Again, Bara saw the challenging look on Asih's face. He's getting bolder even on Asih's second day of school, how is it going after that?
Maybe Asih will really be a talkative stepmother. No. Bara should not give Asih a chance for that.
"Wrong, you have to be disciplined. I'm the one who's still disciplined. Reputation is important, it will be passed down to your children later. You're going to give birth -" Bara's words stuck, "my stepsister," he continued, whispering into Asih's ear.
Asih glared, after a long time Bara was really annoying, he thought.
"Oh no wonder, it's true that the fruit doesn't fall up but down," Asih teased.
"What do you mean?" Bara got no connection. loading.
"That is, your father's character passed down to you," replied Asih with an innocent face but his words only grew sharper.
Asih turned his body to go first, but he felt that he had not told Bara yet. Something was left behind.
"Oh yeah," he said turning around again, "and remember, I don't want to have children from your father."
Asih left, he jogged and occasionally saw Bara behind. Bara was still frozen, it seemed that he had a strange feeling.
"It's me and my own stepmother, right?" Just thinking. "Messed up my life, it feels different again."
Bara feels that they are just friends who fight with each other. At school, it's bad to remember Asih, her stepmother.
Even though he remembers it also feels different, because Asih is equal to the others. Wear uniforms.
***
Asih waited for the driver to pick her up at the gate like yesterday. Like yesterday too, friends who passed by greeted Asih.
But this time Bella, who was carrying Alfred, did not greet him, as if there was an embarrassed look on Bella's face.
But Asih doesn't care about that. Hasan and Fira had also passed earlier together with Asih towards the gate.
Asih suspects that today Pak Dadang is late to pick him up. Will her husband also come again? According to Asih, it's too late if he picks her up every day.
Asih opened his cellphone, checking the news from Mr. Dadang.
At that time, Bara who was in the parking lot was still surrounded by friends who were amazed to see Bara's car seeing Asih waiting from a distance.
One by one they tried to sit in the car seat, Bara thought they looked tacky – but yes… that's how it is, they are solid loose friends.
'Let him wait, Asih doesn't know that today he's coming home with me?' Bara murmured.
He smiled happily seeing Asih waiting for Mr. Dadang, he looked very amused.
But at the same time, there is an incoming WhatsApp message.
From 'HUSBAND'.
Jajaka Purwa himself wrote his name like that. It's ridiculous to read Asih.
In the contact, Jajaka Purwa wrote Asih's name as 'THIRD WIFE'. Ah, Asih couldn't believe it. He's an idiot.
"Asih, Dadang and I are busy today. So now you are with Bara," he said in the message.
"Bara?" Ash was surprised.
He had to get ready to hold his breath again sitting next to the boy. Just this morning when there were a lot of police, he dared to speed.
What else now? In the daytime like this.
Maybe the speed is set like a mad dog, or maybe like the speed of Rosi's racer motorbike?
"Come on in quickly!" Bara came in his car, much to Asih's surprise.
Don't go up? Asih thought many times. But again he had no choice.
Ah!
Suddenly there was a plan. Asih immediately went up.
When he opened the door, it was still hard to open.
Asih's face looked uneasy, but this time Bara laughed it off.
Then the door opened automatically. Asih looked at him cynically because Bara was teasing him now.
But Asih must remain patient so that Bara obeys her wishes. Asih smiled, Bara felt strange because of that.
Asih sat down and smiled again with a cute face. The smile that his girlfriend always liked—Dandi.
"Are you crazy?" asked Bara suddenly.
CRACK CRACK CRACK….
Asih's smile had no effect on Bara.
Asih was sullen. Their car was already speeding out of the school grounds.
"Mmmm can we stop by first?" asked Asih doubtfully. Can it really be bargained for? Asih still has the guts for it.
Bara glared at him, gazing at Asih's intent, which sounded seductive.
"What are you looking at? You want to tease me? Did you take me to the cafe?" Bara is too confident, but Asih reacts normally. It was as if he wasn't afraid to be next to Bara either.
"No, I want to meet my mom and dad. Can?" Asih's innocent face was revealed again.
Bara gulped, his eyes twinkling. Asih may miss her parents, especially now that she is the wife of Bara's father, whose every act of Asih's behavior must be scrutinized and restricted.
Bara thought hard, there's nothing wrong with Asih's house not far from their house now.
"I could just take you to your parents' house, but..." Bara narrowed his eyes, he certainly wouldn't be easy to ask for help.
"But what?" Asih asked.
Whatever Bara asked for, if Asih was able, she would definitely do it.
Asih also wants to meet Nengsih, there is something she wants to ask about Dandi.
Bara covered her mouth, making her cheeks puff out round. The songong style is clearly visible. Yes, his heart cheered. Asih can be tricked by Bara.
"There's a condition, I won't even tell Dad if you go here without his permission."
Asih turned her body enthusiastically.
"Say!" Asih seriously, Bara also likes something fair… there is reciprocity, a symbiotic mutualism.
***
At the plantation, Jajaka Purwa is showing his tea plantations to representatives of his new consumer company.
He is Hanantyo.
Hearing that Jajaka Purwa's plantations were booming with good quality, he was moved to buy here.
Jajaka Purwa is very happy, his business is growing. He had thought that this was all a blessing from the Almighty for marrying Asih.
Asih gives him hockey. It was not in vain that Jajaka Purwa married an underage girl.
"I'm currently in the cosmetic business, and tea is one of the most popular natural ingredients," he said with certainty and full of hope.
Jajaka Purwa burst out laughing, the style of a businessman. He was so happy to hear an invitation to cooperate from his new business partner—Hanantyo.
The man looks so smart and for sure he is richer than Jajaka Purwa.
His business is also very large and sold to various countries, on average to Russia, England to America.
"I am especially very grateful that you have believed in us," replied Jajaka Purwa.
Beside him, Koswara, who is in charge of the plantation, just smiled as he listened to his employer's conversation with potential new customers.
"We just trust each other and can be trusted of course, so that the cooperation will continue. It is not like that?"
"Well then, I will definitely try to improve its quality for you."
"One more thing, maybe later if my adopted son—Dandi is well aware of the business in Kalimantan, I will assign him here. Not only tea that I can buy, but also other vegetables including rice. We export all of them with high quality abroad."
"Okay, I will be very happy and very grateful."
While the two of them were still walking around, occasionally they worked and chatted, discussing small things – suddenly Dadang approached Jajaka Purwa.
Jajaka Purwa poked him. Dadang's face looked so worried, he was out of breath as he ran to Jajaka Purwa who walked quite a distance from the parked car.
Dadang knows that at times like this his employer doesn't like being called and prefers to be approached in person.
"What is it?" he asked the driver—Dadang, "Wait a minute," Jajaka Purwa said goodbye to Hanantyo and Koswara to move away from them a few steps.