The Secret Daughter of the Mafia King
43. Keen Slander

Go not back. Leaving a trail of stories. Leaving the world forever. Everything was lost, all that was left was a piece of the story to remember.

Only time will turn a void into a glimmer of hope.

That's how Zefran felt after Mikaila's departure . His heart still felt empty even though his daughter SYAKIRA always tried to comfort him.

The freshness of SYAKIRA that can not be matched by him is precisely that which makes his heart more hurt. For some reason the child seemed to have no tears to make Zefran so afraid to see the condition of his daughter.

"Does my daughter's soul look normal when she feels the pain of losing a mother that makes her unable to shed tears?" Zefran asked his best friend who was a psychiatrist.

"Everyone responds to a form of losing the one he loves most in his life.

Some could be in the stage of denial that her mother is still there. Some are in the stage of learning to accept it as part of destiny and some are too deeply saddened that their inner wounds are hard for them to treat except with the solitude that we have don't know if she's crying alone without anyone seeing her until she's satisfied after that she's forgotten." Answer doctor Azzam.

"Is it like that, everyone responds when facing loss?"

"Yes Zefran! Your daughter seemed to be strong because she had seen her mother's pain when she was sick and she had cried too much."

"What should I do Azzam to make my daughter look cheerful again?"

"Only you know the answer because you know him better. Just ask what he likes, whether it's food, tourist attractions or related to his hobby."

Zefran remembers Mikaila's notebook about her daughter's habits that she hasn't read yet.

"Alright Azzam. Thanks for the solution. I'm glad I shared my sadness with you."

Zefran said and said goodbye to his friend.

Zefran soon returns home to see his daughter who may be waiting for him to return home from work.

While at the residence of Zefran, SYAKIRA who was confronted by several journalists who wanted to ask him made the lady of IFA so furious.

The Zefran bodyguards chased away the reporters as they approached SYAKIRA who had just returned home from school. They wanted to ask such a small child who did not understand anything.

"Miss SYAKIRA! Can you have a minute?"

Syakira looks silent by keeping her flat face like her father Zefran.

"Miss SYAKIRA! Did your father marry your mother after you were six?"

Syakira stopped her steps. He saw the face of the questioner who was a woman in her twenties.

"What do you want to know, brother? Do you want to load the news that is not quality to find a sensation out there with your media that looks lonely?" Ask SYAKIRA sarcasm.

"We heard that Ade himself was an illegitimate child." The woman said without a heart.

"Have you asked your mother how you were present in her womb before you wanted to slander my late mother who gave birth to me from her holy womb?" Ask SYAKIRA with striking words.

"You...!" The reporter was furious to hear the words of SYAKIRA who seemed insolent according to him.

I could have asked my father to sue you with a digestive report of good name because it doesn't fit the facts." The reply of SYAKIRA made the woman's face very nervous.

"One more thing, you better go home because right now there's someone who's having bad intentions for your mother."

SayakIRA then walked quickly to his house.

"Miss SYAKIRA..!" Shouted the news hunters simultaneously.

"You've already received a statement from the young lady. Better leave this place!"

The Zefran bodyguards expelled the reporters.

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When entering the elite housing complex, he saw a group of journalists who were trying to enter to ask the status of SYAKIRA who was considered the result of an adulterous child of an actor woman who was none other than the late house of Mikaila.

When they saw Zefran's car, the reporters were ready to point their cameras at Zefran who got off his car.

"Master Zefran's afternoon!"

"What are you doing here?"

Zefran asked the reporters who looked more nervous dealing with this mafia king.

"Sorry Mr. Zefran! We just want to find out the secret daughter that has been a rumor in the community that your daughter Miss SYAKIRA is the child of the results of your dark relationship with your late wife, Miss Mikaila?"

"Of course it becomes a public affair because you are a famous businessman in Indonesia and Southeast Asia." Tukas is a journalist from the entertainment media one of the private television.

"Well, if I answer it, do you want to scrutinize all my statements?"

"No, Mr. Zefran! We consider it a useful piece of information for the future of your daughter SYAKIRA."

"You should go to the KUA Palembang office because our marriage registration record is there. Although we had a divorce but we then refer after we can overcome the problem of misunderstandings that have occurred between us." Zefran said firmly.

"Was your ex-wife Miss Hesty your second wife back then?"

"It's true that she came when my wife Mikaila and I were happy at the time. If she's the one spreading this shit about my wife Mikaila, ask her, is she herself an actor or not?"

Zefran then left the reporters who were still not satisfied with his statement.

Zefran went into the room of his daughter SYAKIRA who was studying in his room.

"Hi baby!"

Zefran kissed his forehead SYAKIRA.

"Did you meet the reporters up ahead?"

"Yes dear."

"Did their arrival here want to bring down father's reputation?"

"Of course."

"Did you know who breathed the fake news?"

"Maybe she's a crazy woman who's being stressed out for her unrequited love." Said Zefran while giggling.

"Dad!"

"Hm!"

"Did those news-hunters have lives free from disgrace?"

"Of course there is not one man in this world who has no disgrace, except the Ambiya especially Rosulullah."

"If they have a disgrace, why are they so desperate to know the lives of others, father?"

"That's because they're making a living. For the sake of money they don't care if they can disgrace others to get more bonuses, from the media companies that overshadow them." Zefran.

"Pity their lives father. They do not realize that their work will lead them to hell if the news they convey is not true." Sayakira.

"It turns out that my father's daughter was more mature than the reporters." Praise Zefran.

Syakira was silent and busy completing her schoolwork. Zefran wanted to ask his daughter a lot of questions, but she was confused as to how to start.

"Is there anything I want to tell SYAKIRA?"

"There is no dear! Alright. I'm gonna take a break." Zefran immediately left his daughter's room.

"Dad!"

"Yes baby!"

"Do you want to get married again?"

"Dad has no intention of finding a replacement for your mother."

"Why father?"

"Because there's no woman like your mother."

"There's dad."

"Who's dear..?"

"Ae RI's aunt...!"

Degggggs...