The Child Ignored

eps 8

Riko who has now released her student status can only sit idly looking at the goats who are so enjoying their grazing activities. No doubt sometimes he smiles bitterly when remembering who he really is.

Nek Halimah has told all the stories of Riko since she was a child until now. Riko who thought both her parents went wandering in order to improve her fate, her life had been wrong. With great difficulty he held back his tears considering that he was nothing to his parents, he was just a child born unwanted, that is what he now has in his mind. Remember never met his parents. He had only met his father once, and that was just staring, nothing more. While the mother, I don't know Riko also does not know, even though she does not know. It was cruel for the world to him.

While herding goats Riko often spill all his sadness. He wants to be able to go to school, wants to feel the affection of parents, but Riko can only hope and not be able to realize.

Riko always try to be tough and ordinary when meeting her friends in a blue white uniform with carrying a bag and joking along the way. His heart felt sore and hurt. 'why is destiny so evil to me?' that was the question that always came to his mind.

Poor boy Riko must bury all thoughts and wishful thinking. There was only the grandmother in front of him who was getting older and his pain also often recurred. There was nothing she could do but pray that her grandmother could always accompany her. There was nothing else he had but his grandmother.

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In the morning Riko had gone to the goat pen to clean the cage, and afterwards would bring the goats to the valley to be shepherded.

The sun began to crawl up because it was 08:00, Riko had also left for the cage, and as usual, she was just doing the house chores as she could, considering his limp body and his relapsing pain just in case too tired.

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There was the sound of knocking on the door, stepping slowly towards the door, and opening the door. It appears that the figure of a man wearing all-orange clothes carrying brown parcels.

"yes, who are you and what do you need?"

"i'm a POS officer, just delivering a shipment from Mr. Haris to Mr. Joko"

Nek Halimah received the box the man had brought and thanked him.

"thank you sir"

"yes grandma, same"

So happy that Grandma Halimah got the delivery of her baby, she hurriedly closed the door and walked to the chair, opened the parcel, there was a letter, and also money and three prayer mats. Confused by what the letter contained, Grandma Halimah intended to see Riko to read the contents of the letter.

Just standing up from sitting and about to move his legs when Halimah tripped and his head hit the side of the table, fresh blood flowed from his head without anyone knowing.

While Riko was worshiped still busy with small goats that were running around after his stomach was filled with fullness. At 10:00 Riko herded the goats to return to the stable.

After everything was settled, Riko walked towards the house. How shocked he was when he opened the door, the first sight he saw was his grandmother lying on the ground with blood around her head that seemed to have begun to dry up. Riko screamed hysterically until the neighbors arrived.

All were shocked and cried for a moment when they found out that Grandma Halimah was lifeless. Do not ask again, how broken and broken Riko at that time, he felt negligent in looking after his grandmother. The fear that had been in his eyes had been plastered in front of him. Riko was left alone, without grandparents, let alone parents. The 13-year-old Riko cried out in tears. All the eyes that saw it also shed tears, as if to feel how devastated little Riko was. Alternately, people calm Riko down, and after being calm enough, immediately all take care of the funeral of Grandma Halimah.