Mystery of Small Shoes

7

"You have no intention of getting married again, Sar?" Arini opened their conversation in the room.

"Yet, Ar. It still seems hard to accept new people in my life. Right now I also have to prioritize Fabio and the work I just got."

"It's not good for yourself too long, think about the impact on your child."

"Yes, I know, too, Ar. But it's also hard to find a guy who'd take a package like me."

"Sar" said Arini with a laugh.

"Yes, buy one get one free!" chirps Sarah. They laugh too.

"No, Sar. You're beautiful, smart, you've got a lot to do with you."

"Yes, want a nabok.", said Sarah.

"You are just there. I'm serious, Sar."

"What are you, Ar?" ask Sarah.

"I? There's a candidate, but he's on assignment off the island. I don't know when he served there. The man is good and God insha shaleh."

"Oh so you've been LDR all this time? Don't you wanna go get another one, Ar?" ask Sarah again.

"God's Insha is not, Sar. Even though a mother's friend wants to know me with her son."

"Have you met the guy?"

"Not yet, I am also not excited to meet him," said Arini.

"Find me first, Ar. Who knows mate, even if not match, you can add a brother and relatives with your mother's friend's family," Sarah suggested.

"Yes, look at it later. There's no news from them yet. I hope it doesn't be."

The two friends then fell asleep. They looked happy and slept flanking the cute little boy who had fallen asleep first.

***

That day Rudi was staying at his parents' house, due to the request of Fathia, his chatty sister who was very dear to him.

"This gate has not been home for a long time, the new time to go home for a while already want to go again!" Fathia protests when Rudi says that she will return to her home.

"Yes, yeah. My brother did not come home. Nginep, because someone protested. I think the person was lonely on Sunday night, no one said anything, so his brother was told to nemenin," seduced Rudi.

"Ih, what the hell is this brother. There's also no one in diapelin kaaaan...?"

Rudi could not reply to his sister's words because it was in fact like that.

The times to gather with his parents and sister is a very pleasant time, but because of his busyness he rarely gathers with them.

"Can't, I've cooked a lot of this..!" his mother shouted from the dining room.

"Lagian Abang ngajaknya impromptu that anyway, already know our mother likes to cook. I should have told you from last night, Bang!" Fathia scowled, as she actually wanted to also eat outside.

"Udah, next time, pity that your mother has cooked" said his father.

"Let's eat. It will be cold, it is not good if it is cold," said his mother.

"Come on," replied his father, taking his two children with him.

"Mom's taste is always good" Rudi said.

"When you have a wife, your taste buds will change. Your wife's cooking would have been better" her mother said.

"Well, for me your mother's cooking is the best."

"Eat it, Bang, spit it out find a wife. Let me also have a temen for jahilin Abang," said Fathia while giggling.

Rudi approached Fathia and pinched her sister's nosy cheek.

"Son, I want to know you with your friend's son. You want to, huh? Get to know first. There's no harm."

"But Rudi has no time, ma'am. Especially now want payday employees, must be busy," Rudi reasoned to his mother.

"It doesn't need to be right now. After your office business is done."

"Yes, Mom," Rudi could not resist and also did not want to disappoint his mother.

"Yeay, you want to meet a mate..!" exclaim Fathia with joy. Rudi laughed at Fathia's behavior.

"Fathia follow yes, Bang, if you meet later," continued Fathia.

"Hussh, you're here, Fathia. We will both come to his house to get acquainted. Her son is kind, beautiful too" explained her mother.

"May be a soul mate, Bang. Fathia wants to have a lot. My mother also wanted to have a grandchild. Yes, kaaan?" fathia's words made Rudi not wince and could only sigh.

"Well, there's no harm in you meeting him. Matches or not, it's a recent affair. God has arranged everything. We're just trying," said his father.

Actually Rudi really wanted to refuse, but he also did not want to disappoint his parents. Rudi is still unable to open her heart after parting ways with her ex-lover who has let her down so much.

Her feelings were a little different when she saw the little shoes with the owner, although she did not really see the face of the tiny woman. The little girl in Muslim dress, the owner of the little shoes.

"Ah those little shoes. How's that little lady doing?" rudi muttered just before he went to sleep.

"Let me see you again, my little lady. I want to see your face once again, even if it's only in a dream" he murmured again.