ANINDITA, A Tale of the Past

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Ramadhan looked at Ricky's serious-looking face with the laptop in front of him. Slowly Ramadhan approached the man he did not know was his father.

" Om ..." Ramadhan tries to divert Ricky's seriousness from his laptop front.

" Hmmm, what is Rama?" ricky asked without turning away from the job he was working on right now."

" So Mama Anin was angry with Sister Princess." Ramadhan tells what his mother did to the Princess.

What Ramadhan said successfully distracted Ricky to make the man now look at him while frowning.

" Mama Anin angry with Sister Princess? Why did Princess Mama Anin get angry?" ask Ricky then.

" The Princess said that Rama wanted to stay at Papa Ricky's house. Shouldn't it be Ricky, Om? It's not Ricky's Papa Rama."

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It felt like being hit by a large chunk of rock Ricky's heart as if he was glaring when Ramadan said that. Several times the little boy always said things that always made his heart break. Yet again and again he seemed to have no power to deny it.

" Why did Princess say that, Mom? That's why Mama Anin became angry with Sister Princess."

Ricky took a deep breath trying to find a suitable sentence to convey to his son.

" Hmmm, Om would have said to Rama, if Om had a son like Rama. Maybe because Om Ricky loves Rama and Rama is also close to Om so Kak Putri said that. Om Ricky also does not mind 'kok if Rama call Om with Papa call," said Ricky ventured to say it.

" No, Om. Papa Rama is Papa Arya. Om Ricky is not Papa Rama, Rama does not want to call Om Papa." Ramadhan refuses Ricky's request, allowing him to call Papa.

Ricky's heart is increasingly torn as Ramadan refuses to call him Papa. Ricky took a breath that felt tight in his chest staring at his baby.

" Yes, Rama is back playing first, yes! Om want to finish the job first." Ricky finally asked Ramadhan to return to play with the new toy he bought after picking him up earlier.

" Oh my God, when will it be like this?" ricky complained in his heart.

Ricky sniffed while rubbing his face rough.

" Why does he still hate me? Do I not deserve to be sorry for her?" Ricky regretted Anindita's attitude which was still insistent.

When Ricky remembered Anindita all of a sudden he remembered the words of the middle-aged woman he had met this afternoon. The words of the woman who said about the misfortune that would befall Anindita immediately disturbed her heart.

Although Ricky got an explanation from the middle-aged granddaughter if the woman often said slurping, still the words about something bad will happen to Anindita and her baby make her mind unsettled.

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I don't know how many times Anindita moved around the sleeping position looking for a comfortable place but did not also make her able to fall asleep even though the time has shown eleven o'clock at night.

Anindita's heart was beset with anxiety. Many things made his heart uneasy at this moment. From the feeling of kangen with her husband, the problem with the Princess. What's more the words of the old lady he met at the cafe this afternoon.

Anindita sighed, while her husband had not contacted her since then made a clear liquid begin to drip on her cheek, because suddenly Anindita's heart was struck by a very great fear.

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Anindita immediately grabbed the phone as the flat object rang. And she grew sobbing when she saw her husband contacting her via video call.

" Assalamualaikum, dear .." said Arya as her face appeared on Anindita's phone screen.

" Hiks .. hiks ..." Instead of answering the greeting, Anindita sobbed.

" Dear, why are you crying?"

" Mad, I'm scared ..." Anindita did not stop her crying.

" fear? What are you afraid of? Are there ghosts there?" arya asked jokingly.

Anidnita was getting sobbed in response to the joke from her husband.

" Hey, why are you crying? Same story, what's up?"

" When do you come home?" tanya Anidnita tried to wipe away her tears.

" Morrow early in the morning Mas want to go to Jogya first. Later the plan is to return to Jakarta from there."

" Yes, the reunion event is over. The plan is only tomorrow morning Mas and some friends want to visit the teacher Mas first who is now living in a nursing home. Poor thing, he was exiled by his family in a nursing home by his family." Arya's voice sounded very concerned about the condition of her former teacher.

" Did the teacher have no children?" ask Anindita.

" Have, but his son was busy with his career to the point of forgetting his own parents. It's really sad. When he was productive, they worked to raise and send their children to school. But when his children have become people seem to forget and do not consider his existence. Because of that, Mas deliberately invited his friends to visit him."

" O Allah, have great pity, Mas." said Anindita also felt concerned. But she felt touched to know her husband's glorious heart.

" Yes, Honey. I don't want to be old when I'm going to experience something like that. Therefore, from an early age, we must give the right teachings and a sense of responsibility to our children to parents as they grow up. I want to enter the age of twilight, I enjoy it alone with you in our home, with our children and grandchildren who come to visit us at all times" said Arya hopeful.

" Aamiin, Mum." Anindita.

" Oh yeah, how are the kids today? What baby is still fussy in your stomach? Mana, I want to see your belly, honey."

Anindita flicked her clothes until she showed her stomach that had begun to bulge.

" Ah, it feels like Mas kangen is under your stomach, dear." Arya grinning.

" May ..." Anindita hurriedly closed the negligee back.

Arya chuckled in response to Anindita's timid attitude.

" Why is it closed, dear? I haven't greeted our baby." Arya asks Anindita to show her stomach again.

Anindita obeyed what Arya had ordered. Anindita looks at Arya's palm on her phone screen.

" Daughter Papa Darling, okay in the belly of Mama. Don't be reckless, don't make Mama bother. Be the child Sholeh will be. Papa loves you, son." Now Arya's lips are closer to the screen of her phone. It's like Anindita's stomach she kissed.

" Oh yeah, how are Princess and Rama? Did they upset Mama?" Now Arya focused on asking the other two children.

Anindita sighed considering the last incident with the Princess this afternoon.

" Mommy, I'm sorry. I spoke a little loudly to the Princess." Anindita felt guilty.

" why? Is the Princess against you?" arya asked in a calm tone because she knew Anindita's nature. He would not speak in a loud tone if he did not feel piqued.

" So the Princess almost fell foul to say if Mr. Ricky was Rama's Papa."

" Geez, why is the Princess talking like that?" ask Arya gasp.

" I don't know myself, Mom. Why does the Princess talk like that."

" Yes, I'm sorry if the Princess' words hurt you." Arya instead represents her daughter apologizing to Anindita.

" No, Mas. I was wrong too. I should've been more patient and could've held back my emotions." Anindita felt increasingly guilty because of Arya's attitude which was not angry with her.

" Oh yeah, let's forget about it. Now you just rest. It's almost too late. You must take care of your health and that of our children."

" Yes, Mas."

" Have the phone closed. I love you, Anindita

Assalamualikum."

" I love you too, Mas Arya. Hurry home. We're all waiting for you here. Waalaikumsalam" Anindita then hangs up her phone and tries to fall asleep. Although she had communicated with her husband but somehow it did not make the anxiety in her heart just disappear.

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