Kancil Trio

CHAPTER 5

Cantika finally left the house of Grandpa Oemar who has now switched his ownership name to Uncle Ja'far. Because from the first intention of the house will be given to Ja'far as a wedding gift. However, Ja'far refused, because he wanted the house to be a gathering place with his sister's family. Ja'far chose the house that was at the top as his wedding gift. While his mother Cantika got a big house that he used to live in. 

     And now the house has been rented by Cantika. Because it was only a few months ago the tenant of his house extended his lease to five years. So Cantika prefers to contract at the rented house of his acquaintances, who have a rented home business. Ja'far initially refused, but after Cantika gave reasons that his rented place was guaranteed security and his neighbors were kind and friendly, it was allowed.

     Cantika sat on her mattress while opening a storage box of valuables belonging to her parents. He opened a medium-sized photo album, in which printed photos of memories while with his parents. There is a photo of him still in the womb of the Mother who smiled happily while holding her distended stomach and the Father embracing her from behind, smiling widely. Sheet after sheet of album photos in the open describes him starting still in the womb until the day of elementary school graduation. Unknowingly, one photo fell from the ins and outs of the album. He saw two mature women who looked beautiful, and Cantika knew that one was his mother, but the other one he did not know. He saw carefully that the beautiful woman was a stranger, from her blonde hair color. The woman stood smiling while holding a boy who was about three or four years old. And a handsome man with blue eyes stood behind the two.

"Who are they, huh?"

     While flipping through the photo, Cantika checked if there was a caption on the photo. It is not strange in every photo in the arrangement of his mother there is always writing, want the date of taking photos, activities that are being done at that time, or the names of people printed in the picture of the photo.

"The Beast Garden of Collateral." Cantika read the writing in the bottom corner photographed it.

     Keep that photo again in the photo album. Now switch to another photo album. In this album there is already a picture of Erlangga, which is still in his mother's stomach until the last photo taken during dinner with the entire family of Grandpa Oemar. 

     Cantika's hand rubbed Grandpa Oemar's face, in the photo, "Grandfather, Cantika kangen ...." Her tears fell back down her cheeks that started to chaby because she gained weight because she was pregnant again.

     In the photo is also Grandma Khadijah, who is very fond of her and patient in educating her when she began to grow up.

"Grandmother is so beautiful, it deserves Grandpa so much love" she said with a smile. Those were the words he often said when teasing the Grandma.

     The photo was taken one week before the accident that befell his Father and Mother, which resulted in their deaths. Even the driver was a victim, although not to death but he had to give up for the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Both of his legs had to be amputated.

     "Dad ... Mother ... Forgive Cantika ...." He took a photo full of memories.

     His eyes saw that there was a bracelet that had three different diamond eyes. There are red, blue, and white. He looked at and examined the bracelet. There's writing behind it.

"Angkasa ... Sky ... Stars ...." Cantika spelled out the writing behind the diamond's eyes.

"What does that mean, huh?"

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  His phone rang and saw the name ID that made the call.

"Assalammu'alaikum, uncle." 

"Wa'alaikumsalam, China. Nephew of the most beautiful uncle," his god.

     Cantika smiled, because her uncle still liked to call her that from the days of diapers.

"What are you doing, baby?" ask again.

"In the middle of dismantling the relics of Father and Mother . But here is a bracelet that has red, blue, and white diamond eyes. There is also the writing of Space, Sky, and Stars. Whose bracelet is this, Uncle?"

"That's the only thing that can address identity, who's your father? actually!"

"If there's time, uncle will tell you the story of your father and mother" he said. 

"What does that mean, Uncle!" Cantika does not know that there is a secret story from his parents.

"Are you ready to hear their secret story?"

 

"In Sha Allah tomorrow night, me and Er, will come to Uncle's house"

"Alright, will Uncle wait."

     In the afternoon Cantika picked up Erlangga at the boarding school where she went to. And to his uncle's house, after Magrib. Cantika deliberately came at night so that he did not cross paths with the neighbors. Because one look, people will know that she is pregnant.

     Cantika and Erlangga were greeted with joy by Ja'far and Sinar.

     That night, Ja'far told me that his father was a man who was washed up in the river and found the residents unconscious. Then the residents took him to the hospital owned by Pesantren "Nurul Huda ". He was in a coma for one week, and so consciously could not remember anything. Amnesia is ruled by a doctor. In addition, his vision was also impaired, he was unable to see clearly from a long distance. Only the bracelet worn is the only clue. But he also did not know what the writing on his bracelet meant. Another identity that can be known is that he is a Muslim, because once he heard the sound of the Adhan he asked to be delivered take water ablution.

     Seeing the young man who lost his identity, Kiyai Affandi gave him the name YUSUF ABDULMALIK, because he had a very handsome face, good heart, and intelligent brain. Kiyai Affandi asks him to stay at his boarding school as long as his memory has not returned. But the destiny of God brought him to meet a sholeh woman named Khadijah. His love was reciprocated, because the girl of his heart had the same feeling. And finally asked permission for Khadijah's parents to ask for her hand. With the provision of money obtained from the results of labor for one year, made dowry for his dowry. He is not inferior when the income of the wife is greater than himself. Even the wife's money was saved, because Joseph wanted all her necessities to bear. With his expertise in business, Yusuf started his business from trading basic necessities in small shops to be able to open a wholesale store in a period of one and a half years. Then it was developed again into a department store in collaboration with Grandpa Oemar who sent his earth in his plantation. Coupled with the expertise of Khadijah who manages the results of the plantation into types of snacks so that the selling value increases. Ja'far, who holds a tea and palm oil factory, also helped. His efforts quickly expanded rapidly, so he could open five branches in other major cities. There may be some people who do not like the success achieved by Joseph. Until someone wants to harm him. And the accident happened after Yusuf and Khadijah visited the opening of a new department store in Surabaya.

   Cantika and Erlangga listen with Hidmat as his Uncle tells him a story.

     Although now the company is controlled by others, but as one of the shareholders, money continues to flow into the accounts Cantika and Erlangga. Which of course their nominal savings numbers lined up like ants, so many. It was never used by either of them. During his Grandfather's upbringing, all his needs were met by him.

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America, after Eman months of incidents in Bali.

     It was seen a man lying limp on his soft bed. For almost four months, she vomited in the morning. Surprisingly, during the day the nausea disappears. Various brands of drugs have been tried to overcome the disease.

"Actually, what kind of pain are you?" ask the handsome Latin-faced man, who is his best friend and assistant.

"Where do I know. Ask the same perverted doctor, what exactly is the disease that afflicts me?!" His eyes glanced at an oriental-faced Tampa doctor.

     The man who works as a personal doctor from his best friend, can only laugh.

"I told you, you have couvade syndrome."

"Chiiick." Fernando the assistant does not believe, where maybe his boss got so sick, because touching women just do not like.

"Lex, honestly. You got a girlfriend? And you got her pregnant?!" asked Fernando with sharp eyes trying to look at Alex's face looking for honesty from his best friend.

     Alexander is often called Alex, by the people around him. Only her family allowed her to call Al. It also took a struggle to bear that name, because Al Fatih also had the nickname Al, once. The two of them were together everywhere.

     Alex, looking back at Fernando with his sharp eyes.

"Heh ...! You forget. If I'm never going to date ...!"

"If there's a woman I like, get married. Why date, add sin." Of course Alex sewot to his friend, as if he forgot the principle of Alex's life.

' I don't want to live a sinful life ' .

"Yes, maybe you're kilaf and pregnant with people's children." This time Jacky the perverted doctor who talks while grinning.

Derrr

     It felt like lightning was hearing his friend's words. His memory again wandered on the day he committed the great sin of conscious Tampa, because he thought it was a dream, until it was completely awakened from waking up.

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