Solar Throne
Snatch

Gina parked Ayu's motorbike in the parking lot right in front of the market. Ayu got off her motorbike and carried a shopping bag belonging to Mother Surya while wagging the bottom of her pants that were hit by grass on the side of the road during her trip to the market.

"Bak Gina, how long have you been riding a motorcycle?" Tanya Ayu who saw Gina circulated a glance around her.

"Oh, that's obviously been a long time."

"Bak Gina is very much in control of the terrain even though she has not known the way here." Praise Ayu who when driven by Gina through the village road that was badly damaged but Gina still can pass through it very well.

"My rider's soul appeared suddenly as it passed by earlier." Said Gina casually as she walked into the market.

"really?" Ayu did not believe what Gina said. But Gina did not care and checked her phone to see the grocery list her mother-in-law had said before leaving.

Ibu Surya looked very happy when this morning Gina volunteered to shop at the market. So Gina asked what she should buy in the market and wrote it on her cell phone note.

"Well, we should buy chili, shallot, garlic, galangal, ginger, turmeric, tea, coffee..."

"There, mbak." Uncompleted Gina read out her shopping list, Ayu had already pulled Gina's hand towards one corner of the market.

The traditional market is still not tile-floored, yet, so the newcomers have to be a little careful when walking if they do not want to fall because it is slippery by the water from the fishmongers along the road to the store that Ayu goes to.

Gina covered her nose with her index finger to reduce the smell that she thought was very disturbing. Ayu who saw that held back a laugh. He knew people like Gina would never go to a traditional market like this.

"Bulek, half-kilo lombok, sekilo garlic, sekilo brother onions, half-kilo tomatoes..." Ayu was very good at expressing her order. And the veggie seller deftly served him. The market is still a bit quiet as it is still early in the morning so they do not need to queue when buying. Gina stood behind Ayu opening the phone while checking what else was on the grocery list. But when he seriously read the shopping list, suddenly someone reached for his phone.

Gina fluttered and reflexively turned to a man who was running away from her.

"Murthe...." Shouted Gina and the next second he also ran after the man who brought his cellphone. Ayu who heard Gina's words immediately turned around and saw Gina already running away from her. Ayu panic. The people around noticed that but because the market was still quiet so visitors were still sparse and the snatcher ran very freely.

Gina put her eyes so sharp that she would not lose track of the cell phone usurper. His heart cussed that if caught, the man would be 'exterminated'. Gina tried to run quickly even though she had to avoid market visitors. All he did was not want the snatcher to be happy to get his phone. And because of the persistence of Gina and herself who used to exercise, finally when out of the market gate, the jacket of the back of the snatcher was successfully pulled by Gina. The man fell because his balance was disturbed. Not wanting the snatcher to run away again, Gina immediately placed her knees on the snatcher's stomach with a slight squeeze so that the snatcher grimaced in pain.

"Where's my phone." The man seemed reluctant to give his phone away. Gina pressed her knees deeper, the man stirred and then slowly he put his left hand into his pocket to pick something up. His right hand had been locked by Gina and he could not wart. The man reached out and gave Gina a cell phone. Gina told him it was rough. After that Gina pulled the crate on the front of her shirt and forced her to get up. The snatcher could not stand up straight because he felt pain in his stomach. Everyone gathered to see Gina's action. Most were amazed, others were horrified.

"Where's the security office?" Gina asked everyone who had taken care of her.

"That's over there, Ma'am." Said a father while pointing to the south of the market. Gina took her foot toward the place appointed by the Father.

"Mr... Sister Gina..." Ayu's voice came from the entrance of the market and approached Gina.

"Mr Gina is okay?" Ayu asked with a stingy breath a sign that she had also run away.

"It's okay." Gina replied while still holding tightly to the crate of the snatcher's clothes. But this time Gina clutched the craters behind her. Because with a single blow the snatcher was helpless, Gina did not beat him with further action.

"I'm taking him to the security office."

"Come, mbak."

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Mother Surya doused the flowers in front of the house. Mr. Surya sat on the terrace while talking to Surya.

"When are you back?"

"After you've been completely healed."

"Mr is okay. You don't have to worry."

"I miss Mom and Dad, anyway, so I'll be home for a few days."

"What about your job. Now you're not just an officer. By your in-laws, you were given the responsibility of replacing him. Don't you make fun."

"No, Father. I've always been watching him from here." Surya picked up his smart phone.

"But if you're not there how can your men work right."

"I put my confidant there, Father."

"Good then."

"Father don't work in the fields anymore. I paid all the farm workers so you wouldn't have to work anymore. Now you're retired so you just keep an eye on them."

"Pension?" Father laughed.

"I'm a civil servant."

"I bought all the rice fields and gardens here so that the Father and Mother were calm with what the Father and Mother have now because it all belonged to the Father and Mother. Not even for you and Mom to work harder than ever."

"No, it's all yours. Father and Mother have no right to have it."

"All of mine belongs to Father and Mother. So what's the difference." Surya explained.

"You're still stubborn. Then it's up to you to do anything with the rice fields and the garden. You said it was ours, not."

"Because Father and Mother are the boss, please order the workers to do everything. Mom and Dad don't have to do it alone."

"That's for sure. Where strong we work rice fields and gardens that are so vast. You bought a lot. We definitely need the help of the farm workers. But can you let grass grow, birds eat rice, or rats sneak up on plants? You won't be able to."

"Father don't have to deal with it all, just tell Joko or Aryo. I've told them to always help you whenever you need."

"It's up to you, Sur. You really want me to die unemployed." Surya smiled at the complaints of his father.

"I want you to be healthy always, happy always, so you go to the rice fields just to look at it. Don't work anymore."

"Then make us grandchildren so that we can play to your house to your grandchildren and then we stay and play with them. Sometimes also come home bring your child so that your child will know the village of his father." Surya who was drinking his coffee so choked to hear the words of his father.

"Uhukkp... Uhuukks..." Surya coughing. His mother who was weeding the grass around the flowers approached Surya.

"What's the matter, Sur?" His mother washed her hands on the porch.

"What are you talking about? I see you guys are serious." His mother sat next to his father.

"Imagine Mom, there are children running around in this house asking me to carry, then I take a walk around the village on a motorbike, while calling me 'Mbah Kakung'. It must be great, Mom."

"Of course, sir. Then they were happy when I cooked the food and I took the bribe. Duh, it's nice." Surya's mother also supported her husband's imagination.

"Especially his father is handsome, his mother is also very beautiful, I'm sure our grandchildren will be funny and adorable." Mother Surya was getting excited to imagine. Surya smiled wryly.

Surya even imagined what if his parents knew what kind of marriage he was actually living. They will surely be sad. Because this marriage is going to end sooner or later. A marriage of covenants is not something that will last long let alone produce heredity. He and Gina would never have children because they were married only as a condition of transferring ownership of Papa Gina's company. Unknowingly Surya sighed heavily.

"Okay, Father, Mother.maybe after this."

"Yes, we're looking forward to that." His father replied expectantly.

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Gina exited the market security and order room. The snatcher has been taken by police to get further action at the police station. Gina has also been questioned and is ready to be recalled by the authorities if needed for the sake of investigation. Ayu walked beside Gina.

"Basic brash snap. It could be this early he's up."

"It looks like he's a snatcher who's afraid of his fortune being pegged to a chicken, Ma'am."

"Yes, you're right." Gina laughed at Ayu's words.

"Mr Gina is okay?" Ayu was still worried about him.

"No." Gina answered while looking at the clock in her hand.

"But my stomach got hungry after chasing that damn snap."

"How not to be hungry, Sister Gina ran very fast. Settt, sett, sett. I can't follow you, ma'am."

"Of course I have to go after him and get my phone again. I only had it two months ago. How could I possibly let go of being snatched by him." Gerrutu Gina while following Ayu towards the soto stall that since yesterday had been very eager for Gina to know.

Two bowls of soto are empty. Gina admits that soto is delicious. Although only sold in a street stall five but he could not deny the taste of soto was not much different from the food he ate at famous restaurants he visited.

Gina reached into the keys of her motorbike while walking to the parking lot. A parking attendant guided her motorbike after Gina pulled an alarm from the key she was holding to indicate which motor belonged to her. After that they left the market and slid towards the way home.

Out of the market area and houses to go to the village of Surya, Gina and Ayu down the road on the left and the canal is rice fields and irrigation river flow with very clear water. If not for the rush he must have invited Ayu to stop at a connecting bridge there is a ladder to go down. I don't know what the stairs are for but the river is tempting enough to just feel the cold water. While enjoying the pleasant water of his journey, three motorcycles each containing two people in a piggy bank approached him and then blocked his path. Gina was a little tired because of the behavior of the riders and made him inevitably have to brake suddenly.

A man of 6 men there who was a large body with curly hair and a cruel face approached Gina and Ayu. Ayu who previously shouted in shock because Gina stopped her motor suddenly now looks shocked to see an unknown person approaching them.

"Mom, who is he?" Tanya Ayu was scared.

"Where do I know? I'm not the guy here. How do I know? Is she your boyfriend?" They were still whispering on the bike.

"He's not my type at all, ma'am. Just look at her hair. I'm sure maybe that hair's got a lot of ketombenya." Gina answered no more, the man was already in front of them and spoke in a loud tone.

"Hehh, you guys." The street was quiet so his voice echoed all over the street.

Ayu was short of hearing the man's voice. But Gina seemed ordinary to look at him. And it made the tattooed man on the boat feel even more challenged to become more fierce.

"Down you guys." Shake the man again.

"What do you need?"

"Still dare to ask? You brazen women."

"Attent." Gina's palm hinted for the man to stop yelling at her.

"Do we know each other?" Ask Gina.

"Don't talk much. Get you guys down."

"You want to take this bike?"

"Down." Now the man pulls Gina's arm until Gina almost falls off the bike. Ayu screamed out of fear and worry Gina was hit.

"You're the one who put our friend in jail." From there, Gina finally knew who the men were. They were friends of the snatchers in the market earlier.

"He's the one?" Ask the man to one of his friends who nods his head.

"You think he caught Gogon himself?"

"Yes, Boss." Answer his friend on the bike.

"This skinny woman can catch Gogon? This stupid Gogon or this amazing woman?" At the end of his sentence the man laughed out loud. Gina was already about to explode with the man's ridicule.

"Now, you must be responsible for the arrest of our friend."

"Why? Wanna kick me? You sure you're a man? You're not ashamed of your tattoo when you hit a girl?"

"I'm not sure you're a girl. You must be a man dressed up as a woman. I saw you knock Gogon down with just one pull, slam him and crush him until he didn't move." Said the man on the motorcycle who turned out to be at the scene when Gina caught the snatcher.

"So, you think I'm a transvestite?" Gina was still in a calm tone.

"If not a transvestite then what are you? Women become-genesis?" Imbuh the gentleman in front of him.

"Well, you guys really offended me. You know, I get angry easily if it leads to feelings."

"The most angry woman can only nag." The man laughed, followed by his friends laughing.

"You know not how my friend slammed with just one hand? I can treat you the same way. So you better get out of the way and let us go. I'm saying this because it's for your own good."

"Talk a lot to you." The man slapped a punch into Gina's face.