Apology

Karina still tried to call Daren, but he had no intention of picking up the phone.

"Why aren't you picking up? Daren... I want to talk to you at least on the phone." Karina complained.

Her mother approached Karina who was still gloomy in her room.

"Why, Karina? You look gloomy," her mother approached her on the edge of the bed. Karina turned to her mother and hugged her.

"Mom... hiks... am I really not worthy of love? Why are all the men avoiding me now? Am I that bad?"

"Maybe you should fix yourself first and then it will be easy to win another man's heart. Your intentions are right, son. You are willing to change for the better. I'm grateful for that. I hope, someday you can also love a man sincerely and not waste the man's cibta. And I also pray that events like the story of your and Franz's cibt from then until now will not happen again," the mother tried to advise Karina who was crying even more in her arms.

"I'm sorry, Mom. Because of me, you have a bad name in the eyes of Daren's parents. I'm so sorry, Mom. Can Daren accept me back?" At that question, the mother slowly released her embrace. Then her hands were on either side of Karina's cheeks.

"If he's not Daren, it's okay, Karina. The important thing is that he's a good man who accepts you for who you are," Karina smiled and nodded slowly.

"Okay, Mom. Thank you for always supporting me."

Ceklek!

"We're home..."

Franz, Hana, and Daniel had arrived at the house they used to live in. Mrs. Kelly immediately stood up from her sitting position, but the expression on her face was still that of someone who didn't like the presence of her son Franz's wife. The three of them approached Mrs. Kelly.

"Mother, I'm sorry we could only come back today." Franz said. Mrs. Kelly looked at each one of them as she sighed.

"Huh..." Seeing Mrs. Kelly's unpleasant expression made Hana want to talk about this with just the three of them without Daniel.

"Daniel... you play with Aunt Chelsie first, she's in the kitchen..." Hana pointed. Daniel followed the direction of his mother's pointer and had a very happy expression on his face.

"Okay, Mom!" Immediately the boy ran towards the kitchen. Meanwhile, Hana started talking again with her mother-in-law. Speaking as politely as possible so that the middle-aged woman would not get angry.

"I'm sorry if I didn't like you then and maybe you still don't like my relationship with Franz now, I know, Mother. But anyway... I can't break the relationship between my son and his own father. Daniel really needs his father. I'm sorry if I'm being presumptuous, but I just want Daniel to have the love of a father, is that wrong?" Mrs. Kelly still couldn't make a move. She remained wordlessly silent as she folded her arms across her chest.

Silence! This was the situation when none of them spoke. Mrs. Kelly suddenly turned around to face Hana, Franz, and Daniel. Kneeling down in front of the three of them, Daniel had to back away in surprise.

"I'm sorry..." hearing that, made Hana and Franz instantly pressed against each other.

Was this a dream? It's unusual for her mother-in-law to admit a mistake and now apologize in front of her? Hana thought. Franz himself was also confused, when stared at Hana like that, he could only shrug his shoulders as if to say 'I don't understand what you mean.' Hana sighed.

'Don't get your hopes up, Hana... maybe she's just pretending, or she just wants to apologize to Franz who is her own son, not me who is a stranger here.' Hana thought as she closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again.

"I'm sorry for making you separate so many times. But I realized, you were meant to be together. So no matter how I separate you, you will still come back together again. I apologize for making you really experience heartache because of Franz's marriage to his second wife Karina without your knowledge. I sincerely apologize to you, Hana... hiks.. hiks.." Hana was surprised when Mrs. Kelly held both of her hands while apologizing. Moreover, it was accompanied by crying that seemed to be said sincerely.

'Is Mrs. Kelly really apologizing to me sincerely? Is she not going to repeat the mistakes she's made over the years to me?" Hana thought.

"Indeed, I did a lot wrong to you, Hana. Especially when you were first married to Franz and living here with your baby Daniel. I was abusive to you and I apologize for that too, Hana. Will you forgive your despicable mother-in-law? Indeed, nothing can be solved with just the word 'sorry', I know that..." Mrs. Kelly burst into tears.

"What? So... you tortured Hana?" Franz interrupted.

"Franz... I did... it doesn't matter anyway, I didn't get hurt while you were torturing me," Hana argued.

"I understand if Hana or you don't want to forgive me. But allow me to know Hana's wishes and do what Hana wants to make up for all that you've done to her," Mrs. Kelly replies. Hana shakes her head. Touching both shoulders of her mother-in-law, as if directing her to stand up.

"I've already forgiven you. I love you like my own mother because I haven't had parents since I was born. When I married Franz and there was still one parent alive, I was very happy. No matter how many mistakes you make, I will still forgive you, Mother." Mrs. Kelly smiled and hugged Hana's body.

"Thank you... Hana..."

'I hope you're not playing a drama to further your evil plans with Karina. I hope you really do want to change into a better human being and not try to separate me and Hana again.' Franz thought. A faint smile spread across Franz's face.

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This morning Karina suddenly felt something strange about her stomach. She was sleeping and woke up because something seemed to want to come out of her stomach. Her eyes, which were closed, suddenly opened wide.

"HUEK!"

"Why does my stomach feel nauseous? Did I eat something wrong?"

"HUEK!" Karina immediately ran to the toilet in her room. She tried to spit out everything in her stomach but only water came out of her mouth.

"HUEK!"

"Why is my head so dizzy?" Karina held her head until her consciousness suddenly disappeared.

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