
"That's your business."
Linda looked at Erik's answer. Her husband was a very stingy and heartless man. He did not want to make people around him happy. All he thinks about is himself.
Even to Aruna, her own daughter was heartbroken. Since Aruna was a baby, Erik never bought Aruna needs. New clothes are only occasionally bought, the rest only use clothes from the stitching of Linda or used clothes from Tika, the son of Mbak Sari.
Even he had a bike because Sari bought it because Erik never thought about the needs of anyone other than himself. Now Aruna just wants to go to the amusement park even Erik does not grant it.
Erik was still enjoying his breakfast without thinking about Linda. "Take again! I'd like to add, "Erik commands with his leisure.
Linda also complied. He brought back rice and meat for Erik.
"Repeat like this often. I like it" Erik said as he received a second plate from Linda.
"Later if there's more money" Linda replied. "I want to sew." Linda left Erik in the dining room. He wanted to hide his disappointment to Erik.
The meat that Linda had bought at the market was not much and now it was exhausted in one meal by Erik. He didn't even ask if Linda had eaten or not.
Back when Erik was rich, they could eat anything they wanted. But now eating meat was something rare to them.
Linda went back to her sewing room. Yesterday's stitches haven't been taken by the owner, hopefully today they're taken. Linda continued sewing in order to finish her neighbor's order. If today the stitches are finished and immediately taken, then he will get the money.
The next day...
Linda and Aruna are getting ready. The two of them would go to the amusement park without Erik.
"Mom told you our dad was leaving?" Aruna was happy but also a little scared. He was afraid that his father would be angry if he woke up there was no one at home.
"It." Linda nodded.
"Aren't we waiting until Dad wakes up? Will you be looking for us, ma'am? Who knew you wanted to come?"
"Dad said he didn't want to come. So we'll just go alone. Anyway, if you wait for your dad to wake up, we'll have bad luck."
"Dad don't want to drive us in the car, Mom?"
"The car will attract passengers Dear ... We can ride mom's bike." It hurts Linda's heart when she says this. His daughter wanted to get in the car just sounded like wishful thinking.
Linda squatted down while confirming Aruna's jacket. After he finished he looked Aruna in the eyes.
"Runa dear, I don't have much money. So later Runa choose the rides that Runa wants the most, yes, not everything is boarded," Linda said while holding back her tears.
"If Runa wants to buy ice cream, can't you?"
"Yes, I can." Linda immediately stood up and wiped the corner of her eyes before Aruna noticed it.
"We're leaving now?"
Aruna nodded in spirit.
Then the two of them set off for the amusement park on Linda's butut motorcycle. With a capital of two hundred thousand, the remaining fifty plus the money spent sewing one hundred and fifty, Linda took Aruna to the amusement park.
To pay for the entrance of two hundred thousand people, one hundred thousand remained. And a hundred thousand of these later to buy tickets to the game rides and snacks.
*
Linda and Aruna came home with beaming faces. Aruna was overjoyed because she finally went to the amusement park for the first time.
"Mom, tomorrow we go there again huh," said Aruna while taking off his helmet.
"Yes, tomorrow if mom has any more money we go there. Let's go in."
From outside the atmosphere of their house looks lonely. It's two o'clock in the afternoon. Linda thought maybe Erik had gone to pull the order so she would be safe from Erik's anger.
Erik must have scolded her because he didn't leave breakfast for her this morning. He did not intentionally cook because the rest of his spending money he used to go to the playground.
"Dad ... You're not going to work?" sapa Runa's.
"No, is it Sunday? Dad holiday dong. You just got home?" erik replied relaxed.
Aruna nodded.
"Why don't you like the playground?"
"Like, Runa wants to go there again. Dad's coming tomorrow, right?"
"Can."
"Wear dad's car?"
"Yes, I can." Erik has promised to take Aruna for a walk in his car many times but until now he has never fulfilled it.
"Horeee ... " Aruna cheered with joy when it was just a false promise from her father.
"Sana Runa breaks in the room. Tired of playing?"
"Good dad." Aruna left her father and mother. While Linda pegged because she knew what she was going to face.
"Aren't you cooking Lin?" erik asked after Aruna's departure.
"No Mas" replied Linda.
"Can you go out of the house and not prepare food is not as good as her husband first?!"
"You're usually angry when you're sleeping wake up. After all you've told me to go alone with Aruna." Linda's getting scared.
"Why not make breakfast?"
"I was in a hurry earlier Mas, afraid of the misfortune of pitying Runa."
There's no way Linda would have answered that she deliberately didn't cook because of the money to buy the vegetables she used in the playground.
"Other times if you want to go your duties in the house are completed first! Now you cook there! I've been starving since!"
Linda breathes a sigh of relief. Erik didn't scold her that much. Hurry him into the kitchen and cook with potluck ingredients in the refrigerator.
"It's ready ... You want to eat now?" Linda approached Erik in the living room after finishing cooking.
"Yes! Get it, don't wear it for long!"
Linda immediately returned to the kitchen to get food for Erik and returned to the living room. Actually Linda herself felt hungry because she did not eat anything while in the playground. When Aruna buys food, Linda sees enough. He was willing to hold his child hungry as long as he was happy.
"Actually you can buy food at the food stall if I don't cook."
"When did I buy my own food?! There is nothing in history that I have bought or cooked my own food. How long have you been my wife?! I'm used to being served!!! I don't understand it!!!"
Linda bowed. He did not expect that his words would ignite Erik's emotions. Linda felt that there was nothing wrong with her words.
"Why do I have a wife if I have to do anything myself?!!"
Linda lowered her head.
"Sana ...!!! Go ...!!! You made my appetite disappear!" Erik kicked Linda out of his presence. How hurt Linda was to hear Erik's words. Linda turned around and left Erik alone. There was nowhere else Linda went but her sewing room.
Linda sat in front of her sewing machine. Tears flowed unstoppably.