Mother is Not a Night Woman

Bad Memories

"Excuse me, Mom! Can I come in? I want to talk to Mom" said Via shortly after knocking on the door of a half-open room. A room where the owner of the boutique where he works is engrossed in his work.

" Come in Via ... What's up?" ask Ms. Lany. The middle-aged woman looks to be making a fashion pattern with a piece of paper. Via sitting in a chair. He seemed hesitant to speak.

Suddenly the room became quiet. Via remass the tip of the clothes he was wearing. However, he has worked at the boutique for five years, since finishing school. Ms. Lany has already considered Via like her own mother.

"Why you?"

"Mom, I want to ask permission to stop working first. I'm sorry, if this decision was hasty and I suddenly told you."

Ms. Lany stopped her activities for a moment, then looked at the young lady's face in front of her. "Why should you stop? You got a problem? Why didn't you say?"

"No, Mom! I just have important business. If it's all over, I can't ma'am, get back to work here."

With a smile of sincerity, the middle-aged woman nodded slowly. He really liked the figure of Via which for him was a perfect young woman. Very suitable to be a daughter-in-law. "alright. This place will always be open for you. But if there's anything, call mom, yeah."

"Yes, Mom!"

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That day after saying goodbye to Bu Lany and some friends who work at the boutique, Via headed to Mr. Gunawan's house by bus. In my heart there is happiness. Now, Via has high hopes that his little Lyla can be treated regularly. Bumped with big costs makes Via sometimes have to owe here and there when he does not have money to treat Lyla.

Upon arrival at Mr. Gunawan's house, Via began to carry out his duties caring for the middle-aged woman who was sitting in the wheelchair. With tenderness, he invited a chat, although the woman only responded with deheman, Via also fed him and took him for a walk in the park behind the house, with a woman who became a butler, Aunt Arum.

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Without feeling the time passed so quickly, a month already Via taking care of Mr. Gunawan's wife. The middle-aged woman began to show a lot of progress. Little by little he began to respond to someone's words.

Mr. Gunawan is very happy. He felt his decision to ask Via to take care of his wife was not wrong. Via is a very gentle woman. Very different from their son-in-law, Shera.

That night, after the middle-aged woman had fallen asleep, Via was about to say goodbye to Aunt Arum who was cleaning one of the rooms in the house. Via must return home soon to accompany Lyla. The little girl had a high fever.

"Auntie, the lady is asleep. I'll go home first" Via told Aunt Arum.

The woman smiled sincerely looking at Via. "You're coming back tomorrow, right?"

"Yes, Auntie. Hope Lyla's not fussy. So I can come in early."

The young woman was about to get out of a room where Aunt Arum was working on her activities. However, when he was in the doorway, he turned to a wedding photo hanging on the wall. It felt like Via wanted to faint to realize who was in the photo. Hesitating, he asked Aunt Arum.

"Auntie, that's who's in the picture?" ask Via while pointing at the photo.

"Oh, that's Den Wira. Mr. Gunawan's only son."

Suddenly Via felt his whole body bristling, his joints felt limp knowing the man who had met him twice was the son of Mr. Gunawan.

If that Den Wira finds out I'm taking care of the mistress, she'll definitely have Mr. Gunawan fire me.

"Did Den Wira never come here, Bi? I've been taking care of the lady for a month, but I've never seen Den Wira" asked Via.

"No! Den Wira lives alone in her house. Ever since that incident, Den Wira has rarely come back to this house."

"What happened, Auntie?"

Aunt Arum glanced at Via at a glance, then headed for the door and closed it. The half-century-old woman also took Via to sit on a long sofa in the room.

"Den Wira married Sister Shera five years ago. They married because they had to. Maybe Den Wira loves Mbak Shera, but not with Mbak Shera. Four years ago, Ms Shera ran away with another man from the hospital after giving birth to her first child. A few months later, they demanded divorce. After, the divorce process was completed, Ms. Shera disappeared, and did not meet until now. Tuan and Den Wira have been looking for Sister Shera everywhere, they want to ask for custody of her son Den Wira. But until now it was not known where Ms. Shera went. Madam was depressed because of that problem until it finally became what it is now. This family is ruined. Madam is sick, Den Wira is so intoxicated. Shera's brother is outrageous, even though the mistress and Mr. are very fond of him, they give anything to Ms. Shera, but never enough for Ms. Shera. They never thought that Sister Shera would do this. And madam... after the incident fell ill until now."

Via is still sculpting. Remembering the first time he met Wira, when the man was drunk. The world is not as wide as the leaves of Moringa. Maybe that's the right phrase. Not unexpectedly, besides Wira is a friend of Ivan, the son of the owner of the boutique where he works, Wira is also the son of Mr. Gunawan, the house that is now the place to work.

"So because of the matter the madam got to like this, Bi?"

"Yes, Via. This was the first time the madam did not refuse to take care of someone she had just seen. Usually the mistress does not want to be touched by a new person. With the nurses alone, the madam would not. Hope you can help the lady to get well soon."

Once again Via glanced at the hanging photo, while imagining the look of hatred of the Hero after their two meetings. In his mind, whether it would be as angry as Wira if he knew he was taking care of the man's mother.

"But I can't help Bi much, other than taking care of the mistress."

"That's been very helpful. Hope you stay here, yeah. If there's anything tell aunt."

While nodding slowly, Via asked, "Auntie has been working here for a long time, huh?"

"Since Den Wira was a child."

" Oh, so yeah ... Yes, it is, Bi. Then I'll go home first."

"Be careful on the road."

Via moved out of the room, heading downstairs. As he was about to open the door, his eyes widened, then immediately lowered their head. The hero was suddenly at the door.

Just like Via, Wira also looks so surprised to see Via in the house.

"What are you doing here?" bentak Hero.