INFINITE LOYALTY
LEARN TO BE A SINGLE PARENT

Riani awakens when she senses the car she is riding in stopping and hears Papah Rolland's voice talking to Andy.

"You wake up son, let's go down and then continue your rest" Rolland said, welcoming Riani's hand slowly down from the car.

"Iya Pah, Riani clean first, then the Dhuhur prayer, then Riani rest"

"Alright, careful!" roland exclaimed while guarding Riani who almost tripped over the stairs.

"Assynoltom..." Greetings Riani and the others.

As for Andy and Akbar, Riani sees them back at the house next door, their basecamp.

"Wa'alaikum hail..." Answer Bu Widya and mbok Sri.

"You must be tired, pity this granddaughter of oma..." Bu Widya said while stroking Riani's stomach.

"Drink this Pomegranate juice, Om Rolland deliberately brought it from home" Widya said again while giving a glass containing Pomegranate juice that she brought from the kitchen.

"really? thank you Pah" said Riani while looking at Rolland.

"Together, Drink..." Om Rolland replied as he glanced at Widya who pretended not to look at him.

In one gulp of Pomegranate juice in his hand ludes in drinking Riani without any residue, making Widya who saw him can only shake her head, but not her head, roland smiled with satisfaction because his pomegranate juice was drunk by his daughter.

"If you drink slowly, will you?" said Bu Widya while gently wiping her child's mouth.

"Hehehe...Yes Ma'am, sorry...After a long jump of the juice" replied Riani whiny, embarrassed.

"There you hunt for bathing, so you can pursue the Dhuhur prayer time as well"

"Yes, then Riani went to take a shower first, Mom, Pah...?"

Widya and Papah Rolland just nodded.

After Riani had entered her room, Rolland tried to get close to Widya, but soon Widya followed Riani inside, leaving Rolland who was still dumb with his disappointed facial expression.

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After finishing the bath and prayer Dhuhur Riani tried to lie down and close his eyes, but without him realizing his hand touched the necklace he was wearing, a gift from Aunt Grace, while in the hospital earlier.

Riani got up from her bed, then sat down in front of Rias' glass, observing the necklace with the navy blue pendant embedded in her neck.

The mother who just came out of the bathroom frowned as Riani was trying to remove the necklace on her neck.

"New necklace, son?" ask Bu Widya to approach Riani.

"Yes Ma'am, just given Aunt Grace earlier while in the hospital.

"Why didn't you reject it? that necklace must have been very expensive and valuable to him"

"I turned him down, but Aunt Grace forced me to accept it, as a sign of gratitude" she said"

"Emmm...Ma?" riani said hesitantly.

"What's up, son? just tell me if there is a wedge in your heart" Widya replied, as if knowing what was on her son's mind.

"Lookin...Aunt Grace and Om Marcel would love to meet Mom and apologize for what happened to our father and family..."

"Mom forgave them long ago, it was because of God's will, not because of them, only through their hands"

"So you're ready to meet them?"

"Mother has forgiven them, and it's not necessary we should meet right?" widya replied, asking.

"They're eager to meet and talk to Mom in person, that's what they're saying, so please think about it first, maybe it's good too if you meet them?"

"Is it that important, son?"

"Maybe for them it's very important, ma'am, because the event also turned out to affect not only Ethan, but also Om Marcel"

"You mean son?"

"Because of that event, and since then also Om Marcel always haunt nightmares with the incident to make him experience acute Insomnia"

"Marcel had acute insomnia since that incident?"

"True Ma'am, Aunt Grace said it was probably her guilt that left her tormented"

"And maybe with us meeting each other and opening our hearts to forgive each other maybe the wedge in our hearts will gradually disappear and most likely the pain suffered by Om Marcel as well it will heal" he continued again.

"Well, if that's your wish, and if it's true that if we meet them, it'll be good for them, I will, but...You need time, son, because somehow the event still imprint on your heart and memory..."

"I understand Mom, because I feel that, too, so think slowly, whenever you're ready to tell me, and they'll be patient waiting"

"Alright, then...What are you gonna do with that necklace, son?"

"I'll save it with a gift from Ethan's other family"

"Is there anything else from them?"

"Yes Ma'am, Ethan's necklace and ring were given when we were dating and.certified at home in Gili Trawangan"

"Home Certificate?! why didn't you reject it? we are not people who are, but also do not have to accept their gift Riani" said Bu Widya surprised and gave a strong warning.

"Just like Aunt Grace gave me this necklace, I've rejected it many times, but Ethan forced me, let alone Viola, Ethan's wife, she actually supports and coaxes me into accepting it on the grounds of keeping Ethan's feelings from upsetting him which will eventually make his illness recur..."

"Try to be honest with Mom, you still love Ethan until now, son?"

"I don't know Mom...Ever since I experienced betrayal for Radja's sake, the feeling of love in my heart seemed to be dead..."

"Mom knows how you feel, son..." Seeing her son suffering from love there was a feeling of concern in Widya's heart.

"All I know is that Viola loves Ethan so much, and I'm sure with Viola next to Ethan, he'll be fine"

"Then what about yourself?"

"Right now all I prioritize is my baby candidate, Mom, while heart problems let it go over time, will give me answers later..." Riani replied softly while stroking her prospective baby in her stomach.

"Mother agrees with you son, now you better focus on your birth and from that you also have to learn to be a single parent, because you have decided it before"

"Yes Ma'am, God willing...I was ready for that and the consequences when I decided to become a single parent"

"Yes, now that I don't want to discuss the gifts from Ethan's family anymore, all I'm giving you"

"Thank you, ma'am, for giving me permission to receive and keep the gifts from Ethan's family"

"Yes, let's just say it's because you want to appreciate their feelings...Never mind, now you keep the goods well and immediately rest, pity your baby, although still in the womb but has often been invited to travel far and exhausted" said Bu Widya, who was not involved in the incident, stroking full of affection Riani's stomach.

"I'm sorry Mother, son, it makes you tired..." Whisper Riani.

"But it's also good, at least you've taught this prospective child from an early age, so later when he was born until he grew up he was not surprised anymore and grew up with a strong soul, he said, because since from the womb has been difficult with the mother..." Ms. Widya said a little jokingly.

"But it does not have to be still in the womb also anyway Mom..at least wait for him to be born first..."

"You said it, but in fact, the baby is still in the womb you have invited him to go far exhausted" said Bu Widya a little annoyed.

"Yes...Yes I'm sorry, maybe soon I won't have to see Ethan again, because he's already showing signs of being aware of his coma"

"really? Thank God Alkhamdulillah then...Since I'm sorry for Ethan, he's a good boy...But you have to have a hard time and have such a disease"

"Now I can calm down, because soon your future grandchildren will not be tired anymore"

"Yes, now the hunt is done with his belongings and immediately rest, I make milk first for you" said Bu Widya as she left the room.

"Good Mom..."

Riani immediately cleaned up and kept the valuables.

After washing his hands, he went out into the kitchen and drank the milk his mother had made for him.

Then he went back to his room and fell on the bed.

But his eyes could not be closed, although the weather was very fitting to release fatigue and just close his eyes, even though the weather was late in the afternoon, with a cool breeze seeped in the cracks of his slightly open room windows.

Riani thought back to the conversation between her and her mother.

And there is nothing wrong with what his mother said earlier, that from now on she must learn to be a single parent, although it might be difficult for her, he said, but learning from the experience when he saw his mother who used to be a single parent for his three children, at least a little bit he knows the basis for being a single parent, which is to have a strong determination, namely to have a strong determination, sincere and patient...

Yep...She should start learning to be a single parent from now on...

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