Pamite
40. Alif Promise

"Take the road slowly!" Jaka gave the woman a warning.

Since getting out of the hospital, Ayu looks impatient to meet her son. Several times he almost fell because he was holding the weight of his body that had not been balanced.

"I can't wait to see Alif, Mas. He must have missed me too."

"Yes I know, Alif is not going anywhere, Alif is in a safe place. Walk slowly or you, I take it to the hospital again" threatened Jaka who worried about Ayu.

After hearing Jaka's threat, Ayu finally tried to calm down. Stop for a moment to catch your breath and then walk again.

"Mother," Alif ran over with a slight pain in his leg.

"Alif," said Ayu lirih.

Ayu walked over and lowered her body to be on par with Alif. The woman took the child into her warm embrace. Closely and affectionately. The touch of skin that has been a week does not feel make tears glistening without being asked. Even the people who were there shed tears.

"You're okay, aren't you, son? You're not the same person, are you?" Ayu asked by cupping the tiny face of her eldest child. The net then accidentally saw the hand that was still a lot of wounds almost dry.

"It's okay, Mom. Just a little wound and almost healed." Alif wiped away the tears that easily escaped wetting the mother's cheeks.

"Sorry before, Ma'am. I hit Alif until he was critical. I was completely unintentional, but if you really want to take me to the legal track is okay." Gita interrupts the atmosphere of haru that is ongoing.

Ayu looked up and stood up, wiping her tears a little and approaching Gita. With a smile he said, "I don't mind that. You are responsible for what you do even if you do it unintentionally. Thank you for saving my son." Ayu gives a warm hug to Gita. Channeling gratitude for making Alif come back to her.

Once the taste is done, they all go home. The pain that Ayu felt suddenly disappeared once she met one of her soulmates.

"Om, thank you for taking care of my mother as long as I'm not around" Alif said suddenly as they just got in the car.

"Kok you know?" Jaka asked in surprise.

"As long as it is critical, I dream that you look for me everywhere and Om who accompanies you," replied Alif with a warm look.

Alif who was sitting on Ayu's lap turned his eyes to his mother.

"Mommy's sick, huh? Her body has a fever, I'm sorry to worry you. I should have heard Mom's words. I don't want to see Grandma again, Grandma is as bad as me. I also do not want to meet Dad, he said Dad married a woman who is more beautiful than Mom. You left Dad because you were hurt, right? Why did you lie? Why do you say you're just craving?" Alif started to tear up again.

The words of Miss Lasmi seem to be very imprinted in Alif's heart. He also recalled meeting his father shortly before the accident. Alif mistakenly thought, he misunderstood the situation at that time. The boy thought that his father no longer loved him because he had left him in a state of pain.

Ayu couldn't say anything. He brought Alif back into his arms. Jaka who had been silent since then, began to grope and stroke Alif's head slowly.

Jaka has the same problem as Ayu. Their love has another love. He imagined what if his two children would ask the whereabouts of the mother? What will he answer?

"Alif is now big it turns out, already know the state of Mother. So Alif has to be strong for Mom, yeah. So good boy and respect for Mom." Jaka gave advice with his hands still stroking Alif's head.

Ayu just stared at the hands that had not wanted to be silent to provide comfort for her son.

"Can we go home now? Granny Lin and the others must be glad we love surprise," said Jaka so that they do not dissolve in sadness.

"Come, Om! I also miss Granny Lin's nagging."

Jaka and Ayu reflexively laughed at the babble of the little boy.

"Whose you've been in the same tirade as Granny Lin?" Jaka asked as he opened his car.

Flowing Alif's stories while he was being nurtured by Bu Lin. The boy told me with passion and laughed occasionally. The two adults nearby also laughed.

*

A few days later the decision-making hearing for Ms. Lasmi on the title. Ayu participated in the trial, of course, the woman was accompanied by Jaka. Their relationship is getting closer after the moment of Alif's discovery at the police station.

"Noooo! No. I don't want to be in jail, I'm not wrong. Off!" Ms. Lasmi rebelled as the two police officers led the old woman out of the room.

Miss Lasmi screamed hysterically not to accept him in prison for five years. He called his son for help.

"Nang, Galuh, help Mom. You guys can help Mom. You guys don't pity Mom? How will Fadil be?" Miss Lasmi begged very.

"Sorry, Mom. Neither I nor Galuh could help Mom. It's obvious I'm guilty here. For Fadil's problem let me take care of it. I'll take responsibility for my sister's fate, but for Mom, I'm sorry I couldn't do anything about it. I say good, take good care of Mom. This is our last meeting, thank you for the decades you gave me. I have paid for it with my suffering, the suffering that I will go through all my life. There is nothing more painful for a parent than to separate from the child. Keep health!" Anang said with teary eyes, he remembered his children. 

Anang turned to his first brother, "Luh, come here often. I only have you and Fadil. You take good care of yourself too." Anang hugged his sister for a while. Then get out of there.

"Anang, don't go, Nang. I'm sorry, I'm the only one who cares about you, Mom, please come back." Miss Lasmi suddenly limp and limp, she fell on the floor because she could no longer support her body.

"Yes!" Call Anang lirih in the parking lot.

Ayu just looked over without making a sound.

"Kids how are you?"

"Well, they would all be good if it was under the hands of good people as well. Don't worry about the children, their lives are quiet without a father figure. Much more calm!" Ayu placed emphasis on her last sentence.

"On behalf of Mom I'm sorry, I'm not gonna nag you guys again. Sorry for everything. I trust my children to you. Excuse me, goodbye. Greetings to them and say sorry."

Anang stepped away with a gontai. Ayu feels something is different from her ex-husband. His face was pale and his eyes were different than usual.

"Why?" Jaka asked after noticing Ayu who was looking fixedly at Anang's body away.

"It's okay, Mom. I feel something different, maybe I feel something different. Let's go home!" Ayu tried not to care about her feelings.