
...I miss him so much. Even my love is burning with him. However, I tried to hold back the longing by not preaching it so that he realized that he was wrong....
...~Abraham Barraq Al - Khfi...
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And in New York. In a large house with a beautiful back garden. A man sat there quietly. His gaze stared straight ahead with a million thoughts blaring in his head.
His brain kept turning. Remembering and repeating all the faces of his wife who was sorely missed. It's been three days that he hasn't contacted Aufa. For three days he had not heard his wife's voice.
Abraham's breath looked heavy as he exhaled it. He looked depressed but he wanted his wife to come to her senses.
"What are you doing there?" Abraham murmured in silence.
"Who are you?" Ask the female voice from behind that surprised Abraham.
The man felt his heartbeat stop beating. He turned around and saw his mother standing behind him with a smile.
"Mother's kids are upset, huh?" Almeera's temptation made Abraham stiffen. "Why is his face so tense?"
Almeera sat down near her son. He asked Abraham to lay his head on his lap just like when the man was a child.
Abraham certainly did. He placed his head quietly on his mother's lap. Something he used to do when he did a lot of tasks, when he felt tired and unsettled.
Almeera did nothing. Even he allowed his son to calm himself first.
"Mother" Abraham cried with a dubious voice.
"Yes?" Almeera answered with her hands, not stopping to wipe her son's hair.
"How did you feel when you were away from you?" Abraham asked, opening his eyes.
He still had no intention of raising his head. He was still absorbed in receiving the rubbing on his soft head.
"It hurts" Almeera answered honestly. "Torture."
"Mother even got short of breath when your father was not on her side" Almeera said in a soft voice.
"Continue?"
"Mothers sometimes use other means to pay for mother's longing" Almeera said calmly.
"Like when Bia asked for Dad's phone?"
Almeera smile. "Yes. That's one of them."
"Although mom used you as a weapon, but didn't Mom do the right thing. You're his children and you deserve news."
What his mother said was true. She herself was the witness when her sister contacted her father and her mother was so happy. Despite being hurt, her mother always loved and loved her father sincerely.
"Is loving that complicated, Mom?"
"Not everything" replied Almeera who made Abraham lift his head.
He looked at his mother slowly and it made Almeera look at her son intently.
"Love is simple, Bang. When he and I express feelings to each other. Love will begin to guide everything" Almeera said slowly.
"Love is beautiful. If we start with honesty. There is nothing bad about love. Love is happy if we can handle it ourselves."
"Maybe the love path of Mom and Dad is too painful but behind it all. Mother is happy because mother's love is still the same. It's on Bara's Dad. Although it does lead to happiness, the path must be many nails."
Abraham heard everything carefully. His gaze was fixed on the eyes of his mother who told him everything proudly. Nothing is covered. What his mother said, all felt by Abraham.
He and Bia are the key witnesses to their parents' marriage. How when the family is happy, given a test until it passes everything.
"Mother," Call Abraham after a few minutes only silence ensued between the two.
"Yes?"
Almeera smile. He rubbed his left son's cheek gently.
"certain. Even mother wants, you treat her like brother treats mother. Glorify a woman to keep your life quiet, son."
Something broke Abraham's heart. Well something's turning in his head. Something he was hiding.
"Mother" Call Abraham again with all the fear in his heart.
"Yes?"
"If someday. You were caught lying to Mom. Are you gonna be mad?"
Almeera smile.
"Abang is a person who has a broad mind. I'm sure there's something you've decided to do that you don't know" Almeera said wisely.
"Mom knows my brother well. Brother is the one in charge. You will do what you think is right. So I'm sure, if you're lying, there must be a reason behind it all."
Abraham never misjudged his mother. Yeah, behind everything his family's been through. Abraham was grateful for one thing. She is grateful to have a mother like Almeera.
The mother who always supported him, never judged her own son. Both Almeera and Bara, both managed to educate their children so wisely.
"I'm sorry Abra if it hurts mom someday well" Abraham said in his heart as he hugged his mother.
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While in Indonesia.
Seen a woman began to stand in front of the glass with a face that has been successfully conjured so beautifully by the make up of her mother's trust. She also stared at the reflection of herself wearing a beautiful dress wrapped around her body.
"Why is this shirt too fancy, Ma. This dressing is too waw too" said Aufa protesting. "Aren't we just going to Papa's colleague party? Why is it so fancy?"
Aufa could see clearly. The dress she was wearing was a new dress.
"Mama just wants you to look beautiful" said Mama Bela and handed her a pair of high-heeled shoes. "Wear, Honey. Then we leave."
Finally, Aufa refused. He put on his shoes and immediately followed his mother's footsteps. They set off in a car driven by Papa Akmal himself.
Aufa did not speak a single word. The woman simply stared out at the thought of her husband completely disappearing.
"I have to go to the workshop tomorrow. I'll ask the workshop guy. Where you really are" muttered Aufa silently.
"It's over, honey. Come outside!"
Finally, Aufa opened the car door. She started walking behind her mom and dad who were walking hand in hand.
This is the boredom that starts to attack him. She really disliked the colleague show because there must be a lot of mothers and socialite families who started showing off their possessions and money.
Aufa is wasteful but honestly he does not like to gather and participate in events like this. Usually his brother will come. But this time he could not escape again.
"Oh, Bela. You always look beautiful" said a woman wearing clothes no less glamorous than her mother.
"You could have, Sin. You look beautiful too" Mama Bela said after letting go of her embrace. "Where's your son?"
"Oh. My son? He came along, "Sintya said with a spoiled wink in her eyes.
Currently Aufa is only alone with Mama Bela. Papa Akmal has gone to chat with his other colleagues.
"That's my son. Come, Son!"
Aufa spontaneously turned. He widened his eyes when a figure he did not expect turned out to be at the same event as him.
"You!"
"Aufa… "
~Connected