
Today the rain did not stop two hours ago. I'm getting ready to pick up Andi, he can't come home in this weather. But when I opened the door of the house I saw the figure of a child who was none other than Andi who entered trying to open the gate.
His body was shivering, his lips were turning blue, his shoes were so dirty, his uniform was full of mud stains, but his pants were clean, only wet in the rain. When I touched his fingers, it was like holding ice.
"Let's take off your clothes. I'm getting warm water ready so you don't catch a cold."
Andi rushed in after opening her shoes. I walked to the kitchen to prepare warm water for her.
"And Mom said. Next time tell the teacher, so if there is anything at school, the teacher can immediately help give the news," I said while washing his head.
"Already, Mom. Andi had told the teacher, but she did not believe it" Andi continued, crying and trembling. Maybe he's afraid I'm upset.
"What do you mean, son? Mother did not understand," looked at her in astonishment.
"It's okay, Mom. We came home early. The teacher's mother has forbidden it but I'm ignoring it."
"Why is that?" my many.
"I'm scared, Mom. In front of the school was the same car as my father's car. I quickly ran away," while crying even louder.
I understand why he ran away. Lately my relationship with his father is not good. Ever since Mas Farhan got in touch with another woman, I haven't talked to him much. Our last fight, made him vent his anger on Andi who had to take some blows from his father. This kid must be scared. Even a car similar to his father's car was feared.
After I finished bathing, I prepared some food. We had lunch together at the dinner table, without Mas Farhan. For two days he did not come home. He went in and out as he pleased, when asked he would be angry. So it's better to just be like this, be quiet for our calm.
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"Let's get up, slacker. I'll be late for school."
"I don't want to go to school, Mother."
"Why? I don't like lazy kids. Quickly get up and hurry," as I put away the blanket.
I was shocked half to death when I saw that his favorite light blue bedsheet had turned old because it was wet.
"Oh my goodness, Di. It's 4th grade SD, you still wet the bed?"
"And you're not wetting the bed, ma'am."
I thought he was wetting his bed, but after I checked again, he wasn't wetting his bed. It's plain water. This kid must be sick. Just this time I saw him sweat all night to make his bed wet.
I touched her body cold, her face pale. His eye bags are blackened. I panicked, wanting to quickly call my husband to take him to the doctor, but Andi cried and refused. "I want to be with Mom alone," undoes my intentions.
I took off his shirt and applied eucalyptus oil to keep his body warm.Seeing scratches of about 5 cm that seemed to have healed long on his back.
Not ... Not like a scratch, but like there was a sharp object that had ripped his skin. When did he ever get hurt? He never told me.
"Is this sick?"
"No, Mom, it's not sick."
"When did you get this wound? Why don't you know?"
"Andi forgot, Mom. But it doesn't hurt at all."
Ever since her biological father died, I have always taken good care of Andi, as I consider her the only relic. Maybe it was because I was too busy fighting with Mas Farhan, my second husband, that I let my guard down.
I'm sorry, Son. I'm too selfish to be concerned about my interests, to forget that you're a priority that I need to give importance to. A sense of regret enveloped my heart.
Andi seemed to be able to read the mimic of my face that turned sad. He switched the conversation.
"I'm hungry, Mom. So hungry, I want to swallow a cow" he said.
His father always said that when he was alive. When he came home from work, he always said he wanted to 'swallow a cow' to keep the three of us up and down.
"Don't cows. As big as a giraffe I'll prepare," while tickling her belly, and she laughed in tears.
Later after cooking I will call his teacher, tell him that Andi can not enter because he is not feeling well.
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The sound of a car coming into our yard. Kugendong Andi to enter the room. I stuffed his mouth with my hand so he wouldn't make a sound.
"Be quiet and pretend to be asleep" I whispered as I crossed my fingers in front of my lips.
Andi seems to understand what I mean. He immediately closed his eyes.
The door opened and someone was tuning the television. It must be Mas Farhan who just came home. Suddenly I heard her voice screaming loudly.
"WHATAAAA?"
I don't know what he saw. Maybe because Andi was vomiting on the front seat of the television room. I cleaned it up, but it could still smell. Or it could be because of dishes that I do not wash directly. Aah .. I forgot that. I forgot to wash the dishes. Maybe that's why he's angry.
There was a sound of steps approaching the room. I fear. I hugged my son and closed my eyes pretending to be asleep. He opened the door to the room. I think my heart is going to fall out of place.
He opened the closet. I don't know what's going on, for closing my eyes. But it sounds like he's looking for some stuff.
Everything opened violently and a 'braaak' sound was heard as he closed it. The cabinets, the drawers, all the storage areas in our rooms were searched. The clang of the suitcase zipper I heard too. It seemed like all the items he had collected would be put in a suitcase.
After a few minutes he was busy cleaning up this and that, he heard his HP ringing from the TV room, I don't know who called him. He came out of the room to pick her up. There was a sound coming from the room
"Have you seen it too, right?"
"You said it was a deserted place, in fact a fishing ground. Goddamn it!"
"******!! Pack your things, we're leaving today."
His voice was full of anger. I don't know who he's talking to. I also just heard his voice, without knowing what the interlocutor was saying, but all I know is that he will hit anyone who tries to ask him at this time.
After he hung up the phone he was silent for a while and the sound of the front door slamming hard. The items he had collected had not been taken. He will come back, I thought.
From under the bed came the sound of my HP ringing.
'Oh my God .. Why should it be at this moment?' I murmured in my heart. I don't want him to know that we're pretending to be asleep.
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➖ Sarah Eszed ➖