WISHE ...

8

After school, Laura locked herself in a room with the excuse of going straight to rest. In fact, the girl actually studied and skipped meals even though her stomach was painful because of hunger.

The worried butler also brought some easy-to-digest food for the lady. As soon as he got there and his nonanya opened the door, the maid involuntarily entered without excuse in surprise to see the pale face of the lady he was serving. The woman even slightly raised her voice, her face clearly showing great concern to Laura.

"Didn't the lady rest?" ask the woman. "When did the lady say she wanted to go straight to the room to rest?" continue the woman. "Why learn, miss?" added again.

"I can't sleep, bi," Laura said.

The servant aunt looked worriedly at the little lady. "Then now miss rested for a while while eating the food that aunt brought, yes," the middle-aged woman persuaded.

Laura nodded obediently, unable to resist. The girl closed the book she had read and immediately ate the food she had brought for herself.

"You can eat slowly, miss," said the aunt, worried that her non-digestion was disturbed by eating too fast. Laura looked up for a while, then continued eating, but it was slower than before.

"When accompanying the lady to eat, let the old lady tell me about what I really wanted from the past, miss," said the aunt in the middle of Laura enjoying her meal.

Laura nodded slowly, letting the servant's aunt tell her what she wanted. The waiter smiled slightly before starting to tell the story. "Hmm, let's start with my childhood story, which is arguably full of color, even if it's a little difficult" he said.

"Do you know I'm the first child and I have a lot of younger siblings to look after when my parents are at work?" Laura nodded, she had indeed heard of it before.

"It's not easy for me to take care of all of them, especially no one wants to listen to me. Understandably, my sisters can be said to be quite naughty and ignorant for a child their age first," said the middle-aged woman reminiscing about the past.

"When I open the book, my textbooks are already full of colored pencil strokes. When it's time to take a nap, there are those who make various reasons because they still want to play. And when it was time to play, they were all busy running around. I was so exhausted looking for them one by one at a time." a thin smile was painted, obviously it was not a face that showed dislike. Quite the contrary, it was like a precious memory that could not be replaced with anything.

"Then, when my father left our family for good. My time with my sister was reduced so much, even to read a fairy tale I could not." the story continued to slide smoothly, accompanying Laura who was still eating her food.

"Anyway as a first child, I had to help my mother make a living. And I just happened to be accepted to work here. I'm so grateful to be working here so far, I can afford my sisters to go to school, so they don't have to be servants like me" she said with a sincere smile.

"Oh, I don't mean to say that being a maid is bad, miss. I just want my sisters to live a better life than I do" he said. Laura simply nodded in response.

"Why is my aunt still working?" laura asked after she finished her meal.

"Of course so I can see this sweet lady growing up!" said the aunt replied as she stroked Laura's face.

"He-he, it's a lie that aunt said no. But auntie is quite stubborn for always dealing with them first. So now it's their turn to give in, they just tell aunt to rest when she's very tired. They can support aunty now, as they say," the aunt explained.

"They're not sad?" ask Laura again.

"Of course they were sad, but they gave up because aunt insisted on staying at work and continued to be next to miss!" reply the aunt.

"Can you guess what the hard part is and what the happy memories are from the aunt's story?" it was her turn to ask slowly.

"Auntie who looks after the aunt's sisters can be said to be hassles but looks quite happy. Aunty who works hard, looks troubled, but aunt sincerely undergo to help the family. And the aunt who kept being told to stop but refused because it kept my side .., maybe that's the hardest part" Laura guessed.

The aunt smiled slightly, ruining her master's Nina's hair with tenderness. "Yes!" said the aunt quickly. "At first glance I seemed to complain, but I went through everything in earnest. After all I also laughed a lot with them, so I didn't have any trouble at all. But, when I had to choose to follow the wishes of my brothers or my stubbornness, it made me difficult. Until I follow what my heart really wants, which is to keep seeing the lady grow up and become a beautiful and happy woman!" said the aunt looking ahead with hope. The middle-aged woman hopes her nona will be very, very happy in the future, and hopefully she can see that with her own eyes later.

"happy?" murmured Laura. It's not that he doesn't know the meaning of the word happy, it's just that he's confused about whether he can be happy. He himself did not know what his heart wanted. All this time he always obeyed his mother's wishes, so his heart seemed to freeze and no longer function.

"Yes, miss. Be happy!" said the aunt holding Laura's hand warmly. "One small action or thing that can make the lady smile happily from the bottom of her heart!" continue the woman.

Laura nodded stiffly. "Maybe if you're happy, then I can be happy" Laura said in a slow tone.

"I think the lady is very happy to have a very diligent and obedient child like you, miss," said the aunt with confidence.

Laura took off the aunt's hand, she went back to reading her book again. "Not yet! Still not!" said the girl in a flat tone. Building a high wall that is difficult to destroy from the outside.

The aunt wanted to say something. However, it does not. The woman finally returned to the kitchen. "Then excuse me, miss," he said, not taking his eyes off the frail-looking lady's back. He felt pity, although Laura was fulfilled by the material, but the girl was required to mature faster and harder on herself.

"I hope you can smile happily one day, miss!" the aunt said hope. He really hoped that the lady could smile sincerely and their mistress would no longer be so hard on their lady.

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