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JI 2 - Surprise

"Mama..." Arini shouted in surprise when she saw Pearl cooking in the kitchen. "This is right, Mama? Rini didn't look wrong, did she?" Arini said with a splash. Arini no longer has a mother. Therefore, he was very happy so he could be together with the Pearl as it is today.

The pearl slicing the onion turned towards Arini. "Have you come home?" tanyakanya.

Arini nodded. He approached Pearl and endured it. "Mama came home not to tell Rini." Arini blurted her lips like a child.

"intentionally. Let's be surprised" said Mutiara while continuing his activities. "Mom's gonna make soy sauce for our dinner." Without asking Pearl explained it herself.

"Continue, where's Papa?" Arini asked.

"Papa didn't come home. Much work. So Mama went home by herself" replied Mutiara as she continued her cooking.

Arini nodded. But in his heart he wondered. Did her mother-in-law go home alone? Her mother-in-law always came home with her husband. Never alone like this.

Ah, it must be just his granddaughter. Arini said in his heart.

After all if there is something important, surely Arini will be told. If secretly like this, it must be just a grandson.

"You take a shower, gih! The smell of asem," said Pearl as she pursed her nose.

Arini kissed herself. He had already taken a shower on the plane. Time is still sour. "Yes already, Rini go upstairs first. Just want to see the children" said Arini and asserted by Pearl.

"Jasmine, Joseph." Arini opened the door to her son's room. Both boys were sleeping well. When Arini or Leon are at work, Joseph and Jasmine sleep in the nursery. If Arini or Leon are there, they sleep in the master bedroom.

Because if there's no Leon and Arini, the ones keeping their sleep are the baby sitters. The baby sitter does not feel good in and out of the master's room if it is not cleaning the room.

"Just slept, Mom," Ani said as she tidied up the books she had told Jasmine and Joseph.

"Yes already. Bude can get out. Let me take care." Arini spoke slowly to disturb her sleeping children.

Ani nodded. He then came out of the room after tidying up the books on the shelf.

After Ani died, Arini went into her room to clean up. After he was refreshed, he went back to the nursery and slept there. It's only three in the afternoon. There's still time to sleep.

His body was tired after a long trip. Sleeping for a while will definitely restore the freshness of his body.

***

"Mama, why hasn't Papa come home yet, huh?" Jasmine asked when her father had not yet returned home. But it is already late at night. Jasmine had even gotten up twice to urinate. But his father hasn't come home yet.

"Papa's got a lot of work to do, son. Jasmine bobo, huh? Look, Joseph is bobo." Arini pointed to Joseph sleeping next to her. They slept three. Joseph in the middle, while Arini and Jasmine in the left right.

Jasmine nodded. Don't forget he read the do'a before going to bed. And before long, Jasmine had already fallen asleep. Can be characterized by regular breathing.

Meanwhile, Arini cannot sleep. It was Leon's mind. Indeed, Leon had sent a message going home late at night. But it's two o'clock in the morning, Leon hasn't come home yet. Leon may have a problem.

Jasmine had already woken up twice. Leon hasn't come home yet? What exactly is going on? How much work? Because lately Leon always come home late at night with a face that is very haggard.

Arini tiptoed up and took her phone from the top of the nightstand. He sent a message to Leon. He should know, how Leon is doing right now. So that he can sleep well.

Arini

What are you doing? Why haven't you come home yet?

I'm concerned.

And it turns out that the message was directly in reply to Leon's people. Looks like Leon's holding a cell phone. Because it is not up to one minute the message is immediately replied.

Leon

You don't worry. I'm doing fine.

Arini

Okay.

Home soon.

Leon

Ready.

Arini put her phone back on the nightstand. He could calm down a bit after finding out Leon was fine.

Since Becca died, Leon has had more responsibility. In addition to taking care of his company, he also takes care of the Becca cafe which has two branches.

But the money from the cafe was not taken by Leon and Arini. It was Jasmine's money, because Jasmine was the heir of the cafe. Toh Becca and her mother used to build the cafe without any money from Leon. So the money from the cafe is purely Jasmine's. They save it for Jasmine to use when she grows up.

"Did I help you with the cafe, huh? Poor Leon. Looks like he's tired of too much work." Arini monologues while sitting on a mattress with a position hugging the knee.

"Okay, tomorrow I'll talk to Leon about this." Arini is still a monologue.

***

"Rin, you're off, right?" The pearl asked when she saw Arini and Jasmani coming down the stairs.

"Yes, Ma. What's up?" ask Arini.

"Mama's company to the salon, huh? Mama hasn't been to the salon in a long time."

"Ready, Ma! Later after Rini came home from dropping off Jasmine, we immediately left," said Arini. "Jasmine, greetings first with Oma, son!" Arini told Jasmine to shake hands with her grandmother.

Jasmine according to him. Although he was afraid of the Pearl, but he still regretted it.

"Yusuf is the same as Oma, huh? Mama's taking Jasmine's sister to school." Arini spoke to Joseph who was in the Pearl sling.

Joseph nodded obediently. "Yes, Ma" he answered.

Arini and Jasmine leave for school.

"Mama..." Jasmine called Arini as the two were already in the car.

"Yes? What's up, son?" Arini answered without looking, because she was concentrating on driving.

"According to Jasmine, Oma Tiara is the same as Mother Sinta. Jasmine was scared." Jasmine shuddered at the thought of the horror faces of the two.

"Std... Jasmine don't talk like that. Oma Tiara is good, Jasmine don't be afraid, huh?" Arini stroked the top of Jasmine's head while continuing to drive.

Jasmine nodded in doubt. "Yes, Ma" he answered.

Pearls never thought Jasmine existed. Leon's mother never treated Jasmine as her granddaughter at all. As for Joseph, Pearl is very dear at once. Yusuf was always in play and in his car. And Jasmine felt that difference.

Arini looked at Jasmine's gloomy face. He himself was confused as to how. Until now, she had never liked Jasmine. Yes, even though they had never been rude and hit Jasmine, but their attitude towards Jasmine and Joseph was completely different.

"Jasmine why, dear? Why is his face so tangled?" Arini admonished the sour-faced Jasmine.

Jasmine shakes. "It's okay, really, Ma" replied Jasmine.