After the Rain

Anxiety Miss Salma

The call of his mother and also the cry of the child, could not stop Daniar steps to leave the house. Daniar's heart was so sliced hearing the screams of the Stars. However, Yandri's words earlier, have scratched Daniar's old wounds. Finally, Daniar covered his ears. He kept swinging his footsteps towards the highway.

Arriving there, Daniar stopped the passing angkot. A moment later, Daniar climbed the angkot. After Daniar sat sweet, angkot also drove.

During the journey, Daniar could only remain silent. His mind was completely empty. He has no direction. Just following his footsteps alone would somehow take him to where.

When passing through a village, Daniar had thought to meet his coworkers. In fact, if necessary he will stay there for the night. However, what if the co-worker asks the root cause of Daniar to leave the house? Can Daniar explain the reason?

Nah! Daniar shook his head. I cannot tell all my problems to others, even my own co-workers, the inner Daniar.

"Cities!"

The cry of the angkot conductor who headed downtown, immediately disperse the daydreams of Daniar.

"Stop, Bang!" yelled Daniar, stopping the angkot he was riding.

Instantly, the driver stepped on the brakes. "Don't tell me to stop suddenly dong, Neng! Could do us harm, danger!" The driver grumbled in annoyance.

"Yes, Bang. Sorry," Daniar said, bowing slightly. Shortly after, Daniar got down from the angkot and walked to the front door to hand over the freight.

"Yes, next time don't daydream, Neng. Can be blurred," said the driver's brother.

Daniar just smiled mesem responding to the angkot driver's words. After paying his fare, Daniar set foot into a transport car that would take him to downtown Tasikmalaya.

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Unable to prevent the departure of her son, Ms. Salma immediately grabbed the Bintang and carried it. The first class child was still crying hysterically because of the Mother's abandonment. Ms. Salma then brought a Star to meet her father in the pavilion room.

Arriving at the pavilion room, Ms. Salma saw Yandri sitting while leaning her back on the bed rest. her face slightly looked up with her eyes closed. In both corners of her eyes, there were puddles of tears that almost spilled.

"What is this, Yan? Why did Daniar leave the house? And that, earlier .. Daniar's face looks red. Like holding back anger. Actually, what happened to you guys?" cecar Bu Salma to his son-in-law.

Yandri gasped at her mother's voice. He then opened his eyes and straightened his body. Yandri could only be silent. He himself never thought if Daniar would respond to his words as seriously as that, until he decided to leave the house.

"Dad ... Bibin wants to be with Mother, hiks .. hiks ..."

The crying of the Bintang sontak made Yandri stunned. Yandri got out of bed. His hand stretched out to take over the Star from the lap of his mother-in-law.

"Shhh, stars don't cry, honey. Mother has a little business outside. Later also back," said Yandri trying to calm his daughter.

I'm sorry, Son. Unintentionally I made your mother leave us, inner Yandri, sore.

"You haven't answered Mom's question, Yan? Why was Daniar so angry, that he decided to leave the house?" Again, Salma asked the same question.

"Sit, Mom. Yandri will talk about it all, "pinta Yandri told her mother-in-law.

Ms. Salma approached the bed, she then sat down on the edge of the bed. So also with Yandri who sat beside Bu Salma while holding his son.

"Actually this is all Yandri's fault, ma'am," Yandri continued.

"What do you mean, son? What mistake did you make that Daniar could bear to ignore the cries of the Stars of all?" Ms. Salma kept urging yandri.

Finally Yandri began to tell the origin of their quarrel to make Daniar out of the house.

Ms. Salma took a long breath, a split second later, the middle-aged woman exhaled slowly. He stared intensely at the son-in-law.

"So, the money that Daniar gave the other day as debt payment from your brother, some of it is money for treatment?" ask Ms. Salma to make sure.

Yandri.

"Hhh ..." Ms. Salma again sighed.

Yeah, it's only natural that Daniar behaves like that. Maybe if Ms. Salma was in the Daniar position, she would feel angry and disappointed. However, Ms. Salma herself did not want to find out who was wrong, as this was not the time to blame each other.

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In the city center. Daniar keeps his feet up the sidewalk. His mind was completely blank, Daniar himself did not know where to go. All day long he just walked in his footsteps. Until I saw azan dzuhur stop swing legs Daniar.

For a moment, Daniar stared at the mosque dome visible from a distance of several hundred meters. His feet again approached the mosque. Daniar arrived at the mosque when the muezzin ended his torment. Finally Daniar went to the ladies toilet to take ablution.

After ablution, the iqamah was heard from the muezzin room. Along with other pilgrims, the daniar also performs the dzuhur prayer.

Finish the prayer dzuhur, one by one the mustamim come. Apparently, in the mosque there will be a regular study every Sunday. Daniar took the Quran and read it. Meanwhile, in the front room that was only blocked by the curtain, the study of young people began.

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Anxiety began to show on Ms. Salma's face. Until the sun began to return to the contest, Daniar still did not go home. And that anxiety only grew when Daniar's college friends arrived. Yes, Daniar returned to college to meet his requirements as a linear education worker with his job.

"Where's Daniar's mom, Mom? How is it not visible?" ask Mira.

For almost half an hour they visited her friend's husband. However, the friend still did not show the trunk of his nose.

"Wow, Mother herself doesn't know, Neng. Daniar is always so, if you go rarely say goodbye to people at home," said Ms. Salma with a nervous face.

For a long time, this time, Miss Salma lied. His face looks pale. However, he was forced to do the lie for the sake of the self-esteem of his son and daughter-in-law.

"Oh, I see, Mom. Actually, we're sorry to see Mr. Yandri now. Understandably, if you have small children, it is very difficult to get out of the house, Mom," said another friend Daniar.

"Yes, it's okay, Neng," said Ms. Salma.

"How is he now, sir? Is it over?" ask Mom Mira's husband.

"Alhamdulillah, now it has begun to improve, sir," replied Yandri.

The conversation between the men began. Mira and Rindu whisper to each other because they still haven't seen Daniar. For a moment, they knit their eyebrows when they saw his daughter Daniar wake up and start crying asking the mother. Until various speculations mill around in their minds.

Ms. Salma was getting more worried, she again grabbed the newly awakened Star. When Salma was about to take her first grandchild, suddenly ...."

"Assalamu'alaikum!"