"Sorry, sir. That's Ami's house, isn't it, Mr. Haddy's late wife?" asked a fat man.
The man dressed in black with pierced ears was seen talking to an old man. Their place is not far from Mama Ami's house.
"Yes, Mas. That's Ami's mother's house."
"Where do you think the person is, sir. How come I was empty there?"
"Don't know, sir."
The fat man nodded as he touched his chin with his right hand. After that, the old man who was a vegetable trader in the complex continued his journey. The two of them returned to the large two-story house with a white fence. Across the fence is a local complex road. However, Elisa's yard can be said to be quite large with green grass growing beautifully there.
"Come on, let's go there again. They must be hiding!"
"Okay, Boss." Said his friend then they went inside where the fence was not locked.
Mama Ami's house looked deserted, the porch lights and street lamps were still brightly lit. Presumably, he was not there. However, they did not believe it and kept banging on the main door. Mama Ami just woke up, last night she fainted luckily there was a resident who helped and took Mama Ami to the Bandung area hospital. At eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Mama Ami decided to go home because the doctor said her condition had improved.
He is like a person who lives alone. Her husband is not there, her only child is also with her husband. Honestly, Mama Ami was lonely. However, to tell Elisa the real condition, Mama Ami really couldn't.
"Mama won't be able to see you sad about this, El. Mama will get well soon and Mama will see you soon, son." His monologue while driving a white sedan.
"Yes ... the day after tomorrow I will undergo surgery soon. Hopefully, the money left by Mas Haddy is enough for this self-medication, O Allah."
The black sedan car had entered the Mama Ami housing complex. However, from a distance, he saw two big men who had just come out of his house. Mama Ami didn't know who it was.
"Maybe we can come here again tomorrow, Boss. Looks like there's no one around!" suggested one of the men.
Feeling agreed with his input, they decided to leave immediately. Not long after, Mama Ami arrived in front of her house. He had not parked the car but was more interested in getting down first to see who had entered his house.
"Who are they, why did they enter the house?" Mama Ami asked herself.
"Are Mas Haddy's orders, or are Son Yudha's orders?"
***
That night, Bandung to be precise, Buah Batu road was being swept away by heavy rain. Elisa is in the room alone. Although already married, he never felt it all. Elisa often cries. Usually, when his heart is sad or troubled, Mas Galung is the one who will be Elisa's place to vent. Yesterday Brother Galung informed me that he had arrived in Yemen.
It is evident from his insta story post where Mas Galung is taking pictures with women wearing long hijabs. For some reason, Elisa's heart was happy.
"Hopefully, Brother Galung can be happy even though it's not with me." He said while sipping black coffee.
"Even if later I fail to melt Yudha's heart and I have to divorce, that's okay. The most important thing now is that I have to make him fall in love and be aware of his current status," continued Elisa.
He only wore jeans hots with a white tank top and his hair was in a random bun. Even so, she is still gracefully charming. There was a knock on the door, Elisa turned around for a moment to guess who it was.
"Is it Mother?"
"Ah, no way. The mother said earlier that she wanted to go to bed early. Then who? I mean, Yudha," said Elisa.
He walked over to see who was behind the door.
Check...
"Here from Mother," Yudha said while giving him a brown paper bag. Elisa had not had time to meet, but the adult man first expressed his purpose.
"What's this?"
Yudha shrugged his shoulders a sign he did not know.
"Seriously from Mother? Later you will continue to contain bombs. Ah, yes. Surely this is a bomb, right? You purposely gave me a trap to cancel my honeymoon to South Korea, right?"
Elisa kept on parroting with her hands on her hips. Yudha just chuckled annoyed, not interested in responding to the words of the woman in front of him. It's not that Yudha is not good at talking, but his ingrained arrogant soul makes him like that.
Yudha will talk a lot to someone already familiar with him.
"Confess you!"
"Never mind, El. I don't have much time even if it's just to kill you. I'm not an idiot!"
Then, Judah left. From behind, Elisa caught Yudha's figure with unsteady steps. For a moment he wondered if he was that frustrated because he was going on a honeymoon with him. However, there was one thing that made Elisa smile. Yes ... the paper bag that Yudha was carrying was the same as the one he had just brought.
"It must be from Mother. What do you think," Elisa asked.
Just as Elisa was about to close her eyes, her cell phone rang loudly. He checked who was behind the call. Ah, it was Mrs. Ratih, her father-in-law. Elisa thought for a moment what was wrong at this time of night making calls.
"Assalamualaikum, ma'am. What's wrong, do you need help?"
"Yes, El. I need your help. Please come here quickly," said Mrs. Ratih. His voice was hoarse, a little sob. Elisa, who was worried, rushed to the room there.
After the call was disconnected by Mrs. Ratih, the old lung rushed to contact Yudha. Yudha, is still angry with his mother because he couldn't help but shift the dial to green on his cellphone screen.
"Yes, ma'am. What's wrong?"
"Yudha, Yudha! Please mother, son."
"Mom? Are you okay?"
"Please mother, Yudha. Go to your room right away, son."
"Okay, ma'am. Yudha is there now."
Hearing the moaning sound from Mrs. Ratih, Yudha and Elisa rushed towards there. The distance between Mrs. Ratih's room and theirs is a little far. Both Elisa and Yudha both ran to quickly get to Mrs. Ratih's room.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Elisa asked with a worried look on her face. Not long after, Yudha also came.
"Mom, are you all right? Mom, what's wrong, Mom?" this time it was Yudha's turn to ask.
At first, they were both surprised because why did they have to meet at the same time. Even so, Elisa is happy to be able to take care of her mother together. Not with Judah. He is still angry because tomorrow afternoon he has to fly to South Korea for his honeymoon with Elisa.
However, Mrs. Ratih was silent. Instead, he sobbed. Elisa was confused, she didn't know what had happened to her in-laws.
"Mom, what's wrong, let's say it right away. What do you want?"
"Yes, ma'am. If you want something, say yes. Don't make us worry like this," said Yudha, confirming Elisa's words.
"Can you grant Mother's wish?"
"Sure you can, ma'am!" Elisa and Yudha answered in unison, Mrs. Ratih smiled triumphantly in her heart. Good opportunity in mind.
"Then make Mother a granddaughter. I want grandchildren, son."
After Mrs. Ratih said that, Elisa and Yudha looked at each other. They were shocked but had to quickly come back to the senses that they were in front of their mother. There was silence for a while, lost in each other's thoughts, both Yudha and Elisa.
The night almost turned to dawn, the chiming of the clock roared as it turned midnight. The drizzle began to pour, the occasional lightning flash made a reflection of light from the windowpane. Mrs. Ratih cleared her throat, they both woke up from their daydream.
"I don't accept excuses or refusals. After returning from South Korea, Elisa will have to get pregnant. I'm waiting for the good news, please know you can go. Or, you can pay in installments first, son." Mrs. Ratih joked steadily.
The two adult humans in front of him were silent with perfectly rounded lips. Twelve blank blanks. That night, bordered by midnight and early morning. Yudha and Elisa are faced with a strange request from their mother. Although a little reluctant, Elisa was ready physically and mentally. I don't know about Judah. They will discuss it another time.
"We'll discuss this tomorrow. I'm already sleepy."
'Have a child from Elisa? That means I have to do... arrggghhh!' roared Yudha in his heart.