Bond of Love
25

The sound of the bell rang to make residents guess who came at 18:30 local time.

Merry, who was washing vegetables to prepare dinner, washed her hands and dried them with kitchen wipes.

He then stepped towards the door to open it.

As soon as the door opened perfectly, the middle-aged woman was stunned. He clenched, staring intently at the two women who were no strangers to him. So in disbelief, he blinked both eyes repeatedly, he even rubbed his eyes hoping that this was not a hallucination.

The two women before him at this moment, who knew when he had last met.

One of them was his own son-in-law. Shanum's.

Returning to open his eyes, he gulped and spoke.

"Shanum"

"Good night, Mom"

"S-good night" Merry's gaze continued to focus on the daughter-in-law's face, a face that had not changed a little. Seconds later, he glanced at the suitcase beside Nonik. The woman he knew too.

His eyes scanned Shanum's face again, then Nonik alternately.

"This is really Shanum? My daughter-in-law?"

"Yes Miss Merry, this is my lady, Miss Shanum" replied Nonik with a smile.

"Oh my God, Shanum!" The woman then hugged Shanum with droplets of dew falling from her eyes.

"Why come now, son?" Merry said, one of his hands rubbed Shanum's back gently.

"Sorry mom"

"Here, don't apologize, Ben told me everything"

A little while later, Allea appeared from inside and approached the door of her house.

"Who's m-mah?" Allea's words along with a pair of neutrals who found the figure of the middle sister-in-law in the hug by the mother.

"W-sister?" He was almost without a sound, and he moved closer.

There was a sense of haru in Allea's heart because it was like a dream. It was unexpected that her brother-in-law was actually here.

While the two women parsed each other's arms after Allea was nearby.

"I-this is right you brother? Shanum?"

"Yes" Shanum replied, nodding his head.

"Sister" Allea without hesitation hugged Shanum. The woman replied to him even though she was a little confused.

They were strangers in his mind at the moment, of course he was stunned to get a sudden hug.

"We go in first, son" Sela Merry, their arms automatically unraveled.

Just as he entered the living room, Shanum suddenly stopped his steps when he saw the laughter of Ben and Mikayla who had just walked out of the room. They were joking with the position of the princess in Ben's back sling.

Not only Shanum, Ben was also surprised by the arrival of the woman who until now was still residing in his heart. Unlike Mikayla who displays a happy look because the mommy is in front of her.

The girl immediately came down from her daddy's sling and ran over to Shanum.

"Mommy!" Both of her hands were around her waist.

"So Kayl asked daddy to pick up mommy, but daddy said after dinner pick her up" Mikayla stretched out her circle of hands, her head looking up to look at Shanum's face.

"Mommy in the same onty Nonik"

"Mommy carrying a suitcase means staying here with Kayl and daddy, right?"

"Yes dear, according to Kayl's request"

"Yeeeyyy" cried Mikayla cheerfully. His behavior was able to invite laughter Merry, Allea and Nonik. While Shanum and Ben compact only showed a thin smile.

"Shanum, you can take your suitcase to Ben's room, and for a while Nonik can sleep with Mikayla"

"No need, ma'am" cut a quick Nonik. "I'm not moving in, I'm going to stay in Miss's apartment"

"No, Nonik. You have to move here because in three more days I'm going to move into my own house"

"That we can arrange later mah" Sambar Ben. "Let's take Miss Shanum to the room" he added awkwardly.

"Come Shanum! Rest first if necessary, mama will cook, after that we have dinner together"

"I helped cook, ma'am" said Nonik interjected.

"No need for Nonik, you can just sit around, or mess with Kayl_"

"Yes, brother, let me help you" said Allea.

"No ma'am, Kayl will definitely be busy with his mommy, I can't sit still"

"Yes we better cook together" Seloroh Allea again.

"Let me help" Shanum continued.

"No, brother, same brother. Just kayl"

"Yes, Kayl misses a lot of mommy" chirps five-year-old girl. "Come, daddy take you to the room, daddy help bring mommy's suitcase!"

Shanum and Mikayla together stepped towards the room. Ben takes over the suitcase from Nonik's hand.

Merry, Allea and Nonik directly aimed their feet towards the kitchen.

Seriate