
The next morning
This morning Cheril woke up early, when the clock on the wall of her room just showed at 4am. He woke up because of pee keblet but he was no longer able to sleep again because his mind began to adventure.
Today was a very stressful day for Cheril, he was still not sure everything would go well.
Because Cheril could not close her eyes, Cheril decided to get out of her room and go down to the kitchen.
Of course Aunt Jum was very surprised to see Miss Cheril's presence.
"Eh Non Cheril, how come this early in the morning is Non Cheril already here? Ask Auntie Jum while doing her job.
"Eh, gapapa kok Bi, I just woke up wanting to pee but could not sleep back, so I decided to go downstairs." Cheril answered with a smile.
Cheril is very close to Aunt Jum, since childhood Aunt Jum has been taking care of Cheril, so Cheril has considered Aunt Jum as a substitute for her mother when left behind. From a small mother Cheril has very rarely interacted with her. It was Aunt Jum who had always accompanied Cheril.
But since Cheril grew up, she has rarely worshiped with Aunt who has devoted half her age to her family.
Why did Cheril feel so excited this morning with the person in front of her today, seeing Aunt Jum, Cheril like seeing Mother Anita. Finally Cheril asked Aunt Jum to give up her job for a moment and accompany her to speak.
"Bi, I'd love to hug Auntie." Cheril said as she looked at Aunt Jum with a powerful look that also made Aunt Jum stunned.
Of course Auntie Jum had also missed being hugged and hugged Cheril a lot, it was the last time they did.
"Please Non ! Non Cheril can hug Aunt as much as Non Cheril wants." Reply Aunt Jum gently.
Cheril also approached Aunt Jum, then reached out her hand and wrapped her around Aunt Jum's waist and her head leaned against Auntie Jum's chest. Cheril was like a little boy curled up in his mother's arms.
It's so warm, if what I'm hugging is Mom, it's been a long time since Mom didn't hug me like this, I miss Mom's hug.
Did Mom also let me hug her like this.
Cheril began to drown in the daydreams she had painted herself.
As for Aunt Jum, she felt very surprised by Cheril's behavior. But he also really enjoyed Cheril's warm embrace, he became the mind of his daughter who should have been Cheril's age.
*****flashback
Devi (the name of Aunt Jum's son), Devi's fate is not as lucky as Cheril, who when her mother does not have much time for her, her mother can still find an ART to take care of little Cheril.
Turning with Devi, she had to let her mother go to take care of another child who was not her flesh and blood just to be able to still provide a decent life for her and her Grandmother in the village.
Devi's father, who is the husband of Aunt Jum, has died when Devi was not even 1 year old. Auntie Jum's husband died suddenly, in the morning when Aunt Jum was about to wake her husband was no longer moving, making Aunt Jum very shocked at that time. According to the doctor Bibi Jum called when she got her husband unconscious, her husband died of a heart attack.
At that moment everything has to change. Aunt Jum has to make a very tough decision to still be able to buy milk for Devi and also meet the needs of Grandma Devi. Aunt Jum must be willing to leave little Devi to live with her elderly grandmother.
And at that time also Aunt Jum began to enter the family Cheril.
One day, when Devi was only 2 years old, little Devi followed her elderly grandmother washing clothes in a small river, indeed this every day she did all this time, so far, it's just that Grandma always sat little Devi in a rocking chair complete with safety so that little Devi could not move anywhere, she could wash clothes calmly.
That morning, Grandma Devi also did the same thing as usual, she took her granddaughter to the river to wash her clothes, and he also sat Devi in a small chair of his and put up his guard. Then Grandma went back to her usual activities.
Devi who has grown bigger turns out to be smarter, notah since when he began to learn to try to remove the seat security, that day he began to pull the attached safety rope, which is not good, and this time he actually managed to let go. Little Devi was of course very happy.
Quickly he immediately ran towards the river to play with the water.
The river where his grandmother washed his clothes was quite swift, and very rocky, certainly very dangerous for a child of that age.
When little Devi climbed her feet into the river, she slipped and her small body was immediately carried away by the swift current. His grandmother who had just realized that she was shocked not to play, she immediately tried to help her grandson by going down into the river and because her legs were not strong made him fall into the river, his thin body was also carried away by the current.
While the state of the river that is usually used by villagers to wash clothes when it is still quiet, because the time is still too early. Grandma Devi who was screaming for help no one heard her.
A few moments later a resident who happened to pass near the river saw Grandma Devi was floating on the lifeless river, not far from there he also saw the body of a small child who was none other than Devi. The residents also shouted for help from local residents, but after being lifted the two were already lifeless.
Some afternoon Aunt Jum just got the news that the departure of her Mother and Son, she was like struck by lightning in the middle of a hole after getting the news.
since then, Aunt Jum, who has no one else in the world, has decided to stay in the Cheril family home and devote the rest of her life to this family. And he loved Cheril very much, he already considered Cheril like his own son.
Similarly, the Cheril family who also love Aunt Jum and consider Aunt Jum already like their own family.