
Lara
Aunt Sofie's eyes rounded in shock at what Agni said. She was really shocked to learn that in me the one talking right now was Amel, her biological daughter. What shocked her even more was the fact that her daughter Amel was no longer in this world.
"No! No way! You must be acting, right?! Don't mess with you, Ra! You think, Auntie believed your words? You are the most acting! You want to cheat Aunt this time?! Don't mess with you!" apparently Aunt Sofie still reneges on reality. He still couldn't believe that the one talking to him right now was Agni, not the real me.
I then looked towards Ditya, He knew that the one who saw him at this moment was not me but Agni. "May I ask for the ring we buried together at the time, Dit?"
Ditya nodded his head. He went to his safe and opened it with a code that only he knew. He then took a box that I had dug out from behind the Panti. The box contained a ring that made me leave Ditya due to a misunderstanding.
Ditya then gave the box to Agni. Agni received the box that Ditya gave and then looked back at her Mama. "You know, what do I remember most about my mom? That day, for the first time Mama took my hand. Mama who had always looked so disgusted at me, held my hand with tenderness. I can feel the warmth of a Mama for the first time in my life,"
"We walk together. Even without a word, but it was enough for me. All this time, Mama never cared about me. In fact, Mama often locked me in the bathroom because I was sick of seeing my face," I saw the reaction of Aunt Sofie who looked shocked because I could tell what she had done in the past.
"I always felt the coldness of the bathroom floor, until I fell asleep there and Mama opened the door for me. Mama told me to change clothes and then gave me food. Not because of affection or regret for punishing a child as small as me harshly, all just limited to moral responsibility because Mama did not want to kill me with her own hands!" my heart hurts to hear it. I also cried hearing the story Agni told.
"That day when we went together to the Panti for the first time, I noticed Mama's makeup. Mama was wearing Mama's beloved ring that was coiled around her ring finger, precisely on Mama's left hand that I held with happiness," Agni wiped my tears, perhaps not wanting her to see our weak side.
"Over the way, I noticed the ring that I really liked the shape. A star-shaped ring with a jewel in the center. The most beautiful ring I've ever seen. The ring may not be visible in the photo I gave today but it is seen in the photo in the warehouse at Om Handaka's house," Aunty Sofie was again surprised by the fact I said.
"I always wanted to have a ring like that, so Ditya worked hard to buy me a ring that I really liked. It was not that my friends wore rings in class as Ditya knew, I wanted rings so badly because I missed my Mama so much. My mother left me without ever looking back. It was as if he had thrown away the stinking trash and was no longer able to keep it by his side. That's me, the one Mama threw away without ever caring about again."
Agni then opened the jewelry box she was holding, I've seen it. However, Aunt Sofie must have never been and do not know what it is like.
"The same as what you have, right? Although the ring I have right now is not an expensive one, Ditya gave it sincerely as a friend. While Mama, despite having a nice and expensive ring though, will never have any meaning at all. You are a person who is never satisfied and always hurts others without thinking about the consequences,"
"Mom knows who made me last this long? Surely Mama would not have thought that a cold man who had seemed to not care about Mama's life, is a person who sincerely loves me like loving his own child. Om Handaka has been financing me all this time. I who have never been at all Mama looked or asked her condition at all and have been abandoned at the Panti, even cared for by Mama's husband. My own mama just seemed to have thrown away something that Mama should have thrown away for a long time, what's my fault Ma?" I returned to shed my tears. Agni wiped away the tears I shed.
"I'm gonna give this ring to Mama. So that Mama always remembered the most dear things Mama. The first thing I remember where Mama took me lovingly," Agni then walked towards Aunt Sofie and crouched down. Equalize their eyes so they can look at each other into their eyes.
Agni raised Aunt Sofie's hand and put on a ring. "Mom know, I kept this ring until I was almost married to that perverted grandpa" Agni now shed her tears, not me.
I could feel the pain he felt. "I'm going to give it to Mama one day. I want Mama to know that I will live a successful life someday and be determined to make Mama happy. I want to be like Anggi who Mama loves and always Mama defended."
My tears kept dripping, apparently Agni was very sad and jealous to see her Mama care more Anggi than she. "Mama doesn't even know I'm gone. Mama didn't even care and came to my grave at all. I always look forward to Mama's arrival. Is it wrong if I want my mommy? Is it wrong if I want Mama to come once?"
"I could only look at Mama through the photo Om Handaka sent. I saw Mama happy with the treasure, while I could only count the days how long I could still live in this world," Agni who had held Aunt Sofie's hand and then raised it and kissed her Mom's hand lovingly.
"I'm sorry Amel, Ma. The presence of Amel made Mama's life destroyed. Amel's existence makes Mama tortured. Maybe God heard the prayer of Mama who had wanted to remove Amel from the face of the earth. Mama's prayer is answered. Amel will go and disappear from the face of the earth."
Aunt Sofie shook her head. Tears began to flood her eyes. "Don't.... Don't...."
Agni smiled, "Sorry Amel, Ma.... Forgive Amel who was born from Papa who ruined Mama's life. Sorry Amel...."
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