The Lives of Five Hundred Thousand
Meet mr. Bagas

Raihan parked his car in a restaurant parking lot. There are various brands of cars lined up neatly in the parking lot.

"Dear baby, we're down. Here let me carry Zain." Raihan took Zain from my lap.

"Thank you, Rai."

"Beloved together. Come down." I also obeyed Raihan's orders. But before going down I put my mask back on because outside it must be a lot of dust and will make me sneeze again.

While carrying Zain, Raihan tied his arm to my arm and led slowly into the restaurant.

After arriving at the restaurant there were many tables still empty and Raihan suggested we sit at an empty table located in the corner.

We walked towards the corner past several tables that were filled with visitors.

"Diehale!" Greet someone when we cross. Raihan stopped his steps and so did I. Then Raihan turned to the source of the voice.

"Sir Bagas!" Raihan greeted back. I followed the direction of his gaze and looked a middle-aged man but looked handsome and dashing was sitting and smiling towards us precisely at Raihan.

I felt familiar with the man's face and tried to remember it.

He stood up and walked closer to us. After standing before us, Raihan endured it with tak'jim. With a closer distance his face became clearer and I remembered that I had collided with him while in the mall some time ago and that man was none other than Nura's parents.

"I didn't think we could meet here, Rai." Said the man.

"Yes, sir, who is Bagas with?"

"alone. But I'm waiting for my wife to come soon."

"Oh."

"Who are you with? who's this kid?" He asked while looking at Zain.

"This is my son sir."

"Child!" Mr. Bagas was surprised.

Raihan did not respond to Mr. Bagas' shock but twisted his shoulder." Honey, this is Nura's father and forty percent shareholder in R&N Group." Raihan said to me. I who was standing behind her advanced a little to show my face that was covered by a mask.

Mr. Bagas was silent while watching my appearance from bottom to top. I don't know what he's thinking about me.

"Supply Mr. Bagas, this is my future wife." Raihan told him I knew him.

Mr. Bagas looked dumbfounded to see me. Maybe he was surprised to hear Raihan confess that I'm his future wife. Raihan is close to his son Nura.

"Wife candidate?" Repeat mr. Bagas.

"Right sir, my future wife."

I reached out my hand to shake hands with him but Mr. Bagas did not immediately welcome my hand but just silently looked at me with his mind. My hand floated long enough that I felt sore because Mr. Bagas did not welcome him. But who would have thought when I was about to lower my hand back, Mr. Bagas returned my hand.

When Mr. Bagas touched my hand I felt something flowing from him into my body. The look in his eyes like a magnetic field made me not want to turn away from the look of the old eye. I don't know why staring into the eyes of Mr. Bagas suddenly I feel missed on the figure of a father figure. I miss my father, my father, who has been dead since I was a child.

"I'm Bagas Raihan's business partner."The words of the bagasir spread my residence.

"Sa..i am Nuri, sir!"

"Dadam!" repeat mr. Bagas. He looks dumbfounded.

"Yes sir, my name is...Nuri Aisha's."

"Lady Aisha!" Repeat Mr. Bagas and look more and more stale."

"True sir."

"Si..who gave that name?"

"My parents. Why is it, sir?"

"Ah, no. Your name is so pretty."

I smiled behind the mask I was wearing.

"Whose son is this really handsome and adorable?" Ask Mr. Bagas while pinching Zain's cheek.

"Did Mr Bagas not see our resemblance?" Raihan asked back.

"Don't say Rai, you're so young you may already have a child."

Raihan laughed a little.

"He's my son sir, his name is Zain." I confessed without wanting to cover from Mr. Bagas.

"Oh, really?"

"Emm, Mr. Bagas, I'm sorry I couldn't fulfill my father and Aunt Meri's desire to be closer to Nura. I have had a woman that I have loved for five years. And that woman is her, the mother of this child I'm carrying."

Mr. Bagas was silent at Raihan's long apology.

"And inshaallah, we will soon have a wedding."

"So, you've had a choice all along, Rai?"

"Right sir, I've loved her since before she got married. And I apologize for not being able to give more feelings to Nura. I can only think of Nura as my sister no more."

Mr. Bagas was silent but his eyes were on me. I looked down with a bad feeling at him because because I did not marry his son Raihan.

"Yes Rai, it's okay. I understand that love cannot be forced. But even though you and my son are not in a match, our business relationship is still intertwined." Said Mr. Bagas with a small laugh. But he seems to be just kidding.

I feel Mr. Bagas is a good man, he looks legowo and wise and does not impose his will. But why the baby doctor and his Oma don't like him. Even Oma often talked about Mr. Bagas' ugliness to me.

Raihan laughed and I raised my face. I think Mr. Bagas will scold me or Raihan turns out he did not mind his son's failed matchmaking with Raihan.

"Then we're going to the table in the corner, sir."Raihan said while pointing at the place where we would sit using his chin.

"Oh yeah, go ahead."

"Good night, mba. Is anyone else in the message?" Ask a waiter when we are choosing food in the menu book. When that time came I felt mules.

"Rai, I'll get Zain to go to the toilet first."

"What do you want to eat?"

"As for you Rai, please choose."

"Yes already."

I immediately stepped in the direction where there was a public toilet in the restaurant. After being there, quite a lot of people were waiting in line because there were only two women's toilets and a male toilet I didn't know.

One by one people came out after using the toilet and I stayed. In the toilet I opened my mask for fear of feeling claustrophobic from being in a tight space.

Just a few minutes I was using the toilet a blow behind the door quite surprised me.

"Hey, what a long time dong." Shouted while continuing to bang on the door. His actions make me not feel comfortable because it continues in the hunt until I finish it.

After I tidied up the milk-white and ivory-white hijab, I immediately opened the door. When it opened, a woman was standing looking at me with eyes glaring and mouth gaping like a person who was surprised to see something. I know who that woman who is none other than Aunt Meri her mother Nura Pak Bagaskara's wife. I myself stared intently at him because I was really upset at him.

Aunt Meri stepped back to stick to the toilet wall. "No, no.. no way.you can't..you can't be alive.ti..ti..dak.kau..have died." Say it with a brick and a face of fear. I who was upset changed wonder at his attitude why he was always afraid when he saw me.

I took a step forward but he got more and more frightened and ran towards the door.

Duugghh

"Let'soo!" Aunt Meri screamed while holding her forehead. Like his forehead hit a door post. I approached him to help him but he parried my arm and ran around in a pinch taking off his shoes.

I looked at him with a feeling of wonder and curiosity. What is it and why is he like that every time he sees me.

"Mba I heard there was a commotion. What's up ?"Ask a woman who just came out of the other toilet.

"The weirdo mba."

"Freak! mean mba?"

"Yes, you freak. How not strange to have seen me twice but to act like fear. I think I'm just a ghost."

"Oh, so mba. But in my opinion, it could be like seeing the ghost of someone who had been hurt. Like killing the person he fears or separating from his family and his kind. Eating him he felt like he was in the shadows by the figure of the person he had been in pain."

I was silent to the opinion that had been thrown by the woman I had just met. I think his opinion makes sense too but what does this have to do with me? because I don't have any relationship with their family.

"Yes, I'm first!"

"Yes mba, please." The woman came out first and I took another pair of high heel in the owner's house. I noticed that classy looking high heel and I estimated it cost tens of millions.

"Based on the rich, waste money." Then I took her out of the toilet because I thought who knew Aunt Meri was with Mr. Bagaskara.

From quite a distance I saw Aunt Meri talking to Mr. Bagaskara. Her husband calmed the panicked Aunt Meri. I thought this was my chance to give her high heel but when I was just walking a few steps Aunt Meri took off Bagaskara's hand and left. Mr. Bagaskara looked dumbfounded to see his wife's departure.

Even though Aunt Meri is gone, I still have to return her fancy shoes to Mr. Bagaskara because I was lazy to bring them back into the toilet.

"Excuse me, Bagas." Greet me after I was beside him without opening the mask.

He glanced at." Nu..Nuri!" his words seemed a little surprised.

"Sorry sir is disturbing."

"Oh, not at all. What's up, Nuri?"

"This sir, I found my wife's shoes in the toilet." I thrust the pair of shoes at him without telling the chronology.

"Oh, that Meri thing is there. Throw away Nuri's son I'm disgusted to see him." Mr. Bagas refused the shoes and seemed to shudder in disgust at the shoes I was still thrust towards him.

"Sobbly!"

"Yes, that's a shoe from the toilet."

"But baby sir, if he's thrown away. I think these shoes are expensive and can be resold."

"Yes, my wife is always buying branded and expensive items. Throwing it away is okay. The collection is so large that it fills the room. He'll buy it again."

"Dispose of money sir. Instead of buying shoes cost tens of millions or even hundreds that will only be stepped on the step better money is given to people who are more in need so that their property brings blessings in the family of Bagas sir." Either get the courage from where arrived my mouth feels itchy want to advise her. Mr. Bagas was not angry but rather stupefied to see me somehow what he was thinking about me.

"If you'll excuse me, sir, I'll throw this father's money away." After saying that I left Mr. Bagas who was still dumbfounded looking at me.

I glanced at Raihan as if he was watching me. I didn't go straight to him but just passed him by. I know he was astonished to see my attitude but let me explain later after throwing away the expensive shoes I was holding.

I went back to the toilet but before I entered it I saw a cleaning service lady in the corner.

"Mba, mba!" I called her while she was busy mopping up the dirty floor.

He looked at me and then replied." Mba call me?"

I'm nodding. Mba cleaning service came to me." What's wrong mba?" Ask her after approaching.

"Want no money?"

"You are so happy mba."

"This is my shoe in the toilet. I gave it to the owner but the owner told me to throw it away. I think instead of throwing mending I just give it to mba. Mba can wear it or sell it because I'm sure these shoes cost a lot.it's a take." I thrust the shoe into the cleaning service and he took it out of my hand.

He looked at the shoes in detail." Wow, that's right mba. These are expensive shoes. But why not just take it and why love it to me?"

"Ha ha's. I can't wear high heel mba, I'm used to wearing flat sandals."

"But you can sell."

"To mba only. I don't have time to sell it. Mba want not to? if I don't, I'll give it to someone else."

"That's a big dong mba. I happen to have no money at all. Thanks a lot mba!"

Mba cleaning service was smiling happily.