Akad Shackle

Mother

"Have you come?" the buyer's mother at the cake shop Rahma looked welcoming her son, she stood up from her seat and received a helping hand from the son who came to pick her up to shake hands.

"Yes Ma, is my mom finished?" the son asked again,

"It's a pity, but there's still less mama's order, nothing ya wait a little more?" the mother explained,

"OK" the son replied briefly, he refocused on his phone which suddenly sounded because of a sign of an incoming call.

Rahma who was only a spectator of the conversation of the two people before her just lowered her head, want to greet the person who has just come because they feel familiar but self-knowledge and fear if the person concerned has not recognized him anymore because it has been a very long time they no longer meet more dominating the heart and thoughts. Finally he just lowered his head, pretending to be busy with work to divert his nervousness.

"Sir, how much longer will my order cake come?" the buyer's mother approached the cashier and asked Rahma, because the arrival of her son or Rahma forgot the conversation that had occurred between them before,

"So Mom, I called again to the central store" Rahma replied with a look that looked a little nervous because suddenly the mother asked when she was not focused,

"It looks like Mr. Tama does not recognize me, uh.why indeed, it does not matter either, anyway I am a nobody. It's only natural that he had forgotten me, I'm just an ordinary teacher who once taught in his foundation" while waiting for his phone connection, Rahma fought in her heart, she said, there is an unusual feeling when you see Tama not glancing at him.

The man who came to his shop and called the buyer was Tama, the man who had been his boss and expressed love for him several years ago. The time that continues to change many things, including forming the person of Rahma into someone more mature and rigid.

What she had experienced in her domestic life also made Rahma more careful in opening her heart. During these five years no man approached and proposed to her, but her heart and mind always rejected their presence. There is no vibration or interest in his heart towards the opposite sex, the desire to rebuild the household still does not appear in his heart and mind, he is only focused on his new life with his beloved son, he said, Athanasians.

But for some reason, upon seeing Tama the feeling of her heart instantly changed. There was a tremor that made him instantly feel nervous.

"Mom...."

"Ma..."

Together the two call the same person with different names make the buyer's mother smile because of the compactness of both. But his smile immediately faded when he saw Tama never move from his position and looked at the woman who also called him fixedly.

"Sir..." Rahma first realized, within seconds the gaze of the two met and as if diving into each other, Rahma lowered her head slightly with a thin smile on her lips greeting Tama.

"Hey ..honey, do you know this Mother?" Mother patted Tama's arm that did not respond to Rahma's polite greeting, she continued to look at Rahma deeper and deeper.

"Well.mama..." Tama complained as the mother's clap on her arm grew louder for the second time,

"Sick Ma..." Tama rubbed the arm that her mother hit with a grimacing face, while Rahma grimaced with a grin that seemed so familiar mother and child interaction,

"You know the Mama?" The mother repeated her question, too,

"Yes Ma, I know him very well" Tama replied confidently with the look back on the woman in front of him.

The last sentence that Tama said honestly made Rahma's heart beat faster.

"I once taught at Pak Tama's foundation, Mom" Rahma introduced herself first, while Tama refocused on looking at Rahma with a difficult gaze to interpret,

"You look more and more beautiful, apparently you've lived well all this time. I'm glad to see you again" inward Tama,

While Tama is busy with her own thoughts, the mother looks enthusiastic to ask Rahma a lot of things after knowing that Rahma had taught at her foundation.

"In which foundation has Ma'am taught? ask mom,

"In Garut Bu, I am a real Garut person" replied Rahma, she looks misbehaved because Tama keeps looking at her,

"Oh so, Thank God I am happy to meet Ma'am. My husband is also a Garut. I am a native of Jakarta, we used to live in Bandung for a long time and returned to Jakarta for quite a long time" Mother also explained about herself who was responded by Rahma with just a nod of her head.

"You work here?" Tama circulated her gaze, scanned the inside of the cake shop and asked to the point without thinking about anything else. Rahma just nodded and smiled at a glance answering Tama's question as the buyers were back in line to pay.

Not long after the order came, Rahma gave her job to her employees and came out of the cashier cubicle to take the buyer's mother.

"How are you?" Tama asked quietly when she had the opportunity to stand close to Rahma before entering the car, while the mother was still busy directing Rahma employees to arrange the cake she bought in the trunk of the car.

"Good thanks sir" Rahma replied briefly without looking at Tama, she focused on watching employees who arrange the mother's order cakes.

"Thank God everything is done, thank you Ma'am for his service, now I am pami. Oya if I may want to ask for a phone number yes, so later if you want a message you can call Mbak first" mother reached into the phone in her bag, intended to give her phone to Rahma.

"The phone number you can call is already on the cake. If you want to order, please contact us through the number listed there" explained Rahma,

"Oh so, well" mom stopped taking out her phone, she was saying goodbye to go home because she was going to attend an event elsewhere.

"Let's go baby, soon mama's event starts" mother also invited Tama to go, and,

"Yes Ma, just a minute..." Tama still seemed hesitant to follow her mother who had first entered the car after shaking hands with Rahma,

"You.." Tama's speech paused,

"Mother.." before Tama continued her words, a boy suddenly ran towards them standing up and shouted to Mother.