Merapi Never Ingkar Janji 2 (The Return of the Sultan)

SS. 06. A Kind Mother

'Cake - cake, puthu ayu !" His screams offered his merchandise.

Almost half a day he went around, but not one of his homemade puthu ayu cake was sold.

Anita sat pensively in a chair in the city park. The view is far away to somewhere.

"Puthu ayu ?" Ask a mother who had thrown her daydream.

"Oh, uh, yes, Mom. Please." Answer's friendly.

"How much, the other one ?"

"Thousand dollars only, Mom."

He took a cake to taste.

"Enak, sweet, savory, it tastes just right." His comments.

"Alhamdulillah, yes Ma'am."

"Who made ?"

"I'm alone Mom."

"Oh yeah." Still enjoying the cake in his hand.

"You're still in school ?"

"I haven't been to school since I graduated from elementary school."Sad answer.

"Why ?"

"Because, there's no cost ma'am."

"What parents do you work for ?" The mother stopped the bite on the cake in her hand. He felt sorry and wanted to know more.

"Both of my parents are dead, ma'am. I was raised by Paklek and Bulek."

"Oh, sorry. I don't know."

"It's okay." Smiling words.

"How old are you, son ?"

"I'm eighteen years old Ma'am."

'He should still be sitting in the third grade of High School at this time.' He commented inwardly.

"Oh yeah, how much is it ?" He asked again, pointing at the cake in his basket.

"Still intact ma'am, there are fifty cookies."

"Bright..." His comments.

"I mean, not one single mom. How many seeds do you want ?" Tata asked as she prepared a plastic bag.

"Mom wants everything."

"What ? Everything ?" Tata repeated it again, just wanting to make sure the listener.

The kind mother nodded with a sweet smile.

"What is it, Mom ?"

"Yes right. But, can you ask for help ?"

"Yes ma'am, what can I do to help you ?"

"Your name is Tata ?"

"Eh, yes Ma'am. My name is Anita. But it's called Tata." Answer cheerfully.

"Come on, help me hand out this lady's cake at the halfway house over there."

"Good Mom." The answer is more enthusiastic.

Tata went hand in hand following the footsteps of the kind Mother.

'What place is that ? What kind of a parlor is it ?' Ask Tata in my heart.

'This girl is very innocent, besides being beautiful she is also energetic and smart. I've been watching him for a long time. It felt like he was back.' Mum Mother Arum muttered in her heart, while holding back her tears.

Yes, that kind Mother is Mother Arum. For a few days, he visited a halfway house. And he always asked to be dropped off at the side of the city park as he passed by.

"Is the place not far from here, Mother ?"

"No dear, just down the street." He pointed to a building.

In the house there are many street children who do not have a family anymore.

There are also taught a variety of skills and knowledge.

"We've arrived." Said Her.

'Oh...so like this is called a halfway house ?' He murmured in his heart.

"Come on, help mom share ya."

"Yes, Mom."

"Mother..." Call the children of the householder to the mother who leads him to that place.

'So they called the mother by the call of the Mother.' Grumbles Tata in the heart.

"Good morning Mother." Answer them almost simultaneously.

"Include me, this is Tata's sister. Kak Tata will distribute puthu ayu cake for all of us."

"Great, thank you, brother." Speak in unison.

Tata was so happy, blending in with them. Even he was already familiar with all the administrators in the halfway house. Especially for Wulan.

That short closeness meant so much to him. It was as if he had found his new family. Until - until he forgets, if the mission is currently just selling. Adding to the rupiah coffers he used just to please others.

Until he realized it was getting dark.

"Mother, I'm sorry, Tata has to step aside." He said to Mother Arum.

"Oh, yes, dear. Mother until she forgot. This is puthu's cake money."

Tata gawked when Mother Arum gave 10 pieces of money fifty thousands.

"This is too much Mother, fifty thousand enough." He answered while pulling one sheet fifty thousand.

"No kid, take it all. This Mother gives as a sign of gratitude and affection for Mother's children, including you."

Tata's tears did not flow on their own. For a long time he had not heard such good words.

"Let's take baby." Mother Arum forced to put the blue sheet in her hand.

Tata looked at Wulan and all the other nannies there, all nodding and smiling as a gesture of agreeing with Mother's request.

"Can Tata play to this place again Mother ?"

"Of course, honey, this house is always open for you."

"Thank you, Mother, then set a saying goodbye first."

"Yes, be careful on the road."

"Yes Mother, let's all. Assalamu'alaikum."

"Wa'alaikumsalam." Answer them almost simultaneously.

Along the way, Tata shed tears, happy tears.

'Alhamdulillah O Allah, there is still happiness for me out there.' thank goodness in my heart.

If only he did not remember the curse of his Bulek, he wanted to feel like he remained there, the happiness he felt was so deeply attached to his heart.

Ciiittt...!

Suddenly he brakes his bike. I don't know what he'll do at that time.

'I have to save some of this money, for me to save. But where is ? Pocket money from Paklek alone has been taken out Bulek.' Thought in the heart.

I don't know where the initiative came from. He folds six pieces of fifties, and he tucks them under his underwear on top.

'Hopefully in this way, I can keep it for my own purposes.' he said inwardly with a hopeful smile.

As usual, he put his bicycle down. Tata entered the house through the back door. He stepped his foot slowly, hoping not to wake the sleeping lion inside.

'Alhamdulillah, safe.' he thought, when at home felt lonely.

"Where are you, this hour just came home !" Maki Bulek is shocked.

"Anu Bulek, that's what_"

"Anu - anu ! Ma'am this is how it is, leaving at this hour just came home. Where at the table there's no more food." Sela Astrid, before Tata finishes her reasoning back in the afternoon.

"Tadi, Tata_"

"Well.all her cookies run out Buk, must've got her money." Forever again.

Bulek also looked into the contents of the empty cake basket.

"Where - where, love to Bulek today's sales results !"

"So someone bought the cake. This makes Bulek and the rest make additional capital to buy more cake."

"Here, here ! The ugly bush."

Meant to give half, the rest of the money he had saved. But Bulek first snatched and took everything.

"Well, there's a lot of Buk. You can buy this delicious meal." Comment Astrid.

"But it's really just this !" Bentak Bulek who still does not believe in the more sustenance he got today.

Tata just nodded his head. Afraid that his actions will be discovered by Bulek and his cousin.

"Be careful, if you're caught lying." Threatened him.

"It's Buk, we're out yuk. Astrid laper." Whimper Astrid spoiled.

Without any more pity, Bulek and his female cousin went to enjoy the fruits of their labor today.

'I must be strong, I must not be weak, nor should I just be quiet is necessary like this, I must be their opponent.' he thought inwardly.

However, no matter what happens, Bulek is a meritorious person in his life. Even though he hated her so much, from the bottom of Tata's heart, he loved the Arman Paklek family very much.

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