The Child Ignored

eps.3

The weather is so hot, the sun is right above the earth. A little boy ran around with a smile that always adorned his face. The scorching sun on the skin was not felt by him. He continued running until he arrived at a simple hut where he hung with his grandparents.

"Assalamualaikum.nek Riko home"

"Waalaikumsalam, here's my grandmother's lee in the back"

Riko walked over to her grandmother in the kitchen. He pecked the back of his grandmother's hand and turned towards the man who was smiling looking at him.

"Riko, it's your father" her grandmother explained.

Riko looked confused and did not know what to do, he just silently looked at the man in front of him who he thought was very foreign. Yes, because Riko has never seen his father's face since he was entrusted to the house of his grandparents.

Haris grabbed his son's hand and pulled Riko closer, Riko who just quietly followed. He felt a very warm embrace, for some reason Riko suddenly cried, brushed off Haris' hand and ran towards his room. I don't know what he feels now he doesn't know, he was confused why his tears suddenly dripped.

Nek Halimah was about to follow Riko to the room but her footsteps stopped due to the voice of her husband

"let's let me first grandma" yes Joko's grandfather already knows what happened, initially he wanted to join his wife, children and grandchildren. It was just that he wanted to see how his granddaughter reacted. And sure enough Riko ran crying into the room.

"have you gone, sir?"

"yes ma'am, you have come home from earlier" he said while sitting himself in the chair.

"sir" said Haris, grabbing his father's hand

"when's up to son?"

"mister, about an hour ago"

"yes, let's eat first. You are hungry" take Joko who just came home from work.

Silence no one spoke, all busy chewing their food until it ran out and then they opened the conversation, while Grandma Halimah rushed to clean the dishes and all the kitchen furniture she wore earlier.

"o ya le, how were you there?" kek Joko asked to open the conversation

"Haris is fine sir"

"Haris will liad the circumstances of the father, the same mother Riko son of Haris"

"still remember to le you're the same Riko? I thought you had forgotten"

deg

It's like a slap. But it was true what his father said. Since Riko was 2th and entrusted to his grandparents only once Haris came to see him. Five years without news and never cared about his son.

"sir, Haris admitted that Haris was wrong, Haris did not forget the same Riko, but Haris did have a lot of business to be done" Haris said trying to defend himself.

"how important is your business that you forget your children and parents?" ask Grandpa Joko with teary eyes. "Aren't you saying goodbye just to finish your divorce with your wife, whether during the process, you just want to leave your child alone without parents, what kind of parents you leave your child just like that" his anger was unstoppable, kek Joko vented all his uneg-unegnya all this time. He felt disappointed in the attitude of his own son who seemed to leave his son just like that without news.

Nek Halimah who was finished with her activities walked up to her husband and his son "already sir, already. You listen to our son's explanation first" said Grandpa Halimah his wife tried to calm down.

"sorry Haris sir, Haris is wrong. Haris admitted that Haris was wrong, and Haris came here to tell the father of the same mother, actually Haris was married again and already had 2 boys" he said while looking down

"what" said grandfather Joko and Grandpa Halimah together.

Mr. Joko just left his son and headed to the room following his grandson.

Haris and Grandma Halimah just stared at the back of Joko's grandfather who left just like that.

"is that true, Le?" ask grandma Halimah

"yes ma'am, and Haris is here to deposit money so Riko can go to school here"

"what do you mean le? why does Riko have to go to school here? aren't you getting married again, you already have a new family, why don't you take your son to live with you?" ask Grandma Halimah who was confused by her son's pikoran street.

"haris's wife doesn't know Haris has a child yet"

deg

nek Halimah felt disappointment as did her husband. How unfortunate the fate of the grandson who was not recognized by his parents. Nek Halimah left Haris who was still sculpting.