Duda Bucin VS Beautiful Thugs

chapter 18

In the morning, Mei does not eat breakfast with her family, she chooses to quickly go to the residence of her foster children.

"May, breakfast first" Saroh said.

"So much Nyak, aye want to have breakfast with the kids," said Mei as she continued to walk out of her house.

"Children, parents are talking about staying around."

"Yesterday he said Amel was sick, has he healed yet?" rojak.

"Aye don't know Bang. Bang mending us a quick renovation of this house so they can stay here."

"Gue also wants it but how else, our money is not enough to make a home renovation."

"Kasian Mei, Bang every day he had to go back and forth to their residence. Sometimes aye himself confused with the same child, why he cares so much about them when they are not who we are."

"Gue is also kasian but want how else, we can not do anything. No wonder, it is because of our upbringing. We often say to him that we should help the difficult and we should love the less fortunate children. We should be grateful for having a child who cares deeply for others, even though our children are not like women in general."

"Women aren't like how?"

"That's the style of dress. Once dressed like another woman fitting home eh ngedumel."

"Aye forgot how she was nodding home."

*******

"May how are you?" ask Mei when she arrives at their residence.

"Now it's been mengingan kak but last night his body was hot high," explained Niki.

"Why don't you call me?"

"No dare, brother, fear of intruding."

"Other times if there's any phone I want morning, noon, night or midnight or early you don't be afraid I don't come."

"Sister, we don't have any parents and brother is none of us. We don't have any blood or relatives but we have to pay with what's all brother's kindness."

"What are you talking about hmm. Brother is here as your brother so you don't have to feel sad and you don't have to pay all the services of your sister for you enough you're happy brother is happy."

"Actually our parents are where my brother is? Why did they leave us?" ask Alif.

The boy, who was about five or six years old, asked about his parents in May.

"Aliff, your parents are there but you don't know where they are. You just pray that they're okay wherever they are."

Alif has often asked about them but until now May has always given the same answer as before.

"But I want to play with my Dad and my Mom, I want to play with Dad and I want to be hugged and pampered with Mom."

Not feeling Mei's eyes began to glaze over, hearing the boy's words made Mei feel sad. Although she never lacks the affection of her parents, Mei can feel what Alif feels.

"Alif, you're patient. If your parents are still alive may you meet them and if your parents are dead, may you make a pilgrimage to their graves."

"So I want to find my parents too" said Amel.

"Son't gonna try to find your parents now we're having breakfast! You guys haven't been at breakfast."

"I've already bought rice for breakfast" said Niki.

"Where do you have money?"

"Yesterday, it was me and Bayu on the street."

"Msnog? I pan already said, you guys don't say anymore, if the money from me is not enough for you to eat everyday?"

"Our brother does not want to continue to depend on his brother, we want to get money to send Alif and Amel to school. We want them to be successful."

Mei felt jolted hearing Bayu's words, she could not send them to school. With the money he got from maintaining security and hygiene in the market is only enough to feed them alone while for school he can only teach them himself. Too expensive for school fees in the Capital City, May can not afford to send them all.

"I'm sorry yes, as a brother, I can't send you to school" said Mei in a soft tone.

"Why should I apologize? Brother is not wrong. Now that Bayu and I have grown up, please allow us to busk in order to get money to send Alif and Amel. I don't want them to be like us" Niki said.

"But who will keep Amel and Alif here."

"Today we leave them to the neighbors."

Mei was speechless, there was a sense that bothered her at the moment. He desperately wanted to give them a proper education but he himself could not afford it.

*******

"Darren, aren't you at the office?" ask Sarah.

"I'm in the office kind of shitty Nek."

"Why, a really big tumben?"

"I was told Mama to make money for Mei."

"What money?"

"Oh, yeah, I'm going there."

"It's also ready."

"You and Gaby have gone to school?"

"It has. Grandma don't worry, they won't be late."

"Sister, I'm coming to Mei's house, yes" said Bella.

"What are you doing? Are you not in college?"

"Yes, I want to see Mei when I want to see her Papa Mei."

"Lecture?"

"No. There are no classes today."

"Will you make trouble? I don't want to if you end up acting."

"No, brother, sure. Promise me."

"So, let's hurry."

*******

"Why do you have a dry kayak kanebo face. Stiff," said Dion.

"My son is sick" said May.

"Who, what pain?"

"Si Amel has a high fever. Maybe she's sick because she wants to see her parents."

"Do you know she wants to meet her parents?"

"He told me himself he wanted to meet his parents."

"How come?"

"I don't know, I don't know who Amel's parents are."

"Their village. If I could help them."

"We're going to help them together" Karen said.

"How'd it go?" ask Joni.

"The way, we'll go to the place you first found them in May."

"Certainly? I've come to that place but found nothing."

"There must be a clue."

"There's no Ren, I've been looking for clues there and if there's gonna be gone because I found them how many years ago."

"Gue was surprised if there were parents who could throw their children away like that."

"Bayu and Niki's parents are clearly dead while Amel and Alif's parents are not clear where they are" Karen said.

"Don't think about them first. You've been around yet?"

"Well, from the morning, we've just finished" said Dion.

"Thank you, sorry aye came late."

"About anything else you didn't come, no one dared to be angry with you Mei" said Karen.

"What do you say? If I hadn't come you-lu on it would've been raving like a parrot."

As they were chatting, Darren came and approached Mei there.

"Maisya Melanie" said Darren.

Everyone who was there looked at Darren.

"May last night your male candidate wasn't him and why is he coming now?" said Joni.

"What the hell are you, by the way" said Mei as she moved from her seat!

"What's wrong, why are you here?" ask Mei to Darren.

"I was told by Mama to carry this." Darren gave me an envelope that was quite thick.

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