
After a few minutes of travel. Finally the motorbike that Ayumi was riding stopped, right in front of the yard of a small house. The atmosphere around him was so dark, quiet and quiet, there were only a few neighboring houses with distances far apart.
The woman went down, opened the bag and took out the money, and gave it to the taxi driver.
"Back 30k huh, Neng!" Say it while giving change.
Ayumi nodded, then accepted it.
"This is really his house, Mang?" Tanya Ayumi hesitated a little.
"Yes this. I saw this morning there was another yard cleaner, good thing it's coming now, if he's been working in town for the past week, and it's definitely not home."
Ayumi nodded.
"Who will you know?"
"Nggg, .. I .. I am his son." Obviously Ayumi stuttered a little.
"I went there first, Mang. Thanks!"
The man fell silent in shock, staring at Ayumi who was beginning to leave and approached the door of the house.
Obviously she knows Sumi's background. Although she used to live in a different village, it was just that a rumor would spread very quickly if one of her neighbors knew.
The girl who was known to be pregnant without marriage, after that gave birth to a baby who went nowhere, her parents and siblings flocked away, making Sumi live alone in the midst of endless gossip.
"Mrs, come!" After waking up from the daydream.
Ayumi who was about to knock on the door of the house turned her head, smiled faintly and nodded her head.
After that Ayumi again looked at the door of the house, preparing herself, as her chest again thumped and presented a slight sense of tightness.
Somehow Ayumi had to describe her current feelings, she did not know either. What is certain is that there is a great longing for the figure of the woman he just knew as his biological mother.
And do not forget the happiness, when he can now really find a woman who gave birth to him.
Ayumi's hand lifted up, inhaling as much air as possible, and exhaled it slowly.
Tok tok!!
Ayumi knocked on the door a few times. Making the figure of a woman who had been lying on the bed sharpened her hearing.
Sumi Rise up, silent to listen to the faint voice she had heard.
Tok tok!!
The door was completely knocked back. There was no call or sound.
Soon Sumi came down from the top of her little bed, exited the room and revealed the curtains to look outwards. And how surprised Sumi, when she found Ayumi who was standing at the door of the house.
"Money!" Sumi screeched loudly, then turned the key and pulled the wooden door inward, making it open so wide.
The two women of different ages looked at each other, watching each other with their own feelings.
Sumi who was astonished by the existence of Ayumi. While Ayumi keeps playing back the memories of a story she once read.
His life is surrounded by good people, love him for no reason, then met with a man who is able to change his life to be easier as it is now, and do not forget the figure of the in-laws who are so good that they consider him like their own child.
It all happened because of his mother's prayer that always accompanies. They do live apart, not knowing the circumstances of each other, but see how powerful a mother's prayer is. Ayumi truly lived a decent life for the prayer Sumi always said.
"Non, who's here?" Sumi dyed, looked around, trying to find Maria or Randy with the young woman.
But nil, there was no one other than Ayumi who stood before him.
Ayumi silenced a thousand languages. His feet began to step slowly to get closer, and without Sumi guessing Ayumi immediately burst into his arms.
"Non?" Sumi's confused.
Especially when Ayumi cried loudly, in a state of hugging him very tightly.
"What's wrong? Not here alone?"
But Ayumi still did not answer, she actually cried sobbing, until it really made Sumi very confused by what was happening at this time.
He really did not think that Ayumi already knew the big secret, but there was something that made the woman cry, whether it was a mental health problem that made Ayumi's mood go up and down, or she gets into a fight with Randy to make Ayumi go to him alone.
"Let's go in, cry outside like this is not good, there will be neighbors who wonder and think Auntie hurt you."
Ayumi nodded, she let go of her embrace, then entered the small house that looked so simple, yet so comfortable.
The room with the light bulb was yellow, making the room feel so warm, even though nothing but a small television appeared to be off.
The atmosphere in his house felt so lonely. There was no sound of activity such as the passing of a vehicle, or the cry of a merchant, there were only the sounds of crickets at night.
Sumi led Ayumi to sit on one of the rattan chairs. Leaving her towards the kitchen to bring water for the woman to calm down a little.
"Auntie has nothing, only warm tea water." Sumi put her glass on the table. "But tomorrow morning we can find fritters ahead."
Ayumi was silent, she kept wiping both of her cheeks as tears continued to flow nonstop.
"Drink."
Ayumi shook her head.
"What's wrong?" Sumi sat right beside Ayumi, then rubbed her back.
Ayumi's lips twitched, she wanted to say something, but her tongue felt so faint.
"Don't keep crying, the beauty will be gone!" The woman smiled as she rubbed both of Ayumi's cheeks.
"Mah!" Ayumi's voice sounded so soft.
"Hmm?"
"Mama!" Ayumi repeated her words in a slightly tight voice.
Deg!!
"I know why it's the only thing that's always taken anywhere, guarded with a good sting. .. I know it's our story, right?"
Sumi's eyes twitched, staring at someone's face before her with reddened and teary eyes.
"Why are you so bad? You guys already know, but hide it from me."
"Do you know?" Sumi whispers.
Ayumi nodded, her tears flowing back, then approached and hugged Sumi.
Her real mother, after being separated for about 20 years.
"Why am I! I feel life is very unfair to me, but the reality is not like that! Life is more toying with the woman who gave birth to me."
Finally Sumi was crying, replying to Ayumi's embrace was no less tight.
"Why could that be? Is there no desire to say it? Giving your mother's love that was delayed? But why would Mama prefer to pretend not to know me, other than a worker with her employer."
Ayumi continued to rumble in between her cries.
"Sorry." Only that word was capable of Sumi saying.
***
And after talking a lot of things. Revealing each other's longing, especially Sumi who constantly says sorry for not being able to take care of him, when Ayumi was taken away by some of her family.
Ayumi lay on the small bed, looking at Sumi who was currently sitting on the edge of the bed rubbing her head with a faint smile that never receded.
"It's midnight, go to sleep!" Pinta Sumi who immediately got a nod from Ayumi.
"Don't tell anyone. I'm gonna be alone first, here with Mama."
"Yes, don't worry. Now close his eyes, and sleep."
Ayumi changed her position to share her slant, falling asleep with the palm of the hand that she made as a head brace.
"Would anything stand in the way of our togetherness again?" Ayumi said slowly.
"Not going to."
"What if they come back?"
"will not. Twenty years is enough to prove that they thought this poor woman didn't exist."
Ayumi silence.
"Sleep, don't keep talking. It's midnight." Sumi patted Ayumi on the back.
His breathing sounds regular, making Sumi sure that her daughter is now completely asleep.
"You must be tired, going a great distance by yourself, just carrying a name to find your mother." She smiles.
Sumi got up, she walked out of the room, and closed the door of the small room tightly. He clasped his phone, sat on the rattan chair, and started making voice calls to the man who was probably currently looking for Ayumi with such great worry.
Tuutttt …
"What's up, Mom? I'm looking for Ayumi. Miss Sumi can call me tomorrow morning."
Randy's voice sounded very agitated.
"Ayumi is here!" Sumi whispered, afraid that Ayumi would hear it.
"Is it there?" Randy yells.
"Yes. About thirty minutes ago he arrived, alone, and now asleep! Come two more days, he asked me not to talk to anyone."
The long breath sounds so clear. It was as if Randy was throwing away the anxiety he had felt when he found out Ayumi had disappeared without a trace.
"Thank God. I'm almost crazy looking for Ayumi here, even everyone in the house is confused because she's gone mad." Obviously Randy.
Sumi simply nodded, as if Randy could see her from a distance. The woman was completely speechless again, Ayumi's arrival had shocked her, not to mention her confession that spoke if she really already knew all the things that had been hidden.
"Mom Sumi?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"How was Ayumi when she came?" Randy was still curious about his wife's situation.
"It looks like he left with such a smooth journey. It's just that, .. she cried as soon as she found me."
"I'm there now!"
"Don't! He asked me not to tell anyone. Come two more days, act as if you found it yourself."
"But, Ma'am …"
"Ayumi just needs some time to calm down. She was very surprised, after some time ago Ayumi found out that Tutih Bu and Ali Pak were not her biological parents, and now she found out that I was her real mother."
"Yes, he heard it even by accident."
"Then let him calm down. Ayumi will be fine here ..of course which mother will let something bad happen to her own child."
"All right." Randy finally relented, because what Sumi said was true, and maybe this time he just had to be a little more patient to face Ayumi.
"Then I close the phone first." Pamit Sumi's.
"Please make sure he's taking his medicine, ma'am."
"Yes." Yeah."
After the phone connection was cut off, Sumi immediately got up, walked into the room to fall asleep immediately.
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