Mysterious Gus
#72. Ae Ri Iseul's

..."We have only met once, but our closeness is like a mother and a child. Evidently with only me staring at your headstone, I felt calm and happy,"...

...Farelle....

...***...

Tiam entered the apartment with a disheveled face. Without greeting and caring for Farel, Karaya and Hyeon, Tiam immediately landed his body on the sofa.

Tiam breathed a sigh of relief. After hours in the air, his feet were finally able to return to earth.

"Oppa why? What's tiring?" Karaya asked while putting in a piece of mango for her.

"Tired. Almost every day moving countries. A little while in Indo, a little in New York, a little in Korea. Oppa's life was like it was in the air, not on land anymore" Tiam complained making Karaya and Hyeon chuckle.

Hyeon already knows Indonesian. For four years he studied diligently and the results were very satisfying even though sometimes his tongue was twisted.

"You should have the ability to duplicate yourself" Farel mocked.

Tiam seemed to snort, "Subang should thank me! Anyway, why should I go back to Indo?! Ck," decak Tiam.

"How is he doing?"

"Who? Raima Umma? The nia? The zira? Hutama Abah? Abil?"

Now replace the clucking Farel, "Nafisha!" Sentak Farel.

Tiam immediately screeched, "What is it that Brother asked Fisha again?! Soon she'll be married to Aiden, too,"

"Dragon's talking, Tiam! Now get some rest, we'll be gone in two hours,"

"Where?" The three men in front of Farel asked with his head and looked bright.

"Something, somewhere,"

"Sok secret!" Tiam was then agitated towards his room.

Farel was only able to shake his head when he saw Tiam's behavior, especially when Karaya and Hyeon entered their respective rooms.

***

Karaya smiled happily as she reached the place Farel meant. Karaya remembers never visiting the place again when she was ten years old because Farel and Xander had taken her from Seoul to Jeju, also because of her dangerous position at the time. Yes, although it is still the same now, but there are Farel and Tiam who guard it.

Tiam is no less happy with Karaya. He also misses someone who is there.

Seeing the happiness of Tiam and Karaya, Farel was also happy. He has not visited that place in a long time.

"What do we do at the cemetery?" Hyeon asked in surprise.

Yaps, the place that Farel meant 'somewhere' was a grave.

"Meeting my Eomma!!" Karaya is happy. Although almost a dozen years have never visited, Karaya still clearly remembers that place as the final resting place of her mother.

"Bring each of you flowers, I told Jong to keep them in the trunk" Farel said.

They marched to a tomb with Farel being pushed by Tiam. His feet could not walk so easily.

Karaya immediately took a place on the side of the tomb they were headed to, as did Hyeon who took a place beside Karaya. Unlike the Tiam on the other side and Farel who faced directly with his tombstone.

"Eomma," said Karaya girang mingled.

"Sorry I just got to visit Eomma again. I miss Eomma so much" Karaya's voice began to sound raucous, ready to cry. Hyeon who was beside him could only rub Karaya's shoulder.

"Now I'm an adult. I'm 21 years old. I grew up well because I had a Dad and an Oppa-Oppa,"

"They take care of me very well and they love me very much. So Eomma doesn't have to worry about me. Eomma must enjoy the new life of Eomma,"

"Eomma, sorry to see you again. I haven't been visiting for a long time, but I've never forgotten Eomma," now replace the talking Tiam.

"As Eomma said, I've become the man that Eomma wanted me to be. I've been a strong man who has always been reliable. I've also been a good man, I can take care of Karaya,"

Tiam was silent for a moment, stringing his words together very neatly.

"Eomma need not worry, I will always be with Karaya to look after, protect, love and love her. I hope Eomma is happy always,"

"Ahjumma, introduce me to Baek Hyeon. I'm Karaya's new oppa. It was nice to meet Karaya and they were so nice. Even though I wasn't with them from the beginning, I would always be with them from the middle to the end" Hyeon opened her voice.

"Karaya is a good girl, graceful and polite even though sometimes nosy. But I love him like my brother. Karaya brings me a lot of happiness and I definitely take care of her. Be happy, Ahjumma,"

After that they were only silent for a moment. Farel was not speaking. He just silently watched their interaction with a bouquet of flowers in his confession.

"Let's go back to the car, Brother wants to talk to Eomma alone," as if understanding, Tiam immediately invited Karaya and Hyeon away.

"Oppa isn't papa here alone? How about going back?" Tanya Karaya was worried.

"No problem. If there's anything, Oppa can call,"

"All right,"

Farel stared at the departure of the three. Until he was not seen again, then Farel put the flowers on the tomb.

'Ae Ri Iseul's'

The name was beautifully engraved on the tombstone. Farel calmly looked at it. His body felt again grabbed by the good but poor woman.

Iseul is the biological mother of Karaya. He knew all the facts about Iseul when he was with Xander. So more precisely, Xander is the one who mediates them to get to know each other.

At the age of ten, Xander brought him to Korea and met Iseul who was in the hospital due to an accident with Karaya.

Karaya survived, while Iseul did not. Iseul, who was Catholic at the time, had recited the shahadah in his last seconds.

So, Karaya is now a Catholic with her late mother who converted to Islam before dying.

Such was the short figure of poor Iseul.

"Eomma, I'm sorry I haven't been a good oppa to Ae Ri, I still leave her and leave her to my subordinates. But Eomma take it easy, Ae Ri will always be good under my supervision,"

"Eomma, what should I do? I'm afraid to bring Ae Ri to see Papa. Honestly, I'm not ready or I'll never be ready. But looking at his hopeful eyes, I almost always melt," Farel said in despair.

"Eomma, I have been slowly teaching Islam to Ae Ri. May Ae Ri understand and be able to make Eomma happy with her prayer to our same Lord later,"

"Eomma, I will always keep Ae Ri from living my own life. May Eomma never be disappointed in me,"

"By the way about Dad, he's married now. Five years ago, to be exact. I knew his wife, she was nice and took care of me in my painful days. Mom and Dad have a daughter too. They live happily, Eomma,"

Farel rubbed the tip of the tomb because he did not reach the tombstone. A sweet smile was engraved thinly on Farel's lips.

"We're all happy here. I'm fine now too. Eomma should be happy there seeing us. I miss you, Eomma,"

That is what Farel said before leaving the tomb of Iseul. There was relief in his heart after conversing at Iseul's tomb. Farel assured his heart that he would make frequent pilgrimages even though he had to travel back and forth long distances.

"Have you?" Karaya asked Farel who pushed his own wheelchair with some difficulty. There is a risk of people being paralyzed, Farel said.

"It has. Let's go home!"

Tbc...

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