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8. Bitter memories

In the afternoon Nia sat on a chair made of bamboo in her yard.

Nia looked far ahead.

Imagine the past as if it were back.

The shadow in which she cried sobbing, asked her father not to leave her mother and sisters.

The bitter shadow where Ms Salma who was carrying Fitri who was still a baby, had to bend her knees asking that her father not leave them.

But the father still doesn't care.

He still chose to turn to Ms. Salma, to remarry a woman who was only a few months in her acquaintance.

Nia's heart always felt pain, if you remember that.

Because of that incident Nia became afraid to bond with men, because she was afraid in duakan and in living like the Mother.

Nia who was a teenager at that time was heartbroken by her first love. His father has not returned since.

A father is the first love for his daughter.

"You're saying Neng." Said Miss Salma who surprised Nia.

"Mother, Nia was just enjoying the breeze, ma'am." Nia turned to look at Ms. Salma.

"That dress looks beautiful on mom's body." Praise Nia when she sees Miss Salma wearing the clothes that Nia bought.

"Yes, the clothes are good. Thank you" replied Ms. Salma.

"Together, Mom. Later next month if Nia payday Nia buy again yes"

"Not Neng, this is enough. You better save the money, make your future."

"Let's just say Mom, at the Nia factory now working, the salary is quite high, so you can give thanks and save a little." Answer Nia.

"Neng, haven't you thought about getting married yet? Your schoolmates are married and have children." Said Ms. Salma very carefully.

Nia just kept quiet not knowing what to answer.

"Not all marriages end badly. What you're going through, it's just your life's journey." Call Miss Salma again.

"Mom, Nia still wants to work, Nia still wants to make her mother and sisters happy." Nia answered with a distant look.

"Yes, Mom"

"Oh, yes Ma'am. Johan where have you been this afternoon not home yet?" Ask Nia to divert the conversation.

"If it's this Saturday Sunday, Johan usually helps out in his friend's workshop. He said he could make money for snacks." Answer Miss Salma.

The conversation between the mother and the child was stopped because Ms. Salma returned home.

"When do you come home?" There was the voice of Johan Nia's first sister who had just arrived.

Johan sat next to Nia.

"So morning. There you take a shower, keep eating." Tell Nia.

Johan complied and left.

"Oh yeah, Jo. Last time Kaka went to the market, kept buying shirts for you, you try there. Hopefully the size fits." Nia said before Johan entered the house.

Nia entered the house, because it was getting dark.

"She's a good book, brother, fits the size again." Said Johan who tried the clothes that Nia bought.

Nia smiled happily, because Johan liked the gift.

Nia spends the night with her family watching television together.

"Jo, tomorrow Kaka leaves again. Titip Mom and Sisters, let Kaka know if there's anything." Nia said to Johan who was sitting nearby.

"Yes, Brother. A few months later Johan graduated from school, Johan wanted to quickly find work to help Kak Nia find money." Johan said

"You don't think about work. You focus first on the lessons at school." Answer Nia.

As Johan's younger brother was somewhat submissive.

Johan knows very well how Nia tried hard to help her mother finance her and her two younger siblings.

Even before Nia worked. Nia's been helping Ms. Salma work after school.

Seriate....