THE SOUL SEEKS THE BODY
Chapter 21 The Glassesless Man
" Welcome, brother,..." Say hello to the minimarket cashier, a mature brown-skinned girl with bob-haired neckline, as soon as Enggar arrived in front of her. I could see the girl smiling kindly at him. In return, he also gave a smile automatically.
One pack of pads, two bottles of 'health come month' drinks and two packs of brandy chocolate bars on the cash register. Deftly the girl scanned all the items one by one and put them all into a white plastic bag.
Teeetttt. Teeetttt. Teeetttt.
It was a cell phone that was in the pocket of Enggar's uniform. Pull it out, glance at the name listed on the screen, and then press the receive button.
" Hello, Pa,..."
" Where are you now? Why don't you eat the breakfast Mama Puri prepared? Susumu, why did you leave her without you drinking a single bit?" Without a stale or opening greeting, the middle-aged man who was far away at the end of the continent, bombarded Enggar with scolding. The girl's ears were hot. " Don't you say you should have breakfast and milk before you go to school. How can you learn that your stomach is empty, huh?!"
Enggar's face was sour. Morning had breakfast scolding, whose heart was not upset.
The cashier glanced at the pouting girl in front of him after receiving a call. He hesitated to disturb. But he had finished counting the girl's groceries and it was all in the plastic.
Gathering guts, the cashier then slightly shifted the small screen on the computer showing the total groceries towards Enggar and said, "Sister, the total is eighty-three thousand five hundred rupiah."
Enggar must have heard it. He handed over a hundred thousand red notes to the cashier. " I'll buy some bread later, Pa." To relieve the seriousness of papa Enggar can only find safe and answer well. Looking for a reasonable reason for the parents. " I got a stomachache for coming this month this morning, so I don't have an appetite."
There was a sound of papa sighing, "Papa thought there was nothing to do between breakfast and drinking milk with coming your month. Find a good reason, right?"
" Ih, Papa ngeselin, you know nothing." Enggar frowned as he received the receipt and change from the cashier, grabbed the plastic bag containing his groceries and moved towards the door." Papa wouldn't talk like that if papa were me. Pa, how's Mona doing?"
" The situation is stable now. You guys are yeah, it's hard if papa says it. Eating and resting must be taken care of. Activities may be, but take care of the body. If you have collapsed, you will lose yourself. What's his name if he doesn't love the body."
" Yes, Pa. I will pay more attention to myself from now on. That pain is not good."
" May what you say really come from your heart." Sahut Papa, a little doubt with the sincerity of Enggar's promise, " Promise many times but many times also breaking. Your talk can't papa hold."
Along his legs, Papa kept nagging Enggar. Arriving at the door, Enggar wanted to push him, from the opposite direction, the glass door opened from the outside and a tall figure stepped in.
Enggar looked up a little, glancing at the man. Ash-grey suit with white color shirt, neat hair, and a face of drizzle, handsome anyway. The man did not 'ngeh' if Enggar was glancing at him at a glance.
Pushing the door, stepping gently down the sidewalk to where his car was parked temporarily. Along the way his brain thought hard.
The man's bushy eyebrows, that pair of eyes, his nose also formed his lips that were without a smile. At a glance the contours of the man's face were like someone Enggar knew faintly. He felt he had seen her somewhere new. But he forgot, where did he see it?
"..., then Papa hang up, yeah. You are heart on the road. Don't worry" Papa's voice still airs in Enggar's ears, but he doesn't really listen.
" Ready, General." Enggar nodded, "Oiya, Pa. Don't forget, say hello to Mona. I miss him, Pa."
" When will Papa come home?" Before the phone call ended, Enggar asked this important question. He can't stay away from Papa for too long.
" Papa's Day is home." As Papa said, understand well Enggar's dependence on him. " Remain, as long as Papa's not around, don't make trouble for Mama Puri, okay?"
Next to Enggar's eyebrows crept up, "What does Papa mean by 'troublesome'?"
" Tsk. Papa thinks you're not a kid anymore, so know what Papa said. Last night, didn't you bother your Mama Puri?"
Remembering last night's incident, made Enggar's face stiff. A flash of hatred flashed for a moment in the gray iris of his eyes." Pa, that night, that woman, Mi,..."
" Don't we promise not to offend this matter again?" Papa cut Enggar's sentence fast, forcing the girl to shut up." Remembering him would only make papa want to kill him. You know Papa, don't you, Enggar?!"
" Yes, Pa. I'm sorry."
Just as Enggar was sensitive about this matter, Papa was the same. " We'll talk about this after papa comes back. Okay, baby, baby?"
" he-uh. Pa, by-by, yeah."
There was a soft laughter from Papa, warm to Enggar's ear, "You. Always remind Papa. I love you, my princess!"
" love you too, my King!" Reply Enggar.
The connection then ended and Enggar returned the phone into his pocket.
He got into his black car. Put a white plastic bag on the next chair, then start blaming the machine.
An idea arrived inside his head. Unknowingly her lips turned a small smile. Enggar, Enggar.... Instead of dying of curiosity, would it not be better to find out?
Seven minutes less the ash-clad figure came out of the minimarket. There was a small plastic bag on his left hand. It was the man Enggar caught a glimpse of as they passed by at the entrance.
Enggar wanted to find out about the unknown man.
The man's car was in the back of Enggar's car, blocked by two other vehicles in front of him. With wide steps the man headed for his car. Open the door and go inside.
Fortunately, Enggar car glass uses car window film with a level of darkness of 40 percent, making it difficult for outsiders to see into the car. He just waited for a while, and after the man's car moved he would follow behind him.
Isn't the plan perfect?!
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