
“Happy Afternoon, Mr Daniel!”
“Happy Afternoon Mr Ridwan, still at 11?”
“Oh yes sir, look sir, I'm looking for mba Rita, could he be with sir Daniel?”
“Rita? Hmm...so I left for the office he is still at home, already searched around the house sir?”
“Already sir, he has no”
“Kids how?”
“Kids safe with baby sitternya pak”
“What does Rita bring Rayya?”
“No sir, Rayya with her baby sitter”
“Pak Ridwan has tried calling all his mobile numbers?”
“Already sir, not lifted”
“Hmm..well, later if I have found will I contact Mr. Ridwan”
“Iya sir, actually since earlier some people contacted me because they could not contact mba Rita”
“Oh yes? anyone?”
“From tenant mall, from Mom who is in Singapore, also from bu Ratna”
“Oh so, all right. I will call again sir?”
“Thank you sir Daniel”
“Sama-sama sir!”
Daniel closes, he tries to call Rita's phone, connected but not picked up
“Where is this?” he tries to find it through a GPS connected to Rita's phone.
“Ah shit, he did not bring a phone that was” GPS indicates the position of Rita is in the big house
Daniel's brainwashing, man,
“Where is this? What was? why suddenly? Last morning it was normal” muttered Daniel. Actually he was a bit sorry because of his busyness, he did not pay much attention to the movements of his wife this morning.
“Samuel, after this lunch are there any clients I should meet?” Daniel contacted Samuel through the intercom from his room
“No sir!, all the work scheduled today is done everything”
“Oh so, alright” Daniel immediately took his suit and left the room.
“Samuel, I have an appointment with the internist doctor, maybe I don't return to the office this afternoon”
“oh yes sir, alright!”
Daniel immediately left the office, he deliberately did not ask to be escorted by Hendra office driver, he went home by taxi.
In the taxi, he remembers the places Rita used to visit, first he came to his gym.
“Hello sir Daniel, it has not been here for a long time!” greet the gym receptionist
“Halo, sorry I'm busy, oh yeah did my wife come here?”
“Bu Rita? A moment sir!” The receptionist looks at the visit list
“No sir, his last visit with you a few months ago”
“Oh so, alright, thank you”
“Oh yes sir Daniel there is a special program for families, maybe you and your wife are interested in this program, promotional prices you know!” the receptionist gave Daniel a flier
“Alright, I save ya!” He immediately left the place
“Only until the end of this month yes Sir!” shouted the receptionist.
Daniel goes back to his cab, then he goes to the kids' gym, he thinks Rita is in a meeting with one of the instructors there.
“Oh yes sir, bu Rita canceled the meeting today” said the instructor
“Did he say something?”
“he said there is urgent business, if from his voice it looks like he is upset”
“Oh so, alright, thank you”
Daniel went back to his cab
“Where are you going, sir?” ask driver
“I'm confused sir, my wife disappeared”
“Hah? Didn't you just report the police, sir?”
“Not 1x 24 hours, she just disappeared last 2 hours”
“oh so, what home person no one saw your wife pack?”
“Nothing, they've also been looking for it, in your opinion, about where should I look?”
“hmm...what was it before your wife ever disappeared like this?”
Daniel was silent, remembering
“Oh yes!, to the mall sir!” Daniel remembers the story of Radian when he scolded Rita in front of him when in Auckland first, Rita was playing in the play zone.
A few minutes later, a taxi arrived at the big mall, Daniel paid for his taxi and then entered the mall. He looked at the mall map, and looked for a large enough playground.
“Oh top floor!” he immediately ran to the elevator to the top floor. His heart was pounding, it had been a long time since he had felt such a thump.
“Why is my heart pounding like this?” he murmured, before long the elevator had reached the top floor. Daniel bought an entrance ticket, and went around the place. It didn't take long, he saw a crowd of people watching someone who was taking the game very seriously.
“Excuse me!” Daniel was about to see the man who was playing, his guess was right, he saw his wife playing shooting Zombies, the points were very high. Some people want to play the same.
“Hai!” reproof Daniel,
“Hai!” Rita sees her husband, then returns to the game
“You don't feel sorry for those people? They've been waiting for you to change?”
“Let them play another one!” Rita looked cute, annoyance emanated from the look on her face.
A staff came over, he got a complaint about Rita's game
“Mba sorry, can you change the main?” said the staff
“I'll pay!, time can not play as much?” rita ngotong
“We all pay mba! But replace dong!” said one of the visitors who had waited a long time. Almost, Rita was about to hit him, but was immediately prevented by Daniel
“Sorry yes, please!” Daniel pulled his wife out of the game
“Shortly!” Rita's back at the game
“Eh what?” Daniel follows him, worried that Rita will fight with one of the visitors. Rita picked up the ticket she had collected
“Wah has much, you want to exchange right?” ask Daniel
“No, I'm kumpulin first, I'd like to exchange the big teddy bear!” Rita pointed at the cute big teddy bear
“You used to have, right?” Daniel remembers the doll Rita once got in Auckland
“I've donated to orphanage” replied Rita, her voice still sounds annoyed
“What are you doing here? Not working?” ask Rita to her husband
“So I was in the office, Mr. Ridwan contacted me. Said you disappeared”
Rita chooses a boxing vehicle, she hits the target ball and earns high points
“Great wah! Your strength is still much!” praise Daniel
This time Rita chose a game of basketball
“You want to compete with me?” bring
“Bby!” Daniel took off his coat, and folded his shirt. They started to throw the ball into the basket. The game was quite tight, they followed each other after collecting points, finally Daniel won with only one ball throw.
“ah shit! I never win from you!” grouchy Rita
Daniel picks up the ticket, then chases after Rita who walks away
“Rita!.” call him
“Aaan anyway? You go home, I'll come home!” rita said upset, she avoided Daniel
“You why the hell?” ask Daniel in wonder
“Not why, people can't disappear? Sebentttaaaarrrr just play, why search?” rita protested, her voice was a bit loud. Some people are watching them
“Sstt...don't be here, let's go out!” take Daniel, take him,
“Miss!” Rita insisted
“Don't so dong when you want me to be mobbed here?”
“Why dredged?”
“If I force you out of this place, what do they think of me?”
Rita was silent for a while, she saw the face of her husband. Out of pity, he finally complied. He also left the game.
“After lunch hour, we eat yuk!” Daniel takes Rita by the hand and takes her to a restaurant that provides ramen noodles. He ordered 2 servings of ramen noodles along with fresh drinks. A few minutes later, their ordered noodles came, Daniel ate his noodles voraciously.
“Cok you don't eat?” daniel asked, seeing that Rita was just drinking
“I'm not hungry!” he answered while sipping fruit juice
Daniel knew his wife was upset, he was looking for a way to ease his anger. After eating, he asked for Rita's part of the noodles to be wrapped to take home.
“I don't want to go home!” said Rita
“Who wants to go home? Let's play it!” Daniel bought a train ticket around the mall
“That's for kids!”
“No, adults can too!” They boarded the train around the mall, Daniel sat beside Rita who since entering the train he always turned his face.
“So you came up what?”
“Taxi”
“oh fast, Amin also do not know where you go”
“I Just need me time!” he still turned his face away
“kok suddenly? Me time's? What the hell is it?”
“i can't believe!, if women say it's okay, there must be nothing!”
“Really, nothing!”
“Alright! I won't force you! But if you are like this I will be sad once”
“why? Can't I just time?”
“Boleh, it only seems that something is bothering you, and you covered it from me. You don't believe me?”
“Not so!” Rita
“I know the last few weeks I've been very busy. To the point that I don't pay attention to my own wife. The past few months have been an adjustment period for me in the new office, I promise, after this, I will get used to , so forgive me huh?” daniel said, his face was clear. The car is back to its original place. This time Daniel takes Rita to a fast food restaurant.
“You want to eat again?” ask Rita wonder
“In this restaurant there is an ice cream menu, delicious. You sit here for a while, I'll book you!” Daniel went in line, a few minutes later Daniel came with some ice cream on the spot
“Nih try it!” he gave the ice cream to his wife, Rita tried it, suddenly she cried
“huuuu.uuuuu....huuuu...”Often, if his heart is broken and eating ice cream, when his cry breaks, some whispers look at them. Daniel felt bad. He asked for tissue from the cashier and gave it to his wife
“huuuu..I was stupid.”.Rita cries with her mouth full of ice cream, Daniel wants to smile at the strange face of his wife, but he also does not have the heart with his wife's sadness.
“So I received the results of the exam at UT, my grades are very bad, D all...huuuaaaaa. then from Singapore as well, I repeated a few courses.It turns out I was stupid oncei” Rita cried.
“oh so..kirain.”
“Kirain? You don't take my college seriously, do you?” rita asked annoyed
“Who said? I wonder just as much as you!”
“Heran?”
“iya, why do you have to go to college a lot in some places? Your activities are already a lot.yes take care of the child, D Ritz, now there is a tenant in the mall, in addition you want to make a play group. No wonder your grades are falling. It's not because you're stupid, but you're not focused!” Daniel was used to being straightforward. Rita was silent to her husband's description
“But brother Andi can go to college in two places and finish quickly?”
“You must not equate yourself with Andi. She's different”
“Different? You mean he's smarter than me? Yes, I am stupid! I pity you have a stupid wife!” rita ketus
“Not so!, I mean different. First he doesn't have as much responsibility as you.”
“But he can manage his own company”
“right, but he doesn't have an toddler. You are great!, I salute you. Take care of a small child, take care of me, but you can still go to college, take four more majors.”
Rita kept quiet to hear her husband
“So I have to how?”
“In my opinion, if it must be remedial, yes remedial. If necessary you apply for leave first to finish the one in Singapore first. Baby right? I remember you were on exams when Raffa got pregnant. Focus first!”
“Do you think so?”
“Iya!, I think so.”
“If, already remedial but my value does not rise also how?”
“Ya already, means that it is so much”
“huuaaaaa...I don't want to!”.
“ssstttt..honey, don't be hard, later people think I did a bad thing to you!”
“aku pissed! I failed to prove to Grandpa that I could also be a CEO like Andi”
“oh that's why you take so many college majors?”
Rita nodded
“I don't want to just be a grandson and wife, I want more!”
“What being my wife is heavy huh?” ask Daniel suddenly
“hah? No! it's not! It has nothing to do with you! Really, I'm so happy to be your wife and your children's mother. It was my dream since meeting you!” said Rita
Daniel was silent looking at his wife, his heart pleased to hear her, but also sad
“If you are happy, why is it not enough to just be my wife?”
“Not!.I am also grandfather's grandson, in my blood there is Darmawan's blood. Why didn't Grandpa consider me to be his successor? Is it because I'm a girl? My job is only to produce and nurture children just like you said, grandfather wants me to concentrate on taking care of children?”
Daniel was silent to his wife's complaint
“if you ask grandpa to be CEO at Dar.Co right now, do you want?” ask Daniel suddenly
“Eh?” Rita was silent
“Grandfather couldn't do that”
“Can it be, if I pass this on to grandfather, do you think he will not grieve being considered favoritism by his grandson?”
“But..” Rita fell silent, her mind raging
“Rita dear, you can do any proof for you to show to grandpa, but.”
“But?”
“Do not punish our children by running away like this.”
“aku..I didn't mean that! You're so unfair, why if I, you use kids to make me feel guilty?”
Daniel was silent, he regretted his words
“Not so dear, never mind. Sorry for my last words. But you want to go home now?” ask Daniel
“engkak! I don't want to go home” first
“Alright, I'm going home first huh? if you need to be picked up or whatever my phone is?” said Daniel
They get out of the fast food restaurant, Daniel releases Rita's handrails
“I go home first huh?” he said, Rita nodded. Daniel boards a blue taxi that takes him away from the mall.
Rita was about to return to the playground but she stopped by the mosque to pray dhuzur, in the mosque there was a mother who sat on the floor resting, her son she released from the sling.
“Mother is tired, you play here first!” said the mother earlier, Rita approached the mother
“What's the life of his son?”
“Ten months”
“Wah smart yes, ten months can already walk”, Rita praised
“iya, all my children ten months can already walk, unlike the child now, it's his son the celebrities, a year later can walk!”
“Oh so yes mom? What mother's son?”
“My son three, this is the youngest. The difference is far from her brother. Her sister is Junior High, uh I am pregnant again.”
“The name of the windfall bu” said Rita
“iya right, I am grateful, my sister has been home for more than 15 years and has not had children. Though he was the person, had tried the baby tube many times failed, finally he adopted twins, but a pair” mother told him after finishing the prayer dzuhur
“Oh yes, adek is married?” the mother asked, looking at the wedding ring embedded in Rita's ring finger
“Already bu!”
“Have a child?”
“Triple bu!”
“Wah, still young huh? her husband must be very dear ya”
“Ah mom could be?”
“Usually if you are young her child has been many, meaning her husband is loyal, hahahaha!” joked the mother
“hahahaha Rita was amused to hear the mother's joke
“My number one son just passed SMK”
“Wah, the distance of the first and second child is also far yes bu?” ask Rita
“Iya, be advised, at that time, my husband worked odd jobs. I want to have more than one child to think about not being able to live if the child is a lot. But thank God, so pregnant the second child, uh my husband received a job in the factory. Now he is a supervisor. Hence, the name of each child brings his own fortune” said the mother at length. Rita nodded in agreement
“If it's okay here, whose children are the same?”
“Oh has his grandmother!” Rita is lying
“His grandmother must be young too huh? many grateful deck, there are children who megangin, adek can still around the mall. I also if bete in the house around the mall, bring a child. After going alone, I like to be upset, afraid there is nothing with my child. That's the nature of the deck woman, although as smart as anything, still the affection to the child can not be replacedin”
Rita was still silent at mother's words, then she asked
“Mother, when mom's first child also works?”
“Iya! I work in a shoelace factory in the bandengan area, the salary is small, but it is enough to make the kitchen smoke billow”
“Then stop because mom husband can work in factory?”
“Oh no!, at that time, my son left in the neighbor, but I pay you every month, I also give 10 thousand a day. Uh one day, my neighbor was off guard. My son was kidnapped”
“hah? Been kidnapped? Who kidnapped ma'am?”
“Neighbors too, meatballs. He's got the same deformity as the kids!. Thank goodness my son was saved.”
“How's bu?”
“Someone saw my son being dragged to the man's rented house, then reported to my neighbor. Directly, his house in Grebek sekampung! Almost dead that person mated time”
“But mom's son is okay right?”
“He was traumatized, unable to sleep for a few days, I finally decided to stop working to babysit. I open a small shop in front of the house, selling cilok, siomay, whatever. Thank God, it can help the husband's economy. From the sale I can buy a motorbike, even immediately. Betulin house, if I think all there is a silver lining, if my child is not kidnapped, surely I still work and my economy will also not change better as now”
“Now the kidnapped mother's child, still traumatized or remembered when she was kidnapped?”
“Remember yes, but are not afraid. We often talk about it, he is also very protective of his two younger siblings.”
“The kidnapped mother's child is male or female?”
“Lelaki, he just graduated SMK, actually want to try to enter the police, but do not know, can not if from SMK. I heard coming in so the police paid it expensive huh?”
“Wah I don't understand ma'am, sorry it's afternoon, I say goodbye first. Oh yes Adek, this is ice cream, later at home in the refrigerator first yes?” Rita gives him the ice cream he bought at a fast food restaurant
“Thank you dong same aunt!” said the mother taught. The boy kissed Rita's hand,
“maacih!” she smiled
“Sama-sama!” Rita immediately left the mosque mall and called a taxi, she wanted to see her children soon.
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