My Mother's Tears
Part 43 Seeking the Existence of Maryati
While waiting for his mother to come home, all of Roro's children sat quietly in the living room, they looked restless and frightened.
After a few hours of waiting, Roro went home on a horse-drawn carriage. When Roro got out of the horse carriage, the ten children immediately came to his mother.
“What's up? why do you look so anxious?” roro asked to know.
“Mother, her sister Maryati came here to find Maryati.”
“His sister Maryati? means it's Sulastri?”
“Iya Bu.”
“Where is he? did he you guys tell me to come in?”
“No Ma'am, he's gone.”
“Have gone? why did you let go, even though I have been looking for her for so long.”
“He will not go inside, after he knows, if Maryati has left this house.”
“Padahan Mother has been looking for the whereabouts of her Brother for a long time.”
“What's Mom looking for Maryati's sister's whereabouts, Mom?”
“Stupid basis! if not looking for Lastri, then where do we know if Maryati went where.”
Roro's words, made the ten children become silent for a moment, then before long Heru continued his words.
“Lastri also said, if he is a lawyer, if one day our family is proven guilty of torturing Maryati, then we will be reported to the police.”
“True, if he'll report us to the police?”
“That's how it says Bu.”
“Gawat, if it's true Lastri is a lawyer, then we're all done.”
“Why is that Bu?”
“If Lastri could meet Maryati and that stupid girl open her mouth to her brother, then we would all go to jail.”
“Then we have to how to Bu?”
“Entailah, we must find the sense, so that we are free from the entanglement of the law.”
“But how to Bu?”
“Mother also does not know son, you all think dong, how can we be free from the law.”
Not knowing what to do, they all run out of sense to find a loophole, in order to avoid legal entanglement.”
Day and night they all keep thinking to be able to escape the law, because it has hurt Maryati. As for Lastri, he continued to search for the whereabouts of his little sister.
“Why son, is your sister still at Roro's house?”
“Neighbor, Maryati has run away from Aunt.”'s house
“Yes Allah, then where did your sister go son?”
“I don't know Nek either, but he said, Maryati has long gone.”
“But where he went, oh dear, so hurt you son.”
“I'm confused where to find Nek.”
“Grandma also does not know son, Grandma is so sure, if Maryati is still around the city of Jakarta.”
“But Jakarta is wide Nek, where should I find?”
“O yes, Grandma has a solution for that.”
“What solution Nek?”
“What if you lose Maryati we report to the police.”
“Mana may be Nek, because we ourselves do not have photos of Maryati.”
“Iya also yes.”
“Oh my god, protect my grandson from all kinds of dangers.”
Sadness seemed to color the Sulastri family after news that Maryati had left her Aunt's house. Must be so Lastri did not feel hopeless, with his persistence he continued to look for the whereabouts of Maryati.
From his home Sulastri took the train to the senen station, who knows, Lastri got a little hint about his sister at the station.
On the train, Lastri was approached by a boy who kept looking at him.
“Will not be in the shoe polish?”
“Oh, may,” replied Lastri while taking off both shoes.
Then with agility, Bima pollinated the shoes of Lastri who seemed to sit still on the bench, Lastri even just looked out, regardless of the hustle and bustle on the train.
“Kakak, where are you going?”
Bima tried to dare to ask Lastri, must be silent at that time, but he still answered the question Bima asked him.
“I want to Senen.” station
“Ooo, to senen station huh?”
“Whose name?” ask Lastri to Bima.
“Bima.”
“Iya.”
“In everyday, Bima works as what?”
“Depends.”
“Means?”
“Depending on what work can be done, as long as it makes halal money, then I will do it Kak.”
“Where does your father work?”
“My father is gone, he left Mom and us his children.”
“Udah how long?”
“Udah over four years.”
“So, you and your mother, stay at the senen station huh?”
“Iya Kak, My mother opened a stall at home, because there is a younger brother who is still small and sick.”
“What is Bima, not school?”
“Then Dad left, I quit school, because I was sorry to see Mom who often cried because she was too tired to work.”
“You really are a filial child.”
“This Brother, his shoes are finished in polish.”
“Thank you, this is money for you,” said Lastri while thrusting a banknote at Bima.
“Sorry Brother, I have no change.”
“Take the change for you.”
“But Sister, the change is so much.”
“Nothing, later you buy food, so you can share with your sister and mother.”
“If Brother wants, Brother can, stop by my Mother's shop later.”
“Only your Mother's stall, far from this train station?”
“Ngak, close really, even when Brother came down, Brother immediately met with shop Mother.”
“Ooo so. All right, I'll drop by your mom's stall later.”
“Still Brother.”
“Sama-sama.”
“Then I go back to work huh Kak.”
“Iya please.”
“Excuse.”
Lastri only smiled as Bima asked permission to continue her work on Lastri. Must Lastri did not know that Bima was the son of Maryati, but the closeness between the two of them felt familiar.
When Bima got bad treatment by someone while he was working, Lastri immediately approached his nephew.
“What's up? why kick the kids?” lastri asked the man who was angry at Bima.
“Kids you said! hey, he's not a kid anymore, you know, he's as good as my dad.”
“So what was his mistake? so you're so pissed off at him?”
“See the job, no becus!”
shouted the man while throwing his shoes into Bima's face.
Lastri who saw the treatment of the man, his blood immediately boiled, the shoes were taken and thrown out of the carriage, after which Lastri immediately pulled Bima's hand to stay away from the rude man.
Not accepting the treatment of Lastri for throwing his shoes out of the train, the man was angry and chased Lastri who was a little away from him.
“Bigger! you want to find out because of me, huh!” shouted the man while pulling Lastri's hand firmly.”
“Restore my shoes that you have thrown out!”
“You just take it yourself.”
“Ooo, do you want to find trouble with me?”
“You yourself are looking for trouble with me.”
“What problems? what have I done to you?”
“This child is my nephew, if you hurt him, then you are hurting me, if you do not accept your ugly shoes in the polish of him, then do not throw them on his face.”
"Who do you think you are, can do as you please!"
"She's too much, you know."
"You are outrageous! can't appreciate someone else's work."
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