
~Family Tradition~
The clock is 04:30. Cyra wakes up and cleans up, after which she helps prepare breakfast for her family.
"Non, still thinking about Ryan huh?"
"Dad Mbok, I still sometimes feel like this is all just a dream" Cyra said with an empty view.
"Patience is Non" he said while stroking Cyra's shoulder.
Cyra was back in tears when Mbok Tar noticed her, Cyra was now living a single day, no old man by her side felt very hard to face the reality of a man who was very valuable to her was gone, Ryan's been her booster all along, being her leaning place, Ryan is everything to Cyra.
In the distance Pras sees Cyra with Mbok Tar who is strengthening his sister-in-law.
"You're so lucky Ryan, to have a woman who loves you so much." Pras smiled and he returned to his room.
"Let's not all ready, let's just take it to the dinner table." Mbok Tar brought breakfast on a tray.
Cyra and Mbok Tar tidied the dining table and arranged the dishes for breakfast.
"Are you ready for breakfast?" lasmi asked as she rolled her hair up.
Lasmi won over Javanese women who were thick with Javanese customs and traditions, but she did not wear a bun like other Javanese women.
"Cyra, remember later do not take too long, and you are escorted by the same driver" said Lasmi.
"No ma'am, Cyra can go to Ryan's grave by herself" Cyra said.
Lasmi cannot force her son-in-law who does have a stubborn attitude.
"Mom's Eve" Pras arrived at the dining room.
"Dear, we have breakfast first, after that we have a family meeting" Lasmi scoops the fried rice that became the breakfast menu this morning.
Jasmin overheard the conversation between her mother and her brother.
"Jasmin" called Bayu when he saw his daughter eavesdropping.
"Dad, sir" Jasmin said nervously.
Jasmin stepped on his father's footsteps towards the dining room.
"Jasmin, you didn't go to college today, did you?" Jayu asked Jasmine.
Jasmin who was sipping water suddenly choked because she knew both her parents were going to discuss marriage.
"Today I'm off" he said.
Cyra ignored the conversation between parents and children, she just focused on eating as if eating at the table there was no one else but her.
"Cyra ... Cyra" called Pras who saw Cyra eating expressionlessly.
Cyra looked at her sister-in-law.
"Egem ... Ahem" Bayu cleared his throat.
Cyra did not answer Pras' question because she knew her in-laws forbade her with a code.
Pras smiled slightly as it turned out that his father had not changed a bit to Cyra.
*****
"Pardon me for visiting your new home today" Cyra sprinkled flowers on her husband's grave.
"It's been a week, since I last came here, I just visited you again, oh yeah, your brother arrived home yesterday afternoon"
Cyra spoke as if her husband was in front of her, Cyra missed Ryan who was by her side every day.
The woman who now lives a kara no longer has a place to lean, her period will soon be completed in a few days.
"Mas, after my iddah period is over, I plan to ask your parents for permission, I want to leave your house and learn to live independently out there" Cyra said.
Cyra swept her husband's gravestone and shed tears of deep longing, as she sprinkled flowers on the tomb her tears kept breaking.
"Cyra" called someone by saying her name.