Long River

Returnees

Salwa came out of the elevator with the crowd of other people who came home at that moment. He stepped through the lobby and exited through the building's wide open 2-door glass door.

"Sal!"

Salwa turned her head towards the origin of the voice. Rojak had been waiting for him by riding his bike. Salwa looks indifferent.

"Yes already ...." Rojak passed by pushing his motorbike with his feet.

"Eh, uh, uh, uh! How not to be persuaded?" Salwa pulls Rojak's jacket sleeve from behind.

"Not a hobby to persuade people. If the guy doesn't want me, I can't mean it either."

"Bg ...." Salwa pinches Rojak's waist.

"Souh, I don't know anything about why even pinching!" Rojak rubbed his waist. "Why is that so weird? Forced, the snoring can be long, not forced, said we do not care."

"Women are always right!" Salwa got on the bike and sat behind Rojak.

"Yes, yes." Rojak gave me his extra helmet.

On the way, the motor passes in an unusual direction.

"Where are we going Jak?"

"We're going to Mal yuk?"

"Why just say it now?"

"Must mean something, right? I'm already fucking kuramal."

"Oh, you know!"

"But like it, right?"

Rojak parked his bike in the parking lot. Both entered the emergency stairs.

"We'll eat first, okay?" terang Rojak's.

"So, didn't you finish buying your friends yesterday? If there's no money, eating at the catfish pecel yesterday is also okay Jak."

"Huah, who said the cave yesterday was tested by cavemen? Well, it's a slander! The cave was instead in the office tract because it rose in office. The cave is that! If the cave is asked for a cement treaty because it rises, the cave is ogah! Mending cave simple tuh money for treatment Enyak cave."

"Oh."

"Well, what do you want to eat?"

"Which little westernized can't?"

"What's kayak?"

"Steak."

"Can! What do you want steak? Aussie steak, Japanese steak to golf stick as well if you want to buyin cave. Kan lu bule father so cave buyin dah you want. Mah grotto is not stingy mah if you ask."

Salwa leaned her hand on Rojak's shoulder. "That's where it looks like Jak." He pointed towards the front.

They spent the night alone eating at a restaurant and then went home.

"Oh, he smiled back home. No longer the same Rojak, right?" Ledek Reina after seeing Salwa who came home with a brilliant smile.

"Yes, that's it!" Salwa looks shy.

"Rojak's home yet?"

"Yes, Map."

"Yes, get to bed."

"Yes Map. Good night Map, Pa."

"Good night" said Chris briefly.

Salwa stepped towards the stairs.

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Leka buttoned up Kenzo's shirt.

"So this is the last shower?"

Leka looked at Kenzo with a confused face. The man realized that he felt wrong talking until his face turned red, embarrassed. His tongue suddenly shrieked.

"I checked breakfast downstairs first." Leka's coming out. All the way down the stairs the woman was unceasingly smiling. Such a grown man still asks to be bathed? Ask his wife if she is married. Leka's face flushed.

At exactly 10am, Arya picked them up. This time Leka's innate a little bit much. He brought extra clothes for Runi and preparation to make his bottle milk.

Arya came alone. He was with his wife sitting in the back.

"Oh, are you coming too?"

"While I'm going to the hospital to check on Jo, you'll be accompanied by my wife at the restaurant. He used to work in restaurants too."

"Oh .. yes." Leka got into the car with Runi.

Arya then drops Leka, Runi and Mariko off at the restaurant. "Honey, you'll teach Leka to check the stock and shop?"

"Oh, yes, my mother."

The car drove off leaving them.

For the first time, Leka learns of Mariko. The woman, though meek, turned out to be a hard worker. He is very thorough in stocking things and making shopping lists.

Mariko was very friendly. The woman who looks still beautiful at the age of 32 years, is still nimble to do her job working in her husband's restaurant.

"Oh, so."

"I'm sorry, but can I criticize the way you dress. Now you live in Jakarta so adjust the way people here dress" Mariko said with a smile.

"But I'm dressed in Muslim clothes and the clothes are right, ma'am." Leka frowned.

"Yes, but don't look like a villager, so it doesn't look weird. Sorry, maybe that sounds harsh. Your face is beautiful Leka, but it would be nice if your appearance can also support your beautiful face. In the viral video application there are many tutorials dressed muslim."

"Mmd? I don't know. What viral apps are you?"

Mariko then taught her to open viral videos and Leka saw many videos of wearing hijab, padu padu Muslim clothes to make-up. Leka was amazed to see it.

"I think on your phone there is this application so just open it anytime you can. The video is also short-lived so it won't take up much of your time."

Mariko also showed the results of photos of his Bento food that he made and has many fans in cyberspace. "You can also post to viral videos, your creations. Anything and when you reach a certain audience you will be paid."

Leka was amazed to hear the knowledge that Mariko shared, but the day started towards noon. Leka starts taking care of the orders of the customers who come and Mariko keeps Runi. At exactly 12 noon Arya came with Kenzo to help. Arya only helps for a while, then has lunch with his wife and Runi while Kenzo helps Leka. At around 2pm Kenzo and Leka had lunch.

"Dad wants to pick up Aiko first, yes, from school while driving Mama and Aiko home."

"Yes Well."

Runi was handed back to Leka and Kenzo.

"Papa." Runi showed Kenzo his rag doll.

"Mc ...." Kenzo smile. "Have you eaten?"

Runi nodded. Kenzo rubbed the little girl's head gently.

The more days, Runi gets stickier with Kenzo. This is one of Leka's concerns. Should have been, Runi was close to Aska not to anyone else. I think she failed at being a mother.

In her spare time Leka studied the menu or opened a viral video that Mariko told her. A lot of new knowledge he got from the viral video.

Towards Magrib, the guest tables are neatened again. After Magrib returned the customers who ate on the spot and who took-away started doing long queues. Arya's back at the restaurant.

"Aiko is excited to wait for you to stay at home tonight. He can't wait to see Runi" Arya explained.

Leka laughed. As Leka and Kenzo work, Arya takes care of Runi.

Leka's body was really tired. They work to take care of buyers until 9 pm, and then there are still people who come but have not been received and the food is also almost exhausted.

Runi had fallen asleep by finishing her milk. They then went home with Leka holding her son who had fallen asleep in the back seat.

However, a guest came waiting at Kenzo's house as seen from a parked car in front of his house. They recognized millik's car who it was. Leka tried to prepare the heart and Arya, she was curious and immediately went down. "Oh, Aska. How are you?"

Aska stood up from her seat in the guest chair. He saw the three of them enter one by one into the house.

"What's the Ka?" Arya sees the gelagat differently from Aska.

"I'm sorry, but I want to take my wife home."

All three were shocked but the most shocked was Kenzo. "My wife?"

"What wife? Who do you call wife?" ask Arya. He began to grow angry, why suddenly Aska admitted Leka so quickly.

"Lech, Om. Sorry, I can say it now. I also have my own problem why can I say it now" Aska replied casually.

Kenzo was really shocked. He glanced at the bowed Leka. Is it true that she was Aska's wife, but didn't Aska say she was her maid? So who is Leka?

"You got the marriage certificate?" Arya kept digging how they met first.

"We did get married without taking care of the papers, but our marriage witnesses a lot. We got married in her village and everyone there knew I was her husband. If Om does not believe it, Om can ask Leka directly. Is that right, sweetheart?"

Like the accused, Leka nodded weakly. At that time Arya wanted to beat Aska. Kenzo, with teary eyes, had to swallow the bitter pill. That woman was someone else's wife. Something that was very avoided but he turned out to be too.

"But why are you telling everyone that Leka is your maid and not your wife?"

"Ah, that's it Om. What matters is that Om knows she's my wife, right? Thank you for taking care of him, because I would be very worried that he was in someone else's hands."

"But he ...."

"It's Dad ... Let her husband take her home!" There was a disappointed tone from Kenzo's voice asking her father out loud. Although he tried to hide it but it looks clear and Aska like enjoying it.

"Leka, pack your things quickly. Here let me runi the fat one."

Leka. After handing the sleeping Runi to Aska, he immediately rushed up to the second floor packing his belongings.

"Why did your son call you Om?" Arya was still worried with many questions in her head.

"Dad!"

Runi looks a little distracted.

"But they ...." Arya tried to explain to Kenzo.

"Dad, let them go ...."

Arya could catch from Kenzo's face that she wanted to cry at that moment. He wanted the problem to be solved immediately so that he returned to the room and spilled all the tightness in the chest. Arya finally gives up so she can talk to Kenzo later.

Leka's coming down. He was completely unable to face the gazes of the two fathers and sons before him. "Sorry ...." Only that word could come out of his mouth.

Aska immediately grabbed his wife's arm and pulled her out.

"Wait!"

Aska and Leka looked over. "Why did you let him when I brought your wife? Is your marriage a problem?"

"Dad!" yelled Kenzo annoyed. He pulled his father's arm back.

"Our wedding is fine. If I couldn't make her happy I would've divorced her ...." Aska glanced at Kenzo half-mocking that the man would never get Leka anyhow because Leka was his wife.