I'm Not a Little Girl, Om!

31. Joseph started to think of Jeniffer

That night at dinner, Karina talked about Jeniffer to James and Joseph. While chewing the food the woman enthusiastically told what she was doing with the friend's granddaughter.

"Pa, it turns out Jeniffer was a fun kid. She ate a lot of duck soup that Mom cooked."

"Mama don't need to geer first, who knows Jeniffer is hungry again, so he is greedy to eat mama's cooking." said James just renegade make Karina pout.

"Ah, Papa so. Not in praise of his wife's cooking even in ledekin." Karina's raven made James laugh.

"Who ledekin Mama's cooking, Papa just said don't just geeer because so how it's not necessarily the child will forever fit the cuisine of Mama. Who knows, Jeniffer was hungry again so he ate" explained James after his laughter subsided.

"Joseph, what do you think of duck soup ?" karina asked Joseph who was daydreaming.

Of course he did not pay attention to what was the topic of conversation between his parents. Joseph therefore gasped as his name was called and quickly replied. " Oh, of course she's beautiful, Ma."

James and Karina stopped the brief argument and turned their heads toward Joseph, who was flushed red.

"You're daydreaming, Jos?" james asked, which sounded more like a statement.

"Yes, it's not usually a handsome boy Mama daydreams, let's tell me who you say is beautiful. Though mama just ask your opinion about the taste of duck soup." said Karina while squinting her eyes.

Joseph who was aware that he had melanin can only smile awkwardly, where maybe he told his parents that Joseph was A LITTLE , note a little thought of Jeniffer. But his little heart was in a dilemma whether to let this feeling blossom or to turn it off immediately?

Hey, Joseph felt like a pedophile walking with Jeniffer. Their age difference of 8 years made him hesitant to step up and plus the status of the girl whose niece of his sister-in-law made Joseph feel inappropriate to make the girl his lover.

"Jos, is everything okay?" asked James who looked at the son who was just speechless..

"Oh, yes everything is fine, Pa. JorTes Antivirus is also increasingly in demand by many companies." Joseph answered quickly not realizing that the look on the father's face began to change.

"Joseph, you know that papa's intentions are not about Aster's antivirus and yours" James said in a stern tone.

"Joseph, what's wrong with you, son? Are you a soybean? Less work, yes. You've had enough success in my mama's eyes." Joseph only grimaced as Karina worried about him for something as obvious as this.

"Joseph ga nothing koq. Mom, Pa. Yes, it may be soybean because there is a project that must be launched within 3 months, so Joseph did not focus finally." Joseph chose the safest answer in his opinion.

"Find money, but don't forget to find a girlfriend, too. Mama thinks your income in a month is enough to buy a cheap car" said Karina with a worried tone.

"The problem is that there is no woman who fits in Joseph's heart." if this one is clearly a lie because without realizing it, Jeniffer has entered his life and ravaged his heart.

"Or actually there is a girl who deketin you, only you're funny like this so the girl ran away again." Joseph grimaced when he heard the accusation from his mother.

And his brain immediately remembered who the girl who had stopped in his life. Did Novita, a college friend who used to care for Aster the older brother who had been affected by mental disorders include? But as he recalled Novita did not give any code or other sign if the girl liked Joseph. And again as she began to reopen her memory with the disrespectful face, voice and body fragrance of Jeniffer filled her mind. Does that mean he's starting to fall in that young girl's charm? thought in the heart.

"Yes already if you have not met his partner, you strengthen your faith so that later after marriage can be a good family leader. Because however deep man must love his wife and do not do any act that will hurt his wife's feelings or physical. You got it, Jos?" Joseph only nodded as James gave a little encouragement for him.

"And one more thing, if the family of your future wife doesn't like you. You have to step back, mama does not want the events that have happened to Aster to happen also to you" Karina said when remembering Aster's suffering during her first marriage.

How the princess was slapped and in Jambak by the in-laws, Mira who had indeed expelled Aster.

"Mama just remembers the treatment Aster received as the crazy ex-in-law" Karina said, wiping her tears with the back of her right hand.

"Had Ma, don't remember, after all Aster is now married again to Jorgie. He is a man who wants to introspect the mistakes he has made and besan us are also people whose minds are not the color right?" james calms Karina.

"But Pa, when mom saw Jeniffer's eyes. Mama seemed to see there was hatred, fragility and anger mixed. Mama got worried about the girl whether Camelia and Stanley knew about this."

"Mama also knows that prejudice is not necessarily true. It could be just a matter of concern because Aster is married and mama is lonely when Papa and Joseph work." back James expressed his opinion.

"But have you ever seen Mama's prejudices slip away? Isn't it because of Mama's feelings, we can save Aster from his crazy ex-in-law's house." Karina still rejected what James said and chose to raise her conjecture in her heart about Jeniffer.

"If Mama is so worried about Jeni, just ask her to come often when she comes home from school. Papa see since Jeniffer, Mama wants to play medsos."

Joseph who on this occasion did not daydream came to pervade what was said by Karina and suddenly his memory floated when he and Jeniffer met in front of the Padang restaurant. His eyes were so wild that it turned blank that Joseph was anxious if anything happened to Jeniffer

When Joseph called Jeniffer's name out loud, the girl regained consciousness, but what made Joseph suspicious was that Jeniffer did not like being in the restaurant. What exactly happened to that girl? Joseph thought to himself.

Even to the point of moving to the contest, Jeniffer's face always seemed to be in his mind. Joseph has done all his efforts to get rid of that beautiful and adorable face. But instead of fading, in fact Jeniffer getting stronger imprinted in his heart and mind.

"Huffftt, what should I do? What would the world say if I was dating my sister-in-law's own niece." by rubbing Joseph's rough face grumbled.

"Am I just testing the game?" joseph asked at last.

Indeed, at first the man enjoyed it, but in the 30th minute, back Jeniffer's face flashed and messed up Joseph's game. The result of course he lost and got on his back.

"Drink some milk. Who knows how to sleep." Joseph finally broke up, looks like a person whose brain is lacking a ounce. Random with eye bags that begin to enlarge due to lack of sleep for some time.

Joseph went down to the kitchen and opened the food. A packet of spicy ramen attracted his heart, perhaps it was okay to occasionally eat instant noodles in the middle of the night. He thought as he boiled the water in a pot specially used for cooking instant noodles.

"You cook noodles at night?" asked Karina who woke up because she heard voices coming from the kitchen.

"Yes Ma, Joseph's hungry again so he can't sleep." joseph replied while putting noodles into the pot not forgetting he added 2 pieces of sausage and beef meatballs to add to the taste of that instant ramen.

"Is there anything you're thinking?" ask Karina.

"No Ma." Joseph replied lyingly, he was not ready to recount the feelings he was feeling towards Jeniffer right now. I think there is still something stuck.

Karina breathed a deep breath, she knew the son was lying. But to force Joseph to tell her story, Karina knew that the son was an adult to make his own decisions. So he waited for Joseph to tell a story.

"Ma, if only Joseph had met a suitable girl. Are you willing to wait another 5 or 6 years for Joseph to get married?" Karina who had gotten such a question was of course surprised, but a second later she broke down a smile.

"Mama will wait even if it's 10 years away, so let your heart be steady first just married someone's child. Mama doesn't want Mama's future daughter-in-law to be the same fate as our older sister."

Joseph smiled when he heard Karina's words, maybe 10 years was enough for him to wait for Jenifer to reach the appropriate age to get married.

'Okay, your little girl has already managed to attract my attention. I'll see what else you do.' Joseph said in his heart.