FATIMAH (Pearl In Mud) .
TESTING AND PRESSURE
Back the stack of textbooks filled the table, Fatimah opened one by one the sheets of science. for him the package book from the school library was enough to help him learn the grid about the exam he will face next month.
He could not afford to buy a thick book like his best friend Ida, just by reading some reference books that he borrowed from the library alone, but Ida always brought the book to school.
Lately Fatimah is more often in the library. Spend time resting by reading. There was no chance for him to continue his studies, because it was hindered by the economy. For him to hear the word lecture was so expensive that the ketelinga Fatimah. But he also wanted to graduate with good grades, at least his grandmother could be proud of Fatimah.
The knocking of the door sounded so loud, the guest seemed impatient to wait for the door to open. Fatimah hastily turned the door handle
“for so long notya, catapult lelet” voice Bude marni angry, Fatimah knows the arrival of this woman has something to do with the matchmaking plan she has designed.
“i learned bude, sorry” he said politely did not dare to look at the face filled with anger
“make what learn. After all, after this you will get married as well.don't waste time. It is better now that you learn to dance so that later master Malik is not disappointed. It's a little money to buy powder for your acne to disappear” handed me a piece of blue paper money
“no, thank you. Bude keep the money” as much as possible Fatimah pressed her voice to sound polite.
“so boasting once you, this money can buy your meal for a week” said the bude circas. For Fatimah the pain of humiliation was common. Especially from the mouth of this sharp-tongued woman in front of him.
“Fatimah does not want to marry anyone, including as a bude debt redeemer to Mr. Malik. Why should Fatimah, not only Mbak Amel who is much prettier than Fatimah” said Fatimah. The girl did not understand the mind path of the bude, how she could be made into a collision while the budenya himself had two girls.
“suddenly you speak Fatimah, you have already begun to fight me. Remember, Bude did this to get your lives changed, I am concerned about your circumstances. But accuse bude of selling you to Mr. Malik. This has gone too far Fatimah” the woman began to scream, her anger was easily ignited when faced with Fatimah.
“Bude in search of Mr. Wartono” Fatimah mimicked Hamid's remark at that time.he just wanted to make sure that the woman in front of him did have a debt to Hamid's father. Sure enough, the woman's face was pale. He did not continue his words. Increasingly adds to the belief of Fatimah that the bude is indeed in debt.
The sound of a loud door slam was heard making Fatimah shocked. Bude Marni comes home without excuse. Little Fatimah could breathe a sigh of relief. He was sure that his slave would not dare to match himself with the married old man.
Continue to open the textbook. When the sun was almost setting.
“Grandmother has already inserted all the cages. Oiya, like there was your budding voice just now” said the grandmother.
“have returned nek”
“Hopefully he does not force you any more Fatimah, Grandma is confused as to what makes Marni like that.why should you, Amel will be older.” Fatimah was shocked, it means the grandmother did not know about the condition of the bude marni who was in debt.
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Fatimah could breathe a sigh of relief, Bude Marni never came back to her house and forced the girl to marry. Now he can focus on preparing for his school graduation exam. Together with Ida, he studied hard. With the book Ida's father bought from the city, they studied every afternoon after school.
College, not in Fatimah's life plan. The girl's mind was now focused on making money, saving up for her obsession with being a dangdut singer. Various plans have been compiled after graduating from school later. Perhaps leaving grandma alone was a plan that slightly stifled her heart.
For the sake of the future, because Fatimah believes all her difficulties will be temporary. After that he and his grandmother will be happy with the economy that is not concerned as it is now.
Sitting in the library is Fatimah's habit ahir-ahir this. school break he used to it. if his peers are eating school bags, school, but not for Fatimah the money is better saved than having to buy food in school. From the beginning it was like that Fatimah, since the departure of the father as the backbone of his family.
“I brought a drink” Ida's voice diverted Fatimah from the textbook in front of her.
“don't get caught by the librarian, you forget ya” Fatimah whispered her gaze nanar, her head moved left and to the right looking for the whereabouts of the library officer.
“ya already, we are studying in the backyard of the school. Bring her book” ida stand about to pass.
“we borrow first the officer, you wait outside his drink” Fatimah brought two books in his hand, went hand in hand and parted behind the shelf, they were afraid of being caught by the officer for bringing drinks into the classroom.
“don't long-long” order Ida before they split
“asiap mr.” Fatimah bowed as if saluting her best friend, their laughter broke out shortly after Fatimah committed silliness
“you are still forced to send marriage” well, so if you study outside the library, women are still women in their nature they have a vent session. Their rest is only fifteen minutes away.
“kemarin anyway yes, but ahir-ahir this bude has never come again to the house” Fatimah tells, the situation. Actually the girl was happy but sometimes the worry was there, He knew that the woman would not give up so easily.For Fatimah to marry an old man who still had a wife. Is it not a crime of his name, Fatimah will hurt his first wife, how hurt the mother when left his father with the affair until Fatimah's mother was sickly. The girl could imagine how devastated the wife of Malik would feel if she married the old man.
Not to mention the reaction of the children of Malik saw his mother in the duakan. Whether they will stay silent, it seems unlikely they will stand still to see the household of both parents disturbed by a third person.
Fatimah imagines being run over by the son of the master malik, he will be scorned, beaten, hardened, even worse, Fatimah will be pummeled and dragged around the village. Humiliated as a cheesy woman does not know herself.
How their neighbors react, the more the Fatimah will fall. And the insults will accompany him all his life. Cap as an actor will he gird for the rest of his life. Given that sometimes Fatimah was horrified by herself.for her it is better not to marry than to be a destroyer of people's households. The youth in the village is still a lot. There is no way one of them no one is interested in Fatimah.
