Istikharah
JI 2 - Retno Resign

The sad news came from Retno, her father in the village died. Meanwhile, her mother is sickly and no one is caring. Retno finally decided to quit her job and take care of her mother.

Retno is an only child, she has no siblings. The only person who has to take care of her mother is herself. His mother was taken care of by his father, but after his father died, the mother was alone.

"Be careful on the road, Bude. When you get home, call me" Arini said. He's delivering Retno at the terminal.

"Good, Mom. I say goodbye, the bus is about to leave," said Retno while carrying a large tote bag.

"Yes, Bude. Be careful" said Arini.

Retno then rushed into the bus with other passengers. At first Arini wanted to buy him a plane ticket, but he did not want to, because he had never boarded a plane at all. Afraid rough.

Because boarding the plane the procedure must be complicated, not like taking a bus. Retno is afraid of confusion later.

Five days ago when his father died, Retno had already returned home. And now he's in town again to say goodbye and get all his stuff.

Because the Retno stuff is quite a lot, Arini does not allow Retno to bring everything herself. The remaining goods will be sent by Arini using expedition services.

The bus started to run, Retno sat next to the window. He looked at Arini who was still standing at his original spot.

Honestly, Retno felt it was hard to stop working from Arini. Arini is the best employer of all time. During her time as a domestic assistant, it was only in Arini's place that she was treated as a human being. No sleep in stuffy and small rooms. Eating is not different from the employer.

But fate says otherwise, he must go home to take care of his elderly mother.

Meanwhile, after the bus carrying Retno disappeared from view, Arini immediately rushed into his car. The goal is the mall now. She would shop for diapers and other needs of her children.

Arriving at the mall, Arini headed straight for baby gear. But while crossing the fruit stall, Arini stopped his steps.

"Papa." Arini called Hamdani who was weighing the mango.

Hamdani. He was shocked to not expect to see his son here. "Other dad bought mangoes. Aldi cravings mangoes," said Hamdani while carrying a seplastic mango and approached his son.

"Nwantedam?" Arini chuckles. "Papa's just been around. Rini wants to buy diapers and children's skincare. Now Jasmine was in school, so her skincare was a little extravagant. Usually used three times a week or if you remember, now in use every day."

Hamdani just nodded. Babies today are sophisticated. There's all the skincare. In the past, when Arini was small, boro-boro used skincare, make eating difficult.

"What's Aldi, Pa? A fever?" asked Arini while slightly pulling over because someone passed by. Aldi habit if the fever is so, always crave mango.

"Glow up, come back from Bali" replied Hamdani.

Aldi does love the beach, Arini's sister must be to Bali to visit the beach. Hamdani prefers mountains.

"Well, would you stop by the house, wouldn't you? Rini wants to cook meat soup," said Arini.

"Papa just go home, pity Aldi. It must have come out because of mango cravings," said Hamdani while chuckling.

Meanwhile, Hamdani himself went straight to the cashier's desk and paid for his groceries. His two children are different. Arini if the fever likes to eat porridge, while Aldi if the fever wants to eat mango.

***

"Sepi yes there is no Bude Retno," Wulan said while waiting for Joseph to eat. Joseph was a great toddler, he did not like to eat in a bribe.

Ani who was cleaning Joseph's toys turned her head. "Yes. Usually if there is a Retno, we must have been gossiping," Ani said while putting a lego toy into the cardboard. "You suck, Lan. Can't get gossip."

Wulan just shook her head while smiling. He did not know, if later he was old, would it be the same as mothers in general? Will he be old enough to like gossip?

"Bus... Gee." Joseph lifted his spoon high.

"out, huh? Clever." Wulan immediately cleaned up Joseph's messy meal. The nation is scattered everywhere. But that is understandable, because Joseph is still a toddler. It is natural that the food cannot be neat.

Ani's phone on the table rang. After being seen, it turns out that Arini called.

"Hello, Mum. What's up?" ani asked as she picked up the phone from Arini.

"Hello, Bude. Bude won't have to pick up Jasmine. Let me pick you up" said Arini from across the street.

"Okay, ma'am" Ani replied.

"Mother, huh?" Wulan asked when Ani had hung up.

"Yes. Mom said Bude didn't have to pick Miss Jasmine up to school. He's the one who's gonna pick up Miss Jasmine." Ani answered while putting her phone on the table. Then he kept Joseph's toys which he had made clean.

Wulan, who had finished cleaning up the rest of Joseph's meal, took his cell phone and started reading comics. The habit when there is no work is like this.

"German..." Ani called while raising Joseph on the cars because the toddler whined he wanted to ride in the car.

"What's up, Bude?" wulan replied while looking towards Ani.

"You're young, why would you want to be a maid?" Ani asked because she was curious. It should be at the age of Wulan is in college, or at least working in a company. Not even being a house assistant.

"I'm raising money to go to college, Bude. I want to be a chef. Want to study cooking abroad," replied Wulan. Since childhood, Wulan aspired to become a professional chef. Therefore, he likes to work in the field of cooking. Before working here, he worked for a year at a fast food restaurant. But there his career was only as a servant. Then he also worked three months at Rumah Makan Padang as a juice maker.

"Great. Your ambitions are high. Bude's son your age is married. Actually Bude wants him to be a doctor, but he doesn't want to go to college. He said his brain was not strong. Now yes it is. Working as a cashier at a cake shop.

"Woman, Bude?"

"Male," Ani replied. "Male married young. Dare to make a decision. No job is married." Ani even became obscene and confided in Wulan.

"It's okay, Bude. There will also be people who are married. Sometimes it's unexpected" Wulan said. Wulan was still young, but her mind was mature.