed in you, but the more days, I couldn't even hate you. I don't know why that love is still in my heart, even if I marry Mira. Do you know if I've been so tormented living my life, Lissa? Seeing Mira's face that looks a lot like yours, makes it hard for me to forget."

"You should have realized that it was all your fault, when at that time I wanted to explain everything, but you still didn't want to hear my explanation. If you had more faith in your own wife, it wouldn't have been like this, Mom."

"How can I trust you when I already know that you tricked me into swapping roles on our first night?"

"Aren't you angry with me for lying to you?" I asked back. As well as to answer all my curiosity about what Mas Denis had been thinking.

"Because I love you, Lissa. At first, I wanted to divorce you, but Mira was against me. He advised me to forgive you. I thought he was good for caring so much about you, I was wrong. Mira secretly wants revenge on you with the exchange you made when you went to the hospital. And, his plan failed due to Delano's arrival to the hospital. Hence, Mira immediately told me while in the elevator that she was not you and she also told me that you had aborted the child she was carrying. The child I thought was my son."

Mas Denis' explanation made me know about what happened back then. The moment where Mira suddenly opened our secret by telling Mas Denis.

"Now I know all the letters Mira wrote for me, Lissa. So, there's no reason for me to keep my marriage with her."

Denis was silent for a moment. I don't know what he's thinking. It's hard for me to read from the look on his face right now. He looked angry with a deep frown. His eyes were still flushed and I saw his hands clenched tightly. Now I can only guess if he is in a difficult dilemma to choose. Perhaps there is an inner upheaval in him, between wanting to hate or love Mira.

"Now I want to ask you, my mother" I said after a long silence about what to say.

Denis saw me again. Not only reddened, both eyes already looked teary.

"Are you happy when Keisha was born?" I continued what I wanted to ask.

"I was happy at the time." That answer sounds so honest to me. Even Mas Denis did not seem to think about it before answering it.

"If you are happy, you should learn to love the woman who has given you happiness! Love Mira, Mas! Forget me because I'm no longer yours! We are just memories that will never come back even if Mira asks me thousands of times to replace her, it will be useless. My decision is unanimous!"

Suddenly, Denis cupped both my arms. He pushed me away from the door of the room until my body touched the wall behind me. "Mas, let me go!" My two eyebrows intertwined deeply when I saw Mas Denis being rude for the first time to me.

"Lissa, I know deep inside your heart, there must still be love for me, right?"

"Mas, let me go! Don't let me yell and you could be in trouble!" I threatened him out loud. I wish he would hear what I am saying right now.

"I won't let you go until I know the answer." Denis put his face close to mine. It made me feel stuck and so unexpected that he dared to do this to me.

"Did she want to kiss me?" my mind is still trying to escape the grip of Mas Denis hand that continues to hold both shoulders.

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