Dollar Girl

Chapter 1 The beginning of the story

" My eyes blinked once, but it felt as if I was running thousands of miles. Do not think the lake is calm, because there could be a deadly spin in it. Do not also think the waves are beautiful on the sea, because it can turn into a tsunami at any time. I thought the rain was so pleasant, that the gurgling of the water brought painful memories. Here, in my heart, there is still something stuck even though eight years have passed ".

Excerpted from Ratna Mangalih's personal archive.

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" This is the change, thank you for shopping at our store" said the cashier did not forget the smile he had trained.

While the buyer did not return the smile, coldly picked up the grocery bag after putting the change into the wallet.

Hhhhhhhh

" Smiles are cut! " tap a shopkeeper who was cleaning the floor.

" Hmm, maybe he came again a month" said the cashier smiling amusedly.

" Come na! " take another employee who is already wearing a jacket and carrying a bag.

" Ratna and Irma, actually your security guard said this is like a twin brother. Wherever the road together, wear the same clothes is also more strange why you always have to shift together also "

" I don't know! I was also surprised, maybe in our previous lives we were twins "sork Irma.

" Ngaco! yu has come home, I am hungry. "sign Ratna.

" Yeah, we go home first huh. " cried Irma who heard to the end table.

By riding his favorite meth bike as usual Irma gave Ratna a ride home to her rented, after arriving there they decided to order food and eat together.

" New ring, huh Ir? don't wear it on your hands? " ask Ratna who accidentally saw the necklace hanging on Irma's neck.

" Oh this, the ring is small so I wear it this way "he replied as he examined the neck.

" Your boyfriend bought it? "

" Not buy, but a gift "

" Where's the gift? " ask Ratna curiously.

" Snack that's five hundred ".

Hahaha

" Don't fret! nowadays where there is a snack with prizes ", said Ratna laughing amusedly.

" He got it when he was a kid, yeah.around fifth grade SD times ".

Ratna's face slowly lost her smile, as she moved she said.

" Not really capital your boyfriend, the time of giving the ring soan "

" At first I was also sprained, but after hearing the story I just understood that this thing is very valuable to him "

" What's the price? " olok Ratna's.

" It's a ring that she wants to love to her first love, but because she refused to keep it until she finally met me. I didn't even expect my boyfriend to ever be rejected, and he also said his first love was the first girl who refused him.

" So yes "reply Ratna slowly.

" Excuse me. " shouted someone outside.

" Oh it seems that the messenger" said Irma who immediately moved.

Soon he returned with two packs of food, and Ratna prepared a small table to put all the food away.

" When are you planning to meet your girlfriend? " ask Ratna while opening the package.

" Oh, um, he's still busy working. But the plan is tomorrow he wants me to meet his family in the village, before leaving I need you to meet first "

" Well, you guys want to be serious? " ask Ratna even more curious.

Irma replied with a smile that she could not cover, the two friends laughed together to feel happiness.

" In the drawer ".

Irma moved out of her seat, opening the drawer to pick up the thing she was looking for but not just the scissors she found. There was also a portrait that caught his attention.

" This who is Na? " tanyanya was curious.

" Let's see! " said Ratna looking over.

His face suddenly serious when staring at a portrait shown Irma, in the portrait there are three small boys and one little girl. A memory appeared in his head revealing the memories of the past, the time in which he went through all the grief.

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Twelve years ago...

Tears never ran out of her eyelids despite days of crying, in her arms a woman she called mother lay helplessly. Her skin paled with dry lips, in the last moments she could feel her mother's legs begin to cool.

" Rat. na. "call her mother weak.

" Ratna is here ma'am, next to mother "her answer is still with tears in her eyes.

" Hear mother son..from now on. never bow your head... ".

Those weak words were almost inaudible, even in the second that the breath was gone. A roar signifies a child has just become an orphan.

For a few days there was no one to disturb him, he dissolved in sadness without anyone rubbing his head. Until finally reached the seventh day after the funeral his aunt came to his stepfather to talk about his future.

" I don't mind Ratna staying here, she's already I consider as my own biological child. Anyway let Sari have her friend" said the man.

" I'm sorry it's been a hassle, if I could definitely bring Ratna to live with me" said the woman.

" I understand, no need to hesitate hehe ".

The small laugh made Ratna lift her head, with red and puffy eyes she could see the expression of Sari the half-sister who was smiling cunningly.

" No! Ratna doesn't want to stay here! " suddenly.

" Ratna. dear." call the woman confused.

" Aunty. Please take Ratna to dad, Ratna just wants to stay with dad. That was also my mother's last request "he said.

The woman looked at each other with her stepfather, though confused what to do or what to say but in the end the woman granted her request.

" Aunty told your father, listen! aunt can only take you here. After this bus arrives at the terminal wait for your father to pick up, it has been a long time you do not go home to your father later you stray if the road itself "

" I understand "Ratna replied slowly.

" Yes up there quickly, soon the bus wants to walk ".

With a small smile the woman drove Ratna's departure back to her hometown, from behind the windowpanes Ratna's bus waved until her aunt was nowhere to be seen.

The age of fourteen years can be said that he is not a child anymore, but at that age still losing a mother is not an easy thing.

As if losing his house to shelter, he did not know where he was going. After this maybe his father can be a cure for sadness, but he is also not too sure because five years he has not met his father.

I don't know what will happen to him later, for now he does not care because the important thing is that he can get out of the chain of hell that has been holding him.

Exactly at three in the afternoon the bus arrived at its destination, according to the orders of his aunt Ratna waiting in front of the terminal so that his father could immediately see it without bother looking.

An hour passed, the wind was cold and he had not yet met his father. Two hours later, he was still standing there with a hungry stomach. Three to four hours just passed, I don't know what happened to his father but waiting is not an easy job.

Finally he ventured to step up, this was his hometown he was sure everything would be fine. Relying on the vague memories he went down the street while looking closely.

As he remembered his house was a bit far from the bus terminal, he had to use public transportation to arrive. But on that late day he did not find a single public transportation to his residence.

Tap Tap Tap

Each step was getting heavier with a heavy bag on his back, even his heart was also pounding. But not because of fatigue, but because of anxiety.

From the glass of a car parked on the side of the road he looked more carefully, the cause of the uncomfortable feeling. It was an adult man with a black hat and jacket, stealing glances while watching the surroundings.