
The next day after returning from school, Syakila awaited the arrival of her brother on the porch. Long wait but the brother did not look to come. Syakila has a gloomy face.
"Didn't you really miss your mom, grandma, and the other sisters?"
"Sister has changed so much, if papa comes and takes us to A city, will you come with us?"
"Is an innocent brother acting like that?"
shakila murmur. He turned around to enter the house. Just reaching the four-foot staircase Syakila came to a halt because someone called her name.
"Asya."
Syakila smiled and she quickly turned around, she seemed happy that her brother had come too.
"Sister Fatma, Asya thought that brother would not come" Syakila said as she descended the stairs.
"Let's go in, brother," he asked Fatma while pulling his hand.
Fatma took off the rough hand of Syakila who was holding her hand. "Son here, hurry, aren't we going to the garden? So do not have to linger here." said Fatma with ketus.
Syakila smiled wryly with her brother's attitude, "Yes, Asya take the bag first," he said. Then he went inside the house and took his bag, Syakila came out and locked the door of their new house both way to the garden.
During the trip to the garden there was no conversation between the two siblings.
Although Syakila tried to speak but there is no sahutan from Fatma. When Syakila asked about her daily life at the aunt's house, Fatma rebuked her not to ask.
At the very least, there was still his longing for mama as well as grandma. If not, you will not go to the garden.
inner Syakila.
Now they have reached the garden. Sarmi greeted them with pleasure.
"Asya, Fatma, you happen to come when mama is eating, let's eat together with your grandmother and your sisters." Sarmi asked.
"Yes, Mah." answered Syakila.
"No, Mah." replied Fatma, "Fatma had eaten rice and fried fish before Fatma came here, Mah!" he continued speaking again.
Sarmi smiled wryly at Fatma's reply. Syakila. "Mom let's eat, Syakila is hungry, come home from school Syakila has not eaten" said Syakila invite the mother. Sarmi nodded.
Syakila looked at her brother, "Sister, if you want to sit in the gode, if you do not wait at home" he said again.
"Son't just sit in the gode." said Fatma, he immediately turned his body towards the gode. While Syakila he immediately followed his mother to eat together.
I am used to eating rice and fish. She wants to eat food like this again.
batin Syakila while sitting next to the grandmother then took her plastic plate and took a few pieces of sweet potatoes and cassava her favorite, as well as vegetables that became her favorite cuisine typical of her mother.
They eat in silence. Yuli, Ita, and Endang who had finished eating first, they ran up to their first brother who was sitting alone in the gode.
"Sister." they shouted compactly.
"Don't run down" Fatma warned her sister, because they ran without seeing the wood on the ground, and it almost made Ita fall.
"Stop don't run, just walk." said Fatma rebuking them, while they were still running. As a result they did not run anymore, they walked slowly to the gode.
"Well, you have to be so obedient sisters" Fatma told her sisters as they sat in the gode with Fatma.
Sarmi, grandmother, and Syakila who had finished eating, they did not immediately join them in the gode. They only watched the relationship of the brothers and sisters from where they were standing now, because from there they could hear their conversation.
"So why is balu atang here? Brother miss Yuli? yuli.
"So I don't miss Ita? Ita lindu cama brother." said Ita.
"Sister not shayang Endang? Big brother said celing brother came here, brother bo'ong." said Endang.
Fatma smiled with questions asked by her sisters. Fatma stroked their heads in turn.
"So I miss Yuli, Ita, and Endang, so now my sister is here." replied Fatma. "If you don't come here, it means you have a job" he continued.
"Sister kelja?" ask Yuli. Fatma answered him, "Yes big brother came home from school, big brother took care of his sack aunt."
"Belalti sister has a lot of money?" ask Endang.
Fatma laughed faintly at Endang's question. "Not many Endang, but many b a n y a k \= ba nyak" said Fatma fix Endang's speech. "That's not brother's money, that's aunt's money, but if you want to buy toys, buy clothes, buy anything auntie would buy for sister." he continued.
Oh deserved he felt at home there, all his wishes were always fulfilled, different stay with us, just look at the clothes he was wearing, different from the clothes his sisters wore.
inner Sarmi.
O God, what I think, I am comparing my life to the life of my sister, does this not mean I am not grateful? Athaghfirullah, forgive me O Allah.
Sarmi is still.
So because of that, that makes you feel at home at aunt's house.
inner Syakila.
Syakila saw the pouting face of her mother, then she took the hand of her mother, "Mama let's join with Fatma's sister." he invited her. Syakila also invited the grandmother. Eventually the three of them walked together toward Fatma, Yuli, Ita, and Endang in the gode.
"How are you, son. You rarely visit your mother and sisters here" Sarmi asked Fatma.
"Mama, Grandma, Fatma's coming home now well, aunt told Fatma not to stay here long" said Fatma again.
"But the new sister was here for a while, Mama and Grandma also have not let go of her misses to sister, sister already wants to go home, just because of the message, aunt?" syakila said, irritated by Fatma's words.
"You don't interfere!" sahut Fatma with Syakila.
Sarmi and Grandma looked at each other to see their children and grandchildren who were about to start fighting. Sarmi disperse them so that the debate between them does not occur.
"It's been, it's been, Syakila, because Fatma lives there it's only natural that she should obey your aunt's words" Sarmi said.
"But Mah_" Syakila's words came to a halt when she saw her mother's head. Syakila. And take a long breath.
"You go home!" sarmi said to Fatma and Syakila. "Remember to learn well." the message to them.
"Dad, Mah." they answered compactly. "We go home first" he continued, saying simultaneously. Sarmi and Grandma nodded. They also returned to the village.
"Look, the attitude of your first child, he will become even more if you let him stay with his aunt" said the grandmother, looking at the backs of his two grandchildren who walked further away.
"You know what else, Mah. It's been his nature that went down from his grandfather to his aunt and now down to his grandson" Sarmi relented.
"Although, you must not be weak to Fatma, lest she dominate you more. Do not let events like me repeat to you, so I would rather stay with you than stay with your sister" said the mother advises. Sarmi was silent at her mother's words. He can't say anything more.
Just as the time of their journey to the garden did not speak to each other, now their journey home also allowed a silence that covered them.
Even after reaching the village, without saying goodbye to Syakila, Fatma immediately turned towards her aunt's house. Syakila was just shaking her head at her brother's attitude.
.. ..
Time goes so fast it is not felt now Halim has been two months in the city of A. A very deep longing he instilled in his heart for his beloved wife who was in his hometown, far away there. He also misses the figure of children who always call him papa.
Halim sat pensively when he finished displaying the goods on display in front of the store.
His longing for the baby and his wife can not be hidden anymore, all seems implied from the sight of his eyes are always staring at the beautiful photo of his wife who is behind his wallet.
It's been two months, how are you there, my son, my wife? Do you guys miss me? I miss you so much, your smile, your laughter, your spoiled voice.
Halim.
"Excuse me, you got a purple vitamin Venon hair, Mas?" ask a buyer.
Halim was surprised at his daydream, he rushed to put his wallet back in his pants pocket. Then he approached the buyer.
"How about Mba, I'm sorry what was asked?" ask Halim to make sure.
"Eh, you, Halima." he continued to say surprised when he saw the face of the buyer was the woman he knew while on board.
Halima smiled happily because it turned out that Halim had not forgotten her. "Halim, I'm glad you remember me." Halima honestly.
Halim is very lazy to engage in a long conversation with Halima, he again asked what items are in his car so that all quickly finished and Halima left the store.
"What are you looking for?"
"Look down, Halim. You seem less than happy with my presence?" Halima answered Halim with a question.
"No, no, I'm a salesman, shouldn't I be like this?" sahut Halim's.
"Alright, I'm looking for the purple venon hair vitamin" Halima said.
"There, wait a minute I will get it." said Halim, without waiting for an answer from Halima, Halim went to get the item in question.
"This," he said while offering the goods. Halima took. "Is there anything else?" halim asked instantly, while Halima was still glancing at the lyrics of the shelves arranged by handbody.
"Hum, I want a large pink bottle Vaseline handbody." Halima said.
Without saying anything else Halim immediately took it. Then he gave it to Halima.
"There's still others?" ask again.
"No, how much is this?" sahut Halima's.
"Hair vitamins cost 65,000 and handbodies cost 45,000, so they're all 110,000" Halim said.
Halima nodded. He spent 120,000 dollars on Halim, then Halim returned 10,000, "Thank you" Halim and Halima said at the same time.
"May I just walk here to see you?" halima asked as she looked at Halim expectantly.
Halim frowned, "No," he answered quickly.
Halima was disappointed by Halim's reply seen from her gloomy face. But next he smiled sweetly at Halim, "Why should I ask you for permission, huh? I will definitely come to see you again." he said as he walked by leaving Halim standing speechless in her place.
Strange woman! I have to be careful with him, I don't want any misunderstandings later, which will trouble me.
inner Halim.
He was still looking at Halima's back who was away, he could see clearly, there were two men who always followed Halima from 1 meter behind him.
"Who exactly is that woman, the two men are always following her?" murmured Halim who was curious.
"Ah stop!" he murmured again as he walked into the store.