Three Musketeers Mom
TMM 05'S. Falsehood

Lora was in her daughter's third room. She read the storybook to her children. In the room, there are three beds that have been occupied by each owner. As usual, Lora would sit on the sofa facing her three daughters.

"Are you ready to hear tonight's story?" lora asked looking at her three daughters.

"Ready .. " answered Oriana.

"Quick read, Mommy. Come .. " said Olesia excitedly.

Lora looked at Odellia, "Lia is ready too?" ask Lora.

Odellia did not reply, she simply nodded her head slowly and smiled faintly.

"What's wrong with her? from then on it was just silence when asked." Inner Lora, she became a little worried for Odellia.

Lora's attention was again distracted, as Olesi called out to her.

"Mami .. " call Olesia.

Lora looked at Olesia, "Ah, yes. Forgive Mami for daydreaming. Mami will read, you'll hear carefully" said Lora.

Lora opened a book that she had been holding since. He also started telling stories.

"A long time ago, there lived a beautiful young woman. Her name is Cinderella. Beautiful face, good nature, owned by Cinderella. But one thing he does not have. That is, the love of the family. The mother is gone, the father remarried to a woman who already had two children. Cinderella's stepmother and two half-sisters, didn't like Cinderella. Until one day .... "

Lora read as she glanced at her children one by one. Looking at her children, Oriana had already evaporated widely. Olesia had also blinked her eyes. While Odellia still widened her eyes to see her mother who was reading a storybook.

Until the story was finished, Odellia still could not close her eyes. His two sisters had already fallen asleep first, even before the story had been read by their mother.

Lora restyled and kissed each of her daughters' forehead. Until Odellia's turn. He saw that his daughter was still wide open.

"Lia, why haven't you slept?" ask Lora.

"Can't sleep, Mommy." replied Odellia.

"Hm, do you want Mami to hug you to sleep?" lora Tawal.

"Yes, will." replied Odellia in a soft voice.

Lora smiled, she immediately climbed onto the bed of Odellia and lay down beside her daughter. The tiny body of Odellia.

"What's up, baby? if there's anything you want to say to Mommy, then talk. Don't just shut up. You're worrying Mami, son." said Lora. He had no power to hold back in fear of Odellia's silence.

Odellia is a quiet child. However, he will be very active when it comes to things, especially expressing his brilliant ideas. When compared to Oriana and Olesia, Odellia was more of a spectator. With just a thin smile.

"Mami .." call Odellia.

"Yes, baby." answered Lora.

"What does Papi look like? why aren't there any pictures of Papi in this house? can't we see him?" cecar Odellia suddenly. Makes Lora confused to answer.

"Umh .. " murmured Lora.

"Umh ... Why, huh? it's because of something, baby. Who says you don't have Papi? you have Papi who is very handsome, very powerful and powerful." answered Lora made up the story.

"I'm sorry, Mommy. Mami was forced to lie." Inner Lora.

"Well, is that real? I want to see Papi, Mami." Odellia asked.

"Will definitely meet, baby. Not for the near future, yes. Papi was a big guy, so he was busy working. Busy to raise money for us. If you want to succeed, you can't be a lazy person." explains Lora, who is again full of booze.

"Evil mouth. You tricked your daughter, Lora." Inner Lora wanted to cry.

Odellia nodded her head slowly. He was thinking about what he had just heard. As a child, he tried to understand and reproduce the speech of Lora who is his mother.

"Is there anything until Lia asks like this?" ask Lora.

"Why, yeah. Never been like this before." Lora's mind was confused.

Odellia was silent for a while, then not long she told a story.

"There was a friend of mine who asked and I didn't know what to answer. Because I don't know anything about Papi." Odellia replied.

"Your friend didn't talk to you, did he?" ask Lora again. He was curious about his daughter's friend.

Odellia shook her head slowly, "No, Mommy. He's a good kid, even if he's not too close to me or Oriana and Olesia. I intentionally asked first and she asked back. I don't know why he asked me something I couldn't answer. That's it, Mami." Odellia explained in more detail.

Lora rubbed Odellia's hair and kissed Odellia gently on the forehead.

"Mommy love you, Ana, Lesi and Lia. You are Mami's most precious treasure from Mami's own life. Don't ever think anything, yeah. If anything happens to your heart or your two sisters. He asked Mami. Ok. Don't listen to what others say. Others judge us only from the outside. They do not know what our circumstances are like. Does Lia understand?" lora asked Odellia, after she explained what she wanted to explain.

"Lia also loves Mami" said Odellia hugging Lora tightly.

Suddenly, Lora felt sad. He felt guilty for lying to his daughter Odellia. It was as if he was fooling his own son. Lora doesn't know what to do and how. On the other hand he did not want to lie, wanted to honestly tell the truth. However, he himself also did not know the figure of a man who spent all night with him. Never mind the name, her face was almost forgotten by Lora.

Having no choice, Lora is forced to make up a story to answer what her daughter wants to know. Lora tried hard to fulfill her daughter's curiosity as much as possible. Not everything he said was a lie. He did not want his children to be liars. Just one, a story about a person called 'Papi' by his three daughters.

Without feeling Lora's tears just like that without being asked. His chest was tight, but he was also helpless. In any case, he will not be able to lie to his children forever. His three daughters will grow and develop. The longer the more active and smarter. Must be more curious about the figure of his Papi.

"What should I do, God. Must how? because they want to continue to fight for life and make children happy. I forgot something big. I forgot if they were going to ask, 'Where is Papi?', 'What does Papi look like' or the others. Forgive Mommy, Son. Sorry .. "inner Lora screamed.

Lora tried not to make a sound, even though she was crying. He did not want his son to be sad and asked him. Lora continued to cling, rubbing, trying to put her daughter to sleep.

Until a few minutes have passed. Lora felt no sound or movement anymore. He took off his arms, seeing that Odellia was asleep.

"Good night, son. Good night and good dreams. Forgive Mami for not being able to tell a lot." muttered Lora.

He fixed Odellia's sleeping position and got off her bed. Once again he checked one by one his daughter and turned off the room lights. He left his daughter's third room. After coming out of the room and closing the door, he cried.

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