
Early in the morning Yonna was getting ready to take Noah to school. The boy is now a small zero TK. Noah ran around cheerfully towards the terrace.
"Mommy, come on hurry up! I want to meet Bella," said Noah mentioned the name of the little girl who is now close to him. A sweet black girl who has a bangs Dora and a petite petite body. The daughter of a fairly large transportation company owner in the city.
They both play together and joke around. Although sometimes Noah will come home from school with a furious look at the face for arguing trivial things with the girl.
Noah was annoyed with his insistent attitude and did not want to lose the girl. But strangely enough, the Bara boy still plays back with the annoying Bella. Such children, they will hate or be angry only for a moment.
"Yes, Honey. Mommy close your lunch box first" said Yonna. His hands quickly arranged the egg sandwich and the cheese he had arranged in such a way as to look attractive. Then he closed it until the meeting, then put it in a small bag special food supply.
Yonna catches up with her son and gives Noah her lunch bag. The little boy with long hair refused to hold it.
Yonna who understood immediately opened the backpack on the back of her only son and closed it back after putting the box.
Dret! Dret! Dret!
Shaking the phone inside the pants pocket made Yonna's newly-swung footsteps come to a halt.
"Mommy, what happened?" Noah also stopped and turned half his body to face back.
Yonna ignored her son's question. He immediately raised the call after seeing the name on the screen.
"Assalamualaikum, Mas" Yonna said softly to her husband across the street.
Yonna flinched in shock, the smile on her lips dimmed instantly hearing what Bara had spoken. One of Noah's eyebrows shot up looking at his astonished mommy. But his little lips still he could not ask.
"Innalilahi wa innailaihi rojiun, I'll be there soon, Mas."
"Yes, yeah. I get it, you be careful there," he said again. The cellphone connection was closed instantly by Bara. Yonna lowered her hand and was still holding the phone.
He lowered his body to be at par with his son's.
"Noah, you don't go to school today, baby! You're at home the same mother. Mommy wants to go home to Grandma and Grandpa because Papa Bryan died."
"Ok, Mommy," Noah replied briefly. For a moment the boy's face looked surprised, not knowing what was in his mind at this moment. The boy's scruffiness raised a question mark on Yonna's mind.
Noah turned back inside the house, climbing the stairs to his room. Likewise with Yonna, he wanted to change his clothes first before returning to the house of his father-in-law who is now in mourning condition.
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The atmosphere in the Apsara family home seemed so crowded and was filled with an aura of sadness. The roaring sound of crying continued to resound and unceasingly.
The funeral procession was over an hour ago. But Jelita unceasingly shed the tears she had as if she wanted to drain it to the end.
Bara approached the woman who had given birth to him. They sat in the living room with several family members who also calmed him down.
Yonna hasn't said much since she came to this day, she stands glued to the poignant scene before her eyes.
No mother in the world can lose her son. The most beloved son.
"Ma, stop! Don't weigh Gavin's steps with your tears. Poor him, let him rest in peace!" reprimand Bara while rubbing the trembling back in her arms.
"What was said with your eldest son, Ms. Yu. There is no point crying over who has gone. Just let him go!" timpal the woman who sat next to them was none other than Jelita's sister.
Jelita raised her head to look at her sister with her nose now flushed and eyes so swollen implying pain.
"How could I be sincere if my son died because he was killed by his vain wife! I'm sorry ... so sorry to receive such a lady who didn't know it was present in our family." Jelita paused her words. He grabbed a tissue to remove the fluid that kept flowing from his nose and also his eyes.
"If time could be turned. I .. ak-aku—"
"Bak yu, Ma'am!" The woman called Bi Zainab gasped in shock as Jelita was instantly unconscious with her head immediately lying on her shoulder. So did Bara and Yonna.
"Ma, Mama's up!" bara panicked. He slightly patted his mother's face. But Jelita did not want to open her eyes. This is the second time Jelita has fainted.
First, when Gavin was bathed, the middle-aged woman made everyone panic with her body lying on the cold floor.
Bara raised the body so adorable as a withered flower to the largest room on the lower floor which was the room of Jelita and Immanuel.
Yonna followed from behind with a huffed face.
"Mas, what about Mama?"
"It's okay, Mama just needs a break, let Mama alone first!" said the man with a very sad face. Yonna could not bear to see the dark fog rolling on her husband's handsome face.
Bara took his wife out of the room after he confirmed Jelita's position on the bed to be comfortable.
There was nothing they could do to treat a mother's broken heart.
People say blood is thicker than water, no matter what a fraternal relationship. You will be the second most sad person after your parents.
"How's your mama doing, Bara?" ask Immanuel who just showed up. The old man was in front of the guests who came to say condolences.
"What can I say, Pa. His heart is broken" replied Bara. He dropped his eyes on the old face with that faint twinkle.
"Then how are those who have brought this sorrow?"
"Father don't worry, eyes are returned. They will both pay for every drop of blood that has been lost in Gavin's body. Until they both wanted death more than anyone!" answer Bara with an increasingly sharp eye.
Yonna who was standing next to her husband swallowed her hard-earned saliva. The sparkle of hatred was so obvious that it was even more terrifying than he could have imagined.