BLESSINGS OF LOVE
Mosquito 1

"Mom, let's be honest with Aming, what time did he come home last night?" aming asked Yu Chen her mother by phone contact.

"He who's Aming?" ask Yu Chen back even though he actually understood that he meant his father.

"She.His father Ahan, her husband mamah. What time is it back last night? What's drunk?"ask Aming in a high tone.

"Aming is talking to you like that. You try to be polite if you want to ask about your papah".

"Still mending like this, ma'am. From Aming nanya to mamah if the Aliong is back at what time last night. Well, more brash, right".

Yu Chen shook his head, he was confused not knowing how to reconcile his son with his father.

"Father last night came home at half-twelve".

"Drunk dong".

"No Aming, your papah's working. Oom Jimmy's office just got a big job, so they're definitely going home late now".

"Oh, so. Yes, no, just mamah don't be stupid and don't cover up again like that first. If his father Ahan comes home drunk, say the same Aming. It means that the man is ready to be expelled with Aming".

"Yes, I understand".

"Now you're sleeping, dong".

"No, papah is waking up at dawn. Pray, then help mamah clean the house while washing clothes. Soon at half-seven will drop Ahan off at school, then all of you go to work ".

"It's cool that he's up now, so he can get up early".

"Aming, try to give your papah a chance to change. Learn to trust your papah if papah is also trying hard to change".

"Mommy, believe it's the same God is not the same Aliong. Okay, it's old yeah, I'll call you again".

Yu Chen cried again after hanging up the phone from his eldest son. It was difficult for him to trace the broken thread between his son and his father.

Aming had an inner wound to his father, when he used to see his mother often beaten by his father.

Aliong returned drunk staggering, angry at the wife's son who advised.

Until finally Aliong had to languish in prison for his actions, namely the corruption of development money that should be used for the welfare of the community.

Yu Chen should have taken the step of divorce from Aliong when her husband spent a long time in prison.

But Yu Chen did not do that, he still survived his marriage despite having to live a difficult life.

Because his decision to marry Aliong had to be pursued by the rupture of Yu Chen's relationship with his extended family.

The late parents of Yu Chen never agreed that he was married to Aliong.

But Yu Chen had always remained in her desire to choose Aliong as her husband, and was expelled from her extended family.

"Mom, why from earlier hold and see the ketchup bottle for a long time. Ahan wanted to ask dong, his rice would be laced with soy sauce so it was good to eat the same omelet," his youngest son reprimanded Yu Chen.

"Well, that's weird. Mom often cries while looking at the ketchup bottle. It's a sad ketchup bottle, huh mah?" asked Ahan innocently.

"Hahahaha, it's okay. Mamah was just moved, from soybeans and then processed can be soy sauce," Yu Chen replied with a laugh.

"From the first time too, when SD also learned about it," Ahan glanced at his mother strangely while spanking soy sauce on his rice.

Ahan did not know, if in fact the Yu Chen family was the owner of the soy sauce factory that was currently being enjoyed by his son.

"Mama, but it is indeed the brand ketchup Princess Jelita is the most delicious, I said anyway. You see, I try other soy sauce is not good," said Ahan while eating voraciously.

"It could be you, all soy sauce is the same. Only mamah has always preferred this brand of soy sauce" Yu Chen said with a smile.

"Come on Ahan, finish your breakfast quickly, don't talk to each other. Later you are late," Aliong came out of the room and looked well dressed.

"Wish to take your breakfast?" yu Chen asked her husband.

"Yes, bring me some food at the office" replied Aliong.

"Father like an SD child," said Ahan while giggling himself.

"Biarin, papah is now in elementary school again" said Aliong, smiling at his son and winking one eye.

Yu Chen gave a full smile as he wished that one day there was also Aming at the table chatting happily with his father.

Elsewhere Soraya is also preparing to take her two children to school.

That morning she also seemed busy calling Risa the student she had made her assistant.

As usual Risa was given material to teach in lower-level student classes again.

As for the final level student he held, he sent the assignment via email. Some tasks that will certainly make their heads dizzy seven circumference, especially if not peeling books certainly peeling the speech of the American president.

And must be reviewed again in English, then collected by emailing Soraya.

"Risa, is that a call from your lecturer again?" ask your mother that morning.

"Yes, Soraya's mother just asked Risa to teach again in the lower classes. Pretty mom, yesterday Risa got a honor of three hundred thousand, right," said Risa while smiling happily to her mother.

"Hopefully you can become a lecturer later, hopefully Soraya's mother can provide support to you. But you also do not be negligent and do not let him down. She will lose her trust in you, son," her mother Risa advised her son.

"God willing, Risa will always try to keep the trust from Soraya's mother. He said that until the next few days there was still business, so Risa was trusted to teach in the lower classes".

"But you also don't forget about your duties, because you are also still listed as a student there".

"Well ma'am, Risa will finish everything well, please pray from mother," said Risa while kissing her mother's forehead.

His mother Risa was paralyzed for a long time due to an illness, her father was just a traveling ice merchant.

Although paralyzed but her mother Risa still trying to help her husband by making gelatin as an ingredient to be inserted into his ice barrel later.

Risa can attend college because she got a scholarship, Risa used to be the champion of the English speech competition and Soraya happened to be a judge at her high school.

Seeing Risa's talent, Soraya applied for the child as one of the students who got a scholarship from the foundation.

Because Risa's grades are always good and always ranked the highest in her school, then the scholarship is also easily accepted.

And during his studies at the college, his grades were always the highest and he could be relied upon by some lecturers to replace teaching at the lower level.

The most important of course Soraya as a lecturer who brought him to the campus.

After driving her two children to school, Soraya turned her car back to somewhere else.

Soon he reached the churchyard, parked his car and walked to the small road beside the churchyard.

Soraya knocked on the door of a small house, and before long the door was opened by a woman.

"Nania!!!".

"Yushuya!!!".

The two hugged at the door of the small house, tears streaming down their cheeks.

"How are you? you look healthier now?" ask Soraya.

"Soraya, thank you. If it wasn't for your help, I would have been gone yesterday" Nania replied.

"No, all God's help. I'm so happy to see you're healthy".

Nania smiled happily at the arrival of her best friend.

"Let's go in, sit down first. I'm gonna make you some hot tea".

"Thank you, Nania. I'm tea without sugar".

"There is no sugar in this house. Hahahaha, I'm the sugar factory".

"Hahahaha, but the sugar can't be enjoyed by others".

"Only I can enjoy it myself, it turns out that the sweet is painful. Haha".

"I just go to the kitchen, we just talk there," Soraya said.

Nania nodded and took her to the kitchen in the house.

"Where is Joseph's book?" ask Soraya.

"A little while back home, this morning went with two Church Elders to visit the sick. You know, old geezers like to bring cakes every Sunday. The cake is kept at the door of the Church so that everyone can take it for free. Yesterday he fell unconscious, probably sick or exhausted. So Yosep visited him again" Nania told him, striking water on the stove.

"Yes, I remember. If not wrong, the grandfather lived alone, although rich but his children all lived abroad and he was only with a driver and a maid in his big house," Soraya also knew the grandfather.

"That's it, treasure is not everything. Rich but languishing in old age. May Joseph comfort the grandfather" said Nania.

Suddenly the back door of the kitchen opened, and Reverend Joseph went inside.

"Hi, my dear, I'm home" said Reverend Yosep, kissing his wife's forehead.

"So sweet" said Soraya.

"Oh, there's a guest apparently. How is Soraya? Sorry your car is used for Church activities," said Reverend Yosep while feeling unwell.

"Oh, it's okay. That's exactly one of them coming here, want to deliver the car ownership letter and want to hand over the car for the purposes of the pastor and also the activities of the Church," sahut Soraya while taking out a file of car documents from his bag.

"Really?" Reverend Yosep was stunned.

"Really!" Soraya answered steadily.

"Thank God, may Soraya and her extended family be blessed always and God's grace always be upon you".

"Amen".

"This is your tea, thank you Soraya. You are so kind, we cannot repay your kindness. But I'm sure God will always take care of your heart and bless you every step of the way" Nania said, teary-eyed again and Soraya immediately hugged her again.

Pastor Yosep was very moved to see the familiarity of his wife and also his best friend.

Soraya drank her tea which was already warming up, and she asked Pastor Yosep.

"Prince Joseph, if for example we know our spouse has betrayed the marriage. And when it is known, it turns out that our partner is dead. What are we supposed to do?".

"The heart is wounded knowing there is a betrayal of love. But I can't vent this anger because the guy's gone".

Nania is shocked to hear Soraya's words, with her eyes round she questions the words of her best friend.

Crying, Soraya recounted what she found yesterday, and also revealed all the evidence she saw from Fuad's computer.

The Reverend Joseph listened to all the complaints of Soraya, and Nania continued to hold on to Soraya's shoulders who was unceasingly crying as she spoke.

Nania looked at her husband as Soraya finished telling her everything she knew about Mario.

After Soraya calmed down, Pastor Yosep started talking to her.

"Soraya, if Mario still exists. What will you do to him when you find out that your husband has betrayed you?" ask Pastor Yosep.

"OKAY. If you happen to have hurt Mario, is that a solution that guarantees your household will be back in one piece?".

Soraya fell silent, trying to digest Yosep's words and finally shook her head.

"Right, violence and anger are not the solution. At this time Mario is gone, but sad when Mario came home and at that time also exposed the disgrace of his bad deeds".

"Soraya was hurt, of course. Soraya was disappointed, obviously. But you want to let alone, the person is dead. Right now all Soraya has to do is pray and forgive".

"Begging God to forgive Mario's mistakes, you must also forgive Mario's mistakes and you must be able to forgive yourself".

"We never know, not even priests or religious scholars will ever know. What happens when someone is gone".

"Let's remember all the goodness of Mario in life, many good things he has done. Even how much happiness he had given to Soraya and the children".

"And you also have to investigate yourself, what is the cause of Mario cheating in your marriage. Do not have a thought that during the marriage we have given the best to the couple and are sure the couple will receive well".

"Maybe there are also things that Soraya did not realize during your wedding trip. For you it may not be a problem, but our partner who feels that it makes him uncomfortable".

"Why not be revealed, because your partner loves you so much. And he has forgiven and accepted you for who you are".

Soraya of course flooded with tears when he heard the advice of the Reverend Joseph.

"But what was my mistake?" Soraya tried to deny it again.

"Soraya, can't be answered now. You must be the one looking for the answer yourself. It will take a long time, and it will take deep learning. I am sure one day all the answers will be open. Come and pray, that's the key".

Soraya fell silent and tried to ponder what Pastor Yosep had said long and wide.

The same thing happened to Fuad, just after the dawn prayer he tried to contact a friend who became one of the religious leaders.

Coincidentally his friend was having free time, so they could call for a long time.

Fuad told all his stories to his friend, and he got almost the same answer that Soraya had heard earlier.

"But I have failed to become a priest for my wife" Fuad said regretfully.

"Bro, perhaps as a faith you have not failed. But as a husband there may be things that you miss but during that time you consider it commonplace" replied Ustadz Fahri his best friend.

"But what? I don't know what I've done and it makes Mila unacceptable" Fuad said.

"Bro, can't be answered immediately. All there is a process, you have to be a lot of dhikr, sincere and ridho. What has happened to happen, keep your heart and do not keep the coals in it".

"Humans while living must be a lot of wrong and sin, although ustadz or other religious leaders also have the same sin. Now still given a chance to live, use for many Istighfar, dhikir, many teaching, obligatory prayer do not forget. If you can pray at night, ask Allah SWT to open the way for your heart to be sincere".

"Begging forgiveness to the Almighty, ask forgiveness for all your wife's sins, our parents' sins, your own sins. Remember forget the past, try to empty yourself and your mind of bad things".

"Astagfirullah, thank you bro Ustadz. Later if I go back to Cirebon, God willing will visit your house," Fuad said with tears.

"Ready bro, awaited. If you can, don't just visit. Every Thursday night at my house there is a study, usually here we teach yassin together, then there are other Quran recitations. We peel and discuss with them, and then pray for all our deceased loved ones to deserve to be by His side".

"Whoever, I'll come there later".

"Well, that's dong. Thank God, I'm waiting. Do not keep looking for material work, all God has provided for us".

"Vuilhavol".

"Girishama".

Their conversation stalled, and Fuad pondered what he had just heard.

"Astagfirullah, maybe this is a reprimand from Allah because I have been neglectful to be a husband".

While this morning also in Magenta's apartment, it was seen that he was talking to his brother.

"I will come back to Semarang on Saturday, and it will be an experience to drive alone" Aletha said.

"Loh, I'm the same Reynaldi will go there. How is this mother, well" Magenta said.

"Oh, yes, sorry I forgot. Yes, you and Reynaldi will come. I'm senile" said Aletha while grinning.

Then Aletha threw herself onto the sofa and looked at something.

"Dream again!!!" magenta Tegur.

"Hehehe, not daydreaming. But still think a little. I still do not understand, why there can be a relationship between Asrul mas and Jena," said Aletha while frowning.

Magenta threw himself onto the sofa and sat down next to his brother.

"I think Etha's too relaxed. For a long time Jena lived at home while still being used as an office. Brother Etha rarely looks there, can be counted fingers. Come on, remember not?" magenta.

Aletha looked at her sister's face as her feelings began to mix.

"Sir Etha has no principles either. Sorry well, if I were Etha's sister, definitely would not want to be separated from the child and husband. Want later difficult, troublesome or whatever, I will still live with my husband".

"Sister Etha too easily persuaded Papih and Mamih. Sorry, for me Papih and Mamih are too afraid of their children to feel poor and difficult life. So they took steps to organize the children's household," Magenta issued the uneg-uneg that he had been saving.

"And foolishly, the Aletha simply obeyed their will without doing anything. Though Asrul already showed protest, but Aletha Nayoan did not seem to realize it".

Aletha took a heavy breath, then said to Magenta.

"Why didn't you remind me?".

Magenta glanced at the older brother and said, "Have Magenta's voice ever been heard? magenta's always got to hear".

"Gen, has it been during your college years and was a friend, has Jena ever shown any interest in flirting with my husband?".

Magenta was silent for a moment, seeing that he was recalling the past.

"There's been a question from Jena, but I'm not sure what that means. At that time he asked, whether Brother Etha was not afraid to let Mr. Asrul alone. Who knows if there are other women teasing him" Magenta said when he remembered his conversation with Jena first.

"It could be that time there has been a forbidden relationship between my husband and Jena".

Magenta approached his brother, then hugged him.

"Sister, forget it. Even though Etha was hurt and hurt, but how else. Both are no longer in this world".

Aletha smiled with tears, and Magenta held her face.

"Move on, let's get excited. I want to see my beloved brother laugh cheerfully again, or invite me to fight again. Seeing Brother Etha too quiet, it feels like I'm also lost in spirit".

"I must have moved on, sure your brother will soon rise again".

Magenta kissed the brother's left and right cheeks, then hugged him tightly again.

That morning Jimmy was spotted with Aliong and Ferry just arrived at Margo's Tower.

After asking the guard, they entered the elevator and went up to the tenth floor of the building.

"Good morning, welcome to Margo's Tower main office. Can we help you?" greet the friendly reception officer on the floor.

"Good morning, sorry to see Louis Orlando and Andreas Cheung" said Jimmy.

"Is there an appointment? where are you all from?" ask the officer again.

"We have an appointment. We are from CV. Forward Mandiri, I'm Jimmy Maliangkay. Yesterday Mr. Louis asked us to meet him in this office" Jimmy explained.

"All right, please wait a minute. Please sit in the living room in the right room of this room, I will contact Mr. Louis and Mr. Andreas," the officer asked Jimmy and his friends to wait in the guest room that has been prepared.

It appears the officer called to contact his two superiors who were sought by Jimmy.

Before long the cute and beautiful reception officer seemed to walk to the room where Jimmy and his two staff were waiting.

"Sir Jimmy, just now Mr. Louis asked the three of you to go up to the twenty-second floor. He is waiting for you on the floor," said the officer with a sweet smile.

"Well, thank you," said Jimmy as he immediately got up while taking Aliong and Ferry immediately boarded the elevator.

In the Ferry elevator trying to tease his boss" Boss Jimmy, that was a pretty girl. Time not interested in a girl as beautiful as that?".

Jimmy glanced at Ferry as he said, "Fer, the feeling of your thoughts is just a girl. I can't say anything else".

"It's natural dong boss, guys would love to see a pretty girl".

"Hmmm, it's also natural that your salary is cut by fifty percent".

"Gee.gawat. Don't dong, sorry boss. I just want the boss to get married".

Jimmy just glanced at Ferry while putting on a pouty face.

Aliong just giggles alone, amused to see Ferry tease Jimmy but to no avail.

Finally they arrived on the twenty-second floor, and on that floor there was also another reception officer.

"Welcome, Jimmy and his friends. Please come in, Mr. Louis has been waiting for the arrival of the three of you," said the officer as he drove the three of them to a room.

Then Jimmy and his friends were invited into a large room.

In it was Louis who was sitting casually talking to a couple whose age was around the age of the early sixty years.

"Hi, Jimmy, come on in!".

"Let's go in, please sit here with us" Ivanna Romanov Handoyo's mother asked.

Of course Jimmy and his friends were trembling to see the couple.

Sumargo Handoyo and his wife were sitting down and chatting with Louis.

Jimmy, Aliong and Ferry came closer and reached out to greet Sumargo Handoyo and his family.

After that they sat on the sofa in the room, and Louis began to invite him to talk about the construction of the campus.

"Jimmy, we've basically matched the proposal you submitted yesterday. Just need you to know, I'm a firm person, although it looks relaxed but I can't work casually and carelessly".

"In the employment contract, the term of work on the campus is only twelve months. And I don't want any subcontracts, you want your partners to work together, but I don't want any company flags other than your company".

Then Andre seemed to enter the room while carrying a file in the form of a job contract letter.

The file was given to Jimmy to study first before signing.

"This file is still a draft contract, please discuss first in your office. Call me later if you are ready to sign," Andre said as he passed from the room.

"Jimmy, I hope you can carry out the construction of the campus well. I'm sure you can, and I'm asking you not to let me down" Sumargo Handoyo said, shaking Jimmy even more.

"Well, me and the team will try to give their best to the father and also try to complete the development as planned" said Jimmy in a trembling tone.

"I hope Jimmy will study soon and sign a work contract, because I hope that next week will be able to lay the first stone" Ivanna's mother also expressed her desire.

"Well mother, we will try our best to study the contract immediately and make the signing".

"I like you, Jimmy. Please don't disappoint me too" said Ivanna's mother with a sweet smile.

Jimmy smiled as his mind raged, there was a sense of pride but there was also a fear of not succeeding in doing his wish the Sumargo Handoyo family.