The Single Parent

Neighbor Whispers

"Mother... Vano can play with Arif" he asked with a melas as if I wanted to agree.

"Vano is at home" I replied

Looks like his disappointed face.

"Rin.. don't do that, pity Vano want to play outside you don't allow" said Mas Arif.

"It's not okay Mas, but Vano will just recover from his illness, I'm afraid he's sick again" I replied.

"When you go to the toy store, okay? close to here" pinta Mas Arif.

"Let me alone with Vano, you are at home just doing your activities" he continued.

"Vano want to be the same Om Arif without Mommy?" I asked, Vano just shut up.

"Sama Mommy too" he whined.

"But a minute!" my answer.

Towards the toy store.

"Mother, Vano wants that." she pointed to one of the toys.

"Early Vano, Mother has no money" I replied

"If that one, may" pointed at Vano while looking at me with his innocent gaze and

i answered.

"Can"

When picking up a toy and bringing it to the cashier suddenly from beside me appeared mas Arif carrying the toy that Vano requested earlier.

"This is for Vano from Om Arif yes" he said.

Vano looks very happy and holds the toy that Mas Arif brought.

"Rin, no need" said Mas Arif as he shook his head, as I was about to open the wallet to pay.

"Let me pay for it" he continued

"Sorry to trouble you, thank you very much" I replied.

"After this we go straight home?" my door.

"Pity Vano" I continued.

Mas Arif nodded his head and we headed for the car.

On the way, Vano was engrossed in his play, Mas Arif and I were still silent only our hearts were talking.

I saw from behind Mas Arif sting through the glass in the car, I saw him smiling.

"Rin... Just shut up, tell me anything like you used to, I see now you're quiet a lot, are you afraid of me? do you think I'm a ghost that comes to you every day" he said with a laugh.

"It could be Mas Arif" I said.

"Rin.. I'm serious about you, I wasn't kidding last night, not kidding" he said.

"Mas... am I afraid of Mas?" I said.

"What are you afraid of Rin?" tanyakanya.

"I'm afraid when I'm happy and wish a lot with you, Mas goes to leave me again like I used to, Mas. holding back that longing hurts, holding back that uncertainty is tired" I said.

"I promise Rin, always be with you even if far away" he said.

"Mas... but right now I can't?" I said.

"Why?" tanyakanya.

"I'm still in iddah, what do people say? what did my ex-husband say?" my clear.

"I understand Rin? how long is your iddah mass? tanyakanya.

"A little less than two months" I replied.

"Loh... mean you just got divorced?" ask Mas Arif.

"Yes, early last month just dropped my divorce certificate" I explained.

When we got home, Vano got out of the car eagerly showing the car to my parents.

"Bah uti, Mbah kung is good, yes, it was bought by Om Arif" he said shyly.

We walked into the living room, both me and Mas Arif in the living room, Vano was busy playing in the living room.

"Rin... next week I go back to Papua, my permission to leave is done, you don't have me stay?" said Mas Arif.

"Well, what about Mas?" my many.

I was embarrassed to hear his words.

Ah...could be this Arif mas makes me embarrassed and fall in love with her umpteenth time my inner.

"Not so" I said embarrassed.

"But.." I said and cut off Mas Arif.

"But what is Rin?" he asked, looking at me, I was embarrassed.

"Later no more news" I replied.

"Let's see Rin" he replied.

"I say goodbye, you rest, Monday I pick you up again" he said.

Mas Arif left my parents' house, I continued my activities washing clothes and cleaning the house and playing with Vano.

"Eh you see not a few days there is a car in the new widow's house" said Ibu Dwi

"Be careful when our husbands are treated again with him" said Ms. Dyah

I heard the words of those mothers it felt so bad this heart

"I'm sorry, mom if you talk good don't continue to slander, if you don't know the reality don't bigos deh it could be slander Mom" I said to the mother and immediately left them, leaving them, but I still hear them talk.

"Look at him angry, if there is nothing why angry so yes." said Ibu Dwi.

"Don't let her be a mistress" said Ms. Dyah.

O Allah showered the heart of this servant from the fall of those men, nor could I refuse Mas Arif to come home, after all, my relationship with him is still in the early stages of not knowing what the future looks like, it could be that he left without a trace again.

Entering the house straight into the room crying, Mom came to me

"What else is Rin?" mother said

"The mothers of the complex are ma'am" I said in tears.

"Why? you tell me" continued Mother

"Widow's mom isn't that good? why do people say that? they say tell her to be careful with her husband afraid to like me, say I'm the mistress of people" I confide

"Rinda, they just look from the outside, they don't know how inside you are, I believe you're not what they're accusing you of" she explained.

"Basak Mas Arif came here they said I kept it, Mas Arif just don't have a wife!" my continue.

"That's because they don't know about you so talk about it anyway, don't take heart, what matters is that you're not like that" comforted my mother.

"It is also impossible that Ma'am I forbid Mas Arif to come here, but soon he also returned to Papua" I explained.

"Do not hear the words of important people you do not do, let time answer" Mother's advice.

"Vano... What else to play?" I went to Vano.

"Main cars that were bought by Om Arif" he replied.

"Vano..do you like Om Arif?" my many.

"Like Mommy, nice to take a ride in his car Om Arif" he said.

"But Om Arif will go far and long time not here, is it okay?" my clear.

"Kok go far? why?" tanyakanya.

"Yes Vano, Om Arif works far from here, to get on a plane" I explained.

"Waw gets on the plane" Vano said.

"Enak ya can take a plane, Mother ngajak Vano get on a plane when?" tanyakanya.

"Where is Vano going?" my many.

"To Om Arif" he answered.

There was just this child, but only a few days with mas Arif but as if it had been a long time and seemed familiar.

The phone from my room sounded

soon I left Vano for the room to pick up the phone, I saw from Mas Arif's screen that was telephoned.

"Assalamualaikum" said slowly.

"Waalaikumsalam, Rin tomorrow I'll go home, would you like to take Vano to the beach?" said.

"Mas... is there no other place? the beach is so worried, Vano is sick again!" my clear.

"What about the Zoo?" tanyakanya.

"Maybe but Vano mas will be fat if tired" I asked.