
Arriving at the house Fely surprised by the arrival of the mother and Abiyu. There is also Arum's grandmother who visited after being picked up by Abiyu.
"Assalamualaikum, Mommy, why didn't you say you wanted to come?" fely asked as he hugged his mother spoiled.
"Wa'alaikumussalam's chat. Mother does not want your ngrepotin. Where did it come from?" ask mother.
"From mom's house. Reyna's sister same kids don't come, sister?" fely asked while greeting Abiyu.
"No, Reynand was asked to stay at his grandmother's house. Reyna accompanied him with Alesha as well" Abiyu said.
"Oh, so."
"Sir, Fely had met a rather strange person in front of the pharmacy," said Fely when turning to Arum's grandmother.
"What kind of freak, Fe?" ask Grandma Arum.
"There were very old grandmothers who asked Fely for money, when Fely was about to take the money, he suddenly held Fely's hand and continued to look into Fely's face. The grandmother then called Fely Sekar. He kept asking me if I was a girl. Then, a grandfather-grandfather with a limp pulled him away. Do they know Sekar's grandmother, Grandma?" ask Fely.
All eyes then looked at Grandma Arum.
"About who, Ms Lik?" ask Maya.
Grandma Arum was silent while thinking. Could it be that it was Mr. Darmadji and his wife. When they left the village they never came back. So that Arum does not know his whereabouts anymore.
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Fely blinked his eyes when he woke up from his sleep. There was an uneasiness that made him want to vomit. The clock on the wall still shows at 03.45 am.
She pulled out a blanket and slowly got out of bed. Open the nightstand drawer that is next to the bed. Take a flat object that is not too long. Fely immediately headed for the bathroom in his room. He vomited again in the morning.
His body immediately felt weak. For a moment he sat on the closed to recover the energy. He saw a flat object in his hand. With a little hesitation he put a little urine on a small cup, then put the testpack on the cup.
Fely was a little anxious waiting every second and minute to read the results of the test that made him curious. After five minutes, Fely opened his eyes slowly to see the results.
Tok to tok.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Fely did not see the results and immediately saved it.
"Darling, you're in therewhy, right?" ask Raka from behind the door. He was worried because the toilet door was closed, but no sound was heard.
"Yes, Mas. A minute!" fely answered and opened the door.
"Honey, I was worried because everything was quiet" said Raka while wiping his wife's hair.
"I'm okay, Mom. Just trying this," said Fely while showing the testpack in front of her husband.
Raka looked towards the flat object his wife was holding. Then he took it. Look carefully at the transverse line on the testpack.
"Alhamdulillah! congratulations, Honey!" Raka immediately clasped his wife's body into an embrace. Her smile grew and her netherb dewed from haru.
"I'm pregnant, Mommy?" ask Fely who has not seen the results.
Raka unraveled his embrace and stared fixedly at his wife. "Are you not seeing the results yet?" tanyakanya.
Fely shook his head. "Pas wants to see the results I doubt, Mas. You keep knocking on the door."
Raka immediately chuckled at hearing that. "You're pregnant, honey. The line is two, positive!"
Raka thrusts the testpack into Fely's face.
Fely was stunned to see the readable results of the flat object he carried. There are two lines there. Netra Fely immediately glazed over with a feeling of pleasure mixed with a sense of haru that could not be expressed in words. There was a life growing inside her womb.
Instantly, she hugged her husband, shedding tears on her husband's shoulder.
"Congratulations, my dear!" said Raka then kissed his wife's forehead.
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An old man was sitting on a reot chair in the corner of the room.
"Don't daydream, make me some sweet tea!" said the old man to the woman sitting on the edge of the bed.
"I sure saw Sekar on the young woman's face, Mas," said the old grandmother.
"If it's true, what do you want? don't you have any shame in showing your face to them?" said the old grandfather.
"At least I want to apologize. It might reduce our burden for the hereafter. We've lived many years of suffering" said the old grandmother.
After sipping his tea the old man fell silent. He returned to the past. A sense of regret, shame, and sadness raged on his chest.
Flashback On ...
"Let's go, Bune. If we don't hurry now, Sekar will come to us. I'm sure Arum must have heard our conversation to put his rice delivery outside" said Darmadji
"Attent, Mas. I have to pack up our valuables!" trinem said while putting in his clothes, jewelry, and valuables.
"Resurge, if Sekar knows and complain to Edi and Mr. Lurah we will be thrown into prison. You want?" Darmadji.
"Alright, let's go now, Mom! it feels really hard to leave the house we've been living in."
They left by slipping through the back door. Two large tote bags they painstakingly carried in both hands. Despite the pitch darkness, they were still looking for a way to find the highway.
After walking about 200 meters from the house, they reached the highway. Darmaji asks the rickshawman who is going to drive them to the city terminal.
It had been a long time since Darmaji sold his house to a landlord. After a week of stalling their move, it finally came to this moment where they had to leave in a hurry after feeling their behavior towards Sekar for almost three years back was known by Arum.
Arriving at the city terminal, Darmaji and Trinem immediately buy a bus ticket in order to take them to a distant place so that their existence is not found by Sekar or Pak Lurah's son, who is also known as a bus ticket, finally, they bought two tickets to Semarang.
Darmadji then occupied the house he bought from a friend in the village of Tambakrejo, Tanjungmas suburb located on the banks of the East Canal Flood River (BKT). There Darmadji became a pond entrepreneur, thanks to money stolen from Wirya's remittances to Sekar. Darmadji also became a respected person because including the rich people in the village.
Thirty years passed they spent in the city of Semarang. However, the government's policy to vacate land on the banks of the river, requires residents to move to rusunawa. Many residents insist not to move because of the distance rusunawa with a far beach. While those who work as fishermen are certainly difficult. Eviction is inevitable.
Darmadji finally returned to Yogyakarta with the remains of a treasure that could still be saved. On the way they met Wirya.
Wirya orders his men to capture Darmadji and his wife. However, they lost track of Darmadji hiding into the residential area.
Darmaji and his wife ran to the village to find a hiding place while they ran without direction, suddenly there was a car from the opposite direction that was speeding.
Brakk!
Darmadji was hit by the car mentally and thrown three meters away before falling to the ground.
Trinem was aghast to see her helplessly drooping husband whimpering into sickness. Darmadji was covered in blood on part of his body. Trinem immediately shouted for help to local residents so that her husband could be taken to the hospital. While the car that hit Darmadji immediately ran away without any responsibility.
At that time Darmadji had to undergo a fracture operation in his right thigh. Darmadji's savings were eventually depleted for operating expenses and for inpatient costs during hospitalization.
Trinem eventually could only afford a small tenement house in a narrow alley for them to live in. In order to survive, Trinem was forced to sell his remaining jewels.
However, the savings were over time exhausted for their living expenses. Darmadji who has not recovered can not work, as well as Trinem. Rarely would anyone want to hire an old grandmother like her.
After all the money was gone they could only pick up trash that could be recycled and was worth selling to collectors. Because the income is not much, Trinem sometimes ask around in front of the store or stall they pass while collecting garbage to meet the needs of their lives.
Off Flashback.
Darmadji then went outside the house. His step limped due to his legs are not the same length after surgery ten years ago.
"Where are you going?" the wife followed to the front door.
"Walk!" he turned without turning.
Arriving on the highway he asked the motorcycle taxi driver to take him somewhere. Arriving at his destination, he looked at the view across the street. It looks like a restaurant that is quite crowded with visitors. Although the building has changed a lot, but he is convinced by his memory of the location of the house of the Pak Lurah who has now turned into a restaurant in the front.
Next to him were two women walking towards the parking lot. There was a woman who was no stranger to him despite growing older and another young woman who he saw yesterday with his wife.
He shed tears there, how just God is. For each servant.
...And if Allah punishes men for their wrongdoing, there will be nothing left of Him (on earth) from the creatures of the order, but Allah suspends them for a fixed time. So when the end comes, they cannot ask for a delay or acceleration even for a moment....
...(.(.QS. An-Nahl Verse 61)...
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