
We are taught to accept, we are taught to be patient, and we are taught to let go.
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"Atmaji!"
Atmaji stopped his steps when he heard the sound of a woman calling him. Then he turned.
"So come along, right?" ask the dora-haired girl who was in front of him and respond to Atmaji with a definite nod.
"Gue nebeng, huh? You see, I didn't bring a motorcycle today to school." the girl expressed her desire hesitantly. Afraid that the man would refuse.
Without the girl guessing, Atmaji nodded. He agrees, after all, their destination is the same, to the house of Manisha which even he does not know the address if he departs alone.
Lea smiled happily, then began to walk behind Atmaji to the parking lot with a pounding heart. Miracle, he cried in his heart.
While in other places, Raga is standing upright in front of one of the luxury homes of the Cempaka 17 complex. His eyes stared intensely at the towering fence of the house, he let out a heavy sigh. May this time be true, her prayer in a hopeful heart. The reason is, two houses of the three remaining houses have been in his presence, and the two houses are not the home of a Sandra Tissa Alemanus. So only the house in front of him was left now, if not this time either... Raga no longer knew where to look.
Ting-tong!
Raga clutched her uniform tightly after squeezing the doorbell. It didn't take long, the fence opened, featuring a middle-aged woman with a negligee and a duster in her hands.
"What's up, huh?" the middle-aged woman asked Raga who gulped her saliva roughly.
"Is this really Sandra's house?"
The woman fell silent. Making Raga drop his shoulders resignedly, afraid that the answer that the middle-aged woman who was in front of him would be able to break his spirit.
"Non Tissa?" ask the woman suddenly. Shortly thereafter he bowed. This makes Raga wonder at once strange itself. Why is the woman's face sad?
"I-iya," answered Raga with an enthusiastic nod. He was happy to finally find his little friend's house.
"Tissa's there, Bi?" ask her again, because she can't wait to see Sandra mature after all this time. However, the question never got an answer from the middle-aged woman who was in front of him, the woman actually lowered her head. Before long we could see the tears began to fall one by one from his face.
Raga. Has anything happened in this family since his departure? Raga has to find out.
"Can I come in?"
The question that Raga asked managed to surprise the middle-aged woman. But not for long, because he immediately agreed.
The white and gray dominated room seemed to welcome Raga as soon as the main door was opened. Exactly Sandra's favorite color, Raga murmured in her heart. He stepped his feet inside, following Bi Sumi who turned out to be this house maid.
Bi Sumi led Raga into the living room, then invited Raga to sit on one of the dark brown sofas.
"Auntie take a drink first yes, Den.." said Bi Sumi then rushed to the kitchen after receiving a nod from Raga.
Raga looked around, starting from a photo of the extended family of Sandra and Sandra herself who looked six years old holding a trophy. Raga remembers the photo, it was a photo of their Kindergarten school graduation. But Raga was not present, because at that time he was embarrassed if not accompanied by parents to school.
His eyes stopped at a photo that he thought was funny, there looked Sandra with braids both of them were driving cars, tomboyish base, decak Raga in heart.
Netra Raga is back on the move, occasionally she smiles when she sees a photo that she thinks is funny. Eventually, his eyes stopped on one last photo. Sandra with the street cat was smiling sweetly. Looking at the photo, it made Raga even more impatient to meet her little lover.
"Funny, isn't it, Den...?"
"Where is Sandra, Bi?" ask her frankly. He can no longer wait.
Bi Sumi was silent. Not responding or saying a word in his place. He then stood up after putting a snack on the table, then walked slowly towards the last photo on the long nightstand. This made Raga confused. Plus when Bi Sumi hugged the photo tightly while closing her eyes. Raga's feelings are starting to get a little unnerved. He began to guess.
"Bi, where's Sandra, Bi?" ask Raga a second time. But still the same, Bi Sumi chose silence.
Raga got up from the sofa, she walked towards Bi Sumi who was still closed while hugging Sandra's photo.
The strong grip on Bi Sumi's left right shoulder made the middle-aged woman startled, then she looked at the young man in front of her with a gaze that was difficult to interpret.
"Are you ready to hear my story?" asked Bi Sumi in a soft voice, as if what she said later was able to kill anyone if not permission first.
Raga nodded in confusion. But not for long, he immediately agreed. Bi Sumi sighed heavily, then she led Raga back to the sofa. He sits there.
"You sure?" ask again for a second time. Making sure if the young man in front of him is really ready to hear everything. Seeing Raga again nod, making Bi Sumi again sigh heavily.
"Non Sandra and the street cat are photos that Kenan took when he was fifteen.ย You know Kenan, right?" Raga nodded. He knows who Kenan is, Kenan is Sandra's only brother. Kenan Devano Alemanus.
Raga's heart beat faster when he heard a series of words from Bi Sumi's wrinkled mouth. Every now and then he sighed, occasionally he laughed, occasionally he coughed, and as the story approached the ending, Raga was silent for quite a while. Trying to digest everything well. Was the story Bi Sumi told true? Did Raga hear wrong? Please anyone tell Raga if the story still exists, it doesn't end like this. Raga doesn't like the ending. Raga doesn't know what else to say, Raga doesn't know.
Slowly Raga began to cover her face with both hands. Sobbing yourself there. This story is magical! Incredibly miraculous, cried Raga inwardly. Actually what story did Bi Sumi tell Raga so that he could be like that?
Elsewhere, Atmaji and two of Manisha's best friends are seen standing in front of the fence. Throw the bell for the tenth time, but it does not open. They began to sigh, dabbling alone with each other's thoughts. Thinking about what was wrong with them so Manisha did not want to open the fence.
Tin-tin is!
The sound of the black sedan car horn managed to make them get rid of themselves from the front of the fence. The three humans stared in wonder at Bi Reta who got down from the car with a puffy and tired face. Then walk towards the fence and open the lock of the house. No one should open the fence, murmured the three of them inwardly.
The car enters the house. However, Bi Reta walked slowly towards the three people who were staring confusedly at her.
"Search Non Manisha, huh?" ask Bi Reta with a sad face. The three humans nodded enthusiastically.
"Non Manisha at Citra Medika hospital. Falling from the second floor."
After saying that, Bi Reta directly entered the house. He had to clean up and go back to the hospital.
While Atmaji, Lea and Sia sculpt perfectly there. Their hearts stopped beating.
Manisha fall? From the second floor? Lea immediately turned her eyes towards the second floor of the multi-storey white house that belonged to her best friend. High. Manisha fall? He still did not expect what he had just heard.
"Hiks-hiks... Kink, Le... Nisha..." It was the voice of Sia who was crying so much. Wanting Lea to cry too, they hugged. Unlike Atmaji, his heart seemed to stop beating, when did the girl fall? It feels like just yesterday he saw the girl in good health.
"We have to go to the hospital, yuk Le.." said Atmaji then walked towards the motorbike and immediately climbed up. But he frowned when he saw the girl was still loyal in the arms of his best friend. Atmaji needs to hurry!
"First, Ji. I'll be there." Lea told Atmaji to go first, and there was no way he would leave Sia alone. He can join Sia's invitation later to go to the hospital.
Atmaji. His motor began to split the streets at an above-average speed. In his heart he shouted, 'extraordinarily magical news!'
+TBC
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