
"Why did you cry?" ask Anna.
Safia wiped her tears.
"Mother is okay Anna" Safia replied.
If Safia remembered the past, eleven years ago, when she was pregnant with Anna. How hard he was to live alone in a small rented house. Without a husband and two parents. And Safia couldn't speak, as many people questioned who Anna's real father was.
Anna is the flesh of Rama. The man who had desecrated Safia while she was Shakira's husband. And everyone no one knows about Anna.
So did Rama and the people in the village
Safias. They all did not know that Safia was pregnant with Rama's child and the child was now a beautiful little girl whose age had reached ten years. And during that time, they never knew where Safia was.
"Mother don't cry. Mother cannot cry. Anna promises mother, Anna will diligently learn so that Anna's grades are good so that she can make you proud. But..."
Safia looked at her son. Suddenly Anna showed a sad face.
"But what's Anna?" ask Safia
"Anna's shoes are already hollow. Anna wants to buy shoes again" said Anna.
Safia smiled.
"Dear, if you're paying, Anna will buy you shoes."
Safia grabbed Anna's body and carried Anna into her arms.
"Dad.." said Anna suddenly who made Safia surprised.
"Dad?" Safia released her embrace and looked at Anna fixedly.
"I miss my mother's father. Where's mom's dad? Anna wants to see dad's face. One time mother," said Anna.
Safia has always kept her secret from people. To date, no one knows who Anna's father is.
In Jakarta, Safia had lied that her husband was in the village and had divorced her. But the smart girl Anna, at all times always questions who her father is and what his face looks like.
Because until that rough patch, Anna had never seen a picture of her father. And Anna really needs a father figure in her life. Safia did not want to open her heart to another man. Until now, she has not been willing to marry and is looking for a new father for Anna.
Safia returned to shed her tears.
"Mother has said. If your father had died. Mother and father have been divorced for a long time" said Fatia.
"No. Mother must be lying. If Anna's father is dead, where is her grave? can you show me where Dad's grave is?"
"Your father's grave is in Nak's village. Far."
"Yes already. Then we go to the village. Let me know where Dad's grave is."
"Son, our village is far away, son. Mother has no money to go there. To eat, our lives are mediocre."
"Keep, when dong mama we can go to the village? Anna wants to see dad's grave."
"Wait a long time to have Anna's money."
"Yes, then. I want to help you with work. Let's go home and I can see Dad's grave."
"You don't go to work. Let your mother work. You are the right school. Let you be an office guy. Don't be like mother."
"Yes Mother. After Anna's success, Anna wants to go to the mother's village. Anna wants to see dad's grave."
Safia did not know how to explain to her little girl about her father. Anna is too young to know all the truth that her real father is still alive.
****
This morning, Anna was ready in her uniform. He's going to school. While Safia will go to the laundry at work.
Yes, Safia has always worked in laundry. Because Bu Windi has been so kind to her. While Miss Maryam, who had been helping Safia, had died a few years ago.
Safia and her son are still in the dining room. They have been eating their breakfast ever since.
"Anna, eat a lot. Let you be full and fat quickly, later if you have a salary, Anna will makin mother Anna's favorite chicken," Safia said on the sidelines of her chewing.
Anna smiled.
"Yes Mother."
Anna is a good boy. Although from childhood he had lived a difficult life, but he never blamed the situation.
She understands her mother's current condition, because Anna knows that since she was a child she has no father. At school, she was also often bullied by her friends because she was poor and had no father.
Not even a few of them, say Anna is an illegitimate child. Because Anna can't prove that she has a father. Because until now, Safia has never kept a photo of Rama.
"Mother, do we not have a brother in the village? like grandma, grandpa, Aunt, budhe?"
"You still have a grandmother, a grandfather, and a budhe. Mama has an older sister in the village" Safia replied.
Anna smiled showing her white teeth.
"Mother, what's Anna like?"
"Yes, like mother."
"Like mother huh? if it's grandpa and grandma, what's it like?"
"Well, like..." Safia hung her words..
It's hard to see Anna, what her grandparents looked like.
"Bun. I want to collect money, so we can go to this abandoned village."
"Yes dear. Later yes, if you have grown up, then you will take you to the mother's village."
After finishing breakfast, Anna got up from her seat.
"Mother, Anna left school first yes," said Anna.
"Yes dear. You want to go alone? no need to bring it, right?"
"No need to take a bun. Anna's school is close."
"Yes dear. After this, you also have to go to work."
Anna kissed the back of her mother's hand. After that, he left his house. Safia got up from her seat. He then tidied up the dirty dishes that were on the dining table.
Safia brought the dirty dishes to the kitchen. After that, he washed it. After her homework was done, Safia picked up her bag and left the house to go to Bu Windi's house.
Arriving at Bu Windi's house, Safia went inside. However, Safia was shocked when she saw that Bu Windi's house looked desolate.
"Where are the people. Why is it so quiet his house," said Safia.
A little while later, Bu Windi approached Safia.
"Safia."
"Mom, laundry is off, ma'am. How lonely."
"Here Safia. I want to talk to you."
"Yes, Mom."
"We're talking in the living room."
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