Lika - Elbow Love Alfredo

ORPHANAGE

It didn't feel like Alfredo and Felicia had been husband and wife for a month. An atmosphere of happiness enveloped the new family.

" You really don't want to have a reception... ? ", ask Alfredo for the umpteenth time.

" No need to mas, mending the money saved or allocated to others" said Felicia slowly while continuing to look at the television in front of her.

Currently, all families are relaxing in the family room while watching comedy shows on television.

Several times there was laughter as the comedians acted.

" What if the honeymoon.?? , asked Alfredo while gently stroking the head of the wife who was leaning on his shoulder.

" No need.." said Felicia slowly, still with a look at the screen in front of her.

" Why...why do you want the funds saved also?" said Alfredo cynically, and answered angukan by Felicia.

" You think your husband is so poor that he can't hold a reception and go on his honeymoon" Alfredo said in a rather high tone.

Because Alfredo's slightly loud voice with a high tone made everyone in the living room turn to them.

Unwell with the strange look given by her in-laws and children, Felicia immediately took Alfredo into the room on the grounds that she was already sleepy.

" It's not like that dear." Felicia said as she gently touched Alfredo's cheek as they were in the room.

" For me, we are legally married and religion is enough" said Felicia softly.

" But this is your wedding, once in a lifetime, I don't want you to be disappointed" Alfredo said sadly.

Although he actually did not want a reception because this was the third wedding, but he did not want his little wife to feel disappointed later.

" I just want to make this marriage work for you. I i...." , Alfredo's speech was cut off when he arrived - b**r red his wife silenced him.

" For me. With you is a happy thing and can not be described with anything. The marriage was not a memorable party, but a struggle that existed until it happened, that was what impressed me ", Felicia said as she looked at Alfredo with love.

" Your struggle to justify me right then and there was the most romantic and memorable thing for me ", she said slowly while hugging her husband tightly.

" Tomorrow is Sunday, how about we go to the parlour" Felicia suggested.

" To the orphanage that we invited at that time ", asked Alfredo thinking.

" Yes.., that one. When hearing the story, it seems like their home is in financial trouble, what if we try to see and help them ", asked Felicia with a hopeful face.

"Well, tomorrow morning we go there ", said Alfredo as he lifted his wife into bed.

" But now, you have me first" said Alfredo spoiled.

" Want to." said Felicia, pinching her husband's nose with anxiety.

After continuing to chat and joke, the two of them finally went through the night with heat.

The night that was delayed due to busyness and the nature of Sammy who monopolized Felicia every night.

That morning, Sammy seemed so excited about collecting all the clothes, books, and toys he had never used to donate to the parlor.

After the preparations were finished, the three of them headed to their intended place. A village X located on the slopes of the mountains, quite far from the crowd.

The road to the village is also a lot of damaged and hollow and filled with mud due to rain overnight, so the car must run slowly so as not to fall.

After thirty minutes of passing through the broken paved road, they finally began to enter the village gate.

There are still many rice fields that stretch on the right and left of the road, as well as large trees that grow along the road, making the atmosphere of the village look very beautiful and refreshing to the eye.

A sight we can't get in the city.

From a distance, there is an old house with a large yard where children are free to play and run there.

The children of the home laugh cheerfully play in the yard makes the mood calm when seeing it.

All the children turned their heads as the car entered the courtyard of the unfenced house. There are only tree ketella plants around the yard as a boundary between the soil.

Slowly - one by one the children began to approach as Sammy got out of the car.

" Sammy played with them first" said Sammy asking permission when the children of the orphanage invited him to play.

" Yes dear, but you must not fight yes ", said Felicia softly while stroking her son's head.

Then Sammy began to blend with the children to play in the house.

From inside the house looks bu Diah way forward quickly while fixing the hijab she wears.

" Welcome to you, Father...Mum...mari please enter ", said Diah while inviting his guests to enter.

After all the goods in the car are removed they immediately enter the house.

Felicia's heart was touched when she saw the conditions seen inside the house. The living room looks very spacious because there are no tables, chairs, or electronic items.

There was only a clock stuck to the wall, and it looked very old.

In the corner of the room looks a thin mattress for children's bedding neatly arranged. So the estimate that if the night they will arrange the mattress in the room to sleep.

" Let's sit down. Sorry only with mats " , said Diah while stroking the mat that looks hollow there - here.

" It's okay ma'am. We should be the ones apologizing for coming unannounced ", said Felicia softly with a smile.

" If I may know, here is how many children live, how many more seem to have come to the event" said Felicia curious.

" There are a total of one hundred and twenty children, fifty girls and seventy boys" Diah explained.

" Today we invited only part of it, because others also happened to get an invitation from the next village there was a study event" he said again.

" Are we allowed to see - look at the condition of the home mom.?? , asked Alfredo politely.

" May sir.mari please ", said Diah kindly as he got up from his seat and drove his guests around the house.

Behind the living room there is one room as a storage warehouse and closet containing clothes for children.

The kitchen still uses a furnace with firewood as a delivery of the fire.

The bathroom is outside the house with a separate building only in the form of a wall without a roof protecting it.

Most of the children in the orphanage are children who have been left dead by their parents and have no relatives there, children who are deliberately abandoned by their parents.

To eat a day - day they rely on the results of the garden planted with corn, ketela trees, chili, and vegetables mayur.

As well as the citrus and coffee gardens that they take care of as land where they forage.

Sometimes boys look for fish in the river and look for eels or snails buried as a side dish.

" There used to be some regular donors who donated. But now there is only one ", said Diah sadly.

" Therefore, many children who drop out of school and help in the fields and gardens owned by residents in order to get money for daily needs ", he said with an increasingly sad face.

"Luckily many of the school or campus who sometimes come here to give clothes or basic clothes, so we are quite helped by that " , he said with gratitude that there are still people who care about them.

Seeing that, Alfredo immediately contacted his men to immediately come to the orphanage.

While waiting for his men, Alfredo and Felicia enjoy the view of the village that is very beautiful while seeing the child just playing with the children of his age.

" I play it baby...? ", Felicia asked as Sammy approached for a drink.

" Such an exclaim ma.", said Sammy who immediately returned to play after his sweat was wiped with a small towel by Felicia.

" When our house can be crowded with the voices of children like this ", said Alfredo as he looked at the children who were running around here and there.

" How many children do you want?", asked Felicia curious.

" As many as - many.", he said with a blustery smile.

" WHAT!!!.!.", cried Felicia in shock.

" Emang you want to think that the birth is easy what ", said Felicia sewot.

"Can... was dear nanya.ya I replied ", said Alfredo without guilt.

" But that's not the time the answer is ", Felicia said.

Alfredo who saw his little wife angry trying to persuade him, but was unsuccessful and Felicia went to help the caretakers who seemed to be picking vegetables to cook.

By late afternoon, Alfredo's men came with various kinds of side dishes for the children of the iftar home.

Felicia and the caretakers of the female home immediately arrange food on the mat that has been held.

While the caretakers were men and Alfredo's men began to tour the house to see which parts are planned to be renovated.

After hearing the direction of the boss, they also began to make working images so that tomorrow can be done immediately.

Before nightfall Alfredo family and his men resigned to the administrators and children of the orphanage. Sammy looks very sad when he parted with his new friends.

" When later - when if papa and mama are not busy, we play here again ya.." ' said Felicia persuaded her son to want to go home.

"Promise yes ma.", said Sammy while advancing his little finger.

" Promise." said Felicia smiling as she linked her little finger to Sammy's pinky.

Slowly the car they were riding left the village along with the night that began to come.

Alfredo was very happy to see his son sleep asleep in the lap of the mother.

" For the reception I'll allocate funds for the renovation of the parlor. But for a mandatory honeymoon, I don't want any rebuttal ", whispered Alfredo firmly.

" Hufftt.well ", said Felicia, taking a deep breath.

" Where are you going.?" , he asked slowly.

" We travel around Europe, there are many romantic places that we can go" Alfredo said as he lowered Felicia's head to her shoulder.

" I want Sammy to have a little sister as soon as possible" Alfredo said as he kissed Felicia's hand gently.

"Yes.." ' said Felicia slowly and soon her eyes were closed.

Alfredo who saw his wife asleep began to lean his head in a chair and closed his eyes.