
“Mama?” Daniel was shocked, his mother had been at the door of his apartment, both of them hugging for quite a while
“Come ma in!” Daniel took his mother in. The fifty-four-year-old woman still looked gallant in a brown suit. He brought some food that he deliberately brought from South Korea.
“Honey!” Daniel approached Rita who was in the laundry room
“Ya?”
“My name is coming!”
“Hah? Seriously?, waduh..i'm a mess!”
“Not kog you are beautiful, let's meet mama. Oh yes he speaks English!”
“Ohh, okay, a minute Yang, you accompany mama first. I'm tidy first!” Rita immediately went to the bathroom to clean her face and put on a little makeup, then she immediately went out to see her mother-in-law.
“eomeoni!” call Rita, she smiles and greets her mother-in-law
(English language)
“Oh this is his wife Daniel, right also yes very beautiful!”
“Alhamdulillah, thank you!” Rita blushed
“Ma, Rita's granddaughter Pak Darmawan and Pak Sugiyono!”
“Yes God! Turns out you guys were right!” Daniel's mother hugged Rita
“My name is Kim Areum, you can call me mama like Daniel!, Niel smartly choose wife!” Areum's mother held Daniel's arm
“Please sit Ma!” take Rita, she immediately went to the kitchen to make a drink, Ms. Areum noticed with a smile
“You seem to be calm and happy huh Niel?” she smiled
“Alhamdulillah! Ma, Niel is comfortable!”
“eh what did you say? Alhamdulillah? What is it?”
“Oh that, thanks for the gift of God!, Niel has become a Muslim ma. Mama doesn't mind, does she?”
“hmm.muslim? mama doesn't understand, but as long as you are calm and happy, make mama the most important thing!” Ms. Areum smiled and held her son's face
“We haven't seen you in a long time? mom is very happy with you!”
“Niel is also ma, but mom forbids Niel to come to South Korea, even though to meet mom can go to Canada. Niel can send tickets.”
“Mama's house in South Korea Niel, your grandparents there, they're old. So now mama moves to their house and takes care of them”
“Tante Dasom and Cho rong how are you?”
“They are busy with their children and husbands, while mama is no more mama takes care of. So better mama take care of your grandma and grandpa!”
“Grandpa and Grandpa, how are they doing?” Daniel saw their picture from his mother's phone
“Grandpa is senile, while grandma is a little difficult to walk. A week ago mom put grandpa in the hospital for the senile, mama often confused looking for your grandfather if it's gone. So now at home stay mom and Grandma.”
“If mama's here, whose grandmother is it?”
“It just so happened that Aunt Dasom visited the house, she said she would stay for some time at the grandmother's house. He also told me to meet you here. He gave your wedding video of Aunt Byeol coming to your reception!”
“Iya ma, Daniel wants mama to come, but aunt Byeol said, mama is busy but did not say what busy.”
“Hmm...oh yes Niel, mama brought your favorite radish kimchi!”
“Asyikk...wah..mama still remember!” Daniel opened a container of kimchi, then ate it a little
“Wah...this is really real kimchi!” He immediately took the kimchi to the kitchen and gave it to Rita
“Yang, try this!” he fed a little Kimchi to his wife
“Wow! Is this kimchi?” Rita was surprised by the taste
“Iya, this is real kimchi carousel!” Daniel continued to eat the kimchi, Rita immediately came out carrying a few cups of tea and bread made
“Ma, cobain my homemade bread huh?”
“Ah, you bother!” Ms. Areum drinks Rita's sweet tea
“Wow, what tea is this?”
“This jasmine tea Ma, fragrant huh?”
“hm.” Ms. Areum loved the tea so much, she drank it again until it ran out
“Now try the bread huh?” Rita gave the green bean sandwich that had just been cooked from the oven. Bu Areum ate it, his eyes wide open
“Wow! It's delicious, what's this in it huh?” he saw the contents of the bread that was still warm
“That's the contents of mung beans, Rita opened a bakery near here” Daniel brought a small plate containing kimchi
“hmm..every good..in addition to beautiful, you are also good at making bread!” praise bu Areum. Rita blushed, she really liked the compliments. This time she was called beautiful
“Mama tonight stay here huh?” ask Daniel
“oh no, mama has rented a place, the mama came with mama's friends. They want to see their idol concert. So mama came with them, besides the cost is cheaper, they also helped mama rent lodging”
“If mama says she wants to come, surely Niel picked her up!, Niel prepared a bed here!” niel said his face was a bit disappointed because his mother would not spend the night at his house
“Hmm.mama think not good ah, you guys are still newlyweds, definitely want privacy. Mama doesn't want to interrupt”
“No bother ma, Rita is 2 months pregnant, so we can't do anything yet!” daniel said plainly, Rita pinched her husband's arm in a fit of anxiety
“Yes God!!! I'm going to be Grandma?” bu Areum hugged Rita and rubbed her stomach
“You take good care of the content huh? if Niel is ignorant, just hit him. He's sometimes naughty!”said ma'am Areum
“Iya ma jahil!” Rita pinches her husband's cheek in a fit of rage
“Aduh!!!” erang Daniel, he smiled at Areum who had not met for a long time.
“Ma, tonight stay here only, pity Daniel want to chat with mama longer!” persuade Rita
“Iya Ma, mama's friends definitely do not, mama has returned if not” Daniel helped persuade his mother
“hmm.The apartment is indeed spacious, but there is only one room right?” said his mother, he was confused where to sleep
“On this sofa only ma!, comfortable really. It can be turned into a bed. We often sleep here if lazy to room”
“But mama didn't bring a change of clothes”
“Nothing ma, just wear Rita's nightgown! He has a lot of wide clothes” said Daniel immediately. Rita also nodded
“hmm...all right if it doesn't bother you!”
“yess!!!” Daniel cheered with excitement
Late in the evening, Bu Areum helps Rita prepare dinner
“How can you meet? Were you met by your two grandfathers?” ask Ms. Areum while stirring the meat soup
“No ma, we met Rita time apprenticeship at the company where Daniel worked.”
“Place Daniel works? That's your grandfather's company, right?” ma'am Areum tried her soup
“Iya right ma, at that time Rita was told to work to fill school holidays” Rita deliberately did not tell the punishment of working from her grandfather
“How are your grandparents?”
“Alhamdulillah Ma, they are very good. They remember Daniel very well”
“Of course!, once Daniel always helped his father to accompany your two grandfathers, so happy your grandfather to Daniel he said he wanted to be betrothed to his grandchildren, not his year he did not bullshit ya?” said Ms. Areum, she sat at the dinner table accompanying Rita.
“hmm..ma, sorry can not Rita ask?”
“Ask what?”
“Actually what made Daniel have to get out of South Korea?” ask Rita curiously
“Niel never told you?” asked Aruem ma'am astonished, Rita shook her head
“He said he wanted to forget the past, many have forgotten he said”
“Yes, that was the darkest time for our family. Where's nielnya?”
“Sholat?”
“itu ,pray in mosque!”
“Ohh.” Bu Areum nodded, then he began to tell a story
“That time, we were neighbors with a girl named Dalrae. He was the same age as Daniel, they were even one school and one class in Elementary and Junior High School. They are very close, like brother and sister.”
“What are they dating ma?” suddenly Rita cuts off her mother-in-law's story
“Entahlah, according to their mama is still a child, whether Daniel likes Dalrae or vice versa. Niel never told.”
“Daniel very closed huh?” ask Rita
“Yes, he's the one who holds his own problems, mama is often afraid that he channeled his anger in the wrong place. But thankfully, the boy was very creative, he channeled his talents through drawing and dancing. Mama told him to be a trainee boy band, his face and body were pretty good. Oh yes Daniel is also much liked by female students in his school.”
“Oh yes ma?” There was a hint of jealousy in Rita's heart
“Yes, sometimes girls who like to come to the mama's restaurant in addition to eating also give a lot of stuff to Niel.”
“What is there that Niel taxir of them ma?” ask Rita curiously
“It seems that there is none, he only accepts them kindly, it seems that he does not reciprocate their feelings. His face tried to be friendly, but remained flat”
“Hmm..I know !” muttered Rita, she remembered the first time she knew her husband
“Then ma?”
“One day Daniel took Dalrae to our house, his school shirt and skirt were a bit torn, his legs were injured. I asked what happened. Daniel tells that Dalrae was attacked by a group of boys who wanted to rape him. Thank goodness Daniel arrived there in time until Dalrae was rescued”
“hmm” Rita is listening seriously
“How long ago, two men came from the police, they picked up Niel, his charge of assaulting a group of children. “
“Ih evil once!”.
“Of course we didn't accept, Niel's father accompanied her on the force. There are many parents of these children. They're slandering Niel. Thankfully Niel provided CCTV evidence from the house around before the police removed the evidence”
“How can Niel get that CCTV footage?”
“It turns out that some residents of the house around TKP were girls who often came to our stalls to eat. They are happy to help Niel”
“Alhamdulillah, thank goodness!” Rita breathes a sigh of relief
“Dalrae's parents sued them for their children's actions against Dalrae. But they distort the facts. They say Dalrae teased them first. Even one of the children showed a video of Dalrae's liking confession on one of them”
“Please once Dalrae”
“Dalrae was very depressed, he did admit to liking one of them, but he was rejected. Therefore he was very surprised because he was attacked by a gang guy who rejected it was”
“Surely he was very surprised!”
“After investigation, it turns out that Dalrae was rejected because his other friends also like Dalrae. They decided to split Dalrae so as not to become a rebut”
“Bigger! Then ma?” Rita looks really upset
“Daniel beat up those who injured Dalrae, some of them until his hands cracked”
“Therefore Daniel was picked up by the police?”
“Betul!, his father tried to get Daniel out of the problem, but the police said Daniel and Dalrae's case was different. Daniel was found to have injured people and one of the children he injured was the son of a high-ranking official in South Korea. We were made months by the media there, Daniel is considered as the son of a troublemaker who deserves severe punishment” bu Areum recounted with a vibrating voice
“Aduh...how dong ma?” Rita was panicking
“But Daniel ignored him, he only thought of Dalrae. He was held for several days in police custody and then heard Dalrae commit suicide. I saw him hit hard. Now he is the only one who will be in court. I asked both your grandfathers to help Daniel out of Korea.”
“How did my grandfather help Daniel?”
“They paid someone to replace him in prison, while Daniel was taken away to Canada by an acquaintance of Mr. Sugiyono”
“Replace? Wasn't caught?”
“Sure dong!, the important thing is Daniel is out of South Korea. I forbid him to come to South Korea. Nor did I contact him directly except through my cousin Byeol who lives in Canada. “
“Then the person who replaced Daniel how ma?”
“Given my mother, he was sentenced to 8 months, because his victims only suffered bone fractures
“but ma, if only that long sentence, why Daniel should be expelled from South Korea?”
“Because someone there threatened to kill Daniel, like they made Dalrae seem to kill himself”
“Yes God is cruel!” Rita shed tears
“At the time of excessive media coverage, made many of his papa clients break contracts. A few months later, he closed his business. He became a drunk. I promised Daniel to take care of myself, and I finally filed for divorce. I held a funeral service for him when he died” Bu Areum sipped his tea
“Mama really likes that tea huh?” rita asked, Her in-laws nodded
“Tea is very fragrant, inhaling this feels reassuring” he smiled
“Ma, I want to know more about my husband, mom can help me right?” rita smiled as she held her in-laws hand
“ehh...” is not finished bu Areum replied, Daniel has arrived at their apartment
“Assalammu’alaikum!”
“Wa’alaikummussalam!” Rita ran to greet her husband
“Wah, cook what, I think it's good?” Daniel gives his medicine and scabbard to Rita
“Sop meat Niel, you must have not eaten Korean cuisine long ago right?” said ma'am Areum
They eat quietly. After dinner, they gather in front of the tv. Rita looks very sleepy
“Rita, if you're sleepy, just sleep! Mama is not sleepy!” said Areum, Rita looked at her husband Daniel nodded
“I slept first yes Ma, good night!” Rita left them both in the living room
“Niel, treat your wife well huh?”
“InsyaAllah Ma, oh yes I plan to bring mom to stay with us in Auckland, New Zealand”
“Hmm.mama there's still your grandparents Niel!, mama can't leave them. Mama is so proud of you. You are fighting alone in the country of people, mama heard you have become an important person in the company?”
“Alhamdulillah ma, because of my mother's prayer, Niel so like this” Daniel leaned his head on his mother's lap. It's very awkward. Bu Areum rubbed the child's head.
“You will soon be a father, you must be a good example for your son!, your father may not be a good example for you, but you can take good qualities from him”
“Oh yes for example what?” Daniel rose from his mother's lap
“For example, your father never hid anything from his mother. When he was not drunk. He's very loving. And your father never held back all his own problems. He must have discussed it with Mom. Niel, the household is a teamwork. You are a leader, but you cannot be a leader. If you have a problem that makes you depressed, try to discuss with your wife, mama sure she will help you a lot
“That's ma, Niel is always afraid to vent cooperation with Rita, later he will tell Mr. Darmawan. Finally Mr. Darmawan will make things easier!”
“Means you don't trust your wife completely. Poor him, not considered the same you”
“But ma, in addition to work problems, Niel must have confided in him”
“Yes right, but some of your time to work right? Must be an office problem that weighs you more. Mama see, your wife is very sharp instinct, she is also very attentive. Mama is sure she will love you more if you become a person who is a little open to her.” Ms. Areum rubbed her son's cheek fondly
“Alright ma, will Niel try!”
“Oh yes, tomorrow you do, right? I slept there! My mom is sleepy too!”
“Mama tomorrow back to the inn at what time?”
“Why?”
“Niel want to take mom to the airport, please ma. Don't reject Niel!” Daniel looked into his mother's eyes
“Alright!, now you sleep!”
“Good Night Ma!” Niel kissed his mother's head
“Goodnight!”
Daniel saw his sleeping wife, as usual, peeking at her cheek. Turn off the lights and then go to sleep.
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