
Today was my first day of staying at home, being unemployed at home, helping my mother cook, helping bi Ijah sweep the yard, tidying up the pots of plants on the porch, and helping my mother cook, and doing a lot of things that made me forget what happened last night.
"Saa, your sister's coming home tonight, I told her you were getting married." Mother's voice from the kitchen.
"Has he been off for college, ma'am?"
"Hmm. No, but he said he misses going home."
"Happy, Safira finally came home after a long time." I stomped my feet in excitement.
"Mother is also happy, son, we can get together again deh," said the mother, smiling.
"When did he get there, Mom?"
"Maybe it's late tonight, 'cause he's in college this morning, so he's just leaving for the afternoon."
"Alright, ma'am," I replied briefly.
Safira is going home, it's nice to meet a brother who long time not coming home because he was busy studying outside the city. Dad deliberately obeyed him to apply for college far out of town, of course with reasons that only known to father and mother, I just thought, because Safira was the youngest child, so understand all his wishes granted.
Safira is sometimes annoying, likes to take me noisily, his mouth can rarely be braked, even often denied if advised by anyone, even so, I love him very much, because he is my only brother.
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"Good morning everyone." Safira greeted us all at the dinner table this morning.
"Well, what time are you home, Ra?" i'm exuberant.
"Night, almost midnight when you're asleep." He hugged my mom, dad, and me.
"Here, we have breakfast first, then we continue the conversation shady," said the mother smiled warmly while thrusting the plate to us.
"When did you get married? with whom brother? your boyfriend?" safira asked impatiently.
"Ahh.. with my father's business friend, Ra," I said as I entered the rice mouth.
"really? sister's dating him?"
"Hm.. Brother didn't know her, we met only last night."
"That means?" safira's question hangs.
"That means we were betrothed, Ra." I replied as I continued to chew, it seems Safira is very curious.
"Sister loves him?"
"No, Ra! or not yet meaning." I was confused to answer this boy's question.
"Then why would you want to?"
I kept quiet, just shrugged without looking at him, later he would also be tired of himself keep asking, if it continues to be served, this breakfast scene with an impromptu reporter will last until noon.
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This afternoon we deliberately gathered together, father also took time off from his work, this is a special day, because Safira finally came home after three months did not have time to visit us because he was busy in college, we chatted casually on the balcony on the second floor, enjoying snacks that have been made by the mother to welcome the arrival of Safira.
"Dad, why was my sister betrothed?" Safira started again.
"What's the matter, son?" ask dad.
"Why not Sapphira?" Safira asked again.
"Do you want to?"
"You dong well, Safira knows who you're going to marry." Suddenly he pouted.
"Who?" my many.
"That rich man? the biggest entrepreneur in our city, his subsidiaries are almost all over the city. He's very handsome brother, I know him, saw him on television a few times." Safira explained at length while acting anxious.
"Ah... You're so lucky to be betrothed to him, brother, why not me anyway." He grunted annoyedly.
"Here son, Sabrina is your sister, it is better that she marry first than her sister, it is impolite for a sister to step over her brother to marry." I advised Safira.
"Stop discussing this, Ra!" I'm getting upset, doesn't she know that her brother is a single immortal.
"Why brother? you seem so scared that I took your future husband."
"Alright, Ra! brother doesn't taste to argue with you." I went back to the room leaving Sapphira who was still whining upset, any explanation she would not accept, free.
I was just a spectator of Safira who was upset. It's the nature of the father not to interfere too much when I and Sapphira argue, father will only chimed if indeed Safira's attitude has been outrageous, the father is very fond of us, never discriminate us, never distinguish us, and always trying to make me feel fair to get affection
Unlike Safira, since childhood he always got whatever he wanted easily, but once his desire was rejected, then he always thought that my father and mother loved me more than him.
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"Mother, just persuade sister to cancel her wedding, I'll take her place." Safira continued to whine.
"You're why Safira, your brother did all this for us, I know he had to, you don't know who that man really is, he doesn't look like a good man, son, he's arrogant, he's a little bit of a bitch, selfish, even marrying your sister by the covenant rules is sure to weigh on your brother's life." Mom seems to be getting upset.
"Come on, Mom, just this time, persuade sister!"
"If it wasn't for your father's near-bankrupt business, I wouldn't be willing to put your brother in the cages of that crazy tiger."
"But, Mom!" Safira was still trying to clear.
"Quite Sapphira, you should have supported your brother, he did this for your sake too, who's going to pay for your college if dad goes bankrupt?"
"Mom and dad are always like that, you're the same, you just keep fighting big brother, like he's just your son." Safira ran into her room by closing the door hard.
"Safira!" the mother shouted to her daughter who was being ignited by emotions.
Mother cried to see her youngest daughter behave like that, she even still has a way of thinking like children, just thinking about pleasure without knowing the risks that will be obtained.
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Before going to bed, my mother went into my room, saying Safira's attitude this afternoon who insisted on replacing me married to Mr. Arga.
Not that I did not want to give up, but Sapphira was wrong, she thought that the rich man had a sweet attitude and treated his future wife like a queen, she said, the haughty man clearly seemed to care about me, for him I was just a peyek crumbs at the bottom of the jar, if I made a mistake and fell on his shiny shoes, it could be a big problem, yes, the problem is that the shoes will get dirty.
"Son, have you thought carefully about your decision?" mother asked as if she was unwilling for her daughter to fall into the hands of the arrogant man.
"Already ma'am, don't worry, Sabrina will take good care of herself, Sabrina won't do anything wrong." I strengthened mom.
"Don't think of your sister's words this afternoon, she still can't act grown up."
"I know, Mom."
"Mom will continue to wish you all the best, son!" said mother while stroking the tip of my head.
"Sabrina loves mom." I hugged my mother tightly.
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