ANINDITA, A Tale of the Past

A Son-in-law Who Loves to Stand Up

Along the way home, Anindita was incessantly crying while mentioning her husband's name. Of course Anindita felt sad when she found out that her mother-in-law was placed in a place that was not appropriate to be given to parents who still had children or family unless the parents were a part of her life.

Anindita also felt very guilty towards her husband because of this incident. He remembered how Arya used to be disappointed when she told him about her teacher who was entrusted to the nursing home, and it turns out that now her own parents, her own mother finally experienced that

" Ma, Mama don't cry, if Mama cry on Rama so sad, huhuhuuu ..." Ramadhan continues to follow his mother who did not stop crying.

Ricky who noticed the two people who were now sitting in the back seat immediately put the bluetooth earphones in his ear and contacted someone.

" Hello, Den. I have a duty for you. Find the information right now. Please look for them in wreda parlors throughout Jakarta and surrounding areas. You're looking for Fatma's mother ..." Ricky doesn't know the name of Fatma's mother. " You just find Fatma Rahardja's mother. He had only been around a month living in a parlour, and he was paralyzed. He is the father of Arya Rahardja. I'm asking that within the next hour you should get that information as soon as possible. Tell him the family's gonna pick him up from there." Ricky immediately ordered his men who he used to tell him to help solve his problems.

" Okay, Mr. Ricky. We'll get that information right away." Deny answered Ricky's orders quickly.

" Okay, thanks Den." Ricky then turned off his phone connection and glanced at the rearview mirror watching Anindita who was still crying, making him drive his car faster to get to his apartment immediately.

" Well, what's the matter, sir?" tita asked when she arrived at the apartment and found Anindita's body between two arms Ricky in a state of crying.

" Quick you take Rama to his room and calm him down!" ricky's orders ignore Tita's questions.

" Good, sir." Tita immediately carried Ramadan and brought Ramadan into her room.

After arriving at Anindita's room, Ricky laid Anindita's body on the bed. He then sat on the edge.

" Anin, you need to calm down. I'm trying to find the whereabouts of Ms. Fatma." Ricky rubbed Anindita's right arm because Anindita langung positioned her sleep tilted to the left position.

" Mas, hiks .. I'm sorry, Mas ..." cried Anindita pilu.

Ricky sighed, his emotions seemed turbulent knowing that Mama Arya was now in a nursing home. He had guessed this must be because of the actions of Aryan's two sisters. Ricky also recalled what he had heard from Aryan's best friend if Arya intended to meet their teacher who lived in a nursing home before dying.

" Totally outrageous to them!" ricky growled with teeth.

Ricky now looked at Anindita's body lying behind him. He recalled that the woman had not had breakfast at this time. He then walked outside Anindita's room.

" sa ...! Tita ...!" Ricky called his assistant's name.

" I, Sir." Cika was first seen coming out of Ramadhan's room.

" Please get some breakfast for Anin's mother, and tell Tita to give breakfast to Rama as well. They haven't had breakfast yet." Ricky gave orders to Cika.

" I'm sorry, Sir. We did not make breakfast because Mother and Rama went to sports we thought Mom and Rama would have breakfast outside" said Cika.

" Yes, you quickly order a breakfast menu at the restaurant below for Rama and Anin!" ricky orders Cika to give the money and accompanies Anindita back to the room.

Not long after that Ricky's phone rang with Deny who sent information in the nursing home where Mama Arya is currently located complete with her address.

" Excuse me, Sir. It's breakfast for Mom." Cika carried a tray with rice and tofu baso soup, as well as corn parchment.

" Thank you, Cika. Just put it on the nightstand." Ricky who was sitting on the sofa is now approaching and sitting on the edge of Anindita. While Cika straight out of Anindita's room.

" Anin, you better eat first. You haven't had breakfast, pity the baby in your belly." Ricky then took the rice which he then flush with soup sauce and baso tofu also parchment.

" Anin, let's have breakfast first .." Ricky's hand pulled Anindita's arm slowly so that the woman would turn to him but Anindita's body held her back.

" Anin, you have to have breakfast after that we'll get Ms. Fatma here."

Ricky's words this time successfully made Anindita move her body and look at Ricky's gaze.

" Mama? Mr Ricky know where Mama is now?" ask Anindita to Ricky.

Ricky nodded his head.

" Yes, therefore you must have breakfast immediately so that we can meet Ms. Fatma as soon as possible."

Anindita notices a plate of rice currently held by Ricky while swallowing his saliva. He then took the plate from Ricky, and after reciting the prayer he ate the food greedily and hastily made Ricky shake his head staring at Anindita's current behavior.

" Slowly eat it will choke." Ricky warned.

Anindita points to a bottle of mineral water, asking Ricky to take it. Ricky who understood Anindita's intention immediately took the bottle of mineral water and then opened the seal and thrust it towards Anindita.

After sipping the mineral water given Ricky, Anindita returned to eat the food until it was not left on the plate.

" It's over, let's go see Mama." With a mouthful of food the last mouthful Anindita spoke.

" Finish the food in your mouth first" said Ricky who saw Anindita's mouth was still chewing food.

" Let's go get Mama." Anindia is about to get out of bed but Ricky's hand gets in her way.

" Wait for your food to come down first." Ricky advised Anindita.

" But I want to meet Mama soon ..." Anindita.

" Fatma's mother won't go far. I've told my men to monitor there, you take it easy." Ricky tried to convince Anindita.

" Now wash your face first, then change your clothes. I'm sure Miss Fatma wouldn't be happy to see your eyes like this."

Anindita then nodded her head and did as Ricky told her to. She was sure that Mama Arya would be sad if she had a sad face because she was crying.

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Ricky opens the car door for Anindita when she reaches the grounds of the nursing home where Mama Arya was entrusted.

Anidnita got out of the car, she saw a whitewashed building in front of her. He saw some elderly people sitting on the chairs on the porch of the parlour and talking now looking towards him and Ricky.

Ricky then clasped Anindita's hand to make Anindita gasp. Ricky immediately brought Anindita into the orphanage provided for the elderly.

" Holyass, Mother, Father... " Anindita greeted all the old men who were staring at her.

" Waalaikumsalam, beautiful neng. You want to adopt Grandma, huh?" an elderly woman asked Anindita.

" That's delicious! He's my grandson, of course he'll pick me up. Just look at us, it looks like we're beautiful?" suddenly one other grandmother approached Anindita and hugged Anindita's body making Anindita surprised.

" It used to be that when I was young my beauty was just like her." Second grandmother fantasized.

" Is that right, Neng? Is this her grandson?" The first grandmother asked Anindita.

" Hmmm ..." Anindita glanced at Ricky and Ricky did the same.

" Why are these grannies gathering here? That's a guest why is it prevented from going inside?" a female nurse came out from inside the home.

" Excuse me, Ma'am. We're here to see Fatma's mother ..." Ricky told the nurse.

" Oh, this father is the one who wants to pick up Fatma's mother, huh? There were people here who said it was from the family of Fatma Mother who would bring Fatma's mother home." The nurse who had met with Deny immediately welcomed Ricky and Anindita.

" It's true, Ma'am. I'm Ricky and this is Anindita, Fatma's mother's daughter-in-law." Ricky introduced himself and Anindita.

" Then let me take you to meet with Mom Panti." The nurse then took Ricky and Anindita to the workroom of the house.

" Please, come in ..." The nurse lets Ricky and Anindita in after opening the door to the home's mother's office.

" Thank you, Ma'am" Ricky said.

" Mommy, this is the guest" the nurse told a woman who was tidying up the files.

" Oh let's sit down ..." Mother Panti invited Ricky and Anindita to sit down.

" How come, sir, is there anything I can help you with?" ask the housewife to Ricky.

" As the man I assigned here said, Mom. If we're going to bring Fatma's mother home." Ricky reiterated his intention.

" I'm sorry, Mister. If I may know, Mr and Madam, what is the relationship with Fatma's mother? Because the one who left Bu Fatma here is 'the two children who live outside Jakarta."

" Anindita is the daughter-in-law of Fatma's mother, she is the wife of Fatma's son who died not long before Fatma was entrusted here." Ricky again explained Anindita's position to Ms. Fatma.

" Oh so, well, sir. But we must contact one of the two sons of Ms. Fatma for confirmation, because we from the orphanage do not want to be blamed if in the future the family objected Bu Fatma Fatma brought by this Master and Madam." Ibu Panti wants to run according to procedure.

" Sorry, Mom. Why did the mother ask the permission of those ungodly children who had obviously dumped her biological mother into this nursing home?!" ricky growled with annoyance because his intentions were complicated.

" I saw him myself." Ricky pointed towards Anindita. " He was pregnant with his sister's son, his nephew. But they had to expel her from her husband's house not even seven days from her husband's death. Do you think they deserve to be called family?!" ricky then. While Anindita can only be bowed, if remembering the eviction event made her heart feel sliced.

" Then, Mom. Please meet us with Ms. Fatma. You can ask yourself what is the desire of Ms Fatma like? Want to come with us or stay here? I'm sure Ms. Fatma also wants to see her granddaughter born healthy and safe. Also want to accompany his grandson to grow up to be a good and devoted child."

The argument presented by Ricky really makes Mother Panti can not say anything.

The mother let out a long sigh and called to tell one of the nurses to take Ms. Fatma to her room.

" Assalamualaikum, what's wrong Miss at the parlour asking me to see Mom?"

The soft voice of a woman from the direction of the door made the three people in the room immediately turn their faces to the origin of the sound.

" Mom ..." Anindita immediately called Ms. Fatma when she saw the figure of a middle-aged woman using an electric wheelchair enter the room of the home mother.

Mama Arya who found the figure of her daughter-in-law in the room of Bu Panti was no less surprised.

" Anin?"

" Mom ..." Anindita then got up and rushed closer to Mama Arya and immediately sat down in front of her mother-in-law. Her distended stomach did not prevent the woman from reaching out.

" Ma, forgive Anin, Ma. Anin didn't know Mama put it here, hiks ..." Anindita immediately cried by slapping her face on the lap of Mama Arya.

" Anin, Mama doesn't blame you, son. Mama should be sorry for the treatment that Ria and Lanny did to you, Anin." Mama Arya uttered a sentence with trembling lips. As a mother, she was disappointed, sad and hurt. First had to lose his firstborn suddenly, must be separated by a son-in-law who is very fond of him and his future grandchildren. The latter must be exiled in a nursing home. The hearts of which old man she felt hurt found out that fact.

" Ann doesn't blame Mama. Anin has also forgiven Mbak Ria and Mbak Lanny, Ma." Anindita now looked up at Mama Arya.

Mama Arya stroked Anindita's head and looked at Anindita's face full of haru.

" Mommy's happy Mama still has a good daughter like you, Anin." Mama Arya was now looking at Anindita's stomach. " Your stomach is growing, Anin." Now Mama Arya's hand touched Anindita's baby bump.

" Yes, Ma. It'll be seven months soon, Ma."

" Mama's granddaughter-to-be is healthy, right in here?"

Anindita nodded her head. " Yes, Ma. God willing, this mother's grandson is always healthy." Anindita then clasped Mama Arya's hand. " Anin's happy to finally see Mama back."

" Mama is also happy to see you again, Anin," said Mama Arya.

" What's up, Miss Fatma." Ricky who had earlier noticed the reunion of Anindita and her mother-in-law was now coming to greet Mama Arya.

" Well Ricky?"

" Mrs Fatma, Mr. Ricky and Mrs Anin said they were going to pick Fatma up. Is Mother Fatma willing to come with them?" Ms. Panti who also oversaw the interaction of Anindita and Mama Arya now asked Ms. Fatma.

" Mama's coming home with Anin, yeah! Anin who will take care of Mama, there's Mbak Tita too, Ma. We'll live together." Anindita persuaded her mother-in-law.

" Anin, Mama doesn't want to bother you guys." Mama Arya subtly refused her daughter-in-law's request.

" Mrs Fatma, Anin was happy that Ms. Fatma was staying with him. Ms. Fatma already Anin thinks like her own biological mother. So please, Miss Fatma come home with us. Let Mother Fatma be able to advise the daughter-in-law of Bu Fatma who is waywardly fond of eating this late," said Ricky who does not care about Anindita who is now leaning towards her because she has complained about the ugliness of Anindita who likes to delay eating while pregnant.

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