When Love Should Determine
Chapter 37

That day also came. Quickly Larissa finished all the homework. And after all had been done, he immediately prepared for the house of Madam Ida.

Arriving there, it turns out that Mother Ida is not finished, she is still washing clothes, so Larissa must be patient and wait until Mother Ida completes her work.

Larissa looked at the clock on the wall. He fretted uncertainly, between continuing his intention to go to the family home of the father, or return home. My mother told him to come to the market.

Seconds passed, time kept turning. But Ida's father is not finished yet. Larissa was waiting. Wanting to cancel his intention and return home, but his curiosity overcame everything.

After waiting for a long time, Mother Ida finally finished too. Long story short, they immediately went to the father's brother's house on foot.

Arriving there, Larissa was taken to the house of one of the Aunties. It turns out that all the father's brothers live in one complex. Their homes are lined up.

"Oh my God, Rissa, you're grown now, son!" shouted one of the aunts. He hugged Larissa for joy.

"I.ltya, Bi!" Larissa smiled clumsyly. He had never been welcomed and embraced this warm. Moreover, this was their first encounter.

"If your father was still around, he would be so happy to see you" said another aunt, rubbing Larissa's head. "Anyone who loves you will be granted whatever they wish."

"You are your father's favorite son. But baby, he can never see you."

Bi Siti, the fifth sister of the father never took her eyes off Larissa for a second. Ever since Larissa came, she had been staring at the child in her arms. "Is he your son?" tanyanya. He was so curious that he decided to dare to ask.

"Yes, Bi, this is my son. His name is Fatim" Larissa replied politely.

"We've never seen you, but you've grown into a full-grown woman.

Even now you have a child," he said. "How old is your child?."

"Five months, Bi!."

"Your son is so beautiful! his face is similar to your late father's. If he were alive, he would be so happy to see your son."

They also began to introduce themselves. It turned out that the father was the third of nine children. He has three brothers, one of whom is dead. He also has five sisters, all of whom are still alive.

A few months ago my grandmother, the mother of a new father, passed away. But before he died, he was eager to meet Larissa. Unfortunately, his wish was not fulfilled. If Larissa had come there sooner, she would still have seen her grandmother.

It turned out that my grandmother had always been watching her from afar. Once he wanted to say hello and asked Larissa to stop for a moment when he saw her passing in front of the house. But he was scared of mom.

Larissa was so touched to see how much her father's family was receptive to her presence. He did not hesitate to start asking what he had wanted to know. "Actually, why did you leave mom? And why didn't you ever see me?."

Silence, no one answered. They throw one another at Larissa's question. Finally, one of them ventured to speak up. "Sit down, boy! we'll tell you everything."

Silent. For a moment they were still silent. Until finally Bi Siti started telling stories. "Your father was a very good man. He is friendly to anyone. Just one flaw, he couldn't stand the temptation of women."

"As long as he lived, your father married four times. And your mother is. third wife."

Larissa was stunned to hear this fact. He didn't know his father was like that. But he chose to stay quiet and listen because he saw Bi Siti still wanted to continue the story.

"Your father had several children from a previous marriage. Even you have a brother who is the same age as you."

"From your first marriage, your father had a daughter. But then your father got divorced and remarried to a woman from Jogja."

"From this marriage they had three children, two women and one man. This girl is the same age as you. You're only a few months apart. Because when your mother was pregnant, your mother's second wife was just as pregnant."

"After a few years of marriage to your mother, your father remarried a woman from central Java. But from this marriage they don't have a child."

'Oh Allah. Why would you lie to me?' inner Larissa. He did not know he had a brother from one father. He also has two living uncles. 'Why was it when I was about to get married, did my mom say that my paternal uncle was dead? Why did you ask to use the judge.'

Millions of questions swirled in Larissa's heart. But he chose to remain silent.he wanted to know more about his father by letting Bi Siti continue her story.

"Yahmu used to work as a TKI in Malaysia. He was always married there. Even when you married your mother there."

Larissa scrunched her forehead. He was confused, sanctioned by the bibik's statement just now. Larissa recalled, once the mother had told me if she had worked as a TKW in Malaysia. And they might actually get married there.

Then what about his discovery of a mother's marriage book that shows if they are married in Indonesia?. Were they married in Malaysia? then after returning to Indonesia, they recorded their marriage on Indonesian civil records?.

Larissa is increasingly confused by the riddle about her parents. But he still refrained from asking.

"The last time you went back to Indonesia, your father planned to go see you. He drove his motorcycle impatiently, wanting to see you soon. But unfortunately, his wish was only a dream. Because when in the middle of the road, suddenly his bike was flying because of the strong wind. Naas, that's when a truck came through and ran over your father. At that instant your father died on the spot."

"Oh my God, why is my father so lucky?" lamented larissa. Only those words could he say. now he was troubled. Will he hate his father for abandoning him, or grieve over his fate.

"Actually when he had an accident, it was closer to here than your father's fourth wife's house. But he insisted on carrying his body there and being buried there because he was tempted by the amount of money insurance accident."

"we couldn't do much, because she was the only one who was still your father's wife. If at that time we could have prevented it, it would have been the insurance money that would have fallen on his children."

Larissa is silent, no matter the insurance money in question. There is something more important than money, which is why you leave your mother when you are pregnant.

the question still kept ringing in his head and he could not say at that time, he was still shocked by all the reality he received at this time.