The widow's sealed
Chapter 2
Mia pedaled her bike to RT's house. He made a deal to iron RT's clothes this morning. "Good morning, ma'am!" said Mia kindly greet RT bu who is sitting on the front porch.
"That's one morning, Mia. Breakfast first!" Bu RT gave a plate filled with fried food to Mia.
"Thank you, Mom." Mia took one fritters and two chili peppers. Mia is a spicy woman lover since she was still sitting on the SD bench.
"Can you please just now?" mia asked after finishing her fritters.
"Why rush? Drink first. Just relax. The ironing isn't as much as last week's Mi." Ms. RT gave Mia a glass of water.
Among the residents there, Ms. RT is the one who cares about her the most. Maybe because she knows how Mia's life struggles.
"From here, Mia's going to Dian's house. Let's not go home too late, ma'am."
"What are you going to Dian's house?" ask RT curious.
"Says there's work for Mia, Mom. It's good to add."
Ms. RT sighed, she felt pity for Mia. The boy is still a dozen years old but has slammed bones to support his family.
"Mom, it's done." Mia tidied up her ironing pad.
"Thank you Mi. It's for a snack." Ms. RT handed the money to Mia.
"Mom, why a hundred thousand? Just a little bit of his shirt too. Fifty thousand is enough, ma'am." Mia returned the money to RT.
"No, this is for you. Consider it a bonus. Mother again there's more fortune."
"Well, thank you, ma'am. May your mother's fortune be more!" Mia kissed the money and said goodbye very happily.
Ms. RT just smiled at Mia who was getting away and lost from her sight.
"Excuse me... Lady Dian.. Miss Dian..." Shouted Mia from behind the locked iron fence.
"Yes, just a minute." Miss Dian's shout was no less loud than Mia's voice.
"Come here. I want to talk to you Mi." Bh Dian pulled Mia's hand to follow her into her house.
"Mi, how old are you now?" ask Dian's mom.
"17 years Ma'am," answered Mia confusedly.
"Can you read, write, count?" ask Dian's mom.
"Can,"
Mia is only a graduate of Junior High School, but she is among the outstanding students. He always got a champion. Even to continue to High School, Mia got a scholarship. But Mia refused because she preferred to find money, so that her mother was not tortured again by her father.
"You want to work in a store? Mom wants to open a grocery store. Mia's her servant!"
Ms. Dian believes that Mia is a smart and very honest child.
"Daily work?" mia asked doubtfully.
"Yes. But calm down Mi. His salary is big."
"Well, if that's Mia want ma'am, want it. When did Mia start work?" ask Mia curious.
"Next week. You know that place on the side of the road?" ask Dian's mom.
"Mia said yes Mom if so. Mia will be here again" said Mia.
"Eh, this is bring. Good for a snack tonight." Bu Dian gave Mia a pack of eggs.
"Well, thank you very much ma'am. Mia's embarrassed about this."
"Don't be shy. Just bring me home. Be careful on the road, Mi!"
Mia nodded and pedaled her bike very cheerfully. Today Mia brought a hundred thousand and martabak telor. Mia sure today spared the tantrums of Mr. Baskoro.
"Mom, Sir. Mia's home." Mia's shout made the crowded house quiet.
Mia was already unwell when she saw some shoes lined up in her yard.
"Come in, son." Mr. Baskoro very kindly welcomed the arrival of Mia.
Mia became suspicious. Look at every corner of his house. I see some people sitting there. "Mia, healthy?" ask an old man.
"He's healthy" said Mia nervously.
Mr. Baskoro explained the intention of Haji Hamid's arrival to his home. Especially if not to propose to him.
Mia just rounded her eyeballs. His heart refused very hard, but his lips were twisted. Can't say anything, Mia just kept quiet. Eventually, the guest left Mia's house.
"Sir, Mia does not want to marry Haji Hamid. Mia wants to work, later the pay for all of you. Mia promise." After how long Mia had not cried, her tears began to flood her cheeks. Tight chest. She was only seventeen years old. Even the ID card he did not have, suddenly had to marry Haji Hamid who was adrift of thirty years with him.
"You negotiating?" ask Mr. Baskoro with a threatening tone.
Mia was silent, she did not answer.
"OK, if you want a choice. You have two choices. Married to Haji Hamid or working on Koh Yong's place?" said Mr. Baskoro by lifting Mia's chin with his right index finger.
Mia's sobs are getting louder. Mia's body was embraced by Bu Ningsih. "That's enough, sir. That's not an option. Let Mia make her own choice."
Mia was pulled by her mother to immediately rest inside her room. "I'm sorry, Mom." Bu Ningsih hugged Mia with tears. Feeling guilty about her husband's attitude.
"It's okay Mom. Mia sure you know what's best for Mia. Mia wants to marry Haji Hamid Bu."
"No Mia. You're still very small. It's not time you got married. Your load is very heavy, Mi. I'm sorry, yes!"
"Enough Ma'am. Mother is innocent. Mia
who should be sorry for not being able to give the best to you and me."
Bu Ningsih's heart was getting sliced with all of Mia's words. There is no hatred for Mr. Baskoro even though the abuse and abuse Mia always receives every day.
Ms. Ningsih came out of Mia's room and met Mr. Baskoro. A great discussion took place that night. Mia heard all the words of her parents.
But this time, Mia had no intention of separating them as usual. Mia prefers to write her feelings on books. Dizziness in her head made Mia save her book back into the drawer and then sleep.
Mia no longer cares about the future. There is no hope, let alone an ideal. Mia only has one wish. I want to see both parents happy. More precisely his father.
Living together since infancy, never a little Mia felt what love and affection from a father. Mr. Baskoro even often blatantly mentions that Mia is an illegitimate child. At first Mia did not understand, but the bigger Mia understood what her father meant.
Not to mention the nyinyiran from her neighbors made Mia a numb human being. It was no longer heartache when their mouths insulted him all out.
Mia only promised herself to obey all her parents' wishes. At the very least, Mia's life could still be useful to others.
