You Relieve Me to Take Off
Ch20: Birth of Rosidi

That night trip will take about two hours. Along the way the two never stopped talking. That night Ali found things that he rarely got before. Enjoy a casual joke with Meisya. A small pinch from the wife, as her mouth began to spit out her poetic poison.

Before his heart became broken. Remembering in a moment, he would arrive at his in-laws' house. This was the first time he returned to Abah's house, with a status that was no longer the same. He rubbed his face rough.

What would others think of him?

Looking at the anger that was clearly displayed on the face of the husband. Meisya tried to calm down. “Why you?”

Ali glanced at his wife, and commented a smile. Trying to hide something in his heart.

The white car began to enter the gate, he turned his car to the right. From a distance, the gate of Abah's house was wide open.

As if waiting for his arrival.

The horn is accidentally not turned on, the clock shows ten o'clock in the night. Maybe some of the students are asleep.

The man immediately parked his car.

The two got out of the car, approaching Abah who had just come out of the mosque. Not forgetting to say hello.

“Wa'alaikumussalam!” abah answered his embrace from the son-in-law. And hugged my beloved daughter.

“Some healthy?” tanya Meisya looked up.

The woman smiled as her father said his hamdalah.

“Yes already, mending us home. It's late, surely Abah's son-in-law is tired. Because the trip was quite time consuming,” he patted Ali on the shoulder. To follow his steps.

Of course the middle-aged man knew, if the son-in-law had remarried. He remembered how Ali asked him for permission. Until he agreed. Ali made a very good impression. There was no room for him to refuse.

Arriving inside the house, they were warmly welcomed by the family who were still awake waiting for his arrival.

“Li how are you?” atan asked Meisya's eldest brother.

Meisya became the youngest of five children.

“As seen!” ali replied smiling as he broke into the arms of his brother-in-law.

The man was wailing in search of Meisya's whereabouts. Not when he was talking to his brother-in-law. Meisya was still beside him.

Very quickly the woman disappeared.

“Who to look for Nak?” ask her mother-in-law.

With a half-smile Ali said. If he's looking for his wife.

“Oh .. your wife's. It's in Grandma's room.you know. Meisya loved her grandmother so much .. and so did grandma! He always called mei's name these past few days..”.

Ali nodded in agreement, if remembered. Meisya and Grandma are two people who love each other. Even the first year he built a household with Meisya. My grandmother lived with them for 6 months. Before finally deciding to return home, because often fall ill.

“You want to drink what Li, let me make it,” said the mother-in-law who is no longer awkward.

Even a pair of daughters-in-law and in-laws are like mothers and biological children.

“No need to bother Mom, later if Ali thirsty will take it yourself. Mending Mom just rest...”.

“Let us take care of grandma,” said Ali looked at the face of her mother-in-law who looked tired.

Probably lately. Her mother-in-law was often awake. To take care of grandma.

“Mother is afraid of Li, granny now likes to slack off. Already so, sometimes forget to the people around,” complained mother-in-law squeezing the tip of the hijab.

Ali rubbed his mother-in-law's shoulders, calming. “Bu, don't think too much. Isn't this natural? With age, memory also decreases. Ali will also experience the same thing as grandma, right Bu?” he said, making his mother-in-law agape. The face that was lethargic was bright.

“You can, but before you. Looks like Mom first deh,” replied her mother-in-law pouting.

Ali smiled faintly, as her mother-in-law pouted just like Meisya.

“Important don't forget Ali, Mom!”

“The important thing is not to forget, Abah who accompanies you every day Bu,” said Abah, making the two people turn their heads.

All scratched his neck wrong behavior. How could he have sent someone's wife. Always remember it to old age.

“Well the handle comes ... That's why Li before you say it. You look left-right, you don't know how your in-laws are, so possessive,” said Arsa, Abah's second son.

From his wife's family, Ali rediscovered the meaning of a family. From here the man could feel the joking and joking. Who refined his status as a child and sister.

The man raised his head, and he saw three women. Sitting around my grandmother's bed.

Two of them are his sister-in-law's wives. While one belongs to him.

He also stepped inside.

Seeing that Grandma was lying down, her head looked up. Even though her eyes were closed, Meisya said her grandmother did not sleep. Slowly he approached.

“Assalamu’alaikum, Grandma! Get well quickly yes,” said Ali invited grandma to talk.

It was not without reason that his wife asked for it.

“Haahh?” granny's mumbling still closed her eyes. “Who is it?” His ears seemed to respond well. Or win by chance.

“Kak Rashid, New!” sahut Meisha.

Early marriage Meisya did call her husband with greeting ‘kakak'.

Grandma opened her eyes slowly. The first thing I saw was a man's face. Seems a bit forgotten about his daughter-in-law's granddaughter.

“Remember me, right, Nek?” tanya Ali was serious.

“Who are you?” ask grandma wonder.

The man swallowed his saliva, said his mother-in-law. If grandma had started to get senile. But somehow, grandma did not forget the name Meisya.

“Rosidi Nek, who at that time never jumped Grandma speeding wear rickshaw remind Nek?” tanya Ali, remembering the birth of Rosidi's call.

When grandma lived with him.

...***...

One day Grandma said if she wanted to go out the streets around her housing complex in Jakarta.

But when Ali was ready to take the car keys. Grandma told him, if she wanted to. Surround the complex on foot, or take a vehicle other than a car.

This made the man think, there was no way he would surround the complex on foot.

Remember if Grandma's path is slower than snails. It could be an hour just a quarter of a meter. He began to think hard, to find a solution.

Whether by chance or not, suddenly the pedicab boy passed by. He also rented it. But when he was sitting next to grandma . Grandma said, if she had to ramp up her tricycles.

Finally he agreed to shake the rickshaw. Like her grandmother-in-law said.

But when passing by the house of a neighbor who keeps a dog . Make him anxious, if the big dog type Labrador Retriever chasing after him.

And sure enough, it happened.

As a result, he asked his grandmother to calm down when the rickshaw went fast.

Arriving at Grandma's house, she began to get angry at him. “May tell your husband. From this moment on I won't call him Rashid! Your husband's been like a racer, who likes to falter on the circuit. What's that name? Italian Racer ... Ros-ros...”.

“Rossi!” answer Meisya.

“Yes it, Rossi—di!”

“Rossi New!” sahut Ali.

“Well if you're different, not Rossi. You're complicated with rickshaws anyway, it's endangering the lives of Grandma and many people.”.

...***...

Ali smiled faintly in light of the ridiculous incident with her grandmother-in-law.

“Which one, there is no way that would make Grandma's life disappear?” sahut grandma.

Making the three women in the room smile with relief. Grandma's response is like one who's going back to health.

Ali swallowed his saliva, how could grandma. Remembering it as a loss of one's life.

Is not this the duty of the angel Izrail.

Maybe he sabotaged it.

TBC...