WHAT ABOUT ME?
53
The next morning
In the morning my sister woke up, took a bath and was sitting quietly in the living room waiting for me and my mother to take her to the market, while I still help my mother record what we will buy in the market later.
"sister, when do we leave? " ask Jefri arrived at me in the kitchen
"in a moment, the deck, brother is still writing this, you watch tv only if you are bored" replied I chimed.
Jefri came back to the front while I still noted some of the needs of the house that must be purchased.
Five minutes later we were done, I asked my mother to leave the house first while I checked the door and the stove before leaving.
"ayo ma'am, everything is done" I said after locking the front door.
we walked towards the angkot stop towards the market, but there was no half way yet, Naila called me and ran straight towards me.
"Jasmine! "
"where are you going? " ask Naila
"want to go to the market because semalem has promised Jefri if I want to take him to the market.what is it, like there is something you want to talk to? "
"that's the problem! that's the Rania's getting so. Cook goodbye to the parents if you want to play with us, but in fact even mojok the same Haris, and you know last night Rania came home at what time? Ten o'clock at night! I still miss her message last night that ran at eleven o'clock mallem "he exclaimed with emphasis.
"huh, the real you Nai, don't spread rumors you're in the morning! " i exasperated, no matter how I didn't believe the news.
"that is, people are told to ask for tempe. nih if they do not believe! " he said as he thrust his phone at me
I read one by one the messages that Rania sent to Naila, and it is true that Rania gave word if she came home at ten p.m. There he also apologized for using us as an excuse to come home late at night.
"astaga, how can he be this bad. This later how if his father nyamperin us and question the truth. Want a reason let alone us, our people did not know anything at all about him yesterday"
"have let it go. if you want to be honest also not what times Jas, we too, although we are friendly but still we can not defend his mistakes even though he is our friend"
"hm. Yeah, look at it later. He also has no word to me"
Naila nodded slowly, after finishing talking I continued my journey to wait for the angkot.
fortunately after a few minutes of waiting, the angkot that would take us to the market had arrived, immediately I asked my sister and mother to go up first and then I followed behind.
arriving at the market, I immediately invited my mother to buy groceries and other necessities, it was because I had just received a salary and yesterday before returning home, he said, bu Tari gave me quite a lot of home expenses so that today I can spend my mother and sister.
vegetables and some fish are already in hand, mumpung is in the market, mother bought some other kitchen needs that if can be made stock at home.
"what else is shopping? " ask me after you get out of the grocery store.
"this is enough sis.it's your sister from earlier whining for ice cream, there buy it first, mother wait here! " my mother chose to wait for us by sitting in a chair near the parking lot while I drove Jefri to buy ice cream.
***
We got home with a lot of groceries because I intend to set some needs in need.
I cleaned up my groceries by arranging them in a small closet where food stock storage and others.
Seen mom walked up to me "stay first sister, outside there is Naila same Vidya come nyari you" said mother
I left my job to meet my two best friends.
"hi, what's wrong, tumben here, where's Rania? " ask me sitting next to them.
"that's Jas, we're here to negotiate with you" said Vidya. "means? " ask me I don't understand
"this loh Jas, we we will know the same kemarenan Rania boncengan Haris, well later such as meeting Rania's father or mother, we say honestly, we say honestly, you are worried if we talk according to what is said by Rania, he is afraid that it will become a bomb for us" explained Naila
"now Jas, let alone them to malem tuh, amit-amit aja ya, fearing that when it arrives there is anything like Rania, even we are wrong"
"continue to be how, as a friend I also pity if Rania until why, but I also do not want to interfere too much in their affairs, I no longer want to deal with Haris" I made both my friends look suspicious
"have you ever dealt with Haris Jas? " ask Vidya full of questions
"a-anu, em, there's nothing, really, nothing" I swear to Neptune, I'm almost lost.
"it looks like there's something you're hiding from us, otherwise you might be this whole thing" Naila sneered
I tried to neutralize my heartbeat to be calmer, trying to control myself was apparently very difficult because I could not play secrets with my friends
"hu um.."
"i'll get you a drink first" I said, leaving the two of them.
***
I'm grateful that I didn't meet Rania's parents at home. to be honest, I can't string words together so neatly that I worry that what I'm going to say is actually making Rania in danger because I know her father is very loving and takes care of Rania strictly.
ten days I have been at home, tomorrow I will return to the city because Grandpa Ida has called he said Bu Tari has returned to Jakarta so he is alone at home.
I approached the mother who was daydreaming in the living room.I know this is very hard for mother, living without the figure of the head of the family makes her have to work harder in managing the household.
"mom." I sat beside my mother, and she was surprised by my presence.
"anterin Jasmin to eat father yuk bu, tomorrow will Jasmin already have to return to the city" maybe with this, mother can slightly treat her longing for father.
he smiled and nodded, and I immediately went to call Jefri to Tio's house because I wanted him to come and visit her.