THE FORMER BLIND COLLECTION HOUSE IJO
Chapter 39 The Quarrel

"Liya why?, you cry?".

My brother Teh Eli came to me crying with a pillow in the room, I ignored it, my cry grew, Teh Eli sat on the bed sighing and quietly let me cry.

" Papah yah..?"

Teh Eli asked after a while, I turned with tears that were still wetting my cheeks I could not stand.

"Don't we love tea anymore?".

Eli tea shook his head answering my question.

"Liya, dear Papah we, Papah is busy working for us, Papah cape a lot of work".

I sank my face back into the pillow, I disagreed with what Teh Eli said, as busy as Papah he was not as cold, and, as indifferent as he is today.

" You want Teteh temenin to sleep?, we haven't met for a year, Teteh kangen, but you're even sad".

I didn't want to be alone that night, but I didn't answer Teh Eli's question, just quietly hugged his back pillow, Teh Eli hugged me from behind.

I know, she also knew that when Papah had changed she also felt what I felt, but she was not like me, she was good at hiding her feelings, we ended up falling asleep in my room.

Until a while later we were awakened by the sound of Mamah talking to Papah, as if they were arguing.

"Until when is Pah?, what's our fault?, until when does Papah want to stay away from us like this?".

Hearing that voice I turned my body, I turned to Teh Eli, it turned out that he had also woken up, we looked at each other, we looked at each other, Eli's tea clung to his index finger on his lips hinting for me to be silent, I nodded.

"It's been quite pah for over a year Papah mourns for Toni, we know Papah is sad to lose our Toni as well, but why did Papah stay away from us what was our fault?".

Say mamah again.

"It's not about Toni!".

The sound of Papah.

"Then what?, because we didn't move from this house?, it's been over a year we put this house sign on sale, but our house has not been sold how can we move before this house is sold?, money from where can we buy a new house?, or Papah want us to vacate this house and, contracting?, a rented house is expensive, we can only contract a small house with children?".

Mamah asked for an explanation from Papah about his attitude so far as to be away from us, it was not only my feelings that Mamah felt her.

I turned again to Eli's tea, and stared at him intently, as if I wanted Eli Tea to acknowledge the truth that the papah had indeed changed, Eli Tea bowed its head, and, when I looked at her as if she was ashamed to have hidden her feelings from me, that she felt them too.

"You don't understand, everything Papah did was for your good!".

With an annoyed tone Papah said and, there was a sound of steps like his Papah stepping his feet towards the room, the, because my room was next to my parents' room so I clearly heard their steps into the room.

"So because of work?, because Papah is busy?, like that?, Papah was busier than now, Papah used to work in a larger private company but, uh, Papah was once busy, Papah can still spend time with us, we used to be the number one priority for Papah, and Papah is not as indifferent, and as cold as this to us, realize Pah this is not the Papah we know!".

Then we heard a voice, Mom crying, I hugged Eli Tea lying beside me, and I cried, Eli Tea stroked my hair, I looked up at my face, and I cried, I saw tears falling on her cheeks, I hugged her tighter, only this time we heard Mamah, and Papah had a fight.

"You really know me your husband, you know what I'm doing is for your good, you won't ask me why!!!, it's already night, it's already night, I want a break!!"

I hate Papah, I hear Papah speaking in a loud tone and making mamah cry, since that night I hated Papah, well I thought, if Papah wants to stay away from us, Papah wants to stay away from us, we will also stay away from him.

The days went by and I got used to Papah's attitude, and I stayed away from him, we didn't care, didn't expect Papah or, waiting for Papah to have breakfast or even, having dinner together again, or even pray together again, go early, and go home even the holidays Papah went he said to meet his clients.

Only the birthplace that Papah gives us, well Papah suffices all our needs, but not with our bath, attention, and affection from a Papah that we once felt, he said, we don't feel it anymore.

Until a year passed that time I was in fourth grade Elementary, not usually Papah had gone home before the prayer isya, and Papah had dinner with us, in the awkwardness of his final talk Papah.

"In two days we'll move out of this house".

Hearing Papah say that we looked at each other, but remained silent, even the confused Mamah remained silent.

"The Papah will go to Cirebon to open a Dealer branch there, and Papah goes home once a month".

Papah said again, Mamah ventured to ask because he did not understand if Papah wants to go to Cirebon once a month ago, why should we move, did Papah take us to Cirebon?.

"Did Papah mean we moved to Cirebon?"

Ask Mamah.

"So, you moved your house to a village, the name Cibodas is still in Lembang district, Papah already got a house that wants to be rented there, he said,

before this house is sold you live there, Papah himself who went to Cirebon, Papah will return home once a month to Cibodas"

Mamah more astonished, I think what else this, if we do not go to Cirebon why should we move all houses?, Papah can come home here once a month.

Ask Mamah again

"This house is not empty, Papah's friend will contract this house stay here with his family".

Mamah incised her head, the food that was in the field we did not touch, we children pay attention to both our parents who are...whether this is her name to talk or argue?.

"Contracting?, Papah's friend did not buy our house?, just contracted?, and we went from this house also contracted his other house, while our own house we rented? Why is it like that, Pah?".

Mamah increasingly did not understand the mind of Papah.

" Because Papah doesn't want you to stay in this house, without Papah! "

Papah said and then suddenly Teh Eli stood up, and said.

"But all this time we've been living in this house without Papah!! what difference does it make now that Papah goes to Cirebon?, Papah is never home every day!!".

Eli tea then moved from his seat and, stepping his feet about to die at the dinner table, when Eli tea walked I stood up, but papah yelled at me.

"Liya sit!! Eli you too, come back here!!".

Eli's tea stopped his steps, but did not return to his seat.

"She said come back here, Papah doesn't want to hear you refute Papah, and ask why!!!! what Papah did all this for your good"

Eli tea ran to his room.

"We will not argue, or ask the reason why, if according to Papah it is best for us to do but, Mamah just wants to remember Papah, Papah, it's not easy for kids to be in this kind of situation, new school environment, they need time".

Mama said, then mama took my plate and, filling it with rice, and her side dishes, took my eldest brother's plate as well, and Julian's plate.

"Papah is leaving for Cirebon in a week so you have to move before Papah leaves for Cirebon, so clean up all your stuff from now on".

Papah asserted, Mamah did not say what was still busy with dishes filled with rice, and side dishes this time for Eli tea in the room, which was in the room, Mamah went from the dinner table to deliver a plate of rice and its side dishes to Eli Tea, but Papah prevented Mamah, he said,.

"Not in the anterine!".

Papah.

" Oh, this is it!".

Mamah said firmly, Papah did not answer, Papah began to devour his dinner, we began to eat even though not tasteful.

Lama Mamah in Eli's Tea room, until we finished eating, mamah came out with a plate that still left rice, I also finished my dinner without spending it, he said, because my stomach feels full even though it's only a few tablespoons of food that I eat, I'm not tasteful.

I stood up to go to the sink to throw the leftovers in the trash, and washed the dishes I had eaten, and went to Eli's tea in his room.

I saw Eli tea was tidying up his shirt, when I came he turned his head and smiled at me

"Why tea?".

Ask me, even though I know she's cleaning up her clothes.

"Download clothes, it's two more days we'll move, there you also finish his clothes enter into the bag, we've packed our goods, we're packed, we help Mamah make sure the goods are in the house".

Teh Eli said in the play again hiding his disappointment, his anger, just as I felt it.

Two days later all the goods were in the truck, we would move to a village called Cibodas, the first time I heard the name of the village at that time.

The truck filled with goods we had already driven in front, me and, my family followed from behind in the Papah inventory from the Dealer's office where Papah worked.

From our home to Ci bodas the travel time is about an hour, along the road we pass by the garden scenery, and lush pine trees are lined up.

We went down the hill past the tourist attractions, Maribaya waterfall, then the road began to climb through the forest, and the hill was only about half an hour to be seen the village of houses.

Plastered on the road gate.

"Welcome to Cibodas Village"

We passed through the village and, half an hour later until we were in the rented house, the people in the village had already gathered in front of our house, they wanted to see the new residents who had just moved, he said, I just found out that residents in villages like this welcome the arrival of new residents.

"Look at you guys here a lot of neighbors, Papah doesn't worry about you dying, they're kind and, uh, friendly"

We who had not yet got off the car looked at each other.

(Connected)