"ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW, BYANCA IS PREGNANT. SHE'S PREGNANT MY GRANDLENS. SO STOP ALL YOUR DRAMA AND GETAWAY AWAY FROM MY SON'S LIFE," Mrs. Seira cursed with one hand pointing at Anna's face.
"At first I felt sorry for you, I did well to you just because of Byanca but it turned out that all my kindness only brought disaster to my son's marriage. Is this how you repay all my kindness towards you?"
"I regret ever treating and caring for you at that time, it turns out that you are just a very poor lowly woman."
Hearing all the cursing, Naila's hands clenched into fists. The girl's reflex was to throw a punch at Mrs. Seira, but Leo was holding it.
"Leo, what are you doing?"
"You're defending your dirty-mouthed Aunt?"
"What? Could it be that you're also after my nephew because of his wealth? Huh….what a bunch of cheap women."
Leo took a deep breath, releasing Naila's hand slowly.
"Don't you..."
"ENOUGH!" Leo shouted who could not stand to hear all the things that the middle-aged woman said.
"WHAT? YOU WANT TO FIGHT ME JUST TO DEFEND THIS WOMAN?"
"Auntie, STOP!"
"STOP TREATING LIKE THIS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES," Leo added again.
"You kicked me out? If anyone has to leave this house, it's not me, it's them. This is my son's house, Leo."
"It's true, Devan bought this house in his name but it was part of his responsibility to Anna who had given birth to his son. Devan loves Anna, Auntie, Devan loves Anna, is Aunt not aware of this? Isn't Aunt aware of Byanca and Devan's relationship these past few years? You defended Byanca, do you know the real face of that woman?"
"I stress you, Aunt, no one has the right to kick Anna out of this house."
"If you still insist, then I 'LEO' won't recognize you as my aunt anymore."
For a moment Mrs. Seira was silent on the spot. Her breath was getting heavier, her face was red with anger.
"What did you say, Leo?" It was the first time Mrs. Seira saw this side of Leo.
"You think I'd be afraid of what you say, Huh? You're defending the wrong woman. I don't know what this cheap woman has given you to defend her like this."
"I also stress to you, I will not stand idly by as another woman wants to destroy my son's marriage."
"I suspect that this girl has already given her body to you, Leo," Mrs. Seira sneered, glancing at Naila.
And at the same time…
PLAK.
Naila managed to land one slap on Mrs. Seira's face.
"YOU?"
PLAK…
Not just once, but Naila did the same thing again.
"YOU OLD WOMAN, YOU THINK YOU'RE OLDER THAN ME AND I'M SCARED OF YOU, HUH?"
"WARE YOUR MOUTH, SO OTHERS CAN RESPECT YOU MORE."
Leo who saw Naila's sudden action just froze on the spot.
"NOW, GET OUT FROM HERE!!" Naila shouted with her hand pointing towards the door.
"NO ONE WAS EXPECTING YOU TO BE HERE, FUCKING WOMAN!"
"Naila, honey. She's my Aunt, don't treat her harshly," Leo said pulling the girl gently back.
"See? You defend a woman who doesn't even have manners. Have you gone mad, Leo?"
"Just wait, I will tell your attitude today to your father and mother," added Mrs. Seira again.
"It's up to you, better you go home now," said Leo trying to muffle his voice, the man then took Mrs. Seira away from there.
"What are you doing? Do you want to kick me out?" Madame Seira tried to fight back, but Leo's strength was far greater.
"You'd better go home first, Aunt. Later I will take Devan to Grandma's house, and explain to all of you," Leo replied when he was at the door.
"Now, Auntie should calm down first. Let Leo take Auntie home," he added.
"No need. Just take care of those two cheap ladies," said Mrs. Seira as she pushed Leo's hand away and walked out of the main door.
Waiting for the middle-aged woman to disappear at the gate, Leo took a deep breath, massaging his forehead which suddenly hurt.
While on the other hand, after Mrs. Seira leaves. Naila kindly faced Anna who was still in a frozen position. The woman did not cry, nor did she utter a word.
"Are you okay?" Naila asked, even though without her asking, the answer was very clear.
"Don't think about all that Mrs. Seira said earlier, Anna. You better go back to rest, I'll take you to your room," she added.
The woman was still silent, her head lowered, her eyes looked blank, slowly following Naila who was holding her arm from the side.
"Byanca is pregnant with Devan's child," Anna mumbled right after they got out of the elevator. A murmur that still managed to reach Naila's ears.
Suddenly their pace slowed, but only for a few seconds. Naila didn't know how to respond, the girl just kept quiet and continued to lead Anna to enter the room.
Dave was still asleep on the couch.
"Get some rest, Anna. Forget everything that happened today," Naila said slowly raising the blanket to cover Anna's chest.
Since earlier, the woman had not said anything except when she got out of the elevator earlier.
Naila took a deep breath, to be honest, her emotions haven't subsided, even if given ten chances to slap Mrs. Seira, maybe she can't feel satisfied yet. The middle-aged woman accused Anna of being mean.
She who knows very well Anna's way of life and what she has gone through up to this point of course becomes very angry when she hears all the accusations that Mrs. Seira has pinned against Anna.
Naila began to understand why Anna had chosen to hide her son all this time, also kept her feelings hidden, and chose to remain silent and didn't say anything to Devan about their son.
It was all because Anna was afraid that something like today would happen to her, Naila began to understand Anna's attitude all this time, an attitude she always thought was very stupid.
Turns out she was wrong, her guess was wrong. Anna is not stupid, the woman is only protecting herself and her son from bad things like what happened today.
A woman who does not have anyone and a penny of property or other valuables, Naila now really understands what Anna has been feeling all this time.
And she simply advised her, calling her stupid and all that stuff. Now she felt a little guilty, because of her, Anna got into trouble again.
"I'm sorry, Anna," said Naila sitting on the edge of the bed, holding the woman's hands.
The person she was talking to turned and looked at her without blinking. "Don't apologize.. You're completely innocent," Anna said quietly, her voice small and very soft.