My cousin Maduku
Chapter 54

"I'm sorry Ma'am, I admit I've been teledor. Mrs Ratih I'm sorry." In his face Ratih who was massaging his chest with regret.

"I'm sorry won't be enough to solve this, Lek. Mom's money that was waiting for so many months just floated away. How much should you receive after cutting the costs?." firmly Riska presses word for word to make Lek Yani feel cornered.

"Seven million Ma'am, because cassava is good and the price is expensive" replied Lek Yani with a lowered face.

"Astaghfirullah's.... Lek, Njenengan is really careless. That money to my mom was a lot. He had to wait a few months, had to encourage people to plant cassava, spray weeds, plow land, cultivate it as well. But when waiting for the result, even until handing it to his enemy. Azaghfirullah." Riska screamed with emotion.

Riska's loud voice made the passersby stop and turn their heads. But Riska did not care, her anger was already at the top.

"Once again I apologize Ma'am, Mrs Ratih for my mistakes and carelessness." Lek Yani did not dare to look at Riska who was being controlled by anger.

"I'm sorry it's not enough, Lek. I don't want to know. Please bring the money to Bi Narti's house. Do you know his house?. It's a form of responsibility."

With his chest up and down, Riska's index finger pointed towards the road signalling Lek Yani to immediately go to meet Narti.

"Okay Ma'am, to make amends for my mistakes. I'm going to go see Ms. Narti. Then I'll excuse you." With guilt Yani left the house of Ratih.

"I'll wait as soon as possible, Lek. Do not try to run away, otherwise I extend this business in court!." bluff Riska stopped Yani's steps.

The dark-skinned man turned around and cupped his hands in front of his chest.

"Don't Ma'am, I beg you. I'll try to get that money back." Yani turned her back towards the road.

"Prove it!." cried Riska.

"That's so rude, Bi Narti Bu! As if she herself would take Mom's money. And stupidly Lek Yani just trusts others." Riska dropped her body weight on Lek Yani's former chair seat.

Then in his tweezers his mother's arm. It was as if she was giving her full support to the woman who was already struggling to raise her.

"Mama, that's patient. Riska will try to get the money back to Mama. That's mama's right. It's good that Bi Narti just take it!." Riska's gaze led to the road with her chest back up and down.

"Mama wait here. Risk of drinking water." Riska who was angry did not think to take drinking water for her mother who was dizzy.

"Son, are you really filing this case?." Ratih looked at his grumbling daughter. Riska smiled after him.

"Wasting money, Ma. Take this case to court. The yard is not how much. But it's a really complicated affair."

"Thank God you were just threatening him. Mama's afraid you really brought this to the green table." Relief clearly emanated from the face of the flower-painted woman.

"Ah, Mah. Wait right here. Riska will follow to Bi Narti's house. Fearful Lek Yani did not manage to take it. Mama pray Riska yeah." Riska said goodbye after giving up a glass of water and making sure her mother was better and can be left behind. Not to forget Riska kissed the forehead of the hero of her life.

With a long stride and the spirit of four five, Riska walked towards the house of Narti. Along the way he condemns Lek Yani's recklessness and Bi Narti's greed.

Soon after the house of the actor's mother was already clearly visible. There is parked Lek Yani motorbike that was brought to the house of the mother.

Riska's long steps are now shortened after reaching the yard of the house.

"I don't want to know, Mom. Please give back the seven million money that belonged to Mrs Ratih!." Lek Yani's thunderous voice was heard clearly to Riska's ear who was in the courtyard of Narti's house.

"If there's no money, how should I do it, Lek?." Sinlessly Narti answered like that.

The woman who considered Ratih as her enemy even played her hand.

"The law must be there now! You who take you must return! Here you've played me, Miss Narti!." Yani again pressed Narti. The male voice rose by several octaves.

Narti glared at the man.

"No need to yell at people's houses! this is not a forest. I don't have time to serve you, I have to go to the hospital. My son is giving birth." Narti swerved towards his guest.

Riska who heard the screams was surprised by the news conveyed by her aunt. Because she knew Siska should give birth in 1 month.

"I don't want to know, just give back the money, Mrs Ratih now!. I'm afraid of being blamed by Mrs Ratih!" Yani returns to rebuke Narti.

"Huh, Lek. Don't feel too guilty. My mother yu money is a lot, her son is successful. That money means nothing to him." Narti's lips simply said that sentence.

"Mother Ratih is none of my business, Miss Narti. But the seven million that I am responsible for is my business. And please give it back now!" Yani has lost patience with the stupid-looking Narti.

"If I don't want to give it back? Again, this is my business with my sister! So please go home and tell me I'll pay for it later!." Narti guiltlessly and shamefully reveals it to Yani.

"When does Bi Narti want to return it?." Riska's voice in the doorway suddenly made everyone turn their heads towards her.

"Mom, Miss Narti won't give her money back, Ma'am. I'm sorry." Yani who was rough and sangar when facing Narti is now like a vegetable chicken in front of Riska.

Yani's talk is not at all quoted by Riska. The angry woman chose to look up at her aunt who put on a sinless face.

"You think I'm going to get those seven million back? No, I will not, Riska! I just want to enjoy the cassava harvest from my parents' garden. Is that wrong?." Riska's gaze sharply returned. After her the woman played a ring that was coiled on her finger.

Narti who already had no shame and no guilt said her parents garden. Though it was clear that it had been inherited to Ratih. His certificate was in the name of Ratih. As if Narti wasn't given. While the inheritance of Narti itself has been made money since the beginning by her husband.

Riska smiled cynically towards Narti. His hands were folded in front of his chest. His brain was compiling words to finish off Narti.

"Old man's garden? Isn't it my mother's right now, Bi. Aunty's life is filled with envy as if Bibi did not get the ration of the garden from her parents even though it has been given the same ration, even, wrong itself why the legacy land of Eyang was sold if you want to have a garden harvest like my mother. Tell your son to buy you a garden, not take away money from others. Said your son was rich, he said his son-in-law had a lot of money. Ask dong to buy! don't take someone else's money." The anger-ridden Riska walked towards Narti who was sitting quietly on his chair.

Yani who was watching the action of Riska's bar bar just fell silent on the spot with mixed thoughts. Seeing the relief on Narti's face being sewn tightly together the hand again grabbed the fake jewelry that was coiled around Narti's neck. This time the grip is stronger with two hands at once Riska pulled the jewelry.

"Give me my mother's money, Bi. If you don't want your granddaughter to not be able to see her grandmother for life." Riska looked at Narti who was in pain, she smiled grinning.

Riska believes the fake gold pull that hit the woman's neck must have caused pain in the neck.

Yani who saw Riska's action shuddered in horror himself, he did not expect the woman who looked meek could apply bar like that.

"Where's my mother's money, Bi?." once again Riska bullies Narti.

"Su-has been given to Siska for the cost of their daily lives." Stammeredly Narti took care of her

Narti's response spontaneously made Riska release a fake gold pull on her aunt's neck. In his eyes Narti who was rubbing his nape due to a fake gold scratch on the back of the neck.

"It was poor anyway, no wonder then I saw Danang selling tissue in the street" said Riska scoffed. "I don't really believe in the law of karma, but the law of the sow is clearly there. And now they're obviously reaping what they did to me."

Narti stood staring intently at Riska before him, "Silent you bloated brat! You made Siska's business go bankrupt. Because of that viral vidio, they have no income."

"Auntie don't like to blame for their mistakes. I didn't do anything. What happened to them was their own fault. Anyway Riska does not want to know, the money must be returned!."

"Please Riska don't be like us, we are brothers. So what's wrong with brothers helping each other."

Riska put a cynical face towards the woman who was putting on the sad face. "Curtain! a brother? in a tight fit, the new aunt says we're brothers. Where were you yesterday?."

Narti fell silent.

"Riska, Auntie needs money to go to town, Siska goes to the hospital, she falls in the kitchen. Somehow now, please help your cousin. Poor him. They're gonna need a lot of money for the operation."

Riska also turned her back on intending to leave the place after hearing Narti's explanation and she did not have the heart to suppress if they were being hit by a calamity. His heart was a little bit full.

"Siska still has a husband" Riska replied.

"And you can't hope, you don't have children, Ris. I don't know what it's like when a child is sick. Siska and her baby were struggling there." Narti's remark made Riska's move which was already on the doorstep stop. Lau his face that had forgotten was now back to harden his jaw.

"It's better not to have kids, Bi. Rather than having offspring but it is not clear who the father is. Please ask Siska who is the biological father of the baby! I make sure he will answer not Mas Danang. So, don't be proud to have a grandchild with the seeds of many people!."

Getting Riska's grisly answer Narti was at a loss for words and face in front of Yani.

After enjoying the expression of Narti's face, Riska went back to leave the house. Yani followed behind him.

"Sir, then how is this?." Yani who felt that she did not find her bright spot was still chasing Riska to get certainty.

Riska loosened her steps. Then, facing Yani who was in confusion.

"I consider it done, sir. But please next time don't give it to anyone but the person concerned. I hope this doesn't happen again, sir. Because if it's like this to bother with his business." Riska firmly conveyed that.

"Thank you very much, Ma'am. Sorry for the inconvenience and distress, ma'am. May Allah replace the provision of Ma'am Riska. Again, I apologize, ma'am. Please convey my apology to Mrs Ratih." Yanj cupped his hands together in front of his chest. As his sincere apology.

"I've forgiven him, Lek. Business with mama is my business." Riska put her foot back on.

"Riska wait! Riska!." Narti's screams from inside the house again stop Riska's move home.

Riska turned her back to see Narti running in a hurry. "What's up, Bi."

"Please Auntie, Riska. Aunty wants to go to town to see Siska, but Bibi has no fare" said Narti who sounded soft.

Riska knitted her eyebrows at Narti's request.

Riska stared at the ring and necklace that Narti was wearing.

Seeing Riska's gaze leading to her jewelry. Narti understands. Then he glanced left right as if he was looking around his. "I-it's a bu-not real gold, it's an imitation of Ris." Narti was embarrassed.

"Didn't aunt lie?" asked Riska to confirm.

"No, auntie didn't lie. If you don't believe it, you can see this Siska is going to enter the operating room. Now aunt doesn't know how she's doing. Because Danang didn't answer aunt's phone."

Riska stared at the screen of Narti's phone, clearly visible Siska who was lying in a gurney pushed by some nurses there.

"I'm not an inhumane person like you." Riska reached into her pocket then took out a few pieces of money from her purse and handed the money to Narti.

After receiving the money, without saying thank you, Narti gawked running into the house. Riska was very angry with her aunt's behavior, she did not think there was a human like Narti in this world.

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