
Midnight.
A young mother is trying to calm her three-month-old baby from crying, as well as fussing over a fever after immunization.
"Csh ... Shhh ..." Alin tried to calm the baby, by continuing to pet her in a sling.
But the swing and the ovaries, in fact, are not able to calm the tiny baby. Until in the end the cry of the little baby also woke one of the occupants of the house inside.
"Mama, dede Marlina why?" tanya Yuan, Alin's first child is 6 years old.
"Dede fever dear, sturdy Yuan sleeping again huh. Tomorrow will be solid school," said Alin herded his son back into the room to continue his sleep.
"But sturdy can not sleep if the dede is still crying," replied Yuan can not sleep, occasionally rubbing both eyes tired.
"Yes firmly close his eyes, yes" said Alin stroked Yuan's forehead, occasionally fondling baby Marlina who was still fussy in his arms.
"Mama, has the dedenya taken the medicine yet?" asked Yuan cared.
"Here, soon the hot dede Marlina will come down. Sturdy bobo yes," pinta Alin patiently.
But Yuan went to the kitchen and went back to the bedroom, bringing a glass of water to the mother. "This mama is drinking water, mama must be tired of carrying dede."
Alin trembled to hear it, he immediately took water from Yuan's two tiny hands and drank the water. "Thank you, baby."
"Sama-sama," replied Yuan then crawled up onto the bed and tried to sleep on his own. "Mama keep dede Marlina alone, sturdy can sleep alone."
"Yes good night, sweet dreams." Kiss Alin afterward, then looked to the side of the empty Yuan without someone and smiled bitterly.
"He still hasn't come home" muttered Alin and stared at the wall clock.
Seeing that Yuan had fallen into a deep sleep and the heat on the baby was subsiding, Alin tried to lay both of his legs on the small table. Sometimes staring at the entrance and hoping that the husband returns home immediately.
Until fatigue and drowsiness make both netranya sleep alone, but he must continue to be awake in order to keep the door of the house, to wait for the husband who is busy playing gambling at his friend's house.
Alin took a bottle of black rubbing oil along with white cotton for wounds, then slowly spread around the bruise on his body.
Especially the bruise near her cheek, as a result of a loud slap drifted in this morning. When she forbade her husband not to go gambling and her memory was thrown again this morning.
Lu so bini don't worry, the cave went to play to the house Ah Chin just for a moment!
But koh, how many times has Alin told me not to gamble. Don't just stay up! We should spend time with our children, not with others. Not to mention our grocery store must be guarded, Alin can not alone take care of the house!"
Plakk!!
Alin closed his eyes and felt his slightly blue face. Until when will he accept such a fate, but it is better than him living a long life on the road without family out there.
Moments later, Alin's wait was finally over. As Yudi staggered into the house and shouted to his name.
"Well!" yudi as usual.
"Yes koh," said Alin lazily and immediately approached.
"Close the door and lock it! Hurry along!" yudi jolt then lay his body on the mattress and sleep.
Alin closed and locked the door of his house, then looked at the husband who had fallen asleep drunk. Even his clothes looked still the same as the man who was wearing this morning.
I don't know what karma he has done in the past life, until he got a husband with such an unworthy nature.
Though he knew, when he first knew him, Yudi was a good man who was loving and reliable by showing diligent work and good at making money.
Alin breathed a long breath into the air, then crouched down to take off the sandals on her husband's legs that were still attached and put on the sandal rack as usual. Then he was only able to fall asleep after taking care of his drunken husband.
...***...
Next morning.
Alin awoke from his sleep in the hour before dawn, where everyone was still engrossed in their dreams. In addition to busy preparing school supplies for his first son, he also had to do other activities as a housewife.
Moreover, he had a baby, which had to be taken care of extra. So inevitably, Alin must continue to try as much as possible to divide the time, even though sometimes it is still lost.
"Koh get up" whispered Alin waking up his first child.
Yuan squirmed smallly and slowly opened his tiny eyelids which were still difficult to open. "Is it morning, Ma?" tanyanya polo's.
"Yes, it has to be school. Let's get up, drink some milk first." Alin led his son who staggered to the front of the room.
Luckily Yuan is a submissive child, at the age of who is still sitting on the bench of kindergarten, but Yuan can already take care of himself even though it is still limited and must be monitored.
Until the time had come for seven o'clock past fifteen minutes in the morning, Alin took out his motorcycle and sat Yuan in a rattan chair.
While the baby was still sound asleep in his carrier.
A daily routine that has become breakfast for Alin, which is to take his son away to study, with the hope that his son will be the head of the family who is responsible and always happy for his wife and family.
While the hope of Alin to his daughter one of them is not to suffer a bitter fate like him.
Having a useless husband.
After 10 minutes, Alin had arrived at Yuan's school. He immediately handed his son over to the teacher and left without waiting for him.
"Koh Yuan is smart, Mama went home first huh. Later, Mama will return home from school to pick up," said Alin as usual, then handed the lunch box with a makeshift side dish to Yuan.
Yuan also grabbed the box while nodding obediently, as if understanding the busyness of the mother, he did not demand much of anything to his mother.
With a small wave Yuan turned his head once and went into the classroom together with his teacher.
Alin breathed a sigh of relief to see his son had entered the classroom without crying, after which he had to return home immediately in order to take care of other work.
But what she saw this morning, her husband Yudi instead wanted to go play with his friend.
"Where are you going?" tanya Alin put baby Marlina on the bed.
"Don't you see Ah Chin in front?" answer Yudi ketus.
"But Koh, we haven't opened a store yet, and who will take care of the store if it's sturdy to go? Not to mention I have to pick up Yuan at school," Alin asked starting to get anxious.
"Your habit is so chatty, the cave wants to go maen for a while. Before the Yuan came home, the cave was home!" yudi replied unconcernedly and immediately left together with his companion.
Leaving the wife with a variety of activities in front of the eyes, with the ashes of cigarettes scattered everywhere, as well as the remaining cups of coffee that must be cleaned immediately so as not to be mobbed by ants.
Alin sighed resignedly, he quickly cleaned up all that and immediately opened a grocery store in pursuit of time so that everything could be taken care of properly.
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Seriate.