
A matic motorcycle stopped right in front of the Holy House. The owner is a girl his age.
"Holy, …"
"Sorry, who are you and what do you need?" ask Sacred.
"God. How could you not recognize me? It's me, Dina. Your playmate."
Suci then observed the appearance of the brownish-haired girl from the tip of her hair to the tip of her feet. Of course he still remembered Dina, his friend when he was a child. He is not from family. Just like it seems, when school used to buy shoes or bags worn by both parents in the market.
After almost eight years of not meeting, Dina's appearance completely changed. His face that was once so dull, now looked glowing. Not just his face. The clothes, bags or shoes he wears are expensive items that he may only be able to find in the Mall.
"Holy. How are you fucking dumb?"
"Are you Dina Anggraeni?" ask Sacred. The girl nodded her head.
"I'm sorry, I barely recognize you because your appearance is now much different when you were in Junior High."
"Yes is clearly different. Now I know him
Skincare, salon, and of course guys. That's why I have to be smart about keeping up appearances."
"Skin-skin-what?" asked Sacred innocently.
"Skincare, or facial care products. You see that now, right? My face that used to be dirty and pimpled is now white and smooth. That's because I use skincare regularly."
"That's it." Sacred mangosteen.
"Don't you want to be beautiful like me? If your appearance is old-fashioned like this where there are men who want to approach you, let alone propose to you."
"What do I think about appearances? Every day I feed thousands of ducks. Not to mention cleaning the cage. Um ... By the way you now work where, Din?"
The question that had been awaited had finally slid also from the Holy mouth.
"I work in the city as a domestic assistant in the home of a very Neat artist."
"Household assistant? What kind of job is that?" ask Sacred.
"God. That time you don't know. That's modern language for maids."
"What is your salary?" ask the Saints again.
"Nearly five million."
"Five million? That's all the money, Din?"
"No, .. leaf. Of course money. Even though my job every day is just to wash and iron his clothes. That's why in a year's time I can buy a new motorcycle. I can also renovate my parents' house."
"Ckckck." Saints amazed.
"Don't you want to work in the city, too?" ask Dina.
"Actually I'm being messed around by debt. This is all because of my pretentious stepmother that luxurious lifestyle. Unbeknownst to the father he owed the loan shark by mortgaging this house as his guarantee. The number is no joke, twenty million."
"Your stepmother is really crazy! He could have mortgaged his own house as collateral for the debt."
"Sssst .. don't be hard. My mom will listen. I don't want you to make a fuss with him" said the Saint half-whispering.
"What does that money do?"
"Say to buy a motorcycle for Siska who is now in college in the city. Now I'm dizzy thinking about how to pay off that debt with the interest. I promised the loan shark's man to pay it off in a week."
"A week? How reckless you are. Where do you want to find that much money? Swashy? Robbing? Or selling ducks in Mr. Burhan's cage secretly?"
"Hush! Ngawur. I'm forced to say that let Mr. Burhan's men quickly leave. I can't bear to see my father beaten them" said Suci.
"Oh, so."
"But the problem is that you have promised to pay off the debt within a week. What if the moneylender is reckless to drive you out of this house?"
The mood was silent for a moment.
"Can you help me work in the city? It doesn't matter to be a maid either. The important thing is that my family still has a place to stay" said Suci.
"Ehm .. I heard information that a wealthy family was seeking the services of a babby sitter."
"Babby sitter's? Is that housemaid's job, too?" ask Sacred.
"Different. Babby sitter's job is to nurture and care for the baby. I heard the baby's mother died of illness."
"Just take care of the baby, right? When Murni and Fitri were kids, I also helped my late mother take care of them."
"Don't you think how to care for a rich baby is easy. Moreover, the baby's grandmother was so fierce. I don't know how many nannies have been in and out of the house. Almost all are not at home because of the attitude of the baby's grandmother," said Dina.
"I wondered what the baby's grandmother looked like. No matter how scary he is, it wouldn't be possible to eat people, would it?" holy Word makes Dina's laughter explode.
"It just so happens that security working in that house is my boyfriend's friend. If you are interested in this job, I will contact him first. But you also have to ask your parents for permission" said Dina.
"You don't worry. I will ask my father and mother for permission. However, I have the intention to work to pay the debt. They'll let me."
"Yes, I'm going home first. I have to get ready. At three o'clock this afternoon I should be back at work. Oh yeah, you have a cell phone, right?"
"So, wait a minute."
The saints enter the house. Not long after he returned with his cell phone."
"I've saved your number on my phone. Hopefully the family has not found a babysitter," Fina said after copying Suci's mobile number on her phone.
"I'm waiting for the good news."
"Send my regards to your father and your two sisters." Dina rides her motorcycle. He did not leave the Holy House for long.
"Who was that, Nduk?" ask your father when he comes back from work.
"Dina, sir."
"Dina Hasan's son, right? It's been a long time since I've played here."
"Dina now works in the city. Maybe only a few months back. Ehm .. anu .. Sir."
Mr. Bimo put his sickle under the hall and he poured himself on the cot made of bamboo.
"Why, Nduk?"
"I-I asked permission to work in the city."
"What?! As a child, you almost never go anywhere other than to school and to the market. How do you suddenly have the desire to work in the city?"
"Have you forgotten the debt collector's threat? We are given a week to pay off the debt. If not, we'll have to get out of this house."
"Yes, you know. But, are you able to stay away from your father and your two sisters? Life in that city isn't as sweet as you think. You know about Nia, right? He was proud of himself when he got a job in town. But in fact his fate is so sad. He returned to this village in a state of two bodies without marriage or husband. After giving birth she killed her son and ended her life by hanging herself."
"Father believes in me. I will take good care of myself, as well as my honor. I'm doing this for the sake of our family" Saints said.
"I'm sorry, Nduk. Because of the wrong choice of wife, now we have to face this severe problem."
"Already, Sir. No need to regret. It's all part of God's destiny."
The conversation halted when Widya suddenly came out of the house with a large bag.
"Where are you going?" ask Bimo.
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