Author Culun

There's no choice anymore

"Say my boss, he agreed that twenty million debts were credited, but in exchange now this second must pay about how much money there is." Mr. Ru put his phone back in his pocket and stood in front of Ms. Rila.

Rila's mother looked confused, at this time she did not have much money, really her face looked anxious and anxious about how to pay off that much debt.

From behind the door that Rila entered, Rila looked peeking at her mother outside who looked confused. Rila turned to stare at a thick envelope in her hand with a hesitant face.

"Whatever happens, I don't want Mom to be burdened like this" Rila firmly grasped the envelope in her hand. He opened the door wide and narrow from the room to his mother.

Arriving Rila stood beside his Mother and in front of Mr. Ru and the other man in his suit who did not say much.

Rila stuck out straight her right hand pointing the thick envelope at Mr. Ru with a flat face. "This is the payment, please accept," said Rila then glance at the mother who looks surprised at him.

"U .. u where's this money from, son?" asked Rila's mother to look at her daughter's face with the look of her face save the question.

Mr. Ru took the envelope in Rila's hand and looked at him with a blotchy smile. He waved his hand at his partner to get closer.

Rila momentarily turned her gaze to Master Ru and the Man beside her. They're excited to see some money in the envelope.

"Hmm, that's fine," Mr. Ru put the envelope in her pocket after looking and looked at Rila and turned to Rila's mother.

"If so we will go, and give Ms. Ayu the opportunity to pay slowly, every month we will charge at the end of the month, so thank you. Sorry I had a chance to make noise nights like this" said Mr. Ru politely not like the beginning.

After saying that, the two large-bodied men turned their bodies and walked outside. They came out of the entrance and closed the door tightly.

After their departure, Rila and her mother immediately embraced each other to release anxiety. After that, Rila's mother or mother's name Ayu touched her two daughters' shoulders.

"Son, where's the money?" mother asked Ayu to Rila who bowed her head.

Rila just stayed unmoved yet responded to her mother's question. He did not even dare to look into the eyes of the mother.

"Rila, replied the mother," asked her mother.

Rila's mother touched her cheeks and danced her daughter's head to look at her.

"I. .. that's money from my savings ma'am," replied Rila stammering.

Rila's mother flinched, her eyes widening indicating the shock of what Rila replied, beyond her guess.

"Why are you using your savings Rila? how are you gonna connect the school again? why not tell mom first?" asked Rila's mother to feel anxious.

Rila stared in her mother's bead and suddenly she sprang to hug her body with a broken cry.

"Hikss hikss, my mother I have no choice, I just want to help mom, even though my school is not advanced, no problem hiksss hiksss. As long as you're okay, I'll be fine." Rila was sobbing in her mother's arms. He really felt resigned.

Rila's mother so joined in crying with her son's words, far from the bottom of her heart she felt guilty making her daughter feel hurt and burdened like that at the age of a very young.

"I'm sorry mommy son makes you sad, listen to Mom, dad and mom are separated now only you have, I ask Rila to be strong and not always sad. Let's forget what happened and in the future Rila don't think about what happened today." Rila's mother rubbed Rila's back while dipping the top of her daughter's hair.

The mother and daughter hugged each other, feeling sad, disappointed and claustrophobic. Beautiful nights are not always beautiful, sometimes there is dark behind thousands of starlight in the sky.

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A Week Later ...

The sun shines on the earth, the birds fall through the clouds. Sunlight shone on the city and a girl in plain clothes pushed her bicycle on the sidewalk of the intersection.

Only ordinary girl cupu wearing a short-sleeved light blue shirt with a fish stamp ***** on the front of the shirt. Brown colored pencil pants, vanilla patterned sandals and long hair in high pigtails. Do not forget the thick glasses minus the faithful he uses.

Step by step walking pushing the bike dames, in the rear bike holder there is a cardboard tied with a rope on the iron parts of the bike so as not to fall.

The girl who was none other than Rila kept pushing the bike while shouting and looking around.

"Casskin chips! chips ... chips!" he shouted while smiling at the people who were glancing at him.

There were several groups of mothers and little girls approaching on Rila intent on buying. Rila stopped his steps.

"How much did you buy? one package of two thousand rupiah only" asked Rila to the mothers who stood in front of the cardboard in the area.

"Buy ten packs well,"

"Five well, son,"

"Three kiddos" the mothers answered.

Rila happily took the bag and put in some crisps wrapped in transparent plastic. Then he tied up the plastic bag and shoved it on the middle-aged woman who bought it.

"It's mom." Rila smiled then wrapped up for the others again.

Stop there makes Rila a lot of customers because of its location on the side of the road. There are even two or four-wheeled vehicles that had stopped waiting for the red light to buy chips sold by Rila.

After serving many customers, Rila walked back, but by pedaling his bike on the highway.

Vigorously Rila enjoyed every swing of the bike and vehicle he passed. The wind blew through his hair, his clothes fluttered and the sweat around his face dried up.

Such were the days of Rila, he traded cassava chips made by his mother every day. Starting from morning until afternoon can also be until night, while Rila Mother she rests at home. Though Rila's mother was eager to trade in place of her son, but instead Rila was stubborn and rejected her wishes because she did not want her mother was exhausted.

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The day began in the afternoon, Rila momentarily stopped at a park not far from where he lived. He parked his bike next to a park chair on the side of the road. Then sit on the chair while opening the plastic container of bread wrap that he had bought.

Rila for a moment rest by eating bread in the form of a round slab that contains chocolate. A smile appeared on his lips as he chewed on the bread and breathed fresh air around facing the street.

"Hi Rila," said someone suddenly approaching Rila. A girl of the same age as Rila, a pretty look wearing a knee-length school blue skirt and a short-sleeved white uniform.

"Hi Sifa." Rila smiled faintly glancing at the origin of the voice. Then continue eating.

The girl named Sifa was also sitting next to Rila who happened to be empty. His short neck hair and wavy front bangs add an attractive side to his eyes.

"You're out of business?" sifa asked looking at the side with a smile.

"Emm, where are you wearing school uniforms like this? haven't you graduated long?" tanya Rila put on a astonished face. Sifa is a neighbor next door to the house since childhood of course she knows the girl.

Sifa smiled revealing the creaking of her neat teeth, she looked at the uniform she was wearing.

"So I finished going to the photo shoot with my mother, for a photo of enrolling in high school, I can't wait to go to school there" Sifa replied. He smiled as he reached into something in his shirt pocket.

Rila simply nodded while devouring his bread and said inwardly. It's lucky that he's going to enroll, while I want to go to high school just can't, he said.

"Rila, I bought two chips." Sifa pulled back her hand in her pocket and put a five thousand rupiah note on Rila.

Rila nodded and devoured his bread and one hand received the money. He stood up and walked over to his parked bicycle.

Silence, Rila again sat on the chair and gave Sifa two packs of chips.

Sifa accepted it with a smile, "Rila, when did you sign up? he said it's a month away and it's going to be a new semester" he asked.

Rila shook her head, "i won't continue school," she replied which made Sifa instantly widen her eyes.

"Why?" shocked Sifa immediately stood up.

"You know, my dad ran away and my mom's not well these days, there's no time I think about going to school. I'm going first." Rila stood back up and approached his bike. He got on the bike and started riding his bike through Sifa.

"Hey!" sifa shouted at Rila who passed away.

After Rila was far away, Sifa looked at the two packs of chips in her hand. Suddenly he dropped the chips on the street wall.

"Feel, now that you're suffering, I feel so happy. Just like you did when you were a child to me and you forget about it, my friend" muttered Sifa with a gnarled tooth. He looked at the cassava chips he threw away on the wall with a sly grin.

"Its bad chips, I'm sorry I bought them." Sifa stepped her legs over the chips and walked while fixing her hair bangs.

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