
"Mother, which father" asked little Anin.
The little girl just woke up from her sleep, but again she did not find the presence of her father in the house.
"Dad went to work this morning" lied Elfira.
It is true, Elfira has not said anything to her daughter if her father and mother will separate. Elfira waits for the right time until the child understands the adult relationship.
"Mother lies" said Anin, the boy was tired of hearing the mother's excuses. Whenever he asked about his father, his mother would say the same thing.
"Dad went to work early in the morning and came home late when you were asleep."
That was what Elfira always said when Anindya asked about her father. Elfira did not know if the child was a smart child, she knew if the mother was lying.
"Mother does not lie dear" said Elfira softly.
"Dad's not coming back, is it, Bun." guess Anin was on target. Elfira became silent, she knew that her son could no longer be lied to for the same reason every day.
"Honey, miss mom. From now on, I won't stay with us anymore" Elfira said. It seems he must tell the truth to his son, so that Anin does not constantly ask about the whereabouts of his father.
"Why, Bun" asked Anin confusedly.
Elfira fell silent and thought of the right answer for the child.
Elfira sat down beside Anin, then held Anin's tiny hand. For a moment, Elfira did not say anything, she just looked into Anin's eyes, and vice versa. Anin looked at Elfira while waiting for an answer from the mother.
"I'm sorry you're with me, son. Sorry if mom and dad can't be good parents to you yet" Elfira sounded quivering, she was trying to hold back her tears from falling. Right now he has to look strong in front of the child.
"Mother crying" Anin chirped as she looked at Elfira's teary eyes.
Quickly Elfira wiped away the tears in her eyes, and she smiled back in front of Anindya.
"Mother is not crying, just look" said Elfira while showing her eyes that no longer pool.
"But my mother's eyes are red" Anin said.
"No, your eyes are not red." Elfira's lie. "Now Anin took a bath first yuk, Anin smelled of acem" said Elfira to divert the conversation. Elfira covered her nose with her hands, as if she was holding back the smell.
"No, Anin does not smell acem" Anin replied while kissing her own body odor.
It seems like Elfira's trick was successful, proven Anindya immediately diverted from the discussion about her father.
Elfira also carried Anin's tiny body and took her to the bathroom while kissing the child's face, making Anin laugh.
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"Why are you, Fir. Dreaming I see." said Halimah.
This afternoon Elfira invites Anin to Halimah's cake shop, she wants to distract her son so as not to always ask about his father.
"It's okay, Mom, Fira's just thinking. Fira wants to work Mom, so Fira thought that if Fira works, then who will take care of Anin at home" said Elfira.
"There is Asih who helps you at home, he can also take care of Anin right"
"Yes, ma'am, but it works until the afternoon. If Fira comes home last night"
"Yes, you just tell the Asih to work until you come home, or he will tell you to stay at your house. There are still empty rooms in your house"
"There is, ma'am" replied Elfira hesitatingly.
"Unfortunately you have got a job, Fir" Halimah asked suddenly, and Elfira shook her head while smiling in embarrassment.
"Geez, Fira, Fira. I thought you got a job"
"Not yet Ma'am, still wishful thinking. Hehe" replied Elfira cengengesan.
"When you work in Erlangga's office, you still remember him"
Elfira looked silent, she was remembering the figure of Erlangga.
"Erlangga was the CEO at Adam's place of work, ma'am" asked Elfira to confirm.
"Yes"
"Well, how is Fir" replied Halimah casually.
"Let's Mom, Fira think first"
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"Mom, there are guests in front of the nyariin mother" said Asih. The cooking elfira distracts her from her job.
"Who, bi?" ask Elfira.
"That's Mom, the woman who came to this house at that time"
Elfira seemed to think, she tried to remember who the woman referred to by Asih. There were two women who had come to his house.
"Yes, auntie please continue her cooking. Let me meet the guests first"
Elfira walked into the living room to see who came to her house this early in the morning.
"Ekhem, there is a need for what you are looking for me" Elfira said after finding out who her guests were.
"Where was Adam" asked the woman fiercely, not caring even though the host did not like her presence.
"But Adam doesn't exist, he doesn't live in this house anymore"
"Ciih, don't lie to you" said the woman named Bianca was not believed. " Lo must have deliberately hidden Adam"
"Whatever, you want to believe it or not. Adam no longer lives in this house and we are separated"
Bianca noticed the look in Elfira's eyes, and there were wounds and sadness.
"Keep, now you know where Adam lives" asked Bianca who began to soften her tone. There's a sense Bianca can't bear to see the state of Elfira.
"I don't know, it's none of my business that he wants to live where"
Bianca no longer asked for Adam's whereabouts to Elfira, she had better find Adam somewhere else.
"Well, if that's what I'll excuse you" Bianca told Elfira. "Dan ..." for a moment Bianca seemed hesitant to say it.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your time, I'm sorry about what happened in the Lo household"
For a moment the two were silent to each other, and dissolved in each other's minds. Eventually, Bianca breaks the silence between the two.
"Gue prayer in may Lo be happy, and can get a better replacement again" said Bianca sincerely.
Elfira seemed to be smiling at Bianca's heartfelt prayers, not expecting anyone else to care about her, other than Halimah.
"Thank you for the prayer, the same prayer for you and your sister. May Allah be with you always" Elfira smiled back.
"Amen. If so, I'll go home first" Bianca got up from her seat and walked out.
Elfira followed behind, about to deliver Bianca.
"Hmm, sorry Bi" called Elfira making Bianca stop her steps and turn around.
"why" asked Bianca.
Elfira seemed hesitant, in fact she also did not know why she had to call Bianca.
"Hmm, I can see your sister's condition isn't"
"By dong, that's fine. I'm glad you want to stop by and see my sister's condition" replied Bianca excitedly.
"May ask for your contact" asked Elfira again.
Bianca happily gave her contact number to Elfira, after they exchanged numbers with each other, Bianca said she still had to take care of her sick sister at home.
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