Let Me Go
Past Aunt Anet [2]

      After breakfast Aunt Anet immediately tells about the story of her past with her father Rangga.

     "Tante Lyidia is his friend mama, he is also close to papa, one day you are looking for a new employee and aunt Lydia told mama to apply for work in her company papa, papa,after the interview mom was accepted to work there as papa's secretary." Ms. Anet paused for a moment and took a deep breath before returning to speak.

     "Because that's why Aunt Lydia's mad at you?" asked Rangga, getting curious.

      "No, at that time we were still on good terms, until the moment where your mother died, your mother advised that your father should look for a replacement,someone who wants to take care of you like his own child, and your mother who told him to marry her, ", explained Anet, her eyes glazed over, the woman remembered her husband again.

       "Didia's aunt knows about this, too?" ask Amira later.

       "Tante Lydia also knew, but she remained angry with her aunt, she said the aunt had teased her father Rangga, and also happened to be the aunt at that time became the secretary of her father Rangga. Aunt Lydia has promised to leave her husband if her father Rangga wants to marry Aunt Lydia." Bu Anet said.

       "So actually Lidia's aunt doesn't love her husband?" ask Rangga.

       "Yes." Yeah." Ms. Anet answered briefly.

       "Rangga may not be yes, about embezzlement of company funds when it was also the idea of aunt Lidia, she wanted to make your papa company destroyed." Amira said.

      "True, what you said is true Amira, Lydia who had told her husband to do this heinous thing, and mama who dismantled it all to make Mr. Samuel have to go to jail,though the trial had not yet begun but Mr. Sam had already died first." Answer bu Anet justifies.

      "And because it also makes Aunt Lydia more vengeful mother, because the mother who has made her husband languish in prison" continued Rangga.

     "Papa did not want to marry Lydia because papa already thought Lydia was like her own sister, and besides Lydia also already has a husband, mama really did not expect that so submerged she was the same mother, mama,to sacrifice her husband and her own son." Said Miss Anet, her mind is far from laughing considering the events of several years ago.

      "Laras also said, if two days ago he had caught his mother meeting with om Agus and aunt Devi, two people who claimed to be his parents Laras, he said,but because of seeing Laras there Aunt Lydia finally escaped again," said Amira.

     "And she doesn't know where her mother is?" asked Rangga, but from his tone like not believing what Laras said.

      "You mean?" Amira's confused.

      "I mean, you believe that with Laras's talk, so he can protect his mother too." Said Rangga, he does not believe in Laras.

      "Unlike his mother, dear, you don't have to suspect him like that, he's a good boy" Anet said.

      "Well, I agree with mom, that means don't like to be so bad." Amira reminded.

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       "What will my sister do? Soon Rangga's brother and Amira's brother will be married." Cici said, her voice was not even so clear because she spoke at a time when her mouth was full of food.

     "What can you do again here, after making sure they get married and everything goes well, you're going back to London, your family is all there" Amel replied,she smiled as she imagined Amira could live happily with Rangga.

      "It's complicated adult life yeah, love triangle," great-granddaughter Cici, and out of nowhere she gets such words, I know all about romance.

      "What did you say Ci?" amel asked with his eyes glaring at Cici, the boy's last butcher, Amel could not take it.

      "Know what you are about love triangles, you snot-boy!" ledek Amel, heard his sneer Cici grumbled in annoyance.

      "Sister Amel thought I did not know that the brother actually liked Rangga's brother, it was clearly seen in Amel's eyes when talking to Rangga's sister in the hospital." Speak plainly.

      Almost Amel spouted water in his mouth into Cici's face, the girl coughed several times, so Cici's speech really made him astonished, and could not answer anything, Amel speaks a thousand languages.

      "So be quiet, surely what I said is true." Add the child again, making Amel more upset, want to clog Cici's mouth with sponge cake in front of him.

       "What's true, you mostly watch dramas, and anyway you know what you're about in love?" amel asked with a look of disdain.

     "Sir Amel dearest, if indeed love yes ngaku aja love, noth Cici also already know, for what arguing with Cici who is still a child, Cici, Cici doesn't know anything about love either, but surely a knee wound is easier to heal than a wound in the heart." Cici said at length, after ending his speech the boy immediately went from there, leaving behind a dumb-ass Amel himself.

       "Because of my mentality, that's a really yes child, if you always say it's never wrong." Amel was annoyed and felt funny with Cici's speech without realizing he was smiling himself considering Cici's last words, really like an adult, clenched in the thumbs up.

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        After picking up Cici at Amel's house, Mira invites Rangga to go to her papa's house.

       "So, why are you going home, you want to take me?" ask Cici, while the car is still driving.

      "Aren't you the same mom?" ask Amira.

      "Kangen anyway, but don't stay in Cici there yes, so Cici is lonely alone since Ririn's brother does not live with us anymore, Cici so do not have a chat friend deh."

      "Where is Ririn's sister?" rangga asked, his eyes still focused on the streets.

       "Sister Ririn lives with her grandmother in Bogor, she goes to school there" replied Cici. "Sister Rangga and brother Amira if married later, continue to buy a new house do not forget to invite Cici to stay with her brother?" pinta cici by showing off her innocent face.

       "No way!" amira replied and rangga spontaneous, reflexes made Cici surprised.

       "Cici will not disturb kok, promise deh" said Cici trying to persuade them.

      "Mending we stay alone, baby, males also if there is Cici." Timpal Amira, Rangga nodded at Amira's words.

     "Basic, adults are always so, turns again sad aja Cici in cariin. Eh pas already happy Cici dumped that's all, dikirain I'm a tissue what?" oceh Cici, Amira and Rangga just smile at hearing his chatter.

     "Yes a tissue for snot." Rangga added, then they both laughed, while Cici nagged herself in the back seat of the wheel, they had made Cici's mood worse that day.

     "Awas aja later I work," muttered Cici who was not heard by them.

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