A Sugar Baby
Dinner
"Well, Leah, everything is ready."
Richard's mother put the last dish on the table.
"Yes oma." said Lea, smiling.
He looked at the many dishes he and his grandmother had made. Assisted also by a domestic assistant who works there.
"What do you want oma to do again?" ask Richard's mother later.
"Rujak pengen, oma." Lea replied in a hopeful tone.
"Ruby?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"I think the oma still has a lot of fruit. Try oma check first."
Richard's mother opened her big fridge and saw what was left.
"There are apples, crystal guava, water guava, cucumber. But no mangoes, is it okay?"
"Nothing oma, that's enough koq." said Lea happily.
"Yes already."
Richard's mother began to bring out the fruits. Lea helps clean and cut, while the grandmother mixes the seasoning.
"It just so happens that there are still nuts, brown sugar, tamarind. So no need to buy." Richard's mother said later.
"Yes, thank you."
"Yes, if you want anything, just say it. I'll try to do it for you."
"Yes oma, I no longer want anything koq. This is enough." said Lea.
Richard's mother smiled.
"You're exactly your father."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yes, he doesn't have much to do with food. But if the new chick wants a lot."
Lea chuckles.
"Yes, I eat instant noodles too" he said later.
"Richie is actually a good boy. In the past, this same oma opa has not been what it is today."
"In terms?" Lea asked.
"Yes economy. If you say pretty good, but there's still a lot of debt here and there because your opa business goes up and down."
Richard's mother put brown sugar in an already smooth peanut.
"Well your father was from a teenager already likes to do business, just like Daniel and Ellio. Even though he could have borrowed money from your opa back then, but he tried it himself. He started his current business without the support of his parents. We just financed her school, because that's our obligation. The rest he's making his own money, not relying on privilege."
Lea smiled.
"Oma remember the first time he could buy his own car, you know you are silver. The most market itself forms and brands."
"Oh yeah, you know." said Lea.
"That's the first time he bought it, and he didn't want to sell it. Even though they have luxury cars."
"Oh."
Lea really just found out the facts behind the car. The same car Daniel used to drive, when they first met. Leah and Leo cross the road and Leo is dragged along by Daniel, until they quarrel on the side of the road.
"Oma once asked, why not sell it. But he said the car had a lot of memories."
Richard's mother accommodates finished rujak spices.
"His father doesn't forget the past, oma."
"Yes, except for girls. Oma thinks he's easy to forget."
Lea chuckled again.
"Oh yeah oma, talking about girls. Oma so want to mate father with Om Ellio?"
Lea pretended not to know, this was just a lure as she was about to enter another talk soon.
"Yes, are you okay with a stepmother?. Let your father take care."
"It's okay, I'm happy" Lea replied.
"Actually if your mother does not have a husband, Ima agree Richie married your mother. But your mother had a husband, Richie's time as a coach."
Leah laughed this time.
"Tau-tauan oma same pebinor." he said later.
"And I'm playing the same type of Instagram" replied Richard's mother.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yes dong."
Richard's mother took her phone and showed Lea her social media site.
"Well, oma hits too. Lea follow ya."
Lea picked up the phone and followed her grandmother's account.
"Emang Richie could have a girlfriend he admits to?. As far as your father's oma was playing around, nothing serious."
"There is an oma, Lea has met." said Lea with a slightly hesitant tone.
"How's the guy?" ask Richard's mother later.
"Good, beautiful, gentle, and learned."
Richard's mother breathed.
"Well, if there is one, Richie should have brought the girl here."
"Mmmm..."
Lea wanted to say if Dian is currently abroad for college. But if he said that, he was afraid that his grandmother would ask about how old Dian was. And if mentioned, Lea was also afraid that her grandmother would immediately refuse and further accelerate her father's match with other women.
Better to delay first, so that her grandmother can see for herself how Dian. And so that her grandmother could judge based on what she saw.
"Let's Lea tell me dad, tell him to bring the girl here. So that oma, opa, om Reynald can know as well."
"Yes, I'll say the same to Richie. Say that if you are welcome, such as she wants to introduce her boyfriend. If it's good, then why not."
"Ok deh oma" Lea said with a smile.
"Let's eat the dish, delicious."
"Yes, oma."
Leah started eating the food.
***
In the evening, everyone gathered. There are Richard's mother and father, Reynald and Richard himself. Soon Daniel and Ellio arrive, as both are also asked by Richard's parents to come.
"Old son of a bitch, on the street why are you both." Richard joking.
"You're it when you say filtered, talking son of a bitch in front of a child and a future grandchild."
Richard's mother scolded her son, while Daniel and Ellio compactly held back laughter.
"Mi, that's a problem." Richard started to sew on his mother.
"Yes you are the father, the future grandfather. Must learn good attitude in front of children. If it's just the three of you, or in front of mommy, papi and Reynald don't matter. Leah it's young, need your guidance."
"Campus."
Daniel and Ellio spoke without a sound as they mocked and stuck out their tongues. Richard wanted to send his two friends to Mars.
"Daniel, you should also behave like a daughter-in-law. You kiss Richie's hand, like Lea when you see his father."
"Hmm."
Ellio closed his lips tightly, but was powerless because his laughter broke.
"Haha."
He was in front of Daniel. While Richard's father and brother also laughed even without a sound, so did Lea.
"You're Ellio too." Richard's mother said again, when Ellio's laughter suddenly disappeared.
"Huh, koq Ellio's mi too?" ask her wonder.
Daniel laughed because he was not alone.
"You'll come with Daniel. Means your status is Daniel's companion. If your friend has in-laws, you should respect them the same way."
"But Ellio is Richard's age, mi."
"Yes, Daniel was Richard's age. But she's a daughter-in-law, and you're coming with Daniel. If you come first, you can be categorized as Richard's garden. Since you came with Daniel, yes you must position yourself as Daniel's friend."
Ellio sighed resignedly. Richard himself was now standing with a pretentious face full of dignity, extending his hand.
Daniel and Ellio are eager to throw Richard into space. Because he seems to use his authority as an in-law.
"Congkak anjir, Richard." Ellio whispered to Daniel.
"I really want to sled the mana." said Daniel.
"Come on Daniel, kiss Richie's hand." Richard's mother gave the order. While Richard waved his hand arrogantly.
Daniel sighed, then kissed Richard's hand. While Richard smiled triumphantly.
"Lo's hands smell terasi." said Ellio when it was his turn.
"Emang, the guy I was abis nyobain sambel terasi mami."
"Fuck."
Daniel and Ellio said without a sound. Lea laughed with Richard's father and Reynald.
"That was how it used to be, Leah." Reynald told Lea.
"Oh yeah?" lea asked while laughing.
"Yes, mommy, Richard, Daniel, Ellio, there's something they're questioning. It's always a storm and it's always mama's moons."
"If Reynald often get angry with Oma?" ask Lea.
"No, om you are oma's favorite child. rarely get angry." Richard's father chimed in, while Reynald only blushed.
Richard, Daniel, Ellio and Richard's mother finally sat down at the dinner table. Following Lea, Reynald and Richard's father are gone first. Soon, the atmosphere grew warmer. They enjoyed the food while chatting casually.