My dear Siomay

Vincenzo Cassano

I looked at his face many times. He's like Edo. Although it's been years, but my sister's face I always remember.

"You're Edo, right?", I asked immediately.

The man was silent for a moment, as if shocked as I asked.

"Who's edo?my name is not Edo!", he dodged.

"You're Edo, I'll always remember what my sister's face is like, this is Edo's sister, your brother Isna!", I don't give up.

"You're wrong, there's no Edo here!don't divert the conversation!", the man seemed to want to dodge.

"I'm sure you're Edo, my brother!!", I insisted.

"Shut this woman's mouth!he's chatty!", he's pointing at someone.

Then a thug covered my mouth with a cloth. I screamed loudly with my mouth closed.

"That's why don't you talk, I told you there's no one named Edo here!"

"What are we doing this woman Boss?", a thug asked.

"Already, you just shut up!!!", that person snapped.

"Ok,ok,Boss!!!", the thugs were terrified.

"Hey, you!!!!I'm the boss in the region, if you want to be free to sell, pay a deposit every month to us, for security fees", the guy I thought Edo was indeed a gang of thugs, he kept asking for a deposit.

I just kept quiet, because my mouth was covered in cloth.

"Jawab,dong!!!", he kicked a nearby chair.

I'm surprised, this man is so temperament, is he really Edo, my brother?if I keep looking, that face is Edo. But the longer I don't know him, the less Edo will act like this.

"Come, answer!!", he's getting angry.

I showed him my mouth covered in cloth so he would open it.

"Open the cloth!", he pushed another thug.

"Oh,iya, Boss!", the thug immediately opened the cloth that covered my mouth.

"I thought you were my brother, but no, my brother would not do this. All right, I'll give you some money, but tomorrow, I want you to come alone to my place!now let go of me!!!".

"Well, I'll let you go, but tomorrow if we come and there's no money, we'll tear your place apart!and one more thing, don't try to call the police if you don't want to be harmed", the man threatened.

They let me go and let me go. I immediately ran towards the highway, hoping there were still public vehicles that might pass. Fortunately there was still a public vehicle I could ride, I went home with curiosity, and sadness. I wonder if that person is Edo?Edo could have changed his character, because indeed when he left the house, it was because of his inability to be patient with life. If that was Edo, why would he behave like that?such a harsh life had made him a hard and violent person, that being a thug was his choice.

I came home with a limp body and a rumbling stomach.

"Assalamu'alaikum!!", I say hello when I get to Bibi's house.

It seems like everyone has fallen asleep. I repeat greeting while knocking on the door. Erna appeared and opened the lock.

"Sister!!sister is fine?", Erna immediately hugged me.

"Silver is fine!", I replied that he would not worry.

"We've reported to the police that you've been kidnapped by the thugs!", Erna said.

"Don't report to the police again, then the leader of the thugs wants to come to our shop, and you know Erna that guy is exactly like Edo, that brother wants you, Ridho and Rina saw too, he said,she's afraid she's wrong, but she's confessing that she's not Edo, we'll see tomorrow if she's lying or not".

"Sister Edo?", Erna was not sure.

"Yes, he looks a lot like Edo, even though he hasn't seen Edo in years, but he still remembers his face".

"Why did Edo become a thug?", Erna asked again.

"The time is still not fixed, but Ridho blocks it with a tarp so that no one gets into our shop,just in case I take all the money in the drawer and keep the stuff in the closet and in the lock".

"Ok, good, easy l hope no one gets into our store".

Our conversation ended after hearing the sound of my tight stomach asking for food. Erna quickly prepared a meal and gave it to me. I also eat while imagining tomorrow, what will happen?

In the morning, cold air spreads where. My sister and I woke up early so we could clean up our messy shop. The three of us immediately went to the store and found the store in a neat and clean state. In it are many flowers arranged neatly. This store is not like a food store but like a flower shop, because it is filled with flowers. In the glass section that has been repaired there is the inscription, 'Happy Birthday, Isna!!!'. I wonder who did all this. Could Tio?it seems like yes, he really likes things like this. I'll grab my phone and call him. I dialed the number, but he didn't pick it up, is it because he's still sleeping?the clock was at half six in the morning.

"Son, who would have thought that had all this tidied up?Brother Tio?", Erna is as I thought.

"Yes, it looks like Tio", I smiled. He still remembers my birthday. He was so good that he had to buy flowers and fix the broken glass in one night.

The clock shows at 8 a.m. Suddenly Tio's voice sounded from outside.

"Isna!!!Isna!!", he called me.

"Tio, thank you so much for the surprise!!!", I greeted Tio with a big smile.

But Tio instead looked strange while looking to the right and to the left.

"A...I want to apologize, if I forget your birthday today, all night I went to sleep, I wanted to say happy birthday to you", Tio felt guilty.

"Keep the flowers also this greeting from whom?", Erna asked.

"Betul Tio it's not you who prepares?", I asked Tio to make sure.

"No, not me!", Tio smiled.

"Otherwise who are you?", I asked everyone.

We all fell silent because we couldn't answer that question. Who did that?.

From the outside, a car stopped. Out is the leader of the thugs who ask for security money.

"Who's that guy?", Tio asked.

"He's a thug", as I walked to the front of the store to meet him.

"The thug that broke your shop's glass yesterday?", Tio asked loudly.

But I didn't answer, I immediately took my sister to see that person. I want my sister to tell me if she's Edo or not. Lina innocently ran.

"Sister Edo!!!", Rina while hugging that person.

Ridho and Erna did not miss, they were happy when they saw a person who was very similar to Edo.

"Sir Edo, where have you been?mom is gone, right after Big Brother left the house", Rina innocently told me about mother.

"A...what did you say?mother is dead?", the man shed tears.

"You're Edo right?", I asked him again.

"Mother!!!mama!forgive Edo!", Edo cried.

"I hug all my little brothers" We cried together.

People look weird, they look like they are watching a drama in the middle of the road. The thugs were no less surprised, they might ask what really happened.

I took Edo into our shop.

"Edo, you're Edo, right?", I keep asking and I'm asking for more certainty.

"Actually the Edo you know is gone, now my name is Vincenzo Cassano, I aspire to become a great and famous mafia", Edo with fire.

Like I've heard that name, but where?.