The Angel of Time
chapter 19

I walked from the corner of the connecting door between the kitchen to the cashier. I grabbed the tissue next to the door, some sheets I pulled to rub my sweat-soaked forehead. I would never say if I was tired of working. I always keep my complaints in silence. Let the tired be felt enough without a statement.

I who was standing at the door while looking at the cashier, I saw Astrid sitting still counting the financial statements with her head down. I walked right behind him. The sound of the crowd of consumers broke the silent atmosphere of Astrid's busyness. He looked back, but he frowned. I looked at him calmly. He got up and moved from his seat with the report book. He walked past me and headed to Mas Feri.

"Where's Astrid, what's the minus?" tanya Mas Ferries.

"No, sir...!" astrid answered spoiledly.

"Not so in this carrier." added Mas Feri.

"Haha.. Where's Mr Fer going?" ask Astrid.

"To the house, let it be in the amuk bojoku." replied Mas Feri.

"It's 15:46 sir!" astrid.

"Yes have already taken his presence." orders Mas Feri.

Astrid walked towards the cash register to pick up some of our presence papers. When I finished, I walked from the cashier room to the outside of the door. I waited for him as usual.

"So to mom's place?" astrid asked while standing in front of me.

"So right? I asked her for certainty.

"What time do you want?" ask Astrid.

"What's this magrib gone?"

"I took a shower first."

Astrid passed by leaving me sitting on the long shelf that SC employees used to sit on. I never feel tired even though I have to go long after work. As long as I'm with him, I think I'm fine.

I'll take a shower, get ready to pick her up. I don't know what happens when Astrid meets my mom. Every month I visit my mother's place of work. My mother worked in one of the houses owned by a female lecturer at one of the Universities in Jogja. And her husband is the referee at the green table. Because the house was often in residence, so my mother was assigned to take care of the house while they were not yet home from work.

"Aahhh." I lay on the sponge bed in the room. I'm comfortable sleeping in this bed.

"It's 16:32, I have to pick her up." I said in my heart as I stared at the clock on my screen.

I drove to meet him at the kosan. I stopped my bike in front of his room. I parked my motorbike on the edge near the vase in front of the boarding room who owned it. I think it doesn't matter while it doesn't bother the owner.

"Skeleton.." The sound of the door opening from Astrid's room. I who had been standing not a minute from my motorbike began to approach the door.

"Come, have you prepared?" ask her.

"Come on, come on." she replied.

"Aren't you key yet?" my many.

"Inside there is Resta" he replied.

"Oh, you're the one?" my many.

"Yes the one kos, it was already too late" he explained.

"What spy?" I turned on my motor, and left Astrid's boarding house.

"Yes, I was asked the same about Resta."

"How about?"

"Says gini, want to go again? Who the hell is Gio Gio, to make you forget the time, forget the thesis too? Do your job first!! Ahaha.."

"Haha keep-on?" manya curious.

"I replied, yes, my mother... I'll finish it. I want to get him to where his mother used to be."

"Haha.. Yes, so I keep going."

"Dududu.." Astrid replied in a soft tone.

I put my bike down so we could have a chat on the way. He hugged my waist as usual. I don't know what it's been like since we met at Magelang.

"What mom's gonna bring?" ask Astrid.

"Hm.. Usually I don't bring anything." I replied.

"What kind of child is this?"

"Haha.."

"In fact laugh, bring cake food."

"What do you want?" my many.

"We'll eat first and then mom's in the pesenin too."

"Yes, yes, haha.."

We stopped at a small tent that was not too crowded with consumers. Simple tent pecel catfish on Kali Urang road near PLN.