The Love of a Mr. Nauder
Decisions

Steve grimaces when Nauder hits him in the stomach. The man tried to keep his voice from being heard by anyone, while Nauder was already emotional until he hit her.

"Why are you doing this?" ask Nauder. He spoke in a soft tone but there was a growl in it, a sign that he really felt emotions.

Steve could only straighten his body without daring to raise his head let alone look into the eyes of the father. Occasionally, he grimaced because Nauder's punch was really painful to the heart.

"Tell Daddy, did Daddy ever educate you like this? Why can't you ever change? Why you and your wife—"

"Enough, Daddy." This time, Steve dared to speak. If the father has a decision, then he has a decision. "Yes, it was me who did it, I instigated Geo to stay away from Maudy."

As Nauder was about to step forward, she suddenly fell silent upon hearing Steve say, "You may hit me, you may beat me up, but I will never hand Geo over to Maudy again. Sooner or later, I'll bring him home from here."

"Steve, are you crazy? Were you stupid until you separated a child from its mother? Where's your brain?!" shouted Nauder who was provoked by emotion.

Steve laughs. "Who cares? All I thought about was Geo my son, and I would never again accept if I were to be separated from him."

"Go home, Steve." Nauder plans to take Geo away from here.

"No, I'll never let go of Geo." Although he dared to refute the father and answer whatever Nauder said, but the fear remained in the hearts of men. However, if he did not resist or rebel, Nauder would continue to suppress him.

Steve feels that now is the time to expose things and take Geo back and that leaves Nauder at a loss for words.

At that moment, a slap landed on Steve's cheek which turned out to be from Elsa who suddenly came and directly slapped her.

"Steve!" elsa's screams made Steve bow. "Did I ever teach you to act like this? Do you also know who Alya really is?"

"Enough!" shouted Steve who could not resist the attack from his parents.

"Actually who are your children? I'm your son, not Maudy. Then why have you never defended me? What's wrong with me staying with Geo?"

"Your! Your way is wrong." Elsa is being overwhelmed by emotions, so she also screams.

At that moment, Suddenly the sound of shards made everyone turn their heads, and it was Maudy who was the source of the sound.

Initially, Maudy just wanted to grab some water to drink and just then, she heard a noise from the balcony making her come straight for her.

Indeed, Maudy did not expect that today she would hear such a painful thing as now. As it turns out, he was too kind to Steve that, unknowingly, he allowed the man to poison Geo's brain.

Nauder closed her eyes as Maudy stepped forward toward Steve. The woman's steps were so slow with her eyes wet and looked at the man with a wounded look.

Steve was so fed up that he thoughtlessly removed the entire "mask" on his face that he had been using when he was interacting with Maudy.

Now, Steve who usually stares with a warm spotlight because he is pretending, is now changing. He looked at Maudy with a defiant gaze accompanied by an overwhelming sense of satisfaction.

"Yes, I'm behind all this, what else do you want?"

Nauder raised her hand to beat Steve, but Maudy, who saw it, raised her hand, hinting that the man would not interfere with his business as well as Steve's.

All the joints in Maudy's body felt loose. He couldn't believe Steve would do this to him. He really hated himself for being careless until now Geo was away from him.

"I swear, I'll never let you take Geo away from me" Maudy said.

Steve clucked slowly. "We just ask him."

Just as Steve was about to wake Geo up so that the boy would talk about his wishes in front of all of them, he fell silent as it turned out that Geo was already in front of him.

Geo had just come out because he woke up from his sleep without seeing Steve by his side.

Seeing Geo, Maudy immediately walked towards her son and then pulled the child's hand. "Let's go to the room, Geo."

"No way!" geo shouted that immediately threw out Maudy's hand.

"Look, doesn't Geo want to go back to Maudy?" ask Steve.

Elsa does not give up, she tries to persuade Geo because she does not want the child to listen to the adult debate by saying, "Geo, let's go to sleep."

"No, I want to sleep with Daddy" he said.

"Do you want to stay here or do you want to come with Daddy?"

"I want to be with Deddy so I can meet Mommy Alya."

Maudy's heart was so sad to hear that Geo preferred to go and say he wanted to see Alya.

"Come, son," Maudy said in a quiet voice.

"No way!" geo answered with a shout.

"You see for yourself, isn't it that Geo chose me over Maudy?" steve asked while showing off a triumphant smile in front of his parents as well as Maudy.

It seemed, Nauder wanted to beat up Steve right then and there, but of course it couldn't be because there was Geo there so there was nothing he could do but sigh.

Elsa walked up to Maudy and hugged her. "Mommy, how's this? I don't want to lose Geo, please save Geo from Steve, Mommy," the woman said as she sobbed.

***

Time showed at four in the morning when Steve came out of the room. The aura of the man's face looked extremely happy. Now, she plans to talk to Maudy, as she knows for sure that the woman has not fallen asleep.

Steve opened the door, he grinned when he saw his ex-wife sitting crying. While Maudy who heard the sound of the door, just looked at it briefly. He felt his body was not powered, so he could not move much. He is too shocked by what happened in his life and by what Geo said.

"Is this all painful?" steve asked with his tone that really sucks. He leaned against the wall then while holding his hands in front of his chest and looked at Maudy with a mocking look.

"Maudy, why are you so stupid? You think I'm gonna change because of a woman like you?" steve asked, "don't dream, Maudy, my purpose here is not for you but to take Geo and now Geo is mine.”

"Well, I'll never stop you again, but on one condition, let me just spend a day with Geo" said Maudy, who ultimately chose to release Geo to Steve. He knew the child's mentality was more important than anything.

If he forces Geo to stay, then the boy will get even more hurt because he's been doctored by Steve to hate him. Therefore, he also gave up everything.

When he saw Maudy like this, he reminded him of the time when he first arrived in India, where this woman rejected him and always looked at him contemptuously. Now is the time for her revenge.

"Well, I'll give you one day with Geo. I'll persuade him. Think of it as the last gift I gave you" he said.

After saying that, Steve straightened his body and then came out of the room.

Just as the door closed, Maudy's cries grew louder. His shoulders were shaking violently. He kept roaring calling Geo's name. Really, it never crossed his brain that this was the last day he saw the boy..

***

"Steve, Mommy wants to talk to you" Elsa said. Apparently, the woman had not fallen asleep either. Just now he was listening to Steve and Maudy.

Elsa also deliberately did not interfere because she felt free to argue with Steve.

"I don't want to talk, no matter what my decision is made. I'll be happy out of here."

"You can go, but remember one thing. If one day you regret knowing the truth about Maudy, Mommy will never help you again. Remember also that your wife is not as good as you think."

After saying that, Elsa immediately turned around and decided to go to her room.

While Steve, he now frowned when he heard Elsa's words. Why did his mother say such a thing? What is Maudy's secret, and why does she say Alya isn't as good as she thought?

"Oh, I better get some sleep" said Steve. The man continued his steps to go to the room.

***

The night turned morning, and Maudy was ready with her neat look. Today, he plans to take Geo one last time to school, as he believes Geo will be taken by Stev tomorrow.

He talked to Elsa and Nauder. He sent the two home, because he wanted to live alone here. He would not be able to return to Russia.

Don't ask how broken Maudy's heart is, even now her soul will be detached from the body when she is forced to enjoy the last seconds with the son.

Maudy came out and walked towards the room. He knocked on the door slowly until it was finally opened by Steve who said, "Don't expect you to be able to take Geo away from me, I'll be watching you."

Steve's face looked so arrogant. He was satisfied to see Maudy like this. He remembered that when he first came to India, the woman treated him in this way.

Maudy did not answer Steve's remarks, he went straight into his son's room where Geo was cleaning his book. He bent his legs to equalize himself with the boy.

When he saw Geo's face, Maudy tried to capture every inch of his son's handsome face without anyone being missed, until finally the woman's cry broke. He immediately rushed into Geo who had no reaction at all.

Of course that's because Geo was already doctored by Steve.

Maudy let go of her embrace, then she clasped Geo's hand which remained silent. "Mommy doesn't know you understand or not, but all day Mommy's gonna spend time with you. You want to, right?"

"All right, just ask Daddy" Geo replied.

That little answer hurt Maudy so much. He lost his right to his own son.

"Daddy, what is it?"

Steve nodded his head. "Today alone, because tomorrow we will go home and meet Mommy Alya."

"I can't wait to meet Mommy Alya."

Maudy's heart felt so torn apart, but she had no power to choose anything else, until she finally straightened up and reached out to invite Geo out.

Then this time, Geo replied by holding Maudy's hand, unlike yesterday where he was indifferent to this woman.