MYFATHER
Episode 6
The morning calm in the mess of KPC employees, Kaltim Persada Coal, vanished after Abas told Pak Agus about the rats that entered the refrigerator last night. The reaction of the mess manager turned out not only to close the hole that became the entrance of the mouse but also throw all the food stored in it, in order to prevent residents from contracting the disease as he said, in order to prevent the disease, because either let alone the rats have brushed it against other foods.
As a result there was no breakfast that morning and some residents who used to eat breakfast finally nagged because they were forced to leave on an empty stomach, obviously because the manager where had to buy new materials. Fortunately for Yudi, he rarely ate breakfast so it was not a problem for him to go to work that morning. After all, he did want to rush to the office to pick up Siska's gift from his locker.
As soon as he got off the bus that was taking the employees to the office at eight, Yudi rushed towards the locker. Just pulled out the key to open the locker when I realized something strange. There was a great smell of fragrance in the air, a scent that seemed to come from his locker, and when he looked carefully there was a liquid seeping from the sidelines at the bottom of the locker lid.
Opening the locker lid and finding Siska's gift cover torn apart, the box that was filled with the gift was shattered while a bottle rolled out and fell to the floor. The bottle was cracked on various sides but not to be destroyed because the material is made of glass that is strong enough. Yudi crouched down and picked up the bottle...
The emblem on the bottle tells Yudi that the brand is one of Siska's choices for choosing her perfume. Not her favorite brand to be honest, even now, and Siska knows that, maybe that's why the girl was surprised to hear her answer that liked this gift last night.
He was really stupid, but there was nothing he could do to fix it. This perfume bottle could be thrown away but this stinging fragrance might last two weeks if not cleaned immediately.
“And I thought you were preparing to go to the party with this wonderful fragrance..”.
Yudi looked up at the person who was reprimanding him, none other than his best friend, Danu, who was standing in front of the hallway with a wide grin. Danu is sturdy, his height may not be as beautiful as Yudi but is clearly more contained, his hard chin increasingly shows a masculine impression with a gray shadow of a beard that has not been shaved. His large nose impresses him as a proud man even though in his daily life, people who already know Danu know him as a sweet and kind man, who is, although sometimes Yudi also feels a little bit of the coquettish nature of his best friend, especially when looking at beautiful women. But Danu's gaze was once focused not because of the beautiful woman but to Yudi's locker, there was no reason for Yudi to kink from her, it was clear that this smell came from her locker. “What happened, man? Your locker looks messed up!”
“Come,” Yudi responded. “I left him safe last night. Here's what I found this morning.”
“What is your locker unlocked?”
“You know it's the procedure.”
“His locker lock was tampered with no?”
“Still safe, kok!” yudi replied after checking for a moment.
“There is missing?”
“In addition to Siska gifts that are no longer left?” Yudi took a quick peek into the locker, only to realize that he had not yet researched the locker once he found the perfume bottle Siska gave him falling to the floor. “It looks like all in its place.”
“Any too, why would anyone intentionally break into your locker if it doesn't take anything,” Danu comments. “Don't say that spilling your perfume is just a prank.”
“Maybe also not the person who spilled it but other creatures.” sambar Yudi.
“For example?”
Yudi tells Danu what happened to Mirna's tart cake the night before, a story that made Danu dumbfounded, “That's terrible, man! If it were me, I wouldn't eat anything stored in there.”
“That's why Mr. Agus threw away all the food available, right?”
“I mean after that it was the same. Trust me, once that damn animal finds its way into that fridge, they'll do it again at another opportunity.”
“It looks like you suggested Mr. Agus to change the refrigerator,” Yudi said amusedly.
“Do you think the rats are following you and spilling your perfume?”
“Not the same mice from the refrigerator in mess. What is clear is most likely yes rats are also doing this on the gift Siska.”
“Tikus or not, still perfume can damage many things, especially if it wet the items stored in the locker,” Danu comments. “Preferably call the hygiene section to help you clean up this mess.”
“Can help me call them while I sort through my stuff?”
“That's what friends are for, isn't it?” Dan commented. “Moreover they assigned me to be with you again today.”
“Today? I think they gave me a schedule with Felds today,” Yudi looked at Danu. Yesterday the team found a fairly vulnerable gap in the mine wall in the east, Yudi and the team had to close the gap immediately with a sophisticated machine or the mine would collapse. For the job, Felds' expertise is needed to handle heavy machinery that is specific to it, or the installation schedule of the buffer will be hampered.
“You haven't heard? Something terrible happened to him,” Danu replied
”What's terrible?” Yudi frowned.
“Mrs. Felds miscarried overnight.”
Yudi was wide-eyed to hear it, “Yes, Lord! How can that be?”
”You know that gossip is never true?” Danu. ”Some say he fell in the bathroom, some say the baby just died in his womb, others say that his wife got the wrong medicine from the doctor. Make me simple, Stella Felds miscarried, point!”
“You how else if the boss calls?” Danu shrugged. “Indri will have to wait for that. Besides he said no problem because his sister is willing to accompany.”
“You're lucky to still have a family that supports each other.”
“I heard later tonight Rick Felds made a prayer.I don't know what you call it.but some of our friends who are Christians want to visit his house. I think you'd better come with.”
“You didn't follow?” ask Yudi.
Hearing that Danu inflamed, “Follow worship? Are you crazy? I can burn there.sholat aja perch.”.
Yudi laughing, “Sorry, I forgot..”.
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Yudi's relationship with Rick Felds as a colleague was intense because he often met in the field, it made Yudi have more closeness with Felds than to other expatriate workers. So it is natural that Yudi really tries to make himself present to the consolation service at the Felds house.
The Felds service house is no bigger than the house owned by local employees who are equal, only the building feels roomy because the occupants do not place a lot of furniture in it. The living room is now filled with seats occupied by guests on the left and right wings of the building, not too many invitations were present but almost all expatriates working at KPC were there, while a pulpit made of curled sandalwood glistened stood next to a small table occupied by a tray of bread and communion wine cups at the end of the circle.
The atmosphere was so gloomy, all the faces expressed concern in silence, occasionally there was a sobbing sound of Stella Felds sitting with her head bowed in a chair near the pulpit. Meanwhile her husband, Rick Felds, is a white man with blue-eyed curly blonde hair and a well-built body. She recognized Yudi and greeted him with a nod and a bland smile. Yudi had a look at Stella Felds when Rick introduced himself, puffy and swollen eyes did not reduce her beauty, the lips that make the woman is like an artist.
He leaves the couple after giving a brief martial arts speech, refraining from chatting with Rick about what happened as there are still many people queuing up behind him who want to meet the couple. Because Yudi arrived too late to find the row of chairs containing his office friends were fully filled, he was forced to move to the row of chairs on the left wing, he was forced to move to the left wing, in the row there are still some benches and one of them contains an old grandfather who often coughed.
“Excuse me, does this seat occupy?” Yudi.
The old man remained silent, closed his eyes and was busy taking a deep breath.
“Then I guess it doesn't matter if I sit here,” Yudi muttered while occupying that seat. The old man was not a KPC employee, maybe he was a neighbor or friend of Felds' partner. And although the man ignored him at first, in order to maintain courtesy Yudi offered to take a drink to relieve his coughs.
”You're so good, young man. Thank you..” said the old man received a glass from Yudi's hand.
”Father stay close here?” ask Yudi about it.
”Near by no but if you walk from this house will not be too tiring,” replied the old man in a raucous voice.
”Father knows Mr. Felds?”
”Good people. Him and his wife. Our village is a poor village and Felds helps a lot with school fees for our children..” Yudi had heard that Rick Felds' wife was a member of an American charity. ”...This couple is very dear to children. When we heard that Stella Felds was pregnant, we were happy because they had long craved children. Honey, something like this shouldn't have happened if only I could tell them sooner.”
”Tell me what, sir?” ask Yudi.
The old man turned his head and raised an eyebrow, seemingly only realizing that Yudi really did not know, ”About the legend..
”What legend?”
He looked right to left and whispered hissing, ”Kuyang.”.
Now replace Yudi who raised an eyebrow,”Kuyang?”
”I want a story but I'm not sure mrs and mrs Felds want to hear.” the old geezer said as if to himself.
”What is kuyang, sir?”
The man raved, ”Basic old fool Seto.If only I could speak English I would have been able to tell PakFelds.”.
”Tell me what is kuyang, sir! I can help you tell Mr. Felds.”
”If I had told you earlier. But where do they believe in fairy tales.”.
Yudi was impatient. He clasped the old man's arm to stop fumbling and began to concentrate on him. But when someone took him from behind, Yudi turned his head and was a little surprised to find Mirna standing there, “Hey, you came too apparently? I didn't expect..”
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