Sendu Sweetener

PS 18 - Silver Bracelet and Paper Tear

After cooking, I prepared the food on the table. They actually want to help me just that I've launched an ultimatum so they don't need to help any more this is trivial.

"Ghifari, Bang Haidar the food is ready." I shouted.

They're approaching. Then, sit in their seats. This time I feel like a mother to them. I watched Ghifari and Bang Haidar who had never intended to chat. Is this how rich people live? I don't know.

I got rice for both.

When Bang Haidar started to enjoy his food, Ghifari just kept quiet not doing anything. Ghifari's eyes were on the fish on his plate. I began to wonder in my heart.

"Cont eat?" my many.

"Udah did not want to eat" Ghifari said.

It felt like at that moment I wanted to hit him in the head. Just yummy. I've been having a hard time eating but he won't touch the food I make.

However, I realize. I can't do it because there's Bang Haidar. And I don't want Bang Haidar to think things through and get us married.

"Eh? Why not eat?" ask me with a tone of voice that I have controlled without an angry tone.

Ghifari. I was waiting for him to talk. It was like he thought for a moment.

"He can't eat fish." said Bang Haidar.

I laughed while keeping my mouth shut. It's funny how big it is, Ghifari can't eat fish.

Hearing what Bang Haidar said and seeing how I laughed Ghifari was not acceptable. I'll bet the prestige is too high to admit that he can't eat fish.

"Who said? Could. I eat." he said. Then eat in a hurry.

I'm appalled.

"Eh, slow down!" seruku panic.

I'm really worried. And sure enough, he started coughing, snuck up. I hurried to him and gave him some water to drink. After he recovered, I had the idea of choosing fish meat so that it would no longer fuse with the bones. Poor Gifari. She must be hungry.

"Here I pick the bone." I said.

"I don't want to eat" he said.

"You should eat. I'm tired of cooking when you don't eat?" I said.

Ghifari no longer protested.

After separating the meat with thorns, I immediately handed the fish over to Ghifari. He hesitated to start eating. Seeing that he was able to eat, I returned to my chair and continued my eating activities that had been disturbed earlier.

I really like Ghifari's mother today. I glanced at Bang Haidar who kept watching our movements without saying anything.

"You're in college?" ask Bang Haidar.

I glanced at Gifari. I don't know what to answer right now. I'm not in college. Let alone college, school only my diploma only until High School package C.

Where I used to come only when the exam was going on. Sometimes if I think about it, the school package should indeed require students to enter the school every day, but because the average who enrolls the school package is the people 'busy' so every day will be quiet but every exam, do not be asked. Unseen students like me will definitely come to take the exam.

Luckily I inherited it from nowhere, I'm pretty good at memorization. So all the material released in the grille before the test I will read, and just read once all the material is directly stuck in my head.

Bang Haidar looked at me waiting for an answer to his question.

"He just went to college. This year." said Gifari.

I was surprised. Especially this? What other lies are you knitting, Ghif?

I wanted to scream and ask Ghifari why he said that. However, since I realized my current position was his 'cowry candidate' then I had to continue following the plot made by Ghifari.

Bang Haidar did not seem to like the wedding. Well, obviously there's a dislike tone there. Does Bang Haidar like me?

"Unfortunately, before Ara, I mean Za went to college, we were getting married, Bang" Ghifari said.

I spontaneously coughed. This time Ghifari gave me a drink. I drank it too.

...***...

I slept with my mom tonight. I'm back to contemplating. My eyes cannot be closed. My body feels very tired. My mind is now branching. Thinking of mother, thinking of Ghifari, thinking of Bang Haidar, and thinking of myself.

I who could not sleep decided to get out of bed. My mother had recovered from her mag-induced illness to go to the hospital, it turned out that Bi Shanti could really take good care of my mother.

I kissed my mother's forehead briefly. Then I decided to open my closet. Honestly, looking at the harmonious Ghifari family, I secretly felt deep envy. I think I want to scream. Where's my family?

I can't say that Ghifari and Bang Haidar are harmonious because they look hostile to each other but I think it's only natural that they're brothers.

"Who is my family really?" ask me to myself.

Instantly the curiosity just popped into my mind. I feel like getting a little information about my kaluargaku. The only way I could do that was to look for something in the closet. The reason is simple, I often watch it on television if usually parents like to keep secrets in the wardrobe.

I opened the closet. Then comb the contents of the closet from the bottom up. And immediately my eyes caught a box that was hard to reach.

"What box is that? Why did I just see?" ask me to myself.

I was curious and jumped to get it. But my hand did not arrive.

Not out of sense, I immediately looked for a chair and lifted the chair in front of the closet and then I climbed on it.

I finally got the box. I took it carefully and lowered it carefully. I don't want to make a scene out of fear that my mother will wake up.

Inside was a silver bracelet. Pretty beautiful bracelet in my opinion. I don't know who owns this bracelet, but I can confirm it belongs to Linda's mother or aunt.

"The door is good." I said. I tried the bracelet that fit in my right hand.

Then, I took off the bracelet and observed the silver bracelet, there was a size that I could not read. The writing is Arabic without harakat.

I grimaced in my heart. When was the last time I taught. It seems like after Bi Linda left. Because those who teach prayer, teaching, and some knowledge about Islam are Bi Linda.

I remembered how Bi Linda explained it all to me exactly like the ustazahs I had met in the Mosques.

I smiled at a glance.

Under the bracelet, I saw a letter. I glanced at mother, mother still asleep in her place. I put a bracelet on top of the letter, closed it and took the box, then left the room.

Outside the room I still looked to my right and left like a thief. After the situation I thought it was safe because neither Mama nor Bi Shanti I also started to open the box and grab the letter that was under the silver bracelet.

Actually, what I hold is not a whole letter just a piece of mail.

To Nindy, for,

Assalamu’alaikum wr.

Nin, it's me Aaron. Before I want to apologize because my letter must be be belepotan and rada make you sick eyes because honestly this is the first time I make a long letter like gini. How are you? Honestly, I have been thinking the same since the accident. Hope you recover.

Aaron.

Who is Aaron? This letter was written by Aaron. Is he my father? Is my father named Aaron?

"Where's the follow-up?" I said, turning the paper back. But found nothing.