My Mr's. Virgin

Chapter XVVI

"Why didn't yesterday come?" tanta Mei asked after washing the dishes in the sink, while anchoring her body in the chair. Mariana did not answer. He was busy serving the last customer.

"Thank you, please come again tomorrow!" Mariana smiled at the teenage girl who came to buy the side dish. Tanta Mei outlets provide a wide variety of side dishes and rice, but not every day the same dishes are served. There is Javanese cuisine, Chinese cuisine and Flores cuisine.

"Yesterday my husband is birthday, Shifu," replied Mariana as she washed her hands in the sink.

Tanta Mei smiled, then muttered Mariana to sit next to him. He then slowly patted the girl's loving hand after Mariana anchored the body next to him. "Take care of your husband!" Mariana nodded.

"The son of Tanta was also yesterday's birthday" he said. Although Mariana always called him 'Shifu', but he still talked about himself 'Tanta'.

"What's the point, Shifu?"

"Thirty years" replied Tanta May.

"Well! Means she's the same age as my husband, Shifu." Tanta Mei smiled. His sight looked far away. The shadow of the face of the child and husband begins to play in the mind.

In Mariana's heart wondered where the existence of husband and son Tanta Mei. The woman never told him where they were. Mariana felt, there was something that the woman had kept secret.

"Shifu didn't miss them?" mariana asked suddenly after feeling the silence begin to overwhelm them.

Tanta Mei smiled again. That woman smiled a lot today. "Rindu .. very!" However, his tone sounded soft.

Mariana turned, then hugged Tanta Mei. The woman of her age, hugged her back. Suddenly there was a subtle huff that sliced Mariana's feelings.

"Tanta misses them so much" he said on the sidelines, "but, Tanta is afraid to meet Tanta's son. Afraid that he hates Tanta."

Mariana was crying. He remembered Andreas. The man hated his mother, but also missed her.

"No, Shifu. I'm sure Shifu's son misses Shifu very much. Hate is another form of affection. He's mad at missing Shifu too much." Mariana patted slowly on the woman's back to calm her down.

Tanta Mei nodded, while divorcing Mariana's embrace.

"Ai, Tanta's suddenly so whiny." Mariana laughed at Tanta Mei's words.

"Tanta's face is ugly, isn't it?"

"Shifu remains beautiful. Don't worry!" Mariana wiped a tear on Tanta May's cheek.

"Even if Shifu takes a mud bath, Shifu is still beautiful" said Mariana inviting the woman's gelak.

"That's it. Ha-ha-ha!" Mariana laughed too.

Mariana stood up, then started packing the cookware and storing the other utensils. After that start to sweep the floor, then wipe with a wet cloth.

"Dad!"

"Yes, Shifu."

"Wait home, take this!" Tanta Mei held out three Tupperware plastic food boxes.

Mariana greeted. "Thank you, Shifu." Then look at the food stored in the plastic. "A lot, Shifu," he said.

Tanta Mei smiled. "Bring home, eat together with the others!"

"Yes, Shifu."

***

The Office

Andreas stared at his phone screen. He was puzzled to see five missed calls from an unknown number. Since last night that number has been bothering him. When he answered the call from the number, the caller immediately turned off the phone connection.

"Don't be pensive, it's work time!" Ben's rebuke breaks Andreas' daydream. The Head of the Planning Team handed over a document to Andreas.

The man who was caught dodging was just smiling. Shame reprimanded by his superior. Before Ruben passed, Andreas pulled his hand. "Do you know this number?" tanyakanya.

"This is an overseas number. Do you have any acquaintances living abroad?" tanyakanya.

Andreas shakes. "Nothing."

Reuben raised his shoulders, then passed from Andreas' table. Reuben is back in the body. He forgot something. "The project in Larantuka is a bit of a problem. If there's time to solve that problem," he said.

"okay."

Andreas went back to his work, trying to forget for a while the number that disturbed his mind.

However, his concentration was disturbed. He often saw Mariana's face on paper. His smile, his ignorance, his silliness, even his sometimes deafening screams.

I still remember what happened this morning when I went to the bathroom. Mariana had just finished throwing away. But to his surprise, his wife forgot to close the door. As a result, they both shouted in surprise.

Not only that, there are many more unexpected events that always make him shake his head.

However, the incident last night when Mariana celebrated her birthday, enough to make her touched. The presence of Mariana in her life, a little bit as much as makes her forget her sadness. The girl began to fill the emptiness that had made her life feel empty due to the loss of mother and lover.

Andreas pulled out his desk drawer, pulled out a black notebook. Slowly his hand began to open the book, piece by piece until he found a blank page. The outstretched hand picked up a pen, then began to cross it on the paper.

The waves hit the shore

A rhythmic heartbeat that's getting worse

Don't know when he's coming

Knocking on the old closed heart

Your smile is heart-cooling

Lara's solace

Your shadow dances in your mind

Like a dancing coral being crushed

In silence I raided the song of longing

Drifting in every strand you say

O, wife

Is this love?

I'm nervous when you're gone

Because your presence is always kunanti

Wife

You are the living provider

Like chandra at full moon

Wife

I will say your name in every prayer

Maria Koten Mariana

You are my surrogate