I Can Be Happy Without You, Mom
Chapter 59 Meeting Old Friends
A few days later.
"Hello, assalamualaikum Nia,"
"Waalaikum greetings, what's wrong Mas?"
Although there is still a feeling of annoyance in Rania's heart because of the arrival of Alif who tried the other day to provoke him to hate Rangga, she still picked up the phone from her ex-husband.
"Tomorrow on Sunday, I plan to take the kids out. You don't mind, do you?" ask Alif.
"It doesn't really matter, it's just that we'll go to my parents' house later in the afternoon. It might just come back tomorrow afternoon, so maybe next time you take them away" replied Rania.
"To your parents' house? Was it with that guy?" ask Alif.
"Whose man do you mean, my man? The rangga?" ask Rania.
"Who else if not him. Do you still see him often?
Rania doesn't like Alif being too curious about her life. They had already separated so the man should not have to interfere anymore with his affairs. She is a mature woman who already knows which good and bad she has to live with.
"Please don't get too involved in my business, we're separated. I don't think your wife would like it if she knew this" replied Rania.
"I mean well Nia, I'm just worried about you because you're the mother of my children" Alif said.
"But I'm an adult, I can tell which are good and bad. Yes, I still have business. Next time you call again, assalamualaikum,"
The call was broken unilaterally by Rania. Just putting his phone on the nightstand, it rang back.
"I guess Mas Alif again, it turns out Rangga,"
After finding out who contacted him he immediately picked up the phone.
"Assalamualaikum, Ranges,"
"Waalaikum greetings, later in the afternoon so shall we go to your parents' house?" ask Rangga.
"Yes so, why? Do you have any business? If you can't, I can just take a trip, really,"
"Can dong, I'm just afraid you canceled it. This moment I'm really waiting for, because I want to ask your parents for yourself,"
"What's? I thought you just wanted to tell my parents how you felt,"
"It's symbolic only if I'm serious about you. For his official application I will definitely bring both of my parents,"
"Hopefully my parents' response is good yes, amen,"
"Amen. I'll see you later, assalamualaikum,"
"Greetings waalaikum,"
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In the afternoon.
"Mom, has everything been brought? My buoys haven't?"
The person who was most enthusiastic about this departure was Alisa. Because of her childhood she used to spend at her grandmother's house because she had to work to help her husband's economy at that time, so the girl was forced to leave it to her parents. His closeness to his grandmother once exceeded even that of him.
"It's a shame, all of you have prepared," replied Rania.
"Oh good, I can't wait to meet grandma. They must be glad we came to visit" said Alisa.
"Yes, soon Om Rangga will come. You change your naji shirt first, "no Rania.
"Good, Mom,"
"Nia, if we're married, will you and the children make themselves priests in your every bow?" ask Rangga.
"Of course, whatever it is if it's about kindness I'll definitely follow" replied Rania.
After putting all the items in, they immediately left.
"Nia, have you and the kids eaten yet?" ask Rangga when the car starts to go.
"Night is not yet Om, I am hungry" Alisa answered first.
"Well, after this we eat first, what do you want to eat?" ask Rangga.
"Fried ducks Om," replied Alisa.
"If so we stop by the food court only, so many choices of the menu,"
Rangga immediately pulled over his car when he saw the food court on the side of the road, usually people call it a poet where there are so many menus they provide.
"Let's eat a lot yes, our journey is still long" said Rangga.
They ate their favorite menu. When almost finished eating while occasionally joking comes someone approaching them.
"Hey, you're Rangga right? Remember I didn't?" ask the man.
Rangga observed the man and tried to remember him.
"Gosh, you're a Baron, huh? That High School classmate,"
They finally laughed and hugged to let go of the longing.
"It's Rania, right, the pretty, smart girl we were in school with?"
Rania also cheered on her schoolmate. He did not expect to meet here. Baron is their classmate who is notoriously badung, but once he is actually a good boy. It's just that because his family is broken home so he lacks attention so as to attract the attention of others with his mischief.
"So you're still together till now huh? I didn't think it was just monkey love. Your child has two apparently, sometime we hold a reunion dong so we can meet others as well" said Baron.
The man turned out to be misunderstood, but it was not wrong if he misunderstood because in reality they were eating together like a family now.
"You're married yet? How many kids do you have?" rangga asked to distract him.
"Already, but I'm a widower son now. I am unemployed because it affected the corona yesterday, if there is a job vacancy for info dong," explained Baron.
"Judah you try to come to my office, we can talk later. Here we go to the road, go to Rania's parents' house in the village,"
Rangga gave his business card to the man. The man was very happy, eventually they separated because Rangga would continue the journey.
"Rangga, why didn't you explain to the Baron about our relationship?" ask Rania.
"For what Rania, there's a public place. I can explain it later when he comes to the office, after all I already consider you guys a part of me," replied Rangga.
Rania knows that Rangga did it to protect her pride as a widow, especially in a public place. The man definitely did not want his heart to be hurt.
"Thank you, Rangga" said Rania.
"Thank you for what?" the man turned his head, looking at Rania at a glance.
"Thank you for everything" replied Rania.
"You're weird, I didn't do anything but you said thank you. Sleep there, when I wake up, then,"
Rania was still staring at the man with a sense that could not be described with words. Rangga is not a man who likes to sell sweet words, even his attitude is sometimes indifferent. Everything he does shows how much he loves her. Rangga loves in his own way.
