Feel Engineering

Pale Rice

Chapter 70 Pale Rice

Aldo

It has been a year since I went back and forth between Jakarta and Jayapura, meeting people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds. Plural Papuan people live side by side, but there is no denying the friction in their social life.

There is a feeling of being colonized, these indigenous Papuans feel marginalized especially in economic rights, they think that all economic joints are controlled by the immigrant community (foreigner Papua). This is further affirmed by the social gap that does look real. Not only in terms of economics, the gap in the world of education is also very clear, including in their political rights.

Therefore, indigenous Papuans who experience this feel marginalized and feel their basic rights are not protected. And that's one of the things that makes them think it's better to be free to have their rights back than to be in Indonesia.

But seeing the development, indigenous Papuans are currently really getting special rights where who can be person number 1 and number 2 is mandatory from indigenous Papuans. Likewise, in the acceptance of government employees, the quota for indigenous Papuans has also been determined to be greater than for immigrants. I don't think anyone has the political rights of indigenous Papuans in this country.

As for economic rights and market control, I think the law of the jungle applies, who is strong, he will survive. Who is creative and innovative, he who will not be oppressed by the times.

I was sitting waiting in line at the pharmacy when my eyes were on someone I seemed to know very well. But I was a little hesitant to see his body covered in Muslim clothes and his stomach that was bent perfectly worthy of an old pregnant woman. I was amazed to see him walk hard to get to the parking lot.

For a moment, my mind woken up and chased after him. It was a pity that he had put his motorbike away from the hospital parking area. It just so happens that an online motorcycle taxi is passing by and I immediately intercepted.

I immediately sat in the motorcycle seat, "Bang, chase the motorbike that just came out of the gate. Now!"

Although in doubt, but the online motorcycle driver was finally swiftly following my instructions.

The motor turns towards the Jayapura mall, then into a narrow alley of densely populated residential areas. Lucky to chase him using a motorcycle, if the car, I believe will lose track of him.

He stopped in front of a house that I believe is a simple rental house or precisely the cost-boss. I asked the owner to stop and immediately gave two pieces of red money without thinking long. I still choose to pay attention to him who is parking his bike in front of his boarding room who seems unaware of my presence.

When he closed the door, I held him down.

"Chyntia..."

He looked up, looked at me. His eyes rounded and his face turned deathly pale.

He pushed the door fast but I held it again and went straight inside. I was quite flabbergasted to see his condition, it turned out that this room was his bedroom.

"Well, did you get in here? Out!" Say it with a tinge.

No matter what his words were, I chose to drop myself on his soft bed.

"Gue's tired, I want a break." I said while lying on my stomach.

"Hey, who's allowed you to sleep there? I said get out or I yelled at the thief." It seems like he's really upset.

"Just shout, I'll just say that you're my wife who ran away from home."

Looks like Chyntia was already lazy to argue with me then left me to go into the bathroom.

Because it was too tired and maybe also the effect of the drug that was injected in the hospital, I did not feel I was asleep. I don't know how long, which is clear I just realized when I heard the sound of the Adzan that I'm sure now has entered asar time.

Chyntia is seen still asleep with a sitting position on the only sofa in this 3x3 meter room. I stepped into the bathroom which turned out to be next to the mini kitchen in this room. Lucky to have a bulkhead made of triplex walls that separate it from the bedroom.

Dea woke up when I came out of the bathroom. Without saying anything he went to the bathroom then set up the prayer. I can only look at him, I don't know what's on my mind right now, which I'm obviously curious about, why he could be stranded in a place like this, and the content? Is he married?

Or the...

Or.. lest it be my son? But, in my hurry I tepis that feeling. He could have married another man.

"Where's your husband?" Ask when I see him finish praying.

"It's none of your business." He answered without making eye contact with me.

I circulated the view, and I'm sure in this room Chyntia just lives alone. I was still trying to shake off all the feelings that suddenly felt something different.

"How many months?"

"It's none of your business either. Please come out, I'll take a break too." He kicked me out.

"Is that my son?" I don't know why that question just came out of my mouth.

Finally he looked at me, his face looked nervous, but again he threw away his gaze. "Once again I say, this is none of your business."

"It would be my business if your son was my son."

I gritted my teeth to hear her words. I know, I was the first man to touch her and Chyntia just did it with me, she's not a free sek* adherent with just any man.

"Pack your stuff and come with me."

He looked at me sharply. I could see many wounds behind his gaze. Really, I really want to hug her. It's just that I'm still very disappointed in him, but now I'm increasingly convinced that the child in the womb is my child.

Chyntia isn't a cheap girl, it's you who's ruining her.

"Sorry, you don't have the right to regulate me. I beg you, get out of here. I've done everything you asked, you asked me not to appear again in the life of lo and Azka, I've done it, but why do you show up here? My life is ruined, I have no one left, so please don't ask me to leave here. I promise I won't ruin your life again, let's just say you've never seen me here, so go, please!" His words stammered with heart-wrenching sobs.

"Gue just wants what's best for my son, once he's born, whatever you want how, I just care about my son."

He stumbled at me softly.

"This is my son, not your son. He's my only one, you have no right to separate us at all." His words stared at the nano.

"Kalo lo don't want to part with your son, then pack your clothes now and come with me. You know I never mess with my words." Say I'm firm.

Ah, seeing him helpless like this made my heart feel torn to shreds. This love turned out to still be his, especially I am very sure that the child in the womb is my child.

The jolly, beautiful, ambitious and independent girl now looks fragile helpless. His mistake of falling in love with his best friend made him fall at the lowest point in his life.

Can't bear to see him hurt, I pulled him into my arms. He shed all his tears until a while later he calmed down and released his body from my arms with a downcast face.

"We're getting married soon."

Again, he just looked at me confused.

"Now you are ready, we will go to the hotel where I stay, there is Azka and Dea, soon Aunt Aya and om Arga also arrive. They'll be witnesses for the wedding contract."

I got up and took the suitcase and opened the closet, holding my hand.

"Gue's ashamed to see them." Said lowered.

Seeing him like this really melts down little by little my hatred for him.

"That's your business."

"Do, please, I don't want to get married."

I looked at him with an emotion-covered heart, wanting to explode instantly.

"Is it because you still love Azka?"

Chyntia shook her head, "no, not because of that, I realized, I was wrong and it was just my obsession. I just don't want to get hurt anymore, I know you hate me, why am I married to a man who hates me?"

"Gue hates you, but I don't hate the child in your womb, I don't want my son not to know his father and I don't want my son to call another man his father."

"Why are you so sure this is your son?"

"Because I know you."

Seeing his face meet, I make sure he is now wrong. I hope someday he will fall in love with me, for a while I will tie him to the presence of our son, after which I will make him can no longer turn away from me.

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