
The employee took Adrian to a very important person room. He opened the door of the room. Adrian came into the room.
“Assalamualaikum,” Adrian said when entering the room.
“Waalaikumsalam,” Pak Dandi replied.
Adrian approached Mr. Dandi and shook Mr. Dandi's hand. “Health, Om?” ask Adrian.
“Alhamdullilah. Om in good health,” replied Mr. Dandi. Adrian sat in front of Mr. Dandi.
“We order food first,” said Mr. Dandi. The employee gave the menu book to Adrian and Mr. Dandi. They chose the menu for lunch. Suddenly the door of the room opened from the outside, Daniel entered the room.
“Assalamualaikum,” said Daniel when he entered the room.
“Waalaikumsalam,” replied Mr. Dandi and Adrian.
Daniel was shocked to see Adrian in the room. Earlier on the phone by Mr. Dandi, he said nothing. He just said he wanted to have lunch with him.
“Eh, there's you here,” Daniel said. He sat next to Adrian.
“We order food first!” said Mr. Dandi. Adrian and Daniel ordered the food they wanted.
“You didn't order sake?” ask Mr. Dandi to Adrian. He knows from Daniel that Adrian likes to drink liquor.
“No, Om. I have stopped drinking,” replied Adrian.
“Mia makes Adrian change,” says Daniel. Mr. Dandi is happy to hear Mia can change Adrian.
Finally they finished ordering food. After the restaurant employee left, Mr. Dandi started talking.
“Papah call you here because there is something Papah wants to talk about,” said Mr. Dandi. Adrian and Daniel were silent, they listened to Mr. Dandi. Mr. Dandi breathed a heavy sigh.
“It used to be when you were eight years old that Papah met a girl. He works in a mini market located on the ground floor of the Papah office building. At that time Papah often overtime until late at night. Papah bought his own coffee along with snacks in the mini market. Office girl and office boy and other employees have gone home so no one is told. Sometimes Papah brings a laptop there and works there so as not to be alone in the office. The girl's name is Erin. He just graduated High School and from a simple family. But Erin is different from girls her age. He is very gentle, he said softly and he was very polite.” Mr. Dandi told me with a smile he remembered his past.
“One day Erin experienced a difference. The number of transactions that day does not match the nominal amount of cash in the cash register. When Papah was about to go home, Papah saw him busy counting while crying. Papah approached her and asked her what had happened. He said that if he experienced the difference, the cash that day was less than two million rupiah. He had to replace that money. He doesn't have that much money. His salary is just enough to eat and pay kost.” Mr. Dandi paused for a moment and took a breath. Daniel and Adrian were silent. They did not interrupt Mr. Dandi's words.
“Papah helped him recalculate, it was true that the money was lost by two million rupiahs. Papah pitying him, Papah gave two million to replace the lost store money. He refused Papah's money. He said he didn't want to owe Papah a debt of gratitude. Papah says let's just say this is a sister's favor to his sister. Finally he received the money and promised to replace it with a prick. Papah says no, he doesn't have to bother to replace the money. Then Papah drove him home to the boarding house. Before coming home Papah invited him to dinner on the side of the road because he looked trembling and limp like he had not eaten dinner. That's where Papah started to become familiar with Erin,” said Mr. Dandi.
“Day keeps passing the events of the store money difference often occur. Erin actually knows who took the money but did not dare to complain to supervisors and owners of mini markets. Finally Papah find out who the owner of the mini market. Papah came to the owner of the mini market and told what happened in his mini market. Eventually the culprit can be found out. Through CCTV can be seen how the perpetrator took money from the cash register without being clearly seen from CCTV if he took money from the cash register. Then the owner of the mini market cracked down on the person and returned Erin's money that had been used to cover the difference,” said Mr. Dandi.
Suddenly the door of the VIP room opened several employees came in carrying their orders. Mr. Dandi stopped telling stories. He waited until the employee finished serving the food and walked out of the room.
“We eat first. The story continues later,” said Mr. Dandi.
“Let's eat it. Better Papah story to finish!” said Daniel.
Then Mr. Dandi continued his story.
“Erin returned all the money Papah gave but Papah refused it. Papah said it was for Erin. Then Papah asked Erin to stop working and asked her to be the wife of the Papah series. It was beyond belief that Erin agreed to it. Erin's parents gave us their blessing. They don't care if Erin and Papah marry the important series Papah loves Erin. After marriage Erin lived in Sumedang with her parents. And Papah is often the circle back Jakarta Sumedang. Papah tried to buy a tea plantation near Erin's house so that he could often come to Sumedang. But unfortunately the owner does not want to sell his garden,” said Mr. Dandi.
“When Erin was eight months pregnant, Papah and Erin's marriage was known to your grandparents. They were angry with Papah and threatened to remove him from the list of heirs. At that time Papah felt sad because Papah loved Erin very much but Papah also loved Mamahmu very much. They were both women who filled the recesses of Papah's heart. Until finally Mamahmu was declared early stage uterine cancer. It was then that Papah decided to focus on caring for Mamahmu but Papah did not have the heart to divorce Erin. One way Papah can do this is by pretending to be dead. Papah told people to tell him that Papah was dead and buried in the tomb of Menteng Pulo Dua. Of course Erin received the news because she could not find out to Jakarta. Because she was self-conscious that she was only Siri's wife. After that Papah no longer knows what happened to Erin. After Mamahmu was declared cured Papah tried to find out about Erin. It turns out that she died in childbirth and the baby was born safely,” said Mr. Dandi. Then Mr. Dandipun cried.
“What about Aunt Erin's child?” ask Daniel in curiosity. Frankly, he was shocked to hear the story of his father. Her smart face keeps her past secret neatly. Even until he was an adult he had never heard of his Papa having another woman. But what makes him more confused why Adrian is here and listen to all the stories of his papa's past. Shouldn't the disgrace of the family be heard by others?