Pickup Transportation
Part 134: Saba Alkamah 19
Saba went through the day as usual, although sometimes she liked to be hysterical because the fat man still continued to bother her, in the room, in the bathroom, in the yard.
Even now that Alka was reading a book, she continued to be by her side, Alka was initially very afraid, then afraid, then became ordinary, after which she dared to expel.
Alka's courage became even better because she never once complained again, she did not like to see the father and adoptive mother become sad and worried, she said, so now he's just lying that he didn't see the charred man again and let his parents settle down.
"Alka the daughter of a beautiful mother, yuk here, the good son of a mother eats first." His mother came to Alka who was in the reading room. Alka lallu walked up to her mother but she suddenly fell down.
"You!" Alka shouted towards her left.
"Alka why, son?" ask mother.
"This is Ma'am, Alka is upset about the carpet, always tripping Alka." Alka lied, even though she was angry at the charred man who tripped her, this man is now doing more, namely interacting.
"Yaudah, I'll change the carpet, Alka eat yuk." His mother approached Alka and took her.
Alka knew that she was a foster child, she heard it from her neighbors who were chatting and did not realize Alka was there, Alka who had understood the purpose of the conversation kept it to herself.
He knew he was found in the woods, he knew what his purpose was when he was two years old when he was fed by many people, he remembered that even though he was very small, the memory was still firmly embedded and he could remember anything people said and what he had to do to make the land fertile.
He saw that his parents loved him very much, so Alka became a submissive child, a good child and was very loved because of all his manners.
"No boy?" asked his mother, his father ate there with them.
"Enak, you're a cook, the cooking is always what Alka likes."
"Thank you for eating well my son." His mother rubbed Alka's head and went to eat, she always noticed whether Alka ate well or not.
"Alka, Alka with Dad, yes" his father said. They're done eating, "Alka can't go to the market anymore yes, can't play with the neighbor's child, the teacher won't come again for a while, son."
"Yes Dad, but can Alka know why?"
"Alka should focus on learning on her own, I know Alka is capable."
Little Alka knew, there must be something hidden, she became curious, even her teacher did not come anymore.
"Is Dad broke?"
"Son! do you know where those words come from?" His father was shocked because his son immediately shot the question so.
"Alka read the business book you bought to learn."
"That's Dad's book, not yours."
"Yes I know, my book is getting boring, so I read Dad's book."
"Despite that, Dad's not broke, we're fine, it's not a matter of money, son, I'm just afraid that you're in trouble, that's all."
"Cathetical? is there anyone who hates me to the point of making me want to be wretched?" Alka surprise.
"No, it's just in case, so, Alka don't think of anything weird yeah, it's definitely because you read a lot of books that aren't for you." His father was almost never angry with a high voice, let alone hit, Alka like the king's daughter in his house, but he still knew himself, so it was more dear.
"Well Dad.:" Alka relented first, after all the many servants here, she could eavesdrop or ask directly.
Eating is done, Alka to the yard, she wants to play coo with her nanny, mom helps dad in their garden as usual.
"Sir, you know why Alka can't go to the market, can't play with friends anymore? Guru Alka will not come anymore."
"Oh must be because ...." The waiter who liked the slip almost leaked it, but he remembered that his master had warned him about this, he did not want Alka to know the truth.
Being uninformed, Alka carried out her next plan, the chatter between servants was a rat path that always made her satisfied.
"Alka wants to know when, Alka is sad, why not go to the market again, do not play with friends and also do not meet Guru, yaudah, Alka want to go to the room aja, deh, want bobo." Since it was a nap hour, his servant was unsuspecting, he hurriedly cleaned up all the other loosely played congklak and went straight to the kitchen helping in the back.
While Alka pretended to enter the room and closed the door, after being sure it was safe, Alka came out and in front of her house, in going to the kitchen with a detour, and, because on the side of it you can hide behind the walls of the house before reaching the backyard, people rarely pass through what Alka used to pass, because the place is perfect, because the place is perfect, blocked between the walls of the house and the yard wall that is made around the house, this section is indeed narrow enough to pass.
But from here Alka knows a lot of things, from here her eavesdropping technique woke up and of course began to strategize when she thought there was a danger threatening her family, although indeed, she had never met such a case.
Alka started eavesdropping, some maids were cooking while gossiping, knowing the host was not in place, and the hostess was asleep, the servants felt free to speak.
"Poor Alka, she asked why you can't go to the market, you can't meet, you can't see the teacher, I'm sad to see."
"Eh, but you don't believe what the market people say?" one of the cooks asked.
"About him a fucking carrier?" Another servant answered.
"Hus! don't talk about it."
"Well, you asked me just now, I'm just reaffirming your question."
"If I don't want to believe it, while here I feel all that luck, I get a salary and then lucky, I'm healthy, what else to complain about?" said the waiter who had accompanied Alka to play congklak.
"You sure you still feel that luck?" ask the other waiter.
"I don't want to believe it either, but after the lightning event, I felt like my life was also so unlucky, I fell down a lot, my son got sick, my husband cheated on me, it was like bad luck was coming at me together because I was close to Alka and I remember one thing, it happened after I was feeding Alka after the lightning tragedy."
"What's? so you're saying, bribing him could be the thing that's making us unlucky again? it's like the reverse with it before?" The other waiter guessed something terrible.
"If so, maybe yesterday when my wallet was gone, my new house leaked and my sister didn't get married, was it because I worked here?" The gossip becomes a hot ball that makes people start to assume excessively, though it may be true.
"Eh, I also, yesterday I spilled the oil, then ...."
One by one the servants began to tell him about their misfortune, connecting everything as if Alka's fault, Alka did not feel shed tears, she was so disappointed, not with her who was thought to bring bad luck, he said, but with those people, he usually always heard the servants praising Alka who was beautiful, kind and brought good luck, then now Alka had to win the vile accusation, he said, Alka then ran to her room back and locked the door, she cried all over after that.
At nightfall, they and their family had dinner, Alka looked very moody, she had no appetite, usually she was always greedy when it came to food.
"Alka why? mom's cooking is bad?" Her mother always cooked specially for Alka, while the food for herself and also for her husband, was cooked by the maid.
"Lady kok Bu, this Alka is just tired, want to sleep cepet."
"But spend first yes eat it, after that new Alka bobo, want to be cemented Bobonya mother?"
"No, ma'am, it's okay."
His father looked at Alka suspiciously.
"Alka playing with a friend?"
"Not Well, Alka's only home all day."
"Oh, did Alka get tired of not seeing friends and teachers?"
"Oh, then what if I give you a swing and a seesaw? so Alka can play with Mom, Dad or mbak, how?"
"No, Dad, thank you."
"Oh I know, want another book?"
"No need for a new book."
His father is increasingly suspicious, this is not his son who is usually carefree and always excited though always polite.
"Dear alka, whatever Alka needs, Father and Mother will fulfill, Alka just ask, son."
"Thank you Dad."
After finishing their meal at the end of sleep, Alka immediately tried to sleep to forget what she had heard earlier this afternoon.
But it didn't work because he kept thinking about the words that he was the unlucky carrier.
Unknowingly she was crying a mouthful, she could not help it.
His mother suddenly entered the room and knew immediately that her son was crying.
"Mom knows there must be something, mother child is the kindest and most powerful child, what happened Son?"
"Mother, is this Alka a ready carrier?"
"Son, astagfirullah, not once did Mom and Dad think so."
"But, they thought so, ma'am, that's why Alka was forbidden to come out by my father."
"More important where? what do they believe or what do your parents believe?"
"Mother, if Alka's really bad, will Alka be kicked out of the house?"
"Never, never will! you're my son, you're my life, I can't imagine being away from you, I don't trust them or anyone."
"But I know, I'm not a real child."
"Son!" His mother cried and hugged Alka very tightly.
"If they hate you because of Alka, Alka is better off leaving this house, Alka doesn't want them to be mad at mom and dad."
"What does this big house mean without you? I'd rather be hated by the whole world, but my son is by my side, you may not be born of my womb, not breastfeed from me, but believe me, son, you are worth more than my own life.
We were both poor people with, eating from the forest, your father and I were married but not blessed with children.
We found you in the woods, but believe us you came down from the sky, God let us take care of you.
This wealth is all just a bonus, for us, enough you son.
Dad also told me because he was so afraid that someone would harm you for believing that, so I did this to keep you safe."
"Sorry Alka, ma'am, it's been hard for you."
"Never a day will we pass sadly when you are with us, you are a bearer of kindness, the light bearer in our hut runah used to be and it's the same until now even though our house is very big."
Alka and her mother hugged tightly, and Alka fell asleep afterwards.
Her mother could not sleep, she made sure Alka slept first, then she went to her husband's room, her husband had not slept waiting for his wife to return, her father who asked her adoptive mother Alka to go to Alka's room to see her condition, Alka's room to see her condition, he was much more worried.
"How's Ma?"
"He already knows."
"I thought the waiter in this house couldn't be trusted."
"Then we have to how sir?"
"We need to move."
"Do you really have to?"
"I heard that rumors about us started to spread, they just kept blaming Alka for the snatching of the tentmaker. Plus Alka also had a dream yesterday if she saw a charred man, surely the servants also talk about it to others who believe that the handyman haunted Alka for revenge."
"It's bad for them, we have to fire them all."
"Yes, we prepare our move sulu, I've asked Mr. Kades to help so that we can move quickly, he wants to help, from the first he loved Alka so much that he wanted to help."
"Yes sir, just to the place where Alka is safe, even though I have to sleep in the hut again I don't care."
"Hopefully it's not that bad, but I also have no problem sleeping in the hut where my son survived, he's the jewel of my life, I'd rather die if he gets hurt."
The husband and wife said, hugging, they did not realize that Alka was eavesdropping behind the door.
Alka heard all, she did not cry but she fell silent with a blank look.
Rain and lightning suddenly came together this summer, the sudden heavy rain made everyone reluctant to come out.
After a week of heavy rain continued to fall without pause, the villagers began to worry, their gardens began to sink, the farm was not missed, they could already ensure that they would fail the harvest.
The rain did not want to stop even though the rain was brought in, instead of stopping even more rapidly.
Alka became moody, did not want to go out of the room, ate in the room and also rarely spoke.
Some of his friends also like to come to the yard, not to play with or miss, but yell saying that Alka is a bad boy.
Alka's adoptive parents were saddened to see Alka's situation, their move plan delayed due to this occasional storm-like rain, so it made Alka's situation worse, his mentality immediately went down with all the attitudes of the people around him, even some servants openly showed a dislike face.
"Alka, we're moving in as soon as we can, son."
Alka just shut up.
"Relax, in the new house we will be happier, no one will call Alka with a bad name, we will start all over again."
Alka was still silent.
Then a voice came from outside, someone came in a hurry while shouting.