Cahya Looking for Light
Rafa

4 Years Later

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It did not feel like 4 years Cahya left her husband and mother, now she lives in the interior of Borneo, she lives in a small house in the village, with her son who is more than 3 years old.

"Rafa, today you won't be tapping rubber, so today you can play with Rafa as much as you want, Rafa today what?"

"Mama, I want to buy a toy like Deri's got, the car is good ma, can walk alone, not like it has Afa to be pulled" whined his son named Rafa.

"Let's wait mama payjian ya if you want to buy it, now how about we make a banana fried chocolate Rafa's favorite then later we play hide and seek"

"Ashik, Afa mau ma, which is a lot of chocolate yes"

"Ok, now help mama yes" said Cahya and then stroked her son's hair.

He lived in the village after leaving Bandung using money when he sold his wedding clothes, but he was only able to contract the small house for one month, then he tried to find a job, and then he tried to find a job, fortunately, someone offered him to work on a rubber plantation.

Cahya is very familiar with her neighbors maybe because of circumstances, although she is actually quiet and shy but she tries to blend in with people around her so as not to be too lonely away from her family and husband, she said, moreover, he has children, sometimes his son he put in his neighbors or sometimes he takes work.

That day he did not work because at his workplace there was a welcoming event for new plantation owners, according to Cahya it is not too important, he works to make money, he said, so if only for a party or a meal he prefers to accompany his son at home.

That afternoon Rafa plays at his friend's house who has a remote control car toy that he wants that was told to his mama.

"Deri, may I borrow your car toys for a moment" Rafa said

"No, this is new, it can be damaged, you just ask your father" said Deri

"My father has not come home, said my mother works outside the city, later if I go home I will be bought" said Rafa

Deri is the son of a foreman on the plantation where Cahya works.

Because it is not loaned a car, Rafa then intends to go home, he walked down because sadly not lent the car-mobilan, accidentally he hit someone's leg.

"I'm sorry, Afa didn't mean it" she told the hit without seeing what she hit.

Rafa then went home to his house that was not too far from the house, because the house he lived in was a rented house had Deri's parents.

Rafa is looking for her mama who is folding clothes, she bends her neck directly sitting on her mama's lap.

"Dad when it comes, if father comes I must have bought a car like Deri's" Rafa sulked, really sad to hear it, he cried in his heart.

"Patience baby, later mama buy it if it's payday, mama promise, as long as Rafa is not sad anymore and does not eat much ice cream anymore"

"Yeah, Afa promise ma"

"Tomorrow mama's work, do you want to be at Deri's house or do you want to come?"

"I'm coming, Deri didn't lend me the car"

"It can't be like that, you're friends, so you can't be angry with Deri, you'll be guaranteed"

The night is getting late, Cahya then put Rafa to bed, and went to sleep because tomorrow he had to work.

That morning Cahya was getting ready for work, she was wearing a face cover and a hat, Rafa was also wearing a hat, he then started working as usual when he arrived, he greeted all his friends.

Until he saw a person who he knew very well even very much he missed, was talking and a little joking with 2 beautiful women, he knew one of the women, he was, if not wrong he was the son of the previous plantation owner.

Cahya tried to avoid and did not meet the person, she even tried to hide Rafa behind her, she then passed from there.

Rafa does not go into the plantation, he plays in the plantation office because it turns out there is Deri who joins his father to work, Cahya asks not to come out of the play area and do not go into the plantation alone, Cahya asked not to go out, Rafa just nodded, because it was often like that, he often played with Deri in the office of Deri's father.

Rafa continues to see Deri playing his remote control car, he does not dare to borrow for fear of not being allowed anymore, suddenly Devan approaches him

"Why not play?" devan asked but Rafa did not answer

Devan kept looking at Rafa, there was definitely an inner bond until he was but he didn't notice it.

Rafa then moves away from him, and gets closer to Deri

"Deri, who is he? do you know her?" ask Rafa to Deri

"He's Om from the city" replied Deri

Devan asks about Rafa to Deri's father, he asks his parents, why such a small child can play on the farm, if Deri himself is older and there with his father.

"He had no father, just lived with his mother, no matter what happened, but his mother was still very young"

Devan just listens unsuspectingly if it is his son, he then passes from there and will review to the plantation directly.

Cahya thought of Devan joking with the women, Cahya realized it was certain Devan would forget her, Devan had got what she wanted, for what she kept remembering her, she had everything, she had everything, so people seemed to have definitely meant nothing, let alone her, really nothing compared to those women.

It was noon, it was time to rest, he then headed to Rafa and saw Rafa who was playing with a toy car Deri, Cahya then approached him and took him home, he said, Cahya did not concentrate on working anymore so she asked for permission to go home first on the grounds of illness.

Cahya holds Rafa to go home, seen Devan entering the door of the room, Cahya panicked because she was not ready to meet Devan especially with her circumstances like this, Cahya panicked because she was not ready to meet Devan, he covered his face with the hat he was wearing.

They just passed each other, Cahya immediately hurried away from there until Deri called out to him

"Ayya's mother, Rafa's hat is missing"

Cahya pretended not to hear and hastened her steps, Devan had definitely turned her head immediately because she knew the name, she was trying to chase after Cahya but had already lost track.

Devan then asks Deri's father the origin of Cahya,

"If it's not wrong he's from Bandung, but he doesn't tell me further, he's polite and friendly so we citizens here accept him"

Devan was shocked and convinced that it was his wife who he had been looking for, Devan then asked to be delivered to Cahya's residence.

Arriving at the small house, it looks very quiet, then without knocking on the door open and out Rafa holding a toy, they looked but Rafa did not care too much he then asked Deri's father

"What's Deri's father? her mom's taking a shower"

"It's okay, here's a guest who wants to meet her mama Rafa"

Devan kneels to be parallel to rafa, does not feel his eyes glazed, when he wants to hold Rafa he can not because Rafa backwards do not want to be held.

"Don't hold onto Afa, we're not friends"

"you're 3 years old?" ask Devan

"Yes, but there's less, so soon Afa can go to school, but my mom said, Afa can't talk if it's not with friends"

Cahya then called her son, she did not know that Devan was in front of her house, Cahya had taken a shower and intended to bathe Rafa because he wanted to invite her to buy the car that Rafa wanted.

"Rafa let's take a bath, come with mama no, we will," said Cahya while opening the door, he did not finish his speech because he saw Devan kneeling in front of his son.