
Ken watched a cctv recording featuring Zahra's arrival at the inn. He looked at Zahra's confused face until how the ring trade with a middle-aged woman happened.
"Okay, thank you, Mom..." Ken left the information room because this info was enough to satisfy his curiosity.
Using a taxi, Ken returned to the area around the inn to look for traces of people he wanted to meet.
On the way, Ken felt rattled by her Bladder's apology - which he had accidentally met yesterday.
"The world is narrow," muttered Ken monologuing with himself.
Ken stopped at the city park, sitting there contemplating alone. His eyes looked around, the park was surrounded by many shady trees and there were many children's playgrounds, ranging from swings, slides and seesaws. Ken suddenly remembers his childhood, a time when he lived with enough affection from both his parents.
However, it was only felt until grade 3 SD. The rest, he did not feel anymore, because he was evacuated from his own home because of frequent quarrels between his parents.
"Ken, if you go on a hut, what about, son?" That was the advice of Mama who was still ringing in his head. Reason if it's the best for him, but he quite understands the situation and condition of his family that stretched and Mama did not want to make him know everything at that small age.
He was quite mature at the age of that time thanks to the forcing circumstances, so he just agreed with the advice of his mother.
He also mondok in a pesantren which is located quite rubbed and far from home. It was there that he had a new family and a new story. I don't know since then maybe he had a conscience that was knocked down so he never chose to be friends. Imbasnya, until now he has never chosen a friend from any circle.
Several years of mondok, he had to get out of the pesantren even before graduating from Junior High. Though he had begun to be engrossed in the world of pesantren which gave him enough knowledge.
It was his father who forced him out of the school.
When he came home, he began to realize the situation had changed, it turns out his parents had officially separated without his knowledge. Her mother is gone, leave her. It's smirking!
Wouldn't it be better to keep going? Why should he go home and accept this reality?
He also continued his Junior High school in a Private school and immediately entered the 8th grade.
Until finally when he was in the 9th grade, Frans entered the same school with the status that had become his stepbrother.
Frans slowly began to destroy his identity that began to form. Yes, since that stage he has a toxic friend and bully him all out. All because of Frans.
He found out why his father had brought him back from the pesantren, because he wanted him to be closer to Frans and Irene - a new family introduced to him. Even if he knows like this, it is better he continues to go.
"Bang ... The cold drink, Bang!" The crisp sound of a teenager, suddenly approaching his sense of hearing, surprised him who was daydreaming in the park seat.
He looked at the teenage girl, he remembered his younger siblings at the Foundation. He even remembered someone who had a past trading in adolescence-Zahra.
"May," he took out a cold mineral water in a bottle, shuffling a piece of money in fifty-thousand.
"There's no change, Bang. I just got out of the trade!"
"Nothing, take it for you. Make snacks!" Ken said as he opened the lid and downed the mineral water.
"The return is many, Bang!" the teenager protest.
Ken looked at her funny. "Yes, it's okay..."
"Again't this guy, huh?" Does this teenage hawker want to get Ken to chat?
Ken nodded at a glance.
"Yes, it's free for your brother to drink."
"Loh why? You're selling, I'm supposed to be saving money!" ken's protest was thoughtless.
"Yes, but this is mostly, Bang. Brother's not here, afraid he's running out of fare to go home just for giving me too much money,"
Ken was about to chuckle but was arrested. It's nothing, but this little teen is really plain as it turns out.
"I'm sincere, my money's still there. After all, is my appearance that sad? Until you think I don't have a fee later?"
"If from appearance anyway ..." the little girl highlighted Ken's contorted appearance. "Abang does not look to have a lot of money, but a handsome brother anyway," chirps make Ken can not stand until finally laughing loudly.
"You're small - small already can judge a handsome person or not, huh?" ken Goda.
The little girl smiled shyly - embarrassed but nodded her head.
Ken chuckled again, at least meeting this little hawker girl made his mood quite improved.
"What class are you?" ask Ken.
"If you're still in school it should be 2nd grade Junior High, bang .." he said.
"So not in school now?"
The girl shook her head.
"Your name?"
"Rara .." she replied.
Surely Zahra used to trade like this when Junior High School, this is also the reason Ken accommodates many street children or hawkers to establish a foundation. Looking at them, Ken's conscience and small heart always knock, he imagined them all like Zahra as a child.
"Remove to this city ... find people again, huh?" ask Rara.
"Yes, how do you know?"
"I saw you asking around here. I'm watching."
Ken smiled a little.
"May I see the man you're looking for?"
Ken just showed a photo of Zahra on his phone to Rara.
"I've never seen a bang. That's his girlfriend, isn't it, Bang?"
"Wife-to-be" replied Ken Cuek. This was the umpteenth time he had told others that Zahra was his future wife. May it be prayer, that is his hope.
"Why did his future wife brother go and disappear?"
Rara seems to be very chatty and curious, but Ken does not want to scold her.
"The problem of adults, little children know what.." said Ken finally.
Rara laughed softly. "Yes, he said.." he said.
Ken looked at the other kids playing up ahead. Comparing the fate of the child next to him, miris...
"Why, Bang?" ask Rara.
"You don't envy seeing the kids there playing, while you have to sell and make money?" ask Ken.
"Yes envious, Bang. But his fate is like this too..."
Ken mangosteen.
"I'm trying to forgive the situation bang. It's my way of life so I accept it, who knows in the future there's a better life waiting for me."
Ken is quite speechless with Rara's very mature-sounding answer. Yes, Ken knows Rara must have grown up because of circumstances. Like her before.
"Why, Bang?" rara asked who saw Ken speechless.
"Gak .. It's okay!"
"Abang should be like that, Bang!" rara sounded admonished.
"What should that be?"
"Pardon the situation, like me. I don't know about brother's problem. But, I think the big brother in the photo left because he had the same fault."
Ken nodded.
"Well, what's my guess, Bang?"
Again, Ken nodded.
"Abang must be apologizing to that big brother, right?"
"Hmmm..."
"My advice, if you want to apologize to someone, you must first forgive others."
"meaning?" Ken never thought, how could he ask for an opinion on this little girl next to him.
"If anyone has a wrong brother, or Brother feels that person is guilty with Brother, you must first forgive him. In order for when you apologize to others, your forgiveness is also immediately accepted, continue."
Degs...
Is that so? Why does Rara say something like waking her up to something. About yesterday's incident! About her accidental meeting with Mama?
Mom even yelled apologetically to him.
What does this mean?
Did he have to forgive his mother first, then he could get an apology from Zahra?
Ls i? Even God first brought him to meet the Mother rather than meet Zahra, right?
...Connect ......