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Chapter 25
The Unempowered Mother
“What do you think I should do? He's not my son! You who became his mother did nothing!”
Hearing Rumina's words, Megan looked away, she was indeed a helpless mother. He said, “You wouldn't be able to talk like that if you were me!”
Rumina looked at Megan from her toes to her hair being neatly combed by Leni.
“What are you why? Tell me what do you think I should be? There is no harm in sending him to school even if you can't go with him! Are you afraid that something will happen to her?”
“Good if you know!” Megan's voice sounded faint as she spoke.
“What's good? Not everyone will have the same fate, if he is traumatized you should try to cure him, instead of being afraid, you just aggravate the situation! If you're worried about his safety, you double his bodyguards! I'm sure your husband will give you all that! Or—“
“Or what?”
“Or you yourself are traumatized?”
“So you don't want to be his teacher? Then forget about being Isabel's nanny!” Megan seemed to have switched the conversation because Rumina cornered her.
“It turns out you are a person who thinks negatively,” said Rumina who was a little disappointed because of what she heard during training, Megan including a competent woman in the company.
“Mistress Megan, you shouldn't think negatively of yourself! You are not worthy of being a mother to Isabel!”
“So, who do you think is worthy? You?”
Rumina laughs.
She thought Megan had a good reason not to send her son to school, but she was worried that something might happen to Isabel, just as she had. What a strange reason. The intelligence of the girl child is like being hindered by the will of the mother which actually weakens her.
“If I were his mother, would you give up that position? I thought not, right? You're a strange mother!” rumina said while finishing her work.
Megan kept quiet as she looked away and went to her own room through a door that was connected to her son's room. She moved the chair to the dresser and pulled out a brown map, reading it while shedding tears.
“For example, if this chemotherapy works, you can last up to two or three more years, but if it fails, you may only be able to last up to three months!” said the specialist, who always ringed in his ear, a few months ago.
He decided not to follow chemotherapy because it was successful or not the treatment, after all he would die also because of his disease. Moreover, he could only sit in a wheelchair, and did not want to trouble others for longer.
Another reason was, she wanted to make the most of the rest of her life with Isabel and her husband. They don't need to know the reason behind all that stubbornness.
He did not know when death would come to pick him up, so he did not want to spend time with Isabella. He wanted to see the boy as long as he could see him.
The doctor suggested that he be frank with Alza, because the treatment needed the support of the whole family. However, he forbade the doctor from talking about it. He wanted to save himself the pain and pretended to be strong against it. All this time he was successful and no one knew he was dying.
Leni gets closer and helps Megan back in bed. After that he kept the brown map back to its original place. Megan can't sit for too long, even when Alza is at home, she will continue to pretend to be strong and wear a hair wig.
Megan had been on chemotherapy several times, but it didn't work. However, his hair had already fallen out, and the wig was to cover his bald head. Every time he checked, he would ask everyone involved to shut up.
“Yes. I know, even I kind of saw a portrait of myself on him! But, it's not yet time that he knows, I'll see how things go this week!”
“Alright!”
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A week later, Rumina had just finished bathing Isabel, as she saw Megan approaching her in a wheelchair.
Isabel was working on the task of the personal teacher. Rumina asked him to connect some of the dotted lines that make up letters and numbers with a pencil in her book. The little girl liked her job and did it quickly.
“You're done? Show Mami!” rumina said as Isabel gave up her small assignment.
“Mami ..!”
Isabel smiles shyly and shows Megan her homework. The woman almost cried to see the work of her son.
“Do you want to go to school, honey?” ask Megan.
“What is school?” ask Isabel.
Rumina did not interfere, but she opened the internet on her phone and showed the girl a video.
“Like this is the name of the school!” said.
Isabel looked at Rumina's phone and said, “You want to take me there, Rumi?”
“You can go, if Rumi is Mami!” sela Megan, her words made Rumina and Isabel turn almost simultaneously.
“So Mami?” ask the two men almost simultaneously. Isabel as a child did not know what her mother meant.
“Hmm ...,” murmured Megan while rubbing Isabela's head. The boy kept quiet and continued watching the video.
While Rumina laughed, mocking herself. He did not know Megan's intentions, and considered her employer to be merely corrupting and testing her patience. There was no way seriously going to make herself a mother to her daughter.
For a week he saw the romance between Megan and Alza, every day. They're like a couple in a romance movie. However, on the other hand, neither Megan nor Leni, always dictated herself about what Alza disliked and liked.
For example, when Rumina ran around thirsty and drank while standing, Leni who knew the act immediately said, “Don't drink like that, you are not a camel! Mr Alza does not like!”
Or when he just finished drying his hair and hanging a towel around the neck, like a hot bus driver. Megan who found out immediately said, “Put your towel in place, and not on the neck ... My husband doesn't like it!”
Instantly Rumina replied in annoyance, “What else does your husband dislike, or does Mr Alza dislike? You think I care? He's your husband!”
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