Denisa Rosaline

Quarrels and Explanations

Aline enjoyed the moment where her three brothers so enjoyed her homemade breakfast voraciously. The feeling of resentment must be put aside first. This was the first time he cooked for his family. Usually only allowed to help Mami and the Mbok arrange the finished dishes at the dining table, not given the opportunity to hold the cookware at all.

Special seafood fried rice has been exhausted without rest. The three men are still sitting on the terrace chair while lazily enjoying the natural A.C (wind cepoi-cepoi🤭) this morning. A few minutes passed in silence.

"Can we talk?" The girl broke the silence on the porch of her rented house. The other occupants of the contract are invisible, perhaps connecting to sleep. He then invited his three brothers to come in and sit in the living room, the door was left half open. What will be discussed is privacy, but the ignorance of the neighbors of their relationship requires them to keep the door open, even if half of it.

The three Tiocandra men had no choice but to nod. They sat in a circle at Rosaline's table.

"Okay, thank you. If so, can you tell me what really happened? I know our meeting at the party last night wasn't a coincidence." The three looked at each other, but there was no sound, making the girl inflamed.

"If you have to call it one by one to talk," Aline thought. He knew very well the habits of his three brothers, most like to buy time.

"Okay, if nobody wants to start, I'm out of Bang Cris." Feeling her name being mentioned, Cris turned her head left, to the pretty face of her sister.

"Don't promise to keep a secret about my whereabouts. Then why did Bang Rio and Ricky find me here?" his pedicab.

"You really want to hide and not be found with us?" asked Ricky curious who only got a plot from his sister, making a guts for a moment. "I'm not sure you're looking at that!" chirps, grunting annoyed.

"I'm the same Bang Cris. Understood?"

"Goddess ..." Cris cleared his throat to bring everyone's attention back.

"No one told Rio. He knows his own efforts. Rio caught us both v-call. But at that time I didn't know anything. Your HP number is also your brother. Only, when you are happy, Rio asked permission to install a tracking device on HP Abang because Rio's prediction at that time you will call Abang again. So, Brother allow it. Our agreement doesn't forbid that." Cris closes his explanation with a sinless sentence making the girl glare at him. Cris even laughed, echoing the same behavior of his sister who was like an adult but still still childish.

"Why is it only the mbok that you allow to know where you are?" rio said coldly, making a ketar ketir Rosaline. Because, Rio would only be cold to her if there was anything serious that made her angry. "Have you forgotten that you still have a family? Or do you no longer consider us your family?" Rio turned things around. He conveys his heart. Angry because it turns out the sister acted selfishly.

"You know, my mom's been sick for months because you disappeared! Brother in your place is engaged to his sister Nico. And we're bouncing around looking for you! And ..."

"Rio!" reprimand Cris reminded. Cris shakes. He looked at Rosaline who was looking fixedly at Rio, there was sadness, anger and regret in the girl's eyes.

"Mommy's sick?" lirih.

"Yes! And that's because of you! How troublesome!" sambar Rio, blame.

"Keep brother wrong me! I don't feel what I'm going through. As a child I always recited, papi said, whatever papi asked me to do. But getting married to a black man** isn't something I can tolerate anymore. Then what did you get? I was slapped, expelled and banished, not considered family! I don't know all that!" his chest rose and fell regulating his breath and anger. Rio threw his face away, annoyed as well because his sister was fighting back instead.

"Why the mbok? Because of the money he lent I still survive until now. Where y'all?! You are too busy with your own business. I have been back from Germany for a long time, you guys did not come to visit, call just ask if I survived to Batam not! How am I supposed to complain to you?" Rosaline had sobbed out her anger, her chest rising and falling faster.

"Keep blaming me! Because I am a woman and the youngest, I have no right to rule my own life! You don't know what it's like to live in a foreign place just a modal shirt on the body! As long as you know, I once tried to call bang Cris and Brother. But my phone wasn't answered, not called back, huhuhuhuhu...." Rosaline.

Cris immediately embraced her, peeping at her head while whispering, "Excuse Brother and Bang Rio huh! We love you. Actually we deliberately cut off communication because we wanted to make a surprise for your birthday, but it turns out we were surprised at that time." Cris then recounted the incident on his sister's 23rd birthday. Rosaline was still sobbing in Cris' arms. Finally, Rio also hugged his sister. While Ricky rubbed Rosaline's hand on the table.

The four people turned their heads towards the middle-aged pair standing in the doorway. Abah and Mommy stood with disappointed faces.

"Change, Mother?" great-grandson Aline. "It's not like .." Rosaline's speech stopped because of Cris' clap on her shoulder.

"Let you go!" cris said full of authority.

"Please come in and sit down, Father, Mother. I'll explain everything."

Abah and Mommy then took place in Rosaline's tiny living room, sitting cross-legged facing the four young people who were sitting lined up in front of them, waiting for an explanation. They come straight here when Nuri, one of Aline's neighbors, calls and informs her that the girl is coming home with three foreign men who are still at home in her rented until now.

"Good, Sir, Mom. I'm Cris, these are my sisters, Rio and Ricky." Cris begins his explanation.

"I and Rio are Rosaline's siblings, while Ricky is our cousin. I brought a picture of KK and a picture of our family." Cris then handed his HP to Abah. Abah and Mommy grabbed HP Cris and looked at the photo he presented. Researching it closely. It was fortunate that Cris had already predicted all of this so there was preparation.

"So, your name is actually Rosaline, Lin?" ask Mommy to investigate.

Aline nodded, "Yes, Mother, Abah. Name Aline Rosaline Denisa Tiocandra. This is Aline's brothers. We met last night at the company party where Aline works, while the Cris bang just followed this morning" he explained.

"The same Mother called your neighbor. Say you brought three men home. Forgive us for prejudging you guys earlier." Sportive Abah explained.

"It's okay, sir, it's natural. We do not dispute that, instead we are happy that Father and Mother so stop by here. Previously, we did intend to visit my father's house for hospitality and convey thank you for taking care of our sister, but have been hunted to meet here." The atmosphere that had been tense had now melted and began to become familiar. Cris again rubbed Rosaline's head, asking her to make a drink for Abah and Mommy. In a bad time like this, his sister was indeed more insensitive so it needs to be reminded.

Rosaline walked inside, into the kitchen making dishes for the guests.

Meanwhile, after Rosaline's death, Cris tells the background of Rosaline and the outline of her sister's story to reach Jakarta and how they can find her.

"We've been looking everywhere, apparently hiding here." Cris' sentence closes the story about Rosaline along with the appearance of the girl with a tray containing drinks and snacks.

Mother also did not want to lose telling of her meeting with Aline to the persistence of the girl at work. All three of his brothers were made head bobbles and concerned for what had happened to the girl as well as amazed at her stubbornness and independence.

A familiar atmosphere intertwined between them. Until noon, Abah and Mommy say goodbye to return to the restaurant. Not to forget Abah invited Aline's three older brothers to lunch at his restaurant.

"Now don't go to work! Enjoy time with your brothers and sisters while they are still in Jakarta!" whispered Mother as she moved to the terrace.

"Lin, take your brothers to lunch at the restaurant!" Abah deliberately repeated his invitation with a voice that was deliberately hardened a little while already on the porch of the house, in order for the neighbors to know that the three men are the older brothers of their adopted children and at the same time eliminate prejudice in the hearts and minds of the neighbors, the residents of his housing complex.

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