
The blood in Emi's hands has been cleaned but the snail shell stuck is still there. Emi could only swallow her saliva with a pale face of whatever was done to her hands. Kevin was nervous as he was about to pull the snail shell, he saw Emi's tense face.
Bima's forehead shriveled impatiently looking at Kevin who was too long. Bima is holding Emi's wrist, she will pull the shell. Kevin should have pulled the shell first and cleaned the blood later.
Bima prepared to pull the shell that stuck it but his hand held Kevin.
"Don't let me do it, '" stop Kevin.
Kevin looked back at Emi's pale face. He pulled Emi's head and pressed Emi's face against her stomach.
"It's gonna hurt but it's just for a second, okay?" told Emi and answered with a nod of the head.
"One, two, three!"
Hua....
Emi cried, the shell stuck deep enough. Kevin managed to do it in one pull. Perih and heat, that's what Emi felt after the shell was pulled. Kevin clutches Emi's coconut and rubs his hair to calm Emi down.
"Is it really painful?"
Emi who was still crying nodded her head. Fresh blood came back out from Emi's palm, Bima quickly inserted Emi's palm into the basin filled with water. Bima held Emi's hand in the water so that the blood stopped coming out.
Bima reached into her pants pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. Bima took Emi's hand out of the water and attached it to the shirt she was wearing to dry it. A moment later Bima covered the wound on Emi's hand and tied it up using her handkerchief.
Kevin ran back inside. Emi wiped away her tears and for the first time Bima saw Emi crying. During this time Bima only saw the cheerful and stubborn Emi.
Kevin is back with a P3K box. He opened a handkerchief in Emi's hand and threw it on the table. Bima's eyebrows raised looking at it, he took back his handkerchief and put it in his pants pocket.
Kevin cleaned Emi's hand again, treated her and covered her wound with a bandage.
"Next time don't just be quiet like that. You should've yelled and called me like you used to."
Puk!
Emi hit Kevin's arm, she also wanted to do that but her lips were moody after seeing the blood.
"Yes, sorry.sorry, I know my words are wrong. You haven't forgotten that?"
Emi was crying pout, wiping her tears. Until whenever Emi will never forget when she saw a friend fell from a tree and his head hit hard on a big rock to bleed and died. The incident was right in front of Emi, since then he was very scared to see a lot of blood.
"Have and don't cry anymore, crying isn't suitable for you to do. Huh... What will happen when I'm not around."
Puk!
Emi again hit Kevin's arm and clucked in annoyance.
"I'm a big boy and you don't have to take care of me anymore. I also never asked you and brother Justin to take care of me all this time. I can take care of myself and just do what you want" Emi said.
Emi pulls her finished hand bandaged by Kevin.
"Do not tell your mother about this, you will be worried" pinta Emi.
"Yes, I know."
Kevin looked at Bima who was still standing watching Emi's hand. Bima nodded in agreement not to tell Mother Mila about the wound on Emi's hand.
"Let's go in and you'd better rest."
Bima watched Kevin who brought Emi inside by draping his hand on Emi's neck. Bima did not expect that Kevin and Emi were that close when the two often fought.
Bima contacts Justin to let him know that he, Emi and Kevin have returned to the villa first.
..........
The dinner was done early because they had a barbeque. Justin arranged the dishes on the table while Kevin and Bima got a part to grill the meat.
Emi and Mother Mila were on a swing not far from the table set by Justin.
Justin brought a cup of warm tea to give to Mother Mila. Mila's mother gladly accepted and thanked him.
"Where is my mountain, brother?" emi Pinta.
"Hey... You were supposed to do that for us. You're a girl but you asked me to brew tea for you. Do it yourself and don't be spoiled" Justin said.
"Elleh! Say aja brother Justin jealous and want pampered mother as well. Aye?" ledek Emi stuck out her tongue.
Mother Mila can only smile every time she hears the quarrel of her three children. Mother Mila looked up to the sky and a drop of tears just fell. Mom Mila hurriedly wiped her eyes without seeing Emi.
"Every day the three of you must fight, whether it's because of small or big things. You guys fight but love each other, mommy's happy to see it."
"Actually Justin and Kevin's brother was jealous because my mother loved me more. They're jealous, Bun. Hehe..."
Emi laughed and embraced her mother's shoulders. Emi also felt very lucky to be made a child by mother Mila.
"Have your hands improved?"
"Yes, Bun. It also healed. The tires are not removed so that no dust enters, it will become an infection."
"Yes, right," said Mother Mila agreed to Emi's words. "Emi?" mother Mila's voice so softly called out to Emi.
Emi looked at her mother while the woman next to her noticed three men who were busy preparing for their dinner.
"Is Bima good to you if there is no mother?"
Emi was surprised to hear that question. Never had her mother asked her like that all this time, Emi was worried if her mother knew how Bima treated her.
"Good, Bun. Why why?"
"It's okay, you just want to know."
"Yes, Bima was good with me all this time. Mommy does not need to worry, anyways om Bima where may be evil as me. I'm your favorite child, aren't I?"
"It's good that it's like that."
There is relief felt Mother Mila heard what Emi said. What he had been worried about all this time was not true.
"If something happens one day or Bima gets angry with you, tell your mother?"
"That's never gonna happen, Bun. No one would dare to be angry with Emi, except for Kevin and Justin's brother" Emi said.
Mother Mila laughed, she invited Emi to join three people who were fanning meat on the grill.
"Emi, tolong ambilkan air minum dari dalam," ucap Justin menyuruh Emi.
New Emi will step in but Kevin prevents her, asking Emi to sit down. Kevin was worried that Emi's hand would hurt.
The smell of meat in the roasting drew Emi's feet closer to Bima who was flipping through the flesh. Emi swallowed her saliva wanting to taste it.
Near Bima there is a plate containing meat that has been baked perfectly. Emi take scissors to cut. Emi's left hand struggled when she was about to cut meat while her right hand was wrapped in bandages.
Emi gets more and more troubled as her broken hair covers part of her face. Emi put her hair aside using her arms several times but still unraveled falling forward.
Bima who saw it was uncomfortable, he took a handkerchief in the pocket of his pants that he had used to close the hand wound Emi before being bandaged Kevin. Bima was about to give the handkerchief to Emi to use to tie her hair.
"You're like a cunt."
Kevin's voice undoes Bima's intention. Kevin took over the scissors from Emi's hand and dismembered the meat.
"This," gives a piece of meat to Emi's mouth and the girl happily accepts it.
Kevin collects Emi's hair and tries to roll it up.
"When are you going to lengthen this hair? You better cut it, you can scare people with your hair that's broken like this."
Emi did not care about Kevin's words, he just put another piece of meat in his mouth.
"Hey! You didn't hear? Just cut your hair. Otherwise I can cut it now, how?"
Kevin took out the meat-cutting scissors earlier and grinned at Emi. Bima could only watch the show before her eyes. Bima took turns looking at the scissors Kevin was holding and Emi's long hair.
"If you dare to cut it," challenge Emi not to be afraid.
Emi knew that Kevin wouldn't do that to his long hair. Justin and Kevin know the reason Emi lengthened her hair to this day. Mom once cut Emi's hair so short that it looked like a cartoon character named Dora. Her hair was once a subject of ridicule in the parlour. More than that, a man also said to him like Dora when he was at the airport. Emi wanted to show her long hair to the man one day. Emi was still hoping to meet the man once again.
Kevin lost, he put the scissors in his hand. But Kevin was not finished, he ruffled Emi's hair, rubbed Emi's head and made her hair fall apart.
"Sister Kevin?!!!" emi yelled not like it.
Bima brought all the grilled meat and put it on the table. Bima leaves Kevin and Emi ruffling each other's hair like a child.