I AM NOT THE BARREN ONE

Turning point

Vini approached the wall with many photos on it. His eyes were fixed, on some photos.

Sequential images are like videos because the sequence is very fitting, like a short film footage.

"where did you get that photo Res," Vini furrowed her brows remembering something. Feeling weird, embarrassed, I don't know anything else.

"Why?do you know who that little girl is?" Ares held back his smile seeing Vini bewildered.

"Enak aja dekil" Vini saw the sequence of photos, seen himself climbing the fence as high as 2 meters, freefalling down, walking half down, half down, and plucked some mangoes and then put them in her toad pants pouch until it was full like a pregnant person, which Vini liked the least, his facial expression when caught by Om Ferdi he was climbing the fence with a distended stomach.

"let's go, see" Ares sneered, pointing at the photo on the wall.

"what I wonder is when you took that picture of Ares? it seems like we never met, even though I and Om Ferdi are neighbors, but naturally, with his son I was not familiar, never even played together"

"Yes when you help the mango where Om Ferdi Vin "Ares answers lightly while Vini meets his red face, holding his shame. The silly incident of childhood is a secret, but unknowingly it was recorded neatly by her own husband. Without purpose.

"I used to play Om Ferdi's place, with Risa and Kevin for the sake of playing with Rini's son om Ferdi, escorted by my father before going to the office, everywhere I always bring a camera, everywhere I always carry a camera, I took a picture of you to remember your face, because I wanted to teach you a lesson, for stealing Om Ferdi's mangoes, but that was the last day I came to Om Ferdi's house, because after Risa's death, my father won't take me anymore"

"Sampe forgot I wanted to teach you a lesson, uh hunt I fell in love first with you when you knew you fitting High School" Ares pinched Vini's cheeks fatly.

"my face is too cute to be taught a lesson Res,"

"where there's a cute tomboy Vin,"

"hemmm time anyway? so what dong makes you like me?

"no Vin, I never found a reason to love you, which I obviously liked long ago as you are a Vini the tomboy, brave, diligent in truancy, like hanging out with me, I love to hang out with you, never replaceable, sometimes I feel stupid myself thinking about myself, why can be so clean with you, if I don't get you, maybe I will forever enjoy the solitude of this my dear"

"Ohh, so sweet once my husband, kang rompis, kang gombal, ah , , 'cause there's a talent search for kang gombal, I'm sure you're nominated and will win for sure you Res," Vini clapped her hands in response to Ares's muttering.

"Oh Yaaa, but you like it in gombalin, so it can melt"

"Ehhmmm no hell, I'm not that easy to melt because of your chatter yes, do not mempanan me the same sweet words, sweet rich cane, too long in enjoying long time to be hamabar"

"halahhh already to the linguist just talk using the term, one of the tweezers interpret the term term istilahan.

"eh Res, he said he wanted to tell you about your sister Res, let's tell her"

"Me and Risa really like to play around the pool unlike Kevin who is just busy with his reading he is nerd. The pool behind the house is not too big, around the pool is neatly arranged large stones surround the pool on one side of the pool there are trees jutting into the pool, not infrequently me and Risa climb trees, and the, Risa was only 5 years old at the time, but very active like me, she's your rich tomboy" Ares said to Vini's nose, Vini was engrossed in listening to Ares's story so she kept quiet.

"keep on, what else"

Ares breathed heavily on his chest, as if there was a burden in his chest, remembering the tragedy of the past few years, the tragedy that changed his course.

"at that time, I was running around with Risa around the pool, as usual Dad and Mom, as well as Kevin sitting on the terrace, actually Dad had forbidden me to run because wet grass had just been exposed to rain, actually Dad had forbidden me to run around, Risa and I are just as stubborn as to not heed her words."

"Just when Dad stopped talking, Risa's legs slipped, he fell in a position to fall to the back of the head hit the stone, my laughter suddenly vanished to see Risa fall, Risa fell, Risa lost her life before she was taken to the hospital" The thread that dripped in her eyes she immediately tepis.

" Since then Dad no longer wants to think I exist, his speech is no longer warm to me, his emotions are not controlled if there is me near him" a clear circle dripped back in Ares's eye patch, Ares' eyes, Vini immediately hugged him.

"Don't blame you for Risa Res's death, it's all fate, you don't blame yourself either"

"it's my fault Vin, I deserve my dad to hate me"

"The relationship between son and father cannot be broken Res, he is still your father, and you are still his son, you deserve his affection, and also his respect as a father"

"I've failed, keeping my only sister Vin, I don't deserve my pardon"

"Have you ever tried to talk to your father, that you deserve his affection, that you too have lost Risa?" Ares just shook his head.

"Let's go Res, the problem that is not resolved will not be resolved by itself" Vini tried to persuade her husband, maybe can change his father's attitude all this time if Ares talked about it.

"That's not all that easy as you're talking about Vin"

"It's not easy to turn long-established hatred into affection, dad already hates me, is there any chance he's left to apologize to me, understand my very fatal treatment, make him lose his only daughter?"

"But if it's Res' destiny, neither you nor your father can change it, which is predestined that's what's going to happen"

Ares remained silent. His heart felt pain in remembering the past events that until now he could never believe, not in line with the reality that was in his mind, his mind still did not believe his sister was gone, and yet believe his father hates him, but the reality is very opposite. Never felt the love of his father. As for her mother, what her father said was absolute.

It was heard from outside Edo calling Ares. Ares is out soon.