WOUND
Mother's Knowledge

At least with me looking at the beautiful cityscape with various lights twinkling in the distance I can slightly forget the sadness that was in my heart before I kept smiling looking at that urban direction, I could see a little, until the day had completely turned into an even and all of a sudden Mr. Arsen touched my face he wiped away the rest of the tears on my face slowly back then.

So that made me directly stare and turn towards him with both eyes open wide enough and look at him full of astonishment at that moment, it was nervous and I felt like I was hypnotized by his handsome face and it was also the words of him who started to speak softly to me.

"Never cry over a fucking man like him, let alone cry in front of me, I hate to see a woman cry!" Said Mr. Arsen while wiping away the tears on my cheek.

I only blinked once and just confirmed my standing position while slightly avoiding him because I did not want to get carried away with the atmosphere there.

"AA.ahaha...Ita mister, I will not cry in front of you anymore, I'm sorry if it bothers you, can we go home now?" My words to him were immediately countered with a nod by Mr. Arsen as soon as possible.

We got into the car and Mr. Arsen actually drove me to the front of the house and I bowed back to say thank you and salute, until Mr. Arsen left there then I immediately went inside and was welcomed by my mother and Mika at that time.

"Sister...Anna...why did you come home late today?" Mika asked while helping me carry my bag back then,

I was just about to answer a question from Mika but my mother even chimed in my words first and she actually asked the same thing as what Mika asked me just now.

"Ehh...Anna, what's wrong with you? Why do your eyes look so bad you just cried?" I asked her while walking up to me at that moment.

Mom was about to hold my face but I quickly held my hand because I couldn't let you know what was happening to me behind her, especially if until mom finds out that I'm like this because seeing David can be made sure mom won't take it for granted and maybe mom will go to scold David directly.

"Aahh.Mom I was fine earlier that I was very sleepy and kept yawning until my eyes water because I kept restraining myself from sleeping, I continued, I came home late because I had a lot of work to do today, because there was a new secretary who replaced Mey's secretary, so she wasn't as fast as Mey's secretary in helping me" my reply explained to mother and reasoned directly to her.

Mother looks at me and investigates but for her it can be diverted by Mika who immediately pulled me and allowed me to sit while serving food to me quickly.

"It's been...Aunty sister Anna just came home, let her sit down and have dinner first, come sister Anna" said Mika as she pulled a chair for me and I immediately thanked her.

"Hehe. thank you Mika you are very attentive to me" I replied to him as I sat down.

But unfortunately the mother still felt curious and it was clear that at that time the mother did not really trust my answer, so he sat down before me and began to give me a fixed look endlessly.

"Anna ..who's your new secretary?" Ask my mother.

I was foolish to say the name Gisel to my mother because at that time I was focused on enjoying the food made by Mika and instead said everything honestly with nothing I hid from my mother, though it was clear that I did not like Gisel because I was made to cry all day until night just because David was more concerned with Gisel than me.

"Aahh.that's it Gisel's mother also knew him" I replied casually.

Mom immediately widened her eyes staring at me more closely than before even her two hands touched the table and she continued to bring her face closer to me at that time.

"Is that Gisel your high school friend? The woman who likes David?" Ask mom to get serious about me,

"Who else is it, there's no other Gisel I know" I replied to the mother who made the mother hit the table so hard that it shocked me.

"Shelf!" The sound of a table shake by my mother at that time.

"Eh..chicken ..chicken...chicken..aahhh..mom, what is it?" I asked my mother with a confused face.

While the mother continued to look at me with a gaze that was very sharp at that time even I myself do not know why the mother could get to me like that, I didn't feel like I was talking wrong at the time, until before long I started talking about Gisel and David, only then did I immediately realize what made mom snap even to hit the table that hard on me before.

"Did Gisel meet David in front of you? Did they come back to hurt you again, did that damn woman want to snatch David from you again and again? Anna why are you silent, let's quickly answer mother!" Mother's voice snapped at me with her eyes wide open at that moment.

I was immediately startled and realized that I had been tired of talking about the problem of Gisel's return to my mother at that time, and I immediately approached my mother and began to hold her shoulders slowly while rubbing her slowly so that she would not get angry again, because it would be very dangerous if you get angry with me or David later.

"Aahh.haha.mom should sit down first and calm down mom, nothing happened between her and Gisel or between me and the two of them, I'm fine so you don't have to feel anxious okay" I said as I spoke softly in order to persuade you at the time.

Fortunately, my mother wanted to listen to my words even though her face looked very upset and filled with anger but she still wanted to follow my words to sit back and I immediately asked Mika to bring a drink for my mother as soon as possible.

"Shuutt ..Mika please bring a cold drink yes" I said to him and Mika immediately went to get it.

While I immediately sat sliding the chair to the side of my mother so I could get closer to her and try to explain everything well.

"Mother don't get mad first, I can explain everything to you, listen to me David's mother was a good man and she was very nice to us all along, mom must have felt all their kindness too, right? So you better not be mad at David or say all this to his mom, I'm fine now I don't matter even if David wants to be close to any woman" I told him.

"Anna...are you sure you don't like David anymore? I can still vividly remember how you were hurt twice by David because of the same woman and all this obviously happened because of that woman named Gisel, now that he's back and you're willing to give up like this, have you really let him go?" Ask my mother.

I smiled back at her and immediately grabbed her hand and gently clasped it while nodding trying to convince her that I was really fine, even though I wasn't completely.

"Mother, look at me now, am I not twenty-one years old, and soon I will be twenty-two years old, I've got to get away from this erratic feeling, haven't I? And it was my own mother who told me that if David didn't give a continuous explanation, wouldn't I have to let him go? Nor can I continue to wait for someone as uncertain as it seems, I think I will open my heart to others, even though I have not been able to forget all my memories with David completely, or maybe all that I can never forget, but that does not mean I will be with him" I replied giving understanding to my mother at that time.

Mom immediately hugged me and rubbed my shoulder right then and there, too, he kept me calm and comforted me with the words he said when I knew he was feeling very disappointed and would definitely feel the same sadness that I felt right now, but unfortunately, I'm better at hiding the pain in her than I am or anyone else in the world.

"Anna.mom trusts you, I will always support whatever your decision but this is the last time I give David a chance, if in the future you persuade mom again to let you hang out with her or with a woman named Gisel that's too close I won't let any of that happen, and you have to obey this mother, so you don't keep falling into the same hole, do you understand?" My mother advised me at the time.

Immediately I nodded and rubbed the hands of the mother who was holding me tightly at that moment.

"Eumm.I promise you mother, I will live happily without sadness or continue to be stuck in the past.I promise you, I will let go of all that sadness I will be reborn with a new and happier Anna" I replied to my mother at the time.

"Yes..but remember not to forget about your inflammatory bowel disease you must keep your condition do you understand?" Mom kept telling me.

"Haha.iya yes mother, after all this is just a common illness you do not need to worry, this will continue to be awake and will not worsen, you have to calm down okay" I told the mother.

Until Mika soon came to bring a drink that she had made for mother, she also apparently brought a snack for us both, she said, and we immediately enjoyed the snack together with Mika I felt I had a new family again, and we started chatting while joking with each other, it was so fun and so warm like a real happy family.

"Eeehhh.Sudah dong cuddle this I bring drinks and snacks night for mother and sister Anna, let's try this handmade loh" mika said to melt the atmosphere between me and my mother who was almost going to dissolve in sadness.

I started trying Mika's snacks and they tasted really good, she was someone who was talented in making snacks or other desserts, all kinds of desserts that he made never disappointed were always delicious and very delicious.

"Wahh...Mika you are getting more adept at making desserts like this, it's delicious not too sweet and quite crispy, yes ma'am" I said to mother.

"Yes.compatible if this pastry is enjoyed while watching a movie or relaxing while enjoying it accompanied by warm coffee, it will feel more delicious" reply mom made a good comment.

"You could have, all this I got from the notebook that Anna gave me, after reading it I felt a great desire to try to make it all up, he said, and I'm happy if you two like the result, so let's spend it" Mika replied, which immediately made me and my mother laugh freely together.

We enjoyed the snack together with joking and laughter, a very harmonious brotherhood between the two of us was very well established, he said, even my mother and I have considered Mika as our own family, especially I already feel like a sister to me.

Although Mika is only a high school graduate but she can learn quickly, and she is quite talented in cooking, but, so I thought about sending him higher and studying at a special faculty to explore his cooking skills.

Therefore, I have to work more passion in order to be able to educate Mika while developing the restaurant that I am struggling with at this time.

As long as there was a mother beside me and Mika who could help us at any time, it felt like I didn't need anything anymore, because they were more than enough for me, my life feels amazing with them and I always feel in the attention is also very loved by the two of them who always welcome me every time I go home to work also always prepare breakfast and supplies lunch for me.

Day after day has continued to change, all the work in the office I can handle more easily, he said, all the sales are growing very fast and I'm very grateful for all the achievements we can all do but lately since Gisel I feel I've become a little bit distant from David, and it feels like the distance between David and me is becoming clearer day by day, added David, who is now getting busy with all the work he does, also the development that he is dealing with includes the development of the real estate business that he is currently living.

I've tried to forget him but I'm still curious and astonished because David hasn't sent me a single message for days, Gisel never talked to me about David, he just worked as usual and didn't talk to me much anymore.

Don't know what's happened to him lately, because his face looks a bit different than usual which always looks can't be silent, talkative and very cheerful, he said, she also always carries a lot of makeup in her bag but this time she looks to dress up modestly and turn the bag she used to wear into a more minimalist bag.

"What's wrong with this kid, he looks like a breakup guy, hasn't talked to me in a whole day, or is he sick?" Gertutuku.

I wanted to ask him and wanted to call out his name to make sure but just because I kept seeing the expression on his face that kept pouting like that made me a bit awkward to talk to him and I was very hesitant once to call him that time.

Until not long even Mey's secretary and several other employees who came suddenly into my room gave a surprise to you suddenly made me a little surprised and happy to get the surprise.

"Tak ...print....print.....horeee..welcome Chef Anna....." The voice of secretary Mey who made loud noises shocked me with the many flowers she threw over my head until they were all scattered on the floor and there were also those that filled my body.

"Eehhhh..what is this, why are you doing all this, oohhhh gosh my room is a mess because of you" I said for the first time because I did not understand what they meant to do all of this,

"Ahaha....Anna come on we made a surprise because you managed to sell a lot of the latest food products even to dominate the market for two consecutive months, and I think it's going to go on for a long time because the numbers keep going up, isn't that your first really amazing success, so we deserve to celebrate for you and give you this surprise" secretary Mey explained to me.

I immediately smiled feeling very happy when I heard that explanation, I did not expect that they could be this sweet in treating me.