
Night continues. After a day of fainting, Ilona finally regained her senses. He grimaced while holding his powerful throbbing head. Dizziness.
"Finally you're aware too, Na. Hows it? Tasty not tasting the end of death?"
Next to Ilona's eyebrows raised upwards. He then stared intently at an old woman who had just spoken. Damn it this one scavenger.
"What look-look? Wanna get mad?"
"Auntie, should an old man like you talk like that to an orphan like me?" said Ilona a little dramatizing the situation. "I just woke up from fainting. Be a little merciful."
"Don't act. I know you're gonna make me feel guilty. Aye, right?"
"Ck, man,"
Ilona clucking. He then grimaced widely when he heard a rumbling sound from his stomach. While rubbing her stomach, Ilona looked at the old woman who was holding hands while putting on a very cynical expression.
"Food is on the table."
"Let's know I'm hungry. Hehe,"
"I'm not deaf, Ilona. Ever since you fainted, your stomach hasn't stopped ringing if you want to know."
"Oh, really?"
Knowing that Ilona was still weak, the woman helped him get food. After that he lovingly fed her, forgetting for a moment their relationship that had not been a day without quarreling.
"I've noticed lately that you've been locking yourself up in a hut more. What was? Did someone threaten you?"
"T-no," replied Ilona stammering. "I'm not feeling well. That's why we spend more time at home. All of you want to avoid the loan shark's men."
"Times?"
"Hey, why are you so pretentious to know this in people's lives. I don't like ya!"
"Ilona, we're not family. But I love you a little. Every day we fight, but that doesn't mean I don't care about you. Justsaytheword. I know you've saved a pretty weird problem in your life. Aye, right?"
The food that entered through Ilona's throat was like it had turned into a sharp pebble. True, this woman's words are very true if she is hiding a problem that is quite pressing mentally.
(Is it okay if I share stories about the embarrassing incident? But what if later this story spread and was known by many people? I'm ashamed. The scavengers here will definitely label me as a cheap girl who just let go of chastity on foreign men. I don't want to. I fear.)
"Hmmm, yeah if you're hard to say. I'm not forcing. But here you must know that life will not stop at one point. You must rise, Ilona. Don't get bogged down by the problems that are weighing on your shoulders right now. Understood?"
"Why are you so good to me? Though all this time I was very fierce to you," asked Ilona softly.
"Because we both have no family. You and me, we are poor, worthless orphans. However, it is not a fact that should make us give up. Let our possessions be poor, lest we be poor of conscience."
"I'm no longer holy."
"This happened because of accident. That night while I was being chased by bandits, the man helped me. At first he asked me to serve him, but I immediately refused. Then I suggested looking for another woman to wear because of her position at the time she was under the influence of stimulants. The man agreed. Then we got in the car. Because of the thirst after running around, I just drank the water that was there. Unfortunately, the water is the rest of the water that is drunk by him. Finally we ... we ....
"Here, don't go on anymore. I can already guess what the ending looks like," said the woman cutting off Ilona's story. With a look of pity, he stroked Ilona's hair full of affection. "I know you're innocent in this. All of this happened because of accident. Right?"
"Yes right. We were both under the influence of drugs while doing so."
"Yes, forget it. Now I ask. Since that incident have you been on the moon?"
"Today is the first." A sweet smile rose on Ilona's lips. He chewed the food again while continuing to talk. "After two weeks of cat-lightening with the date, finally today I can breathe a sigh of relief. I'm not pregnant."
"Thank God. And after this what is your plan? Want to hold that person accountable?"
Ilona. "People like us where might be considered even though I came with a pregnancy. That man is a rich man, Auntie. Who am. Only a scavenger has nothing. It's free to look for it. I'd rather think of my life ahead of me than pursue something I can't possibly get!"
There was a long sigh coming from the woman's mouth after hearing the words of Ilona who refused to seek responsibility. This girl was not pregnant, but she had lost the single most precious thing in her life. How shiny. Being born poor makes them have to willingly swallow the harsh reality where justice will only side with those who bear. Hmmmm.
"Auntie, the plan is tomorrow I want to go to the city to find work. My wagon's gone somewhere. I no longer have a vehicle to pull used goods. How do you think?" ask Ilona for an opinion. His determination was already unanimous to leave this place.
"To town?"
"Yes. Listen, it's so easy to find a job. Any work is not a problem as long as I can be free from the pursuit of the thugs and can forget the fateful incident. I don't want to keep on falling, Bi."
"But Ilona, who are you going to live with?"
Ilona was silent for a moment. Also true. Why didn't he think that way? Geez, trouble again. Why the hell is his life always there are problems that hamper. So annoying.
"Oh, here's how. I'll find my friend who lives in the city. For a while you can stay at his house until you get a job and rent a house. How's it?"
"Auntie, you're so nice."
"It's not free, Ilona."
"Ck, I knew you'd talk like this. Basic counting-count."
"His name is also poor, Na. It is different from the story that I am a rich man. How much money's coming out I'm definitely not going to fuss."
"Yes-yes I know. I was just kidding anyway. Hehe,"
"You're this."
Ilona and her scavenger aunt continue to talk about her plans to find work in the city. Actually Ilona was afraid, but she had to keep moving forward for a better future. Who knows, there he could find happiness he never got in this place. The fate of no one can guess.
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