ALVIN Trying to Rise

Beginning of the problem

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Day after day passed, since that incident Alvin prefers to teach tutoring for children, while waiting for his job application received, as well as resting his body that still needs recovery.

During these few days, Pak Umar was seen always avoiding Alvin, since the time they met at the hospital Pak Umar did not explain anything to Alvin, he said, and Alvin who was still carried away by emotion chose to speak a thousand languages.

The atmosphere of awkwardness between Mr. Umar and Alvin makes all the rented residents also look awkward, considering that Mr. Umar is famous for being friendly and sociable, to make a lot of rented atmosphere.

However, after the incident Alvin a few weeks ago, Mr. Umar's attitude changed to be more quiet than usual, as well as Alvin.

No one knows what really happened to Alvin and Pak Umar, because both of them were compact to remain silent without wanting to tell their problems to anyone, even to Mang Lukman.

That attitude also makes others unable to enter to pretentiously interfere in the problems of both, or try to reconcile the two. Everything just goes naturally and according to the will of Alvin and Mr. Umar alone, without involving others.

At seven o'clock Alvin night out of contract, tonight it looks like Mang Lukman has to be overtime, so he wants to buy dinner not far from the contract.

Inadvertently Mr. Umar went out of the house, it seems he wanted to join in the post, when Alvin saw a cup of coffee in his hand.

Both of them seemed silent for a few seconds, with an awkward atmosphere when accidentally the eyes of both of them had collided.

"Night, Mr Umar, going to the post?"  tanya Alvin tried to reconcile on the problem and get closer to Mr. Umar. Really, he could not bear to keep silent without trying to solve the problem.

Mr. Umar seemed surprised by the words of Alvin who wanted to greet him first, he looked at Avin with reddened eyes and then nodded faintly in response.

At first he was able to get an apology from Alvin, after what he did to the Alvin family.

Alvin rubbed his nape as he felt confused about what else to say to Mr. Umar.

"Come, sir, we go together," said Alvin welcome Mr. Umar with an attitude that has not changed at all, still so gentle and polite as before Alvin knew all the problems of the accident.

Mr. Umar did not answer.he put a coffee cup on the table, then approached Alvin with a sad face.

"Vin–" shrieked Mr. Umar with grumpy eyes, resisting all the turmoil of feeling buried in the chest.

"Sir, I'm sorry" said Alvin, then they embraced each other with various flavors that accompanied him.

"No! It's not you who should apologize, Vin. But, I," said Mr. Umar patting Alvin's back that felt trembling.

The two men of different ages seemed to be silent in the same position, for a few seconds, before finally breaking into each other's arms.

"I'm sorry, Vin .. I'm sorry," said Mr. Umar again with tears that seemed to try to prevent him from using his palm.

"Already, Sir. Everything was done from the beginning, I was just carried away by a sense of vengeance that I should not have kept. The accident was already destined to happen, so why am I still having problems with all that?" alvin replied that made Mr. Umar look sobbing, feeling amazed by Alvin's maturity.

"You are a good boy, I'm sorry for being the source of your suffering, Vin," said Mr. Umar.

Alvin shook his head, he then asked back to Mr. Umar.

"Sir, I want to ask you something, can I?"

"I want, Father, to explain what happened at that time to me as clearly as possible," pinta Alvin who made Mr. Umar speechless.

"I know, it might be hard to, Father. But, I beg you for just this once, so that I can also fight Mr. Mardo if one day comes again," said Alvin staring at Mr. Umar full of requests.

Mr. Umar seemed silent for a while, before answering Alvin's request.

"Well, let's go into my house, and I'll tell you everything" replied Mr. Umar, finally agreeing to Alvin's request.

"What, is it okay, sir, I'm going into the house, Father?" alvin asked doubtfully.

"You heard the story, didn't you? If you are ready to know everything, then come with me," said Mr. Umar staring at Alvin firmly.

Alvin was silent for a while, before finally trying to steady himself to a snuggle.

They both entered the house of Mr. Umar, where no one had ever entered his house, including Alvin.

Alvin circulated his view to see Pak Umar's rented house which had been so closed. Neat and clean, that was the first sight Alvin saw when he entered the house of Mr. Umar.

A picture frame of a young man that Alvin could have guessed was Mr. Umar and his wife. Mr. Umar did look handsome and handsome when he was young, although the color of his skin is fierce. While the woman beside him who was none other than his wife, looked beautiful. Her skin color is white with wavy black hair, her smile looks add sweetness to her beautiful face.

"My wife does not like a messy house, so I always try to make this house look clean and tidy," said Mr. Umar, while staring at the portrait hanging on the wall.

Alvin could see the look of eyes full of love so big from the eyes of men towards the old man. It can be seen that until now Mr. Umar even still so loved his late wife.

"I used to be friends with Mardo, we've been friends since he was in high school. But, our friendship broke when my wife came in our midst, she who liked my wife finally chose to be hostile to me because my wife preferred to marry me who was not a rich man," continued Mr. Umar again, switching to staring at the black and white picture frame displayed on top of a small closet. There were two men with a woman in the middle.

So Mr Umar and Mr Merdo are old friends? inner Alvin was shocked by the reality he had just known.

"Come, please sit down," said Mr. Umar again.

Alvin nodded, he then sat down on the available chair in the tenement. Yes, in contrast to other tenement houses, Mr. Umar even has a set of chairs and tables in his front room, while other residents prefer to use carpets to receive guests so as not to take up space.

"Actually this problem started from your mother who chose to leave her family in order to marry your Father." Mr. Umar finally started his story, after they were both silent for a long time.

"So, Mama and Dad, married without Mama's blessing?" tanya Alvin who was embraced by Mr. Umar.

"Your father's background, who was only the son of a farmer in the village, made your mother's entire family, oppose their relationship. The problem was aggravated by your uncle, Mardo, who used it to pit your mother and her aunt for wanting to be the sole heir to the treasure" continued Mr. Umar again.

"Is Mr. Mardo that bad?" alvin asked, still do not believe in the words of Alvin.

Mr. Umar seemed to go inside leaving Alvin who was still trying to digest all the words that Mr. Umar said.

A few moments later Mr. Umar returned with a laptop that had been turned on.

"This is all the evidence of my words earlier," said Mr. Umar while putting a laptop in front of Alvin.

"I always keep important memories or files during my life, so all my words you can check the truth yourself," continued Mr. Umar, sitting back in front of Alvin. 

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