The Charm of The Twins
146 A Hard Character

"Rendra. Just follow the procedure. If that's your part. Then you must have passed." Said Mr. Toha while completing his work. He still serves as the secretary of the district.

Rendra seemed to sit on a wooden chair and looked at Mr. Toha with a dislike gaze.

"Papa heard it himself. He said he had to prepare that money. I stayed two stages. I don't want to not escape!" Rendra.

He is following the selection process of the intelligence school in the capital city. But half the way, there are some people asking for money. They made sure Rendra would pass the next two stages. Rendra who heard about it was very angry at Mr. Toha. Kyai Rohim's best friend did not want to do bribes bribe for Rendra's graduation to his ideals.

"This papa. Same kid himself stingy!" Rendra's words provoked Mr. Toha.

The fat man immediately moved from his place. He opened the black skull attached to his head. As he sat near Rendra. His son stood up and looked at his father.

"Rendra... Listen to Pa-"

"Huh! I don't want to hear! If I don't get through this selection. So Papa is the cause! I want to study abroad if I don't graduate. Point!" Rendra said as he passed away from the family room and into his room. Mr. Toha's son slammed the door of his room tightly.

"Braaaakkk!"

"The rendra! Papa hasn't finished talking!" Suck Mr. Toha at the child. Mr. Toha's right hand is clenched. His breath went up and down. He stepped into the child's room. He was in his son's room. He knocked repeatedly.

"Open door! exit you! Quickly open the door!" Said Mr. Toha who had boarded the apitam.

How many months he has been holding back emotions in his son. The child is more and more uncivilized to himself and his wife. The more days become.

"Pa... It's been. Shame to hear people." Said Ms. Toha, holding her husband's arm.

Mr. Toha breathed in rough air.

"Just keep your son. Bela continues. I've said it many times. This is what I'm worried about. From childhood, you always obey his wishes for a while. I used to say, wait for the lust to go away first!" Said Mr. Toha.

The man sat back in his chair. He drank his chlorophyll water. He who now has several diseases makes him consume drugs or herbal drinks.

"Astaghfirullah's.... Achaghfirullah...." Mr. Toha looked down his head and massaged his forehead.

The wife was silent. He did not dare to interrupt. The husband who was always good, almost never angry, also snapped at him. This time it looks so angry. They often quarrel or disagree on the problem of Rendra.

"However he's our son Pa. There is also money. What's wrong with us following what people asked yesterday." The wife said to Mr. Toha.

"Astaghfirullah's.... You know, if Rendra graduated because of that money. Then there will be someone else's name. You know what that means Ma? It means that our children take the rights of others. And imagine. His salary, he will give food, drink his wife's child through his salary. No. gabe. I don't want to give you a dime for Rendra's graduation. If he graduated then it was indeed his sustenance not to snatch the sustenance of others." Said Mr. Toha.

The fat man seemed to feel unable to control his emotions. He passed away leaving his wife. It's free to talk about it. The wife will continue to defend the child.

And sure enough, a month later. His wife was crying. Savings money, gold savings, as well as gold that he sold to pay the promising person was lying. Accepted student announcement day. There is no name of the child. He lost hundreds of millions of dollars. He lost his money. Mr. Toha was angry with his wife again.

"This. This is what I never thought of. Rendra is our son. Not just your son. But our ways are different. Dear children does not mean we always obey his will! See it? I told you already. The provision is God who rules. We are just trying. Don't be smart even as if you were God. Certainty belongs only to God. We can only plan!" Said an angry Mr. Toha.

The wife was silent. He knows he's wrong. He did not dare to defend himself. And again the debate occurred when the child will take the police test. My father told him to go to college. But the child's lust is too great.

"I have nose surgery, teeth and ears Ma. Yesterday, said my coach

, that'll keep me from getting away later." Rendra said, asking for money to run the operation he will undergo before taking a police test.

This time Mr. Toha was caught off guard. Because the money there is savings money to register yourself to go Hajj.

"No. That money Papa and Mama have collected from the past. For the hajj. Just school. Later if you go to college, you can reach your goals. From your height alone it's difficult for Rendra to enter the police." Said Mr. Toha who at the time of intelligence tests he had barely escaped because of height.

Rendra was upset again. As usual, he would lock himself in a room for days. Hunger strike, talk strike. He wants everything he wants to be fulfilled. This time, my mother was also unable to. He also had long aspired to go worship to the holy land. The husband is an honest official. The money that is brought home is halal money to eat and save.

"I'm sorry Mama Rendra... Mama can't do this once." The mother's mind when her child is still on strike talking and eating.

And one afternoon, when the mother will leave for the hajj registration. He took the money and gold he had saved. His gold will be sold, and the money in savings he will combine with the one in the bank. And that afternoon he will register as a participant of the prospective pilgrims. How shocked is Ms. Toha. Everything in the closet is gone. Gold, savings book, money, BPKB motor, BPKB car also disappeared.

Rendra back to work. All he took ran away. Mr. Toha's son ran away from home and hasn't been home for months. Already looking here and there Mr. Rendra. Rendra turns out after it's gone' the money. He followed his friend to a village. He worked as a supervisor of a road paving project.

There he married a girl who he considered beautiful and became the seizure of many lekaki. Besides, he needs a place to stay and eat for free. He married the girl also for a bet with his friend. If he succeeds in marrying Ratih. Then he will get a position as a supervisor in the toll road project in the capital.

Until Mr. Rendra's mother lies in the hospital. His son came home because he was told by one of his friends. However he did not tell his parents if he had married Siri to a girl. He also did not divorce the girl. He just left. He only intended in his heart that he would divorce his wife when the project in the village was completed. So he married the girl without being officially recorded.

A hard-hearted character. Rendra again made the mother's heart hurt. When Rendra was married. He also sold the garden owned by Mr. Rendra and his wife. And what makes the mother hurt is that Mr. Rendra sold his parents' house. Where the house is occupied by the newly married sister.

Thirsty of treasures. When Mr. Toha and his wife bought a house for Rendra's sister. Rendra again hurt her mother.

"Rendra. Say it! You sold this house?! You know, it's mom buying a joint venture with your sisters. For your sister. You have given a lot of capital for the effort. Even your Mama and Papa are willing to come with you to babysit Hilman. So you can work with your wife." Said Mr. Rendra's mother. The middle-aged woman was inexhaustible. The inheritance his parents gave him was also sold by his son.

Now the daughter who is still struggling with her economy is back in her rights.

"So when you bought this house. You gave me your name?! Tega you! you have your own brother!" Her mother's day was very sick. Many times the child lies to his mother.

"Huh, Mama knows what the hell. Her husband is stupid. I was offered my project yesterday. He's a big sell!" Said Rendra who was angry because the mother defended her sister.

"Hiks...Hicks..." A mother cries because she is hurt. Jolted, in anger, lied to by the child he always treated differently because Rendra from childhood was always sickly. So the treatment of the mother is a little more pampering the child.

Not just that. Sometimes when family gathers. Many times the child is disrespectful to both parents. And that made her sister angry too. But Mr. Toha and his wife continue to try to advise their children to understand the condition of Rendra.

"Hilman said he wanted to stay. You don't take it home. Poor thing, he seems to be at home in the cottage." Said Mr. Toha during the Eid al-Fitr holiday at his residence.

"Huh! Papa knows what the hell! Hilman is my son! Papa just shut up. Mama also doesn't want to talk about me. I'm already big! My household is my business. Just train the ones who don't take care of me. I work for him! Make Hilman! Mama knows what!" Rendra said Angry.

He is not happy son, his wife who is arranged by the father and mother. For Rendra, parents who are no longer working, can no longer be anything too chatty on his household.