Mother (Lost Love)
PRELIMINARY MEETING

That afternoon the weather in the city of Bandung was very hot and screaming. Shanum did not dare to get out of the cafe where he worked. He sat down at the cashier's desk fanning his body with a cardboard cutout.

"Num, the ice cube supply is still there!" asked Bibi Raya while carrying some mangoes from the refrigerator.

"Still Bi, aunty want to make juice?" Shanum picked up a pack of ice cubes from the freezer .

"That's, for the construction project workers across the hotel, they want to order mango juice !" sahut aunty Raya while pointing across the street right in front of the cafe.

"Oh, for how many people, bi?"

"Ten people!"

"Let Shanum do it, Shanum can do it!" I said while peeling the mangoes.

"Yes, then the aunt who prepared the snacks," said Aunt Raya took the box and put in various kinds of pastries and wet orders of the project workers across the Cafe.

Shanum deftly finished his work. Mango fruit that has been blender was put into plastic cups and given a cover.

"Udah bi...!" shanum Exclamed.

"Let your aunt deliver, you clean up the dirty ones!"

'OK, Bi!" Shanum cleaned up the dirty equipment after making the mango juice just now.

Shortly after, Aunty Kingdom returned with a radiant face.

"From tomorrow, all the hotel project workers order food for us, for breakfast and lunch" said Raya with a cheerful smile.

"Alhamdulilah, yes bi! how much Bi?"

"For tomorrow only 10 people, but next Sunday, said the foreman, there will be 10 more workers" explained bi Raya.

"Well, we're gonna be busy, Bi!" shanum Exclamed.

"Yes, I'll find employees to help us wash dishes and deliver food,"

"Maybe also bi, let us not keteteran serve customers," said Shanum.

"Right, so there won't be any disappointed customers, for lack of service from us," Shanum nodded

After Cafe Bi Raya added 2 employees, the cafe became more crowded visitors, plus project workers and also foremen who were in charge of supervising work at the hotel.

Shanum had just rested in the back room of the cafe, after performing Zuhur prayers.

"You've eaten, Num!" asked Bi Raya from the front door of the room.

"In a minute, bi!"

"Eat, Sarah and Doni are done!" bibi Raya said the names of the 2 new employees of the cafe.

"Yes, Bi!"

Shanum came out of the room where he was resting. His gaze led to the door of the cafe, when three men came inside, and sat in the chair that was available. The three men, big and tall, they were wearing suits complete with ties. It looks like they're the ones who came from the city.

"Sir Shanum, there's a guest, big brother who ordered yes, I'm nervous!" said Sarah handed Shanum the paper and pen.

"All right!" Shanum took the paper and pen from Sarah's hand. Then approached the three men who had just entered the cafe.

"Good day, sir! Something to order, please look at the menu!" shanum said kindly.

"We want to order, 2 servings of Rice with Fried Chicken, 1 serving of Rice with Soto meat. Drink Orange Juice 1, 2 sweet iced tea," a man whose stature is slightly shorter than the other 2.

Shanum recorded the order carefully.

"Okay sir, please wait!" Shanum turned around to leave the table and went to the kitchen to make his customer's order.

"A guest, Num?" asked Aunt Raya out of her room after resting.

"Yes, Bi!" shanum Sahut

Doni had already delivered the food to the guest shirt, Shanum seemed to steal a glance at one of his three guests. A man in a black suit, with a white shirt inside, but he doesn't wear a tie like his 2 friends. His skin was pure white, had a firm jaw with a thin sideburn on his chin.

"liatin what, neng?" aunt Raya's voice broke Shanum's daydream.

"Auntie...!" Shanum blushed embarrassed, because he was caught peeping at guests who were eating food in his cafe.

"Mmmh, like the guy who is in a suit without a tie !" goda aunty Raya.

"Auntie, I'm so embarrassed!" Raya covered her face with both palms.

Honestly, Shanum was fascinated to see the man's good looks. Far away from the young people in the neighborhood where he lives.

Doni had already cleared the table when, the three men asked to empty the table. Auntie Raya approached her guest and spoke seriously.

"So, these gentlemen are from Jakarta...!"bibi Raya said.

"Yes, Mom ! I'm the supervisor of the opposite Hotel, I'm Andre and this is Mr. Devan, he owns the SkyBlue hotel under construction and this is Daniel's assistant Mr. Devan" said one of the men. Auntie Raya greeted them one by one.

" Then, please sit down first.hopefully sit here !" Sahut aunty Raya friendly.

" Mother Kingdom, later all the food bills of Mr. Devan's workers who pay, Bu Raya just record what they ask for first !" the assistant named Daniel.

" Alright.trthank you for being our relationship" said aunt Raya smiled widely.

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The more days Cafe Bi Raya increasingly rame, making Bibi Raya overwhelmed and add another employee in the cafe. Shanum and Aunt Raya cook all the dishes, aided by Sarah and Doni.

After that, Shanum could relax a little at the cashier table. That afternoon the man who owned the SkyBlue hotel, back again to the Cafe, but he was alone. Shanum hurried to stand up to pick up the book and pen, then approached the man who had been his thoughts since last night.

"Good day, sir...eh Sir, what message would you like ?" shanum asked a little nervously.

The man turned his head towards Shanum, then scanned Shanum's body from foot to head, making Shanum feel uneasy.

"Mmmh..if you like what?" the man asked back.

"You mean ?" shanum was confused.

"I want to order the food you like in this cafe !" said again.

"If I like everything, sir! But the one I like most is Nasi Goreng Special with Seafood!"

"I ordered that only !" pinta the man while smiling at Shanum."

"All right ....! drink it?" ask Shanum again.

"Anything ! it just so happens that I'm not the kind of person who is picky in choosing food and drink."

"But you don't have a history of allergies, do you, sir?"

"Not yet!" answer's sure.

Shanum smiled sweetly, then immediately left the man, who was still looking at him with an unreadable look.

The man named Devan, then busy with a laptop on his desk, after Shanum's body disappeared from his view.

"Mr Devan what's the message, Num ?" asked Bi Raya who was suddenly behind me.

"Fried Rice Special Seafood, bi !"

"Have you asked her if she's allergic to shrimp or not !"

"It's Bi, he said no !"

"Then, well, good cook, let him like your cooking, who knows he wants to make you his wife, because you are smart to cook "tease Aunt Raya, which makes my face red.