Just a Nanny

Babysitter

The fire quickly spread and grabbed whatever was in the stalls of Julia's parents, the blaze scorched and devoured the goods that were indeed flammable.

The stall building is semi-permanent and has been weathered here and there because it is eaten by age, immediately collapsed and run out of the red wizard to leave only black debris on the ground.

'Our stall, ma'am,' Julia's inner, languished. The girl was only able to stare at the former stall with the gaze of the nelangsa.

Julia was still glued to her place. He didn't even notice, when one by one the neighbors who had helped put out the fire with makeshift tools, began to disperse while patting Julia's arm gently and expressing deep sympathy.

While the little girl who was in her carrying, could only look at Julia with sadness. Asa can feel the sadness of an adult woman, who is currently carrying herself.

For a moment, there was no longer the sound of commotion caused by Julia's neighbors like that. Just heard the roar of the vehicle engine passing by on the highway, where the driver seemed not to care about what had just happened.

Yes, the shop is located on the side of a crowded highway. Right down the alley, towards Julia's family home.

"Mother don't be sad, yeah. Asa will say the same father, so that father fix the grandmother's shop," said the little girl while pointing to the former stall that is still smoking, smoke, the place where Asa often asked for snacks when she took Julia home.

Hearing Asa's voice, Julia awakens from daydreams. "No need, dear," he replied while lowering Asa.

Julia then took Asa in her arms, approaching the former burned-out stall.

Suddenly there was a fairly loud explosion from the direction of the highway, followed by a car that was a bit squishy and then stopped right in front of the former stall.

"Mother, what's that noise?" ask Asa surprised. The little girl who was just a wayang Doctor Arman immediately jumped up, asking for a sling on Julia.

"Oh, that's the sound of a car tyre breaking, baby," Julia replies when she sees a sedan stop and the driver descends to check the tire.

Julia returned to focus on staring at the former stall.

"Sorry, Ma'am." The voice of someone who was right behind Julia, made the girl turn her neck to look towards the source of the voice.

"Yes. What's up, Mas?" ask Julia.

"The nearest tire patch or tire dealer, where are you, Ma'am?" asked a young man, who was the driver of the car whose tyre broke just now.

"Oh, far enough, Mas. About five hundred meters from here," Julia replied as she pointed to the direction the young man had just crossed.

"Sorry, if around here, there's a small workshop isn't it, Ma'am?" ask the young man back. "I brought a spare tire, but the key was not even laughing," he added, who looks sorry for forgetting important items.

"If the workshop does not exist, Mas. But Mr. RT I have a car, maybe he has the key that Mas need," Julia replied.

"What, the mother can deliver to the house of Mr RT, Ma'am?" pinta the young man, full of hope.

Julia nodded.

"Sorry, Ma'am. Here let my brother's nephew just be fat," asked the driver of the car politely.

"No way, Asa wants the same Mother!" reject the little girl who is uncomfortable with the presence of the foreign man.

"Oh, son? I thought, niece, "sorry the young man who felt wrong.

Julia just smiled. "Come, I'll take you."

'It's still very young, but the kid, it's that big, huh? What, she got married before she graduated?' the young man asked, trailing Julia's footsteps.

Julia led the stranger she had just met, down an alley that only fit one car, at a rather quick pace.

"Well, this is the residence of Mr. RT, Mas," Julia explained after a while walking, while entering the yard of the house is quite spacious.

"Wait a minute, I'm a bully" Julia continued, looking back at the young man.

The girl then knocked on the door of the biggest house among the other houses, in the village.

"What's up, kid Juli?" ask the middle-aged man who opened the door, the man who is the head of RT in Julia village.

"Sorry, Sir. Someone wanted to ask for help from you, "Julia replied, pointing to the young man standing next to her.

"What, she's your future husband, kiddo Juli?" ask RT sir who even mistakenly thought.

"Bu-no, Sir!" reply Julia stammered. "This Mas car broke and Masnya did not bring the key," continued Julia.

"Oh .. sorry, Mas. I thought, Mas is the prospective husband of Nak Juli and want to ask permission to stay over because he wanted to accompany Nak Julia and her sister who was able to do misfortune repeatedly," said Mr. RT, at length.

The story of Mr. RT, made the young man who came with Julia frown.

"Oh, yeah. What key do you need?" asked Mr. RT, before the young man could ask a lot of things about Julia.

"Come, come with me," he asked later, walking towards the garage next to the house followed by the young man.

"Sorry Mr. RT, Mas. I'll go home first, yeah," said Julia.

"Lho, laddie July. Who will return the key here, who?" ask Mr. RT.

"Sorry, Sir. If you believe in me, then I will return the key directly the same Father," said the young man, before Julia had time to reply.

"Let's let Dika come here, sir. That's, he's home from school" said Julia who saw the sister had just returned from school by riding an onthel bike to the end of the west alley which was quite a distance away, then take a ride to get to school.

Mr. RT nodded. "Have Nak Dika hurry here, yes," asked Mr. RT before opening his car door to retrieve the key the young man needed.

Julia nodded, the girl soon passed by to return to her home.

While Mr. RT sounded a lot of stories to the young man he just knew, about the family of Julia who had just experienced a disaster.

"What a pity, sir," said the young man. "So I thought, the little girl who was carried was her daughter because she called her, Mother," he continued, smiling in a knot.

"No, he's Asa. Julia's foster child," replied Mr. RT while handing over the key needed by the young man, along with Dika who came over.

"Son Dika, you take this Mas to his car, yes. When you're done, please give these keys back. Pity the Masnya if you have to go back and forth because it seems, he was in a hurry," Pinta Pak RT on Dika.

The teenager nodded.

"Father was right, I was in a hurry because this afternoon too, I had to go back to Bandung," said the young man. "Thank you very much for the kindness of the Father who has believed in lending me this key" he continued.

"Thank you for Julia's son" replied Mr. RT.

"Then, I beg you to say goodbye, sir." The young man nodded politely.

"Come, Dik!" take her then to Dika who is no longer wearing school uniforms.

Along the way to the highway, where his car stopped because of a tire rupture, the young man tried to extract information from Dika about the brother.

"Oh, so your sister's still in college, brother?" ask the young man.

"Yes, Mas. But last semester took time off because she had to work as a babysitter."

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