
The gurgling water flowing towards the pool sounded soothing to the atmosphere of that sunny afternoon. Two women were sitting staring at the clear water that served fish swimming in the water.
'' How is your content condition Ra ?'' tanya Bi Sari who is sowing fish feed.
" Healthy bi, well developed "sahut Alira while staring at the rippling water due to the movement of fish swarming food thrown by Bi Sari.
" Take good care of what God has given you. Although it may have started with a mistake. But the presence of him is not the wrong thing ". said Bi Sari sage, Alira looked at the woman with a smile.
" Yes Bi, Alira will definitely take good care of him. Regardless of the mistake that Alira has made, she is the daycare that Alira must take care of ", Alira said as she rubbed her stomach which began to look enlarged.
Almost three months Alira was pulled away from life in her city. Disappeared from the life of a Febrian Aerospace, as well as from his family. He still can't say what happened to him in front of his parents.
Vivian repeatedly said she wanted to bring her parents to meet. But he kept dodging, his guilt was too great to settle in the heart. He could not imagine the disappointed faces of his parents. Especially with his decision to raise the baby later, alone. It will definitely make Father and Mother more hurt.
" It won't be easy going forward. You have to prepare mentally as strong as steel to face all the problems ahead there. Being a single parent is not a trivial thing. You should be able to heed your ears from all the talk of people. Blind your eyes from those who insult and demean. Mute your mouth not to answer every sneer ." Gentle and sound very wise said the woman.
" That's what Alira still fears Bi, Alira feels unprepared to face all that herself" said Alira with a pushy look.
Bi Sari who had finished feeding her fish now turned her head towards Alira.
" Prepared not ready must, must dare to face everything. You cannot be weak. What about the child who will depend on living with you?, if you are not stronger than him." said the woman .
Alira looked bright, her gaze looking forward. Life will never be easy for him again. One mistake had brought him down to the brink of infinity.
" Thank you, you want to accept the situation of Alira without ever judging for the mistakes Alira did." said Alira sincerely. Alira looked at the woman with all gratitude in her heart.
" Auntie has no right to judge anyone, because aunt is no better than you. Auntie was in a position like you. The difference is only the aunt married by the man who became Tino's father even though only betel " said Aunt, the woman's gaze turned sad. There was a picture of a wound remaining in the look in his eye.
Alira stared in silence at the woman who now looked riled. Slowly Alira grabbed Bi Sari's hand and grasped it. The eyes of the two meet. Alira smiled a little.
" Don't tell me it hurts aunty" said Alira, as the aunt shook her head. Then cupped Alira's hand which was holding her hand.
" The pain, the disappointment, and the wound was felt decades ago. But his scars still felt. Aunty used to be blinded by love. Aunty willing to be the second wife of a man who is very much loved aunt. Until Tino arrived at that time. Not until the aunt gave birth to a relationship with Tino's father in the know his legal wife. And aunty left without a word she just left." aunty's story with a distant look.
Without feeling the tears flowing from the eye of Alira. Just imagined it was that heavy. Can he pass it?, can he be as strong as bi Sari to live it ?. I don't know if he feels that good to go through every step of his life.
" What exactly makes you disappear from the father of the fetus in your womb ?" bi Sari asked for a moment after they fell silent.
" Vivian didn't tell auntie ?" alira asked back, because she thought that the aunt had found out about her story. Auntie looked to shake her head and said . " Non Vivian just said, if your lover betrays you that's all ".
" Well, she's having an affair with another woman Bi, and she doesn't know if I'm pregnant with her child." said Alira, the aunt seemed to breathe deeply.
" Are you gone and he wasn't looking for you ? " again aunt asked.
" Nearly every day Vivian said she came to campus, but do I have to go back to her?, is she really able to change and will not repeat her mistake ?'' alira asked more to herself.
" If he really loves you, he can change. The mistake he made became the cause of his departure you should be able to be a lesson for him ", replied Bi Sari.
" I don't know bi, it's hard for me to go back to believing in him ". Alira spoke with a gloomy face.
" Aunty understands, when the trust we give is betrayed it is very difficult to return to trust." said Bi Sari.
The conversation of the two women came to a halt as dusk revealed a tinge of orange drawn on the horizon. They enter an old-fashioned house that still looks good and is always neat.
Alira chose to go into the room. The woman sat in front of the window, staring at the darkening twilight in the night. Alira rubbed her own stomach.
" Mas Brian "swept Alira with tears dripping down.
He could never deny that his heart still missed him. A longing that felt in his heart. A longing he could not endure.
Although the word hate he coarse to express his disappointment in the man. But the longing that envelops the heart still cannot go away. Every night is a prison for him. When that longing is felt.
The more he instills hatred, still he can not erase the love that dwells in the corner of the heart. It is true that people say, if love and hate are too thin the difference.
" Brian why does it have to be like this ?" alira asked herself. When the feeling that is imprinted in the heart is increasingly difficult for him to control. The longing he felt was getting tighter and tighter in his heart.