Lost In Loneliness

Mother's Deposits

The car carrying Almond finally stopped. The large building was white, as Almond stepped inside, the sound of shouting sounded extremely loud. Almond looked at the people who were carrying him, they seemed to be indifferent to Almond.

Suddenly they were stopped in a room, dark, horrible, no sound at all there. Almonds were thrown into the room, the door was locked by the men, and they immediately left Almond alone. Almond shouted loudly while hitting the door of the room. But no one heard it. Suddenly from the right side of the room came his family. Almonds came straight to them, but between the room Almond and his family were separated by a very large glass. A beautiful woman wearing a sky blue robe and a water blue hijab approached her mother. They look very close, like a mother and her biological child. His brothers welcomed his arrival with happy smiles. Mr. Ezra smiled sinisterly towards Almond as if to say

“They are happy without you, you are no longer considered by them, so, never approach them,”

Almonds were crying while smacking glass. However, no one cared about Almonds.

“Mother, this is Almond, please Almond, bu,” ringis Almond.

Almond tried to break the glass with both hands. Suddenly Almond fell into a hole that came out of nowhere.

“Thank God you're sober,” said a woman by his side.

Almond looked around, Almond woke up in a hospital bed.

“Who are you? Why was I brought here? Those people kidnapped me,”, Almond said, recalling the incident before he fainted.

“I'm a doctor at this hospital, about these people, it seems you misunderstood, they just helped you up the ambulance, oh yes, how are you? And how can you fall asleep in the middle of the field?” ask the woman who is a doctor.

“I'm fine, I want to go home,” Almond reply.

“You are still limp, rest for a while here,” said the woman.

“Do not want, anyway if I am here continue, later I have to pay dearly, I do not have money,” said Almond.

“Where are your parents?” ask the woman.

“Hmm, my mother, where is my mother? Mama! Where's mommy?!” shout Almond.

“hai, calm down, you why?”

“Mother yesterday brought Mr. Ezra, mother, I want mother, huaa.”

The woman tried to calm Almond down, but she was still crying. The dream looked very real, Almond was afraid his mother would forget him. Almond kept asking to go home, and eventually the woman allowed him.

***

“I have to be patient for a while, if I keep trying to find them, I will never get mom back, I also have to be grateful, at least I can still stay in this house. I will plan something to survive,” Almond said.

After Almond finished with his routine, he took a short break to calm his mind. Suddenly Almond remembered his mother's message, Almond rushed to his mother's room. A box that began to brittle stored neatly in the lower closet.

“The storage that you mean this city? Pretty heavy too, try to check deh,” said Almond.

When Almond opened the box, it turned out that it contained 5 thousand to 10 thousand denominations. Maybe it's his mother's savings for Almond's tuition. This month Almond did not pay half again for tuition, although Almond got a scholarship, but there was little he had to pay himself.

After Almond counts, there is little money left that Almond can use for his needs. Although only a little, Almond can still be grateful for what he has. I don't know what he would do for the money. As Almond was about to reinsert the money, there was a small picture frame glued together by tape. Since his position was reversed, Almond did not know what was framed of it, it seemed so important that it was hidden. Out of curiosity, Almond tried to take the frame and pluck out all the tape that was attached earlier.

“Well, finally open, it is difficult to take it,” Almond said.

When he turned the frame around, just a photo of a tree house. Almond was curious about the photo, trying to find a clue.

***

Meanwhile, Almond's mother was daydreaming in her room. Regret haunts his mind, wanting him to come back and see Almond. However, Mr. Ezra could not have allowed him to go to see Almond. Not yet known the exact reason, every mother Almond asked, Mr. Ezra always answered his family did not like Almond.

Mr. Ezra approached him, stroked his wife's hair. Satisfied look painted on Mr. Ezra's face.

“Muna, why are you so sad? Forget him, you still have your two children here.”

“I know that, but I also want Almond with us, mas, Muna for help, thank Almond here,” said Muna – mother Almond –

“Mas is also very strange, even though Almond is very good, even he is a smart child, why mas even hate him?” continued Muna.

“I've told you, my family doesn't like him,” replied Mr. Ezra.

“But it doesn't make sense,” Muna said.

“alah lah, I want to take a shower, you do not grieve, not good for health,” orders Mr. Ezra.

Mr. Ezra went away from Muna.