The Primadona Malam

Meet Mama Rossa

"I-I don't know how-to live life without my mother's children, Bang!" sahut Halim started sobbing.

"You have to be strong, Lim. For the sake of your children. How could Rayyan be strong if her father was weak" Sugistiawan said, trying to encourage Halim.

"Pa-pa!"

Rayyan's call resuscitated Halim. She also clutched her little child's body tightly.

"W-why won't mom ever be with us again, Pa?" asked Rayyan.

Halim did not answer. Only his body was getting more and more shaken. Shortly after, the door opened again. Sugistiawan grabbed Halim's shoulder as a signal for Halim to stand. A moment later, the two nurses came out by pushing the gurney carrying Imas' body.

"Mama!" Rayyan's cry broke out when she saw the gurney pass before her.

To appease his eldest son, Halim grabs Rayyan into his sling.

"Lu calm down your son, let me take care of the return of the deceased's body," Sugistiawan told Halim.

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"Hi, Ra!" greeting a woman whose grooming was not much different from Yura. "Who? New kid?" tanyakanya.

"Uh, just want to know," said Yura, looking stupid.

The woman also appears to be rolling her eyes. A cynical and inquiring gaze accompanied the steps of Yura and Niram who were walking side by side towards a main room.

"Where are we going, Ma'am?" niram asked while linking his eyebrows together as they arrived in front of a large door room.

"We're going to see Mama Rossa" Yura replied.

"Mama Rossa? Who's Mama Rossa?" ask Niram again.

"The owner of this place," Yura replied, "to be exact, the woman who did not help me" he added.

Niram. He himself had no words to chimed in Yura's answer. Currently, Niram could only give up on the circumstances and destiny he had to go through.

Wh-tok-tok!

"Ma, can Yura come in?" yura asked while knocking on the big door.

"Come in!" command a melodious voice from inside the room.

Tracks!

Kriet's!

Yura pressed the doorknob long enough. He then pushed the door open wide.

Niram tries to brave himself to see who and how Mama Rossa looks like, Yura's helper angel. How surprised Niram, when staring at the face of Rossa who turned out to be similar to the woman he knew as the owner of the cafe.

W-is he the same guy? inner Niram who started to take a few steps back.

Mama Rossa who was looking in the mirror, slightly knitted her eyebrows when she saw the existence of a stranger. He turned around and began to stare intensely at Niram.

"Who did you bring here?" ask Mama Rossa. His chin pointed at Niram who already looked pale.

"Oh yes, Ma. Kenalin, this is Yura's new friend. His name is Niram" Yura said, introducing Niram.

"Your new friend? Then why were you brought here?" ask Mama Rossa, investigate.

"Emh .. actually he came here to look for work, Ma," Yura replied.

"Don't fuck you! I don't need a dishwasher in this place anymore!" ketus Mama Rossa's.

Yura put her foster mother's shoulder on.

"Oh come on, Ma .. cook makeup like Mama said maid," she joked.

"Because?" hatch Mama Rossa.

"I mean Yura, working as ... that's fine," Yura continued while lowering her eyebrows.

"Related?" press Mama Rossa.

"Yup!" answer Yura.

"Hmm, but he knows it's not, the division here?" mama Rossa began to investigate.

"okay!" mama Rossa's.

A moment later, Mama Rossa approached Niram. He looked at Niram from the tip of his hair to the tip of his head.

"Hmm, perfect," muttered Mama Rossa. "Are you still a virgin?" tanyakanya.

Deg-deg-deg!

Niram's heart was racing when he heard Mama Rossa's statement. His tongue was too faint to answer a question of privacy.

Ih, is it really in the city, this kind of question is not a taboo? inner Niram.

"My jaw! Are you still a girl, married or widowed? Have you had sex with the opposite sex, or not at all?" mama Rossa's cross made Niram take a step back.

"Woy, selow Ma .. selow!" yura shouted towards the woman who had helped her. "Let me tell you," he continued.

Mama Rossa sniffed. However, he had no other choice but to listen to the babbling of his adopted son.

"Actually ... This Niram, just like me, Ma. She's a girl, but not a virgin. The difference is, I got into a free relationship with that jerk. While Niram ... he was a victim of violent crime a few weeks ago," Yura explained.

"God! Tragic about your fate" said Mama Rossa who was concerned about the fate of Niram. "Alright, Mama let you make money here, but on one condition," he added.

"W-what's the cue, Ma?" ask Niram.

"Use the contraceptive device! Mama doesn't want the foster kids Mama's suddenly soaring!" emphatically.

"So calm mom, Yura already gave her pills. And he drank it, too" Yura said.

"When?" investigate Mama Rossa by asking Niram.

"So, Ma. Before leaving here" replied Niram.

"What's? That one?" peeking Mama Rossa's. "Jeez, Yur .. lu don't you mean how the tools work? Ish, that's so rash. Already, go home!" drive Mama Rossa to Niram.

"But, Ma," said Niram.

"Ish, I don't want to take any chances, do I? At least you take a pregnancy-preventing drug on a regular basis. Minimum of three days. After that, then you can come back here again," said Mama Rossa.

Niram and Yura could only look at each other.

"Easy-after. Hurry up there go! Your guests are waiting in your room, Ra. And you!" Appoint Mama Rossa to Niram, "stay here for some time. Just pay attention to how your seniors work, so that I don't have to teach you how to serve you. Understand!" to Niram.

"Ba-good, Ma."

"Good! Now, go to the kitchen. Make me a cup of bitter tea!" Back Mama Rossa gave the order.

"Come, Nir. I'll take you to the kitchen" Yura asked.

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The process of returning the body is complete. With an ambulance delivered, the body of Imas also arrived at the funeral home, which was at the residence of his father Imas. Sukma's cry broke out when the coffin carrying his daughter's body entered the house.

"Gold, son! Huhuhuhu ... What exactly happened to you, Neng? Huhuhu,." said Sukma as she wept bitterly.

Noor could only roll both of his eyes. She felt annoyed at the attitude of the husband who she thought was too far-fetched.

"Emh, it's so bad" Noor murmured.

Not many neighbors are lying. Because the Sukma family is not too social with the local community. Only distant relatives and the right-left neighbors of the Sukma house visited Imas one by one.

"Be patient, Mr. Halim!" said the neighbors gave moral support to Halim.

The man was unable to answer anything. He could only nod and cry again when he saw the corpse of Imas lying stiff in front of him.

"What about the burrow, sir? Has it been dug?" halim asked shortly after the mourners came home.

Looks like we can just bury the body of Imas tomorrow, replied Sukma.

"But why, sir?" ask Halim again.

"It's night, Lim. No one will want to dig a tomb at night" Sukma said.

Halim is only able to budge. What his father-in-law said has a point. Now, Halim can only accept his father-in-law's decision.