Echoes In My Heart
Re-meeting
When Alana finished taking a shower and changed clothes, Alana opened her phone. He sent a short message to Echoes.
“Darling, I'm at Mom's house now. Call me later if you are already at the hotel.”
Alana
Then he approached Ibu Gema who was watching television with Lita. Alana sat down with them while carrying warm tea. Before long they were chatting, there was a sound of knocking on the door of the echo house. Mother Echoes a little trembling, she can only guess who came to her house.
“Mother, let Alana alone open the door,” said Alana as she got up from her seat and immediately walked forward.
Tok tock..
“Assalamu’alaikum.” Alana heard the voice of people saying greetings from outside. Then he opened the door, he knew who was going to visit that night.
“Wa’alaikumsalam. Ms. Amalia, mas Bagus and mbak Ayu. Let's go in,” said Alana politely and let the three of them enter the house of Echoes.
“Iya mbak Alana, thank you,” replied Ms. Amalia. “What Bu Nani is at home?” he asked as he walked towards the sofa and looked around the quiet room, but there was a sound of a television that was burning from a room.
“Mother is there, I'll call her inside for a minute. Please sit down first Bu.” Amalia agreed and Alana went into the living room to call Mother Gema.
“Tamu who Alana meant earlier has come, ma'am, let's take Alana forward. They are waiting for Mom,” said Alana relaxed but she saw the look on the face of Gema's mother who looks pale.
“Whose is there Nak?” mother Echo asked worriedly.
“Mom would know them. Lita, Teteh can you please make warm tea for 3 guests Mother in front?” pinta Alana on Lita who is busy watching her favorite cartoon movie.
“Oh yes Tea, Lita make it first, later Lita delivery to the front,” said Lita while getting up and immediately heading to the kitchen.
Accompanied by Alana, Gema's mother walked into the living room to meet those who came to her house. Arriving in the living room, mother Gema was stunned to see the middle-aged woman who was sitting while looking at the painting in the room. Still clearly remembered, who was the figure of the woman who was visiting her house tonight. Yes, she was the wife of the late owner of the factory where her husband used to work.
“Bu Amalia.” Mother's voice echoed like something was stuck in her throat.
“Bu Nani,” said Bu Amalia as she stood up to Gema's mother who was surprised to see her arrival. “How are you Bu Nani?” he said as he hugged the woman he had been looking for for years and now he had found her. Alana, Bagus and Ayu were moved by the sight before them.
“Bu Amalia, my good news. Mother herself how are you? Mother's children are adults?” said mother Gema while shedding her tears. He never expected to see Amalia again. Nice and Ayu stood up and kissed Gema's mother's hand.
“I'm good Mom. These are my children. Sorry Bu Nani, I suddenly came to Bu Nani's house without asking permission first.”
“It's okay Mom. But how did you know I was here?” ask Gema's mother while sitting with Amalia. And Lita came out of the kitchen with 3 cups of warm tea for them, and then she said goodbye to the living room. Then Alana invited them to drink while continuing the story of Amalia.
“I'm sorry Miss Amalia, after the death of my husband, I did give birth to a baby boy. At that time my son and I still live in Jogja and never moved anywhere. We live together without anyone helping us. Indeed, at that time I told everyone that I and my son did not live in Jogja because I did not want anyone to look for me and my son. The reason is because I don't want people to feel sorry for me, so I decided to shut myself down from then on. 3 years ago, he said, we just moved to Bandung because my son got a job here. And we start a new life back here,” said mother Gema. “O Yes Mom, how do I know my address is here?”
“Our factory has reopened Mom, now me and the kids are trying to run the factory again, and we are cooperating with Alana's mbak factory. Last afternoon we had a discussion about the incident a few years ago, and I told Bu Nani and Mother's son, Gema. And it turns out that Mom's son is Alana's boyfriend. As the shoots are loved, the ulam arrive. Finally I was notified of Mother's address by Ms. Alana and she who invited us here,” explained Ms. Amalia.
“So once the story, I was a little confused, Nak Alana bought a lot of food, he said there would be guests. Turns out the guest is Ms. Amalia and the kids.”
“ O yes, how about we all have dinner together first Bu?” alana asked Gema's mother.
Then they all continued the chat in the dining room while enjoying the dishes in that simple house. Bu Amalia has not been able to explain the reason to the house of Bu Nani, now the most important thing is that she already knows the address of Bu Nani. He wants to wait for Gema to return from Jogja because this also concerns the surrender of the inheritance of Mr. Arya, namely Gema.
An hour later, Ms Amalia and her children decided to return to the hotel but said she would come in two more days before returning to Sleman. Ibu Gema warmly welcomes the wishes of Bu Amalia, however they still miss each other. Alana and Gema's mother deliver them to the front of the house. Then they went into the house again and tidied up the former dinner together last night.
Once all is done, Alana makes sure Gema's mother takes her medication regularly and gets some rest. He asked Lita to sleep in the house to accompany Gema's mother because tomorrow she did not know whether she would return or not because of the many jobs she had to complete in the office.
Alana arrived at the house at 9 pm, she went straight into her room because the house was dark which means her brother and parents had gone to sleep. After washing his face, he sat on the balcony of his room while playing his cell phone. There was no reply from Gema, maybe he just arrived at the hotel. He put his phone in his pajama pocket, and enjoyed the moving night breeze stroking his face and hair for a while.
His phone rang as he was going back into the room, then he saw Echoes calling him. He immediately developed his smile, impatient to hear the voice of his lover, he immediately rubbed the green icon on the screen of his phone.
“Hallo darling,” greet Alana with her cheerfulness.
“Hai dear, sorry I just arrived at the hotel and when I read your message I direct your phone. Are you still at Mom's house?” ask from across.
“It's okay. I just got home. And before I go home, I made sure your mother took medicine and rest.”
“Thank you you have the same attention as my mother. O yes, you quickly rest must be tired all day,” said Gema.
“Sama-sama darling. It is my duty to pay attention to your mother. After this I take a break, and actually there are things I want to talk about with you,” said Alana. He wanted to tell his mother's meeting with Amalia, but he stopped considering Gema was still out of town.
“What do you want to say?” said Echoes relaxed.
“Emm, I said if you'd gone home. Yes, you took a shower there, the smell of acemnya nyampek here you know,” god Alana.
“Hahaha, time anyway? Yes, wait for me to go home yes, tomorrow night trip back to Bandung, pray smoothly.”
“For sure, hopefully tomorrow smoothly and you will return to Bandung soon. Bye dear.” Alana hung up on me.
“Inhabit deh, has not been answered already play close his phone,“ muttered Gema while shaking his head. “What he wants to talk to me about, it looks serious. Yes, discussed later if I have come home aja.”
