CONSEQUENCES
Waiting

As Ishmael and Arka were giving the cats a meal in the front yard, Isa's car arrived at the gate.

"Sister, come down" said Isa to Arvin.

"Just play around, you go down" said Arvin.

"That would open the gate, please" said Isa.

"Open it yourself."

"Please."

"No way."

"Let me put this car in, please."

"Then you open the gate, let me take this car."

"No! It's my car!"

Mona shook her head and then went down to open the gate with all her might because the gate was quite heavy. He then got into Isa's car.

"That's a bother, not ashamed of the same little children," said Mona, the two brothers could only be silent.

Somewhere else a young man had just come home from work. He went into his house and called out.

"Auntie, I'm home!"

"Aunty told me, don't yell like that when you get home!" sewot is an old woman wearing a negligee. His body started to bend even though it still looked tall.

"Hehe, I'm so happy!"

"What's wrong?" ask the woman.

"Pak Wahyu is on his birthday today, he cut the working hours of all his employees and gave a tip of two million Rupiah to all his employees!"

"Hhhh!!!!" the woman was shocked and shouted hysterically. He then hugged his nephew who looked still in his 20s with excitement.

"Mwah! Mwah!" the woman kissed her nephew's cheeks.

"Auntie wants to go on vacation with me?" ask the young man.

"Where? We don't have enough money for a vacation."

"Are two million not enough?"

"That's enough, but there are still many things that money can use besides vacationing. Money for this house, water money, electricity and others. Our clothes are also very worn out, we have to buy new ones."

"Totally so." The young man then let go of his embrace.

"Patience, son, there will be times for us to have fun, believe me."

"Will there be a time for the five of them to be troubled?"

The woman was surprised to hear the question of her nephew.

"Why are you still thinking about them?" ask the woman.

"I'm sorry." The young man hugged his aunt again.

After parking his car, Isa took Jhana's children down, while Arvin had entered the mansion first.

"Will uncle's family accept us?" ask Fina.

"Even Brother Dina understands that this is the best way for you to be safe. No matter if they will accept you or not, it is important that you are safe. As long as I'm with you here, they will definitely accept you. They just need time to really accept you" answered Isa.

Isa's answer seemed to have succeeded in making the children of Jhana calm, they smiled and even invited Isa in.

When he was at the door, Zhani saw Arka and Ismail who were feeding the cats, he was interested and wanted to join.

"Uncle I'm there, yes" said Zhani to Isa.

"Playing with cats with Arka and Ismail? Why not?" said Isa, Zhani then immediately ran to Arka, Ismail and the cat.

The youngest son of Jhana immediately took one of the cats and sat down, he then stroked the cat. Ishmael and Arka did not take long to realize Zhani's existence. Arka then approached Zhani.

"You were yesterday, right?" ask Arka who does not know that Zhani is his stepbrother.

"Yes," Zhani replied with a bow, fearing that Arka would not accept it either.

"Uncle Ismail said they were hungry, here's their food, give the cat something to eat." Arka handed the cat food to Zhani, Zhani accepted it and was delighted.

"Thank you" said Zhani.

"If your name isn't wrong Zhani, huh?" asked Arka, Zhani nodded.

"I'm Arka," continued Arka while taking Zhani to shake hands.

"You want to be friends and shake hands with me?" ask Zhani.

"Why not? I have no friends other than Shirina" replied Arka.

"Whose shirina is it?"

"The girl who had dinner together yesterday."

"Here you go, don't think about him, you want to be my friend?" continued Arka.

"Of course." Zhani then shook hands with Arka, they both smiled and it was seen that their smiles were pure and not contrived.

Yes, this is the moment where 2 young boys who are actually half-siblings, shake hands as a sign they are starting to make friends.

"Where do you live?" ask Arka.

"I live in a small house" replied Zhani.

"Away from here?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Who did you come here with?"

"With my brothers and Isa's uncle also his uncle Isa."

"You mean Uncle Arvin?"

"Maybe it's his name."

Ismail only chuckled at the familiarity of the 2 boys.

Mrs. Zemira had just walked out of her study, but she was startled by Arvin walking up the stairs.

"Arvin?" call him. At the same time, Isa, Mona and Fina entered.

Arvin turned to look at Mrs. Zemira.

"Where are you from with your friends?" ask Ny. Zemira.

"With my friends?" Arvin looked astonished.

"Yes, Isa sent a message to mom, she said you're not going home because you're with your friends."

"Ooooh, that. Arvin from the morning was out gambling" said Arvin.

Isa seemed surprised by Arvin's honest answer. He did not expect that his older brother would answer their mother's questions honestly.

"Gambling?" ask Ny. Zemira who looks not to believe.

"Yes, gambling, smoking and drinking, that's what I've been doing since morning" Arvin replied.

'Is he drunk?' batin Isa's.

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Zemira still looks astonished.

"Yes, everything I said was true. And I'm off the list of members at that casino. Already, that's it," concluded Arvin who went straight to his room.

Mrs. Zemira who was still confused looked back, he found Isa, Mona and Fina standing behind him, but he only glanced at Isa. Isa who knew being glimpsed then turned his face and whistled is not clear, but he could not whistle, so that out of his mouth only the wind.

Realized that her son refused to answer before she asked, Madam. Zemira also became convinced that what Arvin said was true. Confusion also changed meaning, now he is confused why Arvin made the confession. Plus the children of Jhana who suddenly was with Isa.

"What are these kids doing here?" ask Ny. Zemira scrunched her forehead.

"They ... their mother has not returned" answered Isa.

"What?!"

"Y-yeah .. their mother lost herself for no apparent reason."

"Why are they here?"

"Dina took over their mother's duties to nurture them. But she couldn't really babysit them yet, they were out of control while Dina was working, so I decided to bring them here every day."

"Whatchu mean? Explain it in detail."

"So actually last night Dina and I didn't manage to find their mother Jhana, we initially decided to report to the police tonight after twenty-four hours regarding their mother's disappearance, but after Dina got the letter at her boarding house from Jhana, we decided not to look for Jhana" explained Isa.

"Why?" ask Ny. Zemira.

"Because the letter was written by Jhana. He told Dina not to look for him and said that she could not tell him why he had disappeared like this. We believe that the letter was written by Jhana because when Dina wanted to pay SPP Fina, the school said that Jhana had paid him a few minutes before Dina arrived at the school. And according to one of Dina's coworkers, Jhana came to work this morning and resigned. It means she's rid herself of Dina and her children."

"Based on people today, no matter what is done to seek attention" said Mrs. Zemira while grunting.

"He must have had a reason, ma'am."

"Mom won't think about it anymore. Are you and Dina going to report to the police tonight?"

"We've agreed not to report it to the police."

"How about these kids?"

"They live with Dina, helped by me and they'll be here every day other than Dina's holiday."

"What are they here for?"

"Mother, if they were left in Dina's boarding house, no one would be watching them, just now they've been freaking me out and Dina's panicked for saying that there was a gas leak. That's why I brought them here because I felt that they would be safer here."

Mrs. Zemira then rotated his eyes perfectly and just went to his room.

'It seems it will be difficult to make this family accept them, ' Inner Isa.

Mrs. Zemira went into her room and saw her husband who could only sit and sleep on their porch and face forward.

"Farzin .., I believe that karma exists, but I never expected something like this to happen to you" she murmured. Zemira.

His words brought bad memories of his past. In the days before Rashid was born, he lived alone with Mr. Farzin, accompanied by several domestic workers. And that was about 42 years ago.

At that time, Miss. Zemira is a 16-year-old girl. He remembers the day of his marriage with his soul mate, at the age of just 16 years and Mr. Farzin is 18 years old.

I don't know why Mrs. Zemira could not remember about the beginning of their marriage anymore. It was too painful for him to reminisce about his past, so that at this moment he could only cry so as not to remember everything.

After getting a message from Bunga, Kevlar immediately went home to the mansion and knocked on Ms.'s work space. Zemira. But he didn't get an answer. Coincidentally, Indira who was walking towards the door, passed in front of him.

"Anything?" get Kevlar.

"Yes, Sir?" sahut Indira's.

"Where's mom?"

"You mean Mrs Zemira, sir? He's in his room."

"All right." Kevlar then stepped into Ms.'s room. Zemira and Mr. Farzin, he knocked.

"Mom, is mom inside?" Kevlar.

Mrs. Zemira who heard Kevlar's knock and sound immediately replied and came out. "Yes, just a minute."

"Bunga said that my mother told me to go home for no reason. What's up, ma'am?" kevlar asked after the door was opened by Mrs. Zemira.

"Let's talk in mom's office" she asked. Zemira, Kevlar just nodded and followed in the footsteps of his mother-in-law.

Isa invites Mona and Fina into Shirina's room with Disney princess shades. Yes, the walls in Shirina's room are Purple-themed and have pictures of Disney princesses.

"Well, you can play all the toys here" said Isa.

"Whose room is this, uncle?" ask Fina.

"This is Shirina's room, uncle's niece," answered Isa.

"But will he allow us?"

"Why not?"

"Did uncle forget? Last night he also said we were carrying the poverty virus" Mona said.

"Don't talk about the poverty virus again, uncle will be angry if you talk about it again, because such a virus does not exist" said Isa.

"But this is Shirina's room, not uncle's, and the toy that uncle told us to play with also belongs to Shirina. If someone doesn't allow their goods to be used by someone else, then we shouldn't wear them."

"Where are you sure he won't let you play his toys?"

"That was evident from his behavior last night. Before we touch the goods he is like that, what else if we touch the goods, can we run out" Fina said. Isa could only fall silent with Fina's 'skakmat' answer.

"Why don't we just learn? Uncle can teach, right? I never went to school, I was illiterate and numeric blind. Uncle wants to teach me?" mona's proposal.

"learned? Of course uncle can teach such things," said Isa.

"Isn't that better than playing?" fina said with a smile. The smile was then answered by Isa.

The three of them then came out of Shirina's room and walked towards Isa's room.

"Sit down" tell Mrs. Zemira on Kevlar while sitting in his chair.

"This is the last day Ayang works here, tonight he will leave this mansion. I want a new assistant to replace her less than three days from now. Find a domestic assistant according to the criteria that the mother gives. Can you do it?" connect Ny. Zemira.

"Three days' limit? Of course it can, it's not a difficult job" Kevlar replied.

Mrs. Zemira smiled at the answer of her second daughter-in-law.

"How's our new client?" ask Ny. Zemira.

"Everything is going smoothly mom, the whole agreement has been agreed and the project will start tomorrow."

"It's great, this time you played a very important role for this project."

"No mother, Flowers and Raya are very important for this project, if they are not friends with the salon and spa owners they often go to, he said, there's no way I'm going to partner with this new client of ours who's none other than the salon and spa owner's husband."

"Mother would love for this family to work together and complement each other."

Kevlar chuckled, while Mrs. Zemira just smiled.

"Kevlar, there's one thing I want to tell you" she said. Zemira.

"What's the matter, ma'am?" ask Kevlar.

"Mom's been thinking about this for the past few weeks."

"Five years mother is in complete control of this family and the business that your father-in-law once ran. All these family members know why mom took over your rights. At that time, I just disagreed with Farzin's decision to give you control of this business and family because I didn't believe you, so I took over your rights. And in the last five years, I've seen your performance always good and very good, and I finally understand why Farzin wants to give up everything on you. So, I guess, after the project you've been working on with our new client is done well, I'll give you back that right again" she continued. Zemira.

Kevlar smiled broadly at the words of Mrs. That zemira.

'This is the moment I waited the most while I was married to Bunga. I will finally be in power. My patience finally came to fruition. Father, mother, the seclusion that you have done to me is sweet to me, humph! Thank you, ' Inner Kevlar.