My Father, In Prison?

Selena sat very restlessly with her youngest brother; Gibran, on the porch. She had been there all along waiting for her mother to return home this morning, who went to town with Andre.

Gibran, a two-year-old baby boy, very obediently sits on Selena's lap, the cute baby's clear round eyes staring curiously at his older sister.

Selena, whose eyes were slightly puffy from crying all night, looked down, kissed Gibran's forehead affectionately.

Her chin rested on Gibran's innocent little head. Selena is very anxious about the situation of her family, which has now been hit by a big disaster.

If only she could help. Surely Selena is willing to give anything so that her family looks happy, without anxiety like this. However, Selena realized her weakness now.

After all, what could a student like her who had just graduated from junior high school do?

Nothing! 

There is nothing Selena can do, apart from just praying for her family to always be well.

When her father said goodbye to go to the forest as usual to work, her father was unusual as she suddenly came home late. It was not until one of the neighbors gave the bad news that Selena learned that her father was being escorted by the police to custody in the city center.

At that time, Selena, Marco, and their mother were in the fields. Her neighbor, who was also a victim, came to tell her mother the bad and sudden news; Lyana Anastasya.

The neighbor informed her that her father had been escorted to the police station. Neither Selena nor the mother could hide their worries and worries regarding the bad news. Without anyone's support, Lyana had to face her husband's problem, who was caught in a case alone.

Apart from Rayhan who still has empathy and willingness to ask his friends for help, then Lyana is the opposite. The grown woman does not have many friends who can easily help her with her troubles. Otherwise, how could Lyana's figure, so beautiful and delicate, have to bother working in the hot sun?

Apart from the only friend Lyana had, that woman had no one to rely on. As a result, as the news of Rayhan's arrest spread to all people in the village, Lyana was forced to ask her friend Maya for help, Andre's mother.

Unfortunately at that time, Maya and her husband were not at home. Only Andre and Dina, whom Lyana already knew, lived with their maid in the house. After obtaining Maya's permission, Andre agreed to take Selena's mother to the court office in the city.

The sound of the motorbike being turned off made Selena jolt awake from her reverie. With Gibran in her arms, Selena rose to her feet.

Lyana had just arrived from downtown, where her husband's trial had finished. As soon as she entered the house, Lyana ignored Selena who was frozen at the door.

"Mom ...."

Selena looked at her mother who seemed to be in a bad state, she realized that the problem was getting worse this time.

What happened? She thought sadly.

She rarely saw her mother put on such a desperate face. No matter how miserable the life they lived, her mother would never just bow her head, never put on a look of despair like this.

For Selena, Lyana's formidable figure was what she had always seen and was engraved in her mind. Until finally ... The figure that she considered tough, began to show weakness in front of her. Selena began to feel fear like never before.

But maybe it was just her instinct to think that disaster was coming to their home. And she hoped, her sharp instincts, would be wrong this time.

Andre was just about to leave when Selena's panicked voice sounded later, stopping him from accelerating his motorbike.

The teenager who is one year older than Selena is still sitting on his motorbike. The teenager also glanced at Selena who was hurriedly approaching him.

"What?" asked Andre with an indifferent expression and a familiar voice to Selena.

However, Selena did not consider Andre's attitude to be anything strange. She also asked nervously and slightly hugged Gibran in her arms, "How ... the result?"

Andre raised his eyebrows, waiting for Selena to finish with his eyes sharp but gentle for the girl.

"Father ... How is he, Andre?" Selena asked again with a stutter but Andre could understand it.

"Found guilty and jailed for one and a half years," Andre replied straightforwardly and did not cover anything from Selena. After all, this girl had a right to know about her father's condition.

Selena gasped, she unconsciously furrowed her brows, her lips quivering as the girl asked again, trying to reconfirm, "Daddy ... in prison?"

Andre did not answer, he just looked closely at Selena, whose face was now very sad, the corner of the beautiful girl's eyes flushed and filled with tears. Ready to shed tears.

But Selena stubbornly didn't let her tears fall. Crying in front of Andre is like showing weakness in this man. Selena doesn't want that. Being labeled a weak girl by this man again.

"If you want to cry. Just cry, I won't laugh at you." Andre said in his soft voice. He reached out, wanting to grab Selena's face, but the girl - as usual - stepped back, avoiding Andre's reach.

Andre's hand could only reach empty air and his soft eyes disappeared, replaced by a creepy cold face.

Selena did not see the sudden change in expression on Andre's face.

Before the girl went back into the house, she sincerely thanked the young man in front of her.

"Andre, thank you very much. I'll go into the house first."

From the start, Selena had no intention of offering Andre to stay.

So far, even though Andre is the one who always helps her, she heard what Novi said to her at that time. Selena was more afraid of Andre now than she was impressed by all of his kind acts.

'Selena, Andre is not sincere about protecting you. You have to see the man's real face.'

Andre did not immediately leave there, he waited for a while in front of Selena's house. When he saw that Selena had entered the house, he started the motorbike and left there.

Only the wind knows what he just said to himself.