Under The Rain's
Chapter 36—New Family

In the spacious yard of the house, there are several small children's toys scattered between two parked two-wheelers. In the left corner of the terrace there is a dark blue toy tent. At the other end, three toddlers were playing with water in a small pond made of plastic that could be blown. None of them realized that Erin and Nadia were already standing behind a locked fence. Understandably, they may not be more than four years old.

“Whose kids are these, Rin?” whispered Nadia to Erin in the midst of boisterous a group of toddlers who were playing.

“Not knowing, Nad. But Reva's parents are divorced. I don't know, who still lives here is his mother or his father,” Erin explained no less whispering.

“Yes already, lah, we try to tap the fence.”

Shortly after the knocking sound of the iron fence was heard, a female figure came out from inside the house, which strangely, Erin did not recognize as the mother of Reva.

The woman did not look like what Erin remembered in her mind. In the past, the figure he called Mother Tita always seemed fashionable. Almost all parts of his body were decorated with gold, whether it was on his neck, arms, fingers or ears. She also always wore glamorous clothes with thick makeup whenever Erin met her. But that time everything looked different. Women who just came out to open the fence padlock look so dull and far from the word stylish. Did Erin think wrong?

“Who to find, yes?” ask the woman unfriendly.

“Tante remember me?” reply Erin who was still standing outside the fence. “I Erin, Aunt, her friend Reva.”

The woman shook her head and frowned. A stern face immediately appeared there, but he still opened the walled fence to let his guests in. “Chat inside aja, but don't be noisy,” the door is sniffed.

Erin and Nadia looked at each other before they finally entered simultaneously. Actually, they are not surprised, because before they get there, they already know that the owner of the house is not a smiling figure. However, the reaction of the hostess back then did feel awkward. It was as if he did not want any neighbors to know that he was receiving guests.

In the front room which was also decorated with children's toys, the woman invited two uninvited people to sit down. Without even making small talk, he immediately asked what their purpose was to visit.

“Tante know, now Reva where?” Erin did not want to directly convey her purpose. He did not know what the condition of the family was, and he wanted to dig up information first.

“No idea, I don't know who Reva is. Maybe his son had a house before me, huh?”

“Hah? So ... Aunt not Aunt Tita?” Both of Erin's eyes were twitching. Really, he thought the figure he was looking at in front of him was his mother Reva whom he had met several times while still in school. They look similar. “Sorry, Aunt, I thought, This aunt is my friend's mother.”

The woman took a cigarette and lit it until the tip of the thin cylindrical object caught fire. Unconcerned by the two women who were staring at him as if waiting for an answer, he started smoking the paper-coated milled tobacco slowly.

“Ah ... done so. I'm honest with you, yes ...,” said the woman while taking a breath. “I know Tita, but please don't discuss her here. And you guys don't try to tell anyone about Reva.”

“Why, Auntie? Who is this aunt? How, can stay in this house?” sosor Nadia was starting to get upset.

“Okay, you don't have to ask much. I give you permission to enter also already profit.” The woman retaliated as she puffed cigarette smoke into the air.

“We need information, Auntie! Or we can spread to everyone that Auntie lives here without permission!” threatening Nadia later, which made Erin immediately pinch her arm.

“Without permission? I am Adi's wife! And this is my house! Don't be careless when you talk!”

Nadia and Erin are upset. They had mistaken it and had finally begun to understand the situation. Erin then looked around and found a wedding photo hanging on the wall. And sure enough, Reva's father had indeed remarried to the woman he was meeting at the time. Meanwhile, Nadia apologized because she had misunderstood.

“Sorry, Auntie, we don't know,” Nadia said. “But, if I may know, my mom's with her dad Reva now where, huh?”

“What business are you guys doing? My husband is again out of town,” replied the woman while patting cigarette ash into an ashtray. “Do you guys know where the kid is?”

“Who? Reva?”

Erin still did not want to answer clearly. Reva's condition at that time was not a simple matter. He did not want to make the situation more complicated by revealing the story about Reva everywhere. He didn't want to risk misspeaking.

“We don't know where Reva is, instead we come here to find him.”

“Why?”

“The theme was an accident, Auntie. Critical again. Reva should know.”

“Oh, that's all?”

“Tante, please, please! Where is Om Adi with Aunt Tita?” berang Nadia who can no longer bear to witness the attitude of the stupid mistress who is inappropriate.

“Listen, yes, her friends Reva, please don't bother my husband anymore with his past—”

“What past time, Auntie? What we're talking about is his son! Only child! His only child!” Nadia grew furious and began to raise her tone.

“Heh! Keep talking to you, yeah! You see those kids up ahead? They're my son, Adi's children!”

Erin pulled Nadia's arm to calm her down, and as if hinting to just leave from there immediately. However, Nadia who was still curious rejected him.

The woman let out a long sigh while igniting the second cigarette of the afternoon. That time, his chest seemed to expand and deflate even stronger.

“No way you guys can easily meet Tita now. He was his wife's official, already a socialite ..” his mess while continuing to play cigarette smoke with his mouth. “Sial! His fate is lucky to be true, while Adi is still so-so from the past!”

Nadia and Erin again threw eyes at each other, as if they had understood something.

“You guys look forward to bringing Reva here!” the woman threatened. “This house is my only one. Don't let him come and rob me of my rights!”

With an annoyed crack and a relentless roar of the head, finally the visit to Reva's childhood residence that day was forced to end. The outcome? It was clear that Erin and Nadia had failed to meet Reva's parents. And maybe they'll never come there again, because honestly from the start it was a bad idea.

There was no sense of care in that house. There is no worry or worry when a child decides to leave the house. No one wants to know where Reva is going and where she is. It seems, Reva's decision to leave the place where she grew up was right. There was really nothing left for him there.

***

Before returning to their respective activities, Erin and Nadia decided to stop for a moment to the house of Rafael which is only fifty meters from the fence outside the house Reva. However, Nadia did not want to break the relationship with her ex-husband's family just like that, considering that Mr. Pram was also sick and still needed his help.

Entering the terrace of the house, Yarra was feeding the kittens that number seven. “Sister Nadia,” a friendly greeting while waving.

“Hey, Deck. Just got home from school, huh?” Looking at Yarra who was still wearing a gray white uniform, Nadia could immediately guess that the girl had just arrived home.

“Iya, Brother. Just arrived. Come on in, brother,” bargain Yarra while bending over. “Come, Brother Erin, please come in.”

“Papa where, Dek?” nadia asked as she walked into the house.

“In his room, Brother. Just finished the shower. Mom's in the same hospital Thalia. Sheila works,” replied Yarra who was about to move into the kitchen.

Not long ago Nadia and Erin were sitting in the guest chair, Zara came up with two large glasses of cold coffee latte that looked very refreshing throat. “Please drink, brothers,” seduce the girl cheerfully.

“Well! Finally drink us too, Rin! Magic granny where did you think drinking! There, our chest tightness is the same as cigarette smoke!” peek at Nadia with excitement.

Rafael's youngest sister, Zara, was surprised to see Nadia sparkling to see iced coffee. “Grandmother magic? Who is it, Brother?”

Nadia did not immediately answer because her mouth was immediately busy sipping caffeine booster in the afternoon, which she had been craving since noon. Unmitigated, ice cubes in it also swallowed too.

“Dek, you know the papa Reva? Which house is on the end?” lontar Nadia with a mouth wall that seemed to freeze.

“Know, dong, Sister. We, ‘kan, neighbor has been a long time,” replied Zara.

“She's married again, huh?”

“Actually, the house was empty for a long time. Just the last few months Om Adi back again, same new wife. He brought three little boys. But the neighbor here no one knows the exact story.”

“Oh, pantesan.”

“We do not know, anyway, Sis, because it has not been the same communication Om Adi. He also went mulu. His wife also never left home.”

“Good! People like him whirring in the house. If outside, ngajak nois mulu others definitely.”

“But, Sister ... actually, Papa wants us to stay as neighbors as ever. Only Om Adi keep the distance now. The house used to be sold. It's just like he's getting married again and there's no place to stay.”

“Yes, shame on him, Dek. Want to put where it's face, fool people to the side. Auntie Tita how?”

“Neever heard of again, Brother. Anyway since Kak Reva left, not long after his mother also left and never returned again. No one knows where he is.”

“Duh, tragically her life Reva, yes. Until it was scattered so her family,” hiss Nadia lethargic, while stirring her coffee that stayed a little.

“But, Papa said, ‘kan, Rev ...” Zara was unable to continue her words, as soon as she realized that it was Nadia who was talking to her.

Nadia chuckled at Zara who immediately looked down innocent because she felt wrong. “Kata Papa what, Deck? It's nothing, really. Just go ahead, Papa said what is it?”

Zara seemed hesitant, although her innocent soul could not bear to tell her that the father wanted her eldest son and Reva to get married as soon as her brother recovered. However, he soon dropped out because he thought his former brother-in-law would be hurt by his remarks.

“Dek ...” Nadia immediately grabbed while smiling. “Believe, deh, we all want that too, really. We all also want one day Reva to come here as a daughter-in-law.”

Zara only replied with a small nod with a radiant face. Very relieved to know that Nadia who always considered judes was a pleasant person, after she was not restrained by the shackles of her own household.