Master Vatler's Handmaiden Wife
21: IPHTV

“........................!” arshel's eyes bulged after getting a powerful slap from his own father. It was his first slap, “Until it slapped me?” arshel asked without changing her surprised expression. 

“If you hadn't said that, this hand wouldn't have slapped you.” Behind the look of Vatler who felt innocent after slapping Arshel's face, honestly his heart felt pain like a knife stab. 

Wh why?

Especially if it is not Arshel's speech that states he is not his biological child.

It was a mistake that Vatler had done to Risyella because he had accused the child in his stomach was not his child. 

All the drama of life that Vatler has lived for more than 13 years still does not make Vatler's heart feel free from all this torture.

The absence of Risyella actually makes Vatler into the big chasm of despair. Having to support her own two children who are different in nature, and her heart that feels guilty for giving birth to her child makes Risyella died by carrying her own name. 

“ Vatler clenched his hands tightly, making a raw bogem that he could lay down anytime and anywhere. 

But he had no intention of hitting his son more than a slap. 

Vatler only felt annoyed at himself who could not make his little voice get along. 

The family?

Without a mother among her two children who have grown this bigger?

Vatler immediately turned around, and before leaving, he said his last word, “Dad sorry for slapping you.”

“Sorry alone can not relieve this pain.” replied Arshel quickly.

“Dad knows, but-” all the sentences that Vatler wants to say were stuck in his gut. He felt that he did not dare to reveal his heart to Arshel who was angry with him. “Not so.” he said, after that passed away from Arshel's room with his head slightly lowered. 

Vatler was really not sure if the child Arshel could understand his own father's situation which was actually quite complicated, if told now. Therefore, Vatler chose to be quiet after saying sorry.

‘Because of Risya, I even got slapped? Awesome that kid, doing nothing, can attract the attention of Dad.’ thought Arshel. 

Arshel with anger that still enveloped his heart, immediately closed the window curtain, because suddenly the light from outside the sting disturbed him.

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“ Risya crouched down and finally sat down while hugging her own knees under the tree. His head lowered and cried in silence, with a trembling body, he was in a bad mood and was extremely frightened. ‘Why did Dad suddenly slap Arshel? What are they both fighting about? Must have been a hard slap. Mom, why isn't mom on me? I was afraid to see the two of them fighting like that. I'm so scared, Mother.’ 

Risya really whined in silence. He was very scared when just a moment ago he accidentally saw the quarrel that occurred between Arshel and his father.

Her father, from the looks of what looks like a cruel person, made Risya even more not dare to see let alone meet her. 

Maybe for now.

Is correct.

For now, Risya has a mental fear of seeing her father slap Arshel. Therefore, Risya immediately contacted someone from the cellphone he always brought.

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DRRTI…..

DRRTI….

The ringing of the white-washed mobile phone also managed to grab the attention of the man in a doctor's suit.

“Fred, your phone sounds.” this man told one of his coworkers who was in the toilet.

CLOAKS.

“ This man named Freddy immediately took a cellphone that was on the charger. ‘What is this?’ seconds of Freddy's heart when he saw the name of the caller was Risya.

Freddy immediately picked her up and pointed his handpohne screen at her right ear.

📞 : Uncle, can I meet with uncle?

‘Why does it sound like you're crying?’ Think Freddy. He looked directly at his watch. The clock has shown at 4 pm, coincidentally the working hours are already finished.

“I happen to be done with work. We can meet at the cafe of the usual place, how?” 

📞 : “Iya.”

TUT.

Getting the call over, Freddy hastily takes off his doctor coat and takes his coat.

“Cie, someone wants to date nih.” seduce this man to Freddy.

“Whispering!” Ketus Freddy's. Regardless of what words would come out of his friend's mouth, Freddy ran away from his office.

BRAKK!

The innocent door manages to be Freddy's impingement that looks hasty.

With wide strides, Freddy continued walking past the entire nurse who had accidentally met his deg. 

“Doker Fred.”

“Doctor, be careful on the road.”

“Doctor, good afternoon.”

“Mother, the doctor is handsome huh?” even until a child who accidentally passed Freddy, can praise him directly.

In addition to the nurses, patients and visitors who had crossed paths with Freddy also equally had the same reaction because Freddy had a facial appearance that was no less challenging for Vatler.

“Wah, who is this man?”

“That handsome guy is in this hospital? Did he just visit his family?”

All the chirping of the eve continues to rush into his sense of hearing. 

Even so, Freddy did not care about all the usual talk Freddy heard.

‘All women are the same.’ Inner Freddy. After going in and out of the elevator the lucky is the elevator is empty, then Freddy can breathe a little relief. 

The pungent aroma of all sorts of medicine, mixed with the fragrant oil used by everyone made the atmosphere feel tight.

TING!

‘What really happened? Is she crying over her pain again?’ not wanting to take a headache by thinking on, Freddy also decided to meet his person directly.

In less than 15 minutes, he arrived at one of the largest malls in the city of A. 

But even though Freddy parked his car in the basement, the real destination wasn't the Mall. Because the goal is in another place that is located in a narrow alley just behind the Mall exactly, namely Cafe Blurry.

CLINGING.

“Welcome sir,” greet a middle-aged man to Freddy who just passed the entrance.

Freddy just nodded slowly and stepped in deeper. 

Freddy drew his gaze in all directions, until he finally found a woman who was sitting by putting half of her body on the table, until her head and hands were straight on the table.

TAPS...TAPS….TAPS…..

“Ris,” call Freddy while going to the lethargic girl.

“Uncle Fred,” said Risya, still in his comfortable position to hold his sadness on the table.

Hearing his name being called out in a slow tone, Freddy immediately walked over to Risya and sat down in front of him just as he placed the back of his hand over Risya's forehead.

“You don't have a fever.”

Risya glanced towards the hand belonging to the man she called with the uncle. Large hands and feeling warm, Risya always gets a light touch on her forehead whenever the two of them meet.

“That fever is not my body, but my heart.” replied Risya with a soft voice but can still be heard by Freddy.

“Are you in trouble at home?” ask Freddy carefully.

“Hmm...” Risya answered the question with Deheman. He had no idea what Risya was going to say after making the doctor's uncle go see him.

“Have you ordered food?” 

Risya shook her head slowly. “I have no appetite to eat. I also don't know what I want to eat.”

“What is your appetite getting down?” 

“I don't know, but it looks like it did. Only 3 mouthfuls of it felt full. What if I get thinner, and you know? Are there no appetite-boosting drugs?” risya Balas.

Seeing Risya so look so lethargic and lackluster, Freddy just commented a smile knot while saying : “Do you want to eat food from uncle?”

Success was provoked by an offer from uncle Freddy, Risya sat down and leaned into a chair then asked, “Unfortunately uncle can cook?”

“Uncle will not offer you if it can not cook.” Freddy explained to Risya who looks starting to be curious about the food he cooked.

“If I want to try now? Can uncle?” risya asked with a face full of hope.

Freddy suddenly extended his right hand forward and landed on top of Risya's head then rubbed it with a spoiled swab. “Akan uncle make it right now.” replied Freddy, then get out of his chair and leave Risya alone.

Freddy asked the cafe owner for permission to borrow the kitchen. Once allowed, Freddy did the light work Freddy used to do at home.

“What uncle cooks? Hopefully better than the aunt's cooking at that time.” grumbled Risya while smiling weakly. The sad look in his eyes also made all other hopes enter his mind, ‘I was curious, did you first cook? I actually wanted to ask my dad, but since today I look like I have emotions for Arshel, I was afraid to ask him.’ 

The lonely Risya was immediately treated to a moment from two people between mother and child who passed in front of the cafe exactly. 

“Mother, ice cream is delicious.” said the 5-year-old boy while licking ice cream with a happy face. “Besok buy again ya bu.”

“Mother's child should not eat too much sweet food, if his teeth are broad how? Can't eat sweet anymore, right when the teeth are sick? Who lost who?” ask the mother to her own child.

At first the face of the little boy looked sad, “I, if I have a toothache because of eating sweet, I so can not eat Ice cream like this again dong.”

The smile of the young woman also expands when she hears her son really knows the reason behind his ban. As a gift to her understanding son, the woman gave him a gentle swab over his head.

“Well, mom's son is smart. Eating sweet is okay, but also know takaran.” at the same time give it praise.

“Iya bu.” lick that colorful ice cream again with pleasure.

Seeing this, Risya touched his own head. He put his head down and buried his face on his left hand which he placed on the table, after that his right hand rubbed his own head as if the mother he often dreamed of was rubbing his head with affection.

“ Risya did not comment much whatsoever, as she basically did not have anything she wanted to say to herself.

He was quite tired, everything, even just living was actually tiring. What he missed would never appear again in his life, that was what Risya had felt all along.

“Hiks...hiks..” and the restrained sobs finally hit Risya.

Until Freddy who had returned from the kitchen to accompany Risya back because he could not bear to be left for long, immediately made silent. She stopped right beside Risya sitting with her face set on top of her own hands.

‘Vatler can't you change at all? What have you done to Risyella first, will you do again to Risya?’ Seeing Risya acting like that, made Freddy's heart actually feel pain as well. 

Who does not get sick when one lonely child while longing for affection from both parents, it turns out that Risya can not get at all. Whether it's from his mother, his father, or his own brother. 

“Risya,” call Freddy in a soft tone, then sit next to Risya who seems to immediately stop wiping his own head in shock.

Risya again sat down properly, then asked “What is uncle's cooking done?” risya asked with a forced smile.

Freddy wanted to smile wryly at the forced smile on Risya's lips. But because he did not want to add to the pain that Risya was feeling, Freddy also reviewed a gentle smile while rubbing his head Risya.

“Only stay waiting for him mature.” Freddy said.

At first Risya was stunned because apparently the handsome man he called the uncle besides working as a doctor, was able to cook. 

Although it is not shown how and how uncle Freddy cooks, but Risya strongly believes everything that his uncle says is true.

“Thank you for coming.” said Risya with a shy face. 

Looking at Risya's embarrassed face, Freddy felt a slight tickling sensation that Freddy had once felt in the same person. That was exactly 14 years ago.

“And sorry to bother uncle, because he already wants to accompany me here.” said Risya once again, without releasing his eyes to look at the face of Freddy who is both young like his father. 

Replying to Risya's gaze with a gentle gaze, Freddy then replied : “As your uncle, friend, and doctor, I feel not bothered at all.”

“Uncle is too good.” interrupted Risya, then leaned his head on Freddy's arm. “When I can not reply anything to uncle. later if my money has been collected, I will replace the money uncle.”

“Do you have any money?”

“There, I've been collecting it since childhood. It must be enough to pay off my debt to uncle.” Risya said. 

Freddy's heart grew even more tenacious when he heard the answer. He has absolutely no desire to get the change from his own patients Freddy knew from the baby, because what he wants is the child next to him it can recover from the disease that is still hidden from both his father, and his brother. 

No one knows except Freddy who in fact is his personal doctor.