My army my Hero

Episode 28's

The next two days, I slightly avoided Intan. When I passed I was silent. At the dinner table I just answered a makeshift question, then went to get ready for work. I spent more time in the shop, came home late, greeted my mother, kissed her hand and went to the room, slept. Don't forget I locked the door, I don't want Intan back in my room all of a sudden.

Two weeks went on like that. I'm still holding on, holding on not to bring up what Intan once said. Survive to keep closing who I really am. Until an idea came out of my brain.

"Mother, I will open a new minimarket branch in the city. The place and the building are ready, only to be inaugurated. But there's something I want from mom"

"Well that's great, just one month ago you opened a minimarket, you've opened a branch. Then what do you want from mom, son?"

At the dinner table that morning, we were fully assembled, me, mother, Arsyaf and Intan. I started the conversation by discussing the minimarket branch that I will open in the city. And mom was right. I just opened the minimarket one month ago. I'm still astonished too. Within a month I had regained my initial capital and made a decent profit.

"I want the mother who inaugurated the minimarket branch, mother will right?"

"Mother? That's your hard work for this month, I feel less entitled"

"Who said? I'm more entitled than anyone, even if you ask for my shop, Arsyaf will give it his all. Mother's do'a is the key to my success mom. Come on ma'am, Arsyaf please, I just need to come with Arsyaf to the city, we stay there for a few days. Because the minimarket is still the last stage, cleaning"

"It's true also mom, you've never gone for a walk all this time, we've grown up no longer need to be guarded, served. You need refreshing, too, right?" Arsyaf agreed to my idea, it made it easier for me to persuade my mother.

"When?" Ask mother.

"Tomorrow afternoon we leave" I said. Mom smiled sweetly.

"All right"

"Yes" I hugged mom from the side.

"Thank you, for being the first precious woman in my life mom" Mom laughed gracefully.

"Who will be the second?" Ask my mother.

"Who else, of course she will be my wife" I said.

"Or maybe the opposite" I said.

"And you're Arsyad, as long as Mom and Arsyaf are gone you have to be home more often, as Intan often you stay out of town"

"Eemm good ma'am, I'll try to ask permission to take care of the company near here"

"Well that's good" Arsyaf smiled, but his smile was not after usual, he was like there was pent-up pressure.

"Mom later in the afternoon I'm going to drop by Aunt Diana's house, okay?"

"Of course, come there, you should be more familiar with Aunt Diana. Aren't Tan?"

"Yes ma'am" Intan smiled responsibly. Then I looked at me sharply. Lately. Intan always makes me worry.

"Hemm, good ma'am"

I continued to eat my breakfast. When you are done, clean up all the leftovers. Washing dishes, cups, spoons. Everything you use when eating.

"Do you do this often?" Intan asked from behind my back.

"yeah. Since I was a kid"

After that, it was slow. There's no next question. That's all it is. Even when I turned my body around, Intan was no longer there. After a few minutes, I realized. Intan just tricked me into revealing a habit I had done a long time ago.

"Ah that child, it is never easy to give up. But look, I'll be more careful" I told myself.

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