Just a Nanny

Wipe Your Eyes Water

"July to Juli." Pak Tamin's baritone voice made Julia realize that at this time she was not dreaming, the suffering was real and she really felt.

"July, don't worry, I will assume the debt is paid off if Dik Juli wants to be my fourth wife" said Mr. Tamin with a big smile, showing a row of teeth that are yellow because they are rarely cleaned.

Julia was stunned to hear the words of Mr. Tamin who was clear and without shady aling-aling. The girl was speechless.

'W-What did the old man just say? Being the fourth wife of a man of the age of the deceased father? Doesn't he have glass in his house?' monologue Julia in surprise.

"How about July? You're willing, right? I guarantee you, your life will be good if you want to be my wife." The yellow-toothed middle-aged man smiled.

"You mean, I'll make you my mother's debt-redeemer?" julia asked slowly but was filled with emphasis. The beautiful girl looked at Mr. Tamin with an angry look.

Mr. Tamin who was so excited and very confident that his proposal would be accepted by Julia, immediately backtracked. The middle-aged man shrieked as well as his guts, seeing the anger emanating clearly in Julia's eyes.

"Bu-not so I mean Dik Juli," said Mr. Tamin, nervous. "I just want to help ease your burden" he said.

A moment of silence greeted the living room measuring two times three meters. The living room there is only one set of worn chairs without any decoration on the walls whose paint color has faded.

"Sir Juli, sorry if I speak," said Mr. RT, unraveling the silence. "Pak Tamin's intention than Nak Juli selling land stalls or selling houses relics of parents, better Nak Juli be the wife of Mr. Tamin." Mr. RT looked at Julia who still seemed to not accept the request of middle-aged men who were more worthy of being his parents.

"If Nak Juli is married to Mr. Tamin, he promises to meet all the needs of both of you'll live and also finance the school Dika until your sister is in college" continued Mr. RT, continued, as has been conveyed by Mr. Tamin previously to the head of RT in the village of Julia.

"Sorry, Mr. RT. Better, Juli sold the land of a former kiosk to pay for Juli's parents' debt" said the girl whose net was now filled with tears.

Julia suppressed the pain in her heart, trying her best to keep her tears from dripping. He doesn't want to look weak in front of a heartless man like Mr. Tamin.

"The land of your mother's former stall, will not be enough to pay off your mother's late debt and unpaid interest, Dik Juli," said Mr. Tamin.

"Please count the shortcomings, if the stall land I submit to the Father," challenged Julia. "Later the shortcomings, I will immediately find," he continued. Julia glanced at the fat man sitting right in front of her.

The girl who was still grieving the sudden departure of her mother was getting fed up with the middle-aged man in front of her, an aged man who can take advantage of opportunities in the narrowness and distress of others for the sake of ambition and lust alone.

"I only dare to give the price of the land twenty-five million rupiah because it is less strategic and too close to the highway. So, if I rebuild it into a kiosk, there's no parking space." Mr. Tamin stared at Julia's netra.

"So, if plus interest, the shortage is around twenty million rupiah and I ask, tomorrow morning the money must already be there," continued Mr. Tamin, said, deliberately pressuring the girl so that Julia thinks again and wants to accept her offer which the man thinks is very good.

Julia gulps, bitter. The girl's chest felt so tight, like being crushed by a large rock weighing hundreds of kilograms. He found it hard to just breathe.

"Rethink, July. Twenty million rupiah is not small," pinta Pak Tamin who still hopes Julia will accept his offer to be his youngest wife, the fourth wife.

Julia shook her head for sure. "I can definitely pay it tomorrow" he said. The girl really felt confident about the decision she was taking at the moment.

"Where are you going to get that kind of money in less than a day?" ask Mr. Tamin, underestimating.

"Father does not need to know where I get it from, the most important thing is that the money tomorrow is in the hands of the Father" said Julia, Ketus.

The girl was very upset at feeling slighted by her guest. It's not that he's disrespectful, talking rudely to an older person, but the person he's spoken to who starts and angers Julia.

Mr. Tamin gave a rough sigh. "Well, if there's no money tomorrow morning. Then, inevitably, you must be my wife!" threaten Mr. Tamin who still forced.

The man who looked very disappointed then moved, which was followed by Mr. RT.

"Sir Juli, we'll excuse you first" said Mr. RT.

Julia just nodded and did not want to take the two guests out of her house.

The girl was still glued to her seat, although the two middle-aged men had already left the simple house where Julia and the younger brother had taken shelter.

'What should I do? Where can I get that kind of money, just overnight?' inner Julia, ask.

Without Julia noticing, tears dripped down her two smooth cheeks. The girl cried in silence, only her back seemed to tremble as it held back the sound of crying so as not to come out of the mouth and be heard by the sister.

'Why did this trial come so hard to July, Lord? Why should it be July? Do You not see that I am not a strong woman to bear all this alone?' julia protested inwardly.

The girl still continued to cry in silence, lamenting the bad luck that seemed to be toying with her life. Pain in the chest was increasingly felt, until Julia's tears increasingly flowed along the river.

Long enough Julia cried, to the point that the beautiful girl did not realize the presence of someone who knew had kneeled beside her while thrusting a handkerchief.

"Smoke your tears ...."

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