PENDAWA (Double Widow of Child Two)
Chapter 8's
“Well! Now we stay here!” Ziva pulls his suitcase towards a housing estate.
He pulled the key out of his bag. And immediately opened the door of the house.
A bigger house compared to the one around it. A simple house with shades of gray. But, when compared to the house they lived in before, the house was nothing.
“Mom, why is his house like this?” ask Valencia. The little girl refused to step on the floor of the house.
His ziva was silent, he stared sadly at his son and daughter.
“Dedek, it looks good here. Take look! There are mango trees and strawberry plants,” Nino said. Nino put down her bag, then ran towards the spacious courtyard of the house. He picked two ripe strawberries, and gave them to Valencia.
Valencia smiled, then put down his bag. He joined hands with Nino, then walked towards the strawberry plant.
Ziva smiled, he was sure, gradually his two children would be accustomed to the simple life he now chose.
In the afternoon, Zivanya and Mei were busy struggling in the kitchen. They're making food for dinner.
“May, let me do it. You see the kids, don't let them play too far, yeah!”
“Yes, mbak.” Mei immediately left the kitchen and immediately headed ahead to watch over her Ziva children who were already like her own nephew.
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“May, now my life is not what it used to be.” Ziva said while cleaning up their old dirty dishes for dinner.
“I mean, Ziva Ma'am?” ask Mei who pretends not to understand.
“I know, you know what I mean.”
“So, you want me to go from here,” said May with a sad face.
“I can't pay you like I used to, May. I'm broke, I hope, you can get a new job soon!” His ziva put the plate he held back onto the table.
“I don't need a salary anymore, mbak. The salary you've been giving me is more than enough. My mom and dad are living well in the village. That's all, thanks to Mbak Vanya,” Mei grabbed and clasped Ziva's hand.
“I'll stay here, mbak. If I eat, I will eat, and if I am hungry. I am ready to starve too. Ma'am Vanya is already like an angel to my family, what an evil thing, if I leave mbak in such a bad state!”
Zivanya's tears flowed profusely, she did not expect. That, Mei would be so loyal to him. In his heart, Ziva said. “I did not judge you wrong, May. You're a good girl, it's not in vain I brought you three years ago.”
The flashback
“Hiks.. How'this? Where am I supposed to go? All my money and stuff were lost in the robbed.” A girl in shabby clothes was sitting under a big tree by the side of the road. The girl seemed to be crying while hugging her knees, while it was almost dark.
Ziva who happened to pass on the road, stopped the speed of his car. He got out of his car and approached the crying young girl.
The girl raised her face, she looked at the face of Ziva who was so beautiful with her chuby cheeks.
“I was robbed,” shrieked the girl.
“Then, where are you from and where are you going?” ask Ziva gently.
“I am from the village here looking for a job,” replied the girl.
“You can babysit?” ask Ziva again to the girl who if he sees Ziva is still a dozen years old.
“Can, incidentally in the village, I often babysit the neighbor's child who is in the working house.”
“Then you come with me, yes! I have two young children,” said Zivaya. “Do you want?” The girl nodded and wiped her tears.
His ziva took the girl with him, and became a governess for Nino and Valencia. The babysitter is Mei.
Flashback off
“Thanks, May! You are very good, I am happy to know and have a brother like you,” Ziva hugged Mei's body tightly. Mei returned the embrace.
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That night, Ziva was reading an online novel on his mobile phone app. When he was busy reading a romantic genre story, suddenly a message entered the phone.
“[Yank, have you moved?]” ask someone through a short message.
Ziva chuckles at reading it. “[Dih, yank what? Nutmeg loe peyank?]” reply Ziva.
“[Udah, I'm the same kids and also Mei has moved this afternoon.]” reply Ziva again.
“[Emang can't call SAYANK? Now you are jomlo! Hehee,”] message from that person again, which turns out to be from Arya.
“[Remember! Now you do not need to work, every month I will send money to your account. You and the kids enjoy your days!]”
“[Yes, thank you! I want to keep repotin.]”
“[Do not hesitate, you are not someone else! You and the children are a trust from the late Valentino that I must take care of.]”
Blue tick, but no longer countered by Ziva. After reading the last message from Arya, Ziva turned off the phone and immediately closed his eyes.
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