My Choice of Woman

Episode 18's

Farah woke up earlier than usual. At three in the morning. He went to the kitchen to cook for breakfast and lunch. He advised Ms. Tin to be 30 minutes before noon, supplies for Ilham have been delivered to the store using online motorcycle taxi services. Mrs Tin responded to Farah's request.

Farah had to hurry because she was going to replace Rahma's job at the tavern. Akmal has given a list of the work that Farah will do along with the rules of the work system that he must comply with.

At 05:00 am Farah had everything ready. It cannot be late for his first day of work. Farah had written a message on the paper and then taped to the door of the room Ilham, that he was ready to go to his shop. Farah walked towards the bus stop which was near the gate welcome this housing.

At 05:45 Farah was already in Ilham's shop. The first list he had to do was to clean the fourth floor. Farah hurried over. The store is open from 07:00 to 23:00. Farah cleaned the entire fourth floor and the toilets. That day Farah was just cleaning up what looked dirty whatever on the fourth floor.

At 07:00 the store opened, not many will go up to choose this floor. Most visitors just order and then leave not to spend it in the store. During the day visitors burst. The whole table on the fourth floor is full. Farah also helped the waiter deliver her order.

At 11:30 at Farah's request, an online motorcycle taxi driver brought two lunch boxes. Farah immediately took the lunchbox to Ilham's room.

Farah knocked on the door of the room. Inspiration does not answer. He looked away when he found out Farah was coming into his room.

“Sorry Mas, interrupt for a moment. Here I bring lunch for Mas,” said Farah.

Inspiration does not answer. Farah put the lunchbox near the table. Then Farah left the room and resumed her work.

Farah is busy with her new job and Ilham is busy with her own work. By nightfall, Ilham had gone home first. There's only one more hour left of Farah's work. He was still serving the orders of the customers in the shop.

Nine o'clock at night. Farah's work hours are over. Before returning home Farah checked the room of Inspiration. How surprised Farah when she saw the lunch box Ilham was still at the table there untouched and did not change position. Also the weight of the lunch box Ilham did not decrease. So Ilham does not eat his cooking. Disappointed, Farah brought the city home.

Farah arrived home half an hour later. Mrs Tin was still waiting for him. Mr. Tin said that Mr. Ilham had eaten and had fallen asleep in his room. Farah nodded. He was very tired and disappointed Ilham did not eat Farah's cooking. Now he is in his own room. Then he took a shower before going to bed.

At ten o'clock Farah was still learning with sleepiness. He eventually fell asleep because of exhaustion.

***

The next morning the same Farah wakes up to cook lunch for Ilham. Later before lunch, the lunch had to come to Ilham's shop. The food in the lunch box will be heated again by Tin bu.

Just like the first Farah worked, this time all he had to do was wash the cutlery that had been used. That'sallthatis. Just as usual before lunchtime, Farah headed to the fifth floor to deliver lunch to Ilham.

As usual, I was busy with his work. Sometimes there is one time Inspiration comes out of the store to talk about business with his partner. Or finish the land that the new shop will create.

As usual before returning home Farah took the lunch box that Ilham must have left in her room. Still with the same disappointment, Farah felt this lunchbox was still full, not lessened in the slightest weight. Farah held back her tears. He immediately got out of the store through the kitchen. Farah wanted to shed her tears. He was now crying in the long chair beside the shop of Inspiration. Farah cried as she hugged Ilham's lunch box which was still intact. Arrived – arrived there was someone who noticed Farah.

“Loh why Mbak crying?” ask a middle-aged man in uniform like a security guard.

Farah did not immediately reply, She wiped her tears. Farah read the name on her security uniform.

“I just flickered with dust Mr. Budi,” replied Farah.

“Iya Sir, I am Farah karyawati recently replaced mbak Rahma.”

“Oh,” replied Mr Budi, “Mbak Farah would like to eat here?” ask Mr. Budi who saw Farah carrying lunchbox.

Farah shook her head. “I want to throw away this food Sir, the owner does not like his cooking,” replied Farah politely.

“Wah mubazir, can I take home mbak? My son would love this cuisine.”

Farah nodded, handing the lunchbox to Mr. Budi. Farah said excuse me to go home.

***

Inspiration has cleared itself to hurry to sleep. Today Ilham was not in the tavern starting this afternoon. Go straight home to his house. Inspiration wants to know Farah's development today. Ilham immediately picked up his phone and called Akmal.

“Hallo, Akmal,” Ilham open conversation.

“What's the matter Mr Ilham? anything I can do?” ask Akmal across there.

“No. I just wanted to ask, how was Farah at the store?”

“Mbak Farah does the job as usual, she's in the dishwasher section. And now it's home. But before returning home, Farah had a conversation in the park beside the store with Mr. Budi,” replied Akmal explained.

“What are they talking about?”

“I don't know for sure, because I only saw Farah and Pak Budi from the shop's second-floor window. All I know mbak Farah handed something like a lunch box to Pak Budi.”

Surely what Akmal meant was the lunch that Farah brought earlier.

“Oh so, yes thank you for the information,” Ilham hung up. End conversation.

Inspiration did not deliberately touch the food brought by Farah. He is still angry with Farah who stubbornly replaced Rahma's work that even Farah did not know if Rahma was a disgusting woman who worked in prostitution.

***

As usual Farah came home around ten in the night. He's been tired all day. He wanted to straighten himself up in his room. But remember Farah had to make an appointment with Rahma that in two days they had to come to the hospital to check Rahma's content.

Farah had previously made an appointment with one of the obstetricians who was at the Center Medika Hospital. Rahma needs this examination. And tomorrow Farah also plans to take one day of her lib, and she needs permission from Akmal.

After putting together all the agenda, he went to sleep. Farah's body hurts all. He now knows how tired Rahma felt. Not to forget before going to bed Farah prayed that God would open the door of the heart of Inspiration in order to receive Farah as a wife completely. Not a wife on paper. May this sorrow and misfortune diminish a little. Not a little grandiose.