On Bed Om Rudy

The one missing from Om Rudy

“Hai Lia! What about your ultrasound results this afternoon?” Myla greeted Lia as they were about to have dinner. Om Rudy followed later and left one empty seat.

“The baby doctor said Lia was small so she had to increase her nutritional intake, Papa already bought Lia pregnant milk, fruits and additional vitamin supplements.” Rudy answered his daughter's question.

“From now if you eat anything say the same Bi Inah yaa to be masakin, do not hesitate you here, I used to also like directly gawking to your mother's kitchen to eat.” Myla smiled mischievously, it was the most pleasant last memory with her late mother Liany.

“Myla, mom hasn't come home yet?” Om Rudy glanced at a glance at the chair commonly used aunt Katrin.

“Numbered, Pa. Mom comes home tomorrow, usually that way. Oh yeah, Pa, Myla's going out of town tomorrow too, but Myla's just trying to get back home. Our client from Japan asked to meet at one of his colleague's resorts, so Myla can just do it.”

“Hhhmmmhh... You Papa ladies really live Papa ya? Here's Lia, the bustle of your aunt and cousin, almost they forget that their husband and father are still there,” said Om Rudy who wanted to spoon his rice. Liany smiled slightly then spooned the rice onto Om Rudy's plate.

“Salah herself Papa raised me as the head of Papa's office branch, I just forgot to find a girlfriend, Pa,” Myla pretended to complain and frown. Om Rudy looked at Myla and laughed loudly. Rudy's crisp laughter sounded warm in Liany's ears. Liany thrust Myla's favorite fried chicken into the girl who immediately looked at the menu.

“Waaah .. Lia! Don't tell me you made this with a great aunt Lily (liany's biological mother) recipe?” myla exclaimed with sparkling eyes, at her bite once and chewed slowly.

“Yaa geez it still feels the same!”praise Myla with pleasure.

“I still make it often, the late mas Adam also likes. I saw there was chicken in the refrigerator, I remember you loved my mother's fried chicken flour, so I made this for you.”

Seeing his daughter eating voraciously om Rudy also wanted to try it.

“Sini, Lia, Om juha want to try your cooking,” pinta om Rudi while thrusting the plate. Liany gave him the biggest cut.

“Hhhmmm .. It feels really good, you are good at cooking? You can cook anything you like but remember, you can't be tired, understand?” order me Rudy who looks to enjoy the fried chicken. Liany now feels a little relieved, the place is really giving it a decent life, safe and peaceful.

“Non Lia do not need to wash dishes, let Bi Inah aja, Non Lia again pregnant need earlier will help cook. Now rest yes, Non?” pinta bi Inah when Lia was about to light the water faucet.

“It used to be Non, now Non Lia lives in this house, Mr. Rudy, mistress and non Myla are all good people, let alone Non Lia is still their relatives. So Non Lia's Aunt's employer too, it's Aunt's obligation to pay attention to Non Lia too.”

“Thank you very much, Bi. Then I want to make milk first.” Lia took out her pregnant milk box and made it with a rather hot temperature because she still felt a little nauseous if she drank it with a warm temperature only. Suddenly he remembered the blanket on his sunbed and forgot to put it in, but he remembered rushing Liany towards the side yard where she was drying the blanket and taking her into the room. Because of his activities in the room he forgot about the milk he had made.

The knock on the door made him stop the pull of the sheet which was rather difficult to install. He slowly got out of bed and opened the door. Om Rudy stood with a glass of milk in his hand.

“Maybe you forgot so Om bring this milk,” Om Rudy thrust the milk he brought with a small plate coaster complete with a glass cover.

“What are you doing?” Om Rudy tilted his head slightly and looked at the bedsheet that was not yet fully attached.

“Engh .. that, I'm changing the sheet, Om. Oh yes, thank you for bringing this milk, I forgot earlier.” Liany smiled awkwardly, Om Rudy stepped his foot past Liany who was still holding the milk glass.

“Drink milk now, let Om help you install this bed sheet.”

“Ti-no need, Om let me just plug,” pursue Liany who feels bad if om Rudy is in his room.

“Nothing, Om also used to clean the bed Om himself if you are out of town and bi Inah a lot of work.” Om Rudy deftly pulled the side of the bed sheet that Liany had been doing, tucked it under the mattress and then he tidied the other corners.

“Spend the milk yes and rest, if there is anything, Om this hour until late at night in the Om.” workspace Om Rudy threw his little smile at Liany. Liany nodded and thanked me.

Liany fingered her neat bed and sat down while drinking her cold milk. It felt a little nauseous when the milk had already passed through his throat. Swiping his lips slowly, he never expected if the whole family was very attentive and take care of him.

From behind the window curtain of his study room Om Rudy stood looking at Liany's still-bright window. Several times the silhouette of the pregnant woman's shadow paced and became a spectacle of its own for Om Rudy. The man recalled the time when his wife was pregnant with Myla, when the young independent aunt Katrin turned into a spoiled woman who always wanted to be noticed by him. Om Rudy does not mind and likes the spoiled attitude of young Katrin, he feels needed and really acts as a man. After a few months of Myla's birth, her second business grew tremendously. Aunt Katrin no longer spoiled on him, no longer having time to spend alone. Om Rudy has always dismissed his suspicions if aunt Katrin keeps a secret.

Liany's room light is dead, the room across the front garden of her study room is dark. Instantly his daydreams about the past are interrupted, Om Rudy as the company's commissioner is also no less busy but he always tries to overstate time for his family. Several journal reports he had read included reports from the branch office that his daughter Myla held. The man was tired and went back to his room. Her bed was felt so cold, deserted without the presence of aunt Katrin. Om Rudy finally fell asleep and dreamed he slept hugging Liany in his big bed.