
Amanda Marcelia Louis has just received an award for her company's achievements, which successfully achieved a valuation of USD$ 1 billion this year. After years of expanding and giving jobs to hundreds of employees.
Many media outlets include business magazines covering the woman's success. Amanda is very proud to make a statement in front of the media. That women do not just have to be in the kitchen and live an ordinary life. Women can also be extraordinary if given the opportunity.
"Mrs Amanda, what is your message to all the women in the country?" asked one of the local reporters, as Amanda walked off the podium and was about to head outside the building. The place where the award takes place.
"For all women, when someone stops you, get rid of that barrier. You can all be successful as long as you have a strong will and are determined not to be governed by circumstances. Or anyone you feel is not entitled."
Amanda kept going, walking on her arrogance and pride as a winner. Winner of his own life.
While other women are busy messing around with household problems, physical and verbal violence, drama-in-law and in-laws. Amanda actually became a portrait of women today who abstain from following the groove.
She never wanted to follow the rules usually imposed on women. Namely born, school does not need to be high, good at cooking, married by choice of parents, pregnant, silent at home taking care of children. Then receive treatment around without being able to resist, old, then die. Amanda made her own world.
"Mom, how about the mother's corporate heir plan later?. Ms. Amanda is old enough now and unmarried."
This time Amanda stopped the move. He stared intently at the media who asked the question. He was always amazed at the habits of people in this country, who like to interfere in the personal affairs of others.
"You are now talking to a woman who is almost 31 years old. Who is above my age but has not had many heirs as well. So I still have time to think about it. After all, it's a personal realm, why do questions like that get into the list of questions you make. Isn't that disrespectful?"
The media crew was silent, while Amanda continued with a feeling of annoyance. He is still not out of thought in people whose purpose in life is only to breed.
Women are born with the same abilities and abilities as men. At least that was what he had understood in his mind all along.
"Mom, why is mom?. Any issues?"
Mr. Darwis, Amanda's driver asked. When they were on their way home. Because the driver noticed the look on Amanda's face that looked irritated.
"No sir, it's normal." Amanda replied.
"There's a media crew that's just my personal domain. About marriage and having children." he continued.
"No need to think, ma'am, our guy is that. I love when to get married, when to have children. While their marriage is sometimes not happy, their children are not taken care of" said Mr. Darwis.
"That's it, sir, just be honest. Ntar also the same media in addition to that my talk earlier, must be splashy tomorrow news."
"Yes the risk of being a big man mom, my wife who is an ordinary person can be a neighbor's material. Especially mothers who are well known everywhere."
Amanda had a little laugh. His eyes were now fixed on the windshield of the car, which showed the city building and other passing cars.
Honestly since Nindya talked about who the next heir would be, plus the question posed by the media earlier, Amanda so really thought about who will replace him.
He was an only child and had few close relatives. It also lives far apart.
He just wants to lift the child from the orphanage. But if he did not have any biological children, then his family's bloodline would be cut off. Inevitably he must have a child from his own womb.
But he himself refused to marry. He does not want to be bound by anyone and by any rules. He does not want to submit and obey others. Moreover, that someone had just come into his life.
And his life is very quiet now. He has financial freedom and plenty of time to pamper himself. Not necessarily at the time of marriage later, everything will be the same as this.
Not to mention if you get a husband that is the product of patriarchy. Who considers the woman to be a creature that must always submit under his orders.
Consider a woman as a display that must be kept tight, and used when she needs it in bed. The task is only around the kitchen, the well, and the satisfaction of men alone.
Must serve men and families of men. Men sometimes disrespect their families. That's what he often sees around him. If he is not married, how can he have children.
***
"Surrogate Mother."
Keisha, one of Amanda's students at a college, advises her. When Amanda told me about her desire to have children.
Amanda herself is besides the CEO of a company. He is also still a lecturer, for Visual Communication Design courses at a university. He taught on a whim and wanted to see another atmosphere, other than his office.
"What is the surrogate mother system?. Then the boy and the girl dong, not my son?" ask Amanda.
"Can koq, the egg still has Amanda" replied the student.
"That's what the system is?" Amanda curious
"Usually right, if the surrogate mother is mostly rented uterus and eggs. To then be fertilized by men who want to have children." said Keisha.
"Yes know." said Amanda.
"It's called Genetic surrogacy, which is the rent of the uterus with the egg." said Keisha again.
"Oh, okay." Amanda mangosteen.
"Well there are other ways too, ma'am. His name is Gestational surrogacy, which is the rent of a womb.
"Where are you?" ask Amanda.
"That's suppose Amanda wants to have children, but doesn't want to get pregnant. So use the baby tube system or in vitro vertilization. Amanda's mother's egg cells are the same as the couple's seeds processed in that tube." Keisha replied.
"Yes, continues?" Amanda still has no points from the conversation.
"Keep it so, put into the womb of this surrogate mother. She's pregnant, but her son is Amanda's mother and partner. Just a passenger developing in the womb of the surrogate mother. That's if Amanda mbak her does not want to get pregnant, but if you want and the uterus mbak healthy. The baby can be conceived in her womb mbak Amanda herself."
"Oh, is there such a complicated system?" Amanda asked again.
"Where's Amanda going?" ask Keisha.
"Many foreign artists are like that." he continued later.
Amanda breathed too.
"Gue does not understand too much about the world of breeding development. I hadn't thought about it all this time." replied the woman.
"Mending mbak Amanda just looking for her papa candidates, just thinking about her children" said Keisha.
Amanda smiled and even laughed.
"But other than that there aren't any other systems that are more natural?"
"Maybe there's a mbak."
"What?"
"Mmm?"
Keisha thinks.
***
"Well, it's a siri."
Rani answers Amanda's questions when she finally gets home from college, and expresses her intention to have a baby.
Because at the campus Keisha failed to give an answer, to the last question he asked.
"Isn't siri?" ask her while frowning.
"Yes, you don't want to have a child out of wedlock. But you also do not want to engage in a legally valid marriage. The solution is yes, marry siri." replied Rani.
"Lo stayed married, got pregnant, gave birth, the brother asked for divorce. If your man does not want to divorce, you just make a sprain. You must have been divorced." he added.
"Hahaha, you crazy huh. Your brain just got there."
Amanda eats bakwan fried food made by Rani.
"Well, that's the simplest solution. From you gather kebo. You can have children, you can't ask for a breakup if you're divorced."
"Yes too. But the problem is I don't have a candidate." said Amanda.
"Yes find dong, Man. Play the cake dating app." said Rani.
"What is the MINDER app?. Or Halloya?. Or is it OK?" ask Amanda again. He mentioned the names of some dating applications that are currently hits.
"Yes, find out where else you are. Surely you don't want to, marry your own employees?" tukas Rani's.
"Well, you want to divorce the ends. If the same employees I, ntar abis divorce meet mulu and be awkward." replied Amanda.
"Some will be bad for other employees, if they know I married one of them. Ntar I'm good little to my man because he achieves, I say nepotism." he continued later.
"Well, you download it's an application." said Rani again.
***
In one of the campus rooms, it was still the same day.
"You're paying your semester money a few days late, Arka."
A woman appears to be talking to Arka.
"Please ma'am, give me a chance. I also collect money." replied Arka.
"Are you not working?. Not often wara-wiri in the ad."
"That's the honor of being paid a long time ago, ma'am. Not a contract as long as the ad is still running."
The woman seemed to breathe deeply.
"I have often loved you lightening. In the last few semesters you have always had problems with payment. That's why college fits your parents' pockets. Can't afford koq maksa college on campus expensive."
Arka gasped to hear the words of the lecturer who was concurrent with the administrative staff at the campus. He did not expect a learned man to speak such a thing.
"Is education not the right of every citizen?" asked Arka while looking deeply into the lecturer's eyes.
"And knowing yourself is the must of all humans." replied the lecturer with a ketus tone.
Arka was silent to hear that. If it wasn't for his high patience, and he couldn't remember who he was facing. He punched the human face.
Arka stepped out with stifled anger. He wanted to scream but was afraid to attract attention.
***
"Erwin, 35 years."
"Click."
"Wah Match."
Amanda clicked likes to some people on a dating app that she had downloaded. And it turns out that the click also matches the person he chose. The person turned out to have first clicked likes on Amanda's account.
"Erwin, Bima, Fajri, Doni, Miko."
Amanda's getting a lot of Match. Some of them immediately sent a chat to Amanda, Amanda immediately replied.
Because now he's been very thinking about the heir. He wanted to find a man who would marry her in series and give her a child immediately.
The first day he had an appointment with Erwin. In his bio it says, if Erwin is a man who is successful as a stockbroker.
His picture stands beside many sports cars, including Ferrari and Lamborghini. A typical guy who likes to show off in Amanda's eyes.
Amanda doesn't really like that kind of guy. But Nindya said, do not know to eat acquaintances. So that we know more about the person in question.
Because what is sometimes seen on social media and whatever perceptions we build about it, not necessarily so the reality.
Amanda's waiting for Erwin at a cafe. He wore a simple dress above the knee, with a slightly low cleavage. Shortly thereafter, Erwin arrived.
When he arrived, without further ado, he immediately kissed Amanda's cheek from behind. Amanda was shocked and dumbfounded.
"Hi." said Erwin later.
Amanda noticed Erwin, her sense of emotion when she was kissed was still peaking. He wanted to throw hot coffee on Erwin's face. But she is a mature woman and also a CEO who is quite famous.
He did not want his reputation to be ruined just because of this kind of problem. Plus now there are many people who record events and origin give a caption. The public could have misperceived and even Amanda who got into trouble.
Amanda then forced a smile on Erwin, even though his heart was so overflowing.
Erwin himself is a pretty arrogant executive. It is seen from the way he talks and explains things throughout the conversation.
He is always pretentious to know everything, especially when talking about business. Amanda, who also has a hard nature, feels not suitable with the type of man like that.
"How are we going to see you?" erwin asked as they continued the conversation in the car, and took a walk around the city of Jakarta.
Honestly, since inside the cafe, Amanda wanted to end all this. He told Rani everything about how annoying Erwin was. But Rani says just try again, don't give up.
Amanda finally obeyed the words of her best friend, she just wanted when Erwin invited her to take a walk with his Aston Martin.
"I don’t know." Amanda replied.
"Why?"
Erwin's left hand started stroking Amanda's thigh. The surprised Amanda immediately brushed it off.
"Why the hell, baby?" asked Erwin in surprise.
The man stopped the car, and immediately insisted on kissing Amanda's lips. Amanda rebelled and,
"Rubby."
A hard bump on Erwin's eye.
"Aaaakhs." Erwin complained of pain.
Amanda got out of the man's car and slammed the door. He hurriedly contacted Rani.
"Gue doesn't want to be like this man" he said.
"Why?" ask Rani wonder.
"Nothing has been insolent, disgust me. He thinks I'm a chili-cabean whose glare squirms his treasure. Who wants to be flanked by a guy like him, for the sake of being given money and riding a luxury car. I have my own money and luxury car, Anjir."
Amanda was picked up by her driver. He had no idea where Erwin was. It took seven days for Rani and Nindya to persuade Amanda to date another man. They don't want Amanda's efforts this time in vain.
Amanda also continued to meet with Bima. They made a deal at the same cafe, because Amanda was lazy to look elsewhere. He was determined not to want anymore, if invited to walk by car. He just wanted to be in that cafe.
"Yes, he doesn't want to. Anyway if you marry me, you should quit your job. If you work, who will take care of me and the kids?. Who cooked and cleaned whose house?. Free dong I marry with expensive costs, if the wife can not take care of all the needs of me and the children. Loss of money."
"So you think you married that woman, just like you bought her?" ask Amanda.
"Yes, getting married is to buy people who can take care of our needs, right?"
Amanda pretends to go to the toilet, when they finally argue about women who work after marriage. He then left Bima and blocked his number in contact.
"Lo why else?" This time Nindya asked, in a conference call with Rani.
"Yes nothing has happened to me and I asked to stop working. It's delicious, but he knows what it's like to build a company that's tired like anything. After the marriage is gone. He said the loss of marriage and out-of-pocket expenses, if the woman can't take care of him at home. Find a babu, don't find a wife. If the wife ends up being made a housekeeper."
Amanda said with overflowing emotions. While both Nindya and Rani are still focused on listening.
"Cowok patriarchy is so sick of me squirming it, from the beginning of the chat has been my chat. Why not come home at this hour, women are not good at this hour is still outside. Though I'm in the office not outside, and that's the position abis meeting." grumbled.
"Not to mention a little asking for my photo in the same as anyone. Wiggling there are male employees sitting on my deck, immediately raging. I want to sling his head."
"Yes, look for something else, not something like that" said Nindya.
***
"When we get married, we stay at my parents' house. So that I can be filial to my mother."
Fajri, the saffron businessman Amanda met the next day. Provides conditions if Amanda wants to marry him.
He did not want to be separated from his mother. Amanda hasn't said if she just wants to marry siri and hasn't been official.
"I want to ask, how old is your mother?" ask Amanda.
"60 years." replied Fajri.
"Your mother is sick?" ask her again.
"You swear it's my mother?" Fajri suddenly emotional.
"Differentiate between questions and cussing." Amanda said while holding back her upset.
"No koq, still very healthy. Still going here and there, still going for a ride on the motorbike, driving your own car." replied Fajri.
"I'm a typical person who wants to take care of parents. But when the old man was no longer possible to live alone. I just don't want to stay at the in-laws' house." said Amanda.
"It can't be dong. How would I be filial to my mother, if we didn't live there. My brother is 5 people married all, still living together with mother."
"Fajri, that's called nyusahin not filial. If you are married, you should find your own place to live. To minimize misunderstandings or quarrels, between in-laws, daughter-in-law and also in-law."
"Why do you want to fight with my mother and your sister-in-law?. Nothing to argue with yet. Your position is a wife, must obey the husband."
The tightness of Fajri's voice, makes cafe visitors seem to misunderstand. They think Fajri and Amanda are husband and wife who are currently fighting.
"Not that."
"Why don't you want to stay with my parents?"
"Yes I don't want to, bodo very."
Amanda was tired of explaining, she just let all those assumptions happen.
"Yes, if you don't want to. That woman like you, who likes to separate children from her family."
"Boy men are like lo, moron." said Amanda.
Fajri. But before he moved, Amanda was ahead of him. He calls Rani and Nindya.
"Skip, this one wants to be on her mother's throat mulu. Want to marry aja ribet series, anjir."
The following days, Amanda met a few more people she knew through dating apps.
But like the previous days he still did not find anyone who fit the criteria, as he wanted.
Until one day, when he began to look tired. There was one more name on his list that he had yet to meet.
Yes, Doni. The young man who did not mention how old and what his job was, made Amanda lazy enough to meet. But he was forced by both Rani and Nindya.
"Yes-yes, this is what I met." said Amanda with a lazy tone on the phone. He spoke to Nindya and also Rani.
This time she did not meet her future husband at the cafe. Because Doni asked him to meet at a college. Maybe he's a lecturer, Amanda thought.
Amanda finally arrived, from afar Doni waved his hand. Because it looks like she recognized Amanda's face, which is exactly as pretty as it is in the photo.
While Amanda herself did not really see Doni's face, because Doni was in the campus cafeteria. The glass from outside the canteen is a bit opaque due to dust.
Amanda kept moving closer to Doni. But then, suddenly on the next side there was a student who was being bullied by other students.
Soon a handsome, tall young man with a semi-Latin face and a slightly brown skin appeared. Then he defended the girl who was being attacked.
Amanda's steps stop to see the sexy creature, who has an angel-like heart. Shortly afterwards, he whispered to the driver.
"Find out about him, he's probably a lecturer here. And don't forget to ask her how much she wants, try to make her want to."
Driver nodded. Amanda smiled and turned to her car. Then he called Nindya.
"Gue already got what I was looking for" he said with a smile.