
Ayunda pulled out the thick blanket that was inside the room.
He also tried to close his eyes, he hoped that the comfort of life he now felt to be the beginning of his new life.
For hours, she turned back and forth on the bed, but her eyes were not sleepy.
All his negative thoughts made him feel afraid to enjoy the comfort of the life he was living.
He also missed the simple life he used to feel.
Even Ayunda willingly every day cursed by her stepmother as long as she lives with her parents.
"Let me not be able to feel the beauty of life like this as long as I can return to the village. Let them not want me, at least I can live quietly and sleep soundly without thinking about what will happen tomorrow" Ayunda muttered as she stared blankly at the ceiling of the room.
The girl was only able to fall asleep when the dawn of dawn reverberated, she forced herself to abode first, and carry out her duties as a Muslim.
After the dawn prayer, he laid his body on the bed.
He did not wait long for her to fall asleep.
****
The sun shines so bright, the warmth of the sun starts to sting in the morning before noon.
The heat of the sun makes the workers in oil palm plantations feel thirsty, so they also choose to rest for a while under the palm tree.
"Hey, Siti," said one of his friends who both worked on the plantation.
Siti turned to her friend who called her while keeping her bottle.
"Where to go, huh? Why hasn't he been seen these past few days?" rosmawati asked Ayunda's stepmother.
He began to be curious about the existence of Ayunda, because his daughter who was one class with Ayunda said that it had been 2 days Ayunda did not enter school.
Princess Rosmawati also had time to see Ayunda who was taken by force by Mr. Adhitama.
Siti was confused as to what to answer, she could not possibly tell what exactly had happened to Ayunda.
"Mhm, i-that's saying she wants to migrate to the city," Siti replied lying.
"But he's still in school, did you guys just give him permission?" ask Fatma another friend of Siti.
"Mhm, we have banned him, but he still insists, yes we finally let the bad girl go," said Siti berkilah.
He did not want the villagers to think badly of him, everyone in the village would have been angry with him if they knew that Siti and Somad had made their daughter a debt-paying girl.
"Oh, so. So, he quit school?" ask Rosmawati again.
"Yes" Siti replied briefly.
The mothers there could only agree with Siti's story, although there was some confusing gossip in the village about Ayunda's departure from the village.
"Eh, but some say that Ayunda was brought by force with Mr. Adhitama, the owner of this garden," said Renni.
Renni had seen Ayunda in the car owned by Mr. Adhitama with tears continuing to wet his cheeks.
"Huh?" Siti was shocked to hear Renni's words.
"Yes, can't there be something you're keeping secret, Siti?" ask Fatma blatantly.
Fatma is also suspicious of Ayunda's departure.
During this young girl Ayunda, always a cheerful girl, she was famous for her hospitality to everyone in the village.
"Ah, never mind, don't talk about that brat again" said Siti.
Siti also chose to ignore kepo questions from her friends.
Siti stood up and she resumed her work.
Mr. Adhitama is famous for his wealth, so far he has always been a place to complain for villagers who need money.
The villagers prefer to sell their land to Mr. Adhitama, because Mr. Adhitama will buy the land at a high price, he also allows the land sellers to work on his plantation later.
Mr. Adhitama also provided several jobs for the villagers.
Despite that, Mr. Adhitama is famous for his stern attitude.
"Look at that Siti's attitude, she was like saving something, heard the news yesterday that someone came to collect the same debt Siti and Somad,-" Fatma began to tell him what she knew, incidentally, Fatma was in a house not far from Somad's house.
"I'm also suspicious of him" said Rosmawati.
They also started gossiping about the Somad and Siti families.
Many villagers know the vices of Siti and Somad who like to borrow money and are difficult to pay their debts.
They assumed, Ayunda was forced to work with Mr. Adhitama to pay their debts.
"Based on gossip mums!" siti was upset when she came into the house.
He had just arrived home, after working all day on the estate.
He threw his caping on the floor. Somad was surprised, he also just returned from slimming palm from the garden to the palm scales.
He had just straightened his back on the floor to unwind working all day.
"What are you doing, Buk? Just until the house is already a storm like this?" somad asked annoyedly listening to his wife's nagging.
"Originally you know, sir. That's Fatma, she's all I'm about Ayunda. I'm going to get upset" Siti confided in her husband.
Somad fell silent as his wife mentioned his daughter's name.
He stood up then stepped towards the kitchen, he left the house through the back door.
Somad now regrets having sold his daughter, now feeling he is the cruelest father in the world.
He stepped towards the edge of the river, and he sat on a large rock, exhausted, and he laid his body on the big rock.
Without realizing it, Somad was asleep on the big rock beside the river.
"Bang," called Siti to her husband who had not been seen since this afternoon.
Evening arrived, the clouds changed dark omen the night had arrived.
Siti is now looking for her husband, who she knew had left the house through the back door.
At first Siti felt annoyed at her husband who left her alone when she poured her frustration on her friends at work.
However, she was now worried because her husband did not come home.
Siti walked down the path to the coffee shop that was not far from her home, she thought the husband was reluctant to go home because he was upset.
She was more worried when she was in the coffee shop that she did not find her husband there.
"Last afternoon I saw him sitting on a big rock by the river" said one of Somad's friends.
"Well, will you accompany me to the side of the river?" siti asked her husband's friend.
"Yes, come on," take Somad's friend.
They also stepped towards the river.
Arriving at the river they were shocked to see Somad.
"Geez," cried Siti worriedly.
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