The Woman Behind The Scenes
Chapter 27 - Hugging Mom
“According to you, Savana is like
what now, bi? We are there still full of dust,” asked Dara while enjoying
a glass of smoothie in the airport lounge. They're gonna fly to his village, man,
the place where he met Tomi.
“Yang sure ... Your fans
already not there.” replied Tomi briefly and then smiled like a sneer.
“Fans?” Dara frowned
his forehead.
“Dear Bima sir. Hahaha!”
ledek Tomi, and spontaneously Dara stepped on her husband's foot.
Kio certainly does not understand
what his parents talked about; a history of how he finally existed.
“Almost you are his wife.
Isn't that right, Miss Dara? But I admit, he's brave.” Tomi keeps on getting sucked up
his wife.
Dara was silent, momentarily reminiscing
his meeting with Bima, and then he went with Tomi. Already some
this year he no longer greeted Bima. Tom restricted his access
to the man, and that is a reasonableness made by a husband
who took care of his wife from the man who once liked her.
“Cieee! Must have remembered the
former heartfelt!” tomi's tease followed with laughter from her and Dara, respectively,
fishing Kio along with a small laugh.
They spent a few minutes, though,
then get on the plane when the loudspeaker chants a number
their flight.
“Kio. You will meet grandma ..”
he told Kio, when the plane had taken off.
“Ma ..” the boy tried
imitating what his mother said.
“Yes. Omas. Grandma ...” added Dara
to his son.
“Bi. This is the first time you've met
mama ..”.
“Take it easy. I've had some
talk to your mom over WhatsApp lately. Probably not
as awkward as you think,” said Tomi.
Dara smiled looking at the blue sky,
and a very bright sun. Nature supports it so that it can
as comfortable as possible on a flight to meet his mother. His eyes are fixed
in the vast ocean below, and several island clusters. He knows
... In a few moments they will land in the village where he grew up.
The green island and
several other brown-colored areas were clearly visible scattered in between
the vast ocean. The plane started to go lower and lower again, a little bit
swoop down, then turn.
Dara's eyes were fixed on the beach sand
it was so white, and the waves rolled up that it looked like a thick foam. Airplane
it got closer to the bottom, and landed perfectly.
Tom pushed his son's carriage
asleep, while Dara is busy looking for someone once they get out of
arrival gate. One from a very close distance, waved his hand.
“Fred!!” shouted Dara with excitement
seeing that old friend waiting. The man looked more handsome, and
his appearance is stealing attention. Listen he has been wrong
one important person in a newly inaugurated famous hotel in the city.
“Daraaaa! Oh my goodness you're skinny. What
you still like the work of bone slamming not because?” the change in
Dara can be easily seen. The only thing that was holding her stomach was her stomach.
While his feet look skinny. His cheeks that accentuate the bones of the face,
“Oh this one, yes. Hi mas! I
Fred's. Let's just say I'm Dara's sister,” she said again while shaking Tomi's hand.
Tomi seems to be very happy with Fred's personality. Some time after
their introduction, he exchanged many stories with Fred during the inside
the journey to the residence of Dara's mother and her sisters.
“So ... How’s life? Happy dong you
I have a husband now, Ra. Abroad anyway,” Fred's remarks made Dara
must be good at acting.
“Iya, sis. Happy. I'm happy. Over there
life is different, we do not need to fear if there are neighbors who are gibbah.
Very rarely happens. Hahahaha!” dara's laughter invites Tomi and Fred to come boisterous.
A few moments after the trip
tiringly, the car stopped at the address Dara gave. Her eyes
a little bit of chalk, because he wanted to make sure the house he saw was indeed
his mother's residence.
After Dara got married, in some time when her marriage
in obstacles, his mother was heavily in debt and they continued to move around
from one rental house to another.
The house looked neat, with walls
it's blue. It's just that the core is not yet ceramic, and the zinc
looks like it's been a long time, stealing Dara's attention.
He got out of that car
carrying son. He recognized his mother's face coming out from the inside
homehouse.
“Mamaaa!” he was running small
towards his mother. The mother and son hugged for a long time, and Dara could feel
her mother's tears fell on her shoulders.
“This is Kio, son? Hi Kio. This is oma,”
the woman held her grandson for the first time, and the boy was completely
not reject. He comfortably rested his head on his grandmother's shoulder.
“Already. Let her be with mom. Him
snugly. You rest. Eat first, son. Your sister is still on campus.” Reciprocity.
Dara gets back in the car, helps her down
some other small items, then say goodbye
to Fred who's picked them up at the airport.
“Enjoy, yes. I'm going, Ra.
Must return to office. Later stop by my workplace, ya” Fred said goodbye then
go with the car.
Tomi nimbly approached her in-laws.
He kissed her hand and gave her a hug. The in-law
a good and understanding woman. He hugged his son-in-law again.
“Thank you for looking after Dara, son
...” he told Tomi, with a drop of tears dripping down.
Beep it! Beep it! Motor honks sound
break the mood of the day.
“Which sister, Ma?” dara's Sisters
the one who had just returned home, was busy looking for him. Without waiting for my answer, they immediately
go in search of his brother.
Laughter and jokes brother and sister
it sounded after a few seconds. Like children, they still
joking the same way, forgetting that they had to say hello to her brother-in-law
who sat with their mother.
“You haven't met my husband. Exists
in front,” Dara's word to his two younger siblings, and the two young men then approached
bring them to meet. Daniel and Zeva look normal, like people
another first met with sister-in-law. The family looked perfect,
in that simple house they spent their lunch together, and talked
lighthearted about life in the Philippines.
