After the Rain

Loss of Traces

Disgust continues to accompany Yandri's journey to his mother's house. In fact, throughout the bus ride, the feeling of tightness increasingly squeezed his chest. I don't know what would happen if he couldn't find his son and ex-wife. Yandri could not even imagine that.

Get off the bus. Yandri immediately took an ojek to his house.20 minutes through the steep and uphill road, Yandri arrived also at the door of his mother's house.

"Assalamu'alaikum!" yandri SAPA.

Miss Maryam who was watching television, suddenly turned her head when she heard the voice that she missed so much. He went to open the front door.

"Wa'alaikumsalam," replied Miss Maryam excitedly.

Chequek!

Door opens. No doubt, Miss Maryam rushed towards Yandri and hugged him. There was no longing sentence that the old woman could speak. There was only the warm embrace of a mother that Yandri always missed.

Does it have to be so far apart, to get this warmth back? Did you have to be apart for so long to feel what it means to be missed? yandri in his heart.

"How are you, Mom?" yandri whispered in a hoarse voice as it held back the cry of happiness.

Miss Maryam unravels her embrace. "Alhamdulillah, Mother's news is fine, son. How about yourself?"

"Thank God, be healthy."

"Come in, you must be tired after going through a long journey," said Miss Maryam. "Well, where's your bag?" coined.

"Yandri didn't have a bag, ma'am" replied Yandri.

Bad prejudices immediately swirled in Miss Maryam's mind.

"Don't you say, you went home to your wife?" said Miss Maryam.

"So you know where Daniar's house is now? Thank goodness .. thank goodness. Um, can I tell you where the address is?" yandri Cecar.

Uh, what does this mean? ms. Maryam's mind, scrunched her forehead.

Yandri entered the house. Followed by his mother. A second later, the two sat side by side.

"Yandri had guessed, I must know the address of Daniar's new home," continued Yandri.

Miss Maryam's forehead was frowning. "You mean?"

"So Yandri came to Ms. Salma's house, but apparently, the house was sold to someone else. And unfortunately, the person did not know where Ms. Salma was at the moment" Yandri said. "So, what area does Yandri's wife and daughter live in now, ma'am?" coined.

Heard the wife. Maryam stood up.

"Ex-wife, Yandri! Don't forget that you divorced her. So he's just your ex-wife!" asserted Miss Maryam while pointing at her son's nose.

"Yes, Mom. Sorry," replied Yandri. "Then, can you tell Yandri their current home address?" yandri pinta.

"Mom doesn't know!" ketus Miss Maryam.

"What do you mean you don't know? Don't you always send money to the Stars every month, you should know, right?"

Deg-deg-deg!

Ms. Maryam's heart beat irregularly when she realized her mistake.

Ish, why is it so crazy? Lothawat! Don't let Yandri know that I never gave the money to his son. Maryam returned to monologue in her heart.

"Eh, i-yes ... I-mom ki-rimkan, but not to his house, Yan. I-mom meet your child at school," replied Miss Maryam stammering.

A school? Ah, yes .. why don't you think of finding the Star in his dorm, the inner Yandri.

Gaining a glimmer of hope, Yandri said goodbye to his mother.

"Where are you going, Yan?" ask Miss Maryam.

"Yandri wants to find a child and a wife ..I mean Yandri, Yandri's ex-wife, Mom," Yandri answered.

"Well, you, you just got home, Yan. You're not the same, Mom?" renuk Bu Maryam's.

"Just calm down, Mom. Yandri on sabbatical. So we have plenty of time to be together. Now, more important is to look for the whereabouts of the Star and its mother first. Oh yes, Mum. Yandri borrowed the car for a while. Where's the key?"

Miss Maryam was only able to show the keys to the car hanging. He was completely shocked to see Yandri's concern for his son and ex-wife.

Yandri immediately snatched the car keys. After that, he kissed Maryam's mother's forehead while asking for blessing.

"Do'akan Yandri to be able to find them soon, ma'am" he concluded.

Yandri did not wait for his mother's answer. Not wanting to waste any more time, he immediately drove his car.

When passing in front of Pak Agus' house, without Yandri noticing, a pair of eyes were watching him since he pulled the car out of his mother's yard.

Out of curiosity, Habibah immediately went home.

"Mom! Mama!" Arriving at his mother's house, Habibah shouted to call his mother.

When Habibah reached the living room, she was a little stunned to see the mother sitting daydreaming. Habibah's forehead frowned, what happened to his mother, so that the old woman was like being swept away in a deep enough thought.

"Mom!" call Habibah while touching his mother's shoulder.

The old woman nodded. He turned his head when he found a pat on his shoulder.

"Mother why daydream? Is there something that's a burden on Mom's mind?" ask Habibah.

"Yandri .. go home, Bah," said Ms. Maryam.

"really?" pekik Habibah's. "Then, where is he?" tanyakanya.

Quiescent. Miss Maryam just silently heard Habibah's question.

"Wait on! Is it not. .. the person who pulled out Mom's car ... she is Yandri?" guess Habibah.

Miss Maryam nodded slowly.

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Yandri's focus is only one. Find his son and ex-wife. Therefore, Yandri drove his vehicle with above average speed.

An hour passed, Yandri arrived at the Star school. The school looks lonely, because indeed the time of the students are undergoing the end of school holidays. With a hasty step, Yandri stepped foot into the santriwati secretariat.

Wh-tok-tok!

"Assalamu'alaikum!" greet Yandri, knock on the door of the secretariat room.

"Wa'alaikumsalam's chat. Please come in, sir!" answer an ustadzah who is on picket duty.

Yandri entered the secretariat. He sat down after the ustadzah invited Yandri to sit down.

"Can I help you, sir?" tanya Ustadzah Yeni's.

"My name is Yandri Gunawan. I am the guardian of a santriwati named Bintang Azura" said Yandri.

Ustadzah Yeni scrunched his forehead. She felt foreign to the name of the santriwati mentioned by her guest.

"Sorry, Sir. If you may know, in what room is my daughter?" tanya Ustadzah Yeni's.

Yandri could only scratch his head because he did not know his daughter's room number. Huh, I really am a bad father, he lamented inwardly.

"Sorry Ustadzah, I don't know" Yandri said, with a shame that was hard to express, "but my daughter went to school here too, Ustadzah," he added.

"Oh, wait!"

Ustadzah Yeni opened a santriwati administrative locker. However, he did not find any data on behalf of the Azura Star. Shortly thereafter, Ustadzah Yeni opened a closet that held old files. He also found a green map bearing the name Azura Star.

Ustadzah Yeni opened the map. After reviewing it for a few seconds, he returned to the living room to approach Yandri.

"Sorry, Sir. It looks like your daughter is not in school here anymore" said Ustadzah Yeni.

Yandri. "I mean Ustadzah?"

"Princess filed to move in the second semester 8th grade" said Ustadzah Yeni.

"What?!" peek Yandri, "but why?" Yandri asked again.

"According to the information here, the daughter of the Father joined his parents moved," replied Ustadzah Yeni.

Yandri was surprised to hear Ustadzah Yeni's reply.

"What does Ustadzah know, which Junior High my daughter moved to?" ask Yandri again.

"Wow, I'm sorry sir. We don't know about that. You should ask it to the school," suggested Ustadzah Yeni.

"Good Ustadzah. Thanks for the information. Then excuse me first" said Yandri.

Out of the secretariat room santriwati, Yandri stepped foot into the administration room of SMP Al-Furqon. However, there he had to swallow the disappointment of not having a picket teacher standing guard on Saturday.

I don't know what kind of destiny game he should be going through right now. It was as if he had lost track of his family. In the slightest, Yandri could not find the highest point. His son and wife are gone, as if lost in the earth.