Happy at the End of the Dusk
Letter From Mother

Mammy? aahh the memory of 12 years ago came back again, when I was 6 years old the painful memories were recorded clearly in my memory, after that terrible incident there was not a single memory of the mother that remembered! everything just disappeared! that's all that's left!

...~Syeza Anastasia...

When my hand was about to close the album, my eyes accidentally found a piece of paper that had worn out due to age eating.

To my daughter Sheza Anastasya Elhameed.

that is what is written in the first fold of the letter.

could this be a letter from my mother?.

I slowly unfolded the letter and began to read it.

...💌My daughter, is this letter already in your hands? I'd be so happy if you managed to read this, baby:) because I'm sure your father would have hidden it from you, but, mom is also very sure one day you will definitely read this. ah my daughter when you have managed to read this writing you must have grown into a beautiful and smart girl, you know son? I was so curious about your face when I grew up:) I didn't say much, I just wanted to tell you one thing that your father kept secret, because I'm sure your father will keep this a secret until you grow up, until you find the truth yourself, which is why I wrote this letter to you. Son, one thing you need to know, you have two mothers, not only I am your mother but there is another mother who loves you very much and you also have an older brother! an older brother who loves you so much, you can see your familiarity through the photos in the album, right? you know son? our family is a very happy family, a harmonious family, many people praise our family because your father is wise in treating both of your mothers, we even live on the same roof, he said, I have a honey brother who is like his own brother, but in life is not always okay, not always smooth, there is just a crooked and twisted path, you must be wondering why we split up? it's all because there's one thing that's left our family in ruins and in disarray, a misunderstanding that made your father choose to leave by bringing your mother and you to his mother's home country, Indonesia, I can't tell you about it through this letter, you can ask it directly to your father, I'm counting on you, I really wish you could unite our family, son! find your mother and your older brother, meet them with your father, please correct this misunderstanding! I want you to unite, I really count on you my little girl!....

...Your mother,...

...Lady Elisa Elhameed...

I wiped my tears.

Ah mother I miss you! I'm sorry, if my memory of you has nothing left! I even remember that horrible incident! mother I promise...., I promise to look for them, I promise to bring father to them and reunite our family!.

I then took a slow breath.

"Fin let's get out"

I stood up and walked out with Fino.

"Miss, are you okay?"

I smiled and nodded at him. We then stepped together down the hallways of the house.

Ah father's house is like a palace, we have to go down the hallways to find other rooms.

"Thank you for trusting me and helping me find the common thread"

"Ah Iyh both miss"

"Aahh I'd rather call 7 years ago!"

"hem?"

fino furrowed his brows.

"That's nothing!"

Fino looks smiling.

"7 years ago and now are two different things miss, 7 years ago was a mistake and that is now the truth"

I stopped my steps and turned to him to make fino stop his steps.

"So you think calling 7 years ago without any frills in front of her is a mistake?"

"Hem"

Dino nodded.

"That means do you also want to state that what I said 7 years ago the night before you went to Amsterdam was also a mistake?"

"Hem"

Fino nodded back.

"What you said 7 years ago the night before I went to Amsterdam was the biggest mistake, miss!"

"Well! why does it hurt to hear you say this?"

Fino was silent.

"Ahh! I don't want to talk about it anymore! here, I entrust this box to you! I'll take it later when I need it"

Then I threw the box at him.

"Neither miss"

fino took the box from me.

I smiled and then walked away.

"May it work, miss! the great madam is counting on you! you're the biggest hope, miss!"

I stopped my steps and turned towards the fino.

"Do you know what the letter is?"

Fino just smiled a little.

"That means, do you also know who my older brother is?"

Fino fell silent.

"You know that, don't you?"

Fino didn't answer me, he just kept quiet.

"Well, that's okay! I won't force you to tell me! you've helped me a lot, thank you!"

I smiled and then stepped back.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

I walked down the hallways to my father's study.

I heard that Dad was home.

I'm taking a breath.

Huuf!! in the end I met him first!!.

"Good morning dad!!"

I opened my father's work door, in the room I saw my father sitting in discussion with fino and ficral and some other bodyguards.

"By my daughter!!"

My father smiled at me.

"It's been a week or so, you just came to see me? did it take that long to see your father?"

"Aahh so dad deliberately didn't see me because he wanted me to go to him first? huh why is dad so prestigious to see your daughter first? my father misses me so much! you always say you miss calling, don't you?"

I stepped in.

"Viv.....,"

"Why? that ruined the image of father in front of them? aahh it would be more interesting if I told the whole world, wouldn't I?"

"Aiihh you.....,"

I smiled a little, Dad smiled and it made the people in the room smile.

"Aahhh so much better! I'd rather see you guys smile! huf why do you like to put on a tense face when with dad? was my father that cruel?"

"Ooh you're right!"

fikral.

"I guess inside this house they just showed tense faces! but I'm so grateful that uncle has a daughter like you so that it can melt the atmosphere! em but this is also what confused me!"

"Buddy?"

"Eem! za why do you think they're still in this house?"

"Aahh you're right fik! that also confused me!"

I walked over to the ficral.

"Do you think you're threatening them to survive?"

"I don't think so! you said yourself that uncle is not cruel, right?"

"I think it makes sense! uncle's a very royal man!"

"Aahhh you're right fik!"

I nod.

"Are you guys going to keep talking about me?"

dad glanced at me and the ficral.

Me and fikral smiled.

"Is dad still busy?"

"Not really! what was? is there anything you want to talk about?"

"Ooo"

i'm nodding.

"I want to have a four-eye talk with you dad"

"Four eyes?"

I nodded back.

"Eemm seems like it's very important!alright!"

father stood up and glanced at the people in the room, giving them a signal to come out.

"excuse me"

"Ah no need!"

I held off those who were about to come out.

"Aahh dad what if we chat in the park? I want to take a walk with dad while breathing the morning air!"

"The garden? well, that's a good idea! it's not been a long time that we don't walk around the house together?"

I'm nodding.

"Alright come!"

Dad stepped out of the room.

I then gestured to fino with an eye gesture, fino only gave a small nod.I then stepped following father.

"Syeza?"

I stopped my steps and turned towards the ficral.

"Don't forget to call Jakarta, they're waiting for news from you!"

Ah iyh! I almost forgot about it! I haven't told them!.

"Ah iyh fik, thank you for reminding me!"

Fikral nodded.

"Oh yes za, don't forget to contact al too! he asked you, it seems al was very worried! didn't you tell him you'd gone home to the poor?"

I'm shaking.

"Before leaving I tried to contact him but his phone could not be reached! your friend has broken his promise! heemm well, I'll try to contact him later"

Fikral nodded.

I walked back to my father who was waiting for me.

I took my father's hand and stepped together.

"You're building a good friendship, you look so familiar with your friends!"

I'm just smiling.

"Who asked you that?"

"Hem? ouh alghifari daddy!"

"Alghifari huh? you look very familiar to him"

I smile.

Ah that stiff and cold guy, I didn't expect us to be friends to this day.

"Dad was curious, how did you manage to attract him in your friendship?"

Ah you don't have to ask, you must have known!.

"Do you like it?"

Dad looked at me for a moment.

I'm laughing a little.

"Ahaha what are you talking about? I asked her to be friends not because I liked her! I saw he was a man who was always alone, a man who was lonely and had no friends! he's also a misogynist, he hates daddy's woman! I was just trying to convince her that her life would be more beautiful if she had a best friend! and also want to make him believe in women, convince him that not always women are wrong! I just want to help him to no longer be a misogynist"

"Aahh, you are a wonderful little daughter of my father!"

I smile.

"Sit down!"

My father and I sat on a bench in the park.

"What do you want to talk about to take me to the park?"

"Dad remember my request?"

"What request do you want to ask Dad?"

I'm nodding.

"Ahh so you want to ask her now?"

"Dad, are you ready?"

"Ahaha of course my daughter! tell me, what kind of request do you want?"

I smile.

"Fin!"

I called fino and from behind I saw fino walking towards us with a box.

"Thank you!"

I smiled and took the box out of Fino's hand and kept it in front of my father.

Dad looked startled and stared fixedly at fino, fino just lowered his head and was about to step away.

"Stay where you are fino! and don't move a bit!"

Dad's voice sounded cold.

I'm taking a breath.

"If you're angry, don't be mad at fino! because I forced him!"

Dad just fell silent.

I looked at Dad with sadness.

"Dad knows this box, right? can you explain to me what the album in this box means? and also the meaning of the letter you left me?"

"Well, since you already know some of the truth, I'll explain it!"

I sound like I'm breathing.

Ah why do you suddenly feel uneasy?