The Simpang Jalan
Chapter 25

Rachel looked at her mother full of investigation, very rarely her mother locked herself in her room. Rachel walked towards the door and peeked outside. He saw his father dragging a suitcase. Rachel went straight to her father.

"Where is Dad going?"

"Dad work away again baby, take care of mother ya." Davi lands her kiss on Rachel, and immediately leaves the house.

Rachel is confused, usually her mother always let go of her father, but this time her mother is still in her room. "Mother fight with Dad?"

"No, you're just sad, you have to go again, if you're tired how?"

"Yes, Rachel's also sad Daddy's going on."

*****

The nighttime situation in the city remains crowded, then the vehicle is still visible on the streets. The middle-aged man had just dropped off one of the passengers in front of Davi's office. He knew the passenger was one of the workers in Davi's office, and when he asked the person's destination, hearing the Davi office's purpose, he gave him a ride.

"Thank you Mr. Yudi, the ride."

"Together." Mr. Yudi waved his hand at the man he gave a ride to.

When he wanted to close the windshield, he froze to see his son in the middle of the night and entered the office with a shopping bag.

"Is this late-night Davi still in the office?" Mr. Yudi could not help himself, he immediately chased after his son.

"Davis!"

"Davis!"

"Davis!"

Repeatedly Mr. Yudi called the name, but the owner of the name seemed to have hearing loss.

Mr. Yudi tried to increase the speed of his steps, until he managed to catch Davi, and patted his son's shoulder. "Father called from earlier, are you deaf now?" Mr. Yudi looked back to see his son's face was swollen, his son's eyes red.

"Sorry Sir." Davi tried to wipe away the rest of her tears.

"What's wrong?" Mr. Yudi lowered his tone.

"There's nothing, I'm just overtime" Davi said.

"Have the same problem wife should not be left running away, face it as a real man, not run away from the problem."

"I'm just overtime, sir" said Davi.

As strong as Davi dodged, but the look of sadness could not be hidden Davi, very clearly visible from Davi's face, if the man was not okay. "Back home, sir" asked Mr. Yudi.

"I still have work, sir."

"If you don't want to come with me, let me come with you." Mr. Yudi typed a message on his phone, asking the driver to go home.

Prohibiting his father from following him, it was the same as agreeing to go home to his parents. This made things worse if her mother knew the problem. Davi is forced to agree to his father's wishes, he and Mr. Yudi walk together towards Davi's room.

Once Davi's room was busy filling her stomach, the good food was not in Davi's tongue, disappointment and sadness made her feel numb. But he deliberately makes the mouth work even though he does not enjoy, when the mouth works his mind and heart slightly diverted from the sense of disappointment that always binds him.

"For 11 years you have been married, only this time you have seen you this broken, what is it Davi? Kia patronizing you?"

Davi was silent, how did his father think that way. "It's not wrong, I'm the one I'm trying to do sir."

"cheating?" guess Mr. Yudi.

Davi nodded softly.

Plakkkkp!

A loud slap immediately landed heavily on Davi's right jaw. Davi remained silent, for him he deserved this, even he should have gotten more than this.

"Father is not out of thought, how can you cheat on Kia? Is there a better woman than Kia?!" The loud cry of Mr. Yudi seemed to echo in the room.

"You forgot how Kia respects you? If you forget, you will remind me!"

Mr. Yudi clutching a strong crate of Davi shirt. "This company stands because of Kia's hard work, when this company is big he gives you power! Make what?!" Mr. Yudi shook the crate of the shirt, making Davi's body float.

"He did it so you wouldn't look down on people!" Yudi throws Davi's body, causing his son to fall on the floor.

"Father thought Kia was tired of hiding her greatness until she showed herself and made you low, apparently ...." Mr. Yudi was very upset, wanting to shoot his son in the head.

Mr. Yudi pulled Davi and again grabbed the crate of Davi's shirt, making the man feel suffocated. "Who made you stupid?! Who's that girl?"

"Li-kha."

After Yudi's patience, a raw bogeman landed back in Davi's face. "You two are both bejjatt! Animals only when helped know how to thank! But you two?!"

"Just kill me sir, I'm not strong enough to live my life" Davi said.

The longer he saw his son the greater his anger and hatred, Mr. Yudi immediately left the room. He stood in front of the building waiting for the driver to pick him up.

***

The next morning Mr. Yudi rushed towards the Kia residence. Last night he kept on thinking about his son's stupidity. Arriving at Kia's residence, her pair of eyes greeted the beautiful scenery, seeing Kia and Rachel joking on the porch of the house.

Mr. Yudi got out of the car and swung a pair of legs closer to Kia.

"Grandfather ...." Rachel was very happy to see the figure of her Grandfather, she ran after her Grandfather.

"How are you doing Grandpa's beautiful granddaughter?" Mr. Yudha hugged and landed his kiss on Rachel's head.

"Good, Grandpa. Grandpa himself?"

"Grandfather is also good, Grandpa misses Rachel, is it okay if Grandpa is taking Rachel to school?"

Rachel turned to Kia, waiting for her mother's approval.

"Of course, sir, how are you?" Kia immediately crucified her in-laws.

"Well, uh just the two of you, which Davi?"

Dugg!

Kia tried to stay calm. "Mas Davi has business, sir" said Kia.

Great woman, she was trying to hide her wound, inner Mr. Yudi.

Mr. Yudi tried to reassemble the evaporating consciousness. "Mr wants to take Rachel first, until later Kia."

Kia smiled and waved her hand towards her in-laws.

Hopefully Rachel doesn't want to tell us about our commotion, inner Kia.

Along the way to school Rachel Pak Yudi always invites her granddaughter to talk many things, asking her granddaughter's wishes, even Mr. Yudi promised to pick up Rachel when she came home from school.

"At Rachel's house how's she doing?" ask Mr. Yudi.

"Good Cake."

"Dad rarely come home?"

"Said Mommy, Dad's always late, if you're out of town now, I see you're carrying a suitcase when you're gone."

Mr. Yudi did not know what to do, he switched their conversation, asking for something else. After setting Rachel up to the school gate, he passed by the woman Kia often helped, but the woman even destroyed her palace.

"For om" said Likha.

Mr. Yudi did not reply, he glared as if he did not see Likha there.

"Don't be your ass, there's no place for you here, not your level!" said one of the parents who also drove his son.

"Because, she can be here because of Kia's kindness" said the other mothers.

Likha is gripping, it's true. In this environment no one accepts it, no one sees it. Only Kia who gave him a place and saw him as a human, also humanized him.

"Mama ... spit, Nanda's dick later."

His daughter's words made Likha aware, she immediately drove her daughter.

Every time he passed the old man, no one greeted him. They all greet each other. Likha continued to swing her legs through all of that.

"Eh jeng, soon the day of the meeting of the parents, this year I present myself aja jeng," said one parent.

"Sama jeng, I told my son that his papa was busy."

"Before this meeting of parents was very positive, we can get to know each other, if this year feels negative jeng."

"True, there's a demon looking for prey."

Likha further accelerated her pace, she was completely ostracized there.