The Substitute Mother for Zahra
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Radit carried Yaya into his lap, he seemed to be pecking at Yaya's puffer cheek.

"So Om Radit is also my Papa?" yaya asked innocently.still did not understand, He only often listened to the conversations of adults.

"Dear, Om Radit is also Papa Yaya, if you want Yaya can call Papa too."

"No way!" yaya said that made Radit and Nita surprised.

"Why not?" Radit looks sad.

"Yaya called Papa Dion, it should be different." Reply Yaya immediately made Radit smile and then kissed Yaya's bully cheek again.

"So what if you call Om Radit and I call Aunt Caca Bunda?"

"Mother's Dad? what is Om?" Yaya still doesn't seem to understand.

"Father and Mother are like Papa and Mama."

Yaya who had just understood finally nodded, "Okay then Yaya call Ay emm ay-"

"A Y A H..."

"Father on Dad."

"Pinter is a Dad's son." Radit hugged Yaya.

"It's better for Yaya to go back to sleep, want to sleep with Oma?" tanya Nita saw the wall clock was late at night.

"You want," replied Yaya girang.

Nita finally brings Yaya back to her room.

Radit looks at Yaya and finally feels very relieved.He can finally make amends in his past by taking care of Yaya his own biological daughter.

The next morning, everyone had breakfast at the dinner table. Yaya did not stop babbling about things making everyone laugh occasionally. It feels like there's been a brighter life at Radit's house since Yaya was there.

"I take a day off today because I want to nganter Yaya check up" said Radit who was immediately embraced by Caca.

"Mama's coming too."

"Okay, after breakfast we leave to take Yaya to check up."

And in fact, not only did Radit's family deliver, Dion and Laras also took the time to come to the hospital to accompany their daughter check up.

"The results have improved, the bandages on the hands and feet have been removed.just wait a few days to properly recover." explained the doctor who handled Yaya.

"Thank you so much doctor." Nita was so happy that she shed tears.

The doctor left the treatment room immediately.

"So how? maybe I can take Yaya home now" said Dion who immediately shocked everyone.

"Why hunt? we take good care of Yaya let Yaya be with us for a long time" Nita said.

Dion looked at her dislike, "Not for a long time."

Nita just wanted to protest again but was banned by Radit,

"Well, but if things are still not stable considering your wife is pregnant, we hope to be with Yaya first" Radit said.

"Why are you always talking about my wife's pregnancy!" Dion stared at Radit not like to make Laras try to calm his son.

"Don't get me wrong, my husband just wants to ease your wife's burden because if women are pregnant they shouldn't work too hard." Caca chimed in.

"Truely, if indeed you love your prospective child better not make your wife tired" added Nita did not want to lose the opportunity.

"Huh, you guys cornered me." annoyed Dion made everyone chuckle.

A few days passed, Radit looked out of the car. Seeing the situation around deserted, he entered the burial area to stop at a tomb where it read the name Naya Nasution.

Radit sat on a stone near Naya's tomb. He looked at Naya's headstone and smiled.

"If I hadn't hurt you in the past, we might have been happy."

"Once again forgive me. and ..

Relax there Naya, once again I am and to say thank you and I promise to take good care of Yaya, our daughter."

Radit was still looking at the tombstone, smiling again before he finally stood up to leave Naya's tomb.

Fifteen years have passed, and,

Dion gets out of the car with Laras and his two sons, Rayn and Zayn, his fourteen-year-old twin sons.

Not far from their car, Radit also appeared out of the car with Caca and their daughter, Kanaya who was also fourteen years old.

They look compact to go to high school for Yaya graduation event which has indeed graduated from school.

"Father Mama, Mother's Father." a beautiful teenager who waved at her parents who had just arrived.

Radit waved his hand, not missing Dion.

"My daughter is really pretty." muttered Radit.

"Whose daughter? there are two daughters of yours!" reply Dion ketus.

Radit seemed to let out a long sigh, "Have it, don't argue anymore because it's Yaya's happy day, please don't ruin this happy day."

Dion only smiled cynically before finally leaving Radit.

A few years have passed but still Dion still remembers the problem, still often sneer at his bad past to make Yaya know everything. But Radit should be grateful even though Yaya knows but Yaya can forgive him even Yaya accepts all of his father's past.

"It's the past Dad, don't think about it anymore. Besides Mama Naya must be there too happy to see now Dad has changed."

Which Yaya always said every time Radit felt guilty about his past. Radit did not think that his daughter had a big heart and a mature mind.

"Good darling." Dion hugged Yaya tightly followed by Laras.

"Congratulations, don't add nyebelin ya if it's big" said Dion's twin duo and Laras who immediately make everyone laugh.

As Yaya walked closer to Radit, he kissed Radit's hand and hugged him, the same thing Yaya did to Dion.

"Princess Dad is right ter the best."

Yaya smiled, "Thanks to Papa and Mama as well as Father and Mother, Yaya can be like now.Thank you for taking good care of Yaya. Yaya promises to be the best brother and the son that makes you proud" Zahra said with a proud smile.

For years Zahra passed through conditions with unclear status, making him ever think not the expected child considering he has two parents. But as time went on, Yaya heard a lot and learned to make him know if his family loved Yaya very much.

Yaya walked over to a tomb bearing the name of his biological mother, Naya Nasution. Almost every week Yaya came to tell me about the day he passed.

Yaya put a bucket of flowers in front of the headstone, "Mother, I graduated with the best grades and after this I will probably study abroad leaving everyone here including Mom. sorry if I rarely visit here.

Mother I know it may be hard to be a mother because it contains me, a child that her father never wanted, but all that has changed, Daddy loves me very much. the best of them are very good to me.

Thank you, Mother, for making me feel a loving family.

Yaya dear Mother."

Yaya stood up, looked at her mother's grave for a while and smiled before leaving her grave.

"Rome now, is it?" ask Yaya's driver when Yaya has entered the car.

"Yes,"

The car eventually drove away from the cemetery. Yaya looked out at the streets, the streets he was leaving soon because he wanted to continue studying abroad.

EXPIRE.

Alhamdulilah, although there were obstacles and had to pause a long time finally been able to finish this novel.

Sorry if there is a lack of this story that makes readers less comfortable and satisfied.

Thank you for waiting for this story to end.

Looking forward to the next story...

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