FRIEND OF THE NATION

EPS 20 MELIN'S RESULTS

EPS 20 MELIN'S RESULTS

I found a flower in the garden of my heart. The money is as fragrant as your breath. Took me to an endless dream. Grabbing you and grabbing you, kissing you and sniffing you. Covering you with prayers, in order to always grow and develop. All the love I want to share with you.

Plaque!

Melin. In front of his own eyes, the familiar papa was a little quiet and rarely angry, suddenly slapping his mother's face. A hand that swings from a reflex movement beyond consciousness. The hand that had just slipped from the crush of the debt that had weighed on him these few days. And suddenly mama was about to throw back the burden to him?

“Papa!” yelled at Mama while holding her left cheek.

He stared at the face of the man he loved for a while, without words. His view clearly could not believe what had just happened to him. However, slowly then his two eyes began to glaze over. His lips trembled, enduring disappointment. Maybe papa's slap wasn't so hard, but the pain was just incredible. Just this once in her life, she was slapped by her husband.

Then the middle-aged woman's body rose from her seat, running into the room. Crying out. That's all he can do right now. As a wife, she is not the ultimate decision-maker, but what harm would it do if she wanted her conscience to be appreciated? At least heard before her husband makes a decision? Moreover, this concerns the future of his daughter.

In the corner of the room, Melin could only look at what had just happened. He sat quietly watching his mother shed tears, then ran into the room and cried sobbing. His voice sounded soft but heartbreaking. While his father was still sitting in his rickety chair with his face down like he was regretting himself. Melin knows that Papa loves her mom very much.

“I have to behave,” her inner self.

The teenage girl got up from her seat, then walked slowly closer to Papa. Hugged his father's body from behind, as if giving strength when his papa is down. But the papa did not react at all. His face remained down, his lips also remained clenched.

“Pa..,” whispered Melin.

Papa took a deep breath, then exhaled it in a groove full of anxiety.

“Excuse papa Lin,” papa said.

“Iya, pa. Melin is fine. Whatever papa's decision, Melin will obey,” he said.

Slowly, he lifted his head. She looked at Melin's face deeply. She realized that her daughter had a beautiful face.

“No Lin,” said papa while shaking his head. “This is all papa's fault. I shouldn't have charged my mistakes to my own daughter.”

Melin fell silent trying to understand papa's words. In the room, her mother's sobs were no longer heard.

“True words Mama. You can't go anywhere. We will always be together. Papa is the family leader, so this is papa.”'s responsibility

Melin scrunched her forehead.

“What does papa mean?”

“I'll return this money to Teddy. And tomorrow night, I will hand over this house to Baba Ig Yan to be paid for all according to his value.” he said in a firm voice.

Melin widened her eyes.

“What? Then where will we stay?”

Papa shook his head.

“I don't know either. Tomorrow papa will go to the market, looking for information on home contract to friends papa.”

“We must be strong Melin. You have to go to school. The rest of the proceeds from home sales can be used to finance your school until SMA.”

Melin shakes both shoulders of her papa. Then the shoulder slowly slipped. Ah, papa's shoulder that used to be hard and strong, is now a little weak and wrinkled. What business will you go through, after several failed to build a business? The feeling of unbearability slowly took hold of his heart. His mind kept working, how to find the best way to undo papa's decision and melt mom's heart.

“What if Melin thinks otherwise pa?” abugn.

Papa did not answer, but asked back.

“Is there something you're thinking?”

Melin nodded her head.

“Then, just say it. Let your mom and dad listen.”

Melin smiled, trying to calm her heart that suddenly rumbled.

“Emh..What if Melin complies with Teddy's call to go to Jakarta?”

“What!?”

Like hearing the sound of lightning in broad daylight, papa almost jumped to hear the words of his daughter. Melin wants to go to Jakarta?

“Melin is already big, it can take care of itself. It's time I worked to help my mom and dad and send my sisters. I'll save up later. If it's a lot, I'll go home, to finish my school. Dad doesn't have to sell the house. Pay a debt to Baba Ig Yan with money from Ko Teddy. Later let Melin pay it off to Ko Teddy.”

Melin explained at length the reasons and advantages if she works in Jakarta. Papa and his mother could only look at each other while shedding tears. Their teenage daughter has to live in the unfamiliar wilds of Jakarta? I don't know what Melin had in mind, they don't know. As well as they did not know what was on their own minds at that moment.

***

The morning was cold. Melin was ready to go waiting for the upcoming pickup car according to Teddy's direction. The girl looked beautiful with a light green scarf coiled around her neck. Although all that is attached to his body is the gift of his friends but he remains confident. Slightly oversized black pants, striped t-shirts as well as high-necked shoes that clamp the feet.

The jacket covering his body looked very outdated, dark green belonged to uncle Han while still a bachelor. There is a pocket of headgear whose fastening rope is gone, so it always flies in the wind. Even so does not reduce its charm as young amoy who is starting to bloom its buds.

“Ciiit!”

Suddenly a white minibus was standing right in front of him. Then the window glass seemed to move down. A creepy-faced man was emblazoned on the front seat. The look on his face showed no hospitality at all. Without looking everywhere he looked at Melin's body from head to toe. Papa and Han immediately approached the car. But that guy doesn't care about him at all.

“You Melin huh?” said it.

Melin nodded her head. The man opened the door and got out of the car. The thick body, looks towering like a solid concrete monument. Then he moved to open the back door.

“Come in!”

Melin is still standing. There was fear and doubt in his heart. Is his decision really right? Leaving Papa and his Mama to work in the Capital far from his shadow?