The Chosen Heart Part 2

Ayu

Isna sat down and lifted Ayu up on her lap.

" Oh, pretty heavy are you too."

Ayu laughed, showing off her neatly lined teeth. Mbah Sum rarely gives sweet food to Ayu, so her teeth are not porous.

Early met with Isna, Ayu was not immediately close and familiar.But she quickly adapted. His disappointment, his questions, make the house never quiet if Ayu is not sleeping.

" Anti, I want school. Mami said, I want to go to school, but not school.Friends I have all school."

" Oh yeah? Who are your friends?"

" Many, Meymey, Echa, Ading, Andi,mmm who is it?"

" That's it, that curly hair."

" Eldi's. I love being given by Eldi. Eh Echa wants to say, but not be loved by Eldi."

" Why not be loved?"

" Said Echanya likes fierce."

Dani watched the little girl sitting on Isna's lap while continuing to smile.

" Anti, who is it? Anti's girlfriend?" Ayu inquired about Dani who had felt that she was watching him constantly.

Dani's smile widened into laughter. " Not Beautiful. Om is not Anti's girlfriend. This is Anti's husband."

" Husband? Oh, married huh?"

Be married? So funny when the word was spoken by Ayu, with a style and nose of an unusually plain face. Dani keeps laughing.

" Oh, laughs on."

" Ayu's brother is funny."

Ayu adorable smile.

" Oh Mbah, Ayu's school tomorrow?" Ayu spoke to the figure of the woman he already considered as his grandmother.

Isna looked towards Mbah Sum.

" Iyo, cah ayu... We go to school tomorrow."

" Strong...!" Ayu jumped from Isna's lap, then ran away, without being prevented.

" Ayu! Where you going?!" She asked half screaming.

" To Echa's house!" ayu replied, then continued running.

" The Mbah was confused," Mbah Sum began to speak. "Ju ask sekolaaaah continue. The abbey has no cost. Thankfully, there is Arif. Mas Arif has registered with the PAUD near here. But pay it off. He said, wait until Arif payday mas first. School starts too long."

Isna and Dani looked at each other. " Arab?"

" A can help, right?" Suddenly she asked her husband.

" It will be done." Dani answered.

Isna smiled, then turned to look to Mbah Sum

" Mbah, God willing later Aa Dani also wants to work to help. No need to be confused anymore. Let our Ayu school work on the cost. God willing..."

" Oh Allah... Isna tea, suwun matur, ngggeh. Mugi-mugi rijkinya plus. Aa Dani, healthy fisting, selamet, baroque tour." (Thank you, yeah. Hopefully his sustenance added, Aa Dani is given healthy, congratulations, and blessings )

Mbah Sum greeted Dani, and kissed her hand. Dani hurriedly pulled out her hand.

" Ora do not koyo ngene, Mbah. Ordinary mawon." (It's not like this, Mbah. Ordinary of )

Mbah Sum also greeted Isna. Isna can only smile in a sad feeling, given the fate of Ayu who was alone at such a small age.

Being under the care of someone like Mbah Sum, it will be difficult for Ayu to get a decent education. It would be better for Ayu if she was taken care of by a family with a father and mother. There is not only the Mbah.

" Isna Tea, Aa Dani, monggo, pinara. " Mbah Sum invited Isna and Dani in.

Isna answered with a smile, then invited her husband in.

Inside the house Dani's eyes are glaring, looking around.

" When did Ayu's mother die, Mbah?" Dani noticed a photo of a beautiful woman with a pointed nose, which was displayed on the wall of the living room.

" Whoa, the mbahnya not apal. Koyone five or six months ago."

" Why hasn't Ayu ever been brought to her papal family, Mbah? Ayu is beautiful. If his grandfather's grandmother saw they could fall in love with Ayu. I'm sure."

" Yo si mbah ora ngerti A. Said neng Sofie, Ayu's Papi was told when Ayu was born, but did not come to see Ayu, until now."

" Why is that?"

" Yo ora knows."

" Pity Ayu. He deserves to know who his father is."

" Neng Sofie said that his papi Ayu already has a new mama. So Ayu can't see her again."

" That's what Neng Sofie said."

" Anti !Aaaa!! The mbah !!" Their chatter was halted by Ayu's hysterical cry, which was heard from a distance.

Isna, Dani, and Mbah Sum simultaneously rushed out because they heard Ayu's voice that seemed to be frightened.

As soon as they got outside, they saw a scene of Ayu being chased by a rooster.

Some neighbors came out because they were also surprised to hear Ayu's hysterical voice.

And what happens is that the scene that looks funny even becomes the laughingstock of people who see it.

Isna and Dani, also Mbah Sum , had felt amused to see the scene. Ayu who ran with her plump body alone already looks funny, coupled with her frightened, but funny facial expression, making Dani can't bear to not laugh.

But looking at Ayu's frightened face, Dani approached Ayu who was still running, then lifted and carried him.

The chicken stopped chasing Ayu. The owner finally called out to the fierce rooster, while apologizing to Dani, especially Ayu.

Still leaving laughter, Dani took Ayu to his house.

" I'm afraid of Tanos." said Ayu, wiping her eyes wet with tears.

" Tanos?" Dani's confused." That chicken is called Tanos?"

" yes. Tanos is fierce, Om."

Dani smiled. " Yes don't get close to Tanos, let's not be chased."

" I'm going through Om. The tanos have been fierce."

" The rooster is so. Error, Everyone who passed by had felt pursued by Tanos, then pegged." Mbah Sum explained about Tanos.

" Why can that be?" Isna asked.

" Lacking to know why."

" Ayu was pegged by Tanos?" Dani asked.

" No.I'll run fast, so it's not to be."

Dani pinched Ayu's cheek in anxiety. Then lower Ayu from her carrier.

Ayu ran in.

Dani looked around, looking at the atmosphere around.

The sun was getting more and more fierce to emit its rays. This village is very much populated. Even so the house is not so crowded, there are still some houses that still have a fairly large yard. Dani's intention to have a home in the area. For investment, it is used as a rented house. Entrepreneur's thoughts.

Dani opened her phone, and called someone. Isna secretly trying to steal the conversation. There was a suspicious feeling in her heart, since knowing Dani had never been dishonest to her.

" Anti, I got this." Suddenly Ayu came out with a photo album.

Isna crouched down, receiving the album from Ayu's hands.

His concentration on his attempt to steal Dani's conversation was slightly interrupted.

But his curiosity in the contents of the photo album that Ayu brought made him start to open sheet by sheet of the album.

When her eyes arrived on a photograph of the couple, Isna felt familiar with the face of her groom.

Feeling unsure, she saw another wedding photo. Still hesitating, she called her husband.

Dani's done calling.

" Aa, look at this photo." Isna offered the photo album for Dani to see.

" That's Papi's picture of Mami getting married." Ayu told, without question .

Dani saw Isna's recommended album.

And when Dani's eyes saw a row of photos featuring the image of the couple, his facial expression turned startled.

" This... is Rizal's mas?" Dani asked, I don't know who.

Just like Isna, she recognizes the man in the photo, the bride, as Rizal, the doctor who treated Isna's broken bones.

" yes, right? It's like Rizal's doctor." Isna insists that her vision is not wrong.

" Yes, similar." Dani agrees.

The two exchanged glances, in confusion and questions that required answers.

Ayu doctor Rizal's son?

Dani must find out the truth soon.

Seriate

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