NOT A WEDDING DRAMA

CHAPTER 72

Billa returned home after work, lucky he worked to become an admin shop online shop that sells home decor knickknacks, although the salary is not large, but enough for the living costs of the three.

"Jid.. Ji.. Where're y'all?" Billa is looking for the whereabouts of her twin.

"It looks like they're not home." Inner Billa.

"Jid, it's so quiet for our sale today." Said Jihan who saw the merchandise was still a lot and there were only a few sold.

"It's okay, Ji. Maybe it's not our windfall." Answer Jidan wisely. Jidan is indeed more mature, he slalu became a reinforcement for Jihan.

"I can't buy shoes for school later, Jid. My shoes are broken." Jihan said sadly.

"You can put on my shoes later, Ji. Don't think about it."

"Keep what, Jid?" Ask Jihan.

"Don't think of me, I'm your brother, I'll sacrifice anything for you." Jidan smiled.

"Ck, you're just brother by three minutes, Jid." Said Jihan.

"Hey.. What are you selling?" Instantly Jidan and Jihan who brought a basket containing his merchandise immediately turned towards the source of the sound.

"We sell souvenirs typical of this city, ma'am." Said Jihan enthusiastically.

"How much does this urn hanger cost?" Ask the woman with the stomach.

"Twenty thousand, ten, ma'am." Answer Jidan.

"You two brothers?" Ask the woman.

"We're twins, but not identical." Answer Jidan.

"He's my brother three minutes apart from me." Said Jihan.

The woman laughed, "You're so funny."

"Mommy, there's a miniature borobudur, I want to buy it." Said a five-year-old boy.

"Let's go, Where's Daddy and Al?" Ask the woman.

"Darling, what are you doing here?" A man with a 12-year-old teenager approached the woman.

"I want to buy a keychain on this little brother, Dad. We bought all of them." Pinta the woman who turned out to be Clara.

Aldrich looked at the basket containing many key chains and accessories in the form of bracelets and others. Then his eyes looked at the faces of the two brothers.

"They're twins, Dad. But not identical." Said Clara who told Aldrich who looked astonished.

But Aldrich's astonishment is not because of identical twins or not. But Jidan's face that feels familiar to him.

Aldrich squatted to align his body with the bodies of Jidan and Jihan.

"How old are you?" Ask Aldrich.

"We're going to have an eighth birthday in two months." Answer Jihan.

Aldrich seemed to think.

"Where are you staying?" Ask Aldrich again.

Jidan pulled Jihan's arm. " I'm sorry sir, we can't tell you our address." Said Jidan.

"It's okay, Jid. They'll buy our merchandise, I can buy new shoes for me." Jihan said.

"Shut up, Ji, I told you you could wear my shoes." Said Jidan firmly.

"Sorry, excuse me." Jidan told Aldrich and Clara.

"Jid they want to buy all our merchandise." Jihan held Jidan's arm.

"Ji, obey me." Pinta Jidan's.

Jihan's face turned moody then she nodded. Jidan hugged Jihan's shoulder, "We're home, yeah." Bring soft.

"Wait.. I will keep buying your merchandise. Don't be afraid." Said Clara.

Jihan put on a face pleading with Jidan. And finally Jidan gave up.

As Clara tidied up the twins' wares, Aldrich quietly took their photos and sent them to his men.

"Search for information about the twins, the position is now in front of the shop A street X. Just find the information."

"How much?" Ask Aldrich.

"This keychain is a pack of 10 contents, the price of one pack is twenty thousand. That's 15 sir, Dad. So 300 grand." Said Clara.

Aldrich opened his wallet and took out five hundred thousand bills and gave them to Jidan.

"It's more, sir." Said Jidan while giving two hundred thousand pieces of it.

"To buy your shoes." Aldrich said that he was concerned about the condition of the shoes that Jidan and Jihan were wearing.

"No need, sir, thank you." Jidan.

"How much do you benefit from a pack of these key chains?" Ask Aldrich.

"Two thousand rupiah." Answer jihan.

Aldrich nodded. "Two thousand times 15, how many do you get?" Ask Aldrich again.

"Thirty thousand." Answer Jidan.

"Enough to buy your sister's shoes?" Ask Aldrich.

"Just thirty thousand more, the price of our shoes is sixty thousand, and I have savings to add to it." Answer Jidan.

"Then your shoes? I saw your shoes were torn off, too." Aldrich.

"I can buy it later if my money is there again." Answer Jidan mature.

"Why not take my help?" Ask Aldrich.

"We don't beg." Answer Jidan.

"I don't think you're begging, I'm giving you a gift." Aldrich.

Jidan and Jihan glanced at each other, Jidan shook his head while Jihan nodded.

"Mom will ask, Ji. Don't make me sad to see people take pity on us." Said Jidan.

Jihan nodded. "Sorry sir, we can't take it. Thank you for buying our merchandise." Reply Jihan who complied with Jidan.

Aldrich let them go when he saw that his men were already in his sight and gestured to each other through eye contact.

"What a pity to them, Dad. Just buying a shoe for sixty thousand only has to work. While my pocket money a day a hundred thousand." Said Alaska, now twelve years old.

Aldrich embraces his eldest son, "Thank God that Daddy and Mommy can live you properly, Al." Aldrich.

Aldrich and Clara and their two children are walking the streets of Jogja, as well as reviewing an ongoing project to build an office building in the area.

Clara, who is pregnant with her third child, wants to be close to Aldrich, making her want to go wherever Aldrich goes. Though now the age of the womb has entered its month to give birth.

"Mom must have gone home." Said Jihan while opening the door.

"You've just come home this afternoon, I've cooked for you." Billa.

Jidan and Jihan look at the table, see rice with side dishes and vegetable spinach for their dinner.

"Mom, buy an egg for tomorrow we eat" Jidan said.

"Egg prices are on the rise, Jid. I can't buy it." Billa replied feeling guilty.

How not, as an online shop admin. Billa's salary was indeed only around one million and it should be enough to eat them for one month. Luckily Billa had not paid for the house he had contracted because the owner felt sorry for Billa, so he let Billa occupy the house as long as Billa would take care of it.

Jidan gave the money from the sale, "So our sales are buying, Mom" said Jidan then gave thirty thousand to Billa.

"Save it, it's your money. Mother's duty and duty to feed you." Billa said while enduring her sadness.

Jidan pulled the money back.

"Sihan likes mom's fried tempe." Said Jihan with a smile.

Billa nodded. "Clean yourself, just eat." Billa said smiling.

After her two children passed, Billa sat down and looked down at the wooden table, her body shaking a sign she could not bear to hold her sadness.

"I'm sorry, Jid, Ji. I'm sorry I can't live you properly." The voice was soft, Jidan saw it and heard it. He felt guilty for what he said, but he just wanted to help his mother.

"Mom.. Where exactly, Dad?" Inner Jidan.

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