The Simpang Jalan
Chapter 61

Early in the morning Kia took Rachel around the city riding a favorite matic motorcycle Luna, Rachel's school permit business she had left to Luna. Rachel was very cheerful walking on a motorcycle, a very rare thing she could feel. Kia takes Rachel to the traditional market.

“Bun, why are we here?”

“Mothers want to show Rachel.” a lot Kia held Rachel's hand into the market.

Many things Rachel saw, but she did not understand why the situation there was so sad. There are parents who are passionate about selling, even children their age are also many and then carry a shopping cart full. They looked troubled, but still struggled to carry the basket.

“What is this place mom? Why does Grandma have to sell? He is old. Why were the children told to bring groceries? Kan bun weight ...”

Kia pulled Rachel to the side of the road, both of them sitting on the sidewalk looking at the human Lalang with their respective busyness.

“This is the life of love, not all the things we want should we get.” Kia looked at meu towards the grandmother who was selling. “See that Grandma, in her old age should she be at home right?”

Rachel nodded in agreement to Kia's words.

“But life makes him have to keep fighting even though his body is old, not to be rich, but to survive.” Kia smiled as she rubbed her daughter's head. “Sana Rachel bought Grandma's sale, it looks like the cake that Grandma sold is good.” Kia gave little money to Rachel.

“What is bun?” Rachel is a stranger to small bills, because during her school break she used a card for her payment.

“It's money, make buy Granny merchandise.”

“Can't use bun card?”

Kia smiled with her daughter's innocence. It seemed that Kia was also laughing at herself, she came up with the concept of a simple life, but her daughter did not recognize money other than red with zero 5 and blue with zero 4. “Ngak can be darling, ayok shopping same mother.

Kia bought the sale of the grandmothers who were their concern, and returned to the place again.

“The profit from the sale of this cake is very little dear, but valuable to the Granny. This is life, every human being must struggle with their own trials. Grandma is struggling to connect her life, while we are struggling to live happily even though Dad does not live in the same house as us.”

As soon as Rachel's face was sour, she could not accept that she had to accept that Davi was working away from home.

“Rachel lucky boy. Look at the children, they brought shopping baskets that didn't belong to their mothers or their families, but they brought shopping baskets that belonged to other people, and they got paid for their work. Money from their hard work yes for snacks or school needs.”

“Where are their parents? Why do they have to work? Doesn't the mother of young children have to go to school?”

“Their parents work, but the results of their work are still not enough to survive 1 day, and the rest have no parents, for example living with Grandma.”

Rachel looked at the children her age, they looked happy even though their situation was more difficult than her.

“Dek ...” Kia called out to the children who were still wandering the streets.

“Iya aunty,” said one of the children.

“Have eaten?” ask Kia.

They shake their heads.

“Bring this, share ya.”

The kids were so happy to get free food. Rachel was also happy to see their happiness. “I think only the children of difficult home, it turns out there are still many.”

“Please live, like Rachel's school, there will also be a class exam, is the exam just one? Many subjects isn't it?”

"Before we go, Rachel gives everyone a piece of this money to Rachel's friends here." Kia gave the small fractional money she prepared.

Rachel also eagerly did Kia's request. Seeing the spirit on the children's faces Rachel grew happier. After an adventure in the market, Kia takes Rachel to her favorite place, an artificial lake in the city park. This time Kia rented a small canoe she rode with Rachel. Both continue to paddle.

“Our life is also like sailing the ocean, let's just say this lake is the sea. Assume these two paddles are Father.” Kia took the paddle Rachel was holding, then threw away the paddle.

“Why was the paddle thrown away? How do we get back?” rachel Protest.

“How can we be happy if Dad is not our same? It's a similar problem dear.” Kia holds her daughter's face. “Without paddles, we can get to our destination, without our Father can live our lives, all we need is passion and support each other.”

“Then, how do we keep a bun without a paddle?”

Kia pedaled the canoe with her hands. “See can move even slowly. Like our lives later, baby, we can even difficult.”

"There is an adult problem that makes Father and Mother unable to live together. But even if we're not home, she's Rachel's father, when Rachel's off school Rachel can go with Dad."

Rachel continued to look at Kia, she still could not accept that she could no longer stay at home with her father.

"Mother is also sad, but our lives go on, do we have to be sad forever? Sorry mom and dad, this is out of our control, Rachel help mom, yes, we both understand struggling with this situation."

Rachel followed Kia's way, her intention of helping her mother paddle the small canoe, she smiled the little canoe was moving towards the edge. But when Rachel focused, Kia splashed water on Rachel, making the child scream and reply to Kia's actions in the same way.

*

On the other hand Indra came early in the morning to Kia's favorite place, it feels like every place is very win his soul, for some reason if it is in this place it feels like Kia is also with him.

"Kia .. why are you so deeply buried there, 11 years I still have the same feeling." Indra closed her eyes, knowing Kia would divorce the feeling she had buried as if it had exploded again.

The crisp sound of laughter that his sense of hearing caught, made him even more desperate. "Even I heard your laughter Kia." lamented Indra.

But the longer the laughter became clearer, Indra opened her eyes, she was very surprised to see Rachel and Kia rowing the canoe with their hands. Kia's smile there really won Indra's mind. Indra tried to gather the rest of his consciousness, he rented another canoe and soon caught up with Kia and Rachel.

"Hey you two, where are your oars?" ask Indra.

"At the throw of the mother, said the paddle was like Dad," said Rachel.

"Geez Kia, are you an example of throwing a paddle as a Davi dump?" Indra did not understand Kia's delivery to make Rachel understand.

"The sun is starting to blister, let's go to the edge." pinta Indra.

"Can't be fast!" lamented Rachel.

"So, you guys moved to sampan om, or om who moved to your sampan?"

"Only jump, I'm afraid to jump," said Rachel.

Indra gave her paddle to Kia, then she jumped onto the boat that Kia was in.

"Why don't you fall anyway, even though I think you fell and fell into the water" said Kia.

"My life has been too difficult Kia, because it's my other fate is very good, my difficulties just don't dare to fight for my love, I'm good at swimming, but I'm drowning in the heart of someone who doesn't realize my feelings." indra.