Forced to endure

Chapter 83

Five years later...

Sinda

I live my days as usual. My life was flat, so-so after there was no Mas Adji. While my relationship with Indra did not continue. We both overshadowed each other's past so it was equally difficult to move on. Even so my relationship with Indra is still good, even we often eat together, as friends.

My financial condition has stabilized again after I managed to pay off my debt to Indra. Now this shophouse is officially mine.

Mas Adji's? I don't know how she is. It seemed like he was now successful because of the monthly money for the children he sent, the amount was twice as much lately. I think it's proof of his success or maybe it's his way of making up for his guilt.

Mas Adji often chat with Keisha and Kirana over the phone or video call. I rarely join when they make a video call. I'm not avoiding, it's just weird that I'm talking to them.

My kids? Keisha is a teenager. The more days he looks more and more like me, even we are often spelled brother by my shop customers. Kirana has entered TK. He is very similar to Mas Adji both in nature and face. Sometimes I get so upset with Kirana that it always reminds me of her dad. So, how can I move on if every day I meet the Mas Adji version of his small?

Keisha talks more about her papa. Almost every time he talked to me he always mentioned his papa name even once. Keisha is really the definition of a real papa child. Kirana just followed her sister. She doesn't recognize her papa like Keisha knows her.

Even though every time her sister makes a video call she joins in. But Keisha is more talkative, I think her papa is her bestie. Kirana only shows her face in front of the screen for a while and then goes back to hiding behind her brother if Mas Adji invites her to talk. Kirana looks shy with her papa.

Likha's? He's still mad at me like. Since then he has not greeted me. I had tried to greet him first when we accidentally met, but he ignored me. So yeah, the important thing is I never meant to be mean to her. I'm happy because she stays with her husband, even I think they look more and more friendly. But I still regret why Likha still did not want to open her eyes to the truth.

Eva's? I don't know how it is right now. I didn't hear any news about him at all. Who can I ask? There's no one. I've forgotten everything he did to me. I hope he's okay, and so is his son.

"Win, I'm going home to see the kids, right? Haven't seen them in a long time." My in-laws' voice woke me up from my daydream. He's standing in front of me now.

My in-laws? This is still a mystery to me. Since the departure of Mas Adji he routinely came, maybe once a month to the house on the grounds of wanting to accompany children. The difference is now that he has never brought snacks for my children.

I allowed it, it was better than my children who were brought to his house. Besides, I also appreciate his efforts by asking permission from me first.

"Oh .. Yes ma'am." I replied stiffly. I still haven't found sincerity in my in-laws' eyes even though he's very friendly to me and the kids now. I still feel like something is going on with my in-laws.

"Well, I'm going straight to the house?" I'm nodding.

I'm not at work, I want to go out but I don't have any friends. So I walked to see the condition of the store, pacing from front to back and vice versa but everything was handled well by my employees. I got bored, so I decided to go home.

Till the house I saw my in-laws motorcycle was still in the yard. That means he hasn't come home yet. I went in right away after parking my bike.

I entered through the garage door so it might not be heard from the living room. My in-laws and children may not hear me coming. From the garage I went straight into the kitchen to get a drink. From here I can hear the conversation of my in-laws and Keisha.

"Kei, you don't call often?"

"Often Mbah." Keisha still calls her grandmother Papa's symbol.

"How often do you send money to Keisha, right?"

I didn't hear an answer from Keisha.

"Why send a lot of money what?" Back in-law I interrogated Keisha. I stood in my place to listen further to what my in-laws wanted to know from us.

"I don't know Mbah, Mama who mengimpen money," replied Keisha who was getting upset heard from the tone of her voice.

"Yes justin Mama who brought it, if Keisha want to stay asked. Why is it Mbah?"

"Keisha can persuade papa not to send money buar Sewba?"

"Emang Sewah is not in love with money Papa?"

"Yes, but Keisha is sending more for you. Just a little bit of waste."

"By your own word with Papa Mbah." I know Keisha is tired of hearing this question from her symbol. I memorized very well from his voice that sounded lazy.

No sound for a while. I was about to continue my steps but my in-laws voice came back.

"Yes ... Went home first, Kei."

No response from Keisha.

"Kei, take food in the refrigerator yes, make souvenirs Vino."

"So much Sewah," Keisha replied sounding lazy. I finally got out of my place eavesdropping and approached them.

"Do you want to go home, Mom? A minute now?" my words immediately made my in-laws shocked.

"Win ...? How come you're home?"

"I no longer have a shop."

"Win, do you know when Adji is coming home? It's been almost five years, hasn't he left?"

I'm pensive. Time seems to pass very quickly.

"I don't know Mom, I never talked to her. Didn't she tell mom?"

"She rarely calls me, she just sends monthly money."

"Keep mom wants what? Didn't he send money to mom?" I said without being filtered. Until now I still thought all my in-laws wanted was money.

"Yes ... Mom just asked. It's been a long time since I've seen her."

I want to laugh at my in-laws answer. Mas Adji used to be sick, he did not want to visit when our house was not so far away. Is it because at that time Mas Adji could not give monthly money?

"Yes, mom's home now." My father-in-law stood up and almost walked away.

"Waste don't take food for Vino?" Keisha reminds or maybe insinuates. She was the same as me, already unable to think positively about this grandmother. Since childhood he had already felt how his grandmother distinguished him from Vino.

"Oh ... Don't need. The waste was just it. Yes Sewah home first," said my in-laws as it passed.

"Everyone wants to go home must be draining to eat in the refrigerator if not yes take snacks adek want to be given to Vino," grumbled Keisha.