Merlinda (Ranging Back)
The Firm Woman

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Tama began to panic as her bedroom door was knocked, "this must be Dad", she murmured weakly. He was worried about opening the door to his room.

" Tama", call Mala's voice heard, and a little feeling relieved when she realized her mother who was behind the door, "yes ma'am" said Tama, and finally without hesitation to open the door. And after it opened, how surprised he was, when it was not Mala he first saw, but Bimo, "Father", he said a little.

The man went into his bedroom, which Mala followed.

" Tell me what's really going on" said Bimo, his eyes staring seriously at his only son. And Tama gulped at that moment, "emmmm... ".

" Quick tell Tama, what you've done until you're at the police station huh" Bimo snapped.

" Patience first Well" said Mala so gently.

" No, my car was hit by people. But it was the man who demanded compensation ", he said timidly. How not, the car that he currently uses, just bought by his father one month ago, a few days before his brother returned to Indonesia.

Hearing that Mala approached him, "are you okay son?, is there a body that is injured ? ", the story panics . Observing every inch of his son's body.

" No ma'am, just this ", he said, brushing his hair and showing a reddened right forehead, even now seen starting to melt.

" Tomorrow we check your head" said Mala, and Tama nodded.

" Where ? " ask Bimo briefly. Tama turned his head and did not understand his father's intentions, but after realizing it, he again gulped.

" Where were you in the accident ? ", Bimo repeated.

" Em in the parking area. My car was just about to get out, suddenly the guy's car came and hit ".

" Where's the parking area?, there's no way it's on your campus" Bimo said. And this is what actually makes Tama afraid, if the accident in know his father, "emmm in PIM, Father ", he said weakly. Mala's eyes grew bigger hearing that.

" You see, don't you?, your son didn't go to school properly" Bimo told Mala.

" Unlike that Dad, I just stopped by for a while and after that will go straight back to the campus" Tama denied and gave an excuse. But Bimo didn't care, "give me the keys to your car" he asked.

Tama immediately panicked, "Well this isn't what you think. I went to school right, there just wanted to see my friend for a little while Well", he said trying to soften Bimo's heart, "give me the keys to your car Tama", the middle-aged man repeated,and this time his tone was firmer than before.

With a heavy heart, Tama pulled out her car keys from her pants pocket, "well", call her slowly, hoping that this time the middle-aged man would soften a little.

" Your car Dad pulled one week ".

" But yeah, how would I go to college, if there wasn't a car ".

" Away with the driver ".

" Or just use Grab online" Bimo added.

" Grab online ", repeated Tama with perfectly rounded eyes, " ma'am please ma'am, persuade Dad", he said asking Mala for help. But the woman just kept quiet with no reaction, "silence if you don't want your father to pull your car longer" Mala said softly.

Bimo had already exited from inside Tama's room with the keys to the car. While Tama had groaned at the frustration from the spot, "why so this is so ", she muttered so annoyed. He was silent for a moment, then came out of his room, but not to follow Bimo's steps.

" Sister", he exclaimed as he walked towards Elin's bedroom, "Sister help me, my car pulled by Dad. Please help me persuade my brother ", whine in front of Elin's bedroom door. Tapping like a child. But there was no answer from within, let alone opening the door for her.

" Hey Tama ", call Mala with enlarged eyes, she walks quickly towards her son," don't disturb your sister ", she said as she pulled Tama's body from the front of the door.

" Why bother. She must not have slept ma'am ".

" Just don't bother your sister Tama. You saw that Brother Daniel was very angry with your brother, and that's because of you ", Mala said. After hearing that, Tama no longer insisted on staying in front of Elin's bedroom door.

While the owner of the room, immediately clenched his mouth when he felt himself being called, "please stop for a moment, please ", he said with a sting to Daniel. But the man did not care, even though Tama was behind the door of their room, "sa.yaa.ng" said Elin repeating, repeating, with the position of his body just behind Daniel, "i told you, I won't pause even once just to catch my breath" said the man behind his back, His breath was as stingy as he was, even more so.

The man didn't seem to care when Mala was behind the door. Though the woman's voice was heard from their place, "happily for a moment" said Elin pleading, but he could precisely knock the stronger on his body. And that made him have to clench his mouth back, even more tightly than before.

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After Viona said while at Elin's house, until now, had arrived in her bedroom, Meili did not stop thinking about Jerry.

Even on the way home, he kept thinking about the events of the night, where the man went without saying a word, "was he very angry ? ", he said muttering to himself, "he should have waited until I had finished talking to Brian", he said again. And there's frustration in the second sentence.

His eyes now looked at the suit hanging on the doorknob of the closet. Why, he did not intend to make the clothes join his clothes in the wardrobe. What he did not realize was that every time he wanted to keep looking at the clothes, no one would be able to block his opponent.

" The next day I'm going home, you seriously don't want to see me huh" he said, speaking to the blue coat hanging, "I really won't be back, his tone was threatening, as if he were talking to the owner of the clothes, "you hear, if you don't see me now, you'll regret Jerry", he said louder, and then folded his lips, and then folded, when he realized that he had clearly mentioned the name of the owner of the clothes, he turned to the door. To make sure no one gets it.

Amel jumped out of his place, "Mam.", he exclaimed, "why not knock on the door first ".

" Why is it ? " reply Viona was so relaxed, while walking towards her. And Meili couldn't answer that question, "what's up ? ", only that question can come out of his mouth.

Viona simply smiled, "we'll be home the day after tomorrow", he said hanging.

" Yes I know Mam, then ? ",A,

At first Viona was silent for a moment, "what are you not going to meet ", she said starting the direction of the chat. Meili gasped and looked into her mother's eyes, "Jerry, are you not going to see each other before we go back to New York" Viona said.

Meili gulps.

" You haven't decided yet ? ", he asked again, finding no answer from his son. Once again the sentence managed to make Meili look at him, "Mami already said, it all depends on you.

" You alone have the right to determine, and you must not plan ", he added, and Meili remained silent. He remembered what happened that night.

" Did that guy know about your match ? " viona said back to asking. It's like he doesn't let his daughter think one question at a time. Meili looked back at him silently, "what's his name ? ", he said he was trying to remember someone's name.

" Brian" he said after remembering the name. And Meili's eyes grew, "where did Mami know ? ", she asked in surprise.and Viona simply smiled, "a silly question", she began to laugh, and Meili fell silent when she realized, there was nothing the woman before her could possibly know, " does he know ? ", he said, repeating.

Meili slowly nodded, and Viona nodded her head, "she must not have accepted ", she muttered, but it still sounded in Meili's ears.

" Did Jerry know you had a girlfriend in New York, too ? ",A,

The question was like a bolt of lightning in Meili's ear.

" Jerry knows ? ", repeat Viona. His pupils slightly enlarged at that moment.

Meili did not nod or agree, but her silence, made Viona guess, that her guess was right.

" How could he know Meili ? ", this time the question was like urging his daughter, to explain.

" I don't know either, he knows or doesn't Mam ", sahur Meili, who subconsciously raised his tone, "at that moment I answered Brian's phone in front of him, and suddenly he went straight away and gave no news until this moment ", he continued, who finally pulled out all the grunts that were in his heart. Viona's eyes grew bigger and bigger hearing that, "He heard your talk ? ".

" Perhaps ", sahur is weak Meili, and once again he turns to the hanging suit," Though he should have waited", he continued weakly and subconsciously. And for Viona who still heard that sentence, it made her smile.

" You didn't try to contact him ? ",A,

Meili turned to her, "I ? ", show it to yourself, "it can't be Mam. Where I'm gonna put my face ".

" You're the one who's guilty ", sergeant Viona, "meaning you're the one who has to explain.

" Why should I explain, it should be him who didn't go that night Mam ".

Viona shook her head at the words coming out of her daughter's mouth, "you are still so selfish" she said, leaving Meili speechless.

" Mommy was wrong, it shouldn't have brought you together. Why don't I think, if my daughter is going to hurt someone else's heart" Viona muttered, as she moved away from her place, "let Mami contact Jerry and apologize for what you did, and also said that this matchmaking was cancelled.

Meili's eyes grew, "who cancelled ", she replied firmly.

" You're not yourself ? ",A,

" I've never canceled an arranged marriage" Meili said unknowingly. And just then, Viona refrained from smiling.

" Well what?, if you still maintain your relationship with Brian, what is this matchmaking in continued Meili ", snapped Viona, "you will only hurt Jerry, who really loves you ", said again.

" I need some time Mam. I need time to decide ", said Meili.

" As long as you're going to decide, how long is that time?, are you waiting until those two guys are both gone huh. Is that so?, or do you really just want to hurt Jerry ? " lick Viona non-stop. Making Meili now speechless without being able to speak anymore.

" You have to be a strict woman" added Viona and this time her words were very serious, "the problem you face is not just about choosing who the man you love, Meili. You're the successor to the Remkez family, there's a lot you have to decide in your life, and one of them is choosing the right man to be your guide ".

" Without Mami explaining, you would have understood ", he added, then walked out of the bedroom. Leaving the increasingly stunned Meili on top of her bed.

While behind the door, Viona rubbed her own chest, "may my words not go too far" she murmured.

" I'm sorry Mami Meili, but you do have to be a strict woman" she continued, and a little shrewd in her tone at the time, "don't be like Mami" she said again, with a breath at the end of his sentence.