Hello Bella's

Episode 6: Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover

As usual after college Bella went straight to her pulse counter. Actually he does not have to always be at the counter because his employees have really mastered the field of work.

From initial card activation, data voucher activation, regular pulse charging or data, they already understand.

For shopping needs pulse counter usually there is a mobile sales provider or mobile phone accessories that routinely come to the counter. The employees report what is needed then Bella will place an order to the sales concerned.

This counter formerly belonged to Andi, one of Bella's friends. Because there is an urgent need, Andi was forced to take off his counter.

The contract period of the store used for the counter is still long, about 11 months later Andi offers to Bella to over contract and Andi also sells the entire contents of the counter.

Previously Bella was not interested in opening a business in this field because this business includes the type of business that barrier to entry is relatively small so that anyone with a starting capital that is not too large can open a business these.

This is evidenced by the number of similar businesses everywhere even near the Bella counter there are several counters. Each counter seeks to attract prospective customers in various ways such as equipping the counter with everything related to mobile phones, providing the best service to consumers, arranging displays that are made as attractive as possible and so forth.

Andi said that he started this counter from a makeshift counter to become a counter that although not too large but quite able to compete with other counters and the turnover was good.

And the two employees are like his family. He felt it was a pity that this counter was over-contracted to just anyone. He hopes that if Bella continues this business, both employees continue to work at this counter.

The needle on the clock attached to the wall to the left of the counter shows at 14:20 and at times like this usually the counter is not too crowded by buyers so Bella can casually check the bookkeeping counter.

Plus now it is raining even though it is not heavy but usually makes people reluctant to go out of the house or who are on the way were reluctant to stop by if there is no urgent need.

"Hey...Bella huh?" suddenly a voice shocked Bella who was observing the ledger before her.

Bella raised her head, looking at who was asking her. "Yes, I'm Bella" Bella replied, and then Bella walked over to the questioner.

"Eh Lidya's sister, Bella thinks who," said Bella as soon as she recognized the woman standing before her. "Please sit down, can Bella help you?"

"No, Bella, I happened to be in the shade next door, so look here look at you."

"I'm waiting for Mas Bagas, he's buying soto in the store there" pointed Lidya at a shop across from Bella's counter.

"Oh soto Pak Rahmat, delicious you know Mbak, Bella same kids here like the same sotonya, the spice felt really," Bella review of her favorite soto shop.

"Well yes, it's good because this is the first time Mas Bagas bought there," said Lidya.

Lidya is one of Bella's neighbors, her son Bu Yos who had become a trending topic in their residential neighborhood.

Based on rumors circulating Lidya is married because of an accident alias pregnant first. I don't know who first breathed this nasty rumor. Bella first heard it from the talk of Mr. Ratih and his gang. Whether it might be those who started this rumor, I don't know Bella doesn't want to speculate.

Bella unconsciously observed Lidya's body because she remembered the rumor that she said she had just been married two months because Lidya's stomach was distended.

"I'm not pregnant anymore, it's a pile of fat," as if I knew what Bella was thinking Lidya was saying as she chuckled.

"Astagfirullah, sorry Ma'am," said Bella realized what she had done. Because of the gossip he had heard, Bella unconsciously looked for the truth of the gossip by observing Lidya's body, Lidya was not fattening because she was pregnant.

"Bella didn't mean..haduh Mbak sorry yes Ma'am," shy Bella really feel embarrassed and feel guilty too.

"It's okay, it's not the first time something like this has happened" Lidya said casually as if this was a normal occurrence for her, not making her hurt and angry.

"Bella must have heard rumors about me getting married because I got pregnant first, right?" ask Lidya.

"Yes Ma'am, Bella is really sorry Ma'am, just look at Mbak so remember the gossip continues.yes that's it. I'm sorry Ma'am," Bella is not very nice to Lidya.

"It feels like the same family, so sad Bell, I'm fine."

"I can't be a pious woman yet but I know the limits of associating with the opposite sex, let alone committing adultery, hold my hand, Mas Bagas won't," Lidya told me about the gossip around her that had made her family stir and her husband's family.

"Sometimes people especially neighbors like to judge me badly because of my appearance, yes I'm also wrong, my job requires me to be able to look attractive, I want to be attractive, I used to think it was interesting to wear contemporary clothes that sometimes materials are economical but it turns out the concept of attractive appearance was not like that, yes my thinking was a bit shallow at that time."

"So seeing my appearance like that and I also often go home a little night, making people think a no-no about Me," continued Lidya.

"After marriage I gained weight, before I was skinny. Maybe this body change also makes people think no-no. Though pregnant fat and fat fat fat is different, right?" Lidya resumed her curses. I don't know why he feels comfortable talking to Bella. Lidya returns and Bella faithfully listens.

During this time Lidya did not not not know the assessment of the neighbors about him but he chose not to care about it. Just thinking about his work is dizzy, why think about what someone important says he is not like they say.

But rumors of an extramarital pregnancy caused her family to be embarrassed and angry. This made him self-introspect, pondering what made people think that way.

People are sometimes easy to judge the outward appearance of others, if not in accordance with the values they adopt immediately judge that the person has the wrong behavior.

Instead of advising existing instead labeling the no-no on others. Eventually Lidya drew the conclusion perhaps because her appearance, which had often worn a skirt over the knee with a sometimes thin blouse, gave a gap to others who did not like her to make bad assumptions about her.

"Yes like that Mbak sometimes people only judge from the outside appearance only when he does not know exactly what we are," Bella gave her response to Lidya's curses.

"When yes Mbak now there are also people who look good but the behavior is not good, it is good that someone is not now can not be measured from his outer appearance alone, just, we must first recognize the new nature we can judge the person is good or not," back Bella expressed her opinion.

"That's how Bell is, but this incident I take as a rebuke to me so that I'm more self-conscious, more self-improving, more self-improving, not because of fear of being labeled people are not good, but we should take care of our marwah especially I am married now," said Lidya.

"Assalamu'alaikum," said a man who they had unknowingly been standing next to Lidya.

"Wa'alaikumussalam," Bella and Lidya answered the greeting.

"Eh Mas Bagas... Have you bought the sotos?" lidya asked the man who turned out to be her husband.

"Here you go" Bagas replied, showing a white crackle containing two servings of soto.

"Mas, know this Bella our neighbor, her son Bu Alya who's in block B," Lidya introduces Bella to her husband.

Bella smiled at Bagas and Bagas returned the favor while cupping his hands in front of his chest. For just a moment he looked at Bella, then turned his gaze towards his wife.

Very adem your husband Madam Lidya, Inner Bella. His simple appearance did not cover his handsome face, instead looking more attractive. The carrying of kalem..waduh your husband Mbak husband really material anyway, Bella's admiration continues.

Geez.. The man's husband Bella, just seen for a moment just don't continue to be looked at and amazed as soon as you have a crush on him, the mind reminds Bella . Sometimes married men look more mature and attractive.

"When are we home?" Bagas asked Lidya.

"Yes Mas, Bella we first yes, sometime we chat again," said Lidya.

After saying hello, they left Bella. Bagas pulled out his motor from the parking area and approached Lidya. It appears that Bagas said something to Lidya while attaching a strand of Lidya's hair behind her ear and Lidya replied to her husband's words with a smile. They pass and disappear from Bella's sight in the rain.

Perfect partner, thought Bella. Lidya, a beautiful and kind woman, as well as her husband, a handsome man and from the way she behaved, Bella judged him as a good man.

How can anyone gossip about them. I don't think Bella.

May they be a couple of peace, prayer and wisdom, Bella's heartfelt prayers for Lidya and Bagas.