EL NATH (Glorious Regrets)
Chapter 87 Apologize

The home of Cloudy.

Cloudy clutched his beloved son who was fast asleep. Since the baby, little El always slept with him even though he was exhausted due to his activities during the day.

Cloudy rubbed El's black hair. "This time comes too soon, dear" he said slowly so as not to disturb his son's sleep.

"Even when El has never asked who El's father really is."

He did not expect Reyfan to come this fast and even the man could immediately guess that El was his son.

If Cloudy had been married. Maybe it won't be this difficult. He will plainly admit that El is their real child.

"I'm sorry, Mother, baby. Can't give the best to El." The brief kiss he gave on the forehead of his son only wayangnya.

Cloudy wiped away her tears. He came down from the bed so that his sobs would not wake El up. Cloudy sat on the floor, leaning against the bed. He opened the nightstand next to her. Take the key to open the bottom drawer.

Cloudy picked up a small black box. He put the box in his lap and opened it slowly.

A sheet of paper is stacked at the top of it he takes out. A birth certificate was written in the name of El Nath Reifansyah. And there's only her name as a mother without a father's name because poor El was born out of wedlock.

"El Nath, the man I love but can't have. Reifansyah, I chose it because I wanted to remember that my son had a father named Reyfan."

"Three more years everything feels fine."

"And now, the two owners of that name are coming back into my life."

"El.. Bubun regretted giving you that name this time, son." Cloudy cried at midnight tonight.

He took a second paper, an ultrasound result when El was 7 months old in the womb.

Cloudy smiled slightly. "At that time Bubun was happy to see the face of El who was very handsome."

Third paper, ultrasound results at the age of El two months in the womb. And there are still some papers and photos of the USG results first.

And the last is a photo that he printed measuring 5 inches. Photos he took from social media friends where there are photos of him and Reyfan on the night of birthday celebrations as well as the night where the tragedy occurred.

He often does this, nostalgic with wounds. Looking at Reyfan's face through the photo, to convince himself that El has a father and one day he must be ready to answer if El asks.

Sometimes he feels Reyfan in El's face because the two are so similar.

Sometimes, he began to compile the words he would tell El about his father. A man who turned out to be a criminal, and was once an inmate.

"Geez!" Cloudy breathed a heavy breath.

"From now on, I have to be ready for this. If I keep running from Reyfan, I'm afraid it'll make him do things that could endanger El."

Cloudy is afraid, Reyfan kidnaps El just like Tiara used to because Reyfan keeps forcing to meet El and also keeps trying to urge him to say that El is his son.

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The El Nath House.

Tiara came down the stairs as the housekeeper who worked at her home said a guest had come.

Coincidentally a holiday, Nath is also at home and they are actually relaxing in the room.

Tiara saw three people she knew coming to her house. The three sat on the living room sofa because he had given the housekeeper permission to let his guests in.

"How are you, Mother, Father?" Tiara kisses Reyfan's parents' backs. Tiara certainly still remembers both of them were meritorious people in her life.

"Mother is a good father, Ti," replied Reni.

"Thank God, Bun. Tiara's healthy, really." Tiara sat on the sofa a little away from Reyfan. Since Reyfan was in prison for their reports to the police, Tiara has rarely seen his family again.

The condition of Reni and Rendi who are also trying to rise from the slump makes him not have much time to often meet Tiara. And guilt is also the reason they are ashamed to meet the woman they once wanted to be made son-in-law.

"Who's coming, honey?" their attention was on the direction of the stairs where the baritone's voice came from.

Nath came down the stairs while rolling up his shirt arm. He had just finished bathing because this afternoon they planned to go to the mall, as well as taking Tiara just a walk to reduce boredom.

Nath no longer asked when he saw for himself who the guests who came to his house.

"Good day, um, aunt." Nath shook his hands. While he was just staring flatly expressionlessly at Reyfan.

Nath sat next to Tiara, embracing her shoulders and quietly waiting for the three to speak.

"It's actually my goal here to apologize to you both."

"I'm really sorry, Ti, Nath." Reyfan said softly but he really said it from the heart.

"I'm so sorry, Ti. I'm sorry, one more time."

Nath sighed. "We're sorry, but please don't come any closer, Rey."

"I still hate you, and beating your face I always wanted to do." Nath made his three guests gasp. Tiara stroked the back of her husband's hand, trying to shake the man who was ready to beat up the guest.

"And my wife must feel uncomfortable when she sees you."

"So please, don't show up again in our lives."

"Sorry, um, aunt. Not to be disrespectful, but Reyfan's mistake was deeply imprinted on Tiara and all of us."

"The first of our twin fetuses that were lost because of her actions and those two kidnappings."

"And right now, Tiara is pregnant with our child, and I fear that Reyfan's arrival in front of Tiara will affect her condition. Both physical and psychic."

Reni and Rendi could not say anything more because Reyfan's actions were very late. Actually they came here just to make sure Reyfan actually came and apologized to Tiara and her husband.

"I promise, Nath. This is the last."

"But please, answer my question, Ti, Nath."

Tiara and Nath look at each other, both wondering, what Reyfan wants to know from them both. What answers Reyfan is looking for.

"Do you know Cloudy?" the question that came out of Reyfan's lips made Tiara and Nath look back at each other.

"I beg you, answer honestly. Because no matter how little information I get from you means so much to me."

"Yesterday I heard you call him brother."

"And from there I'm sure you know each other."

Tiara looked at Reyfan's parents at a glance. Father and mother, do they already know about Cloudy and Little El? Um. they must have known. Otherwise, Reyfan couldn't have asked us this directly in front of his parents.

"I think the answer is my husband." Tiara looked at Nath and nodded weakly. Hinting at her husband to inform their relationship with Cloudy.

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Let's solve Cloudy's problem first with Reyfan. 😊

We will discuss some of these chapters. There is still the same titi Nath kok in each chapter 😊