Execution Island
Rehearsed
Rehearsed
The day that awaited - wait arrived. Since last night Sulis and Ratna were busy preparing everything. There's not much they can bring. A few clothing and cosmetic stels are enough to fit both backpacks.
After crossing the ocean, now the vehicle they were riding in had gone up to the mainland of the capital. In the front seat Jarot was engrossed in his cigarette. Meanwhile, Kubil focused on looking ahead from behind the wheel. Occasionally his eyes were shifted to a mirror reflecting the situation in the back seat.
"We'll drive home, Sulis ?!" Kubil without looking. His face was focused forward.
"No need, mas. Let me same Ratna down outside the terminal only !" Answer Sulis quickly. He was not feeling good if he had to trouble the two people in front of him. While Ratna just silently listened to the conversation of the two. Sometimes he looked out the window.
"We'll have to spray Jhoni's boss, if we let you down at the terminal" Jarot said. The cigarette smoke just keeps spinning and then blown by the wind and lost in the air.
"Let's get sprayed with boss Jhoni. It is immune !" Sulis replied with a satisfied smile. Spontaneous Ratna who had just been silent, now laughed out loud.
"What do you say, Sulis" Ratna said. The two laughed again as they watched the faces of the two men in front of them. Jarot and Kubil just pouted and smiled wryly.
"Neng Sulis can do it" cried Jarot flat. A faint smile was created on his lips. In his heart confirmed what the young woman had said.
"All right then. Soon we reach the terminal" Kubil said. Soon the vehicle they were riding stopped.
"Beware of Sulis, Ratna !" The man behind the wheel.
"Yes mas. Thank you so much for taking us" replied Sulis. Then they both came down.
"Don't hesitate. Yes, you guys, be careful on the road" Jarot said. Soon the two men were further away from Sulis and Ratna outside the terminal.
After waiting for quite a while, finally a minibus vehicle stopped in front of them, and drove the two to their destination. Actually Sulis could have let Kubil deliver to his parents' house. But he doesn't want to be troublesome. Instead, he ordered a taxi online.
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In a simple house in the southern city of Jakarta. A middle-aged woman was busy in the kitchen. He deftly processed the materials he bought this morning. Until noon, the activity stopped. The result, fried chicken and mujaer fish with sambal that tempts the taste. Vegetable lodeh child's only favorite wayangnya also available at the dining table.
The middle-aged woman moved into the living room, after making sure everything was perfect. He rested his body in a soft chair facing the already lit television. Even though she was half a century old, the aura of beauty was still clearly visible on her face.
Tocktails...
"Assynolt... !" Greetings from the door of the house distract this woman. Hurrying he approached the direction of the sound. A familiar voice, even very familiar.
"Glamour !"
In a hurry - goofy, and do not want to waste time. Opening the door of the house immediately. Instantly his face smiled happily, when he found his daughter standing with a fluffy smile. Soon hugged the child to release the longing that tormented him all this time.
"My son Sulis, how are you, son ?" Lirih. For a moment, Ratna's presence was ignored by him. The girl was moved to see the scene before her.
"Write well, ma'am. Boss Jhoni treated Sulis well, even very well" he replied with both hands still tightly hugging the mother.
"Thank God then. I miss you so much, son !"
"Mom don't have to worry, Sulis is fine there. Ooo, yes, this is Sulis' friend. It's Ratna." Namely."
Ratna greeted Sulis' mother named Ratih's mother with great respect. Welcomed with a sincere smile of a mother.
"Me, I'm Ratna. I'm his workmate Sulis, ma'am."
"I'm Sulis' mother. Just call my name, Mrs. Yes, let's go in" take the woman with a happy smile.
"Good ma'am."
"Mother's healthy, son. Sometimes your blood pressure is very disturbing"
"Feeding pattern, ma'am. Do not eat carelessly" said Sulis while putting his backpack on the sofa light brown. And so did Ratna.
"You must be hungry. It just so happened that the new mother finished cooking" said Mrs Ratih. Ratna's hand was drawn to follow her to the dining table. Meanwhile Sulis was just a smile - a smile watching his comrade's bewildered expression.
"What mom cooks ?" Ask Sulis full of questions. His gaze stopped when he found a few pieces of fried chicken like challenging him. Vegetable lodeh is still hot increasingly make his appetite struggling - ronta.
"You must be puffing on mom's cooking. It's also your favorite menu, right ?" Reply to Ratih's Mother. A plate was placed in front of Ratna who was sitting on a bench facing the dining table.
"Come on Ratna, ambl himself. Don't be shy - shame !" Excited Ratih's mother when she saw Ratna still fixated. Meanwhile, Sulis poured cold water into the glass that was already available.
After the three finished with the meal, they now moved to the front room. Sitting on the couch staring at the television is the next show. The three engaged in small talk, sometimes interspersed with the joking laughter of the three.
"This is the seat of Jhoni's boss, ma'am" Sulis said as he handed him the brown envelope. Right now they were just the two of them, as Ratna was already asleep in the room.
"What is this, Sulis ?" Answer the mother full of questions. Find out what is in the child's hands. When it was opened, it was clear that some banknotes were tied up with a large nominal.
"Say boss Jhoni. This is a sign of gratitude, because my mother has allowed Sulis to work there" Sulis said at length. Ratih's mother was just pensive to hear the words of the child. Her voice was still holding the brown envelope. Instantly, his memory glared far into the past.
A woman in her thirties was wearing a waistline. With fashionable clothes and jewelry lined up on every part of her body. His index finger was raised repeatedly in front of a woman who was a few years younger than him.
"Basar cheap women. I gave you a job in this house. You're even good - good with my husband !"
So much anger emanated from the painful words. A large stomach because it was pregnant, unable to soften the heart of the woman named Susan. He continued to curse and even slap the woman in front of him, who was none other than Ratih.
"It's Susan, it's not all her fault. I was wrong !" A man standing not far from the two. Jhoni.
"You always defended him. Now she's pregnant with your child. Quickly get him out of here. Or I drag and throw him on the street !"
The woman's anger grew bigger and made her Husband named Jhoni provoked his emotions. They both blame each other. While Ratih did not budge from his position. His face continued to bow in lethargy, both of his hands propping up his large belly.
"You're missing Susan. It also happens because of your fault. How many years we've been married, but we haven't had a child yet !" Hardik Jhoni with his fierce face.
"Cuihh. Where is my fault? You do it, I'm to blame. You're crazy, Jhoni !"
PLAAKKKP....
A slap landed smoothly on Susan's delicate cheek. Jhoni said, his hands were still raised and his eyes red indicating his anger had reached the crown.
"You ask your fault where hahh... ?! You are not aware of your habit of dugem and drunkenness - mabukan make your health disturbed. Every day I come home drunk. It all makes you unable to get pregnant. Right now I'm divorcing you, please leave my house !"
"Haha.... Jhoni's... Jhoni. This house has been restored in my name !" Susan cried fire - fire. Jhoni who heard this was like being struck by lightning. As fast as lightning strangled the neck of the ex-wife. But instead of fear and pain, Susan just laughed more and more. Laughter victory.
"Aaaahhh....! Female base ****** !" Maki Jhoni would be. Released a giggle around Susan's neck that kept laughing mockingly. With anger still remaining, he rushed to Ratih. Without further ado, he rushed her away from the house she no longer owned.
"We're leaving this place !" Exclaim Jhoni while leading Ratih to walk out. From inside the middle room of the house, the look of Susan's eyes can not be separated from the two.
Since then, Ratih lived in a fairly luxurious apartment. But because of his simple personality, it makes him uncomfortable living in an expensive apartment. Jhoni bought her a simple house. The house that bears witness to the other side of Jhoni.
But the days that Ratih went through remained quiet, because Jhoni very rarely went home. Not even going home at all, until there is light in his life. The light that gives him the spirit to continue to survive life.
The absence of the figure of a husband does not make Ratih discouraged. Every laugh from her little baby was able to make her survive. Even until the child becomes a beautiful girl that reminds him of his youth.