
Nothing is impossible as long as we try and pray. But even so Haina was about to give up. The soap-making girl was packing hundreds of bars of rice soap and lemongrass soap alone. The packaging should be done tomorrow with another colleague, but Mr. Hariman the factory foreman is punishing him. Haina had to finish the packaging alone.
"That's the appropriate punishment for being late for work. If you don't want to serve your sentence, accept my offer. I can't wait to make you my young man, hahahah!" The foreman's laughter boomed in Haina's memory of this afternoon, when Mr. Hariman dropped his sentence.
It's almost ten eleven o'clock in the evening. Haina is exhausted, her shoulders ache because she keeps moving packing soap. In that simple factory there were only eleven employees including Haina, soap packaging was done manually by hand. The pile of rice soap has settled and has entered the box, while lemongrass soap is still a few more left.
The sound of a motorcycle rang out from outside, the girl picked up her father. Haina tidied up the pile of soap that was already packed with special paper into the soap box. The remaining unfinished soap he separated near the drying rack. Buru - rush Haina grabbed her sling bag, opened the door of the factory and locked it back.
"Peace Mr. Hariman to Daddy's daughter. Does it have to be until midnight like this, here it will be quiet" Rutuk Pak Tanu while helping Haina lock the warehouse.
"Yes, how else Well, he became at will because he was the Boss' sister" Haina said.
Mr. Tanu started his duck bike and drove with Haina sitting sideways. The father and son were busy telling stories about Haina's daily life in the soap factory. Including the story about this morning.
"Maybe yes, Dad. There are people like that living on this earth. Who the hell is he? Can rich people behave like that? Be arrogant, rude, arrogant again. He thinks people like us don't need to be respected, just outrageous, Dad" Haina told her father.
"Yes, there is such a thing as well. But we don't have to take heart, son. Make it a lesson, that we who are under know how to appreciate and respect the existence of others. Sometimes the airy state does not necessarily make a person become more mature mindset, nor necessarily the narrow state of a person makes him forget to be grateful for what is" said the father of two children gave advice to his eldest daughter.
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Today Haina and her mother are busy packing things for transfer, they are alone because Mr. Tanu can not leave his job because it is harvest season. Haina asks permission not to work. They should move in two days.
"Mom, let Haina carry on. I just rest, yes, just a little more" said Haina while tying the cardboard with raffia rope.
" Yes, then I'm ready - ready to take the order to the big warehouse first," said the mother moved to the kitchen.
"Haina's the one who left, Mom. "
"Don't! that's all men there. It's not good for a girl like you to go there alone. Mom's fine, she'll come home with your dad and she'll have lunch" the mother said from the kitchen and came out carrying two packages of side dishes ordered by the builders.
Haina resigned, then drove her mother to the yard. The waist-length curly-haired girl resumed her work while watching the news. Haina is putting the cutlery into a box.
The voice of the newscaster proclaims the golden anniversary of a large corporation. The fiftieth anniversary was celebrated yesterday, including people living around the main factories of the largest food-making companies. Haina was still listening to the news and recognized the figure who appeared to be being interviewed by a crowd of journalists.
"Well! It turns out that his pride came from his property. Look at that, in vain all those reporters interviewed him. No one answered, you know!" cerca Haina pointed at the face on the television screen. The face of deputy president Benjamin Corps.
By late afternoon Haina finished packing all the goods into a box and bags and suitcases. Only the rest of the items will be used tomorrow. He saw the phone, check the news of his parents who have not returned. Shortly after the call was connected, a noise was heard and shouted.
"Hello! Dad, why haven't you gone home for lunch? Which mother is dad? Huh hello? Daddy!" No one said anything across the street even though Haina called repeatedly, only a loud noise could be heard.
The worry slipped in the pretty girl's mind, she felt unsettled. What the hell's going on? What is that noise? Why haven't his parents come back and not told him?
Haina's mind was filled with questions. Haina snatched her jacket behind the bedroom door and went out and locked the door. He had to make sure of his mother's condition because none of his phone calls were picked up by his parents. Haina grabbed the handlebar of her bike and was about to climb when she realized the chain of her bike had not been repaired.
"ah! I can - I usually forget to bring my bike to the garage!" the weakness in the heart.
Haina walked down the road to the large warehouse that was being built at the end of the village. He half ran while calling his parents.
"Ttciiiinn!"
The sound of a long horn caught Haina's attention, a car pulled over a few meters in front of her. A man got out of the car, walked quickly to Haina. Haina recognized the man, the same person she met yesterday.
"Miss, come with me. Aren't you going to Benjamin Exporta's new storage shed?" Said the man.
Haina was dumbfounded, how could that person know where he was going and how did that person know his house?
Jun, the man smiling kindly looked at Haina meaningfully. It made Haina feel weird about it.
"Oh! we have not known from yesterday. Nice to meet you again, I am Jun, the second assistant of Young Master Harly. We met yesterday..." Jun extended his right hand.
"When you guys grazed me? Haina!" sahut Haina received Jun's handshake. "So what's the matter exactly? Why you..."
"First get in the car, I'll explain it on the way. If you don't arrive on time, I'm afraid that both of your parents will be sleeping in the jail cell tonight" Jun said, opening the car door.
"What?! What's that supposed?" asked Haina who was still pecking with perfectly rounded eyes.
*
BENJAMIN EXPORTA| Warehouse Region III
The car Jun was driving with Haina stopped right on the right side of a large warehouse marker that was still in the construction stage. There's a lot of people there. There are also fire trucks there. Black smoke billowed from the roof of the large building. Haina and Jun get out of the car.
Haina followed Jun through the crowd and stopped near a large tree. Haina's beautiful eyes bully at once watching the scenery in front of her.
"Dad! Mama! what the hell's going on? Let's wake!" haina exclaimed her mother who was kneeling on the ground, and her father knelt with tears.
"What did you do to my mom and dad?" jolt Haina with a trembling voice. What kind of person would make his two parents kneel down like that, he thought.
The man in front of Haina smiled smirk. He is Young Master Harly from the family of the country's most famous conglomerate, Harly Benjamin. Vice President Director Benjamin Corps. The famous Young Master was cold, arrogant and untouchable. A terrifying aura emanated from his eyes that stared intently at the village girl before him.
"So your mother or your father should I put in jail? Or both? They've burned my ware. You vote!"
"No Sir! It's my fault, I accidentally spilled that gasoline. Forgive me, I beg you!" benggah Bu Hayati pleaded while she tearfully.
The disaster began because the mother of two children accidentally nudged a gallon filled with gasoline that was not tightly closed. Without realizing it, the spilled gasoline spread to a pile of wood shavings that were burned in the front yard of the warehouse.
Ms. Hayati did not realize that while she was still sitting under a big tree waiting for her husband to come. Even the workers did not realize because they were busy eating lunch delivered by Bu Hayati at the back of the warehouse. Until the fire spread, a generator exploded and caused a large fire.
"You see that? the police should have come!" said the Young Master. He looks careless.
Panic struck the three children. Disaster came in the blink of an eye to poor people like them. What should they do now? How could a middle-aged woman who was still not recovering properly from her illness have to curl up in jail.
"*No! My mother can't go to jail. Mom's still sick, why should it happen. Oh my God, how is this"
"It's all my fault if I strictly forbid my wife to cook food for these artisans. I wish I could meet the needs of my wife and children. If I wasn't this poor, this wouldn't have to happen*!"
The couple was still on their knees and begging for help. But the young master did not care.
"Someone has to take responsibility!" it's in the heart.
When the situation was still gripping like that sirens of police cars were heard adding to the panic of children who were hoping for forgiveness. Men in uniform got out of the police car.
Haina trembled and frowned as the Young Master in front of her pointed at the face of the mother, Hayati. Her tears spilled for a moment, she hugged her mother tightly.
"Mothers...Ibuuu.
Police approaching. Haina closed her eyes and hugged the feet of Young Master Harly.
"My master please, don't let the cop take my mother. Me only! I'm willing to accept the punishment, I beg you, Sir" Haina pleaded, hugging Young Master Harly's leg.
Young Master Harly glanced lazily towards Pak Tanu and Bu Hayati who were still faithfully kneeling on the ground. Then looked at Haina who started crying sobbing.
"Jun, am I a compassionate person just because someone is crying at my feet?" young Master Harly asked Jun who was standing by his side.
"You are a firm leader and think highly of the state of your company" Jun said confidently.
Haina shook her head strongly realizing the meaning of the sentence Jun spoke. He hugged the Young Master Harly's leg when he saw the policeman pinching his mother's arm to stand up.
"Let's come with us to the office. You were arrested for negligence that caused the harm of others..." A police officer placed handcuffs on the suspect's wrists while reading the violation.
Ma'am Hayati resigned when the handcuffs were tightly attached to her wrists. The middle-aged woman closed her eyes tightly hoping that what was happening to her right now was not reality but a nightmare. But unfortunately the reality is very bitter. He must take responsibility for his actions.
Haina ran after her mother who was led into a police car, as well as Mr. Tanu who was not willing to see his wife taken by the police.
"Don't sir, please don't arrest my mother. My mother is still sick, my mother just had surgery because of her uterine cancer. Please just take me!" pinta Haina with sobs.
"Don't stop us from doing our duty!" jolt one of the police officers, not caring about the cry begging Haina. They keep herding her suspect to the car.
Mr. Tanu screamed in frustration watching his wife sitting in a police car with tears on her cheeks. He ran and went back to his knees while holding the leg of Young Master Harly who was sitting haughtily. So did Haina who was back on her knees with a pleading gaze.
"Please Sir. Please my wife. I'll replace him, I..."
"I promise I'll accept any punishment, do anything for you. I beg you not to imprison my mother" Haina exclaimed pleading.
Young Master Harly smiled smirk then raised one hand. Jun swiftly approached.
"Isn't this so moving, Jun? But they made me seem like a cruel person" Young Master Harly said.
"No Sir! We are just begging for your mercy" Mr. Tanu said.
"You're trying to play tricks on me and the laws that apply in this country?" jikak Young Master Harly.
"No Sir!" both children were compact.
"Then you will have to pay for my losses. Are you willing to live it your whole life?" young Master Harly asked as he placed his index finger on Haina's chin. He approached and leaned over his body whispering in Haina's ear.
"Pay my loss with your body! Give all your strength until you die!"
Hearing that Haina nodded quickly. He must accept any risk if he wants to save his mother.
"I am able Sir, I am willing." replied Haina confidently.
Young Master Harly glanced at Jun who was standing idly waiting for his young master's instructions.
"Well, your mother won't go to jail. You take care of that Jun!" his orders to the assistant, then moved from his position leaving two people still kneeling while saying thanks.
"Thank you sir!"
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tbc.