I Don'T Want To Be Cinderella #1
50. Puzzle Pieces
50. Puzzle Piece (Pieces puzzle)
“Morning, Honey.”
Caraka walked into the apartment as soon as I opened the door.
“Isn't it too early to visit.”
“Come, honey, I just want to make the most of the time we've had as long as I'm here.”
I sighed while closing the apartment door. Caraka looks to have been sitting on the sofa with his leisure as if this is his own apartment. Hmmm, okay! This was indeed the apartment that Caraka had rented, so it automatically became hers for a while.
“You got coffee?”
“Obviously dong, I miss your homemade coffee.”
“Please conditioned early in the morning do not need to dreadlocks.” I walked towards the pantry leaving Caraka laughing.
“I'm serious, honey, I miss your homemade coffee.”
“Do I change my name to Neng Kopi?”
“Hahaha .. great idea, Kang Coffee and Neng Coffee.”
“Ckkk!” I clucked while pouring coffee, before long the aroma of coffee began to fill the apartment. I poured it into two cups and then carried it forward.
“Thank you, Love.” I shook my head at his call for me. “Oh, yes about H. Joko you told me about last night I've asked Mr. Supri for help to find out.”
“Pak Supri?”
“Iya, Mr. Supri here is real, he must be a lot of acquaintances who know anyone knows H. Joko, especially if H. Joko does have a goat farm Etawa is also a landlord. Someone will know him.”
I nodded in understanding as I blew the smoke billowing from the coffee cup before sipping it deliciously.
“Taken waiting for news from Mr Supri ... how about we date today?”
“Date?”
“Oh, come on, honey, it's been a long time since we dated and you still owe me an extra gift last night.”
“Hahaha.”
“Do not hope I will forget about the gift.”
“I never promise I'll give you an extra gift.”
“Ckkk.”
“Hahaha .. Where to go?”
“Whatever, isn't it you who never went outside this building?”
I nodded, but when the holidays were too lazy for me to go outside maybe because I was very tired of working, he said, so when off I prefer to rest let alone no friends that I can invite to go, if so I miss Siska who is always ready when invited to the road.
“Hmmm .. do we hunt for breakfast? He said at Blauran's market there was a lot of food. I'm very curious, but all this time I have no friends to invite there ... we just go there yuk?”
Caraka looked at me then shook her head. “Newly this time I was invited to a date to the market.”
“Once in a while the Prince should also go down to the market.”
Caraka just clucked with a smile, but his head still shook his head.
“Come on, Kang, just buy breakfast after that it's up to where.”
Caraka looked at me thinking for a moment. “Buy breakfast only, right?”
“Iya.”
Caraka went back into silence before finally nodding to make me cheer and immediately stood up to prepare.
“Truely buy breakfast only?”
“Iya,” I replied as I walked into the room, with a big smile.
An hour later.
“Say only buy breakfast?”
“All of you, Kang, mumpung here.” Currently I am choosing a variety of appetizing market snacks. “Hope later this is it.”
“It's mah snacking instead of breakfast.”
“Hahaha.”
Okay fine! How do I not flutter when the market I think the market in general, turns out to be different. Blauran Market is a dry market with a lot of traditional food vendors, ranging from rujak cingur, lontong noodles, Madura porridge, pecel, ice dawet to various food markets.
“Honey, it's tuh ... the round-round.”
“Which round is it? Many here are round.”
“Yang ijo, who wears coconut.”
“Clephone?”
“Well it!”
I smiled at him who was no less enthusiastic about choosing various market snacks.
“Honey, marrow porridge same salak seeds also.”
Is this really what I want to do or Caraka anyway? Why would he buy more than me? After the pulp of marrow and salak seeds, now the target is getuk and cucur.
In his hand there is now one plastic full of market snacks, from lupis, klepon, cucur, salak seeds, marrow porridge, getuk, to cenil.
“Has it?”
“Should have been me ... already? No one wants to buy anymore?”
“Hahaha.”
Caraka just laughed while embracing my shoulder, then asked. “What do you want to buy, honey?”
“Kata kids here lontong noodles is delicious, we try yuk?”
“Say breakfast is just this.” Caraka held up the plastic in her left hand.
“Hahaha.”
“Bu Na!”
I stopped my steps when I heard someone calling me, and it turned out that it was Aileen who was smiling widely while walking quickly towards me.
“Just this Bu Na, earlier Aileen had hesitated when Bu Na was here.”
“Once in a while to the outside of the vehicle, Leen, there is a bodyguard.”
Aileen turned her gaze towards Caraka.
“Waaaah.”
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw Aileen who was amazed to see Caraka, fortunately my immunity was strong enough to see how the women looked at Caraka. A Caraka Continent will not be able to hide his charm wherever he goes including traditional markets though, but there are also benefits because of his good looks we get a lot of bonuses.
“Iki gawe Mas seng guanteng karo Mbak seng ayu. (This makes a handsome Mas and a beautiful Mbak).” Yes, although I was also praised as beautiful, but the seller Mbok said it while looking at Caraka with sparkling eyes, so just think of the compliment for me as a complementary sentence only.
“Kang, this is Aileen, she's my admin at the office.”
Caraka opens her sunglasses before shaking hands with Aileen, “Caraka.”
“A-Aileen.”
I shook my head looking at Aileen who was still staring at Caraka with sparkling eyes.
“Ah, Leen, coincidence! Which you said cut up that delicious noodle where?” I was trying to return Aileen to earth after it seemed like it had been for a while that she was flying into space.
“Yes, Miss Na?” Aileen eating me confused makes me smile.
“Lontong delicious noodles where?”
“Ah, lontong noodles!” Aileen seemed to have regained consciousness. “There, Ms. Na, coincidentally Aileen also want to buy it at tell Mamah.” Aileen walked in front, followed by me and Caraka who re-embraced my shoulders.
“Former Shanty, and now Aileen.” I let out a heavy sigh making Caraka laugh.
“But at least they are not the former who failed to move on like yesterday.”
Oops! I was wrong to look for the topic. Okay, better now I'm silent and just walk after Aileen to the stall that presents a variety of satay, tempeh and tofu bacem, rempeyek, and many more kinds presented filled the table.
We sat on the plastic chair of the meatball, without saying much Caraka immediately took the quail egg satay and ate it, while Aileen and I ordered two servings of lontong noodles for me and Caraka, respectively, aileen ordered four portions.
“Later Bu Na try es dawetnya .. muantap, Bu Na.”
I stared at the iceberg who was not too far away from us sitting.
“Bu Na, that's Bu Na's boyfriend huh? Guanteng really, Miss Na.” Aileen whispered while chuckling made me smile, while the one who got the praise was cool eating intestinal satay, after spending the satay telor quail.
“Oh yes, Ms Na! I almost forgot!”
Aileen looked at me thoughtfully making me take my eyes off the noodle lontong seller who was poking petis, fried garlic, and cayenne pepper on the plate.
“Bu Na remember om Aileen who has a gift shop by goat milk Etawa?”
I nodded and now started to focus on looking at Aileen.
“Evening Om to the house, keep Aileen asked, know H. Joko no?” I looked more and more seriously at Aileen, as well as being curious. “And he knows.”
The deg! My heart stopped beating for a moment before pounding crazily, my eyes round looking at Aileen in disbelief, as well as Caraka who now stopped chewing and looked at Aileen seriously, but it seemed that Aileen was unaware of the change in expression of the two of us, she resumed her words.
“But, Aileen doesn't know what this is H. Joko is an acquaintance of Mamah Bu Na is not, because the word Om Aileen, H. Joko it's not in Surabaya, but Mojokerto.”
“Mojokerto?”
“Yes, Ms Na. Mojokerto, so Aileen doesn't know it's H. Joko the same or not.”
Mojokerto? Is it possible that Mamah wrongly mentioned Mojokerto should not be Surabaya? But that's not possible, or H. Joko moved to Mojokerto? That makes more sense.
“What till now still exists?”
I can't waste the slightest possibility. Even if this is H. Joko is different, I just have to search again right? There's nothing wrong with finding out what this is. Joko, my grandfather or not.
“Kata Om, now goat farm H. Joko who manages it is his son.”
My heart was beating crazily, my hands were even trembling at Aileen's words.
“Annya?”
“Iya, her son.”
“Om you know what his son's name is H. Joko the?”
“Aileen is not Naanya Bu Na, but Aileen phone Om first yes.” Aileen pulled out her phone.
“Please ask me where is Mojoker?” said Caraka who got the nod from Aillen.
“Halo Om ..”
Aileen spoke to Omnya asking what Caraka and I had been asking, making my body tremble even more. Under the table Caraka's hand held my hand that was starting to cool and tremble. This feeling is like when I look forward to anxiously waiting for the results of a job interview .. pounding, anxious, unreasonable. That's how I feel now, until Aileen finally breaks off the conversation with her Om, making my heart pound even more in anxious hopes.
“Om doesn't know where the exact address is, but says Om, H. Joko is quite famous in Pacet area – Mojokerto.”
The deg! The area with the letter P, as Mamah said made my body tremble even more, my cold hand now clasped tightly to Caraka's hand.
“Name of his son H. Joko who now runs a goat farm is named Pak Bayu.”
My eyes were round along with my heart that was ticking crazily. “Pakde Bayu,” I said.
My body is now completely limp, my breathing is hunting, my heart is pounding, there is also a sense of fear when I realize it is only a step for me to find my father also Bi.
One piece of the puzzle I have managed to find just waiting for another piece, and I am ready to arrange to find out the whereabouts of the father also Bi.
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Assalamualaikum, th,
In connection with the imminent Iedul Fitri holiday that makes me more busy in everyday life and my body condition has not fully recovered, too, so it seems I can not be up every day again as usual, insyaallah I will try every two days .. for that I beg understanding from friends all 🙏🙏🙏🙏
May we all always be given health .. aamiin
Love
A.K