Merely Winnowing
End Flashback

Two Months Later..

"I've been looking for two months for information about Dea, after collecting all the evidence, now I know that Dea is Mama's biological child, but I also need a confession from Mama. It was hard to get a confession from my mom. Especially since Mama got sick and Mba Luna went home. I'm getting harder and harder to talk to Mama with, '" Arka said one afternoon as she walked to her house after returning home from work.

However, when he was about to enter his house, suddenly his net was fixed on the figure of Rahma who had just come out of the house.

"Mama?" said Arka while frowning.

Arka then walked behind Rahma with a sneak. Before long, he had arrived at an orphanage near the station.

"Yeah, finally. I can finally catch Mama going to this place!" arka said half screaming. He then waited for Rahma, sitting in a coffee shop near the orphanage. For an hour, Rahma finally came out of the orphanage.

"Mama!" call Arka after walking out of the orphanage. Rahma who heard a familiar voice then turned her body and saw Arka standing behind her.

"A-arca?"

"Why? Mom surprised?"

"Why are you here, son?"

"Should I ask Mama that? What's the reason Mama used to see Dea at the orphanage? Who is Dea, Ma? Is Dea my real brother?"

"Kamala... "

"Mama, please be honest. If Mba Luna is not my sister, then where is my sister, Ma? My real brother Dea, right, Ma?"

"Arka, why are you asking like that? Who is Dea?"

"Mama, don't pretend to be Ma. I already know everything. Mama told Mommy Panti that Mama found Dea in the train car right? But I'm not sure, the real Mama found Mba Luna in the train car right? Then Mama raised Mba Luna to be Mama's child, and put Mama's biological child in the orphanage right? Why Ma? Why did Mom do all that?"

"Carcinium..."

"Not to talk anymore, Ma. Is it hard to be honest?"

"Calm yourself, Mama. Calm down and please tell me everything. I promise Ma, I promise I won't divulge this secret to Mba Luna."

Rahma nodded her head. "Arka, mom was forced to do all that because she was afraid of Papa, son."

"Fear of Papa? Why are you afraid of Papa? Isn't Papa very nice, Ma?"

"Mama's afraid of divorce..."

"divorced? Why did you think that Papa would divorce you until you could change Mba Luna and Dea?" asked Arka while frowning.

"Mama did trade Luna and Dea, because Dea was suffering from congenital heart disease. Back then on the same train, Mama was sitting not far away with a young mother carrying a small child about two years old, and a newborn and she was Luna. While in the carriage, the young mother looked so frightened and anxious. Until finally the train stopped and he left Luna in the train that he put on the chair."

Rahma's words came to a halt, the tightness she felt in light of the events of twenty years ago. Similarly Arka who is currently only silent with blank eyes.

"Continue Ma" said Arka lirih.

"Seeing Luna who was left behind, Mama thought that the young mother deliberately left Luna because throughout the journey the young mother seemed so anxious. So, after seeing the young mother leave Luna just like that, Mama approached the tiny baby and held him, in the same sling as your sister, Dea. Initially Mama will indeed leave Luna to the nearest station or puskesmas. But Mama was persuaded by Satan's seduction to exchange Luna and Dea" Rahma said sobbing.

"So Mama swapped them because Dea had congenital heart disease?"

"Yes, mama's scared, Arka. At that time, Mama gave birth to Dea in my mother's hometown because at that time our lives were very mediocre, Mmma gave birth without Papa, only with parents. And it turns out that the baby you gave birth to suffered from congenital heart disease, which requires a large medical and care costs. Mama was afraid that if Papa found out, he was angry and divorced her. So, when I saw that there was an opportunity before my eyes, without thinking, I changed Dea and Luna. Mama accidentally put Dea in an orphanage so that mom can meet her whenever she wants. And I'm also sure, in that orphanage they can treat Dea because the orphanage has a regular donor who always helps them take care of the children of the orphanage."

"Mama, how about all this time the Mba Luna family was looking for her whereabouts, Ma? Why are you so selfish that you act like this?"

"I'm sorry, mom is sorry for what you did."

The arka just froze silently hearing all the words of Rahma.

'I'm sorry Mba Luna, I'm sorry that I've been bothering you so many times, but you're not my real sister. I promise to make Mba Luna happy, I will help find Mba Luna's family, Arka's inner. His heart felt tight.