NOT PERPETRATORS
I'm sorry, Dad ....

"No, Mother. I'm okay" I said with a smile. "Come in, Mom, Dad."

My father and mother-in-law also came in. They sit in the family room. While Ark is very spoiled today. He kept following me while holding my hand. I went to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee and a cup of tea.

"Arka, come? You're with grandma, aren't you?"

"No way!"

"the arka? Mama's gonna make a drink for your grandpa and grandma."

"No want! She wants the same old Mama!"

I asked him to hold my robe, because I needed both hands to make a drink. After that, I carried him forward. Put the drink on the table. Then I sat down on the sofa, facing my in-laws. Arka's acting weird today. He very spoiledly placed his head on my lap. I just smiled watching him.

"Lady? Have you been crying?" ask mother.

"No, Mother," I answered lying.

My mother approached me too. He sat next to me.

"Lady? You can't lie to me, son?" He also took my hand. "Say! What happened between you and Iyan?"

"Nothing, Mom. We ... we're fine."

I don't know where to start saying it so mom doesn't get shocked. I want to say everything. It's just, I'm afraid mom is disappointed. He loves me very much. In fact, I am so grateful to have in-laws like them.

"Lady? I was a mother. I can capture the different feelings just through the gaze of his son. And you're my son. So ... please don't cover up. Say, about what happened!"

"Mother .. I ...." I really hesitate to say it.

"Lady? Say, Son! We're your parents. It's supposed to be for us to know about your problem" Dad said.

I'm looking down inside. Trying to think first, about what I'm going to say. Perhaps, this is a good time to tell them about my relationship and Bastian's.

"Mother ... Dad .., previously Ima apologized, if all this time can not be the best daughter-in-law for you. But, really ... Ima loves you guys so much."

"Why are you talking like that? You've been a good daughter-in-law. In fact, we don't want to lose you, Ima!" said mother.

"For us, a daughter-in-law doesn't need to be perfect. You love us enough sincerely. That's enough. But for us, you're more than a perfect son-in-law." Father said in a soft tone.

"Dad ... Mother .., forever you are my parents. Whatever happens-" Suddenly my tears just flow. I tried to hold him. But I can't.

"Lady? What's up?" Mom rubbed my shoulder gently.

I took a deep breath. Exhaling slowly. "I hope Father and Mother will keep quiet listening to me."

"Then, Bastian and I married on a comfortable basis. We don't even know what love means in our lives. We love each other, and we worry about each other. We have lived in a household so far. Almost four years," I continued.

"I'm happy to be able to live life with him. Bastian is a good man. He was quiet, to the point that I didn't know he didn't love me. We rarely talk. Bastian is busy. We're just living life with each other's minds."

"What do you mean?" My mother looked at me confused.

I smile in the middle of a wet face. "Love in a relationship is very important. What is the point of a relationship without loving each other. What is the point of being together, but the heart and the mind are focused on the other."

"Shy ...." It seems like mom has clearly captured my statement.

"That night, after I got home from the hospital, we had already decided, that-" My lips trembled, my body trembled. Looking at the netra of the expectant mother worried me not bear. But I have to say it.

"We ... we .. we agreed to part."

I don't know what she felt in her mind. Mom's hands are shaking. My mother hugged my body tightly. He was crying so much.

"Why? Why should we split up? Can't you stay?"

"Mother ... Mom, don't be like this. Ima can't be."

"Mom won't lose you, Ima!"

"No, Dad. This is based on both of our decisions. We decided this peacefully, Father."

"Lady? Stay my son-in-law! Don't go!" Mom kept hugging me tight. He ignored the sleeping Ark in my lap.

"Mother ... Ima, right, told you. Ima will be your daughter forever. Ima just change the status, not break the cord. So, I don't have to worry. Ima will still visit Mom if you can, huh?"

"No! Can't! You can't get divorced!" whining mom.

I kept stroking my mother-in-law's hair that had been covered in gray. I tried to calm him down. As I looked, my father kept his head in his arms while leaning against the sofa.

Silent mood. Only sobs were heard. Until the sound of Bastian's car was heard stopping in front of the house. Then the figure of the man seemed to walk towards us. Mas Bastian observed us one by one. He stood still, as if he had realized that something had happened.

"Bas! Sit down!" father's orders.

Bastian was sitting next to my dad.

"Bas! Explain why you decided to get divorced! Did you make a fatal mistake!"

"Dad ...."

"You shut up, Ima. Let Bastian explain!"

Mas Bastian looks nervous. Sometimes he squeezes his own hands.

"Dad ... I .. I ...." Mas Bastian closed his two neutrals tightly. Sighs long. Then it said, "I've already impregnated someone," he said in a trembling tone.

I saw my father's face grow furious. "Who? Who's the woman you hamili's with?"

"Bella," said Bastian while looking down.

Father also stood up. He clenched both his hands. Then dragged Bastian's neck violently. "You! You brat!" Dad's voice is getting heavy. Dad's chest kembis. My mom and I were panicking too. Mas Bastian only lowered his head when his neck was strangled by father.

"You, what a useless child!" And when dad raised his fist. Suddenly my body shook violently. Dad fell and was unconscious. We were all surprised.

"Dad!" Mas Bastian immediately hugged the body of the father while crying.

I grabbed Arka's head from his lap. Then put him on the couch. After that, my mother and I immediately ran to hug my father's body lying on the floor.

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